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Re: New MOC: Chimera Escort Fighter
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:48:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Chris Maddison wrote:
   Heyhey!

JHK’s Firebird and Jamie Neufeld’s Dragon inspired me. Presenting the Chimera:



-snip-
  
Enjoy!



Firstly, I gotta say this is a really nice MOC. The angled cockpit and air intakes are fabulous, and the small tail adds character to the whole craft. Well done Chris.

Secondly, I have a bit of a problem envisioning this as a “escort fighter”. To me, it looks a bit more like a close air support vehicle (the large intakes and rugged vertical stabilizers only reinforce this, and remind of the A-10). The small size also lends itself to this close-air support role. Escort fighters I would imagine, would be slightly larger than a typical fighter, due to the increased range they would need to travel.

HOWEVER...

I’m a firm believer in assuming that the builder is always correct about the role he brands his vehicle as having. Heck look at my “Avenger”, I called it a gunship, simply ‘cause it’s a generic term that can be used freely to describe a number of aeropace vehicles. :-)

Either way, it’s a great MOC.

Mladen Pejic



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  Re: New MOC: Chimera Escort Fighter
 
(...) Thanks Mladen. (...) -snip- You're very right. You're quite a mind of all the technical stuff - I find it amazing that everything you have is very well captured by its role. Me, I just decided I didn't have an "escort" fighter yet, so I went (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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  New MOC: Chimera Escort Fighter
 
Heyhey! JHK's Firebird and Jamie Neufeld's Dragon inspired me. Presenting the Chimera: (URL) Some notes: -Jamie, that cockpit config is absolutely amazing. I tweaked it a bit. :-) -I also wanted to use at least one Znap piece in this moc. -Landing (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)  

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