Estes Strike-Fighter - from what it was to something cool

[RobertH3]

I got this kit from More Rockets along with an original Atlantis (yay, teen favorite!) and a Super Scorpius.
All of these kits are well done.
The strike-fighter just hurts my eyes. I was a plastic modeler before rockets and it's easy to recognize a P-51 canopy.
The canopy and ramjet nose cone don't fit the space-fighter thing. The wings do, if you're Buck Rogers.

So I reimagined it as a corvette with oversized guns.
Canopy, ramjet nose cone, and radar probe gone. Made both guns the same.
PNC-55AC replaced the ramjet.
Added some small diameter half rounds to break up the tube a bit.
It still needs some sanding stick work on the fine parts.

Pics are attached so they aren't in the way.
What I am looking for is a paint and decal scheme.
Cockpit/Windscreen will be like an Orbital Transport.

Ideas? My cat had none.
I was thinking UN Blue with UN Logos on the vertical stabilizers, and then some tech-o decals, numbers, etc.
That's the fallback, I'd love something better.
I gave some thought to a Der Red Max theme, but I could imagine the screaming haha. Motorverkens.

Cheers / Robert

 

[les]

Nice. But to each there own. To me it looks like something is missing without the cockpit.....

 

[neil_w]

Looks very nice. But not the sort of thing that would be associated with the UN.

 

[RobertH3]

With the UN, it depends. Remember it was supposed to be a world peace-keeper with it's own military, ruled by international law. At times, looking at the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma), and North Korea, time for an ellipsis...

 

[Capt. Eric]

It screams Battlestar Galactica to me.

 

[Back_at_it]

I like the changes you've made to it but my eyes tell me the cockpit is missing.

 

[lakeroadster]

Unmanned drones don't need cockpits. Well played.​

Don't paint it powder blue... ugh.​

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[RobertH3]

There's always a folded cardstock cockpit like interceptor scratch built upgrades. I'll think about it. Light machinery gray and red stripes are sci-fi traditional. Maybe some alternate Starfleet logos with the dagger through Earth for the wings