Zathros, check this:
http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/alternate-dimensions/13618-buck-rogers-thunderfighter-build.html
This is the rocket conversion that I saw.
Anyway... I got to thinking.... Based on what Rhaven Blaack mentioned, about Kinkos... And then the "geek" part of my mind had a little conversation in my Sci-Fi head.
Dr. Huer: Buck, Wilma, our combat attrition rate has fallen to an unacceptable level.
Buck: Well, I was working with the Major Danton to over come the limitations of the ship computers.
Dr. Huer: Yes, Buck and that has helped, but our fighters are being shredded.
Wilma: What does Dr. Theopolis and Crichton have to say?
Crichton: That level of banality is beneath my advanced processing, Hmp.
Dr. Theopolis: I have consulted an 6th generation AI computer with an IQ of 6000, that is in service in a commercial compacity, and I believe that that consultant has a solution.
Holly:Hey, dudes! I think I can solve your, whatzit, problem.
(OK, this gets a little cross over geeky, but, it is going somewhere, promise)
Holly: The thing about space is, well it's the colour of space, you know, black. And the thing about your fighters is, well they operate in space, which is black. But your fighters are white, right? Well it's just me, but I think they stand out, you know? White on black, easy to see, right? Well what if, being that you operate in space, which is black, if your fighters were, more black? They would be harder to see. And if the other guys can't see them, maybe they can't shoot them?
Buck: Yeah, in the 20th century, were did that, we called it camouflage.
Dr. Huer & Wilma: Camouflage?
Twiki: Bede bede bede Damn straight Buck!
Dr. Huer: Will it work?
Wilma: It is worth a try, It sounds good.
Just got back from Kinkos. Yes, it is 1:18. Yes, I will be finishing the other fighter, on this thread. I am planning to remove the cockpit from the existing TF, and put them into the repaint. I am hoping that the cockpit that Rhaven Blaack designed can go into the "screen accurate" build.
Anyway....