Mikoyan MiG-35.5

[sv51macross]

Alright, before I detail this project, I would like to apologize to everyone on this forum. I am sincerely sorry for the remarks I made about this country and beg the forgivness of everyone here. It is not my intent to make enemies and hope that I may start afresh. I also apologize for insulting the What-If Modeler's forum. Apparently I didn't dig deep enough and I passed judgment too soon. A YF-23 tailed F-15E? I know what I'm building after I use up my Italeri F-16c! (not sarcastic, really is cool looking)

Anyway, sorry for running my mouth, It won't happen again.

Now to the model...

Mikoyan Mig-35.5

During the outbreak of WWIII, the Russian Socialist Democracy saw a need for a new point-defense fighter, as the Sukhoi T-50 had fallen short of manuverability goals and as such was relegated to ground attack and interception roles. Simultaneously, with the grounding of thier fleet of Mitsubishi F-3's, the Japanese Self-Defense Air Force saw the need of an interim fighter to serve as a maritime patrol/strike vehicle and as base defense while the Sukhoi Su-37.1 Nightmare was developed for mass production following the revelation of the F-122 Super Raptor.

Mikoyan rose to the occasion, re-vamping three existing 9-13 class Mig-29Ub's, fitting shoulders and canards beside now nonexistent auxillary intakes. The RD-33 engines were replaced with RD-TR 21 thermonuclear turbojets, each developing 28,000 lbs of thrust without afterburner function. The wing mounts were modified and a verticall-variable W-shaped wing was installed on each root with differentiable dehidral capability. Rocket boosters were affixed at the mid-wing break, each generating 20,000 lbs of thrust for up to 150 seconds. The canards and elevators both received positive dehidral for increased manuverability. Avionics were completely replaced with supertechnology central computers capable of generating spontaneous sentient thought. The cockpit was also completely re-designed, with a central ejectable pod replacing ejection seats. Pilots would now be surrounded by virtual displays of the underside of the aircraft, and the control panels replaced with holographic interfaces. Controls were streamilined, the only visible inputs being two joysticks on each side on the pilot and foot pedals. Cockpit duplicated for backseater, as the variability of the new control interface meant that it could serve both roles. Nose section was deepened, the space formerly consumed by avionics now having an ASEA radar from the Mig-35.

All the test pilots who dared to try flying the now-evil looking aircraft deemed in the most wonderful combat vehicle they had ever flown. Transient response, accelleration under all regimes, maximum-g load and angle of attack stability were all exceeded by a wide margin, and the variable wings meant that the aircraft could achieve different states of stability as needed for the given environment. Production was ordered and the Japanese Government promptly purchased 250 airframes to be delivered, with a provision for an extra cowling on the back for thier domestic InRADvis cloaking system. Israel considered the jet, but chose a

domestically produced rebuild of thier aging Sufa fleet. The russian military bought 500 units as well.

Weapons integration was improved drastically as well. Radar pods on the wingtips allowed for a new backfire system, consisting of a micro-missile launcher in place of the original airbrake. The GSh-30-1 was replaced with a reverse-engineered M-61 courtesy of the new Belgian-Dutch weapons program, also bringing with it a F-16 sized ammo drum. To balance the weight of the new, heavy gun, the right LEREX received a micro-missile laincher, twin launch tubes covered with an aerodynamic fairing and holding twice what the backfire system offered, eight salvos of four IR-guided missiles. The wings could carry four weapons each, the structure stressed to a ton for each hardpoint at six g's. Generally though, the intended loadout was six AA-12 Archer missiles on the inboard three pylons and a special micro-missile launcher/fuel tank on the outmost pylon, carrying six salvos of four missiles each. One hardpoint was fitted on each engine nacell for anti-ground ordinance or auxillary gear/fuel.

The new aircraft proved itself extremely capable in combat situations, remaining in service for up to 50 years after the war, since it's modular construction and carbon-nanotube construction vastly extended the jet's life.

Will try to get pictures up in a couple days if I can figure out how to put JPEG on this forum. What I mean by 'differentiable dehiedral' is what the wings on the SV51(macross zero) can do.

Edited May 26, 2008 by sv51macross

[sv51macross]

Okay, here are the first ten photos!

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355001.jpg

I can't think of better box art outside of Italeri's watercolor 'framable' boxes

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355002.jpg

Such nice packaging. Such a shame to have to ruin it.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355003.jpg

I drew a top profile and traced the wing to get an idea of how to mold the shape.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355004.jpg

Here was what i ended up with.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355005.jpg

Another view of the proposed wing shape. Anyone think of the X-02 Wyvern (ace combat 4/5/zero)

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355006.jpg

(isn't he adorable? ) Sorry, couldn't help myself. He saw me eating a brownie while working on the wing profile and started begging.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355007.jpg

I honestly don't get why beautiful, shapely jets are built with the curves interrupted by open landing rear doors and ugly struts(just my opinion), so I always build mine with the gear stowed, and the model in flight. I decided to assemble the nacells and glue in the doors at this point. word of advice, Hasegawa's 1:72 29' doors practially fall in place. thse on the other hand...

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355008.jpg

Her are the upper and lower halves glued and dryign. Good thing I'm trying out Milliput, there are alot of small joints to fill. Still a great model. Love the Mig-29. Wish Neomega would begin production of the 9-13 spine again though...sigh.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355009.jpg

Here is thw wing cut from .080" styreme with a amaller piece of .040" styrene on top for profile (sorry for the glare, don't quite know how to use the camera still).

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s.../MiG-355010.jpg

Here are the wings mocked-up next to the upper fuselage. I really am liking this, and comparing the old wing shape to te new, the center of gravity/lift production should be about the same as the old wings.

Let me tell you, I now know to use several layers of thin plastic. My right arm is going to be strong enough to pick up my dog after all the sanding I'm going to have to do for this. From pic 10, can anyone give em suggestions on canard shoulders/designs? BTW, the wings will be pivoted down from the mounting points, with the swept-forward section kinking back up.

Edited May 26, 2008 by sv51macross

[ChernayaAkula]

Those wings look really cool!

Seeing that you use Photobucket, paste the IMG tags. Those will display the pics right away instead of clickable links.

[sv51macross]

Thanks, and I'm not very apt with computers, what are IMG tags?

[GreyGhost]

Cute Pooch and cool WhIf !

Gregg

[sv51macross]

Becasue I rely on my folks for cash right now, and most of my paints are dried out and useless, I'm thinking about paint schemes so i know exactly what colors to buy. I suggested a JASDF marine dark blue/blue scheme to my dad, which he really likes, but i could also do some kind of russian camo. Then again, the JASDF scheme, with the wierd white marks on the Mitsubishi F-2 loading screen for Over-G fighters (Xbox360, great sim) is cool too. anyone know where I can get 1:48 scale Major Motoko Kusanagi figures?(and Batou)

Edited May 26, 2008 by sv51macross

[ChernayaAkula]

Thanks, and I'm not very apt with computers, what are IMG tags?

Your Photobucket album has four "tags" under the pic, "E-mail & IM", "Direct Link", "HTML Code" and "IMG Code". Of those four options, post the IMG Code.

Left-clicking the code will automatically copy it. Only thing you'll have to do is paste it into your post here on the boards.

EDIT: If you think about adding many more pics to your Photobucket account you might want to set up a separate folder for the MiG-35.5. This way you won't have to dig through lots of pics when your album fills up. Moving the current pics to a new folder will break the current links, though.

Edited May 26, 2008 by ChernayaAkula

[sv51macross]

Here's an update. Work is going slowly because i have to wait for the millipt to dry. At least I don't have to put it OUTSIDE the window to avoid inhaling the toulene fumes!

Her's the left wing with milliput. More sanding, a lot more sanding...

Here are the filled in aux intakes. Like what the Mig-29M has.

Another view of the intakes. Will require another layer of milliput to smooth out.

Guess what I forgot to put in before gluing the nacells together? ;)

You can see progrss on the right wing in the foreground.

Edited May 26, 2008 by sv51macross

[Jack-Swiss]

Noooww you did it with photobucket!great dude...

and great job there so far!

I like it

Cheers

[Aigore]

Well that looks very intriguing! yer a fast builder as well!!!

That wing makes me think of the fighters in the anime show Yukikaze......if you haven´t seen it I recoment that you do!!

[sv51macross]

I have heard of Yukikaze, and seen clips. Pretty cool movie and concept, but the overall feel I got from the clips was too close the anime "voices of a distant star", which left me feeling pretty wierd. I build fast because I do not have AMS. I proudly built an Italeri 1:48 Brakeet with the 'small mouth' intake! I mixed the marking on a Hasegawa 1:48 F-16DJ over a wierd camo scheme!

Anyway, I thought I would demonstrate my "differentiable dehideral" concept for varying in-flight stability.

As you can see, level wngs are for takeoff-landing/loading. The stable mode raises the center of lift over the center of gravity so the jet remains easy to fly. this is why you cant the wings up on a paper airplane so it doesn't roll over in flight. Finally, the last diagram shows the 'high manuverability' mode, something also exhibited in the yf-21 from Macross Plus. This, in inverse to the stable mode, loweres the center of lift generation below the center of gravity, thus making it more responsive to roll changes from level/transient response.

Edited May 26, 2008 by sv51macross

[rom]

why.....not????

keep the good job!!

[TaiidanTomcat]

[GreyGhost]

Looking good ...

The smallest Major and Batou figures I've seen are the ones included in the 1:24th scale Tachikoma tank kits ...

Gregg

[sv51macross]

An Update, after about two hours total of sanding:

Tadaaaa!

From the Front

Left Three-Quarters.

Now, the wings are not quite done, I think a wash under the sinkand a quick pass with the CA, followed by one more round of sanding, and the wings will be ready for permanent mounting. Now, at this point I need input. With the W-shaped wing, now the twin vertical stabilizers look iffy. Should I do an X-tail like this:

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s...ss/Su-37001.jpg

(A previous, stalled project for a JASDF VTOL Super-27UB)

Or keep the normal tails. Also, what about Canard Shoulder design? Should I try mimicing the Su-27M/27K/35's shoulders, or since the LERX's are thick enough, just mount them right on the edge? Or I could put them up behind the canopy like the YF-19/SV51 from macross plus/zero. Suggestions appreciated, thanks.

[Jack-Swiss]

Strange...Very great work but really strange and interesting LOL

Cant wait to see more

Cheers

[Aigore]

Hey! starting to look odd! Great work!

How about a tail like the YF-23? think that´d look cool! And about the canards, why not put them on the lower side of the nose, infront of the LERX and have that "broken wing" look on them as well!?

[illithid00]

For the canards, I'd build up an extension to the LERX to give the canards a mounting place that's parallel to the airflow during flight, basically what was done with the Flanker series. Looking good so far! One question though, why didn't you just add the FSW part to the wings that came with the kit?

[rjwood_uk]

i think vertical stabs like that Su-27UB you have done!!!

and as for canards. thinking for performance...the close to the front, the faster the responce time and greater the movement.

Richard

[ChernayaAkula]

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http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk195/s...ss/Su-37001.jpg

(A previous, stalled project for a JASDF VTOL Super-27UB)

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Now that's cool!

[Aggressor Supporter]

Very interesting! The way this Mig is looking, I think Mig-35 "Firefox" would be appropriate. Looking forward to seeing more.

[sv51macross]

Thanks so much for all the feedback!

The canards at the nose seem like a good idea, sort of like an Eurofighter-ish look, and as for the YF-23 Tails, they're a good idea, but I'm already planning that for an F-16 project, the "Israel aircraft Industries F-161A", and don't want it to look too common, especially with a YF-23 tailed F-15E in the back of my mind.

And answering illithid00, Balance. I traced the wings and the jet's profile for a reason. I drew a line going from the midpoint of the wingroot to the midpoint of the wingtip, and drew a 'tangent' line. I figured that as the "line of lift generation", the source line for the center of lift generation. If I added the FSWPT winglets, it would have shifted the center of lift generation forwards, and add canards, the manuverability would be really out of wack. So I had to design the new wing so that when I averaged out the lines of the new wing and the winglet, the new line was equal to the original one.

Have I thought about this too much?

[rjwood_uk]

...a little yes!! lol

great stuff!!

ok.....if you REALLY want to make it look different, why not put the horizonal stabalizer over the top of the vertical stabs and get rid of the normal ones?

Richard

[sv51macross]

You mean like a 'T' tail? With a T-tail the hoizontal stabs cannot assist in rolling the aircraft side to side.

BTW, wings almost finished, most the seams in the fuselage filled and ready for sanding. Should have the wings, canards and tail config glued by tonight!

Edited May 27, 2008 by sv51macross

[sv51macross]

Wings now glued to fuselage. Vertical stabilizers removed, shaping bases for ruddervators. Having difficulty finding the proper balance in shape for the canards though. They will be swept forward though. Thinking about shape for the bakfire micro-missile launcher and the cowling over the launch tubes in the right wingroot.

Need opinions here: The exhaust nozzles are supposed to have thrust vectoring. Should I copy the MiG-35, which has the normal-looking nozzles, but with cowlings for the actuators:

Or maybe something like what the Raptor or F-15s/MTD has?