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Black Widow

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 5:11 am
by jankees

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:06 am
by Charl
P-38 meets Air Truk.
Words fail... :lol:

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:29 am
by cowpatz
I think that was quite an accurate description Charl. Menacing but ugly.
A very nice paint though, as usual. :D

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:18 pm
by simonh
I think it looks somewhat elegant...but venomous.
I tend to like aircraft that "different"...like the F-4.

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:08 am
by jankees
ugly? really? I think it is beautiful...in a sinister way..

Imagebelle (002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Imagebelle (004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Imagebelle (005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Imagebelle (011) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Imagebelle (010) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

but hey, I like the Grumman Duck as well...

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 8:23 am
by cowpatz
It’s mainly the fuselage area that I dislike aesthetically. The bulbous nose and stepped canopy as well as the fuselage shape. It looks like a series of afterthought add ons.

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 8:37 am
by jankees
could be worse...

Talking about aesthetically challenged: I've always felt the Fairey Barracuda was constructed from a bunch of left-over parts..

Imagejk4518 by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

those flaps, the struts below the tailplanes, the huge windows in the sides, the greenhouse canopy, the antennas all over...compared to this, the Widow is a thing of beauty

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:31 pm
by Splitpin
Love the Black Widow shots JK ...I used to enjoy the War Thunder model.
Regarding the Barracuda ...Im with you there...its odd :blink:

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 6:09 pm
by jankees
Splitpin wrote:Love the Black Widow shots JK ...I used to enjoy the War Thunder model.
Regarding the Barracuda ...Im with you there...its odd :blink:


Funny you should say that, this is actually the War Thunder model, converted for MSFS, but with my own textures.

Re: Black Widow

PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2025 10:48 am
by simonh
Jankees, I agree with you about the Black Widow.
But the Barracuda is a type I like the look of.