Stargazer's artwork: real projects

[Stargazer]

I haven't done much profiling and imaging of real aircraft projects, but there's a handful of them, so I thought it could be a good idea to have them all here in one place. Starting with the Gloster CXP-1001 (Chinese Experimental Pursuit), one of my pet "should-have-been" designs, an aircraft that was ordered by the Free Chinese government in 1946 and almost became Taiwan's first custom-made combat aircraft.

Since I wasn't satisfied with the various profiles and 3-view plans of the CXP-1001 at my disposal (most of which differed widely — and wildly — especially as far as the wing length was concerned), I decided to do one myself. I do not claim it to be perfect nor absolutely similar to the actual mock-up, of which no photo ever surfaced. I tried my best to make it coherent, using an old and very basic three-view as a reference point and adding to it from various sources.

The panelling of the Sharkit model served as an inspiration, and the nose gear was snatched from a Meteor T.7, with a two-part hatch (many depictions show a single panel hatch, so I admit this was a matter of personal choice here as to which one seemed the most likely).


EDIT: I'm attaching the three plans I had at my disposal to elaborate my CXP general arrangement.

 

[Stargazer]

Another Gloster I did was the Goodwood "goods-type" project of 1922, later designated "G.21" in the retroactive models list.


I'm also attaching the original Flight magazine plan for comparison.

 

[theponja]

Great work Stargazer. Very interesting both planes.

I like a lot the "boxy" Goodwood. Humm Which can be a paint scheme for that one?

BTW That flight issue has another very interesting plane: ERNOUL-DEWOITINE MONOPLANE. Thanks !!!