Still looking hear are some ideas. Decided to make a SUKKOI Su-25 Frogfoot details below.

Harrier looks good, however not much wing area would need a very large fan unit 100/120 mm 6 cell, model would have to be very very light.

Nice looking Grumman Intruder would fly very well, retracts would or could be a problem to retract into the fuselage.

IIyushin II-28 Beagle, would also look and fly well, the only problem I see is that the engine pods are very long and to have a parallel jet tube could make the model very large.

SUKKHOI Su-25 Frogfoot

 

 

50mm EDF units

1/64 ply tubes

Fuselage construction using a hard balsa keel

Work progressing

Balsa sheet covering below

Retracts fitted

Normal wing construction then final shape sanded with a Bar sander.

Top sheet fitted then the wing is unpinned from the board

Covering with thin glass fibre cloth and resin

 

First fit to see how she looks

Fitting of bellcrank assembly

My small vacuum forming machine

Final assembly

Ready for first test flights before finishing

Final finishing ready for paint work

Twist and turn retracts

Ready for second test flights

Looks nice in the air