Kitbash / Frankenstein GB - Inspiration Thread

[Old Wombat]

My long term wiff of a Matilda with a Churchill turret (6pdr or 75mm) GM diesel and suspension from an M-3 Grant.

 

 

[Volkodav]

My long term wiff of a Matilda with a Churchill turret (6pdr or 75mm) GM diesel and suspension from an M-3 Grant.

 

 

It should all fit.

[GTX_Admin]

I wonder about a similar conversion for a P-51B or later model.  That could make for an interesting appearance.

Hmmm...I like your thinking.

[dwtaylor0]

I had the 'genius' idea of smashing a Walker Bulldog kit with...a different Walker Bulldog kit, lol

[Kerick]

That turret must have been from a golden oldie! Aurora?

[elmayerle]

I've been playing with ideas for an upgraded Airwolf by fitting a NOTAR installation instead of a tail rotor and replacing the existing two-bladed rotor with a prop-rotor from the V-22, using the one that had the matching rotation direction.

[dwtaylor0]

That turret must have been from a golden oldie! Aurora?

Matchbox repack of a Renwal kit (as far as I can tell). So a 1980's reprint of a kit originally released in 1961.

I was mostly just curious and was ready for some inaccuracies. I was not quite prepared for the kit to come with what look like M48 style tracks, lol

tragically more recent reprints don't come with the nightmare fuel that is the crew:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/renwal-554-walker-bulldog--1256216

I probably won't actually go through with it, though it is striking looking and kinda funny

[elmayerle]

I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined.  The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75.  I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result

I throw the subject open to discussion.

[raafif]

Yugoslav oddities like this ?

[apophenia]

I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined.  The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75.  I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result

I throw the subject open to discussion.

Both Junkyard Dawg concept sound good Evan. Personal preference, though, would be for fixed-gear P-40B 

[Kerick]

P-40 with spats! I've been thinking about that for a while now. Excellent idea!

[elmayerle]

I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined.  The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75.  I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result

I throw the subject open to discussion.

I've got the bits and pieces to do that spatted P-40B.  Need time to actually model (you wouldn't believe had intense the last year has been).
Both Junkyard Dawg concept sound good Evan. Personal preference, though, would be for fixed-gear P-40B 

[Robomog]

A Spatted P-40 ?

Brian would definitely approve 

Mog
>^-.-^<

[robunos]

Speaking of WWII fighters with fixed undercarriages (and spats), here's a couple that I've recently completed . . . and yes, a P-40 was on the list . . .





cheers,
Robin.

[robunos]

As this GB is due to end soon, this thread will drop out of visibility with it. However, there are lots of good ideas here, and I would hate to lose them. Would it be possible to create a 'Kitbash / Frankenstein GB - Inspiration Thread' on the Ideas & Inspiration Board, so that these ideas are still visible, and can be added to ?

cheers,
Robin.

[GTX_Admin]

As this GB is due to end soon, this thread will drop out of visibility with it. However, there are lots of good ideas here, and I would hate to lose them. Would it be possible to create a 'Kitbash / Frankenstein GB - Inspiration Thread' on the Ideas & Inspiration Board, so that these ideas are still visible, and can be added to ?

cheers,
Robin.

It would possibly be more practical to repost individual ideas in other exisiting threads.  E.g. the below could be reposted/copied into this thread:   Lockheed C-130 Hercules

It will just take a bit of effort to do.