A dangerous Black Widow by 3DClassics123456
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I never saw pictures of this plane two weeks ago.
I found very good blueprints and technical drawings on the web.
A little bit of History :
The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first operational U.S. military aircraft designed specifically for night interception of aircraft, and was the first aircraft specifically designed to use radar. Although not produced in the large numbers of its contemporaries, the Black Widow effectively operated as a night-fighter by United States Army Air Forces squadrons in the European Theater, the Pacific Theater, the CBI Theater and the Mediterranean Theater during World War II. After the war, the F-61 served in the United States Air Force as a long-range, all weather, day/night interceptor for Air Defense Command until 1948, and Far East Air Force until 1950.
On the night of 14 August 1945, a P-61B of the 548th Night Fight Squadron named "Lady in the Dark" was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory before VJ Day.
It's strange upper turret was driven by the General Electric GE2CFR12A3 gyroscopic fire control computer, and could be directed by either the gunner or radar operator, who both had the aiming control and gyroscopic collimator sight assembly posts attached to their swiveling seats. The radar operator could rotate the turret to face to the rear, in order to engage targets behind the aircraft. Capable of a full 360° rotation and 90° elevation, the turret could conceivably be used to engage any target in the entire hemisphere above and to the sides of the XP-61. This spine-mounted dorsal remote turret could be locked forward to be fired by the pilot in addition to the 20 mm (.79 in) cannons mounted in the lower fuselage.
Comments (27)
yorek
Bel appareil et image parfaitement réussie ! Bravo !
Domi48
Dessine-moi un bateau...
stevey3d
Superb model Alain! Excellent textures and image!
Penters
Truely amazing work, as it's definitely not the easiest looking aircraft shape to model...lovely finish too.
artbyphil
Great model and render.
mikeerson
this model is sweet, I like the window in the back of the plane and the guns up top. Your 3D model is just super.
Seaview123
Cool picture! Thats one interesting looking aircraft. ^_^
onefromb5
This is an awesome model. The Mid Atlantic Air Museum is rebuilding one. I cant wait to see it flying over my house. It will be the only flyable one in the world.
London224
Great looking model and in this render looks just like a photograph!!
Dreamdesigner
What can I say Alain???Amazing modeling & Rendering...Congrats..:-))
Rhanagaz
Great model work and render! ;o)
rawdodb
Beautifully done, Although the White Invasion stripes might be a hinderance to the night time flights... Excellent Creation tho...
Wolfmanw
Fantastic job of modeling, texturing, rendering. I love it!
jmb007
superbe modelisation d'un avion assez mal connu,bonne image!
Sesh
Excellent job all around. rawdodb: you are correct about the d-day stripes, night fighters were excluded from the stripe order but due to a SNAFU, a couple of squadrons didn't get the word.
neiwil
Beautiful model Alain, and excellently presented.Another important aircraft that is often overlooked.
bkhook
Awesome perspective...
KnightWolverine
Model Builder Extraordinaire! -Will-
chuter
That top turret is the same turret used in the top forward position of the B-29, which had priority in production. After P-61 production started a shortage of turrets for the B-29 forced the temporary removal of them from P-61 production, so a kit was released (only in the Pacific, I believe, and not widely used outside of a couple of squadrons) that installed a fixed gun pod on top that looked almost identical to the original turret but can be spotted by the one piece fairing which has only four holes in the front for the barrels, no elevation drum. Then the turret was available again. Nice model.
arlivre
Another superb model Alain. Very dynamic scene and excelent texturing as well, including the hot PinUp ! Super job allround
Campo-Diaz
Vraiement magnifique.
SilverBlues
Great Work ... absolutely !!!
ekatz
great work
intro
Superb. Hard to believe that something that large can be fast enough to earn the "P" designation granted to interceptors. Marvelous model, textures, and scene!
UVDan
Beautiful job! Do you have a store somewhere?
FS
You did always a fantastic work!
Richardphotos
I have seen these flying, more so when I was a kid.beautiful model