How did I get here?
It's all Nytrunner's fault. And maybe Steven's, a little.
I'm not normally a scale modeler. Although I admire a lot of the typical scale modeling subjects, I've never had the slightest interest in building any of them. Then Nytrunner mentioned his interest in this missile in another thread and I went and looked at the pictures and I thought that looked like fun and to our knowledge it hasn't been done before (at least not on TRF), and well... here it is, leapfrogging my other designs onto the top of my build pile.
I give Steven some credit too because I've been in awe watching him methodically working through all the details on his Saturn V made me want a little piece of that action, but on a (much!) smaller scale. And so here we are.
About the IRIS-T
The IRIS-T is an infrared-homing air-to-air missile deployed widely in Europe (and elsewhere), intended to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder. It's dimensions seem to be 9.5' long, and 5" in diameter (say, that would make a great subject for an L3 rocket at 1:1, don't you think?). This model will be BT55 and about 27.5" long, which puts it somewhere around 1:3.8. Neither Nytrunner nor I could find any official drawings for it, so everything is derived from a bunch of photos we have scavenged from around the web. And hence "sport-scale".
Here are a few pics that we've used to derive all the dimensions and such:
A very good side view:
And finally a good bottom view:
The Design
Nytrunner provided a good starting ORK file, which I've subsequently tweaked quite a bit. Here's the summary side view:
And here's the latest render. Some aspects of the decals are still work-in-progress, but at this point it already looks pretty good:
Notes
1) Standard build thread disclaimer applies: I do not work quickly. This will take a while.
2) Due to OR limitations, the above render does not have all the features that the finished model will have. Although it would still be a fine looking model (and a great kit) as shown. I'm not going the crazy obsessive route on this, but I do intend to capture as much of the detail as i can, within reason.
3) There will be some fun stuff here. This should be a pretty cool model when completed, if I can pull off everything I have planned.
4) I've spent the last month or so experimenting with techniques to make this model happen. So I'm pretty sure this is all gonna work. I think.
5) If I can pull this off it'll be pretty cool.
And finally:
6) C11 is the ideal motor for this. Rats.
Next post starts the build.
It's all Nytrunner's fault. And maybe Steven's, a little.
I'm not normally a scale modeler. Although I admire a lot of the typical scale modeling subjects, I've never had the slightest interest in building any of them. Then Nytrunner mentioned his interest in this missile in another thread and I went and looked at the pictures and I thought that looked like fun and to our knowledge it hasn't been done before (at least not on TRF), and well... here it is, leapfrogging my other designs onto the top of my build pile.
I give Steven some credit too because I've been in awe watching him methodically working through all the details on his Saturn V made me want a little piece of that action, but on a (much!) smaller scale. And so here we are.
About the IRIS-T
The IRIS-T is an infrared-homing air-to-air missile deployed widely in Europe (and elsewhere), intended to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder. It's dimensions seem to be 9.5' long, and 5" in diameter (say, that would make a great subject for an L3 rocket at 1:1, don't you think?). This model will be BT55 and about 27.5" long, which puts it somewhere around 1:3.8. Neither Nytrunner nor I could find any official drawings for it, so everything is derived from a bunch of photos we have scavenged from around the web. And hence "sport-scale".
Here are a few pics that we've used to derive all the dimensions and such:
A very good side view:
And finally a good bottom view:
The Design
Nytrunner provided a good starting ORK file, which I've subsequently tweaked quite a bit. Here's the summary side view:
And here's the latest render. Some aspects of the decals are still work-in-progress, but at this point it already looks pretty good:
Notes
1) Standard build thread disclaimer applies: I do not work quickly. This will take a while.
2) Due to OR limitations, the above render does not have all the features that the finished model will have. Although it would still be a fine looking model (and a great kit) as shown. I'm not going the crazy obsessive route on this, but I do intend to capture as much of the detail as i can, within reason.
3) There will be some fun stuff here. This should be a pretty cool model when completed, if I can pull off everything I have planned.
4) I've spent the last month or so experimenting with techniques to make this model happen. So I'm pretty sure this is all gonna work. I think.
5) If I can pull this off it'll be pretty cool.
And finally:
6) C11 is the ideal motor for this. Rats.
Next post starts the build.
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