Steam Punk Fighter Squadron

[Fires-storm]

I'm currently working on a rather large steam punk project and these are the start of it. the end result is probably going to be at least two groups of these little sqaudrons with an air base, yet to be seen whether that base is actually IN the air I was just fooling around and got the idea for these planes, then for the larger MOC that will probably be coming sometime late in summer. My idea of this version of steam punk is kind of like a post-apoc setting, where industry spelled the death of the world through industrial empire, and a small group of rebels salvaged what they could from a descimated landscape and started using steam as a more renewable source to battle the Empire.

The whole squadron:

a few close up shots of one of the fighters:

and some close ups of the heavy fighter/dive bomber:

and a close up of its secondary fuselage storage tank so it can fly long distances with extra steam:

and of the storage container behind the pilots cockpit for storage of weaponry ect. in case the plane is shot down:

the hoses leading to the jets on the back of the plane are to carry steam to the emergency jets in case the planes need an extra boost of speed to either evade enemy anti-air or to surprise the enemy with lightning fast attacks. The technology works because the rebels found a way to keep steam in highly pressurized conditions so that they could achieve sustained flight for hours on end, sort of like the steam balls in Katsuhiro Otomo's movie, Steamboy. I'm trying to do these steam MOCs almost like a line of lego sets, so these are on the same par of events as the paddle wheeler I previously submitted^^ I hope you all enjoy it!

[lightningtiger]

The bomber is cool , but I love the fighter for it's Jules Verne look at a retro futuristic WWI fighter - clever stream jets get a boost, heck more than supercharging eh ?

Great designs 'Fires-storm' and I'm a conformist! !

[Fires-storm]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it! interestingly enough Jules Verne was exactly what I was thinking of when the little fighters were first being built