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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Other => Topic started by: ericr on February 07, 2014, 06:30:40 AM

Title: FW189 & spider, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 07, 2014, 06:30:40 AM
a new aircraft / animal crossing :

take :

a flying fish (baby size)

and :

an Airbus A380

there are two results of the crossing (in primary colors,as usual for me) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1150372s_zps68a01d2f.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a380-s_zpse1fe418d.jpg)

and

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1080355s_zps5bd81805.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poissonvolant1-s_zps65d77791.jpg)


from the following ingredients :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1230276s_zpsa7c8a25c.jpg)

and

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9240195s_zps4de41e23.jpg)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 08, 2014, 01:37:18 AM
Wow!  I like! :)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Daryl J. on February 08, 2014, 06:03:36 AM
 :) ;D

From both my daughter aged 10 and I.
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 08, 2014, 02:28:25 PM
Delicious once more! :-* :-*
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: finsrin on February 08, 2014, 03:01:10 PM
Unique, attractive, fun  :)
Congrats - Think you have the BTS scaleOrama scale spread record.
Presuming fish is 1/1.   Then 1/1 fish bashed with 1/800 A380.   Extreme it is !
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on February 10, 2014, 05:45:10 PM
 :-*
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2014, 09:12:13 PM
Unique, attractive, fun  :)
Congrats - Think you have the BTS scaleOrama scale spread record.
Presuming fish is 1/1.   Then 1/1 fish bashed with 1/800 A380.   Extreme it is !

Great! I didn't know this criterion, but I am proud of reaching such an achievment indeed  :)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2014, 09:12:55 PM
:) ;D

From both my daughter aged 10 and I.

thanks! I like to make an impression to all generations  :)
Title: PZL24 and killer whale Re: A380 and flying fish Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2014, 09:14:18 PM

thanks!

another crossing, between Killer Whale and a PZL-24

one way

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/orque-s_zps9614cdc4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260404s_zpsfbe66425.jpg)


and the other :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl24-s_zpsf38437e5.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260407s_zpsa3d00909.jpg)


starting from this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140275s_zps0750762c.jpg)

and that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8090109s_zpsc7c1434f.jpg)

hope you enjoy it ;)

Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 11, 2014, 12:10:34 AM
VERY nice, once more! :-* :-*
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 11, 2014, 02:23:26 AM
 :) :)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Antonio Sobral on February 11, 2014, 03:48:49 AM
Really cool!

My favorite is the last one (not a fish. though :))

Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 11, 2014, 05:11:54 AM
Wow how wonderful! These models are works of art!

I love 'em all but by far, my favorite is the one with the cool spats.
 :-* :-* :-*
Nice stuff!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: father ennis on February 15, 2014, 09:10:18 AM
These look like fishing lures . . .  !!!   :o
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 15, 2014, 10:31:31 AM
The word "lure" is so uncommon I had to ask Google Translate help... And yes, Ericr, father was saying your models look like "leurres de pêche" for the fishes thinking "here are new friends" before being caught and moved in the sky...
Thanks father, you are a pleasant English teacher :)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Queeg on February 15, 2014, 11:08:15 AM
Just wicked ....... I've looked at repainting toy store Dinosaurs before and thought the fish were cool but couldn't think of a use for them !

Brent
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2014, 09:22:03 PM
thank you all for your appreciation !  :D

dinosaurs certainly have potential : try it out !

I used not only fish, but also various figurines : I can post more soon

fish have a quite natural hydro/aerodynamic shape, like this whale, combined with a Beriev Be-6

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/baleine-s_zps4f04eb54.jpg)


Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 16, 2014, 02:50:03 AM
Wow!!! :-*
Title: Re: Whale and BE-6 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2014, 02:13:35 AM
thank you all for your appreciation !  :D

dinosaurs certainly have potential : try it out !

I used not only fish, but also various figurines : I can post more soon

fish have a quite natural hydro/aerodynamic shape, like this whale, combined with a Beriev Be-6



by the way here are the original ingerdients for this one :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P2260147s_zpsa2d38dee.jpg)

and

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/PC160126s_zps8175027e.jpg)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 19, 2014, 02:31:11 AM
This transformation was not easy nor obvious, congratulations! :D
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: father ennis on February 19, 2014, 04:56:36 AM
Fishing is big business where I live.  I've always thought it was like watching mold grow but my Dad loved it.  My policy is ,"if you catch it,kill it,and clean it, I will happily cook it for you."  So , what do you call those ,alternatives to live bait ?  Or is it one of those terms that "don't translate" well ?   I've taught classes in many things,but this is the first time I've ever "taught English" before !  I hope you guys had as good a laugh as I just did.  BTW, I was not saying anything bad about your builds. In fact, I must say I like the Whale-of-a-plane the best of all ! 
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 19, 2014, 07:28:59 AM
Still teaching marine vocabulary, thanks... (mold bait = our "moule appât")
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: father ennis on February 19, 2014, 03:10:11 PM
Mold bait ?   ???
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 19, 2014, 07:30:41 PM
I have gathered the 2 uncommon words, this is not a compound word in itself. Or... maybe you could try it. ;)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 23, 2014, 12:37:18 AM
Combining a Beriev with that whale was truly inspired!

You've got a most unique perspective on the hobby!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 23, 2014, 01:01:51 AM
Combining a Beriev with that whale was truly inspired!

You've got a most unique perspective on the hobby!

Brian da Basher


thanks a lot!
This inspiration just comes along, and actually is continuing to come ... more soon!

another, frontal sample :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P9120158s_zps611ab7af.jpg)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: gpvillamil on February 25, 2014, 03:50:00 AM
Really cool thread! I love how everything is made physically!

I've been using Meshmixer to do similar things with digital models, that can then be 3D printed:

Shark and P51: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774)
Hammerhead and FW 190: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744)
Shark, squid and P61: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 25, 2014, 07:57:02 AM
 :-* :-* :-* Congratulations gpvillamil, your models are wonderful, and they confirm ericr is not crazy but simply a modeller of the new generation... :icon_music:
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: gpvillamil on February 25, 2014, 08:37:20 AM
Thanks! I've been a fan of your conceptual sketches for a while, have been meaning to get a P38 3D model and try some experiments in Meshmixer.

:-* :-* :-* Congratulations gpvillamil, your models are wonderful, and they confirm ericr is not crazy but simply a modeller of the new generation... :icon_music:
Title: hybrid aircraft/animals Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2014, 08:15:14 PM
Really cool thread! I love how everything is made physically!

I've been using Meshmixer to do similar things with digital models, that can then be 3D printed:

Shark and P51: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774[/url])
Hammerhead and FW 190: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744[/url])
Shark, squid and P61: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781[/url])



extremely excellent!  :) :) :)

you really are into the future of Whif, which is 3D printing!

and the twin-shark-boom design is astonishing : a dream for Tophe certainly  ;)

thanks for you appreciation, I will continue posting things around here, and maybe your designs will inpire me for other ones  ;)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 26, 2014, 12:19:26 AM
Dear Ericr and gpvillamil, your marine Mustangs are featured together in the "artists' " part of my Mustang site: http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Suite_Mustangs_V.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Suite_Mustangs_V.htm)
Thanks again!
Title: Letov S16 and flying fish Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2014, 12:38:41 AM


a new hybridization, from this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P9200097s_zps3cb476b3.jpg)

with that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0434s_zps28b98abe.jpg)

which gives on the one hand this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/letovs16_zpsa065c30d.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230528_zps51195f01.jpg)

and on the other hand that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230519s_zps37bd2f1c.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/poissonvolant2-s_zpsab5b10df.jpg)

Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 03, 2014, 02:46:44 AM
 :)
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: sletch on March 04, 2014, 04:48:13 AM
Hi,

That's really imaginative... and very nice too!

Well done  :D

 :icon_music:  / Frederic
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on March 04, 2014, 12:10:31 PM
Still wonderful, thanks for sharing! :-* :-*
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 06, 2014, 09:05:15 AM
These just keep getting better and better!

I really like the biplane fish.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: A380 and flying fish : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: father ennis on March 06, 2014, 11:09:48 AM
Really an outstanding use of that Letov kit. I have one in my stash but haven't built it yet. Mine has a small problem, the scalloped wing is different from the right and left sides  !!  Those "fishy" wings are outstanding. How were  they made ?
Title: Letov S16 and flying fish Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 06, 2014, 06:31:06 PM

thank you all for your appreciation!
it is a great source of energy to continue even way beyond  ;)

Really an outstanding use of that Letov kit. I have one in my stash but haven't built it yet. Mine has a small problem, the scalloped wing is different from the right and left sides  !!  Those "fishy" wings are outstanding. How were  they made ?

thanks Father Ennis, especially in the light of the long experience you mentioned in your other post : happy brithday !

If you have a Letov with a bug, the advantage of such "out of bounds" designs is that you can try to incosporate imperfections as design features  :D Now you just have to find out what to cross it with  ;)

The flying fish wings just come from the figurine : I chose the crossing with the Letov essentially because I had one  ;) and the sizes / length were quite the same, which makes the crossing fit nicely.

Title: dragonfly and PZL 7 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2014, 04:53:18 PM



another hybridization, in the insect world this time, from this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0436s_zpsac653722.jpg)

with that (I like the inverted gull wings of these PZLs):

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7230036s_zps1d8210d4.jpg)


which gives on the one hand this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/libellule-s_zps88862d03.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080234s_zpse9f6029d.jpg)




and on the other hand that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/pzl7-s_zps5e72f289.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080248s_zps70d85a8d.jpg)



Title: Re: dragonfly and PZL 7 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 16, 2014, 03:01:43 AM
 :) :)
Title: Re: dragonfly and PZL 7 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: apophenia on March 16, 2014, 10:55:01 AM
Love the PZL/dragonfly mélange!  :-*
Title: Re: dragonfly and PZL 7 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Volkodav on March 16, 2014, 12:08:05 PM
These just keep getting better and better, keep up the good work :)
Title: Re: dragonfly and PZL 7 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on March 16, 2014, 06:44:00 PM
Eric, these things are closer to art than models, and I mean that in a very good way. Have you ever thought about getting them in a local gallery?

Inspired stuff.
Title: Re: dragonfly and PZL 7 : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2014, 08:11:33 PM
thank you all for your comments!
these are artictic models on the sense that they explore possible shapes anf forms, but still they are models, made out of bashing  ;) so I like to show here, and I might show them also to the art world, it's a matter of finding open-minded people, I know some.

Here are some more : some were made ealier in the past, but they contribute to the series.

Title: swan and sopwith triplane : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2014, 08:19:08 PM

not only fish and insects, but also, of course, birds are preys of choice for crossings :

like, from this swan :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC160127s_zps52b98d35.jpg)


and a sopwith triplane :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P5210356s_zpsc08a9fa8.jpg)


you can get this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/cygne-n_zps616650ce.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7100170s_zpsda41b899.jpg)
Title: Re: swan and sopwith triplane : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 18, 2014, 02:39:37 AM
 ;D :)
Title: Re: swan and sopwith triplane : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: father ennis on March 18, 2014, 10:02:38 AM
Dude ...  You are one sick puppy !!!   Keep up this outstanding work,it's beautiful and crazy at the same time.    :-* :-* :-*  :icon_beer: :icon_beer: :-[
Title: Re: swan and sopwith triplane : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 20, 2014, 05:15:55 PM

the series started some time ago, and I didn't find the wings of the previous swan (strange, how could I forget?), but here is something else about swans : a couple, one resting and one extending wings :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC290238s_zpsd56de3e8.jpg)

and a couple of Widgeons (from Grumman, I mean) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC300251s_zpsf6a9ce8c.jpg)


they crossed into, on the one side, a resting Widgeon and one extending wings :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/widgeon-cygnes-s_zps5446156b.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1160342s_zps2fda66a9.jpg)


and, on the other side, swans doing the same with Widgeon wings ...

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygnes-widgeons-s_zps33b2ea15.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5010272s_zps198f18d9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4300264s_zps91301aea.jpg)

Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on March 22, 2014, 01:43:39 AM
 :-* :-* :-* Many wonderful models/animals there (since my last visit - the Notify tool forgot to warn me of the news...)
Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: taiidantomcat on March 22, 2014, 10:54:43 PM
These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more

... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?
Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on March 23, 2014, 03:07:48 AM
These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more

... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?
For some reason, that last line makes me think of F11F-1 wings, and other bits, mated to a Bengal tiger.
Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on March 23, 2014, 07:59:52 AM
This sounds like an engineer's approval! Congratulations again, ericr... ;)
Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2014, 04:01:54 AM
These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more

... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?


like this?

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/s328-tri-s_zps515a8029.jpg)

the camouflage pattern is inspired by a dutch Fokker seaplane of the 30s : the black and white photograph did not exclude this interpretation ...
 :))
Title: Re: swans and Widgeons (from Grumman) : hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2014, 04:11:53 AM
thanks for your appreciation!

here is another bird/aircraft : I had a head left from a previous mix, coming from an american eagle :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)

ans I had in mind a picture I saw somewhere on the net :

(http://s3.e-monsite.com/2011/02/02/05/1457Avion-oiseau.jpg)

so I picked a quadri-jet in my stash, of an appropriate scale :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9140056s_zpsc8510f74.jpg)

and here is how it looks :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170153s_zps264c9c25.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170156s_zpsa7afba05.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b747-s_zpsd972755b.jpg)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on March 24, 2014, 08:39:26 AM
Delicious once again! :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on March 24, 2014, 10:21:46 AM
Beautiful!!  That one almost cries out to be finished in an Air Force One color scheme.
Title: Re: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 26, 2014, 03:18:11 AM
I can't help it, but the geese really made me chuckle!

Not only are your talent and skill completely off the charts, but your sense of humor is a delight as well!

Outstanding!!!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2014, 04:49:45 AM
I can't help it, but the geese really made me chuckle!

Not only are your talent and skill completely off the charts, but your sense of humor is a delight as well!

Outstanding!!!

Brian da Basher

thanks for your chuckles  ;)
I think they are a bit expressive, somehow, indeed  ???  :)


Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 02, 2014, 04:09:00 AM
I am into something a bit wild I'm afraid ...

when I saw this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_0433s_zps25533631.jpg)

I thought of that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3060064s_zps75ad04a1.jpg)

we shall see what it becomes ...

Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on April 02, 2014, 06:03:02 AM
(no matter what psychiatrists say) the connections in your brain make you the best of us! ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: CSMO on April 04, 2014, 04:58:58 AM
You don't think "outside-the-box". You must think "outside-the-zoo". I admire the creativity of your art. That and the fact that the rivet counters can't touch you.

Well done, sir!

Adios, Larry.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2014, 03:37:48 PM
thanks for these out-of-norm compliments  ;)

I just hope not to have to meet feather-counters!  :o

and I sometimes make mixes with other realms than animal ...

Title: Re: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 07, 2014, 05:05:19 AM
"Feather counters" has me LOLing!

Keep those wonders coming! They're incredibly delightful!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2014, 07:33:24 PM
thanks for encouragements! I'll post news soon ...
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on April 08, 2014, 10:50:19 PM
May you imagine a Siamese-twin bird/aircraft, on a P-38 basis or else, with 2 birds...? ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 08, 2014, 10:53:11 PM
May you imagine a Siamese-twin bird/aircraft, on a P-38 basis or else, with 2 birds...? ;)

a zwilling bird!  :icon_surprised:

nice idea, let me think of it ...  ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on April 16, 2014, 07:18:41 PM
and I sometimes make mixes with other realms than animal ...

Now THIS sounds very interesting indeed ... do you have anything to post? Would these be food, machines ... or .... or ... people  :o
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 18, 2014, 03:46:11 AM
we shall see what it becomes ...



here is one :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160248s_zps3337ec59.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160247s_zps3b6ac4e9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hibou-s_zps1108dbdc.jpg)

(I hope you appreciate the orientation of the wings, forward swept ...   ;) )
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2014, 04:45:27 AM
Another winner!
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on April 18, 2014, 09:57:04 AM
Delicious little bird/plane... :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Volkodav on April 18, 2014, 10:38:03 AM
We now see the real reason airports have bird scarers, its to protect the virtue of all the aeroplanes now we can see what happens when they are left un supervised.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 19, 2014, 02:42:22 PM
thanks all !

We now see the real reason airports have bird scarers, its to protect the virtue of all the aeroplanes now we can see what happens when they are left un supervised.

ah, springtime ...

Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: taiidantomcat on April 20, 2014, 12:32:29 PM
You guys crack me up  ;D


That Owl is awesome  :) :)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 20, 2014, 11:05:43 PM
we shall see what it becomes ...


here is one :


and here comes the other :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/berkut-s_zpsa1160770.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273s_zps05c51f9f.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180274s_zps12e74fca.jpg)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on April 20, 2014, 11:47:16 PM
Gorgeous half-breed, thanks! :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 21, 2014, 01:59:06 AM
 :)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on April 28, 2014, 02:17:40 AM
thanks!

a larger picture :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273_zpse48a2f64.jpg)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on April 28, 2014, 09:43:39 AM
great picture, great model, great bird... :-*
Title: Re: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 30, 2014, 06:46:58 AM
It's great to see more of your wonderful models, ericr!

Not only do you have amazing conceptual vision, but the modifications are really polished!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on June 11, 2014, 03:53:07 AM

a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6080220s_zpsa92c15a6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b17-200-s_zps951cdd6a.jpg)

this involves a small 1/200 B-17 I had bought cheap, not exactly knowing what to do with it, quite some time ago

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070263s_zpsc7e0631e.jpg)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on June 14, 2014, 08:23:44 AM
 :-* Great!
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2014, 04:26:07 PM

a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)



the eagle head comes form the Lindberg American eagle

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)

I used wings for other projects, like this one, where wings span was just the same as this 1/48 F-14

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tomcat-aigle-s_zps5f9b8cad.jpg)

of for a flying boat with Revell's tug

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/tug-s_zpsfffb126d.jpg)

and the bodies were also used in hydrid assemblies :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-tomcat-s_zps0e993dec.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-h5-s_zps88166c05.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PA170420s_zpsc4836b6e.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 15, 2014, 07:27:59 PM
I especially like the tugboat. The primary colors are an outstanding choice!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on June 15, 2014, 11:35:58 PM
Wonderful once more! :-* No: twice more :-* :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2014, 03:55:12 AM
thanx!

(but I have a weird feeling : I don't see the pictures in my post ... I hope you do?  :-\)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 17, 2014, 02:07:02 AM
I love those last few! :)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on August 04, 2014, 04:52:14 AM

hi all,

a new one, in the aircraft / insect range :
crossing a SR71 fuselage I had left over from another hybridization  :wacko:,
and the wings of a butterfly
(well, actually, these ones are sold as fairy wings ...  :rolleyes:)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300484s_zpse3183366.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sr71papillon-s_zpsb7e6eea3.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300481s_zpsd1e85868.jpg)

Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: raafif on August 04, 2014, 09:00:47 AM
wow ! some very spiffy designs there ! :o
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on August 04, 2014, 10:14:02 AM
crossing a SR71 fuselage I had left over from another hybridization  :wacko:,
and the wings of a butterfly
(well, actually, these ones are sold as fairy wings ...
Pleasant pictures, thanks, enriching the Blackbird family by low-speed addition? or is it supersonic by some magic way? ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 05, 2014, 02:38:53 AM
Wow!! :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 06, 2014, 08:24:05 PM
Love the SR-71, the bird combos are great and give me all kinds of science fiction fighter ideas!!  :)  (and love the Tomcat too  ;) )
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: ericr on August 07, 2014, 05:40:09 AM

thanks all for the appreciation, it encourages me to do even more, or even better, or even more ...  :o
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : insects kits !
Post by: ericr on October 07, 2014, 01:53:41 AM
 I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)

(http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg)

what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...

Do you know any other such insect kits?
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: raafif on October 07, 2014, 04:03:58 AM
I have several of those too, bought up the last ones to be imported to my country :D  Didn't get the ant tho ::)

Also have the AMT giant Preying Mantis - might try & hunt down their giant spider & scorpion ... but I have a few of the real ones of those here.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: Tophe on October 07, 2014, 11:51:12 PM
Wow! Will you actually build airplanes on such basis?? funny poject... ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : SR71 and butterfly
Post by: ericr on October 08, 2014, 02:29:05 PM
Also have the AMT giant Preying Mantis - might try & hunt down their giant spider & scorpion ...

ah thanks for the reference, I didn't know them I think : I might look for those too.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals : insects kits !
Post by: ericr on October 08, 2014, 02:30:35 PM
Wow! Will you actually build airplanes on such basis?? funny poject... ;)

maybe, I don't know yet, but I was also thinking of wheels (crossing with cars) or tracks ...
Title: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on December 07, 2014, 06:08:56 PM
another form of hybrids, still involving aircraft.
The story of how it came about is that I used an old 1/100 B727 from East-Germany I had to make a flying boat with a 1/72 hull, described elsewhere on this forum, and then I remembered I wanted to make a B727 in that scale (because it's the biggest available in injection plastic I think) with the famour Calder Branniff livery, so I had to find another one. And then on ebay I found a lot wih two of them, plus two Tu-20 Bear at the same 1/100 scale, quite large.
And I had been considering putting a water tap at the nose of an aircraft for quite some time (why? ... well ... I don't quite know ... but it does have a look, I think).

So here it is, in red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230267s_zpsa4c1c233.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/robinet-s_zpsb8543b93.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230263s_zpsfc513ee8.jpg)

Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: finsrin on December 07, 2014, 06:19:01 PM
Could it be latest thing in forest fire fighting  ???
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 08, 2014, 02:21:26 AM
Could it be latest thing in forest fire fighting  ???

 ;D
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: raafif on December 08, 2014, 05:08:33 AM
it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 08, 2014, 09:12:14 AM
Cloud seeding is one thing but this is some truly over-the-top rainmaking!

Somehow it just works. Well done!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: jcf on December 08, 2014, 09:26:11 AM
C'est magnifique!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Portrait_of_a_Proboscis_Monkey.jpg/793px-Portrait_of_a_Proboscis_Monkey.jpg)

 ;D
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on December 08, 2014, 09:54:00 AM
it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
I can just see it flying with a really big hose attached to direct the fuel to the proper open tank (gotta be a side-opening cap on the tanks, fore or aft hinged would be a pain to open or close in flight.

I can just see a sprinkler, or shower head, nozzle on it for forest fire fighting or rain making.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on December 10, 2014, 12:51:11 AM
it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
Wonderful! The crewman opening is clearly The Lord above... ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: CSMO on December 10, 2014, 11:46:48 PM
NATO code name "Gonzo" after the space alien/chicken hybrid from the Muppet Show. Cool use of leftover plumbing as a nose weight.

Adios, Larry.
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 13, 2014, 06:14:38 AM
NATO code name "Gonzo" <snip>


Nailed it!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/other objects ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2014, 03:35:24 AM
it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
I can just see it flying with a really big hose attached to direct the fuel to the proper open tank (gotta be a side-opening cap on the tanks, fore or aft hinged would be a pain to open or close in flight.

I can just see a sprinkler, or shower head, nozzle on it for forest fire fighting or rain making.

thanks for the creative comment ! some of your ideas might end up being built !!!  ;) ;) ;)

(I can see the shower head  ;D )
Title: insect/car Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2014, 02:33:37 AM
I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)

([url]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/[/url]$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)

([url]http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg[/url])

what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...

Do you know any other such insect kits?



here we go, I used the first one : crossed the coccinella with a 1/43 citroen 2cv like this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040333s_zps0ba7c307.jpg)


the VW beetle would have been much too obvious a choice  :wacko:
and like this it looks nice too, the scale-mix fits nicely :

Of course I did it both ways : the wheeled coccinella

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220454s_zps167da7c2.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220444s_zps2cfb906f.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/coccinelle2cv-s_zpsb54c33d5.jpg)


and the legged 2cv :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/2cvcoccinelle-s_zps8d20a3dc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220453s_zps887e3c06.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220449-s_zps8403eba0.jpg)
Title: Re: hybrid car/insect ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: raafif on December 24, 2014, 04:56:17 AM
The French Government heard that Germany had a new fantastic vehicle called the "beetle" - Gallic Pride was hurt & the people demanded that a French company build a similar futuristic voiture to keep them in the lead !

Citroen was glad to help but the idea fell down somewhere along the way ......
Title: Re: hybrid car/insect ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on December 27, 2014, 03:03:52 AM
Great new creations, thanks! Very crazy very nice! :-*
Title: Re: hybrid car/insect ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2014, 07:28:09 PM
thanks!
crazy is cool  ;)
Title: Re: hybrid car/insect ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: MaxHeadroom on December 30, 2014, 02:21:29 AM
Because of the german preference to "animalize" vehicles (Tiger, Panther, Fuchs, Luchs, Leopard, etc.) we call the VW "Käfer" (Beetle), as anybody knows. So we also gave the nickname "Ente" (Duck) to the french Citroën 2 CV.
(Divergent, we have called the old Renault 4 CV "Cremeschnittchen" [a sort of small creamcake].)

Norbert
Title: bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2015, 07:58:08 PM
ahother kind of hybridization : giving wings to bottles :

this is a Sopwith Camel (1/32) upon a belgian beer bottle (I liked the top/cork) of the brand "Paix Dieu"

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel-s_zpsdd0faf00.jpg)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020063s_zpsfbcf5426.jpg)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020068s_zps349bf3f8.jpg)

Title: Re: bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 01, 2015, 11:35:01 PM
Fabulous invention, engineer! No need of in-flight refueling anymore! or... is this a whiskey tank for the Scottish pilot/wine tank for the French pilot/beer tank for the German pilot? ;)
Title: Re: bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 12, 2015, 08:53:12 PM
Thanks Tophe!


I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :

a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250096s_zps36fa0d83.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250098s_zps9dd2efe6.jpg)

Title: Re: bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 13, 2015, 12:35:34 AM
 :-* Wonderful! (I admit I had never seen the shape similarity between a shuttle and a bottle...)
But is this free advertisement? You derserve $$$ sponsoring (1 zillion dollars, at least), for so geniusly bringing this soda fame up in the sky and even in the space of heroic astronauts :D
Title: more bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2015, 03:45:18 AM

and now ... the jet versions of the flying bottles :

you might remember I used a few F100 Supersabres cut in two :   

backs  for a Cadillac Ranch inspired alignment :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80240#msg80240 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80240#msg80240)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/supersabreranch-s_zps2158ae95.jpg)

and fronts coming out of the grey :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80843#msg80843 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80843#msg80843)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110212s_zps2f14b2e6.jpg)

here come their wings, which were not lost for all :

with another soda bottle of a well known brand :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcoca-s_zps9908f6f3.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020395s_zpsa72582df.jpg)

and with a can of yet another soda brand :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcanette-s_zps22738429.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020404s_zpsbcbe2813.jpg)

Title: Re: bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 19, 2015, 08:11:52 AM
The soda can is my favorite of this group. Painting it all red really brings it together nicely!

I can't help imagining a white version done like those generic beer cans with BEER printed on it in large type, just like the original.

Speaking of original, you're without a doubt one of the most original thinkers here at BTS.

Brian da Basher
Title: wine bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2015, 03:50:30 PM
thanks!

The blue one with biplane wings i a berr bottler ...

but soon I am going to try out wine bottles!

 
Title: Re: wine bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 22, 2015, 12:16:26 AM
The bottle/can new ones are delicious, thanks! But I like even more the group of jet aircraft, scared? disappearing into a cloud... Fortunately (after a briefing from Above?) they come back as Super-Heroes! Wonderful! :-* :-*
Title: Re: wine bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: CSMO on February 22, 2015, 02:28:53 AM
Empty beer and coke bottles were actually used in war-time. American planes dropped empty bottles from altitude over Japanese positions at night as a type of harassment and interdiction mission. The eerie whistling and moaning noises were to interrupt sleep and to induce a feeling of uneasiness to hinder the Japanese rest and morale. Low flying spotter plane pilots would place hand grenades with the pins pulled into leftover mayonnaise and pickle bottles to hold the spoons(levers) in "safe' positions with the lids sealed on them. This allowed them to burst on the ground instead of prematurely in the air. Adios, Larry.
Title: Re: wine bottles and aircraft ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on February 22, 2015, 08:27:29 AM
There are too fun!! Talk about creative and artistic! Love the F-100 tails and noses. The last two (bottle and Can F-100) are wonderful  :-*

All Big Smiles here!!
Title: M16 halftrack / insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2015, 01:38:43 AM
thanks all for your appreciation ;-)


 I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)


([url]http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg[/url])






here we go again, I used this one crossed  with a 1/76 M16 halftrack (Revell, ex-Matchbox, with diorama) like this :

(http://www.modelys.fr/img/produit/m16-halftrack-revell-03228-modelys.jpg)

And of course I did it both ways : the halftrack Oryctes Nasicornis :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/scarabeerhino-s_zps33ccc3e0.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180244s_zps6d31320a.jpg)

(http://http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180242s_zpsc3b38074.jpg)

on the diorama (itself also red-yellow-blue-ed) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180245s_zpsb6172ab3.jpg)

and the legged M16 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/m16-s_zps5ff7844a.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180236s_zpse7db65b1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180237s_zps2a35de7a.jpg)

Title: Re: M16 halftrack / insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 25, 2015, 01:59:53 AM
 :-* :-*
Weird! But so genius you are forgiven for posting these walking/Rolling machines/animals in the Aero-space section of the forum: obviously, these insects are able to extend their wings from somewhere and fly. Nothing is impossible, you are proving it brilliantly!
Title: Me262 & cicada insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2015, 04:09:32 PM
thanks Tophe! I still have an ant and a big hirned bug in the insect stash : we'll see what they will cross with ...

meanwhile, and closer indeed to the aircraft topic ;-),
I think I haven't yet introduced to you this Me262 (1/144) with wings of a cicada :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cigale-s_zps4fb11624.jpg)

I put it in a frame, to look like what insect collectors do, and hang it on my wall :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070082s_zps43e9303c.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070096s_zpsbde4f0ce.jpg)

Title: Re: Me262 & cicada insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Tophe on February 27, 2015, 12:59:24 PM
Delicious... :-*
So, obviously Mr Messerschmitt was a quiet insect collector, in a 1945 world of piece and harmony. I want to live on this planet, what is the price of the ticket for going there? What? It is free?? Just registering at Beyond the Sprues? So we are (now! here!) in Heaven, this is the proof: ;)
Title: Re: Me262 & cicada insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 01, 2015, 01:11:13 AM
I really enjoy your work, eric but with that lovely cicada winged 262, you've taken this to the level of fine art!

Well done!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Me262 & cicada insect Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2015, 06:23:08 PM
thanks for your appreciation, it contributes to keeping me inspired  ;)

I'll try to have more insects hybrids soon, I posted a few other aircraft insects in the past

Title: BAE Trident and wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2015, 06:40:26 PM
this bottle of "vin de paille" from Jura got wings (and engines) from a BAE Trident (1/100) :
the sizes were fitting qui well  ;)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tridentba-s_zpsuhhkroa4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010309s_zpsq35eabvd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010307s_zpsutbkaand.jpg)


and as an aside,I also tried this crossing between a Coke bottle and a 1/32 Piper Cub, with wheel from elsewhere ... :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010299s_zpscxpxiknw.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010295s_zpskwprhi02.jpg)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 10, 2015, 01:17:21 PM
Great pictures of these completely unknown weird airplanes! :-* :-*
What are their mysterious noses for? Missiles or top secret devices?
Title: Re: BAE Trident and wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2015, 03:33:12 PM
Great pictures of these completely unknown weird airplanes! :-* :-*
What are their mysterious noses for? Missiles or top secret devices?

top secret devices (no missiles ;-) ), but I can tell you Tophe : control the pouring of delicious drinks!
Title: Re: BAE Trident and wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2015, 07:40:29 AM
Considering the same BAE Trident (1/100) as before:

(http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/KVZ%20Trident.JPG)

I had a remaining fuselage, which has a diameter nearly perfectly fitting that of the Heller 1/125 Ariane 5 :

(http://static.oupsmodel.com/26545-thickbox_default/heller-espace-80441-ariane-5-1-125.jpg)

HENCE this hybrid, evoking space travel for the masses :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/f3ee1774-e68e-4289-adcd-d270e0643fe4_zpsiamqkkwc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010323s_zps5wl1r0vb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010325s_zpsftofogki.jpg)


(and no i still have the back half of the fuselage left ...  :unsure:)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 13, 2015, 08:47:30 AM
Dear ericr, you seem 50 years ahead of your time...
I especially like a detail: the windows are closed, not to explode the fuselage like on the first De Havilland Comets 1 reaching new altitudes. This seems safe a travel: let me buy 3 tickets for my family (as soon as I win the loto)  ;)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 15, 2015, 12:20:07 AM
A flying soda bottle with spats?!!

Now that's hot!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 15, 2015, 12:30:36 AM
Uh? No: I have read the technical book of this wonderful machine, and it is written "best with ice", not "hot" at all ;)
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Timcat on March 15, 2015, 12:45:15 AM
WOW!  Literally fantastic creations!  And the craftsmanship is great too.  I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown.  Sales are also a possibility.
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 15, 2015, 03:51:20 AM
A flying soda bottle with spats?!!

Now that's hot!

Brian da Basher

Down boy!
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 15, 2015, 10:38:15 AM
...  I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown.  Sales are also a possibility.

Especially the Moth Me 262  :-*
Title: Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2015, 08:29:51 PM
...  I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown.  Sales are also a possibility.


Especially the Moth Me 262  :-*


thanks for the encouragement! putting things in a frame makes an effect indeed  ;) I tried that for another experiment with the notion of spiral (which this DC10 is beginning to draw) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/air-pataphysique-s_zpsxpszlce2.jpg)

I sometimes try to appraoch the art world, but it is not always much into aircraft  ;)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2015, 08:37:54 PM
A flying soda bottle with spats?!!

Now that's hot!

Brian da Basher

Down boy!

I see that spats have a special effect here : I have a few ones in my spares box, I might use them soon ...  ;)

Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 18, 2015, 01:03:12 AM
I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
Title: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2015, 03:43:45 PM
talking about spats ...

I had parts left from an Ar196 (the floats were used elsewhere), and a nice small can of Coke, and the fit looked nice, scalewise at least ; and I also had these wheels in spats, most probably from a Ar 95 (wheeled version), so here it goes :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsabprda6p.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070340s_zpsqppdrxce.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070342s_zpsbbwao1r6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070343s_zpsbpwd68uj.jpg)

Title: Re: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 18, 2015, 07:50:21 PM
Wow! I love especcially the unusual jet exhaust at the rear! :-*
(but the rivet count is wrong by 0.13%, this is not historricaly correct!) ;)
Title: Re: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on March 18, 2015, 09:31:04 PM
OOB Stipa-Caproni. I don't see what's so special.  ;)

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on March 18, 2015, 10:59:57 PM
Chuck in a Mentos and you have our own little Me 163 Komet!  ;D
Title: Re: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 19, 2015, 01:38:19 AM
You are right, this may be a great discovery for the future without petroleum anymore: bubble soda huge tank, shake than direct the explosion rearward, and that's a tremendous push forward... ;) (ericr deserves the Nobel Prize 2015 according to me, seriously).
Title: Re: Arado 196 and Coke can (*spats*) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2015, 03:55:42 PM
OOB Stipa-Caproni. I don't see what's so special.  ;)

Cheers,

Logan


excellent observation, you unveiled the trick!  ;D ;D ;D

(but actually even I fell into my trick : I hadn't thought of it  ??? )

the livery is whiff, though, right?   ;)

some time ago I made an attempt at floatplanizing the Stipa :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/stipa_zpscxthxwyq.jpg)

Title: Norseman and Coke can Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2015, 04:00:03 PM
that's an interesting view at propulsion indeed  ;)

but I tried another configuration with a Noorduyn Norseman, where it would be more about spraying the land :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocanorseman-s_zpselzoizbc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070348s_zpsrhnivbje.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070350s_zps4k27s59u.jpg)
Title: Re: Norseman and Coke can Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 20, 2015, 01:06:20 AM
 :-* Agricultural marvel, thanks... ;)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 21, 2015, 01:18:37 PM
I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
My (5-year-old) son calls it a wonderful snake-plane :-* and I do admit this is not food at all but a living organism able to move by iteself, and fast! Congratulations again! ;)
Title: Re: BAE Trident and Ariane 5 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 21, 2015, 04:15:12 PM
I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
My (5-year-old) son calls it a wonderful snake-plane :-* and I do admit this is not food at all but a living organism able to move by iteself, and fast! Congratulations again! ;)

aha, I do have a snake (in plastic, an animal figurine) in my "qtash", and some day I am going to do something with it ...

wait and see ...

Your son has an excellent inspiration

Title: Re: Norseman and Coke can Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 22, 2015, 06:18:03 AM
...
but I tried another configuration with a Noorduyn Norseman, where it would be more about spraying the land

I guess the pull-tab on the nose is the big change there. Otherwise she looks pretty much like a stock-standard Norseman  ;D
Title: Re: Norseman and Coke can Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 22, 2015, 06:14:35 PM
I guess the pull-tab on the nose is the big change there. Otherwise she looks pretty much like a stock-standard Norseman  ;D
As an aerodynamics expert (I have the diploma clearly in my mind, this is proof enough), I disagree strongly: ericr's model is a great improvement for speed, dicreasing drag very much, no? (the frontal area is a million times below the one of a standard Norseman, at least the scale 1 machine...)
Title: Champagne bottle and aircraft Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2015, 12:19:10 AM
and now for a different kind of foam :

champagne!

with Supersabre wings, as in the other examples before

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetchamp-s_zpsgc5akye8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130379s_zpsyc8mmfgh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130380s_zpszjxoizce.jpg)

(well, kind of, actually a plastic fake champagne bottle, but the right size and scale)

Cheers!
Title: Re: Champagne bottle and aircraft Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 24, 2015, 01:26:33 AM
 :-* ;)
I did not understand why Aeronautics is the French most successful industry, I know why now!
Title: Re: Champagne bottle and aircraft Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 24, 2015, 07:09:37 AM
I really like the gold foil on this one!

Very classy!

Brian da Basher
Title: musical hybrid : B727 and flute Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 25, 2015, 09:28:04 PM
thanks!

and now for something completely different :

in an old topic, where I explored the musical crossing of a Chengdu F-7E and a flute

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3951.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3951.0)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/flute-s_zps37f2458f.jpg)

 one comment was that it was reversed w.r.t. airflow in the flute ...

So I had a new try, with another flute, and a 1/125 Heller B727 which has just the right length and quite the same diameter :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flute-s_zpsjr4zvnt7.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210461s_zpsl01kt6ub.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210462s_zpswemcm7op.jpg)

Title: Re: musical hybrid : B727 and flute Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 28, 2015, 05:34:58 AM
The Flutophone strikes again!

Truly inspired using those 727 parts!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: musical hybrid : B727 and flute Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 28, 2015, 02:17:25 PM
With speed and aerodynamic airflow coming in, the yellow one would make music during all flight, enjoying passengers wonderfully... ;)
Title: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 29, 2015, 05:02:09 PM
thanks all :-)

and now for something more in line with the otriginal topic of this thread : aircraft/animals hybrids.
Most of the time I give wings to animals, this time I consider snout :
here is a lion (actually a kind of 3D jigsaw puzzle) with the face (cockpit and front) of a Noorduyn Norseman :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130369s_zpsbemkzr5p.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lion-s_zpss5uoxnmn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)

I have a few other fuselages in my spare heap, so I am looking for welcoming animals ... ideas are bubbling
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 29, 2015, 10:20:37 PM
Another nice one from your wild, wonderful world of aircraft animals, eric!

Sure looks sweet in that golden yellow.

You should do a polar bear version next. Perfect for the Noreseman.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on March 30, 2015, 12:47:38 AM
What everyone else said+1

Dare I suggest:

Beaver on a Beaver
Otter on an Otter
Caribou on a Caribou
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2015, 03:14:43 AM
What everyone else said+1

Dare I suggest:

Beaver on a Beaver
Otter on an Otter
Caribou on a Caribou

thanks for the suggestions!
they sound good, and the bear as well indeed : all these animals must be findable in the figurine dept. with brands like Schleich or Plastoy and others

There are too many for just me : please have a try, you will see how funny it is to design and build such hybrids : the very same problems as usual when you are trying to fit the nose of X with the fuselage of Y as wella as the tail of Z, or when you want to avoid a tail-sitter by putting wieghts inside ...

Let's make it a group build !  :o

Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 01, 2015, 12:10:03 AM
 :-* :-* ;)
My 5-year old son and myself do love very much your lion-airplane! or lion-machine? is it flying? (!? what do I say! a "flying-lion", I am so stupid, sorry! a lion with a propeller and windscreen is absolutely normal, only what-if in plain yellow color, but a "flying lion" would be crazy! sorry...)
 ;)
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 01, 2015, 02:20:29 AM
I love our various hybrid.  Given the nickname the ground crews had/have for the MiG-25, "The Flying Vodka Bottle", might we see a hybrid of MiG-25 surfaces with a suitable bottle?
Title: eggs with a Shuttle and 747 Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 01, 2015, 03:50:12 AM
:-* :-* ;)
My 5-year old son and myself do love very much your lion-airplane! 


Thanks, I particularly appreciate the appreciation of a 5-year old : truth comes from the mouth of children  ;)

Still on the animal/aircraft side, but actually nearly plain OOB (but in my favorite and usual colors) :
from Hasegawa, the Shuttle and 747 in egg-form !
(when I saw it coming out, I just couldn't resist)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/egg747-s_zpsdpl5rceh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240418s_zpsydxddgo0.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240417s_zpsskvhaacz.jpg)
Title: Re: eggs with a Shuttle and 747 Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 01, 2015, 12:37:03 PM
 :-* Oh, this is so cute I think I am in love! (I discover that I am in love with the 747+Shuttle, I had not realised that untill today, thanks!) ;)
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and lion Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2015, 12:46:09 AM
I love our various hybrid.  Given the nickname the ground crews had/have for the MiG-25, "The Flying Vodka Bottle", might we see a hybrid of MiG-25 surfaces with a suitable bottle?

thanks, excellent idea !  :) but I don't have a vodka bottle at hand, and no more Mig21 either actually ...
However, I do have bottles with wings in the making : wait and see!

Title: Shuttle and VW Beetle Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2015, 12:47:59 AM
speaking about Shuttles ... here is an hybridization of a 1/144 Shuttle and booster with a Revell 1/16 VW Beetle :
the sizes fit nicely, a trick was in keeping the doors openable ...

cheers,

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vw16-s_zps1xrxij9n.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130387s_zpsbofr9s5p.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130392s_zpspb6ljnob.jpg)

Title: Re: Shuttle and VW Beetle Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 05, 2015, 06:18:22 PM


I also tried a 2cv Citroen in the past :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)
Title: Re: Shuttle and VW Beetle Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on April 05, 2015, 06:51:22 PM
VW shuttle is my favorite of your recent builds.
As much as they shouldn't, VW and boosters somehow go/work together in a strange way :)
Title: Re: Shuttle and VW Beetle Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 05, 2015, 09:48:23 PM
I can picture the commercial now: "Volkswagen. Das Space Shuttle".
Title: Re: Shuttle and VW Beetle Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 06, 2015, 05:00:36 PM
VW shuttle is my favorite of your recent builds.
As much as they shouldn't, VW and boosters somehow go/work together in a strange way :)

thanks a lot!

the fit came nicely so it was a pleasure : a better skilled modeler could do it in an even more convincing way, e.g. with airlines markings

Title: Ar234 and beer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 06, 2015, 05:06:37 PM
and for something completely different :

in the series of bottle with wings, I stumbled upon this estonian beer, and its stunningly angulous bottle :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240412s_zpsunweozun.jpg)

and I found out that its length was quite the same as an 1/48 Ar234 I had (a sales at cheap price), and the fit was not bad : the rest of the Ar234 is used for another project, animal-wise, you will see it soon ...   >:D

Also, in previous experiments with bottles, I received reactions about the propulsive potential of foam, although the bottle was turned forwards, so this time I am trying it out the other way around :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar234-s_zpsdxio7kav.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010438s_zpsi2exrlzr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010441s_zpspbdkkayd.jpg)


cheers!

Title: Re: Ar234 and beer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 06, 2015, 07:34:28 PM
 :-* :-*

I love them! Once more! (or thrice more, as this is a new batch of marvels, thanks!)
Title: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 08, 2015, 07:35:36 PM
thanks Tophe, I am happy to please  ;)

and here comes the other half of the Arado Ar234 : it is the night version, with radar antenna.

And then I stumbled upon a plastic shell looking a bit like that of a snail
(a container for a puzzle figurine of a balloon fish ... this is bound to become something too, but what?  :unsure: :wacko:)

So the building challenge was in scale-matching, kind of ... :rolleyes:

and here is the crossing :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille-s_zpsfyrxxlqd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040003s_zpskqjakume.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040008s_zps5lorqd8w.jpg)

Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 09, 2015, 12:48:47 AM
I love this new one too! :-*
But... is it flying? And it seems so slow (I imagine snail "speed"), so there is no airflow to lift, but as there is no wing profile for lift this is logical, but what makes airborne? Helium in the "snail's home"? Please explain, this looks funny, not just 2 parts glued together but a far better invention (top secret, I guess :icon_ninja: )... ;)
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on April 09, 2015, 08:26:38 AM
weirder & weirder !  I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D

As usual lots of great imaginative ideas ! :-*

If you find another of those Estonian beer bottles it would make a great Lippschische delta-jet.
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 09, 2015, 12:16:57 PM
weirder & weirder !  I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D
If this thesis gets the Nobel prize, it is deserved by ericr himself, not by the psychologist! And the study should be done at natural state, without injection! Please don't destroy our genious ericr brains, just "special", "different"... ;)
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2015, 02:14:03 PM
weirder & weirder !  I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D

As usual lots of great imaginative ideas ! :-*

If you find another of those Estonian beer bottles it would make a great Lippschische delta-jet.

thanks raafif, I take it as a compliment : these ideas come quite naturally to me, the beer even is not necessary  ;)
So it is indeed a case of imagination freely exploring a theme which could be rooted down to the common english expression "what if pigs had wings" : it is at the basis of the notion of What-if, and considered here just a bit litterally with aircraft/animal hybrids (I haven't tried a pig yet, though ...)

Whiffing is about disturbing things a tiny bit, isn't it?

and thanks about the Lippisch idea! now you say it, I nearly feel like tryig to find another of those bottles and, given its size/scale, I would have to find maybe a B-58 hustler for a large enough delta wing.
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2015, 02:15:54 PM
If this thesis gets the Nobel prize, it is deserved by ericr himself, not by the psychologist! And the study should be done at natural state, without injection! Please don't destroy our genious ericr brains, just "special", "different"... ;)

maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
but indeed, no injection or ingestion of any particular substance was involved in them  ;)
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 11, 2015, 02:28:40 AM
maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
Let me order one copy right now, no: 2 copies, with 1 in a waterproof security box at the bank (in case the jealous Devil burns my home including The book, your book...) ;)
Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2015, 03:07:17 AM
maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
Let me order one copy right now, no: 2 copies, with 1 in a waterproof security box at the bank (in case the jealous Devil burns my home including The book, your book...) ;)

I will keep a copy for you, and autograph it of course ;-)
especially if we can make an exchange with a book of your creation!

Title: Re: Arado Ar234 and snail/shell Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on April 11, 2015, 01:19:37 PM
Brilliant and beautiful all at once  :)

Love the 3 colors used on the space beetle  :)
Title: beetle and bulldozer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2015, 11:24:37 PM
thanks all! your appreciation feeds my inspiration!

and now for something else :
remember this ?

I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)

([url]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/[/url]$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)

what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...


I thought I would try out aircraft, but in the end inspiration was much more down to earth
(yes yes, I am down to earth indeed)

I hesitated a bit, but finally chose for this, though it was not cheap, but it has the good looks
(and, with scaling, exactly the right size too, which is part of the very subtle work here  ;D) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3180436s_zpsxrxgkshg.jpg)


and so here is the hybridization, one way, in blue :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bulldozer-s_zpsvif5rzlz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080029s_zpsexry0dpp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080034s_zpslqazge1o.jpg)

the other way will be posted soon, in red this time
Title: Re: beetle and bulldozer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Volkodav on April 12, 2015, 12:45:43 AM
I really like that.
Title: Re: beetle and bulldozer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on April 13, 2015, 05:52:59 AM
now that's what I call a Kreepy Krawley crawler ! :D
Title: Re: beetle and bulldozer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 13, 2015, 01:16:55 PM
Dear ericr, I think you have invented here the very first "utility aircraft with folding wings" ("ailes repliables" in French), and I declare to the whole World: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this genius inventor deserves the Nobel Prize (forever) in the category Science, Work, Brains, except if he is not a human but a Super-Hero. Now let us clap our hands (please, no more than one hour), go!"
(this is a joke, but you deserve our admiration, I am very sure of that) :)
Title: Re: beetle and bulldozer Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on April 13, 2015, 08:15:52 PM
That is cool  :D but oh man it looks like an armoured cockroach and I can't handle cockroaches  :o
Title: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2015, 02:43:19 PM
thanks all!

now the other way around, also a bit creepy, necessarily :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes-s_zpshp2n32ti.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050017s_zpsgqaf5kr8.jpg)

the head lights give a sympathetic look, though, not?

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050013s_zpswh1byg5u.jpg)
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 15, 2015, 01:32:53 AM
Clearly a case of genetic engineering, and integration, gone mad.  Beautiful work but, as you said, a touch creepy.  Imagine the shock at night to find a bunch of those running around your house with the headlights on.
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 15, 2015, 06:12:13 AM
A zoologist friend of mine asked: "why are there 8 legs, is this a spider? the Real one is an insect so having 6 legs only (according to the rare blurred photographs of it, found in cameras of disappeared (eaten?) human investigators..."
 ;) 
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 16, 2015, 03:19:21 AM
thanks for the appreciation!

actually, it has 6 legs : the two others are more like horns in the original beast called lucanus cervus :

(http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~pr2m-tnd/kuwabaka2001d/euromiyama/Dscn0569.jpg)

Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on April 16, 2015, 09:54:57 AM
I wouldn't be at all surprised if these two star in the next Japanese Manga film .... Godzilla & Mothra have had their day :)
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 16, 2015, 10:16:47 PM
A zoologist friend of mine asked: "why are there 8 legs, is this a spider? the Real one is an insect so having 6 legs only (according to the rare blurred photographs of it, found in cameras of disappeared (eaten?) human investigators..."
 ;)

Ups, you are very right, ericr: this zoologist was a wrong dream of mine, while your bulldozer-beetle hybrid is full Reality (I am awake now), and Wikipédia fully confirms your great knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae)
Thanks again, the World out there is fascinating enough, with such hybrids, colourful moreover :-* , no need of daydreaming ;)
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on April 16, 2015, 10:44:17 PM
Two bulldozer and beetle versions are a kick.
Took some kitbashing insight to see those build combos.
Title: Re: bulldozer and beetle (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 18, 2015, 03:45:20 AM
thanks again for your reactions!

Two bulldozer and beetle versions are a kick.
Took some kitbashing insight to see those build combos.

I begin to have quite some training in that sort of "kitbashing insight" indeed  ;)

The next thing will concern the ant kit which goes with these insects, and given its shape and size, I have long thought about it, and just recently bought what i think is a good match, in length (for width, it will require a bit pof imagination ...) : an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A : wait and see ... ... ...

Title: F5A and arrow suction cup Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 19, 2015, 04:28:03 AM
but before animalizing again, and to come back to aircraft, just a little adaptation of PM 1/72 F-5A kit (I found a few dozens very cheap some time ago) with the suction cup tips from arrows :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3flechesF5-s_zpsacfrjgvj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150062s_zpss4amz3xv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150063s_zps8piel3vr.jpg)


Title: Re: F5A and arrow suction cup Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 19, 2015, 12:52:55 PM
but before animalizing again, and to come back to aircraft, just a little adaptation of PM 1/72 F-5A kit (I found a few dozens very cheap some time ago) with the suction cup tips from arrows :
Great! I have never accepted the dictatorship of aerodynamics! Let our airplane models feel free...
Well, as both you and I are French speaking, I wondered if this "'(aerodynamic) drag for fun" hides a sexual meaning of what. I checked and this seems confirmed :-[
to drag = to pick up a girl
drag --> "traînée" --> prostitute
These innocent scale models were hinding a shame, no?  ;)
Title: Re: F5A and arrow suction cup Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 19, 2015, 06:24:51 PM
thanks Tophe ; well, there was no special hidden intention, here, just making arrows out of aircraft  ;)
Title: Re: F5A and arrow suction cup Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 19, 2015, 07:40:39 PM
Wow... (sigh of relief), you are still The Prophet, and no Devil  >:D is behind the smile. I feel better, and so I clap my hands again! Great airplane toys, hurting nobody! :-*
Title: boosted shuttle and sodas ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 21, 2015, 03:08:24 AM
you might remember this tribute to two of the great american contributions to the world culture :


I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :

a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg[/url])


and I thought it deserved to be appropriately boosted, so after some thinking and considering different possibilities, i finally opted for a bottle of Rivella (a delicious swiss lemonade, hard to find anywhere out of Switzerland and a bit of Germany) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190091s_zps2jmycu1f.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190092s_zpswtsbu6vt.jpg)
Title: Re: boosted shuttle and sodas ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 21, 2015, 03:20:28 AM
Beautiful!!  The orbiter has its gear retracted when it's mounted on the external tank, but other than that, a superb piece of work that I can just see as the basis for an advertising campaign.
Title: Re: boosted shuttle and sodas ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 21, 2015, 02:39:41 PM
Beautiful!!  The orbiter has its gear retracted when it's mounted on the external tank, but other than that, a superb piece of work that I can just see as the basis for an advertising campaign.

thanks!

I have thought about the landing gear indeed : I first did the Shuttle self-standing, and rather than breaking the wheels, I finally use them for attachement and positioning : best of both worlds, kind of  ;)

Title: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 30, 2015, 04:10:54 AM
I finally got around to build something like a Tophe idea!  :o

There was a discussion somewhere about a P-38 with sharkmouths, with a mention of cerberus three-headed dog,
and I found a cerberus figurine which seemed fine for such a treat :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4030448s_zps3cattt74.jpg)

and I used a HobbyBoss P-38, cheap but surprisingly clean, and funnily designed with two half-airframe, upper and lower ...

and here is the hybrid (in yellow ;-) ):

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250122s_zpshhr4mye9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250121s_zpsky9eywc8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
Title: Re: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on April 30, 2015, 05:12:28 AM
some pilots did say that the Lightning would bite if you weren't careful ! ;D
Title: Re: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 01, 2015, 01:06:54 AM
 :-* Thanking you again, ericr, I have added the 3 P-38ER missing links between the standard P-38 and the Cerberus-38 of yours (at the current end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) ): ;)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P38eclairL_aai.JPG)
Title: Re: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 01, 2015, 04:48:41 AM
Outstanding!
Title: Re: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on May 01, 2015, 07:55:28 AM
Very nice, like it alot  :-*

Dare I presume that we will see an Allison driven dog soon ?
Title: Re: P-38 and Cerberus three-headed dog Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 01, 2015, 04:59:01 PM
thank you all!

Very nice, like it alot  :-*

Dare I presume that we will see an Allison driven dog soon ?

ah it might have been a possibility, and it is a usual pattern in my whiffing to make exchanges between two sources, but in thi case it went a bit differently ;-)

Title: insects and cars Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2015, 03:48:50 PM

I was pointed to this recently : a nice bash indeed, on the topic of insect/car hybrids, in the pat of this thread there are several ones

https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater)

(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11143342_1014324385253225_2477627488530373311_n.jpg?oh=525e608c411c41b234858497744c1d2a&oe=55DA8E03)


Title: Re: insects and cars Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: TerryCampion on May 19, 2015, 06:16:27 PM
WOW....

Fabulous ideas....here's my BatDak.....

Title: Re: insects and cars Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2015, 06:04:08 AM
WOW....

Fabulous ideas....here's my BatDak.....

fabulous hybrids, I am deeply impressed, thanks for sharing!

I have been considering bats, but I guess they look a bit sinister to me  ;)

For my hybrids I use smaller animal figurines : maybe I could try and think bigger?

Title: triplane beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2015, 07:07:29 AM

back to bottles, as the weather increases thirst ...

I had this kind of bottle of Grolsch

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg/397px-Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg)

for which I thought about an appropriate triplane :

(http://shop.revelstonemodels.com/ekmps/shops/revelstonemode/images/revell-1-28-scale-fokker-dr.i-triplane-04744--611-p%5Bekm%5D370x251%5Bekm%5D.jpg)

and here is the (yellow) baron of beer bottles :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/grolsch-s_zps6czoffvm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240142s_zps0zrin6s3.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240145s_zpsvziwzvcd.jpg)
Title: Re: triplane beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 28, 2015, 11:39:25 AM
 :-* Great!
And this one is very true (machine of the Yellow Baron? nicknamed Red Baron only by the Communists?): I recognize perfectly the "aerodynamics" of 1918... ;)
Title: Re: triplane beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 30, 2015, 11:01:41 AM
;D
Title: Be-6 and 1/32 Mosquito and ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 07, 2015, 08:04:24 PM
I am  currently busy with another project involving the tail fin remaining of a Berviev Be-6 from my previous things : something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito ... wait and see

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/IMG_1982s_zpskjnlcyet.jpg)

Title: Re: Be-6 and 1/32 Mosquito and ... Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 11, 2015, 12:37:21 AM
Yes, we'll see... :)
Title: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 17, 2015, 06:08:57 PM

the mystery of the Be-6 tail fins will have to last a bit more, because of paint layers issues ...

but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vin-s_zpsxcy8ccai.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140183s_zpsu0mvznyi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140184s_zps3w593nyc.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 21, 2015, 03:31:00 PM


but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)


this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented  ;)
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 21, 2015, 06:54:51 PM
Sorry, the Notify tool did not work, while I love your new blue one, so wonderful... :-* :-*
Realist modellers may have a broken heart, thinking you "wasted" a huge 1/32 DH Mosquito hero to celebrate drinking, but as far as I am concerned, I clap my hands! ;)
(I don't like wine nor any other alcohol but I love your hybrid smiles)
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on June 22, 2015, 06:09:42 PM


but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)


this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented  ;)

I did miss this one eric, again interesting and unusual (and I like blue).

Lookign forward to the Be-6, should be a whale of a good one I think.
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 24, 2015, 05:39:39 PM
I really like how you kept the cork and stuck the tail wheel on the end of it!

This baby has charm that's off the charts!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 25, 2015, 12:29:21 AM
thanks all!

I really like how you kept the cork and stuck the tail wheel on the end of it!

this was the result of intense and matured reflexion  ;D
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and argentinian wine bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 25, 2015, 01:14:04 AM
this was the result of intense and matured reflexion  ;D
These great words are not enough, I would rather say "genious reflexion, directing brilliant skills". :)
(I am ashamed as I had not noticed this delicious detail...) :-[
Title: 1/32 Mosquito and whale (1) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 25, 2015, 03:07:01 AM
so here is the first half of the story between the 1/32 Mosquito and the whale :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine-s_zpskeoju69n.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210205s_zpswgqqtlk1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210206s_zpsglgipwjl.jpg)

this build had a few surprising difficulties : for example, we are all used to putting weights to avoid tail-sitting aircraft : here I had to put weights (two fo 50 grs each!) in the tail to avoid jaw-sitting !

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1987s_zpsdcksen2k.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1988s_zpsuvn6qlmg.jpg)

that's what happes when you do whiffing : problems also turn upside down ...  :D

speaking of which, I also realised, just after gluing the ead of the whale to the fuselage of the Mosquito, that I had turned in around ... but then it appeared to be the better way, because the door and structure are more visible on the back.


ah, and the wings come from a 1/72 F100 Supersabre by PM Models (I might have added the inflight refueling pipe?  ;))



Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale (1) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 25, 2015, 03:12:11 AM
Haa haa haa haa haaa!!!! Avoid "jaw-sitting" has to be one of the funniest things I've come across today.

Thank you, I needed a good laugh.

Your model on the other hand, is indeed no laughing matter. Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.

Your Mossie Whale is a fine example of this!

Brian da Basher

Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale (1) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 26, 2015, 12:43:43 AM
Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.
Oh, I have been frightened, reading "our hobby is realism of art!" (I hate this word realism...). But "Google translate" informed me "realm" is kingdom or world, or dream, I feel better... ;)
Congratulations Master ericr! for your animal-child :-*
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale (1) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2015, 02:44:46 PM
thanks !

Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.
Oh, I have been frightened, reading "our hobby is realism of art!" (I hate this word realism...). But "Google translate" informed me "realm" is kingdom or world, or dream, I feel better... ;)
Congratulations Master ericr! for your animal-child :-*

don't be afraid, we are quite safe from realism here  ;)
Title: Somua S-35 and elephant Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 29, 2015, 05:27:13 PM

the reciprocal Mosquito and whale is busy drying (sometimes the paints react unusually with the different plastics) so in the meantime here is something completely different (not quite Aero-space actually, sorry, but really hybrid, and the series in this thread is majoritary aircraft :P)

I crossed this Somua S-35 french tank with an elephant :I cautiously chose the Somua S-35 because its turret is much more to the front than is the case for most tanks, and it seemed appropriate here.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/somuaS35-s_zpssw2c4ewq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180191s_zpszqxp4g60.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180192s_zpsc8nkxc32.jpg)
Title: Re: Somua S-35 and elephant Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on June 30, 2015, 05:59:05 AM
mobile sound detector vehicle with chemical sniffer ? ;D
Title: Re: Somua S-35 and elephant Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 30, 2015, 01:23:00 PM
Dear ericr,
I have heard one hour ago that you have been chosen by the French President as new Police minister, congratulations. The speech explained you are the Genius inventor of the best tool ever for civilian peace : an elephant trunk (spraying water severely) against violent crowds that always demonstrate in our country.
So you are very rich now!
(The alarm clock rung 20 minutes ago, but this is not important)... ;)
Title: Re: Somua S-35 and elephant Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 30, 2015, 07:17:02 PM

thank you !  ;)

I didn'think about the ears being like radars or ultrasonic sensors, but why not?  :D

Title: Ar196 and Duvel beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 01, 2015, 03:46:10 PM

to go back to aircraft hybrids, while the whale gently dries :

an Arado 196 with a small bottle of Duvel (my very favorite beer) :
as you can see the bottom (or front, in the case of this potential aircraft) says "small is beautiful"  ;D
and I gave it spats, for a nice 30s look

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvelmini-s_zpstnuyy2s6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280273s_zpssjv1oaba.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280276s_zpsp5m85pqq.jpg)
Title: Re: Ar196 and Duvel beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 02, 2015, 01:44:33 AM
Will BdB pardon this heretical use of spats?
As far as I am concerned, I love this absurd shape  :-* , thanks for the enjoyment you give us
Title: Re: Ar196 and Duvel beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on July 02, 2015, 02:01:10 AM
ADS-33?*  ;D





*Arado, Duvel, Stipa and the 33cl bottle.
Title: Re: Ar196 and Duvel beer bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2015, 03:25:08 AM
ADS-33?*  ;D





*Arado, Duvel, Stipa and the 33cl bottle.

it would be ADS-18 : it is a mini Duvel !  ;D

the DAS-33 might developed soon : I have a spare bottle somewhere in my stash  ;)
Title: Ar196 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2015, 04:09:47 AM
Will BdB pardon this heretical use of spats?
As far as I am concerned, I love this absurd shape  :-* , thanks for the enjoyment you give us


thanks Tophe!

and, by the way, while you are there :

sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :

(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG)

and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010286s_zpsovceoikl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010288s_zpssmjxc6am.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg)

it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build!   ;D

Title: Re: Ar196 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 04, 2015, 01:05:21 PM
Wonderful: actually built! :-* (so: I am not crazy, I will show that to the psychiatrist, as a proof!). No, officials could put dear ericr also in psychiatric asylum, sorry... :( ;)
Anyway, I love this improvement you made to turn it into "possible".
Just one point: with the extra metal cover on pages, the airflow may be happy but the pilot is unhappy: unable to read the book... (or The Book, religiously, to feel protected from The Lord above)...
Title: Re: Ar196 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 04, 2015, 05:05:38 PM
I really like how the book wings give the illusion of flight on your latest, ericr! You could do this with an Il-2 Shturmovik but leave off the prop blades, exhausts, blend in the spinner with putty and let those book wings be the power.

As nice as your blue, book winged Arado is, I'm especially impressed by the yellow wonder before it!

LOVE those spats!
 :-* :-* :-*
Brian da Basher
Title: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2015, 12:54:52 AM

thanks !

and now for something quite different :

the long promised mosquito and whale (with a Briev Be-6 tail) :

I particularly liked the glass nose (droop-like)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mosquito-s_zpspfgwdnot.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010294s_zpsevse9ne1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010295s_zps3ymazm22.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010298s_zpspybj6r5a.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on July 05, 2015, 07:47:38 AM
looks like a seal ... can we have a walrus next ? :)
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 06, 2015, 04:09:16 AM
Using that Briev Be-6 tail was absolutely inspired!

Almost unsettling how well that insect-like stance suits the fuselage.

Well done, ericr!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on July 06, 2015, 11:29:41 AM
Where's the blow hole? If its in front of the canopy you need to install wipers!  :o
Awesome idea. :-*
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 06, 2015, 07:44:57 PM

thanks all !  :)

the fitting of the fuselage and the "beast" was actually a bit of a challenge, which I had to solve specifically by adding side cheeks to the Mosquito, in a smooth enough way to be painted with glossy colors
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 06, 2015, 11:59:25 PM
Uh? Was there such a "technical" reason for these pretty cheeks? I was thinking this was just a beauty extra feature... ;) :-*
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2015, 02:48:34 AM
Uh? Was there such a "technical" reason for these pretty cheeks? I was thinking this was just a beauty extra feature... ;) :-*


a bit of technique was used for the sake of beauty  ;)

to give an idea of the challenges encountered : the shapes of sections were quite different, so I added a cheek in transparent cellophane/plastic, which I then smoothed with mastic/putty (same for the other Mosquito and whale, but in the other direction)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1983s_zps0brzuxx7.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 08, 2015, 10:20:40 PM
and now for something completely different
(I have quite a few things in stock in the pipeline actually)
not quite aircraft related but well ...

the crossing of an elephant
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140159s_zpsmkyraa1f.jpg)
and an excavator
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140164s_zpsiy2em2fm.jpg)

is quite naturally as follows
(with a pair of 1/18 tools) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant2-s_zps1o5glmuz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210211s_zpsl3ysutuk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210213s_zpsyuah5wu5.jpg)


and the other way around, the reciprocal is just as natural :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210215s_zpsqivnsn6v.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pelleteuse-s_zpsoohqmljf.jpg)
Title: Re: 1/32 Mosquito and whale and Be-6 (2) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on July 09, 2015, 04:15:36 AM
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant2-s_zps1o5glmuz.jpg)

What every zoo needs ... animals that are equipped to pick up their own droppings ;D
Title: Re: elephant and excavator Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on July 09, 2015, 10:04:17 AM
You can tell the experienced vet when they have to work anywhere near the backside of an elephant they wear a raincoat.
Title: Re: elephant and excavator Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 09, 2015, 01:37:16 PM
You can tell the experienced vet when they have to work anywhere near the backside of an elephant they wear a raincoat.

  :o
Title: Re: elephant and excavator Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 09, 2015, 04:46:43 PM
it could be worse...

https://youtu.be/1ske8AG5q74
Title: Re: elephant and excavator Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on July 09, 2015, 05:04:00 PM
 8)
Title: What if pigs could fly (really) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 11, 2015, 04:47:24 AM

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cochon-s_zpsx61yyc4x.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00009s_zpsgd8l1jzl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg)

(wings and tail from a Sopwith Triplane)
Title: Porco Rosso Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 11, 2015, 06:24:59 PM

I forgot : I baptise it Porco Rosso, obviously

Title: Re: Porco Rosso Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 13, 2015, 12:16:01 AM

I forgot : I baptise it Porco Rosso, obviously

Yet another delightful wonder, eric!

Well done!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Porco Rosso Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 13, 2015, 04:00:46 AM
"A real pig to fly" or "when pigs fly" are the first two things that I thought of upon seeing your latest creation :)

Interesting combination you have come up with Eric. 
Title: Elephant (not pink : red) and pencils Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 14, 2015, 01:58:59 AM
thanks all for your appreciation!

and now for something with no aircraft part, but another sort of chimera :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant-s_zpsy0kpmnrp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00017s_zpsko9rchvv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00018s_zps5k421uft.jpg)

Title: Re: Elephant (not pink : red) and pencils Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on July 14, 2015, 05:28:29 AM
needs an eraser on its tail ! ;D
Title: Re: Elephant (not pink : red) and pencils Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 14, 2015, 05:10:51 PM
needs an eraser on its tail ! ;D

ah, I hadn't thought of that : next time maybe  ;)

by the way, note that ears are notebooks, the same kind as the wings of the Ar196 earlier in this thread
Title: Re: Elephant (not pink : red) and pencils Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on July 14, 2015, 06:30:39 PM
Cool one this ericr (as they always are!)

Scary thing is, if you DID stick an eraser on its tail, put a gap for a Post-It Note pad init's back, and made the pencil and eraser removable and useable, you could sell absolute container loads of these! School kids would love them, what a moment of a visit to a wildlife park!!
Title: Re: Elephant (not pink : red) and pencils Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 15, 2015, 01:43:15 AM
thanks, I'll try to think about the marketing potentials ;-)

Title: steam locomotive and Fokker triplane Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 16, 2015, 01:56:21 AM

triplane wings somehow fit well on a steam locomotive of the appropriate diameter :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/loco-s_zpsxb08sfoj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00035s_zpst4krmwhy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00037s_zps85bysr1g.jpg)
Title: Re: steam locomotive and Fokker triplane Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on July 16, 2015, 02:04:23 AM
Look fits and flows well - am surprised.
Plan routes without tunnels and side-by-side tracks.
Title: Re: steam locomotive and Fokker triplane Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 16, 2015, 03:01:57 AM
Look fits and flows well - am surprised.
Plan routes without tunnels and side-by-side tracks.

you get nothing for nothing  ;)

thanks!
Title: Re: steam locomotive and Fokker triplane Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 18, 2015, 07:07:49 AM
Wonderful new ones! :-* :-* :-* :-*
(I had no Internet for awhile, and I enjoy very much what I had missed, I don't even know which one is my favourite, among 3 delicious ones: elephant worker, triplane pig, train aircraft...) :-* :-* :-*
Title: PZL37B and guitar (flamenco) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 18, 2015, 04:01:58 PM
thanks  :D

and now for a musical intermede :

I recently travelled to Andalusia, and found this cute little souvenir :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5040456s_zpsce5z4v6l.jpg)

which reminded me instantly of this magnificent image, from a record cover :

(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)

and then a bit later my stash welcomed a cheap bi-motor of adequate size :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6250261s_zpsfibtzfxh.jpg)

and here is the result

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsugc79srl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00042s_zpsguh20ajp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00044s_zpstyufhnjz.jpg)

Title: Re: PZL37B and guitar (flamenco) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 18, 2015, 08:00:17 PM
Wow! So (nicely) crazy! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: PZL37B and guitar (flamenco) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on July 19, 2015, 06:31:58 AM
all that needs is the pilot sitting right up front on the nose with the strings connected to his control stick  :)
Title: Re: PZL37B and guitar (flamenco) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Camthalion on July 19, 2015, 06:56:03 AM
You produce some interesting items, but that winged loco looks great.
Title: Re: PZL37B and guitar (flamenco) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 19, 2015, 08:58:34 PM
Thinking about it, I judge that the guitar aircraft makes our dear ericr the very first Aerospace artistic designer (and manufacturer) in the World, since Jesus-Christ, or even before... Admirative congratulations of mine... :-*
Title: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 20, 2015, 03:31:30 PM
thanks all!

anf for those who wondered what I did wth the rest of the two triplanes, here comes the solution to the mystery, which begins with the fact that in a recent travel i bought a last souvenir at the airport, with my remaining local currency :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6040469s_zps9scd8ykr.jpg)

with the purposeful intention of exploring further the snail shell effect :

the third one in yellow, is a Saaski (of which the wings will find a destnity, undoubtdedly) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquillages-s_zpsoppnlxxl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00088s_zps1gzevans.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00090s_zpsl9ypzml4.jpg)
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Claymore on July 20, 2015, 10:31:20 PM
Being a tread-head I don't normally admit to scanning the Aero-space threads but just had a look at this one and I take my hat off to you sir.  You bring a whole new meaning to whiffing - the world needs more lateral thinkers.  BRAVO!  ;D :)
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 21, 2015, 02:47:17 PM
Being a tread-head I don't normally admit to scanning the Aero-space threads but just had a look at this one and I take my hat off to you sir.  You bring a whole new meaning to whiffing - the world needs more lateral thinkers.  BRAVO!  ;D :)

merci!  :D

maybe I could/should post to more earth-oriented groups sometimes, but mostly my whiffs involve aircraft
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 21, 2015, 03:11:40 PM
Lord, you are saving the planet! (I thought these bright shells with aerial propellers had disappeared from Earth, due to voracity of human beings and other monsters, but you found three remaining ones, thanks!). Now we must create a special aquatic zoo for them, preserved forever... And for yourself, a gold medal!
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on July 21, 2015, 06:03:26 PM
Hey ericr, really still loving your work. I was looking around the net and found that someone has been inspired by you to so this sort of modelling in the real life living animal world:

(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/modelling_mushi/Online%20Forum%20Posts/startrekdog-beer-costume_zpsxy2epwed.jpg) (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/modelling_mushi/media/Online%20Forum%20Posts/startrekdog-beer-costume_zpsxy2epwed.jpg.html)

It has even confounded our mighty treasurer, Joe "Dont Call Me A Girlie Man Matthias" Hockey

(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/modelling_mushi/Online%20Forum%20Posts/JoeUgly_zpspbavyaxq.jpg) (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/modelling_mushi/media/Online%20Forum%20Posts/JoeUgly_zpspbavyaxq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 22, 2015, 03:26:52 AM
Those snail planes are an excellent metaphor for my modelling production. I appreciate the nudge...
 ;)
Yet more whimsical and delightful creations! I love the primary colors and how you've gone "Two-Color" on these beauties.

Well done, ericr!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 23, 2015, 03:51:24 PM
Hey ericr, really still loving your work. I was looking around the net and found that someone has been inspired by you to so this sort of modelling in the real life living animal world:


amazing !

I am not using live animals though (yet)  ;D
but as long as they don't get hurt (no kit bashing  ;)) it might make sense, like having snail races where they carry bits of models?



Title: Re: triplanes and sea shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 23, 2015, 03:52:38 PM
thanks !

Those snail planes are an excellent metaphor for my modelling production. I appreciate the nudge...
 ;)

I tend to be quite fast, and go at it in a simplifying way ;-)

Title: Noorduyn Noreseman and polar bear Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 23, 2015, 03:53:15 PM
following on an earlier Norseman and lion :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87638#msg87638 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87638#msg87638)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)

there was a suggestion :


You should do a polar bear version next. Perfect for the Noreseman.


which I was happy to follow and adopt !

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ours-s_zpsjgg2gedm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00096s_zpsl1qynejj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00098s_zpsug8sqpm6.jpg)

Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and polar bear Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 24, 2015, 06:15:33 PM
Nice animals, I am glad to know them.
I know they drink mainly gasoline, but what are they eating? human flesh or vegetables?
Title: Re: Noorduyn Noreseman and polar bear Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 25, 2015, 03:44:43 PM

the might carry humans, but not quite eat them : they can climb out upon arrival  ;)
Title: donkey-powered airplane Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 26, 2015, 02:09:41 AM

inspired by Kuczynski :

(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-hkZK5J5/5/M/SYRIA2005.06-M.jpg)

this donkey powered airplane : I had to find a civil twin-engine, and the Rochelle 1/100 kit by Zvevda had the right size for the donkeys :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rochelle-s_zpsyybhblka.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00130s_zpsgpb9xsop.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00131s_zps1uonn7jb.jpg)

okay, I didn't do the carrots, which are the real source of power, but the idea is there I guess
Title: Re: donkey-powered airplane Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on July 26, 2015, 06:56:22 AM
nice one , eric !

hadn't seen this plane before - a good replacement for the old V-tail Bonanza !
maybe a whif twin-jet version is on the cards ??
Title: Re: donkey-powered airplane Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: TurboCoupeTurbo on July 26, 2015, 09:54:27 AM
I enjoy looking at these.  You have quite the eye for combining animals and machines that seems so natural.
Title: Re: donkey-powered airplane Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 27, 2015, 05:55:00 PM
thanx!

the plane is the Rochelle character of Planes : I am not sure it is a real world plane
Title: Ant and Triumph TR4A Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 30, 2015, 04:48:57 AM
the last kit in the Heller insects series

(http://shop.kuschel-muschel.de/WebRoot/Store26/Shops/04dbb202-4f32-45ab-b8fe-7d9668cc4277/5436/CD53/89AC/922B/03BC/0A48/3574/5040/539197132927_ml.png)

shown earlier, like for example there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg88317#msg88317 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg88317#msg88317)

is the ant, and I crossed it with an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A, here one way (the other way will come soon) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tr4a-s_zpsvfj418z2.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00173s_zpsmzrqxcvk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00178s_zpsm41wx72g.jpg)

Title: Re: donkey-powered airplane Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 30, 2015, 11:01:12 AM
Great new ones! Thanks!

I am not sure it is a real world plane
Oh, do not pronouce these awful words, refering to the so sad World/Hell... Or wipe your mouth clean and you become a friend again!
Title: Triumph TR4A and Ant (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 31, 2015, 08:04:12 PM

hop !

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fourmi-s_zpszfe6gb11.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00220s_zpsknfpytoy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00224s_zps8wsrqvhb.jpg)

Title: Re: Triumph TR4A and Ant (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 01, 2015, 01:50:02 AM
Just the thing for the new Antman movie.  Alternatively, I'm reminded of some of the insectoid natives in Keith Laumer's ]Retief and the Warlords.
Title: Re: Triumph TR4A and Ant (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 01, 2015, 10:58:39 AM
 :-*...
Title: Re: Triumph TR4A and Ant (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 19, 2015, 06:43:38 PM
thanks!

I am back from vacation, so the parade can resume  ;)

Title: Re: Triumph TR4A and Ant (other way round) Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 19, 2015, 06:54:22 PM
Good! Have you got rest enough? But maybe creative-modelling is a matter of joy and mind-rest, this is not work (even if hands are busy)... ;)
Title: banana B-727 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 19, 2015, 06:57:21 PM
and now let's go further into avionirics (a wordbash between avionics and oniric : why not calling it this?)

again inspired by Pavel KUCZYNSKI :

(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)


http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg (http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)


this transformation of a B-727 :
(front part of the 1/125 heller kit, the wings of which are used there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87446#msg87446 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87446#msg87446))

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-125-s_zpsjpuklxlz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00135s_zpsdjzakbyz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00138s_zpsjeehnkj3.jpg)
Title: Re: banana B-727 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 20, 2015, 01:13:49 AM
Wow! Wonderful! :-*
but please, please: nobody should eat it (no human nor monkey, this is precious) ;)
Title: Re: banana B-727 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 20, 2015, 03:07:56 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AKWGjQmmOM0/U7r3JTKGGLI/AAAAAAAACQE/Q0r4t4LLT2I/s1600/banana.png)
Title: Re: banana B-727 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2015, 02:07:21 AM
indeed
Title: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 03, 2015, 04:34:31 AM

I don't think I had the opportunity yet to introduce you to the

 Twin Otter aerosled :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter-s_zpsmfiqaknx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00161s_zpsno3w3kt0.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00162s_zps8dhlqwzo.jpg)

Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 03, 2015, 05:32:24 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on September 03, 2015, 10:08:53 AM
Twin Otter aerosled

Oh, that is wonderful! Not as whimsical as, say, your polar bear/Noreseman hybrid. But your Twin Otter aerosled is very believable  :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 03, 2015, 10:49:58 AM
 :-* Lovely! And this bright red colour is not outlaw in icy Canada but reminding the flag and perfect to see from the skies if emergency is required after an engine failure at mid-way...
Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 03, 2015, 11:11:47 PM
thank!
believability has its chrams too  ;)
Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 04, 2015, 01:26:59 AM
Sorry, I did not realize... (when I said "it looks like Real", maybe this could have been heard as an insult by you inventor...) ??? ::) ;) :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter aerosled : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 04, 2015, 02:22:04 AM
 :)
Title: Lynx aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 06, 2015, 06:48:31 PM
in the same vein ...

a Westland Lynx based aerocar (it's the very old Frog Lynx)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lynx-s_zpsgawuzbfb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00085s_zpsd9ncvcvc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00082s_zps4owi7ixl.jpg)
Title: Re: Lynx aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 06, 2015, 06:55:08 PM
in the same vein ...
I love this vein! while, uh, I don't love "blue blood" (royal, privileged fed by taxes without work...) and the red blood one stays my favourite ;) But as a toy family, this is even better than a single abnormal machine, thanks a lot!
Title: Re: Lynx aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 07, 2015, 07:46:29 PM
I might try "yellow blood" sometime  ;D
Title: Re: Lynx aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 09, 2015, 03:49:46 AM
I really like the blue aerocar! Looks like it jumped off the cover of Modern Mechanix!

If you added a circular guard around the prop and weathered it, I bet you could get a few to think this was real!

Nicely done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Lynx aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2015, 02:51:38 PM
thanks!

a guard around the propeller would make it safer indeed : better use it in uninhabited areas  ;)
Title: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2015, 02:54:47 PM

I think I didn't show this before : an experiment, quite basic building, but a
potentially rocket powered Seamew-based aerocar

(I have  quite a few spare fuselages looking for usage ; and spats as well)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seamew-s_zpswv350dx2.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050508s_zpsrappem7w.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050510s_zpsopbchyho.jpg)
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on September 10, 2015, 08:30:56 PM
I think that's the best-looking Seamew I've ever seen!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 10, 2015, 10:28:18 PM
 :-* :-* Wonderful! And with this huge rocket power, maybe the little planes holding the spats can make her fly, no?
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 11, 2015, 02:58:18 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 11, 2015, 02:18:58 PM
thanks!
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 12, 2015, 11:20:53 AM
Of course, I was so inspired... I HAD TO draw such Lightnings! But so many ones in my collection have been inspired by Master ericr, the names ER-38 and ERI-38 were already used, so I decided for IcEr-38 (A, B, C), as a transformation of ErIc, crazily upside down! (this is the crazy part, because the Aerocars themselves are very serious, out of town with pedestrians):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairM_aaj.jpg)
(temporarily at the end of my P-38 site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) )
Title: Re: Seamew aerocar : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 12, 2015, 02:57:18 PM

excellent, especialy the twin engine one  :)
If someday I have a spare Lightning fuselage, maybe ...

Title: Space shuttle aerocar(?) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 13, 2015, 02:49:25 AM

another relatie oldie, which I think I didn't post yet :

done with a shuttle fuselage with wheels probably from a 1/48 big plane (B-29?) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleroues-s_zpsxsx00kwm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080120s_zpsevoy00ks.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080121s_zpshctelroo.jpg)
Title: Re: Space shuttle aerocar(?) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 13, 2015, 03:52:25 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Space shuttle aerocar(?) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 13, 2015, 11:58:21 AM
 :-* Wow!! hypersonic on the Great Salt Lake?! Congratulations designer/manufacturer/modeller! (and pilot... courageous) ;)
Title: cow & PZL7 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 15, 2015, 02:14:34 AM
thanks!

and now back to animal hybrids :

a cow PZL7

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vache-j-s_zpsi2odkjod.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00966s_zpsxtypoous.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00968s_zps4yp4u0cq.jpg)

Title: Re: cow & PZL7 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 15, 2015, 11:01:28 AM
Great! This large high wing on the back of a little cow seemed unbalanced and fragile, but with the additional struts sustaining it (thanks to the designer or to Mother Nature), this becomes perfect.
 :-*
Title: Re: cow & PZL7 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 16, 2015, 02:44:12 AM
First step towards the moon shot...

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ63e2Nw-GTFv7KutN5idRXG4Xk8zPDL6E7Y4m0Kz9ZhaF_2EFxjw)
Title: Re: cow & PZL7 : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 16, 2015, 10:08:08 PM
to the moon why not indeed  ;D this technology is not quite up to it though :
maybe it would require a kitbash with a space shuttle ?
Title: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 17, 2015, 11:47:14 PM

the yellow cow is not alone : her blue mate is grazing :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00969s_zpsqhpvbfgb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00975s_zpsvoctaqog.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00974s_zpsiewlevz7.jpg)
Title: Re: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 18, 2015, 02:53:55 AM
Methane powered I presume...
Title: Re: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on September 18, 2015, 04:29:12 AM
When cows fly be sure to park car under cover !
Title: Re: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 19, 2015, 02:06:37 AM
When cows fly be sure to park car under cover !

And no convertibles!
Title: Re: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on September 19, 2015, 09:28:16 AM
Gulled-wing bovids ... gotta love that! Mind you, I'm a sucker for anything PZL-related  :)
Title: Re: another cow & PZL7 (blue) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2015, 07:18:35 AM
thanks all!

Gulled-wing bovids ... gotta love that! Mind you, I'm a sucker for anything PZL-related  :)


so I understand that you are a PZL-enthusiast !: I hope the following can satisfy you, pegasus-wise :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL11-s_zpsuptqeqsd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00991s_zpsua0skqyg.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00992s_zpsrx5pngfm.jpg)

Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 23, 2015, 12:38:50 PM
Wonderful! :-*
And it looks "domestic"... is it? or wild (but quiet)?
Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 23, 2015, 06:12:28 PM
I have seen on TV this midday a surprising advertisement, like "Under Copyright ericr": alive sheeps with red/yellow wings (and engines on these wings)! If you see (on French TV?)the start of an advertisement for Kayak travel website, don't change the channel: marvels will happen soon on the screen, yes hybrids aircraft/animals and colourful!
It is well deserved that ericr becomes a celebrity, according to me. ;)
Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 24, 2015, 10:30:51 AM

ah yes, like here :

(https://www.kayak.fr/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/08/sheep_blogpost_image.png)

thanks for the link, dear Tophe, very relevant indeed, and the proof that I am not the only one fool enough to invent observe this kind of phenomena  !  ;D
Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 24, 2015, 11:28:41 AM
Wonderful, you already found it! (I thought it would be in Internet archives not before "2 years from now"...) :D
Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on September 24, 2015, 12:38:37 PM
Best guess is his plan is for sheep to run down slope in back and glide over bar on top of posts, but is unclear to me.
Title: Re: horse & PZL7 (red) Pegasus : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 25, 2015, 04:47:21 AM
I guess mowing would improve aerodynamics
(which is less of a problem for horses/Pegasuses)
Title: horse & PZL11(yellow)Pegasus: avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 26, 2015, 09:59:01 AM

and he is not alone :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00999s_zpsfkpf2zwx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL7-s_zpsho8ls2nc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00997s_zpselgr7ci6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00998s_zpsuucfqmti.jpg)
Title: Re: horse & PZL11(yellow)Pegasus: avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 26, 2015, 06:07:40 PM
 :-* :-*
Title: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 10, 2015, 03:41:09 AM

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg[/url])



it's not just me seeing flying pigs around !

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2303_zpsvo0xtzua.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01339_zpspd9ok8ut.jpg)
Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 10, 2015, 11:39:11 AM
Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)
Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on October 10, 2015, 12:50:44 PM
Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)

Not necessarily, we used to have a Flying Pig Brewery and Ale House here in town, until
the owner sold up so he could open his dream 'sportsbar'.

The brewery/alehouse was pretty good, the sports bar sucks, wall to wall big screen TVs showing
baseball, US football and basketball constantly at soul crushing sound levels combined with over-priced
drinks and meh food.
Of course it's been a financial success because as Menken observed "nobody ever went broke under-estimating
the taste of the American public".
:-X
Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 10, 2015, 05:22:53 PM
Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)


Not necessarily, we used to have a Flying Pig Brewery and Ale House here in town, until
the owner sold up so he could open his dream 'sportsbar'.



a pity for the flying pig indeed

In Europe we have an elephant related brew :
(http://www.belgianbeerschiangmai.com/images/products/advertentie-del-trem.jpg)


which makes me think that I haven't put wings on an elephant yet ...
wherefrom? Noratlas?
or V-22 Osprey!?

Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 10, 2015, 08:44:19 PM
I used to see flying pigs all the time...

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/F111/115-A8-126dumpandburn1.jpg)
Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 10, 2015, 09:29:50 PM
I used to see flying pigs all the time...
Yes, GTX, but this is very different: you are our moderator half-God, but for us human being modellers, this is imposible! ;)
Title: Re: not just me ! Re: What if pigs could fly Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on October 11, 2015, 01:41:49 PM

In Europe we have an elephant related brew :
([url]http://www.belgianbeerschiangmai.com/images/products/advertentie-del-trem.jpg[/url])



I've had a few of those.  :)
Title: aircraft are born from eggs : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 12, 2015, 04:09:16 AM

aircraft are born from eggs :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2329_zpsjmqdwfeb.jpg)

Title: Re: aircraft are born from eggs : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 12, 2015, 11:31:03 AM
aircraft are born from eggs :
Yes! Just like pigs are born from eggs! This was the missing link! explaining all now! (I feel better, and now I am going to smile receiving my psychiatric injection)... ;)
Title: flying building (prop) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 13, 2015, 08:50:31 PM

Another astonishing crossing : a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2326_zpsq0jap90d.jpg)

Title: Re: flying building (prop) : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 13, 2015, 10:21:39 PM
a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :
Wonderful, while... with the 3 connections (beams?) between "fuselages", this is more a several-boom than 2-boom, maybe. I love it anyway, thanks!
Title: 20000 !? : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2015, 02:51:19 PM
just noticed that this thread reached 20000 views according to the site counter :
avionics are far out  ;)
thanks to all!
Title: Re: 20000 !? : avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on October 15, 2015, 01:09:04 AM
the drag on the towers would be too great for it to be a plane ... I believe what you are seeing is actually a tail-sitting rocket-powered helicopter that gets boosted up & then transitions to horizontal flight ... tho the rotors are still rather small for lift & a soft landing ;D
Title: Do27 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2015, 12:59:38 AM

 do you remeber this ?

sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :

([url]http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG[/url])

and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg[/url])

it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build!   ;D


I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01805s_zpsk0uysie8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01807s_zpscbzp8eby.jpg)

next one might be a delta  :)

Title: Re: Do27 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 17, 2015, 11:32:19 AM
Wonderful! And this new device propbably gives outstanding STOL performances, or something? ??? ;)
Title: Re: Do27 & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired !) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2015, 06:56:43 PM
Wonderful! And this new device propbably gives outstanding STOL performances, or something? ??? ;)

yes, when pages flap the portability is greatly enhanced ...   ;)
and sometimes the contents of the book can habe an elevating influence too
Title: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 21, 2015, 04:33:11 AM
and now for something completely different :

I always liked the shape of the 2cv, a bit like that of the Beetle, and thought about equipping it with the wing of a space shuttle ...
I had already tried a 1/43 one with 1/288 boosters, and a 1/16 Beetle with 1/144 Boosters
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87944#msg87944 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87944#msg87944)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)

and here comes the 1/24 2cv with 1/144 shuttle wings and tail, on top of the 747 SCA :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv-747-shuttle-s_zpsl3x7pbrp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01927s_zpso7lglgqn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01928s_zps2uahpl5p.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01931s_zpsnzqudzoa.jpg)

Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 21, 2015, 10:53:57 AM
Wow! Maybe it's not "possible", but it's fun! :-*
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 22, 2015, 05:24:06 AM
I especially like how you decided to paint the Citroen red! Blue would've been the natural choice, but that crimson really makes it pop!

Nice stuff!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 22, 2015, 07:44:04 PM

thanks a lot!
I hesitated a bit on the color, but chose red  because in my garage at home there is the red 2cv of my brother in law ; I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it  ;D

Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 23, 2015, 01:39:59 PM
I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it  ;D
Yes: I knew this! Your compound-model is not fantasy at all but true life story (as scale model: of course you drive the scale 1 version, bigger)... ;)
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 23, 2015, 02:28:10 PM
I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it  ;D
Yes: I knew this! Your compound-model is not fantasy at all but true life story (as scale model: of course you drive the scale 1 version, bigger)... ;)

yes, and I drive it without the 747, to keep a bit of discretion  ;D
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Madhatter on October 23, 2015, 08:07:11 PM
France's space program seems to have run into budgetary cutbacks i see
Very colourful I must say, and unique
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 23, 2015, 10:48:25 PM
Of course, the 2cv having wheels and wings, you can drive and fly, no need of mother-ship. :)
Title: Re: 2cv shuttle and 747 SCA Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 29, 2015, 02:26:18 AM
 ;D
Title: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 12, 2015, 01:58:54 AM

you may remember the P38 interpretation as a Cerberus I made earlier :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg89215#msg89215 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg89215#msg89215)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)

Here is a kind of reverse experiment : a Cerberus with three PZL7 heads :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cerbere2-s_zpsxxeysjte.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02178s_zpsjgaq3pqb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02182s_zpsysxiyegh.jpg)
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on November 12, 2015, 07:58:50 AM
three props whirling is quite a bite on that Cerebus ! :o
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 12, 2015, 12:33:25 PM
The colours are joyful and lovely while I am frightened by this animal-machine, why? ??? ;)
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 13, 2015, 03:58:40 PM

the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around  ;)

Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on November 14, 2015, 05:07:19 AM

the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around  ;)

next time you'll have to motorize them so the props do spin & the "heads" move ;)
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 14, 2015, 05:44:23 AM

the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around  ;)

next time you'll have to motorize them so the props do spin & the "heads" move ;)

ah, motorizing 1/72 kits does require quite refined skills, doesn't it?

but the propellers can move, manually, and each can turn round ;
you better synchronize them, of course

Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 14, 2015, 12:02:57 PM
the propellers can move, manually, and each can turn round ;
you better synchronize them, of course
A Cerberus evil monster with intermeshing propellers... this is like the best caricature of the Machine World ever made... Charlie Chaplin's spirit is not dead! Congratulations! ;)
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2015, 05:32:55 AM
thanks for the exagerated compliment!  ;)
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 15, 2015, 09:56:15 PM
Definitely one of the more imaginative creations to come along! I especially like how the engines mimic the growl of that mythical beast. I've got to tip my hat to your vision and creativity!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: PZL7 heads for a Cerberus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 18, 2015, 05:02:56 AM
thanks a lot! your appreciation feeds my imagination  ;)

for the growl effect, I had initally thought of having three F86 Sabre (or Mig 15 of a mix of them), but in 1/72 they are too wide for the necks ... maybe next time I can try in 1/100? ;D
Title: P38 and pencils (Saint Exupery) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 22, 2015, 08:28:45 PM

Saint Exupery was the author who wrote "Le Petit Prince", and he made drawings too ;
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
This hybrid mixes a P38 with pencils :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38-s_zpsxtpndr6z.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02198s_zpst4ep3kn9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02197s_zpslsvuww3m.jpg)

Title: Re: P38 and pencils (Saint Exupery) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 22, 2015, 11:44:39 PM
Marvelous! I will have to draw this (with your name) on my fantasy-P38-drawings website! adding maybe a version with writing ink-feathers? ('plumes à encre' would have said St-Exupery).
Thanks again for this invention of yours! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: P38 and pencils (Saint Exupery) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 23, 2015, 03:19:00 AM
Nice tribute. :)


he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.

His F-5B (Recon variant of P-38  ) was officially rediscovered in 2000.
Title: Re: P38 and pencils (Saint Exupery) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 24, 2015, 07:44:13 AM
That's a nice tribute to Saint Exupery. The Little Prince is one of my favorite books.

I like the colored pencils. They remind me of those wonderful drawings of the Little Prince and all the places he visited.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: P38 and pencils (Saint Exupery) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 24, 2015, 07:56:51 PM

thanks all !  :)
Title: Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 24, 2015, 07:59:22 PM

yet another hybrid, more animal this time :

a 1/144 shuttle and a whale :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine2-s_zps0sl6walj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02245s_zpsyhunzwga.jpg)

Title: Re: Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 24, 2015, 08:13:21 PM
I just something curiously similar here :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/)
Title: Re: Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 24, 2015, 11:43:35 PM
I prefer your one, ericr... ;)
Title: Re: Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 25, 2015, 01:57:07 AM

thanks a lot Tophe  :)
Title: Shark boosters & Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 27, 2015, 11:41:22 PM

the previous whale on its boosters, Jaws-like :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02237s_zpsm70hkxak.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02235s_zpskmoe67o8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requinB-s_zps1evjyuj4.jpg)

made from a Pegasus Shark kit (which has two optional heads : I have one left for some other purpose ...)

Title: Re: Shark boosters & Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 27, 2015, 11:44:18 PM
If I wasn't so frightened, I would say: wonderful! ;)
Title: Re: Shark boosters & Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 28, 2015, 04:15:41 AM
From the people who brought you "Snakes on a Plane " and "Sharknado"...now we have "Sharks in Space!"  Travel to the ISS will never be the same!!! ;D
Title: Re: Shark boosters & Space shuttle and whale Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 28, 2015, 05:24:32 PM

I discovered the existence of Sharknado only recently, and never saw it but it does reach unprecedented imagination indeed ;-)

Title: whale & Space shuttle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2015, 05:31:11 AM
the other way round, in blue :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02265s_zpsswsvsgdr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144baleine-s_zpsvl7ggavr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02266s_zpsgl6v8p2x.jpg)

Title: Re: whale & Space shuttle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 30, 2015, 12:32:17 PM
Nice fish (without teeth, no more fear of mine...) :)
Title: Re: whale & Space shuttle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2015, 04:26:26 PM

less teeth indeed, this one is more peaceful  ;)
Title: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 08, 2015, 11:55:34 PM

another aircraft/animal hybrid, using an east-german kit of a "Tu-20", which seems to be a Tu-95 Bear variant, with a strange flattened nose, at 1/100, and a giant squid or calamar, in yellow :


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu20-s_zpsj7c2gpwh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02383s_zpskmowznz8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02384s_zpsk1palf4h.jpg)
the reciprocal is drying, in red, but the humbrol enamel reacts bizarely with the squids tentacles plastic, and seems to take ages to dry, whereas the plastic of the head reacts better ...
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on December 09, 2015, 04:15:51 AM

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02383s_zpskmowznz8.jpg[/url])



I've seen a design-office drawing of a super-sonic transport (Concord?) with a similar nose .... think it was a "pre-canard" thought.
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 09, 2015, 06:02:59 AM
Your Tupelov Squid really made my day, eric!

You see, I have this friend who really likes squid, finds them delicious in fact.

I can't think of any seafood I'd enjoy half as much as this model!

Nice work!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 09, 2015, 11:45:02 AM
Your Tupelov Squid really made my day, eric!

You see, I have this friend who really likes squid, finds them delicious in fact.

I can't think of any seafood I'd enjoy half as much as this model!

Nice work!

Brian da Basher

I'd rather chew on the plastic model than squid!
I shall call you "Squidbear"!
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 09, 2015, 04:26:24 PM
I shall call you "Squidbear"!


thanks !


Squidbear is a good name !

Bearsquid might work too? but that will be for the reciprocal build
(pictures coming soon, but the paint doesn't want to dry ...)

It is the nose of the Bear that inspired me :

(http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/tupolev%20tu-95%20bear/Tu-95%20Bear%20nose%20on.jpg)

Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 10, 2015, 12:55:06 AM
Your calamar airplane is incredible and nice... ;)
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 10, 2015, 09:05:57 AM
I shall call you "Squidbear"!


thanks !


Squidbear is a good name !

Bearsquid might work too? but that will be for the reciprocal build
(pictures coming soon, but the paint doesn't want to dry ...)

It is the nose of the Bear that inspired me :

([url]http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/tupolev%20tu-95%20bear/Tu-95%20Bear%20nose%20on.jpg[/url])


This reminds me of the puffed out mouth of a bullfrog.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/45/8f/a6/458fa6e03484d7a442a540bd8c4a9b6f.jpg)
Title: Re: Tu20 and giant squid/calamar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 16, 2015, 04:38:36 AM

right, I should try frogs someday, indeed  :)
Title: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 16, 2015, 04:45:15 AM

and now the other way round, in red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamargeant-s_zpsymfg6uqt.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02425s_zpsioh8pw3g.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02426s_zpsaewfyfcc.jpg)

the sheet of paper is there because the humbrol enamel red paint somehow refuses to dry on the tentacles plastic/rubber ... a chemistry issue, I guess
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on December 16, 2015, 05:18:40 AM
 :-\ another undersea craft for Jarjar Binks ! ;D
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 16, 2015, 08:10:47 AM
:-\ another undersea craft for Jarjar Binks ! ;D
May the Farce be with you for that thought!
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 16, 2015, 08:12:38 AM
Your latest red one is a fantastic leap of imagination and some outstanding modeling!

I really like the eyes. Brings it all together for me.

The nose with that blister on top works so well it's incredible!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 16, 2015, 01:14:01 PM
Weird! :-*
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on December 16, 2015, 02:43:25 PM
Weird! :-*
Yes,,, so right :)
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 17, 2015, 01:37:00 AM
That red combination reminds me of a cross between the U.S.S. Seaview fromVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea and the SeaQuest from the television show of the same name.
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Weaver on December 17, 2015, 02:25:35 AM
I read the title as "giant squid calmer" on the first pass......

The red one in particular makes me think of hermit crabs that appropriate the discarded shells of other sea creatures. Maybe this is a species of giant squid that feels the need for armour and has therefore repurposed the front end of a long-crashed Tu-20 as protection for itself. I dread to think what it might be afraid of...
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 17, 2015, 03:21:46 AM
I love this latest one. :) :)
Title: Re: giant squid/calamar and Tu20 (reciprocal) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 17, 2015, 05:12:47 AM
thanks all !

Title: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 21, 2015, 04:52:11 AM
Sometime ago I had tried a blend of a spanish guitar with the wings of a PZL39 :
this time it is an electric guitar with a S-21G (from PM, 1/72) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsjx2aule7.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02443s_zpsaorqw2pt.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02442s_zpskz8o4tjd.jpg)
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 21, 2015, 12:28:40 PM
Wonderful! Birds are not the only ones anymore to sing in the sky! :-* :-*
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 21, 2015, 07:48:32 PM

we should think about what a flying drumset would look like ...  ;)
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 21, 2015, 11:37:12 PM
That really looks good!
I'm desperately trying to think of an album cover that has something like this.
Of course there was Boston.   
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112 (http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112)
But those were spaceships.
I'll think of it sometime next week........
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 22, 2015, 02:33:48 AM
That really looks good!
I'm desperately trying to think of an album cover that has something like this.
Of course there was Boston.   
[url]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112[/url] ([url]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112[/url])
But those were spaceships.
I'll think of it sometime next week........



I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that  ;D

Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 22, 2015, 03:02:28 AM
"Twin-boom" sounds good! ;)
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 22, 2015, 06:20:02 AM
"Twin-boom" sounds good! ;)

of course !!!  :)
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 22, 2015, 12:11:00 PM
Sounds like a plan! We'll be waiting patiently
Title: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 23, 2015, 03:40:35 PM

the bottle is a Duvel bier (my ever favorite brand, since my childhood)

and these wings and wheels seems to fit quite nicely

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvel-s_zpslzfrvvwm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02455s_zps8woqvpmn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02456s_zpsxoqntuyc.jpg)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 23, 2015, 04:03:36 PM
I am not sure I like this beverage but I love this airplane! :-*
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on December 23, 2015, 04:04:15 PM
Seriously large rocket boost on this baby !
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 23, 2015, 05:42:24 PM
I like how that blunt nose shape is mimicked by the engines and is complimented by the straight wings & horiz stabs.

Blue is the perfect color for this baby!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2015, 05:29:29 PM
thanks ! I still have a bottle or two coming, trying different cominations (buplane, jet, etc, ...)
Maybe I should/could try a twin boom bottle?  ;D
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 25, 2015, 01:37:25 AM
Biplane twin-bottle with struts tying it all together and engines on the lower wing so that applying full power doesn't tip the aircraft on its nose.
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on December 25, 2015, 05:21:33 AM
I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that  ;D

Stairways to Heaven ?  ;)
Title: Re: SU-21G and Guitar Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 25, 2015, 06:36:16 PM
I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that  ;D

Stairways to Heaven ?  ;)

 ;D
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: upnorth on December 25, 2015, 06:54:45 PM
This talk of crossing guitars with flying machines is kind of making me nostalgic for the old Boston album covers.
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 26, 2015, 03:03:46 AM
This talk of crossing guitars with flying machines is kind of making me nostalgic for the old Boston album covers.


One can see what you mean:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/BostonBoston.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Boston_-_Don%27t_Look_Back.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Boston_-_Third_Stage.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Boston_Life%2C_Love_%26_Hope.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Boston_-_Walk_On.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Boston_-_Corporate_America.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Boston_-_Greatest_Hits.jpg)

This one's a little different...it has wings:

(http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5539bae2e4b067fd7c6fcc71/553d4e77e4b03925cdf3e3aa/55411f59e4b06d7f0e8c9fa6/1430331228508/album+cover+square.jpg?format=2500w)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 26, 2015, 03:48:02 AM

thanks for the iconography, inspiring potential indeed

maybe it would deserve a goup build  ;D

Title: Su-21G and snail shell, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2015, 05:20:17 PM

sometime ago, I made three small snail-shells with fuselages from WW1 aircraft,
visible above, higher up in this thread :
here is the jet age version, with a Sukhoi Su-21G :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02494s_zpsyylay8do.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02492s_zpsdhm97uxz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille2-s_zpssyyapaey.jpg)

Title: Re: Su-21G and snail shell, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 29, 2015, 02:04:15 AM
 :-* I love your model/animal, but tell me: how is it going back fully home? (if afraid or for sleeping or in dry weather) is there room enough? even with folding or rubber-like matter... Everything is possible, but please explain a little: help us to dream it alive... ;)
Title: Re: Su-21G and snail shell, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2015, 06:21:43 AM
:-* I love your model/animal, but tell me: how is it going back fully home? (if afraid or for sleeping or in dry weather) is there room enough? even with folding or rubber-like matter... Everything is possible, but please explain a little: help us to dream it alive... ;)

yes it can go back in : this is the most outside position, and the fuselage can bend and flexibly fit the inner room.

dream on  ;D
Title: Re: Su-21G and snail shell, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 29, 2015, 07:09:06 AM
I can totally see this as an objet d'art on some big-wig's desk.

Sculpturally, the inter-play between the curved shell and straight, sharp Su 21 nose is very interesting and the difference in texture between the two highlights this nicely.

Yet another enjoyable, artistic wonder, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Letov S-328 and dolphin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2015, 08:24:40 PM

thanks !

If  I had big-wigs as customers, my stash would grow infinitely ;-) but it is not the case   ???

my imagination follows certain patterns, I sometimes do variants around a theme :
for example dolphins crossed with aircraft : I once used a Corsair, here is a Letov S-328 fuselage :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin2-s_zps78zszigj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02502s_zpsnmqctgxl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02505s_zpste08nvce.jpg)

(the floats of which appeared recently in the primary seaplanes thread, and the wings are with a yellow bottle to come ... nothing gets lost, nearly)
Title: Re: Letov S-328 and dolphin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 30, 2015, 12:08:41 AM
Nice (and probably clever) animal-airplane... :-*
Title: Re: Letov S-328 and dolphin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 30, 2015, 09:13:43 AM
I think it's neat how your latest has that big propeller to help those fins out.

Another nice one, ericr!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Letov S-328 and dolphin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 30, 2015, 10:24:32 AM

"and the wings are with a yellow bottle to come ... "


Would that make it a bottle nose dolphin?
Ba da boom!
Title: Letov S-328 and bottle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 30, 2015, 10:09:59 PM

thanks ! and here comes the bottle, right in time for seasonal festivities :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/letov328-s_zpsfri27oai.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02511s_zpsiotk2hs8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02513s_zpsvybz5juh.jpg)

Title: RWD-6, dolphin and shell, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 04, 2016, 10:59:55 AM

I found this nice RWD-6 kit, cheap, and original :I hadnot heard before of that aircraft,
and here it is hybridized with a dolphin, and with a snail shell

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin-s_zpswcfat8vp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02496s_zpsdsi0ralv.jpg)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd6-s_zpsbxpgijxx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02483s_zpsvlvheyhh.jpg)

Title: Re: RWD-6, dolphin and shell, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 04, 2016, 12:18:03 PM
 :-* :-* I love both of them!
Title: Re: RWD-6, dolphin and shell, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on January 04, 2016, 12:19:32 PM
Me too ... but the dolphin is my fav  :)
Title: PZL-11, Saaski, dolphin and shell, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 06, 2016, 04:32:46 AM
thaks a lot !

here are a few more hybrids,  all in blue ...
 
dolphin-based :

with a Saaski's wings (Dujin 1/72)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02528s_zpsranchpz4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saaski-s_zpszlvcsfru.jpg)

with an Ar 196 fuselage (Airfix 1/72)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsjpx0phm5.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02532s_zps8bk97cp8.jpg)

plus a little shell, with a PZL-11 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl11-s_zpse3hq4neo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02521s_zpspx2h8mx0.jpg)
Title: Re: PZL-11, Saaski, dolphin and shell, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 06, 2016, 12:15:10 PM
I love this family/collection spirit with no special wonder but groups of similar oddities... :-*
Title: Re: PZL-11, Saaski, dolphin and shell, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 08, 2016, 07:36:23 AM
I really like the Arado shark and the dolphin biplane. Seeing these imaginative creations finished in blue is just the icing on the cake!

Very pleasing to look at...relaxing actually.

Thank you for going where few have taken this hobby before, ericr!

Brian da Basher
Title: SU-21G & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired!) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2016, 08:45:55 AM

thanks a lot!

I am just following my inspiration, and lobe it when you like it.

Sometimes my inspiration also comes from others like Tophe's book-planes :


 do you remeber this ?

sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :

([url]http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG[/url])

and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg[/url])

it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build!   ;D


I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg[/url])



next one might be a delta  :)


here is the delta-winged Su-21G, in red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02545s_zpsm2dt2gg6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02546s_zps2txd16hi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/su21-s_zpsocikkoxv.jpg)

Title: Re: SU-21G & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired!) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 10, 2016, 12:02:31 PM
Thanks! These are great improvements:
- (Do 27) lateral windows for in-flight reading (cruise flight is so boring...)
- (Delta Su-21) book planes in the supersonic jet age
So wonderful :-* Thanks again!
Title: Re: SU-21G & notebook-wings (Tophe-inspired!) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2016, 11:42:13 PM
- (Do 27) lateral windows for in-flight reading (cruise flight is so boring...)

ah ! I had not thought of that !
I am all the more happy when people see things I had not intended  ;)
Title: Space shutlle and slipper Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 16, 2016, 09:58:00 PM
apparently I forgot to show you this when I did it, so here it comes :

an authentic "charentaise", the very traditional french slipper
(preferrably worn with a moustache and a basque hat)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02392s_zpskge3noyi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02391s_zpsi5a7dbau.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02390s_zpsrtgc3kh9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)
Title: Re: Space shuttle and slipper Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on January 17, 2016, 07:26:46 AM
"La Charentaise Spatiale"? The PZL-11 snail is fantastic!
Title: Re: Space shuttle and slipper Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 17, 2016, 08:47:11 PM
"La Charentaise Spatiale"? The PZL-11 snail is fantastic!

"La Charentaise dans l'Espââce"

thanks !



Title: Peashooter & duck + Kingfisher & shell Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2016, 07:25:12 PM

two new small hybrids (especially the Kingfisher, 1/350 ...)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p26-s_zpsrombusz6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02737s_zpstihfylgy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/kingcoq-s_zpsakivogwp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02742s_zpsush70egn.jpg)

(I still have the wings of the small kingfisher ... ... )
Title: Re: Peashooter & duck + Kingfisher & shell Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 22, 2016, 03:13:25 AM
small but delicious! :-*
Title: Re: Peashooter & duck + Kingfisher & shell Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 22, 2016, 04:20:19 PM

thanks!
Title: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 27, 2016, 04:58:03 AM

a 1/144 A-10 crossed with a falcon :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/faucon-s_zps4yz2wczr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02751s_zpsfdvn5ip0.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02754s_zpsondtnrmy.jpg)



Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on January 28, 2016, 10:14:34 AM
I like! And great idea to turn it into a taildragger  :)
Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 29, 2016, 03:46:46 AM

thanks !
the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...

Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 30, 2016, 03:35:11 PM
the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...
Lord... a bird with a gun nose? Are you the Evil Creator? :( ??? :-\ ;)
Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 30, 2016, 04:21:53 PM
the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...
Lord... a bird with a gun nose? Are you the Evil Creator? :( ??? :-\ ;)

the gun is removed, as I usually do : I am interested in flying entities, not firing  ;)
Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2016, 01:13:29 AM

here it comes!

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a10144-s_zpsjmjf5jdc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02786s_zpss3jbciun.jpg)

I kept some of the original stripes, as a tribute to the work by someone in China

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02787s_zpswf29ythq.jpg)
Title: Re: reciprocal A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 31, 2016, 03:58:05 AM
 :)
Title: Re: reciprocal A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2016, 01:33:11 AM

thanks!
Title: Peashooter & duck reciprocal, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2016, 06:19:34 AM

the duck got the Peashooter wings ...

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colvert-s_zpsiam3muny.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02776s_zpsxhgtuba4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02779s_zpsd0so96eg.jpg)

Title: Re: Peashooter & duck reciprocal, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on February 02, 2016, 10:25:37 AM
the duck got the Peashooter wings ...

And lovely pin-feathers too  :)
Title: Re: Peashooter & duck reciprocal, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 04, 2016, 04:27:15 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: A-10 & falcon, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 04, 2016, 12:58:09 PM
here it comes!
Beautiful surprise indeed! Thanks for the enjoyment! :-*
Title: Me262 (1/32) & shark, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 07, 2016, 06:01:46 AM

thanks  ;)

here, the Me262 is an old 1/32 one from Hasegawa, and the shark is by Pegasus
(I had already used part of it with Space Shuttle boosters earlier in this thread :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg99199#msg99199 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg99199#msg99199))

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/me26232-s_zpsbpq5g82s.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02836s_zpsm08yvlyi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02837s_zpspj4mlncf.jpg)
Title: Re: Peashooter & duck reciprocal, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 07, 2016, 06:05:31 AM
Looks natural.

Inspired by this perhaps?

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/graeme838/me262shark.jpg)
Title: Re: Me262 (1/32) & shark, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 07, 2016, 06:10:27 AM
yes indeed ! 
I actually tried it in 1/72 already, at the very beginning of this thread, but 1/32 also works fine  ;)

Other people here could try it, with the same ingredients, and better skills and a different livery (either Luftwaffe or something else  ;))
Title: Re: Me262 (1/32) & shark, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 07, 2016, 12:22:28 PM
Wonderful yellow fish! :-*
(And I prefer it as a civilian tourist machine than a killer) ???
Title: Re: Me262 (1/32) & shark, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 07, 2016, 08:39:54 PM
thanks ! I prefer tourism as well  ;D
Title: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2016, 04:16:33 AM

and here comes the reciprocal : the Pegasus 1/18 shark equipped with the 1/32 Hasegawa Me262 wings and tail.
I did try to have it sit on its wheels, but failed to put the right weight in the head. It is possible (using really heavy fishing weights), but it might require strengthening the legs, because the shark body is already a bit heavy : if anyone out here tries it, be warned! but it would be worth it, really, I think.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requin-s_zpsz3ftut0n.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02841s_zpsbvcxeajx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02842s_zpsqckfjuvt.jpg)
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on February 10, 2016, 05:13:48 AM
I think that's my favorite build of yours, yet, Eric! It looks fantastic! I also think it looks perfect mounted like that—like it's coming in for a landing and has just spotted something tasty on approach...like an aviation photographer!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 10, 2016, 12:23:45 PM
What I prefer (and I do love it! :-* ) is the fin not in the centerline but oblical as the fish is moving... I would like to include it in my collection of asymmetric airplane (as true invention! lonely one of its kind!), but for that, could you add a view from above? ???
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2016, 08:16:04 PM

thanks a lot, I particularly appreciate your appreciation !

Tophe you can certainly use the picture : assymetry comes mostly from the flexibility of the body of the shark : the fin is in line with the tail ;-)
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on February 11, 2016, 02:44:05 AM
This flows comes together extra well. :)
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 11, 2016, 01:21:49 PM
Tophe you can certainly use the picture : assymetry comes mostly from the flexibility of the body of the shark : the fin is in line with the tail ;-)
Thanks! Well, I was hoping a view from above would show the asymmetry more clearly but the first picture may be enough, I will see.
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2016, 04:45:23 PM

ah, I don't have a view from above yet : I will try soon
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 12, 2016, 06:10:30 AM
That red "Shark 262" is pure eye-candy and I especially like how it plays on the shark-like look of the original aircraft!

The curved pose is the icing on the cake!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 12, 2016, 01:28:04 PM
ah, I don't have a view from above yet : I will try soon
Thanks! I'd be glad to improve, while I already posted a first picture in the History of asymmetric aircraft (at the current end of it): http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm) . Thanks again!
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 14, 2016, 12:18:40 AM

the curve pose is from the box : the Pegasus shark is a nice kit  ;)

Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 14, 2016, 12:53:17 AM
the curve pose is from the box : the Pegasus shark is a nice kit  ;)
Don't be shy: you are the genius one (the kit manufacturer never imagined a curved airplane, I am very sure) ;)
Title: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2016, 05:19:59 AM

a 1/144 DC-3, and a swan :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dc3-s_zps2xdxoyo8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02850s_zps97pvpxra.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02852s_zpskgiss2ih.jpg)

Title: Re: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on February 15, 2016, 05:50:20 AM
Brilliant - this works extra well  :)
If could find similar wings for 1/72 build.  Do same plus A-10 engines on fuselage as a flex wing version.
Title: Re: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Volkodav on February 15, 2016, 10:46:07 AM
Yes that does work, very nice!
Title: Re: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 15, 2016, 12:06:57 PM
This one is even more elegant than the (already harmonious) DC-3, congratulations! ;)
Title: Re: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2016, 09:38:27 PM

thanks a lot !

(a reciprocal will come soon, as usual  ;) )
Title: Re: shark & Me262 (1/32) reciprocal, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on February 16, 2016, 11:55:37 AM
Looks natural.

Inspired by this perhaps?

([url]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/graeme838/me262shark.jpg[/url])


I need to reshape the nose on a Me-262 and play it straight other than a realistic shark "face"



([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02842s_zpsqckfjuvt.jpg[/url])


This model has sooo much personality, its just wondrous  :-*
Title: Re: DC-3 and swan, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 17, 2016, 08:39:19 PM
thanks !
Title: reciprocal DC-3 and swan, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 17, 2016, 08:44:32 PM

the reciprocal, in yellow

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygne-s_zpsuam5srmo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02856s_zpsvcs9s4gm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02858s_zps9abr8mw9.jpg)


(still a bit difficult to obtain a well-covered yellow ...)

Title: Re: reciprocal DC-3 and swan, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 18, 2016, 11:33:43 AM
I love this VTOL (STOL?) duck of yours! :-*
Title: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2016, 05:12:28 AM
thanks !  ;D (it must be VTOL  ;) )

and now for something completely different :

and twin-boom twin neck guitar :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitareDouble-s_zpshgsfvbwk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02880s_zpsec1ud9hy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02881s_zpsrhkpm8eo.jpg)

Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 22, 2016, 01:22:08 PM
 :-*  :-*  :-*
(And red is the colour of the heart, this is not coincidence...) ;)
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 22, 2016, 01:26:16 PM
I just realize another wonder: your delicious model is asymmetric! with "fuselages" of different length's! :-*
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 23, 2016, 06:46:31 AM

ah yes indeed! I had not thought of that : twin-boom and asymetri : the best of both worlds!
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 23, 2016, 10:00:27 AM
Perhaps add actuators to strum the strings as you fly, providing your own background music?
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 23, 2016, 01:07:24 PM
ah yes indeed! I had not thought of that : twin-boom and asymetri : the best of both worlds!
The name ericr enlightens the Universe of asymmetric aircraft, from now on... See at the (temporary) end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm)
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 24, 2016, 01:36:35 AM
I celebrate also your delightful creation on my Lightning site (simplified) at http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) (at the temporary end of it):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairM_aer.jpg)
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 24, 2016, 02:36:28 AM

splendid, thanxalot!!
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on February 24, 2016, 12:18:23 PM
thanks !  ;D (it must be VTOL  ;) )

and now for something completely different :

and twin-boom twin neck guitar :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitareDouble-s_zpshgsfvbwk.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02880s_zpsec1ud9hy.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02881s_zpsrhkpm8eo.jpg[/url])


Hmmm...  Would make a great album cover!
Title: Re: twin-boom (P-38) twin neck guitar, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 24, 2016, 08:01:48 PM

Hmmm...  Would make a great album cover!

right ! the group called Boston did some with flying guitars

and Commander Cody's band, with flying instruments
Title: twin-boom (Boxcar) bottle, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2016, 02:32:32 AM

I have a few small bottles ("mignonettes") in my stash, and I realized I haven't tried a twin-boom yet

so here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
(Tophe, don't be afraid, I didn't even drink it, so the bottle is still full actually  ;D )

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/boxcarMignonette-s_zpsl7nsexuk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02894s_zps25udvmeb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02889s_zpssg4ptw6d.jpg)
Title: Re: twin-boom (Boxcar) bottle, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 27, 2016, 09:44:57 PM
here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
(Tophe, don't be afraid, I didn't even drink it, so the bottle is still full actually  ;D )
I am not afraid: I am delighted! :-*
Title: Re: twin-boom (Boxcar) bottle, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on February 28, 2016, 12:44:02 AM

I have a few small bottles ("mignonettes") in my stash, and I realized I haven't tried a twin-boom yet

so here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane

You missed an opportunity to paint it purple!
Looks good, though. Is that the Roden boxcar kit?
Title: Re: twin-boom (Boxcar) bottle, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2016, 06:57:48 PM
thanks!

yes it is the Roden kit

now I have to find something to use the fuselage ...

Title: Wellington and violin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 02, 2016, 04:07:30 AM

this plastic violin was supposed to play music with a bit of electronics inside, but it was broken when I found it : maybe for the best, after all, for my ears  ;)

and I had a 1/72 Airfix wellington of the right size so I furthered my experiments in the spirit of this :

(http://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/imported/The-New-Commander-Cody-Band-Rock-And-Roll-Again-LP-Vinyl-Record-261460450113.jpg)

and here it is :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/violon-s_zpsmvbkntkm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02928s_zpsqnzomj5s.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02927s_zpstsdz9wa4.jpg)
Title: Re: Wellington and violin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 02, 2016, 11:22:23 AM
Beautiful!  Perhaps for their next album they should honor the Commander Cody of Republic serials (Radar Men From the Moon et al.) and make spaceships of their instruments?
Title: Re: Wellington and violin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2016, 10:38:33 PM

thanks!

music in space is definitely an inspiring topic  ;)
Title: Re: Wellington and violin, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 04, 2016, 11:58:12 PM
Hmm, melody in the skies :icon_music: :-* :icon_music:
Title: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 05, 2016, 06:55:00 AM
thanks ! but before more music :

I began a series of 2cv hybrids, with different kinds of aircraft : monoplane high wing or low wing, biplane, twin-boom, twin-motor, jet

here is the first one, a 1/43 2cv with a 1/72 Saab 21 (both Heller)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsfoq2sxgt.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02937s_zpsxr654gzp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02935s_zpsfaa7r8hr.jpg)

Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 05, 2016, 03:35:26 PM
VERY beautiful :-* :-*
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
And maybe "2cv" is not famous out of France, it means "deux-chevaux-(vapeur)" (to read de-shvo), nick-named "Dodoche" (to read dodosh) ;)
Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ysi_maniac on March 05, 2016, 09:00:07 PM
Plausible indeed!
Title: 2cv and biplane (Alf), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2016, 05:24:11 AM
thanks !

and now one of the 5 diecast 1/32 (? I guess) 2cv

(I bought the lot just to make shipping costs more optimized when buyig something else : you know what I mean, that's how you get a stash full of things you don't need, and didn't actually want ... but at some point it pops up again conveniently enough after all  ;D tell me I am not the only one please  :wacko:)


hybridized with the Alf floatplane from which came the yellow catapult I showed recently


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvAlf-s_zps8xwirkgr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02954s_zpsy20tg6we.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02955s_zps1wghtsd5.jpg)
Title: Re: 2cv and biplane (Alf), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 08, 2016, 12:39:56 PM
Your new flying-2cv is VERY pleasant, thanks!  :-*
Alas it is not my "favourite" one because I love so much twin-boomers that I prefer the yellow one  :-* :-* , sorry.

(I bought the lot just to make shipping costs more optimized when buyig something else : you know what I mean, that's how you get a stash full of things you don't need, and didn't actually want ... but at some point it pops up again conveniently enough after all  ;D tell me I am not the only one please)
Sorry I cannot confirm as I do not buy lots anymore but one model rarely, and only one. But your incredible productiviity needs lots as basis, I understand and I approve you with joy.
Title: Re: 2cv and biplane (Alf), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2016, 02:43:01 AM

thanks !

I have no other twin-boom 2cv in storage I'm afraid, but I understand your choice of a favorite  ;)




Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 09, 2016, 01:24:33 PM
Thanks for your approval of my taste... ;)

Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2016, 07:23:13 PM
Thanks for your approval of my taste... ;)

Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!

it was unconcious actually  ;)
Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 09, 2016, 08:02:00 PM
it was unconcious actually  ;)
This seems to be Pure Genius: doing marvels without even noticing it, just "as normal"... ;)
Title: Re: 2cv and biplane (Alf), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2016, 05:52:53 AM
 ;)
Title: Hawker Hurricane & 2cv (monoplane), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2016, 03:40:00 AM

now a monoplane, with the Revell 1/72 Hurricane :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvHurricane-s_zpshzjysywu.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02973s_zpsxvgtaews.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02974s_zpspqmv0wiq.jpg)

(but I just forgot to paint the rear wheel tyre black)

Title: Re: 2cv and Saab 21, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 11, 2016, 02:42:29 PM
Congratulations also for the red one, pleasant addition to the family!

Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!

it was unconcious actually  ;)
I have featured your yellow one as a major addition to the History of asymmetric aircraft! (at the temporary end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm) ), without mentioning this angle was not wanted... Thanks again, engineer!
Title: Re: Hawker Hurricane & 2cv (monoplane), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2016, 04:51:28 AM


thanks  ;)
Title: Mig-15 UTI & 2cv (jet), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2016, 04:42:11 AM

and now to the jet age, with a Mig-15 UTI (ok, the twin seat aspect is not quite visible here)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mig15uti-s_zpszhbkrtuh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02979s_zpscev0jqel.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02980s_zpsbxh0aj1b.jpg)

(the red reacted a bit with the background : uneasy to do a primer on a dark colored preassembled diecast)
Title: Re: Mig-15 UTI & 2cv (jet), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 15, 2016, 02:08:31 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Mig-15 UTI & 2cv (jet), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 15, 2016, 12:55:01 PM
Oh... not easy for me: if I were not a twin-boom lover, this delicious  :-* new one would be my favourite... :( ;)
Title: ostrich wind mill, yelow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2016, 07:00:52 AM


thanks!

for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/autruche-s_zps7b42oenz.jpg)

(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts  :) )
Title: Re: ostrich wind mill, yelow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 17, 2016, 08:24:55 AM
Cute!  That prop would look good on a suitably-sized giraffe if you can find one.  If you want to go prehistoric, perhaps a brontosaur?
Title: Re: ostrich wind mill, yelow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 17, 2016, 01:03:18 PM
Wonderful :-*
Pr. Darwin would have validated the sharp nose/spinner with good reasons for sure!
Title: Re: ostrich wind mill, yelow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on March 17, 2016, 02:13:57 PM
Strikes me as proposal for more natural looking, nature inspired electric power windmill.
Title: Re: ostrich wind mill, yelow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2016, 07:36:14 AM
thanks all!

aha, prehistoric longnecks indeed, thanks for the idea!

Title: 2cv & Breguet 693, twin-engine, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2016, 04:34:42 PM

another 2cv, this time twing-engined and twin-finned with a Breguet 693 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvBr693-s_zpsfdt05tut.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02999s_zps3772kugv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03004s_zpswqobxbau.jpg)

Title: Re: 2cv & Breguet 693, twin-engine, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 19, 2016, 06:06:36 PM
One more Beauty!!! :-*
The pilot would feel uneasy to go into its cockpit (or "a little dangerous" if the propeller is turning)... :D
Title: Re: 2cv & Breguet 693, twin-engine, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 20, 2016, 06:05:51 AM
thanks!


and now the last one of the gang (my 2cv stash is now empty ... ;) )

with the wings of a PZL-11, high-wing seagull monoplane :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvPZL11-s_zpsw715vvnb.jpg)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03016s_zpskz3z3qg7.jpg)


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03017s_zps7ktj8aqv.jpg)


and all together now :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03019s_zpssvnh6azj.jpg)

I still have a few other cars in my stash though ...  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: 2cv & Breguet 693, twin-engine, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 20, 2016, 09:48:26 AM
One more Beauty!!! :-*
The pilot would feel uneasy to go into its cockpit (or "a little dangerous" if the propeller is turning)... :D
You only start the props after you're in the cockpit and wait until they stop before exiting.
Title: Re: 2cv & PZL 11, monoplane hi-wing, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 20, 2016, 09:49:24 AM
That cross with the P.11 is the prettiest one, yet, of a gorgeous set.
Title: Re: 2cv & PZL 11, monoplane hi-wing, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 20, 2016, 11:49:51 AM
Yup, hard to go wrong with a PZL  :)
Title: Re: 2cv & PZL 11, monoplane hi-wing, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 21, 2016, 05:49:52 AM
thanks!

those PZL wings are great indeed : I nearly used those of a Loire 46, but that will come later  ;)

Title: Re: 2cv & PZL 11, monoplane hi-wing, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 21, 2016, 11:58:49 AM
The 6-pieces collection is VERY wonderful! :-*
I just wonder 2 little détails:
- 3 of them seem to have no propeller/jet, are they sailplanes? :)
- for the PZL, could you tell us more about rear passengers going Inside the cabin? because pylons are joining the door and the wing (is this a folding wing?) ;)
Title: Re: 2cv & PZL 11, monoplane hi-wing, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2016, 08:05:38 PM
The 6-pieces collection is VERY wonderful! :-*
I just wonder 2 little détails:
- 3 of them seem to have no propeller/jet, are they sailplanes? :)
- for the PZL, could you tell us more about rear passengers going Inside the cabin? because pylons are joining the door and the wing (is this a folding wing?) ;)

thanks!

propulsion is indeed by sailing and by mental energy  ;)
and access is still possible through the front door, like in a coupé :
in whiff world it remains comfortable  ;D
Title: Fairey Swordfish & Ambassador, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2016, 08:07:20 PM

One more car for the road :

a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ambassador-s_zpso2zyzlem.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03010s_zpsuhelvvug.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03011s_zpsajsuojss.jpg)
Title: Re: Fairey Swordfish & Ambassador, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 23, 2016, 02:08:27 AM
Wow! And with swept wing moreover! Is it supersonic?
Title: Re: Fairey Swordfish & Ambassador, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 25, 2016, 05:27:24 AM
Wow! And with swept wing moreover! Is it supersonic?

in a whiff/indian scale, probably  ;)
Title: Kingfisher & RWD-5 & seashells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 25, 2016, 05:36:18 AM

a few more shells :

a tiny 1/200 Kingfisher :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/kingcoq2-s_zpsko2cxbpr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03036s_zpskkqamulm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03037s_zps7h18acpj.jpg)

and a RWD-5 : I left the shell in natural color for a change

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd5-s_zpsrhg8n4nv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03028s_zpscshqcwap.jpg)

Title: Re: Kingfisher & RWD-5 & seashells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 26, 2016, 03:26:33 AM
 :-* and  :-*
Title: Re: Kingfisher & RWD-5 & seashells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2016, 12:58:33 AM
thanks  ;)


a few more bottles :

the RWD-5 with a tiny bottle of anisette Gras :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mignonettes-s_zpshb8wxxnc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03039s_zpsfu3n7xox.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03044s_zpsbi1ofzsw.jpg)

and the LWS Czapla with a bottle of gin (Beefeater) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lws-s_zps7qwwn0zh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03051s_zpsksvk5gtg.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03053s_zpsinpxqyuk.jpg)

Title: Re: RWD-5 and LWS Czapla & bottles Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 29, 2016, 01:12:52 AM
These nose-sitters greatly enrich the world of VTOL (why were there only tail-sitters with too much simple transition to horizontal flight?) ;) :-* :icon_music:
Title: Huey Cobra & bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 30, 2016, 04:45:29 AM

nose sitters, that is an invention indeed, I am lucky that you are making me aware of it ;-)


a helicopter variant in the bottles series, using a 1/72 Huey Cobra, and a small spanish wine bottle from a flight on Iberia :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bouteillemini-s_zpsfzupp6af.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02995s_zpstotjst50.jpg)

Title: Re: Huey Cobra & bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 31, 2016, 12:23:44 PM
I love this one "also" (or maybe "even more"...) :-*
Title: Re: Huey Cobra & bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2016, 11:52:55 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Huey Cobra & bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on March 31, 2016, 11:54:11 PM
The Huey looks like a helicopter version of the Stipa-Caproni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni)
Title: Re: Huey Cobra & bottle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 01, 2016, 04:43:23 AM
The Huey looks like a helicopter version of the Stipa-Caproni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni)

ah yes indeed! I had not thought of it, but now you mention it, it springs to the eye! thanks!
Title: Sabre & Dan Nguyet, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 03, 2016, 04:47:17 AM

a new musivcal endeavour, with a vietnamese Dan Nguyet miniature, combined with a HobyBoss Sabre :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/danNguyet-s_zps0dw2bxhy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03057s_zpsovjf6tqx.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03059s_zpshmybr4te.jpg)
Title: Re: Sabre & Dan Nguyet, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 03, 2016, 09:27:18 PM
 :-* :icon_music: lovely... :icon_music:  :-*
Title: Re: Sabre & Dan Nguyet, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2016, 01:10:54 AM
thanks!
Title: Re: Sabre & Dan Nguyet, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 04, 2016, 01:23:26 AM
They blend nicely, though I reckon this would give new meaning to "the wind in the wires".  I wonder if remote actuators could be made to play tunes in flight?
Title: Re: Sabre & Dan Nguyet, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 06, 2016, 01:12:56 AM
They blend nicely, though I reckon this would give new meaning to "the wind in the wires".  I wonder if remote actuators could be made to play tunes in flight?

they certainly could  ;)
Title: turtles & P-38, Sabre, Saab21 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 06, 2016, 01:18:54 AM
some of my previous experiments left me with a number of fuselages (that's what you get when you fit wings to everything). Particularly, some twin booms ...


And then I thought of turtles, bought three of them, and here we go :

P-38, blue :


(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38ii-s_zps2jsvzxz2.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03094s_zpspp2vddyf.jpg)





Saab-21, yellow :



(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saab21-s_zpsibftswq5.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03124s_zps4rmap84d.jpg)





Sabre, red :



(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sabreb-s_zpsntpwki1z.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03127s_zpsjymkbj6o.jpg)

Title: Re: turtles & P-38, Sabre, Saab21 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 06, 2016, 04:20:39 PM
Genius! :-*
Title: Re: turtles & P-38, Sabre, Saab21 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2016, 07:04:45 AM
thanks  ;)
Title: candlestick & fuselages, Hurricane, etc Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 12, 2016, 06:39:55 PM

so, with all those wings fit to different things and beasts, I had quite a few spare fuselages for which to find an appropriate destiny.
Here are some of them, grouped in such a way as to bring aeronautic light around us :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03135s_zpsidycv8h9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03134s_zpsyxmqdg0v.jpg)
Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages, Hurricane, etc Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on April 12, 2016, 10:43:02 PM
That's pretty brilliant.

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages, Hurricane, etc Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 13, 2016, 01:51:25 AM
I knew the song "candle in the wind", but these candles are producing wind themselves... ;)
Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages, Hurricane, etc Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2016, 03:02:26 AM
thanks !
Title: Blenheim and shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 17, 2016, 02:09:36 AM


another shell hybrid, with a nice 1/200 Blenheim :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/blenheim200-s_zps1fhp8ajo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03300_zpscyj1yjj4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coqblenheim-s_zpszxokelvd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03298s_zpsn2fkg8gi.jpg)

Title: Re: Blenheim and shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 17, 2016, 05:08:00 PM
I love the red one :-*
For the blue one, I feel puzzled with the antenna: does it prevent the body from retracting home? or another good explanation?
Title: Re: Blenheim and shells Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 22, 2016, 11:15:01 PM
the antenna is just like for "natural" snails : flexible, and it comes out to sense the environment ;-)
Title: trucks and (curved) tanks Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 22, 2016, 11:15:50 PM

two trucks from the Airfix recovery set (I used the crane on a 1/72 seaplane carrier ship ...), transformed into tank trucks, but with a twist :

the first with a spiral twist :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/citerneGidouille-s_zpsdrguif2m.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03072s_zpshpcjd9vz.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03071s_zpsvyedovwe.jpg)

the other with a knot twist :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/recovery-s_zpshiq4h7xw.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03117s_zpsjbu5ep1x.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03116s_zpsel11bmxm.jpg)

Title: Re: trucks and (curved) tanks Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 22, 2016, 11:25:46 PM
Ha! Ha! Ha! (French wording for big laugh) :-*
Title: Re: trucks and (curved) tanks Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 23, 2016, 06:33:22 AM
Love them! ;D :)
Title: Re: trucks and (curved) tanks Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 26, 2016, 03:08:28 AM
thanks !
Title: Mini traveller in Calder scheme from BMW Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 26, 2016, 03:19:33 AM

I had bought this metal, handicraft tin Mini Traveller, bit didn't know just what to do with it, until I relalized that it could very well be repainted in the livery of the faous Clder BMW from the Le Mans race in 1976.
Mini travellers are so cute, and that livery is so bright, it could only work out well.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini-traveller-metal-s_zpsgamd4oot.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03313s_zpspejiz0bw.jpg)

Also, I have adapted the Calder schemes for the DC8 and B272 to 1/72 kits, nut these aircraft are not available in that scale so I transfered to, respectively, B707 and Tu 134. And here I do the same kind of transformation to a large scale car  ;)
Title: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 01, 2016, 02:25:18 AM

another calderization :

I couldn't find a 1/72 B727 or tri-engine jetliner, so I settled for the Tu134, because it has a quite similar overall shape :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu134-s_zps5txewiih.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03289s_zpsrehpqy3z.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03291s_zpssyi189fq.jpg)
Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on May 01, 2016, 10:09:07 AM
The Calderizations, especially the Tu134 look good. You should try a Mondrian version.
Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 02, 2016, 01:04:50 AM
The Calderizations, especially the Tu134 look good. You should try a Mondrian version.


Thanks!
Mondrian would look good indeed !

I went into Clader because those colors really existed :

(http://airwaysnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/727CalderColor_44555840441.jpg)

(http://blog.auto-selection.com/wp-content/gallery/bmw-art-car/Herv%C3%A9-Poulain-et-Alexander-Calder-BMW-art-car.jpg)

(http://i.f1g.fr/media/figaro/300x200/2015/05/26/XVMe3e591a2-ffda-11e4-ad3e-abe1804f957f-300x200.jpg)
Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 02, 2016, 11:31:04 AM
I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 02, 2016, 11:49:48 AM
I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
Yes!
Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 02, 2016, 06:40:03 PM
I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)

I personally do like Calder  ;) and I came back to modelling, after having stopped for many years, because I wanted to try to map his pattern for DC8 on a 1/72 B707  ;D

Title: Re: Tu134 in Calder scheme from B727 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 02, 2016, 10:23:03 PM
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
Yes!
I asked A or else B and got as answer: Yes... Ahem, I will not precise my question as "A and not B" or else "B and not A", because I guess the answer will still be Yes! this is funny as this model, just the right answer applying to it... ;)
Title: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 05, 2016, 04:27:42 AM

who told me something about the Buccaneeer associated with a Coke bottle?

it ran through my mind, and came out, when I extracted from my stash a Revell/Matchbox Buccaneer and a metal bottle of Coke, in the form of this hybrid :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocametal-s_zpstrbqhhqi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03614s_zpsg7lp5sf0.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03618s_zps2ztwzrev.jpg)


the cokckpit, by the way, is from a TA4 Skyhawk I floatplanized some time ago.
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 05, 2016, 04:48:21 PM
Great! A very fat man/woman could pilot it!  ;)
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on May 05, 2016, 05:04:16 PM
To quote a term used in aviation circles - "Looks a bit draggy."
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2016, 04:42:15 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 06, 2016, 05:21:47 AM
To quote a term used in aviation circles - "Looks a bit draggy."

and all bottled up.

I'll get me coat...

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Coke bottle Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2016, 04:16:27 PM
 ;) ;)
Title: Buccaneer and Twin Otter wings, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 08, 2016, 08:33:04 PM
here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter
(I still have a fuselage to deal with ...  ;D)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03622s_zpst01tgflo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03625s_zpsgjjwlt4j.jpg)

Title: Re: Buccaneer and Twin Otter wings, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 08, 2016, 09:17:44 PM
You continue to impress me with that most challenging of colors, the Dreaded Yellow.

I can only tip my hat to the outstanding result you achieve! What kind of paint did you use and do you have any additional tips or suggestions?

Well done and a very nice compliment to my Sunday morning coffee!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Twin Otter wings, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 09, 2016, 03:08:50 AM
I like! :)
Title: Re: Buccaneer and Twin Otter wings, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 09, 2016, 03:57:21 AM


thanks!

the yellow is humbrol enamel 69 applied with a simple brush : I am not always as lucky as here  ;)
In this particular case the plastic of both Boccanneer and Twin Otter, Revell reboxings of Matchbox, were light grey, which is the best for yellow. A too clear or white background shows brushstrokes, and dark backgrounds look through ...
Maybe the ultimate tip is to have a light grey primer?

Title: Re: Buccaneer and Twin Otter wings, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 11, 2016, 06:25:08 AM
Many thanks for sharing your secrets to the Dreaded Yellow, ericr!

Unfortunately, I use acrylics, so I may stay challenged. My own research shows that a light gray primer (model masters) works better than either tan or white. One day I should see how sand (lighter than tan) works. I've taken to pouring off a fair bit of excess carrier which seems to help, but I'm not so sure how this info will translate over into the very different world of Enamels.

Gratefully,
Brian da Basher

Title: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2016, 10:47:50 PM

I found this cheap Williams Renault and thought something could come out of it :
I improved it by fitting wings from a F-5 (ok, not very long ...)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/williams-s_zpsejikpssn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03665s_zpsdrp09i8c.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03661s_zpsu1coizid.jpg)

Title: Re: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 21, 2016, 12:16:31 AM
Wonderful! I love! :-*
Title: Re: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 22, 2016, 06:13:22 PM
thanks !
Title: Re: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 23, 2016, 02:17:50 AM
It wouldn't surprise me to see something like this at the Indianapolis 500 some day.

Great outside-the-box thinking!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: CiTrus90 on May 23, 2016, 11:00:10 PM
Should have been a Red Bull F1 rather than a Williams car, 'cause...

...you know...

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yecNfo1eH58/hqdefault.jpg)

Aaaaand, I'll get my coat...

Regards

P.S.
Beautiful Twin Otter Buccaneer!
Title: Re: Formula 1 and F-5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2016, 02:36:01 AM
thanks a lot!


a Red Bull car would have been nice indeed  ;)
I took this one essentially because there was a sale and it was cheap  ;D
Title: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 25, 2016, 03:23:10 AM

a firefighter's union : a 1/72 Bronco wings on a 1/43 Renault 4 fourgonette :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/4L43-s_zpspfawfmce.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03670s_zpsfwhfbxsu.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03673s_zpsckdhzcbp.jpg)

the Renault 4 deco is untouched from the original  ;)
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 25, 2016, 03:26:10 AM
I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!

A flying fire truck is truly inspired and that's one clean, smooth build!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 25, 2016, 03:28:14 AM
 :)
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 25, 2016, 11:06:22 AM
I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!
Maybe the same feeling here in my mind:  :-* :-* :-*
(twin-boom and firefighting hero and weird flying car, all at once, wow...)
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 25, 2016, 11:27:53 AM
I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!
Agreed!  It really looks of a whole and everything fits together beautifully.
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Acree on May 26, 2016, 12:51:05 AM
Me, too!  It actually looks like a "practical" flying car. Reminds me of the Ford Pinto with Cessna Sky aster wings and rear engine. The AVE Mizar seen here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE_Mizar
Title: Re: OV-10 Bronco and Renault4, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 26, 2016, 04:28:57 AM

thank you all very much !

It did indeed fit very nicely, and the 1/43 4L was a die-cast with nice details which I was happy to keep, and its red fit very well with my usual Humbrol 019 gloss enamel red  ;)

thanks for the reference to the Ford/Cessna hybrid : I had seen some pictures of it, and it sure is an influence to me
Title: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 01, 2016, 01:28:33 AM

nothing flying this time, but a hybrid indeed with a party blower :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t55-s_zpsuza1vldp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03687s_zps5qroj82j.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03693s_zpsxrsybo2u.jpg)

Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 01, 2016, 02:00:08 AM
Usually I hate tanks, but I mean killing tanks, your one is SO different... and I like this one (only) ;)
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on June 01, 2016, 03:56:33 AM
That is hilarious!  ;D
Does it work? I suppose you could hook it up to an air source and operate it with a remote switch. Would be a funny thing to do at a model show.  ;D
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 01, 2016, 10:58:25 AM
That is hilarious!  ;D
Does it work? I suppose you could hook it up to an air source and operate it with a remote switch. Would be a funny thing to do at a model show.  ;D
I am not sure: this is so much heretical that it could generate violence from other modellers feeling like insulted... ;)
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on June 01, 2016, 12:32:51 PM
The tank is great! You could add an "unused" party favor in the rear, where the external fuel tanks would go.
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 01, 2016, 05:12:21 PM

thanks all !

there is a slight trick actually : the rolled and the extended ones are two different ones I can fit on the tank : there is no air supply  ;)
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on June 02, 2016, 07:47:12 AM
Hilarious  ;D  And what victory parade would be complete without hybrid heavy armour brandishing party blowers?
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Volkodav on June 02, 2016, 09:41:03 PM
I could really see that being set up on the edge of the Korean demilitarised zone and blowing every hour on the hour.
Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 04, 2016, 03:15:24 AM
thanx !
Title: Flying Teapot and AS350 Écureuil, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 04, 2016, 04:08:24 AM

(http://www.saluzzishrc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flying_teapot_front.jpg)

it was just too tempting for me, so I bought a teapot, and a fitting AS350 Écureuil from Heller, 1/48

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere-s_zpssegjajgl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03702s_zps4rksegi4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03704s_zpsykj1976z.jpg)

Title: Re: T55 tank & party blower, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Weaver on June 04, 2016, 06:36:25 AM
Hilarious  ;D  And what victory parade would be complete without hybrid heavy armour brandishing party blowers?

You could see them all parading past Kim Jong-Un with their commanders stood stright up in the hatches saluting while the tanks blow their blowers at the same time. The Supreme Leader would wait a moment, and then take the salute by quietly raising a hand-made gold and silk blower of his own and blowing it in a dignified and restrained way. The scheduled spontaneous applause would then commence....
Title: Re: Flying Teapot and AS350 Écureuil, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Weaver on June 04, 2016, 06:43:46 AM
it was just too tempting for me, so I bought a teapot, and a fitting AS350 Écureuil from Heller, 1/48
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere-s_zpssegjajgl.jpg[/url])


That made me laugh so hard while wishing I could show it to my late uncle Doug. He was notorious in the family for drinking gallons of tea: you could imagine this thing hovering around after him with emergency tea for any occasion.

When Doug used to come to our house, mum would have a cup of tea ready for him. He'd drain it in one swig every time and say 'fill up Middy" to get a refill. One time, Mum managed to get a novelty huge teacup that held a whole pint of tea, so for a laugh, she waiting until he arrived, then put it on the doorstep for him. he drained it in one swig and said 'fill up Middy...."  ;D
Title: Re: Flying Teapot and AS350 Écureuil, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on June 04, 2016, 07:04:27 AM
This is quite impressive !
Weaver,now I can go to bed with a smile on my face  ;D       thanks
Title: Flying Teapot and AS350 Écureuil, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 05, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
Dear ericr, you should win a contract of € billion (from Aerospatiale, now EADS?) for having invented the best marketing toy/gift EVER! :-*
(if I were the top-manager of EADS, I would sign the bank-order immediately, and with much joy)
Title: Re: Flying Teapot and AS350 Écureuil, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2016, 01:35:26 PM

thanks all !
Title: AS350 Écureuil aerosled, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2016, 01:40:33 PM

and now the other part of the helicopter, adapted as an aerosled (with a P38 propeller) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ecureuil-s_zpsnwuyh0ea.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03724s_zpsbfxnqcru.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03725s_zpsxsxbmobf.jpg)
Title: Re: AS350 Écureuil aerosled, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on June 06, 2016, 05:09:33 PM
Oh yes,this is a very good idea,I like it alot !!!
Title: Re: AS350 Écureuil aerosled, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 07, 2016, 12:55:45 AM
Wonderful new machine! :-*
But I did not know the word aerosled, and Google Translate failed to translate it in our French. Fortunately Google Search with Wikipedia explained me this is a snowmobile (no need of wheels nor wings all right!), and the French Wikipedia said this is aerosan in French (a word I had never heard). This is a double miracle, as so pleasant a silhouette and enriching my vocabulary. ;)
Title: Re: AS350 Écureuil aerosled, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 07, 2016, 03:47:08 AM
 :)
Title: Mi-2 flying teapot & aerosled, yellow/red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 08, 2016, 05:54:48 AM

thanks all! I appreciate your appreciation !

another helicopter submitted to this transformation
(my stash is getting smaller and smaller !  ;D )
is a bit more sturdy-looking, and of russian origin :
the Mi-2

as a flying teapot (with an Aladdin-like style)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere2-s_zps4ahxe2ca.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03711s_zpsq1bxkzpu.jpg)

and as an aerosled (with skis from a Twin Otter : my spares box is also getting smaller) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi2-s_zpsvm8nq0lv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03718s_zpsqo60kjys.jpg)

Title: Re: Mi-2 flying teapot & aerosled, yellow/red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 08, 2016, 08:44:35 AM
Great!
Eric, you are the inventor of so many wonderful new collections :-*
Title: Re: Mi-2 flying teapot & aerosled, yellow/red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on June 08, 2016, 09:39:00 AM
I can imagine these aerosleds running research missions across the ice and snow of Antartica.
Title: Re: Mi-2 flying teapot & aerosled, yellow/red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 09, 2016, 11:07:51 PM
thanks !
Title: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 10, 2016, 07:59:17 PM

more party blowers :
I have a stock of 1/72 PM Models F(S's and F5B/T38's, several tens, I got them for very cheap, and I distill them in various adventures ...

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t38-s_zpsmmmhxcag.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03822s_zpswxpk09tt.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03821s_zpslqmwcisq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03825s_zpsitg8ingm.jpg)

Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on June 10, 2016, 08:11:28 PM
It looks like we have a Romanian aerobatic team  here ;D
Nice
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Volkodav on June 10, 2016, 08:55:23 PM
Have the jet pipes been drilled out so the blowers are still operable?
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on June 10, 2016, 09:31:06 PM
the party blowers are a fantastic idea, I also love a lot the aerosledges...

Antonio
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on June 10, 2016, 09:31:27 PM
Have the jet pipes been drilled out so the blowers are still operable?

...same curiosity here!
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on June 11, 2016, 01:51:21 AM
Interesting diorama possibilities! Attach an air hose fittings and scare people!
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 11, 2016, 11:55:39 AM
Thanks for considering models of military aircraft like funny toys, rather than killers reproduction... ;)
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 13, 2016, 03:38:53 AM

thanks all!

the idea of having an air supply is certainly excellent, but, as for the tank shown before in this thread, this is only a proptotype, not fully equipped : if anyone feels inspired by a "dynamic" version, please go ahead !  ;D

Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 13, 2016, 09:50:00 PM
*chuckle* I keep seeing these as party favors for a party thrown by Northrop to celebrate a major sale.
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 18, 2016, 06:21:03 PM
*chuckle* I keep seeing these as party favors for a party thrown by Northrop to celebrate a major sale.
if "favors" mean "gift toys", I agree completely, ericr should be the boss of Marketing department in several aircraft companies...
Title: Re: F-5B and party blower patrol Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 19, 2016, 05:05:23 AM

thanks again !  ;D
Title: candlestick & fuselages from twin-engines Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 19, 2016, 05:06:32 AM

another set of fuselages, taken from twin-engines, and assembled as a candelabre

Bronco, Br693, Boxcar, PZL37, Twin Otter

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03699s_zpsy4zc8a5n.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bronco-s_zpsol3wty6u.jpg)

Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages from twin-engines Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 21, 2016, 11:55:35 AM
Lovely! :-*
Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages from twin-engines Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 23, 2016, 07:53:01 PM
thanks !
Title: Re: candlestick & fuselages from twin-engines Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 24, 2016, 12:44:51 AM
You really need sets of LED's, to simulate a flickering effect, in each cockpit and, where appropriate, navigator position.  Beautiful work!
Title: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 27, 2016, 02:14:02 PM
maybe you remember this one?


for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg[/url])

(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts  :) )


here is a companion : the flamingo :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamant-s_zpsrbqjpp35.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03875s_zpsr0hntsv8.jpg)

a giraffe is just following, most obviously
Title: Re: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on June 27, 2016, 07:11:40 PM
 ;D Niiiice !
Title: Re: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 28, 2016, 12:44:44 AM
lovely also, what a zoo/airfield... ;)
Title: Re: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 29, 2016, 01:53:41 PM

thanks !!
Title: Re: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on June 30, 2016, 11:03:28 AM
The windmill ostrich and flamingo are brilliant!  :)
Title: Re: propeller & flamingo windmill Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2016, 05:17:43 PM

thanks a lot! the giraffe is coming soon!
(guess the color ;-) )
Title: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2016, 03:22:44 AM

here she comes :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/girafe-s_zpsmlzl7psu.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03920s_zpsgbkhjrw8.jpg)

Title: Re: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 07, 2016, 10:44:54 AM
Tilts it's head up and takes off straight up.  Nice!
Title: Re: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 07, 2016, 11:13:33 AM
Nice!
And Pr Darwin would have approved: the long neck of the giraffe provide a better ground clearance thus adaptive advantage...
Title: Re: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 08, 2016, 04:48:38 AM
There's something about that rotor-assisted giraffe that just gets me. Not only is it amusing, but also very well balanced!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 08, 2016, 04:49:56 AM
 ;D

the propeller is from a tilt-rotor Osprey by the way
Title: Re: giraffe wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 08, 2016, 11:02:38 AM
a VTOL giraffe, of course! ;)
Title: Ariane 4 & a knot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 15, 2016, 03:45:53 AM


a while ago I showed a knot in a tank truck :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg106452#msg106452 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg106452#msg106452)

now it is the turn of a rocket :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ariane4-s_zpsqpxjtiez.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03957s_zps9mrfinzz.jpg)

from the Revell 1/144 kit, which was done OOB, nearly normally

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03948s_zpsuybvtpga.jpg)

Title: Re: Ariane 4 & a knot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 15, 2016, 01:46:36 PM
Eric, be careful: here in France, you may be sent to jail for lack of industrial patriotism... if you had done that hilarious knot on a (ridiculous) US rocket, you would have got a honour medal, but for a proud Arianne, you may be condemned... ;)
Title: Re: Ariane 4 & a knot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 16, 2016, 03:25:42 AM
I love it!  "Kourou...we have a problem..." ;)
Title: Re: Ariane 4 & a knot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 19, 2016, 02:13:46 AM
thanks a lot!

and now for something different :

a tribute to the DS featured in the Fantomas movie :

(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DS-Fantomas_IMDB.jpg)

done in yellow

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ds-s_zpscjww92o8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03963s_zps9ahbeiys.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03964s_zpsgokym6ma.jpg)
Title: Re: Citroen DS Fantomas tribute, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 19, 2016, 05:41:03 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Citroen DS Fantomas tribute, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 29, 2016, 03:00:14 PM
Belated congratulations! :-*
Title: Re: Citroen DS Fantomas tribute, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 01, 2016, 03:49:20 AM
thanks!
Title: cars and boats, 203 and 403 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 01, 2016, 04:05:36 AM

I stumbled upon this on the web somewhere :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)

and it gave me ideas, with other car kits :

the Peugeot 203, in red

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/203bateau-s_zpstcmya7bo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03994s_zpsdxsrygra.jpg)

and the Peugeot 403, in blue

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/403bateau-s_zps7bro8fsk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03989s_zpsukqcx9gh.jpg)

both 1/43, combined with a 1/35 pontoon (german, by Bronco Models IIRC)
Title: Re: cars and boats, 203 and 403 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 01, 2016, 10:48:39 AM
Wow! :-*
Title: Re: cars and boats, 203 and 403 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 08, 2016, 06:50:21 AM
thanks !  ;)
Title: brachiosaurus wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 23, 2016, 03:22:39 AM

if you remember the ostrich (yellow), flamingo (blue) and giraffe (red) previously featured here, here is, going back into history and even prehistory, the brachiosaurus windmill :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/brachiosaure-s_zpsfgg7tgla.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04208_zpscg310hww.jpg)

(and it is not finished  :wacko: time travel continues ...)
Title: Re: brachiosaurus wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 23, 2016, 02:06:14 PM
Wow! :-*
while... I have asked my son (7 year-old), the dinosaur expert of the family, and he answered "this is not truth"... ;) with a smile...
Title: Re: brachiosaurus wind mill, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 25, 2016, 06:12:39 AM
Wow! :-*
while... I have asked my son (7 year-old), the dinosaur expert of the family, and he answered "this is not truth"... ;) with a smile...

indeed, it is not "truth" that it is, it is whiff  ;D
Title: multiple propellers windmills, dragons Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 02, 2016, 07:41:08 PM

so, long before dinosaurs, there were dragons, and hydras, with multiple propellers !

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04233s_zps52avbmo9.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2tetes-s_zpsymieyksi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hydre-s_zpsgxevpc21.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04333s_zpspngbf55j.jpg)
Title: Re: multiple propellers windmills, dragons Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 03, 2016, 02:32:56 AM
Loving twin-boomers, I prefer the 2-head one, but both are incredible & nice! :-*
Title: Re: multiple propellers windmills, dragons Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 04, 2016, 04:28:24 AM

thanks!
Title: flower power (Ro.43 & MB411) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2016, 04:16:38 AM

with the remaining airframes of 1/350 Ro.43 and MB411, after stealing their floats for other purposes, I did something insect-like, like in the past with fly-tape or a glass, but this time with a flower (1:1, injection plastic, from Ikea):

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04218s_zps9nhtayic.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fleur-s_zpse4hmernm.jpg)

Title: Re: flower power (Ro.43 & MB411) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 10, 2016, 12:19:06 AM
This is completing your incredible collection of animal-planes, great!
Title: Re: flower power (Ro.43 & MB411) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2016, 03:03:04 AM

thanks !

and it is not finished ...
Title: Re: flower power (Ro.43 & MB411) Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 10, 2016, 12:34:17 PM
and it is not finished ...
Oh, Lord... :-\ >:D ;)
Title: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 11, 2016, 04:13:03 AM

remember this ?


here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg[/url])



I was so tempted to try the reciprocal, that I found cheap sales boxes of the former Matchbox, now Revell kits, and here is the
Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer2-s_zpsz3hh0b6n.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04401s_zpsqg2ec8ff.jpg)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 11, 2016, 05:11:49 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 11, 2016, 09:11:44 AM
I really like the Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings!!  :) :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 11, 2016, 10:07:23 AM
Wonderful! So unusual! :-*
I wondered: why such a shape is so unusual in "Real World"? Then I found the answer, maybe: it seems there is no room for a door to enter in the fuselage... ??? ;)
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 11, 2016, 10:09:54 AM
Is there not a door under the rear fuselage with a set of air stairs?
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 11, 2016, 11:50:15 AM
a door under the rear fuselage with a set of air stairs?
Thanks to the engineering (and marketing?) department(s)...
Title: Re: Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 11, 2016, 08:17:39 PM
thanks all !

Wonderful! So unusual! :-*
I wondered: why such a shape is so unusual in "Real World"? Then I found the answer, maybe: it seems there is no room for a door to enter in the fuselage... ??? ;)

aha, I thought someone would notice  ;D
I said to myself that the designers, used to military aircraft, had no sense of comfort for passengers ...
thank you for proposing the door under the rear fuselage, I guess it is the most plausible answer  ;)

Title: Buccaneer fuselage racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 13, 2016, 03:32:39 PM

so I had this fuselage remaining, and had to think of a backing story :

here is a kind of salt lake racer, but not only meant for speed, but also for endurance : therefore
1 - it runs in wide circles (with fixed front wheels slightly turning), and
2 - a refueling device, so that from time to time it slows down a bit to enable a tanker to refuel it, before speeding up again.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer3-s_zpsackdoucn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04414s_zps9hhow1ei.jpg)
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 13, 2016, 11:01:09 PM
 :-* With a reason for such a machine moreover! :-* :-\ ;)
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on September 14, 2016, 12:50:24 AM
Nice work! I can see it zooming across the salt flats!
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on September 14, 2016, 02:31:20 AM
Nice job on the Canopy masking! Beautiful blue color  :-*
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2016, 11:09:15 AM

thanks all !
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on September 18, 2016, 08:45:32 AM
Beautiful!!  The refueling vehicle is either an aircraft flying low, or one really tricked out and over-powered truck.  Either could make an interesting diorama.
Title: Re: Buccaneer fuselage wheeled racer, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2016, 10:25:24 PM

thanks !

the refueller is indeed a challenge ... I'll try and see what I can devise ...

it doesn't need to be as fast as the racer, which can slow down a bit while being refuelled
Title: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2016, 10:34:15 PM

in the same vein of rebuilding, from an aircraft fuselage, a wheeled vehicle that can roam about in deserts and the like :

this is a P-61 (1/48) with the wheels of a VW minibus (1/24) :
it still needs the ladders to climb in, and has a nice large trunk at the bottom (for smuggling?),
as well as an orientable observation turret on top, and shallow horizontal lateral window.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P61bus-s_zpsb37q77rs.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04419s_zpsqzo2gbzk.jpg)
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 18, 2016, 10:50:24 PM
Mar-vel-lous!!! :-* :-*
(And I hope you have not thrown to the garbage :( the precious booms but prepared something with them ??? ;)
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on September 19, 2016, 01:19:11 AM
That thing is awesome!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on September 19, 2016, 02:08:14 AM
This is great! I can just imagine it racing across the desert..
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on September 19, 2016, 02:59:20 AM
Your imagination is out of this world!!!!
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 19, 2016, 06:21:35 AM


thanks a lot !
your appreciagtion is very motivating, for new adventures  ;)

and don't worry about the booms, they will (of course!) soon re-appear, transformed into something ...
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on September 19, 2016, 06:35:38 AM


thanks a lot !
your appreciagtion is very motivating, for new adventures  ;)

and don't worry about the booms, they will (of course!) soon re-appear, transformed into something ...
I keep thinking that used with the rest of the VW minibus, the booms and wings would make a nice "airbus".
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on September 19, 2016, 06:03:09 PM
Excellent !I LOVE airplanes converted into cars  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: P-61 fuselage and VW bus wheels, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2016, 03:38:53 AM

ah ! the minibus is being used elswhere already, so the boom will have to be fitted to something else ...
Title: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2016, 10:03:29 AM

still inspired by this picture I found by chance on the net :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)

I grabbed a VW bus (1/24) and a "Power Boat" I bought ages ago for cheap, both from Revell

and here is the mix :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/VwBus-s_zps87kxjfzn.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04431s_zpsqeweb71f.jpg)


at the back there still is an access to the inside of the boat, with two side windows for maneuvering in harbours
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 23, 2016, 10:17:59 AM
Good! So "Real"... :-*
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on September 23, 2016, 10:46:58 AM
Novel build.  Good use of the kits  :)
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 24, 2016, 03:50:05 AM

thanks!
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 24, 2016, 06:19:28 AM
 :)
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 24, 2016, 10:18:47 PM
Wow that's wonderfully different!

Love the yellow!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: VW bus boat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 25, 2016, 07:46:42 PM
thanxalot !
Title: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2016, 10:59:46 AM

so I found that cheap 1/48 black widow, nice kit, of which you saw the fuselage in red recently above,
(and I just bought anohter one, aha ...)
and I found nice set of 5 1/1 plastic/foam bananas, quite realistically shaped
(and I am tempted to buy another set, as ideas are flowing in ...)
and a twin-boom banana has something to it I should say

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61-s_zpseo92ijpu.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04520s_zpskokrfh3j.jpg)


I had to work quite a bit on the weight in the nose (i.e., babana tip)  to avoid tail-sitting
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 09, 2016, 12:00:36 PM
Marvelous! In French we say "c'est à croquer", with the double meaning "lovely to adore/to eat"... ;)
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2016, 01:05:34 AM

thanks !

I have several of those bananas ... watch out
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 11, 2016, 03:46:01 AM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f2/53/42/f253429d1363acbd1e2149cab39bbcd7.gif)
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 13, 2016, 03:21:59 AM
"Sometimes a banana is just a banana."
- S. Freud

That's quite a flight of fancy there and you've got a good eye for figuring out which aircraft work with what animals/fruits/vegetables/other misc. items!

I smile every time I see a yellow color scheme. That hue challenges me to no end.

Nice work!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 13, 2016, 04:50:10 AM

thanks a lot ! yellow is bright indeed  ;D
Title: twin otter & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 15, 2016, 02:57:31 AM
another Twin Otter (it is a nice kit, cheap, and each time you get a nice pair of floats to whiff with)
and another banana (it was a set of five I bought, and I am actually tempted by a second one)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter2-s_zps2zik2puv.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04529s_zpsslsusfew.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04530s_zpsqlyt73yz.jpg)
Title: Re: twin otter & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 16, 2016, 11:45:12 PM
Great! So good again! :-*
Sorry: if I do not say "this is better and better", it is because the twin-boomer came first... ;)
Title: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2016, 12:36:51 AM


a banana in space!

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144-s_zpsuixlunjf.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04552s_zpsevbo6fzl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04554s_zpsjk4vzgje.jpg)

I cheated a bit, by allowing for extended wheels and at the same time putting it on the booster ;-) because both views are nice

The shuttle is an Academy 1/144 (of which I had some cheap copies, still one left ...)

Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 18, 2016, 12:28:36 PM
With the heat coming down to earth, the banana would be cooked, good! ;)
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on October 18, 2016, 01:58:50 PM
Bananae Frites ?!?
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 19, 2016, 01:38:02 AM
I'm beginning to think eric has some sort of hypnotic influence. The other day I bought a bunch of banana bread for no earthly reason.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2016, 03:54:52 AM
a psychedelic influence ?  ;D

and it is not finished : I am designing a whole suite of aircraft across the ages (wait and see, more to come ;-) )
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on October 19, 2016, 04:14:05 AM
I like the use of all 3 colors on the banana shuttle!
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 19, 2016, 12:18:01 PM
a psychedelic influence ?  ;D
Yes! Look at the proof: this morning, for no reason at all, I designed Lightning with nuclear jets, and the pilot was endangered by the rays so the Girafning version was better, then... a Banananing variant came into my mind, why??? ;)
Title: Re: Space shuttle & banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 20, 2016, 03:54:47 AM

bananas and giraffes? I might get influenced in return  ;D
Title: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 21, 2016, 10:42:35 PM

there are not only bananas in life :

"this is not a pipe" (as Magritte once said) but made of one, with elements from a Mi-1 helicopter in 1/72 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pipe-s_zpsnth8dxjp.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04559s_zpsuv2o2szj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04560s_zps5cldshxr.jpg)

as most of you will have promptly noticed, appropriate weighting in order to avoid tail-sitting
involved a quite delicate front wheel placement
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 22, 2016, 04:15:25 AM
 :)
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 22, 2016, 05:38:27 PM
The rotor seems crazily logic: to dilute the tobacco fume into the air... :-* ;)
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 22, 2016, 06:44:50 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on October 23, 2016, 09:30:23 AM
*laughs softly* Beautiful adaptation of a pipe for a novel item.  I wonder if this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on October 23, 2016, 11:24:54 AM
... this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?

 ;D
Title: Re: pipe and Mi-1 helicopter, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 24, 2016, 06:33:53 PM
... this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?

 ;D

I didn't know that expressions, but google tells me :

pipe dream
noun: pipe dream; plural noun: pipe dreams; noun: pipedream; plural noun: pipedreams
    an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
    "free trade in international aviation will remain a pipe dream"

which is essentially another definition of Whiff, isn't it?  ;)

Title: Camel & biplane banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 25, 2016, 05:33:07 AM

more bananas :

a 1/28 Sopwith Camel (I am busy lowering my stash level ...)
and a banana, because I wanted to see how it could look as a biplane

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel28-s_zpsu7wucaz1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04569s_zpszshx1eaf.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04570s_zpsegkaahp2.jpg)

Title: Re: Camel & biplane banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 27, 2016, 01:03:39 AM
This is very logical (thus perfect): at a time when aerodynamics was not mandatory, a curved fuselage was very possible... ;)
Title: Re: Camel & biplane banana, flying, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 27, 2016, 04:21:00 AM
 ;)
Title: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 03, 2016, 04:07:35 AM

the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vinci-s_zps61b8oyoc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04578s_zpsak8pdzwl.jpg)

Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on November 03, 2016, 05:43:40 AM
Perfect combo of those two kits.
Build flows together so well. :)
Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 03, 2016, 11:44:18 AM
This is/was a perfect bat/bird/machine... :-* Words are not good enough to describe your genius inventions...
Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on November 03, 2016, 02:25:53 PM
Could this be the first "Bat Plane" ?
Before Batman switched to a jet.
Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 03, 2016, 04:39:24 PM
Could this be the first "Bat Plane" ?
Before Batman switched to a jet.

That was my first thought too!

Would look great in black. Looks very appealing in blue!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 03, 2016, 06:41:02 PM
thanks all!


it does look a bit like a Batman thing indeed  ;)
but da Vinci's design predates the comics quite a bit  ;D

 
Title: Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 04, 2016, 02:42:46 AM
 :)
Title: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 08, 2016, 06:20:38 AM

I had one B727 in 1/100 from VEB/Plasticart left, and I used the fuselage and wings for something else (coming soon), so here I was with the extremities ... and then  I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?) and did this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-s_zpslaxvfhur.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04607s_zpsdqzby63v.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04610s_zpsa1vhu1bi.jpg)

the single wheel gives a certain impression of lightness, a bit like for a half P-38 (laterally) I did some years ago ...

Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on November 08, 2016, 07:29:42 AM
It reminds me of the fun ships on Futurama! Very cool.

Bat plane is a beautiful thing :-*
Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 08, 2016, 12:52:12 PM
Very beautiful (and very fast for sure) yellow biz-jet!  :-*
Congratulations!
Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 10, 2016, 05:51:26 AM


thanx !
Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 10, 2016, 07:56:21 AM
That's really neat! Yellow is the perfect color for it too.

I've seen that bit of photoshop you mentioned. Can't recall where nor do I remember seeing anyone do this in plastic before.

Nice one!

Brian da Basher

P.S. This makes me think of a bit of my childhood. My mom's favorite color was yellow. When we played board games, she said she'd be any color but would move the yellow piece anyway. She was always yellow.
Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 10, 2016, 01:15:52 PM
I love yellow in ericr models while in our country (him and me), yellow has a bad reputation. We say "jaune cocu" meaning this is the color of a husband whose wife has a secret lover...
Title: Re: half B727, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 12, 2016, 02:20:47 AM

thanx!
Title: **MOVED** Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 13, 2016, 07:05:43 PM

the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :




I just couldn't resist, because any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats (or a hull) :
the latter comes from an old three masted "Hamphitrite" by Heller, and the side floats are fuel barrels from two 1/48 P-61 from Revell.
And therefore this topic is **MOVED** to another appropriate thread of mine :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687)
wher you can see more of this :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/vinci-s_zpss41ku8lj.jpg)
Title: Re: **MOVED** Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on November 14, 2016, 03:22:37 AM
great plane!!

thought of you:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en)
Title: Re: **MOVED** Re: Camel & daVinci wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2016, 03:31:04 PM
thanks !

great plane!!

thought of you:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en)

great indeed!
I would be tempted to make a model of this, maybe using some plastic/rubber gardening pipe?

Title: B727 & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 17, 2016, 09:06:43 PM

One more banana, airliner this time with the middle part of the previously shortened B727 (1/100 Plasticart/VEB) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727banane-s_zpsb5baylrm.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04620s_zpssygyue4d.jpg)

Title: Re: B727 & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 18, 2016, 12:23:16 AM
Nice! (once more, and this may be one of my favourite banana-planes...)
Title: Re: B727 & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 19, 2016, 02:40:44 AM

thanx!
Title: Re: B727 & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 20, 2016, 12:57:47 PM
I've got to admit, this bright, banana Boeing really made my day!

Many thanks for the smile of delight, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: B727 & banana, flying, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2016, 01:50:44 AM
thanks for liking it !

I've got to admit, this bright, banana Boeing really made my day!

Many thanks for the smile of delight, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: three-masted chartreuse slipper Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 22, 2016, 03:52:07 AM

the other half of the Amphitrite three-masted ship,
of which the hull was used for the da Vinci Camel here :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687#msg117687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687#msg117687)
has found its way to the other half of the pair of chartreuse slippers used a a Space Shuttle alternative shown here before:
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)


and here is the result :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04640s_zpsrtwlkhan.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3mats-s_zpshi6pp16u.jpg)

(travelling is fine, but you may prize to your comfort, wouldn't you?)
Title: Re: three-masted chartreuse slipper Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on November 22, 2016, 04:24:00 AM
Is this Sloop know as the HMS Slipper?  ;D
Title: 2cv & VW combi Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 25, 2016, 04:47:58 AM

not quite exactly a whif, since I was inspired by this, to which I just couldn't resist :

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/21/49/5521498a8ef430a165ad27850cf418a2.jpg)

and from a 1/43 2cv from Heller, and a diecast combi :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsvdaepjqr.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04660s_zpsobofdjzi.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04661s_zpsnnwkxk9n.jpg)
Title: Re: 2cv & VW combi Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on November 25, 2016, 06:42:30 AM
Cute!  And that gives you loft space for when you go camping.
Title: Re: 2cv & VW combi Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 25, 2016, 11:51:11 AM
Yes, good!
Just a question: to reach the seats above (or to go down from them), do you need external ladders (that are folded inside during travel?) or is there internal stairs inside the lower compartment? ??? ;)
Title: Re: 2cv & VW combi Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on November 25, 2016, 12:13:39 PM
I reckon that depends on whether or not the Kombi you used has a sunroof.  If it does, there's probably an internal ladder.  Alternatively, if it doesn't, I could see an external ladder unfolding from the back door of the 2CV when the vehicle is at rest.
Title: Re: 2cv & VW combi Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 27, 2016, 03:29:21 AM
thanks !

a few technical mysteries maybe, so after all it is a whif ;-)

Title: Cobra helicopter and Aladin's lamp, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 01, 2016, 07:47:28 PM

After the flying teapot helicopters shown previously in this thread, I try this oriental lamp, coupled with a Cobra :
a bit of magic ...

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aladin-s_zpsxqumnmao.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04684s_zpsbn315vaw.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04686s_zpsvop4i2vl.jpg)
Title: Re: Cobra helicopter and Aladin's lamp, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 01, 2016, 09:43:34 PM
Cool. Can I make 3 modeling wishes?  ;D
Title: Re: Cobra helicopter and Aladin's lamp, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 02, 2016, 12:20:04 AM
Wow! It seems even more powerful than the original one (helicopter-less)...
Title: Re: Cobra helicopter and Aladin's lamp, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 03, 2016, 06:09:09 AM

thanks !

make wishes indeed, who knows, it might work  ;)
Title: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 08, 2016, 12:14:18 AM


one more plastic foam banana, this time powered by a Buccaneer
(remember that the Matchbox/Revell one has engines and wings easy to detach and reuse elsewhere  ;) )
the fit went very nicely and easily

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer4-s_zpsxsqsmssk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04675s_zpsmxcowsat.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04678s_zpsyheyvxk0.jpg)

Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on December 08, 2016, 01:16:41 AM
Looks like a transport. 8)

I like the cobra lamp too
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 08, 2016, 01:00:46 PM
Looks like a transport. 8)
Well, the curved rear reminds a loading ramp cargo rear, it is right, but the curvature is so big it would not work, and this design failure would be very funny, thanks!
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 08, 2016, 06:23:45 PM

in whif world, there are no failures, only undocumented features  ;D
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: CiTrus90 on December 08, 2016, 08:12:00 PM
A Banananeer? ;D
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 09, 2016, 05:51:01 AM
 ;D :)
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 09, 2016, 10:31:51 AM
I like that cross of Buccaneer and banana.  Perhaps the upraised portion houses conformal antennas (antennae?) for an AEW variant.
Title: Re: Buccaneer & banana, flying, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 10, 2016, 04:57:25 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: flying banana (for real this time !), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 12, 2016, 01:40:03 AM

one more banana, maybe the last? this time it deserves its name fully :
I bought especially a 1/72 H_21 fying banana from HobbyCraft, and used the rotors and wheels here
(the rest is under use in another project to be seen soon  ;) )

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/h21-s_zpsrlxwamqg.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05076s_zpsmb7urmo2.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05078s_zps3m3nksr8.jpg)
Title: Re: flying banana (for real this time !), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 12, 2016, 02:24:45 AM

by the way I am of course not the first one ;-)

(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/01.jpg)

(http://aegistg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hook03.jpg)

(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/02.jpg)

or even :

(http://flyingnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/flying-banana-300x300.jpg)

so I am doing quite normal stuff after all
Title: Re: flying banana (for real this time !), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 12, 2016, 04:52:11 AM
*laughs* Beautiful and quite in keeping with tradition.
Title: Re: flying banana (for real this time !), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on December 12, 2016, 11:06:47 AM
I sent mine to Telford long long ago.

There's something fun aboot turning bananas into aircraft.
I like the Buccaneer. Truly the Blackburn ARNA!
 ;D

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg.html)


Alvis Pi
Title: Re: flying banana (for real this time !), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 12, 2016, 07:39:15 PM
great ! thanks for sharing !
bananas have a lot of potential : right now I am out of bananas now in my stash,
but who knows? maybe some time in the future?
Title: push-pull windmills, liliensternus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 13, 2016, 08:42:27 PM
in the series of propellers windmills hybrid animals,
I just had to try the push-pull twin-propeller :
the liliensternus seemed an appropriate candidate
for this peculiar evolutionary possibility :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/Liliensternus-s_zpsqendsmri.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04671s_zpsvrk7cc0q.jpg)

Title: Re: push-pull windmills, liliensternus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 15, 2016, 01:41:44 AM
 :-* Interesting... I just have a question: now the propellers don't rotate, but when are they rotating? When the animal runs? or attacks? or else? ;)
Title: Re: push-pull windmills, liliensternus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2016, 07:02:12 PM

the original motivation comes from windmills, so the purpose is to acquire energy ;
but then maybe propellers can help locomotion as well ...  ;)
Title: Re: push-pull windmills, liliensternus Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 16, 2016, 01:45:02 AM
Thanks for the explanation, Creator! (God?) ;)
Title: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 17, 2016, 03:08:24 AM

The wings and booms of this P-61 are going to be used elsewhere ( ... teaser ...  ;) ) here is the fuselage,
used by Northrop to test, with an existing airframe to make it simpler and cheaper, ideas about a space shuttle design :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Shuttle-s_zpsp6s5vgf3.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05051s_zps77xcwgda.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05054s_zpsh7ls1vbf.jpg)

The P-61 is Revell 1/48, the Shuttle and Booster Academy 1/144
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 17, 2016, 03:32:56 AM
 :)
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on December 17, 2016, 05:05:37 AM
That is awesome! It might also work as a rocket racer.
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on December 17, 2016, 05:41:43 AM
Wonderful P-61 conversion!
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 17, 2016, 02:02:48 PM
Normally, I'd say that removing booms from a twin-boomer should be sentenced by death penalty, but... your result is so cute :-* you are forgiven ;)
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 17, 2016, 09:30:09 PM
I think this is one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!

The greeblies (sorry for using a technical term) around the engines are what really take this to the next level in my book!

The blue was an excellent choice as well.

Whodathunkit that a P-61 nose would look so good on a Space Shuttle?

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on December 17, 2016, 10:17:54 PM
Brilliant! I would have never thought of that!
Title: Re: P-61 black widow & Space Shuttle, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 18, 2016, 02:44:04 AM
thank you all very much!

the idea came from the chance meeting of the two kits on my modelling table after cooliding in my stash.


The wings and booms will appear here in the coming weeks  :wacko:
Title: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 22, 2016, 10:18:48 PM

the flying banana fuselage (remaining from the above bananaification)
fits well with wings from the very versatile Twin Otter :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter3-s_zpsied86qk6.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05090s_zps5n28rugw.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05087s_zps2fn4b1qr.jpg)
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on December 22, 2016, 10:55:59 PM
My gosh that looks incredibly practical. If you just gave it a conventional vertical tail, I can absolutely see that as some sort of 1950s light STOL transport in the vein of the Twin Pioneer.

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on December 22, 2016, 11:41:26 PM
Gotta agree with Logan, that looks darn practical!! How cool is that!? Nice job
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 23, 2016, 03:26:19 AM
+1 on both the above comments.  That looks quite right.
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 23, 2016, 03:29:43 AM
 :)
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 23, 2016, 05:40:37 AM
thanks all !

I agree that an additional fin would make the thing more reassuring, I hesitated but finally kept the shape of the H-21 :
in a whiff wirld, having a bit wild direction is fine  ;)

Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 23, 2016, 07:20:42 AM
This could easily be a Société des Avions René Couzinet design similar to that below:

(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/couzinet10/couzinet10-8.jpg)
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 23, 2016, 02:16:59 PM
I agree with the no-fin/Couzinet choice, almost incredible, so unusual, but very possible, this is a good way for a whif plane :-*
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 23, 2016, 06:42:06 PM

thanks a lot for the Couzinet reference ! it is exactly relevant  :)
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on December 24, 2016, 01:01:53 AM
The flying banana otter looks great! One option would be to add a third engine at the top of the tail/stem.
Title: Re: H-21 & twin otter wings, yel Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2016, 07:11:07 AM
The flying banana otter looks great! One option would be to add a third engine at the top of the tail/stem.


great idea ! like on the trislander !

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/G-JOEY.jpg)
Title: Wind rises, red yellow blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2016, 12:19:56 AM

given the colors, I jut had to do it

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/windRises-s_zpsmgniwjwq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05082s_zpsbnmlae2r.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05080s_zpspry7nzod.jpg)
Title: Re: Wind rises, red yellow blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: taiidantomcat on December 27, 2016, 03:36:49 AM
Magnificent :-*
Title: Re: Wind rises, red yellow blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2016, 07:39:05 AM

thanks !

by the way, it is a OOB Whif : the kit renders very nicely the plane that can be seen in the movie.
Even the colors were not chosen by me  ;)
Title: Re: Wind rises, red yellow blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 27, 2016, 01:07:19 PM
 :-* (I have not seen the film, I just enjoy your poetic model...)
Title: Re: Wind rises, red yellow blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2016, 07:10:36 PM

thanks!

The kits is in already colored plastic : I just had to paint the wing tips blue, and the wheels and nose cone yellow.

So all merit goes to Myazaki the author of the movie (and FineMolds)  ;D
Title: Twin Otter and CAMS 37, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2016, 04:02:29 AM

with all these kitbashes, I had a Twin Otter fuselage left over, as well as long stored wings of a CAMS37
(the hull had been used in conjunction with a Bearcat ...
see http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4522.msg76383#msg76383 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4522.msg76383#msg76383))

and they happened to fit not too bad after all (complemented with a P-47 propeller) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinottercams-s_zpsfdkjccqq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05118s_zpsqc9w94pv.jpg)

Title: Re: Twin Otter and CAMS 37, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 28, 2016, 10:54:20 AM
It's like "(far) beyond the sprues" spirit at maximum level, congratulations! :-*
Title: Re: Twin Otter and CAMS 37, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2016, 09:07:51 PM

full kitbash !

 ;)
Title: *** party blowers ! *** Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 01, 2017, 10:35:49 PM


a happy new year !  ;D

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05168s_zpsmccpe1qo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05177s_zpsyzvfzhk6.jpg)

Title: Re: *** party blowers ! *** Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 02, 2017, 12:12:03 AM
How do you say the sound "Tuuuut!" in English? :)
Title: insects & Flamingo & Alouette & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 04, 2017, 04:50:36 PM

I got these Heler insects kits, Oryctes nasicornis and Lucanis cervus, thanks to steelpillow,
and could practice some kitbash from them, using a Buccaneer fuselage :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes2-s_zpsaxngaffe.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05126-s_zpsgekhn3tj.jpg)

an Alouette helicopter :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps3eiwxina.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05197-s_zpsgnawra2s.jpg)


and the other way too :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/nasicornis-s_zpsyhbkdtcq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05200s_zpsvuxkxlqa.jpg)

and a Flamingo aircfaft :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lucanis-s_zpswidfxdcc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05208s_zps9jdke1fn.jpg)

Title: Re: insects & Flamingo & Alouette & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 05, 2017, 02:27:58 AM
Some unique and interesting examples of bio-mechanical design there.  Bravo!!
Title: Re: insects & Flamingo & Alouette & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 05, 2017, 04:01:55 PM
thanks  ;)
Title: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 09, 2017, 07:55:12 AM

one more Buccaneer (that ex-Matchbox kit is very flexible)
and one more 1/48 P-61 (I afound a source at less than 18 euros ...)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Buccaneer-s_zpsbqwjugr8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05220s_zpsjfhdmsig.jpg)

Title: Re: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 09, 2017, 08:35:41 AM
Now that's just the cutest little thing!  The bits fit together nicely and I love the resulting "look".
Title: Re: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 09, 2017, 08:25:06 PM

thanks !

the fit was good indeed, and it encouraged me to make the thing
Title: Re: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on January 10, 2017, 02:21:46 AM
Reminds me of something from an anime movie.
Title: Re: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 10, 2017, 03:04:37 AM
Reminds me of something from an anime movie.

Indeed.
Title: Re: P-61 & Buccaneer Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2017, 08:18:46 PM
it could have been in an anime, but I have no particular source for this one,
just the follow up to the earlier one I did wuth space shuttle wings.
Title: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 13, 2017, 08:24:04 AM

I liked this image's aerosled a lot :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/d2bcaa949dd858ca5e2bd40ea7c4e93f_zpsushpabjl.jpg)

and I also liked the bubbly canopy of the Flamingo, of which I had a 1/48  fuselage (from other build earlier in this thread), as well as skis from a 1/72 Twin Otter :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamingo-s_zpsjrttq9s1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05189%20s_zpsbk2vnruo.jpg)
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 13, 2017, 11:42:10 AM
 :-* This model is beautiful while... for the scale 1 machine, I would not buy it, preferring a pusher, less endangering people walking/skiing there...
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on January 13, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Love the Tintin Flamingo  :)
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 13, 2017, 12:39:04 PM
Beautiful and plausible!
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 13, 2017, 06:21:49 PM
This is one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!

As a boy, I read every Tintin comic I could get my hands on, so this is a real treat!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 14, 2017, 02:51:35 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 14, 2017, 07:20:39 AM

thanks all !
Title: Re: Tintin-inspired, Flamingo-based aerosled Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on January 14, 2017, 08:31:51 AM
With all the ice on ground around here I could switch out the skis for blades and go like mad!
Title: more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 25, 2017, 11:49:52 PM

two headed dragons are having twice the fun :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2-s_zpsknixuuei.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05440s_zpsfkk1wohw.jpg)
Title: Re: more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 26, 2017, 01:15:04 AM
wow! do both heads blow at the same time or alternatively? ;)
Title: Re: more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on January 26, 2017, 01:57:54 AM
If that dragon lived in New York I bet you could hear it in Paris!
Title: Re: more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 26, 2017, 05:32:33 PM
 :)
Title: Buccaneer & fishing pole Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 28, 2017, 04:11:15 PM

with all these Buccanneer-based stuff shown before, I had a fuselage left, and I also had in my stash a funny small fishing rod : hence this fishy combination :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/canne-s_zpsp6bdfbem.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05435s_zpsdquccrno.jpg)
Title: Re: Buccaneer & fishing pole Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 29, 2017, 03:32:12 AM
I'm assuming this is a Soviet Fishing rod etc.  Given the Buccaneer was originally designed in response to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser it would only make sense for the USSR to develop a counter-countermeasure... ;)
Title: Re: Buccaneer & fishing pole Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 29, 2017, 07:09:06 PM
Oh, GTX, why focusing on military matter, when you see such a peaceful occupation as fishing? hehehe... ;)
Title: Re: Buccaneer & fishing pole Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: pigflyer on January 30, 2017, 04:33:08 AM
Every last one a gem, you should be in animation.  The H21/twin otter combo is so possible looking too, but I can't pick a favourite, all just superb.
 
Keep them coming.

Ian
Title: Re: Buccaneer & fishing pole Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 30, 2017, 04:50:05 AM

thanks all very much indeed ! your support is fueling my inspiration  ;)

Title: Citroen 2cv & 11cv "traction", red/blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2017, 02:32:08 AM
I discovered the existence of this recently, apparently a not so rare exercise in 1/1 whiffing of french classic cars (2cv and "Traction")

(http://p0.storage.canalblog.com/00/75/568981/90970342.jpg)

and in my stash I had one of each in 1/43 by Heller ...

so here is one way, in red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvTraction-s_zpsmpeqti7d.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05460s_zpsn7rkgsby.jpg)

and the other way, blue :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/traction-s_zpskmgbjial.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05466s_zps4yijtxxr.jpg)
Title: Re: Citroen 2cv & 11cv "traction", red/blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 31, 2017, 11:14:23 AM
 :-* Good! My grandfather had a "Traction" and my first car ever, in 1985, was a 2cv/Dyane, your model great inventions seem to celebrate my family's cars...
Title: Re: Citroen 2cv & 11cv "traction", red/blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2017, 04:20:13 PM

thanks !

the kitbash is more obvious to french eyes  ;)
Title: even more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 13, 2017, 04:54:14 AM

there is no time for feast : it is always time for party blowers :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquilleJ-s_zpsewwnqci5.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamar-s_zpsxtmynnoc.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/octopus2-s_zpsrtrwoesf.jpg)

Title: Re: even more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 13, 2017, 01:03:25 PM
Snails are moving very slowly but what is their speed for blowing?  ;)
On the opposite the octopus one seems just perfect! very plausible, no?
Title: Re: even more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 14, 2017, 06:08:00 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: even more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 14, 2017, 09:05:41 AM
Very unique.  I keep thinking of that octopus sneezing and activating all those party blowers at once.
Title: Re: even more party blowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2017, 04:09:58 AM
 ;)
Title: fish & M72 & Twin Otter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 16, 2017, 02:20:01 AM

some time ago I showed you eralier in this thread a Buccaneer hooked at a fishing pole :
here are complementary variations :

a 1/48 MC 72 goldfish in a water ball :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mc72-48-s_zpsaepazghe.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05524s_zpspidnn6ek.jpg)

and a Twin Otter fished in a net :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/epuisette-s_zpsmh5fcgas.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05489s_zpsqtmr0stv.jpg)


(and more fishy stuff is coming soon ... )
Title: Re: fish & M72 & Twin Otter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 16, 2017, 04:39:56 AM
Nice; cute, too.
Title: Re: fish & M72 & Twin Otter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on February 16, 2017, 08:45:50 AM
Something fishy going on around here!!!!
I wish I had your imagination!
You should work for Disney.
Title: Re: fish & M72 & Twin Otter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 16, 2017, 11:39:20 AM
 :-* Great! (once more, or twice)
Title: Re: fish & M72 & Twin Otter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 16, 2017, 07:38:14 PM

thanks !
Title: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2017, 05:25:50 AM

continuing with fish, that one is quite big, so it is a bit monstruous (not only by size  ;) ) :
the Harrier is Airfix's 1/24 (I got it for real cheap : 10 euros),
and the fish is a big rubbery thing, but sizes did fit well :

one way, in red :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/harrier24-s_zpsiszrkdln.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05483s_zpsecnqfvs9.jpg)

and the other way, in blue :

(wheels were a bit hard to get straight, but hey, it does stand )

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson-s_zpsw1daym0h.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05474s_zps1jnffaok.jpg)

Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on February 19, 2017, 06:23:04 AM
The red one looks a little steampunk submarine with all those rivets!
Awesome as always!
Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 20, 2017, 05:33:21 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on February 20, 2017, 07:58:09 AM
Love the Harrier but your fishy Twotter takes the cake  ;D
Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2017, 07:08:35 PM

thanks a lot!
I expected the Harrier to cause reactions as big as it is  ;)
Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: polygon on February 23, 2017, 11:08:05 PM
Nice work. The blue one looked like a Skyhawk to me at first glance.
Title: Re: fish & 1/24 Harrier, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2017, 02:10:46 AM

thanks !
Title: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2017, 02:21:30 AM

another fishy experiment : using the booms of the previously shown 1/48 P-61, and a resin fish replica
(Tophe, you were concerned about the booms : here they are, not lost, on the contrary ! )

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson2-s_zpsq3ayfhfs.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05583s_zps8ovp7znj.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05584s_zpsnonpfund.jpg)

this time I had to adopt a new kind of modelling tool :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_4805_zpsavwr2qas.jpg)
Title: Re: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 25, 2017, 03:00:49 AM
This is a marvel: the most sexy fish I have ever seen :-* :-*
Title: Re: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 25, 2017, 07:14:19 AM
The preceding Yellow and Blue numbers demonstrate that new species of "flying fish" are continually being found.  Beautiful work on them and the red one before them.
Title: Re: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on February 25, 2017, 10:19:04 AM
A whale would have echo location in place of radar....... ;)
Title: Re: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on February 25, 2017, 11:33:50 AM
I love how the yellow fish's tail has the same sweep angle as the P-61 fins! Great stuff  :)
Title: Re: fish & 1/48 P-61 twin boom, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2017, 09:54:14 PM

thanks all !

your appreciation demultiplies my imagination  ;D
Title: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 01, 2017, 05:09:34 AM

There seems to reign a kind of Yak frenzy around here, and it just happens I treated a few Yak-15s
(the  1/72 PM kit, a nice basis for this kind of exercice I would say  ;), I once got half a dozen for very cheap)

I am still fascinated by this record cover

(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)

I even bought the LP, just to see it (the music is kind of fun too, actually)

so here is the trumpet Yak-15 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/trompette-s_zpszc1wtqth.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05554s_zpswryku2qs.jpg)

and the guitar Yak-15 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05535s_zpsieaeauut.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitarePetite-s_zpsgo58jmce.jpg)

and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seringue-s_zps5ghqtoc3.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05540s_zpsx7tmxvjq.jpg)

Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 03, 2017, 02:29:31 PM
and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :
:-* Great invention! Thanks! :-*
I have been inspired: "As war does not allow anything, even atrocious, the too-much lethal Poison-38 has been classified as forbidden weapon (like the atomic bomb/missile)":
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2017, 09:13:50 PM

excellent, thank you Tophe !
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 04, 2017, 12:45:39 AM
Thanks!
Ericr, I have a question about your syringe Yak-15: when the piston goes forward, what happens to the tail ? either:
1- it moves forward also, because solidly attached to the piston;
or
2- it stays at the same place (hold by a little boom at the center of the moving piston, scale 1 I mean, for "Real").
Which one? 1 or 2? ??? :)
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 04, 2017, 01:16:10 AM
I'd vote for #2.  It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable.  The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 04, 2017, 11:23:58 AM
Your syringe Yak-15 is very intimidating  :)
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 04, 2017, 12:59:44 PM
I'd vote for #2.  It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable.  The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.
Thanks for this approval, from our favorite engineer in the World... ;)
Title: Re: Yak-15 & trumpet, guitar, syringue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2017, 05:04:00 PM

solution 2 is more subtle, but I approve all your imaginations  ;)
Title: plane carrying flowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2017, 04:28:30 AM
some flowers to celebrate the coming of spring :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rose-s_zpsnvteke3v.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/plante-s_zpscni7kdcj.jpg)

another one, with seaplanes, is visible there :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg122786#msg122786 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg122786#msg122786)
Title: Re: plane carrying flowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 08, 2017, 04:40:08 AM
That's a mighty fine way to celebrate Spring which can't come soon enough!

Most colorful!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: plane carrying flowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 08, 2017, 06:50:08 PM
It is funny that the flower has not much colour but the bees are very colourful! Great!
Title: Re: plane carrying flowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2017, 03:01:35 AM
thanks !
Title: Re: plane carrying flowers Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on March 09, 2017, 03:28:40 AM
You are a blooming genius!!  ;D
Title: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 16, 2017, 02:16:52 AM

two more small hybrids :

wings from a dragon on a Yak-15 :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/yak15-s_zpsade1zjwg.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05504s_zpshlxk7wmy.jpg)

and a Mörser "equipped" like an elephant :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/morser-s_zpsh94jtpsy.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05544s_zpscpn4u1kn.jpg)
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 16, 2017, 02:52:08 AM
Love them both! :)
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 16, 2017, 12:03:16 PM
The red one is both harmonious and civilian (it seems), I am delighted :-*
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 16, 2017, 10:41:35 PM

thanks !
yes it is civilian, but still a dragon ;-)
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: pigflyer on March 16, 2017, 10:54:41 PM
Superb stuff, pretty sure I swatted one of them red buggers in my garden last week, it kept trying to refuel from me pint!  ???
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 17, 2017, 01:39:13 AM
Love them both! :)

Me too ... but your Yak dragonet is truly superb!
Title: Re: elephant Mörser & dragon wings Yak-15 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2017, 08:01:48 PM

thanks again !
Title: Voisin Biplan and Antoinette monoplane Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 23, 2017, 09:38:25 PM

not quite hybrids, but a nice pair of kits I found lately, of the brand Renwal, of very early aircraft.

They were both composed of a plastic "squeleton" with a kind of fabric to be cut and pasted in order to finish the surfaces.



I chose to keep the Antoinette as a squeleton, because I liked the idea, in blue :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/antoinette-s_zps6tyyjtzd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04500s_zpseaehl5e2.jpg)

and for the Voisin biplane, my motivation to find and build it came originally from a painting by Robert Delaunay in the 1910s where its simplified geometric shape appeared :

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Robert_Delaunay_L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff_1913_Eindhoven.jpg)

and I did it in a more Mondrian-esque livery :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/voisin-s_zpsdn6iajmq.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05561s_zpsm2w7iray.jpg)

Title: British Mini and French 2cv Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 29, 2017, 05:22:18 PM

a cross-kit-bash, in 1/43 Heller : a bit sketchy but gives the idea

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini43-s_zpseoznvuaa.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05731s_zps4vjpekqs.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvmini-s_zpsdaojq0kh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05738s_zpsglf0jxlv.jpg)

Title: Re: British Mini and French 2cv Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 30, 2017, 01:28:03 AM
The most funny may be the wheels of different size! :D :-*
Title: Re: British Mini and French 2cv Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 30, 2017, 06:26:10 AM
a cross-kit-bash, in 1/43 Heller : a bit sketchy but gives the idea

Great concept!  :)
Title: Re: British Mini and French 2cv Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2017, 02:23:53 PM

thanks!
Title: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 03, 2017, 06:52:43 PM

a kitbash, from remains I had from previous projects ... nothing should get lost !  ;D
The Twin Otter is remarkably flexible and adaptable ; and I still have two more in my stash  ...  :o
And the Mi-1 parts were used with a pipe shown earlier in this very same thread.
And the top cockpit from some old Zero-like japanese plane.

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi1twinotter-s_zps87zl3gml.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05776s_zpsqidijndz.jpg)

Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 03, 2017, 11:13:19 PM
Very elegant, harmonious and surprising all at the same time.
If you would say this is a 1945 ancestor to the Twin-Otter, I would try to make (with PhotoPaint) a Zwilling derivative... Yes? ???
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2017, 05:09:20 PM

thanks !

and yes, please make a zwilling if you like  :)
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 05, 2017, 12:23:59 PM
yes, please make a zwilling if you like  :)
Thanks! I will, soon I hope.
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 06, 2017, 02:21:01 AM
Here is it, thanks! (Twintwin-Otter?)
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on April 06, 2017, 10:10:42 AM
ericr: Great stuff  :)

Tophe: How about an asymmetrical Siamese-twin-Otter?
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 07, 2017, 12:06:34 AM
Tophe: How about an asymmetrical Siamese-twin-Otter?
The more easy to make is a little asymmetry (3 engines without external starboard one).
There is a good technical reason for such a layout: having fun in designing... ;)
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2017, 12:14:59 AM

asymetry is great !

 ;D
Title: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2017, 04:27:31 AM

some time ago I was given a link to this !

(http://i.imgur.com/pDYys6h.jpg)


and it was just irresistible, I did that :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephanteau-s_zpskvyohg7u.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05761s_zpscghxdixu.jpg)
Title: Re: Twin Otter & Mi-1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on April 07, 2017, 04:48:40 AM

asymetry is great !

Yep. Nice job, Tophe  :D
Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 07, 2017, 10:21:17 AM
it was just irresistible, I did that :
zoologically, your one is far more credible, ericr! :-*
Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2017, 08:39:15 PM


thanks !

Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 08, 2017, 03:41:13 AM
I don't want to be around when the elephants fly overhead... :o
Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Volkodav on April 08, 2017, 08:53:44 PM
Even an Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant?
Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2017, 04:46:33 AM
 :icon_surprised:
Title: Re: elephant & Alouette helicopter Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: polygon on April 09, 2017, 08:16:21 AM
Does this make Operation Dumbo Drop obsolete?  :D
Title: White Knight & Space Shuttle 1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2017, 06:46:22 PM

not exactly a whif, except for the livery of course
but that incredible twin-fuselage deserves attention
like other creations by Rutan

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/whiteKnightSS1-s_zpslffh3pab.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05717s_zps34vvnqcg.jpg)

Title: Re: White Knight & Space Shuttle 1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 11, 2017, 11:23:32 PM
double-twin-boom + spats + marvelous colours = a diamond (or a pearl, at least) :-*
Title: Re: White Knight & Space Shuttle 1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 11, 2017, 11:25:48 PM
My what lovely little spats you have there!
 :-* :-* :-*
Well done and love those primary colors!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: White Knight & Space Shuttle 1 Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 12, 2017, 04:09:57 AM

thanks !

Title: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 30, 2017, 12:15:49 AM


remainings of the day : a mixture of Alouette helicopter and P-38
(the latter was an old childishly built kit, so it is a buit nastily punkish ;
I think this "composition" would deserve to be re-tried from clean new kits,
even in some larger scale, someday maybe ...)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps63qpipjb.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06066s_zpslbahw7gh.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06067s_zpsd06zl6t7.jpg)
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kelmola on April 30, 2017, 12:45:47 AM
Could totally see that as a real P-38 derived reconnaissance or "pathfinder" bird. :)
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 30, 2017, 01:46:26 AM
Beautiful!  It makes you think of a high-powered twin-engine ancestor of the Optica.
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 30, 2017, 05:10:04 AM
Oh yeah!!  I love the look of this. :)

I could see it as just one of a bunch of postwar conversions of aircraft into civilian applications.  Maybe give one a larger cabin/fuselage as a high speed transport.
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 30, 2017, 09:48:47 AM
Wow what a great idea! Seems an excellent observation/recon platform!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on April 30, 2017, 01:06:12 PM
 :-* :-* :-* (I am in love of this blue beauty...)
I just notice the 2-blade propellers, is there an explanation about them somehow?
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on April 30, 2017, 03:34:57 PM
Clever combo of P-38 and helicopter parts.  Could be patrolling along boarders and pipelines and such.
Odd (if you will), but seems feasible.
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on April 30, 2017, 08:33:58 PM
Well,a new marvel from you Eric,such combinations are always a delight for my eyes!
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 01, 2017, 04:32:42 AM

thanks all ! I really appreciate your appreciation !

the two-blades propellers come from the fact that I had lost the original ones, and found a four-blade propeller in my scrap box  ;)

and then, a bit like the tail-sitting rear wheels, it makes for changes from he original P38
Title: Re: Alouette & P-38 twin-boom Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 01, 2017, 10:26:45 PM
like the tail-sitting rear wheels, it makes for changes from he original P38
Oh, I did not noticed this great little change, wonderful, thanks for telling us! So many marvelous features :-*
Title: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2017, 03:36:23 AM

Sometime ago I showed in this thread a space shuttle with a P-61 fuselage, in blue :
here is the reverse, a twin boomed propeller shuttle, in red  :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleP61-s_zpsraa3gff8.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06070s_zpskirdlcqm.jpg)
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Logan Hartke on May 11, 2017, 03:45:42 AM
That is fantastic!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 11, 2017, 04:14:57 AM
Wow!
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 11, 2017, 11:29:19 PM
My eyes and soul are loving this model! :-*
While my damned brains ask question, sorry:
- is it a space craft or an airplane? if one transforms into the other do the remaining parts fall down to Earth?
- is the load a satellite or simple cargo?
- is the rear of the shuttle a rocket engine? and does it burn the tailplane if fired on too early?
Answers are not obligatory, the model is wonderful even if pure fantasy... :-*
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 12, 2017, 02:37:28 AM
Talk about imaginative!

The red is perfect for it.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2017, 01:51:26 PM

thanks !

Tophe, are you asking about realism?  ;D
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on May 12, 2017, 03:00:49 PM
beautiful hybridations ericr!
The blue P38/Alouette is my favourite indeed!
 8)
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 12, 2017, 11:11:52 PM
Tophe, are you asking about realism?  ;D
It is not ME, it is an evil part in "my" brains (stranger brains in my head), that I try to fight but which still asks silly questions, sorry... ;)
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on May 13, 2017, 01:21:36 PM
Excellent Imagineering. :)
As noted: does raise a few operational questions !
Title: Re: Space Shuttle & P-61 black widow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 13, 2017, 11:57:09 PM

thanks a lot !
Title: double 2cv, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 23, 2017, 02:58:27 PM

One day I stumbled upon this :
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4965/683/1600/325296/Y%20Y%20101.jpg)
and liked it so I have a turn using a pair of 1/43 2cv's :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsbjukvte1.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06147s_zpsvcbcewrn.jpg)

and only a bit too late I thought of the yin yang possibility :I might try and find a pair of Beetles after all someday ...
Title: Re: double 2cv, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on May 23, 2017, 05:29:46 PM
Beautiful, ericr, the idea of the Yin-Yang beetle is great!
Antonio
Title: Re: double 2cv, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on May 23, 2017, 11:06:39 PM
Very nice!
while... mechanically, how is it working? When the red component drives forward, should the yellow gear be set in reverse ("marche arrière" in French)?
Title: Re: double 2cv, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 25, 2017, 09:15:49 PM

thanks !

and it is working ... not mechanically but poetically I guess?
Title: gun & wings, à la Huriah Heep, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 29, 2017, 04:29:17 AM

I think I mentioned this LP cover to you come time ago :

(https://images.recordsale.de/600/600/cdpix/u/uriahheep-highandmighty(13).jpg)

I like this kind of chance meetings, so I had a try at it with a plastic gun, and wings from a Vigilante kit wreck :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flingues-s_zpsdddwlozd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06082s_zpszpobpdwy.jpg)

Title: Bleriot 125 / DHC twin fuselage, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 03, 2017, 02:33:14 AM

I recently discovered the existence of the quite extraordinary Bleriot 125 :

(https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/3/2/8/2/a8386405-186-bleriot%20-125-00%20from%20popular%20mechanics.jpg)

and was driven to try out a canadian version (as if the backup story was that the Bleriot inc. engineer responsible for that design had emigrated to Canada, joined DHC, and reactivated the concept using material existing there) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter4-s_zpslzlkum3a.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06176s_zpsp1tlybit.jpg)

note the slight nose asymetry ase well   ;D
Title: Re: Bleriot 125 / DHC twin fuselage, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on June 03, 2017, 02:45:41 AM
Brilliant! Love your push-pull Beaver pod and the long and short Twotter noses  ;D
Title: Re: Bleriot 125 / DHC twin fuselage, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 03, 2017, 10:35:31 AM
Wonderful! The best of the old becoming new again! :-* :-*
Title: Re: Bleriot 125 / DHC twin fuselage, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 04, 2017, 03:22:02 PM

thanks !
Title: piano & B-17, à la Commander Cody, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2017, 04:51:41 AM

more LP-cover inspiration from the 70s :

I showed you that one already in the past

(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)

it was haunting me for some time, because there are ideas there that are just too beautiful not to try them ;
and I finally got the ingredients together, and then found the guts to go at it  ;) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/piano-s_zpstlne96z5.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06159s_zpskqjalcac.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06161s_zpsqgnsmfls.jpg)

Title: Re: piano & B-17, à la Commander Cody, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on June 06, 2017, 06:32:16 AM
So you could say that is "Schräge Musik"?
Title: Re: piano & B-17, à la Commander Cody, blue
Post by: Tophe on June 06, 2017, 11:14:04 PM
This layout is almost "logic" : choosing radial engines is meaning "we don't care of aerodynamic drag, raw power will win", so this large piano fuselage has no problem at all... ;)
Title: Re: piano & B-17, à la Commander Cody, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 07, 2017, 04:53:30 AM

thanks !  ;D
Title: An-2 Colt & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 12, 2017, 03:08:29 PM

another kitbash : Antonov Colt (of which the floats were used for a Wyvern seaplane)
with Twin Otter wings (of which the floats will be used in the near future ... and the fuselage is in the Blériot-125 / DHC remake):

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colt2-s_zpsptyqppwe.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06166s_zpsivbl8kaj.jpg)
Title: Re: An-2 Colt & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 12, 2017, 11:23:22 PM
This airplane looks so perfect that your talent is not featured, like a model Out Of the Box, while this is an incredible mix, requiring uneasy adaptations for sure. Congratulations (and thanks for the explanation "where do the parts come from?" not easy to guess) ;)
Title: Re: An-2 Colt & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 13, 2017, 02:14:31 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: An-2 Colt & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 15, 2017, 06:17:19 AM
That's one really neat yellow hybrid! I especially like how that Antonov canopy gives it an almost French character.

You've shown that the whole is greater than a sum of the parts!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: An-2 Colt & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2017, 02:05:38 PM

You've shown that the whole is greater than a sum of the parts!



thank you very much for this  analysis : I like it very much ! it explains the joys of kitbashing  :)
Title: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2017, 02:22:34 PM

another kitbash, with another part of the An-2 : I had a Wellington fuselage (minus the tail, used with the wings for a violin experiment earlier in this thread) and a Halifax tail in my reserves,

so here are the remainings of the day

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/wellington-s_zps6kghovh4.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06220s_zps0uxsjuxf.jpg)

Title: Re: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 16, 2017, 02:23:06 AM
Interesting
Title: Re: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2017, 04:10:14 AM
thanks ;-)

"interesting" is not in contradiction with a bit of uglyness  ;D
Title: Re: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 16, 2017, 06:25:35 AM
Truly unique and the various bits look like they definitely belong together.
Title: Re: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 16, 2017, 06:58:29 AM
My what lovely spats you have there!
 :-* :-* :-*
The rest is crackerjack too!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Wellington & An-2 Colt, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2017, 02:38:00 PM

thanks !

(spats are from a 1/48 He51 ... )
Title: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 19, 2017, 02:43:22 PM

That fuselage from a chinese kit was in my remainings since long ago I used the wings for a flute, and it met a recently bought B57B (the Revell box-scale one) : the encounter produced a Trident-like jet plane

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chengdu-s_zps8bsl2b6q.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06228s_zps53fibqdz.jpg)

and then what to do with the B57B fuselage? well, let's try for a dragster-like road vehicle :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b57b-s_zpshzxoopri.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06236s_zpscdkwcjvo.jpg)
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on June 19, 2017, 02:59:43 PM
Turbojet in the fuselage to get the thing up to height and speed - and ramjets in the wings for high speed?
Nice research plane! :)
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on June 19, 2017, 04:55:22 PM
and then what to do with the B57B fuselage? well, let's try for a dragster-like road vehicle :

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b57b-s_zpshzxoopri.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06236s_zpscdkwcjvo.jpg[/url])


That's great,but why don't you put this model in Racing GB ???
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 19, 2017, 10:26:48 PM
Wow! :-*
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2017, 04:00:23 AM

thank you !

I don't do cars usually, and I don't know about the racing GB ...

Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 21, 2017, 01:26:37 AM

thank you !

I don't do cars usually, and I don't know about the racing GB ...


See here:  Racing Group Build (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?board=71.0)  Planes, cars, trains, boats etc - everything is allowed.
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 21, 2017, 05:29:06 AM
Oh yes Bananacar is definitely a natural for the Racing GB!

Well done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Chengdu F7 & B57B, blue + dragster yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 21, 2017, 06:17:27 PM

thanks ! I am not used to GBs, I will try to make an entry in that one ...
Title: cats & dogs & remainings of the day Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 27, 2017, 01:46:42 AM

some aircraft have a snoot, nearly a face of a cat or a dog, and I had to try that ;
plus, it helps me finally using bits and pieces in my stash/scrap box

The space shuttle with a cat

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06295s_zpsuwaxeonf.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat19-s_zpslhv49ygo.jpg)

the same shuttle (same scale, that is), but with a dog :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chienpapier-s_zps7x6et8vl.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06257s_zpsm4kvo3qc.jpg)

or another cat with a B-17 (1/48) :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat27-s_zpsssi3emmo.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06262s_zpsunjmnvef.jpg)

or yet another cat, a bit bigger, with a Victor :

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chatpapier-s_zpstlpnb4dk.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06289s_zpsi2yzap99.jpg)

Title: Re: cats & dogs & remainings of the day Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on June 27, 2017, 11:29:47 AM
They are very lovely, thanks! :-*
Title: Re: cats & dogs & remainings of the day Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 28, 2017, 02:27:06 AM
 thank you !
Title: photobucket change Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 09, 2017, 11:20:49 AM

Hi all

photobucket just changed its behavior, and does not show my pictures any more.
Maybe I missed an annoucement but I am surprised.

Another problem is that I don't manage to access my account : even when I ask for a password change I don't get the email, even in my spam.

I am looking for alternative solutions to continue posting pictures.


Title: Re: photobucket change Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 10, 2017, 07:29:25 AM
Hi eric. I'm sorry to hear you're one of the Photobucket victims.

I've started looking for new photo hosting and while I haven't used this yet, I've heard good things about them:

imgur.com (http://imgur.com/)

Best of luck!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: photobucket change Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 13, 2017, 09:31:50 AM

thanks for the tips, I will see how to resume my flow of images  ;)

Title: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2017, 04:45:45 PM


so, let's go back to business, now that imgur has offered hospitality

still under the impression of this record cover :

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51brAL5EW-L.jpg)

I had a try at a clarinet, with a 1/72 B-17 this time :

(http://i.imgur.com/mGLek00.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/wnVsCid.jpg)

in yellow (from a spray can : smoother result)

oh, and the (toy) clarinet still is functional
Title: Re: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 23, 2017, 03:37:54 AM
Different
Title: Re: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 24, 2017, 08:54:22 AM
With the airflow opposite to what we knew... either it does not work (does not play) or else: this is Genius... :-*
Title: Re: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 24, 2017, 04:09:58 PM

thanks  !

on the question of the orientation, I indeed followed the model of the LP cover,
whereas the other direction would make sense for producing sound.

I had the case in the past, with a flute, and I consequently tried both sides,
one with a F7E (chinese Mig 21), the other with a B727 :

(http://i.imgur.com/1Xofuvj.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/5HOYwWs.jpg)
Title: Re: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on July 24, 2017, 09:35:31 PM

([url]http://i.imgur.com/1Xofuvj.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i.imgur.com/5HOYwWs.jpg[/url])


Two rare examples of Baroque planes...
 :icon_music:
Title: Re: clarinet & b-17, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 25, 2017, 05:18:24 PM

a little bit baroque indeed  ;)
Title: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 27, 2017, 06:08:51 PM

a kitbash, which fitted surprisingly well

(http://i.imgur.com/QOAdhT6.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/dIqYSz2.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/i4KRtYX.jpg)

the wings and tail of the Blinder had been used long ago for a flying pencil build ;
the Victor nose appeared on cat more recently
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on July 27, 2017, 07:12:15 PM
Gorgeous ericr :-* but not quite insane enough  :o
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: The Big Gimper on July 27, 2017, 08:10:32 PM
A very nice Vinder. Or a Blictor?
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on July 27, 2017, 08:19:21 PM
Pleasant! :-*
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on July 27, 2017, 10:54:06 PM
Gorgeous ericr :-* but not quite insane enough  :o

Agree, it looks quite normal!

;)
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 28, 2017, 03:06:50 AM
Very nice
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 28, 2017, 04:58:34 AM
Very aesthetically appealing and looks like it should exist.  Perhaps the Tu-22V, NATO codename: "Beauty"?
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 28, 2017, 05:08:07 AM

thank all !
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 29, 2017, 10:07:54 PM
That's a real stunner and one of your finest, eric!

If you put red stars on it I bet you could fool a lot of people into believing it was real.

Great stuff!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on July 30, 2017, 02:17:38 AM
That's a real stunner and one of your finest, eric!

If you put red stars on it I bet you could fool a lot of people into believing it was real. ...

Agreed. Ditto for roundels and anti-flash white. A 'Beauty' indeed  :-*
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on August 01, 2017, 03:29:32 PM
Looks (is?) faster than a Victor.
Impressed you found fuselage-wing combo that works so well. :smiley:
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 06, 2017, 05:11:01 AM
Saw this image and thought it was perfect for you Eric:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_uKAFKTkXs/VrcS7_ybnlI/AAAAAAAAKzw/NP2YKnpQvKM/s1600/IMG_4592.jpg)
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 06, 2017, 04:55:19 PM
Ericr is not "the only dreamer" in the World, just he is "my favourite dreamer" in the World... ;)
Title: Re: Tu-22 Blinder & HP Victor, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 06, 2017, 08:47:06 PM
Saw this image and thought it was perfect for you Eric:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_uKAFKTkXs/VrcS7_ybnlI/AAAAAAAAKzw/NP2YKnpQvKM/s1600/IMG_4592.jpg)

thanks a lot !
quite inspiring indeed, maybe I'll have a look for appropriately scaled ingredients  ;)
Title: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 06, 2017, 09:33:57 PM

this was inspired by images that can be seen here and there, of whales with sails, and a Heller kit for a Corsair boat :

(http://i.imgur.com/NhxXTQr.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bbQ5Z29.jpg)
Title: Re: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on August 07, 2017, 12:48:10 AM
AWESOME !!!
Title: Re: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on August 07, 2017, 01:11:45 AM
Wunnerful, wunnerful. :icon_fsm:
Title: Re: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 07, 2017, 03:36:13 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: Re: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: pigflyer on August 08, 2017, 04:21:41 AM
Superb whale, and as for the blinder/victor, ooh lala, just right.   :P
Title: Re: Whale and sails, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 10, 2017, 03:44:47 AM

thank you for both !

Title: Whale and u-boot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 10, 2017, 03:51:43 AM

another whale figurine happened to cross a Type XXIII U-boot (Revell, 1/144) in a chance meeting;

and, as any decent submarine, it had to go yellow :

(http://i.imgur.com/Df2Kd2u.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/sGFQU2I.jpg)

Title: Re: Whale and u-boot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 10, 2017, 06:42:09 AM
Usually I am interected only in "aircraft" models, but once again, you tend to make me change my mind... Your whale with sails, most of all, is very lovely... :-* :-*
Title: Re: Whale and u-boot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 10, 2017, 01:53:16 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: Whale and u-boot, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 11, 2017, 02:31:10 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 15, 2017, 03:35:34 AM

remainings of the day :

so what do we have today :
 - the landing gear and struts if the Spirit of Saint Louis, which have an interesting shape
 - the wings and tail surfaces of a MC 72 (1/48)
 - a crocodile (probably bought together with an elephant, in order to combine postage, and then you get that kind of stuff in your stash without knowing what to do with it, I guess you know what I mean ...)

and all that fits and lives together quite well actually, in red :

(http://i.imgur.com/GCCmqAL.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bvfpLv6.jpg)

and now I still have four crocodile legs in the spare parts box ...
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 15, 2017, 11:56:29 AM
 :-* Wonderful crocodile airplane!
I just have a question, remaining ??? Is the tail asymmetric on starboard or mobile, moving from port to starboard with the muscles of the crocodile basis? ;) (this question is funny but not a joke, getting an answer is important for me to know if I add this model in my collection of asymmetric planes or in a brand new part of classification! wow anyway!)
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 15, 2017, 02:23:47 PM

thanks !

the tail is flexible indeed, controlled by the mind/spirits/moods/brain of the crocodile

Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 16, 2017, 01:07:08 AM
Good! So... piloting with AI does not refer to Artificial Intelligence but to Animal Intelligence! ;)
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 16, 2017, 02:59:04 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 16, 2017, 04:48:48 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 16, 2017, 09:51:55 AM
Uniquely different.  The legs and feet from the crocodile should go on a stol transport (Short Skyvan, perhaps?) for adaptability to 'most any terrain.
Title: Re: Crocodile & Spirit ofStLouis & MC72, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 16, 2017, 05:30:26 PM

thanks for the idea  ;)
Title: Tu-144 & crow, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 17, 2017, 08:39:59 PM


quite some time ago I was shown a picture out of a comics with a Concorde-like aircraft with claws and head of an eagle ...
Remembering that, it took me a while to find an appropriate plastic bird to build that with a Tu-144 (1/144 scale) :

(http://i.imgur.com/FVVMNq8.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/pf8Q2Yr.jpg)

Title: Re: Tu-144 & crow, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 18, 2017, 01:33:35 AM
Amazing! :-* :-*

Addition: have you created the first airplane ever with only 2 legs? ;D
Title: Re: Tu-144 & crow, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on August 18, 2017, 06:41:03 AM
All it needs is a top hat and a glass of aviation fuel and it's a bigger version of this:

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.teachersource.com/images/products/pop/db100.jpg)

Title: Re: Tu-144 & crow, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 18, 2017, 03:17:26 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: crow & Halifax, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2017, 08:38:10 PM

and now, what to do with the rest of the plastic crow?

I happened to have the nose of a 1/72 Halifax available ...


(http://i.imgur.com/fhoykj6.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/SuAeUFa.jpg)
Title: Re: crow & Halifax, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 21, 2017, 10:57:33 PM
Very lovely... :-*
Title: Re: crow & Halifax, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 22, 2017, 05:53:41 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 23, 2017, 08:09:05 PM

after the photobucket black-out, I still have a backlog of things to show

Sometime ago I was pointed at this picture, which I found startling :

(http://cdn.wallpaperjam.com/static/images/m/a6/a7/a6a713b1c52da205f0b07cbf6f2d4255357505e8.jpg)

so I finally got to fetch (i) a rhino (ii) a F-16 (Academy 1/72, simply) :

(http://imgur.com/7OR78xC.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/Yk13kqp.jpg)

Title: Re: rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 24, 2017, 04:43:49 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on August 24, 2017, 11:32:45 AM
Great! And this is not only an attack plane but also an observation plane: have you noticed the two devices like ears (exploring forward)?
Title: Re: rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 24, 2017, 07:06:17 PM
 

thanks !

Great! And this is not only an attack plane but also an observation plane: have you noticed the two devices like ears (exploring forward)?

 ;D

actually it does not have much left on the attack side : just drop tanks  ;)

Title: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 30, 2017, 02:59:12 AM

back on the musical theater :

this mini-flute is now self-propelled by a M108

(http://imgur.com/TVV04Ag.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/vdopIHn.jpg)

Title: Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 31, 2017, 12:42:04 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 31, 2017, 02:06:20 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 31, 2017, 09:25:11 AM
I can just see a squadron of them as the flute section of a mobile orchestra.  Beautiful!
Title: Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 02, 2017, 01:48:43 AM
 ;D

for the orchestra I built other instruments, earlier in this thread, but rather aircraft until now
Title: hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 04, 2017, 03:17:07 PM

so, a hippo has that paticular charm, that made it a perfect addition to this series,
end the Revell (ex-Matchbox) Kiowa is very flexible for this kind of endeavour :

(https://imgur.com/UgYAkxC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/HHZDroQ.jpg)
Title: Re: hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 05, 2017, 02:02:42 PM
Yaaaaaaaawn!
(it means: good).
Title: Re: hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 06, 2017, 09:56:10 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on September 06, 2017, 11:18:46 AM
Great!!  Organically-powered helicopter using naturally renewable fuels!
Title: Re: hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 07, 2017, 01:30:38 PM
 ;D
Title: flutes and guns, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 15, 2017, 08:06:26 PM
to continue on the musical thread, especially with flutes, here are a gun and a rifle joining the orchestra :

(https://imgur.com/DH7SHpQ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/9J4J83R.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PDsfGAi.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/APC3pXM.jpg)

Title: Re: flutes and guns, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 16, 2017, 02:58:02 AM
 ;D :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: flutes and guns, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 16, 2017, 07:25:10 PM
 ;)
Title: boat side car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2017, 03:33:16 AM

did I show you this one yet?

I had this bike kit for some years, and Ineed to / wish to reduce my stash, so I thought about this boat side car ...

(https://imgur.com/FFHaYVo.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/TuqBq8G.jpg)
Title: Re: boat side car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 19, 2017, 01:07:56 AM
 :smiley:
Title: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2017, 03:45:01 PM

I saw the picture with VWs, but thought 2cvs would fit as nicely :

(https://imgur.com/1uKxykm.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/CMTUm7K.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/e81vjp9.jpg)
Title: Re: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on September 20, 2017, 10:19:37 PM
Clever!  :smiley:
Title: Re: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 21, 2017, 12:21:19 AM
Such a car may be difficult to use for going to work, but it seems perfect for meditation... Aommmmm... ;)
Title: Re: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 21, 2017, 04:29:15 AM

 ;D
Title: snakes and aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 22, 2017, 06:42:07 PM

so with all these builds, I had a few fuselages in stock,
and also a few snakes plastic figurines in my stash,
and the hybrids are there, with  a yellow F-5A, a red Kiowa, a blue F-16 :

(https://imgur.com/O7yMaO3.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YxRUIxd.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nTcFSt2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/MEXmQKq.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/vGuYe2c.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/qiu92v3.jpg)
Title: Re: snakes and aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on September 23, 2017, 12:18:50 AM
venomous but oh so pleasant... :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: snakes and aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 24, 2017, 05:55:10 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: snakes and aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: sletch on September 25, 2017, 05:45:59 AM
Nicely done   :-*  !
Title: Re: snakes and aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 27, 2017, 02:45:02 PM

thanks !
Title: snake & F5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 27, 2017, 02:49:41 PM

another part of the snake, with anoter part of the F5 :

(https://imgur.com/Z4USd2x.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/aJg3cSJ.jpg)

Title: Re: snake & F5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: sletch on September 29, 2017, 03:47:10 AM
Wow ! A modern vision of Quetzalcoatl... The Maya snake bird

(https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/evilibrium/images/2/2b/Ds_creature_quetzalcoatl_preview.png)

God job  ;)

Frederic
Title: Re: snake & F5, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on September 29, 2017, 09:57:55 PM

 ;D
Title: BK117 & crocodile Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2017, 07:54:26 PM

so, in my stash/spares box, remaining from previous projects, I had a BK117 fuselage, and crocodile legs :

(https://imgur.com/9ogOZWE.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/NiGtfEH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/c0FILe4.jpg)

funny to see how things fit by themselves (nearly, when helped a bit)
Title: Re: BK117 & crocodile Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 06, 2017, 01:56:41 PM
What a marvel! :-*
I don't mean it is lovely, I am not a Young girl wanting to kiss the frog in case this is a charming prince... But nice, funny, good! ;)
Title: Re: BK117 & crocodile Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2017, 03:49:29 PM
 ;D
Title: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 13, 2017, 02:09:49 PM

wasn't the FW189 nicknamed the flying glasshouse?

(https://imgur.com/ssUdqA6.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PhnXk2x.jpg)

(the glasshouse is from Faller in 1/87, so it is a scalorama)
Title: Re: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on October 13, 2017, 03:14:53 PM
Fine example of flying laboratory researching vegetable growth at higher altitudes. :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 13, 2017, 06:17:47 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 14, 2017, 03:59:22 AM
 :smiley: ;D
Title: Re: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 14, 2017, 03:34:25 PM
Good! :-*
Maybe a plain green colour would have been more ecological, but I understand this is not a primary colour ;)
Title: Re: FW189 & glasshouse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2017, 05:41:43 PM
 ;)
Title: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2017, 02:30:59 AM

the helicopter is a BK117 (another part of the Crocodile case seen earlier)

(https://imgur.com/XUmO6H1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2ZNykwd.jpg)
Title: Re: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 17, 2017, 02:33:35 AM
Weird! :-*
Title: Re: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 17, 2017, 02:38:37 AM
Cute :smiley:
Title: Re: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2017, 03:04:08 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on October 17, 2017, 11:43:04 PM
Cute :smiley:
Very!  I can just see it expanding between the engine section and the landing skids when it puffs up.
Title: Re: Puffer fish & helicopter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2017, 02:43:36 PM

thanks !
Title: gull & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2017, 06:48:59 PM

some time ago I was proposed this image as an inspiration :

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5595584ae4b0651388a33f71/t/5595b1d9e4b02838d125fda1/1435873765875/IMG_4592.JPG?format=300w)

and I finally came up with this, using a 1/144 Tomcat nose :

(https://imgur.com/Y4r8eQZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/NykPzzc.jpg)
Title: Re: gull & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 18, 2017, 11:45:55 PM
Very lovely bird machine thing! :-*
Title: Re: gull & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 19, 2017, 02:28:43 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: gull & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2017, 04:02:21 PM

thanks !
Title: saxophone & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 21, 2017, 04:07:32 AM

the other half of the 1/144 Tomcat :

I had this idea (who knows wherefrom or why?) that a swept-wing aircraft should match well with a saxophone ;
in reality (if I dare say so) it came less obviously, but I somehow managed, for my series in music instruments

(https://imgur.com/16eU3S6.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3FYyAgt.jpg)
Title: Re: saxophone & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 21, 2017, 03:03:03 PM
Congratulations for the PSR work on the removed nose (gone elsewhere, we saw this), here this seems natural, for making room to blow the saxophone, and the airflow is changing direction with the curve and is directed toward the air intakes, good! ;)
Title: Re: saxophone & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 21, 2017, 07:30:54 PM

thanks !

I found some pieces of a kind of pod in my spares box to make the basis of the new nose, so it wasn't too hard  ;)
Title: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 23, 2017, 02:51:28 AM

it was tempting, and I had this remainder from earlier projects, a Victor fuselage, which deserved its moment of glory, even without the cockpit, but even older I had this head of Ariane 5 rocket which fit just naturally, like all the rest : and when nature fits, why resist?

(https://imgur.com/OQMF9qy.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ex2zcpd.jpg)


Title: Re: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 23, 2017, 02:54:52 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on October 23, 2017, 11:08:30 AM
Coat hanger brilliance  :o
Plan view proportions are ideal with Victor fuselage. 
For those inclined to scratch build:  Metal, plastic, or wood coat hanger can be structure to build wing upon.
Title: Re: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 23, 2017, 11:09:44 AM
Funny... :-*
(but this not "only funny": this is the best explanation of the Victor's wing shape that I have ever seen) ;)
Title: Re: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 23, 2017, 01:16:47 PM
Makes storage of completed kits easier... 8)
Title: Re: Victor and coathanger (+ Ariane 5), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 24, 2017, 04:14:36 AM
 ;D
Title: [Tophe-inspired!] P-51 Dv-2, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 27, 2017, 10:36:01 PM


some time ago I discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv-2 (with some other influence as well) :

(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_dk.jpg)

and it fired me to get a kit of the F_82 (well, actually, several : wait and see ...)

and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51 :

(https://imgur.com/4HrznRc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/osfng9e.jpg)

the nose is a bit short, it comes from a He-59 ...

and I had to cheat a bit with the rear wheel, in order to have enough height for the pushing propeller  ;)
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired!] P-51 Dv-2, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 27, 2017, 10:44:35 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired!] P-51 Dv-2, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on October 27, 2017, 11:29:37 PM
 :-* :-* :-* Oh, so wonderful! You made it? True? Or is this just a Photoshop joke?
I feel honoured to be the source (somehow) of such a marvel... :-[
Have you discarded the ventral air scoop of the main fuselage to have a dorsal scoop (red a little lighter, it seems a scoop, no?). Wow, so great!
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired!] P-51 Dv-2, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 28, 2017, 02:58:46 AM

thanks !

I encourage everyone to buy F-82s and build Tophe-inspired designs  ;D
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired!] P-51 Dv-2, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on October 28, 2017, 10:49:21 PM

I realize I already did some others as well ...

from my archive, and to compensate the PB loss, here is a little recall :

(https://imgur.com/Bf1T2LY.jpg)

and another one, also Tophe inspired at the time :

(https://imgur.com/9tBY9xH.jpg)

and I have made another one which I will show soon, and still have one on my stash ...

Title: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 18, 2017, 01:44:11 AM

hi all, after being away from internet for a moment I'm back again.


So, some time ago I also discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv :

(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_di.jpg)

and it fired me to fetch another kit of the F_82 (I still have one left after that ...)

and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51, and augmenting visibility (it is a 3-seater) :

(https://imgur.com/FmBe701.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ZR1QVnz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/81PGEQF.jpg)
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 18, 2017, 04:03:55 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 18, 2017, 12:16:49 PM
Marvelous :-*
And where are the extra parts (not P-82) coming from? (glazed posts, front and rear, and also the tailplane) ??? :smiley:
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on November 18, 2017, 03:58:58 PM
Those are some build combos. :smiley:
Nice plastic surgery, asymmetrical yet looking correct in their own way.
Yellow seaplane F-82 is concept I'd like to build with some undetermined fighter.  Also looks correct.
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 18, 2017, 05:56:31 PM

thanks !

the front glass come from a 1/48 P-61, and fitted just very nicely  ;)
the rear one I don't know ... and the tailplane maybe from a BF109?
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: arctic warrior on November 19, 2017, 02:02:50 AM
Blue Lightning, ehhh Mustang, ehhh asymmetric!  :o ;D  8)
Excellent.  :smiley:
Title: Re: [Tophe-inspired again!] P-51 Dv, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2017, 04:57:45 AM
 ;D
Title: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2017, 04:59:59 AM

that model was so tempting ...

(https://imgur.com/XXm8HPJ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/HJKBsZk.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/oSBNkLQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on November 21, 2017, 05:34:07 AM
Awesome concept. :o
Figuring top is hydrogen/helium filled.  All elements do come together.
Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 21, 2017, 12:04:15 PM
Looking like an evil insect... >:D
(if it was all black I would feel tempted to crush it on the floor) ;)
Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2017, 03:01:35 PM

thanks !
it is simply the Finemolds kit, which has even the bay for flappsters :

(https://imgur.com/7O6PAQQ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/suRB8pH.jpg)

Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: arctic warrior on November 21, 2017, 07:20:13 PM
Love the Movie; love Your model.  :D
Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 22, 2017, 01:24:11 AM

thanks !

Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 22, 2017, 02:36:51 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Laputa Tiger Moth, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 23, 2017, 04:41:32 AM
 ;)
Title: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 27, 2017, 07:25:57 PM

remainings of the day :

a Type XXIII Uboot hull, with the canopy of a 1/48 Rufe : I considered adding wings, but the fit is nice already like that ...

(https://imgur.com/a9mjdG1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7jq1nAg.jpg)
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: arctic warrior on November 27, 2017, 07:45:01 PM
Wonderfull Yellow Submarine - room for four?  ;D
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on November 27, 2017, 07:49:54 PM
Nifty - works as is, no more to do. :smiley:
Good eye on seeing parts combination.
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Old Wombat on November 27, 2017, 09:17:51 PM
Looks like it could have come out of a Tintin book. :smiley:
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on November 27, 2017, 11:35:39 PM
Yes nice! :-* (and usually I love only aircraft)
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 28, 2017, 02:24:00 AM
Love it!
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 28, 2017, 02:27:04 AM

thanks !

the Tintin reference springs to mind, naturally  ;)
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 28, 2017, 06:34:23 AM
Adding an aircraft canopy is a crackerjack idea, ericr! Reminds me of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

That's Tophe level imaginative ingenuity!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on November 28, 2017, 08:14:58 AM
Why do I suddenly hear the Bond theme?  :P
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on November 28, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Beautiful 1/48 mini-sub there; I could see a video of it cruising shallow water with either the Bond theme or the theme music from the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea TV show (not the movie).
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on November 28, 2017, 03:38:07 PM

thanks !

musical ideas would be nice alternative to back-up stories : we could make a habit of that : propose a model, a story,
and then a "music title to be listened to while looking"
Title: Re: Uboot & Rufe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 09, 2017, 06:48:48 PM

a two-way mash-up :

one way : a sawfish head on a F5

(https://imgur.com/Wvqwa8z.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Wgos9Z6.jpg)

the other way : a F5 nose on a sawfish

(https://imgur.com/pYLRiAw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/QthHGQy.jpg)


Title: Re: sawfish & F-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 10, 2017, 01:48:50 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: sawfish & F-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2017, 05:28:45 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: sawfish & F-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 11, 2017, 07:05:44 AM
Eye-catching, both of them!!
Title: Re: sawfish & F-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2017, 07:59:45 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: sawfish & F-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: arctic warrior on December 11, 2017, 10:21:43 PM
He-he, like them  :D
Title: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 13, 2017, 05:30:09 AM

another crossing :

in one direction

(https://imgur.com/yfYQutd.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nly37hp.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2MWGVEv.jpg)

and in the other

(https://imgur.com/d0h4Z1c.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/BHKd0xZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/zXZTpTX.jpg)
Title: Re: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 13, 2017, 05:53:35 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 14, 2017, 02:37:45 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 14, 2017, 05:59:34 AM
Gorgeous, both of them!
Title: Re: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 14, 2017, 01:44:30 PM
On the yellow one, I love the branchia/gills breathing detail, making it "Real"...
(the red one is wonderful too, thanks) :-*
Title: Re: hammerhead shark & H-5, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2017, 02:23:16 AM
thanks !
Title: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 23, 2017, 07:56:31 PM

I couldn't resist on trying something out of this :

(http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=22.0;attach=16964;image)

and I did have three Mirage 2000 in my stash ...

(https://imgur.com/Yw4XgdP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/IPwNECz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/B4AL2us.jpg)

Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on December 23, 2017, 08:47:52 PM
That's great !
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ChernayaAkula on December 24, 2017, 01:53:27 AM
^ That's true!  :smiley:
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 24, 2017, 02:43:39 AM
Outstanding
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2017, 05:19:43 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 24, 2017, 05:38:34 AM
Yowsa is that tri-motor yellow Mirage hot!

Most excellent, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on December 24, 2017, 08:08:50 AM
Beautiful!!  You have to wonder how much range it has, though, with those three engines.
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: finsrin on December 24, 2017, 01:46:58 PM
Also wonder about acceleration and climb rate.
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2017, 04:18:55 PM

in whiff world, all of them are just smooth  ;D
Title: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2017, 07:41:34 PM

nearly stricly OOB, in the sense that the plastic was a very nice (to my taste  ;)) yellow,
so I left it unpainted, with just a touch of blue and of red

(https://imgur.com/LEmJo26.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/StyYgHT.jpg)


Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 29, 2017, 09:12:33 PM
nearly stricly OOB, in the sense that the plastic was a very nice (to my taste  ;)) yellow,
so I left it unpainted, with just a touch of blue and of red
Great decoration! :-* Probably, the kit manufacturer never imagined that! ;) with asymmetric colours, so nice...
Title: Re: [more Tophe-inspired!] Top-Mirage, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on December 29, 2017, 09:15:55 PM
I couldn't resist on trying something out of this :
and I did have three Mirage 2000 in my stash ...
:-* :-* :-* Coming back from family Xmas travel, I discover this marvel... wow! Lately, I clap my hands so much that it hurts (pleasantly)... ;)
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2017, 10:30:20 PM

thanks !

and thanks again for the Top-Mirage idea !
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on December 30, 2017, 03:41:19 PM
WOW The top mirage is really a top creation, impressive!

AnDonio
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 30, 2017, 09:31:54 PM
This could be one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!

The use of primary colors is done most artistically and has produced a true delight!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on December 31, 2017, 05:32:34 PM

thanks !
Tophe's creations are very inspiring
 
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 01, 2018, 01:18:45 PM
Beautifully done MU-2S kit.  It looks quite striking in that color scheme.
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: pigflyer on January 01, 2018, 08:07:09 PM
(note to self, Must build my stashed Mu-2s)

Love the Mirage answer to the SR-72,  Could Stingray have a new adversary?  And, (sorry in advance here) is the red one, ahem,

a B28 Beagle shark?


Nice stuff.  8)
Ian
Title: Re: Mu-2S, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 02, 2018, 11:40:22 PM
 ;)
Title: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 12, 2018, 04:47:35 AM

I had done in the recent past a FW189 with a glasshouse, litterally that is and not just as a nickname, in yellow :
I just had to try the BV141 which, on top of all the rest, is asymetric too !

(https://imgur.com/scFOIKM.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/kawMUlU.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/h70jEGy.jpg)

Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 12, 2018, 11:19:53 AM
Wonderful! Asymmetric AND peaceful for cultivating flowers... Yes: wonderful... :-*
Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 13, 2018, 02:41:01 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 13, 2018, 03:18:33 AM
Looks like you could not only grow flowers but, within limits, deliver them.

Addendum:  We already have FTD that allows you to order flowers delivered to other cities with a phone call or on-line order.  With this you have FFD, Flower Flying Delivery that brings them directly from the greenhouse.
Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 13, 2018, 05:08:39 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Dr. YoKai on January 14, 2018, 07:46:22 AM
 Delightful, absolutely delightful.
Title: Re: BV141 & glasshouse, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 14, 2018, 04:56:27 PM

thanks again !

 ;D
Title: Dinah & skull, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2018, 11:35:48 PM

an Airfix Dinah, old kit but nice, with a skull from Revell

I hesitated about keeping the nose or not : both versions here,

making it a Pinocchio

(https://imgur.com/MtWKwm7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/gDxH9b2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/clGpUMr.jpg)
Title: Re: Dinah & skull, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 24, 2018, 12:45:06 AM
Horrible... but nice!
(my "favorite" is the nose-less one, because this is the most frightening or something)
Title: Re: Dinah & skull, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 24, 2018, 01:08:33 AM

 ;D
Title: Re: Dinah & skull, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 24, 2018, 08:40:30 AM
Noseless one looks like it belongs to a criminal gang or other evil organization.  Perhaps something that the villain would fly in an old serial.  *chuckle* If it had been red instead of blue, I would imagine it being flown by the Red Skull from the Captain America comic.
Title: brain & Sea Venom, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 25, 2018, 10:46:31 PM
 ;) here comes some red :

it was a kit with a skull and its accompanying brain :

the latter fitted nicely with the wings and booms of a Sea Venom from my stash :

(https://imgur.com/ZguLmB1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/oOrVJGy.jpg)
Title: Re: brain & Sea Venom, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on January 26, 2018, 12:18:46 AM
Would that be described as the ultimate UAV?  It certainly would have a functional brain on board for control purposes.
Title: Re: brain & Sea Venom, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on January 26, 2018, 01:03:04 AM
Twin-boomers are always lovely! :-*
But this one, moreover, has BRAINS!!! :-* :-*
Title: Re: brain & Sea Venom, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on January 26, 2018, 06:19:43 AM
 ;D
Title: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2018, 01:54:10 AM

I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ... it required a special peak in inspiration, which fell upon this PZL39

(https://imgur.com/aXjOP96.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/EfImd2o.jpg)

Title: Re: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 01, 2018, 02:45:05 AM
Somehow, this model makes me think of an elephant nose, married with an octopus of the sea... ??? ;) :-*
Title: Re: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2018, 05:58:32 AM

elephants come to mind indeed, as well as "droop snoot" (like the name of the P38)
 ;D
Title: Re: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2018, 06:00:53 AM

please note that I had to put weight in the tail, in order to avoir nose-sitting :

that's what happens when you do whiff : you try out imaginary solutions, you get imaginary problems  ;D

Title: Re: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 01, 2018, 11:59:09 AM
It doesn't go after targets, it pulls targets to it!  beautiful blend!!
Title: Re: PZL39 & tentacle, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2018, 03:08:25 AM

 ;D
Title: Sea Venom & mygale, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 04, 2018, 10:27:47 PM

another potential nose-sitter, which I had to add weight in the tail :

the other part of the Sea Venom, with the legs of a mygale spider :

(https://imgur.com/SOK0K9C.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2RmolkJ.jpg)

Title: Re: Sea Venom & mygale, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 05, 2018, 01:25:43 AM
What a frightening animal/machine! If I were a giant, I would crush it under my shoe! ;)
(But it is a great model of this nasty beast) :-*
Title: Re: Sea Venom & mygale, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 05, 2018, 04:30:16 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Sea Venom & mygale, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 05, 2018, 01:19:12 PM
Can't help but be a Venom-ous spider, now can it?  Beautiful job of blending, there.
Title: Re: Sea Venom & mygale, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 07, 2018, 07:43:07 PM

thanks !

Title: mygale & Kiowa, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 08, 2018, 04:06:32 AM

the other side of the mygale, with many eyes, and parts from a Kiowa helicopter :

(https://imgur.com/T7gnMjH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nTAztgk.jpg)

Title: Re: mygale & Kiowa, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 08, 2018, 01:05:21 PM
I don't feel comfortable with this animal, but knowing this is just a model, not a beast ready to bite me, I enjoy! ;)
Title: Re: mygale & Kiowa, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 09, 2018, 02:53:37 AM
Interesting flying predator, there; I daresay it would be a challenge to swat with all those eyes.
Title: Re: mygale & Kiowa, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2018, 04:48:26 AM

thanks !
Title: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2018, 01:22:19 AM
something else : remainders of the day

from older projects, I had a fuselage of an An-2, and sails from a Sinagot
(as well as bits for the front and tail, and wheel from a Fokker Dr.1 and a Me262 ...)

They do fit together into a sailing car :

(https://imgur.com/OoEhDB2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/EaqLSXQ.jpg)
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 11, 2018, 03:47:42 AM
Another winner. :smiley:
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on February 11, 2018, 07:00:39 AM
Well,this sailing car of yours has that ''je ne sais qoi'' vibe and I love it !!! (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/105.gif) (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/8.gif) (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/41.gif)
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 11, 2018, 01:13:30 PM
Beautiful!!  Just the kind of vehicle to be operated by an heir of "Windwagon Smith" (Google him; I heard of him from living in Wichita, KS; never knew about the animated feature until I googled him).
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2018, 09:29:48 PM

thanks !!

the reference to windwagons is great !
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 17, 2018, 01:14:02 AM

a great improvement that was suggested to me :

(https://imgur.com/5gCub4p.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Pr4m22o.jpg)
Title: Re: An-2 sailing car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 17, 2018, 04:31:31 AM
 :smiley:
Title: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 18, 2018, 05:21:38 PM

a 100% organic proposal this time,
no mechanical device (e.g., aircraft) was harmed during the making of this build

I still have brains in my stash :

(https://imgur.com/nCuUrrA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/AI34lV5.jpg)

Title: Re: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 19, 2018, 12:05:24 AM
Curiously attractive!!  It looks like it belongs in a Fifties sf/horror movie.
Title: Re: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on February 19, 2018, 03:04:59 AM
The fifties movie in question is The Brain from Planet Arous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_from_Planet_Arous)

(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3e/03/ee/3e03ee8986f1a74b10913b066259d272--the-brain-science-fiction.jpg)
Title: Re: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 19, 2018, 07:32:53 AM
I have not watched that one, my comment was made have in jest based on the nonsense I have watched that belonged on "One Star Theater" (A late weekend night showing of only the absolutely worst movies, like "The Big Claw" et al.).
Title: Re: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2018, 05:21:45 PM

thanks !

that movie is definitely a relevant reference  ;D

Title: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 20, 2018, 02:06:43 AM

more scorpions ...

this time with a Revell 1/72 Kiowa helicopter fuselage

(https://imgur.com/FVkxiXk.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/h9KvLQ4.jpg)

Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 20, 2018, 03:03:30 AM
Unique!!  It can't fly, but it sure can run over 'most any terrain.  It would be quite the light field transport.
Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 21, 2018, 12:46:44 AM
Turn the tip of the tail into a sensor pod/ball for looking over hills etc
Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2018, 04:36:49 AM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 22, 2018, 12:06:22 PM
I would not say "cute!", because I have been educated to feel this tail is very dangerous. Anyway this is the most gorgeous less ugly scorpion I have ever seen!
Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 22, 2018, 12:24:49 PM
Turn the tip of the tail into a sensor pod/ball for looking over hills etc
Like the Martian sensor/weapons pod in George Pal's version of War of the Worlds?
Title: Re: brain & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on February 22, 2018, 01:24:01 PM

a 100% organic proposal this time,
no mechanical device (e.g., aircraft) was harmed during the making of this build

I still have brains in my stash :

([url]https://imgur.com/nCuUrrA.jpg[/url])

([url]https://imgur.com/AI34lV5.jpg[/url])


Brain Bug approves.
(http://www.epilogue.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery_lg/images/06/19/37218_1147320000.jpg)
Title: Re: Kiowa & scorpion, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2018, 04:07:08 PM

thans for the references : a sensor pod would indeed look like the martians,
and the brain bug is ... er ... impressive  ;)
Title: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2018, 02:26:42 AM

this rubber crow lost its head elsewhere :

(https://imgur.com/VQZPfXr.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4U4gUIb.jpg)
Title: Re: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 26, 2018, 05:02:27 AM
Unique and not unattractive.  What's the source of the cockpit and forward fuselage?
Title: Re: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2018, 11:28:10 PM

thanks  ;)

the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel

Title: Re: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on February 27, 2018, 01:03:09 AM
the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel
Lord! I had understood this bird was special, with a nose propeller, but... never, never would have I thought this bird was a camel!???! ??? ;)
Title: Re: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on February 27, 2018, 02:49:07 AM
the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel
Lord! I had understood this bird was special, with a nose propeller, but... never, never would have I thought this bird was a camel!???! ??? ;)
Camel built by a legislative committee.
Title: Re: Camel (1/28) & crow, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2018, 11:16:30 PM
 ;)
Title: Crow & 1/48 Tornado, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2018, 11:56:06 PM

the other way round, with a 1/48 Tornado (the nose of which you probably saw a while ago)

(https://imgur.com/hDZG4CJ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/p2j0lI5.jpg)

Title: Re: Crow & 1/48 Tornado, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 01, 2018, 01:02:28 AM
Very nice!!!  The scarecrows had better watch out.
Title: Re: Crow & 1/48 Tornado, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 01, 2018, 04:05:07 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Crow & 1/48 Tornado, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 01, 2018, 01:38:03 PM
*grin* Put an ALQ-99 pod on the inner wing pylons and it would clearly be able to apply to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Old Crows (EWO's).
Title: HD500D (1/48) & octopus, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2018, 01:56:27 AM

more tentacles ...

(https://imgur.com/kdEgYVj.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/BQ07pn3.jpg)
Title: Re: HD500D (1/48) & octopus, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 03, 2018, 03:11:53 AM
It seems this is the very first VTOL octopus in the Universe: ericr are you the Creator (I mean: God)? ;)
Title: Re: HD500D (1/48) & octopus, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on March 03, 2018, 07:00:09 AM
Clearly an octocopter...
Title: Re: HD500D (1/48) & octopus, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 03, 2018, 07:19:12 AM
Beautiful!!  It would fit right in with a number of movie monsters - and look more plausible than several of them.
Title: Re: HD500D (1/48) & octopus, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2018, 08:20:31 PM

thanks !

Title: octopus & HD500D (1/48), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 05, 2018, 04:25:38 AM

the other way round

(please, oh please, you all tentacle counters, don't be too harsh, this is whif world after all, so don't criticize the mere fact that there are only four)

(https://imgur.com/CPXcaPZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/iwOYSHu.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/hI8LeVw.jpg)

Title: Re: octopus & HD500D (1/48), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 05, 2018, 05:55:38 AM
Very attractive submersible vehicle; I can just see it being operated "wet" by either beings in breathing gear or being that breath water.  The number of tentacles is adequate for stability and locomotion without being too many to get in the way.
Title: Re: octopus & HD500D (1/48), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 06, 2018, 07:09:02 PM

thanks !
Title: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2018, 02:53:29 AM

the other side of the Camel (1/28), with a tractor (1/32), and still red this time (usually I change colors when I swap stuff into chimeras)

(https://imgur.com/B6QS4tD.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/MT75FoE.jpg)

Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 07, 2018, 03:10:50 AM
intriguing!  Gives new meaning to the phrase, "Beating Swords into Plowshares".
Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on March 07, 2018, 04:04:57 AM
The tank version:
(http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Photostory/JimMerrigan/flyingtank/KT-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 07, 2018, 11:38:00 AM
Yes, this flying tractor seems designed by Antonov for Soviet farms, as civilian derivative of the flying tank... ;)
Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2018, 08:36:39 PM

thanks all !

the tank-glider is indeed a reference  ;)

Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on March 07, 2018, 08:51:48 PM
Eric, I  was missing from BTP for a long time, I have found so many fantastic ew creations of yours! I can't decide which ones are my preferred but the camel tractor and the octopus series appear very "realistic"...

Great works and fantasy as usual!

Antonio
Title: Re: Tractor & Camel (1/28), red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2018, 05:25:04 AM

thanks again !
Title: Scorpion & Mirage 2000, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2018, 06:17:14 PM

a Mirage 2000 nose in my stash ...
and a scorpion !

(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/FwxVT50.jpg)

Title: Re: Scorpion & Mirage 2000, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 10, 2018, 06:38:58 PM
Wow! Wonderful! :-* :-*
No, no, I must remember the Scorpion is a bad & dangerous animal, like the warplane, but anyway, I am impressed! :-*
Title: Re: Scorpion & Mirage 2000, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2018, 09:07:17 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Scorpion & Mirage 2000, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 12, 2018, 06:44:30 AM
Unique and interesting; I can see that scuttling around in a battle zone.
Title: Re: Scorpion & Mirage 2000, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2018, 12:36:50 AM


thanks
Title: Sh-5 (1/350) & penguin, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2018, 12:38:42 AM

in both directions :

one way, in blue :

(https://imgur.com/Qmm0CKT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/VkmRBDO.jpg)

and the other way, in red :

(https://imgur.com/5PYdDb8.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2wzxWaJ.jpg)

Title: Re: Sh-5 (1/350) & penguin, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 13, 2018, 01:41:19 AM
Me and my family (wife and son) love your blue penguin! :-*
It is uneasy to explain but the number of propellers/hands seems just right, "like Real", no, how to say this? This is simply perfect, wonderful!
Title: Re: Sh-5 (1/350) & penguin, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: raafif on March 13, 2018, 11:48:18 AM
love all of your stuff, ericr !  Thank God the men in white coats haven't caught you yet ! ;D
Title: Re: Sh-5 (1/350) & penguin, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2018, 03:20:01 PM

thanks !  ;)
Title: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2018, 10:11:13 PM

a Blainville beacked whale and a 1/320 DC-10 (Revell, ex-Matchbox)

one way, in yellow :

(https://imgur.com/dHaQL0W.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wtqLa8p.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YWxzX7o.jpg)

and the other way, in blue :

(https://imgur.com/Yii6KaS.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/z2QwHfA.jpg)
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 16, 2018, 02:42:29 AM
Beautiful!!  Quite tempting for a modern Captain Ahab.
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 16, 2018, 04:04:59 AM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 17, 2018, 10:24:44 PM
The surprising angle of the tail jet looks very "biologic" (not mechanic, like free: Mother Nature decides...) ;) :-*
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2018, 12:06:11 AM

the angle depends on the movements of the whale  ;)
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 18, 2018, 04:37:49 PM
This jet that could go in every direction is a marvel, yes. :-*
Title: Re: DC-10 & whale, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2018, 04:56:58 AM
 ;)
Title: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 23, 2018, 05:51:50 AM

the dozer was in my spares box, coming from a 1/35 T-55

(https://imgur.com/nBCJtvw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/X5Z6ICM.jpg)

Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 23, 2018, 08:25:46 AM
That merged with a Super Hornet would be cool
Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 23, 2018, 09:37:25 AM
That merged with a Super Hornet would be cool
or a Phantom II. 

When this one charges, you definitely want to be out of its path.
Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 23, 2018, 11:23:51 AM
Funny!
It may be "useful" to remove snow too, if the animal part in it accepts it. ;)
Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 23, 2018, 07:42:58 PM

 ;D

I have tried a rhino and F-16 earlier in this thread  ;)
Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on March 24, 2018, 05:32:57 AM
It may be "useful" to remove snow too, if the animal part in it accepts it. ;)

That would have to be a woolly rhino  ;)
Title: Re: Rhino & dozer, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 25, 2018, 08:54:58 PM
 ;)
Title: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2018, 02:26:07 AM

Once I thought about it, looking at the turtle, I just had to buy the corresponding tank
(one I had in the stash was too small ...) (and luckily, I also had a spare turtle head there too ...)

one way, in yellow :

(https://imgur.com/izKwHrw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YaMNRjG.jpg)

the other way, in blue :

(https://imgur.com/DudELBH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4s48wKL.jpg)
Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on March 27, 2018, 09:42:37 AM
Beautiful!!  Both of them!!
Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 27, 2018, 12:55:03 PM
Beautiful!!  Both of them!!
I feel the same:  :-* :-*
Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 29, 2018, 04:54:14 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2018, 03:45:42 AM

one more pic, before moving to something completely different

(https://imgur.com/74x8sVj.jpg)

Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Tophe on March 31, 2018, 12:42:05 PM
before moving to something completely different
please don't move too far, as you were enjoying us so much... ;)
Title: Re: Turtle & Tiger (tank), yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 01, 2018, 03:23:42 AM
 ;)
Title: [Tophe-insp]P38 & scorpions, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 03, 2018, 12:38:02 AM

some time ago, I did stuff using scorpions figurines, like this :

(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)


and Tophe was inspired to do these

(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairT_bd.jpg)


which inspired me to do those :

(https://imgur.com/cGwoEB0.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Dmh5cIK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7kWZuix.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4ZLb7mR.jpg)

Title: Re: [Tophe-insp]P38 & scorpions, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 03, 2018, 10:06:26 AM
Some very interesting "wildlife" there: I would not wish to run into either on a dark night.
Title: Re: [Tophe-insp]P38 & scorpions, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 04, 2018, 01:16:54 AM
 ;D
Title: AC-47 & horse, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 08, 2018, 03:36:37 AM

one way, in blue :

(https://imgur.com/97sHdc2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/84wzxY1.jpg)

and the other way, in red :

(https://imgur.com/jXgXsca.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/zdeoeJL.jpg)

Title: Re: AC-47 & horse, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: John Howling Mouse on April 09, 2018, 06:58:48 AM
Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'workhorse'!
Title: Re: AC-47 & horse, red and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2018, 09:57:55 PM


 ;D
Title: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 13, 2018, 11:30:42 PM

another horse-based kitbash : with a 1/35 M16 half-track

(https://imgur.com/27BCvgK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/GpZCxmC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/fW8attl.jpg)
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 14, 2018, 01:56:47 AM
Bio-technic origin of the specification for Imperial AT-At walkers?  Beautiful piece of work, here.
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2018, 03:53:58 PM


 :D

Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Frank3k on April 15, 2018, 01:50:49 AM
What's the horse-power on that thing? It's one horse, but it's HUGE.
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 15, 2018, 06:53:51 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Artoor_K on April 16, 2018, 03:53:42 PM
I don't want to put the cat among the pigeons, maybe there are Salvador Dali or Dr.Frankenstein or Picasso (or super-deformer" anime-style) fans but why this topic is in "Aerospace" ? For this kind of creations there should be place named "Art" of "Abstract Art". Ericr ,please, don't take it as a attack on your imagination or style.
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 17, 2018, 01:31:38 AM
Good point - I have moved it accordingly so as to better reflect Eric's diverse tastes in creations.
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 17, 2018, 03:13:18 AM

well the reason why it is in aerospace is that quite often there are bits of aircraft in my stuff :
I didn't see a problem in making non-aircraft things from time to time, but if necessary, I can use another thread for non-aircraft stuff, and keep this one in aerospace for aircraft hybrids? (otherwise maybe people following this will get lost ?)
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Artoor_K on April 17, 2018, 04:01:33 AM

well the reason why it is in aerospace is that quite often there are bits of aircraft in my stuff :
I didn't see a problem in making non-aircraft things from time to time, but if necessary, I can use another thread for non-aircraft stuff, and keep this one in aerospace for aircraft hybrids? (otherwise maybe people following this will get lost ?)


Well , IMHO this is not aerospace, nor land nor sea no matter what parts will you use...this is "ART":) You should have whole section for you called f.ex. "ART" or sth like that :)  Because there is no such place here, "Other" is best of them. Build anything you want , any way you want :)
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 17, 2018, 04:20:01 PM

IMHO, it should not be exclusive, and aerospace begins when there is soething related to aircraft, that is why I was posting there, and would like to continue at least for the builds involving parts of aircraft. As you say, "Other" is for anything else, that is ti say nothing in particular.
Title: Re: M16 half-track & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2018, 01:12:58 AM
Guys, it has now been moved to the "Other" category so that it can cover everything and anything. 
Title: Lakota & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 30, 2018, 12:34:05 AM

oops, have been away and busy, so I have to catch up publishing the series ...

and in the meantime, my thread was moved here :
let's see if it has not become too invisible :
just say hello if you come by here

the other half of the horse,with a half of a Revell 1/32 Lakota
(which is an aircraft ;-) )

(https://imgur.com/s6u4vSh.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/TFTCoBD.jpg)

Title: Re: Lakota & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on April 30, 2018, 04:18:35 AM
Cute!  Undoubtedly a supply horse for the air cavalry.
Title: Re: Lakota & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on April 30, 2018, 07:38:36 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lakota & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Acree on May 01, 2018, 01:53:12 AM
hello!

FYI, I love your stuff and look forward to each new concoction, but I agree it does not belong in "Aerospace,' so I will happily come here to see it. 

Chuck
Title: Re: Lakota & horse, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 01, 2018, 05:39:13 PM

 thanks

Title: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2018, 06:32:07 PM

the other side of the Lakota, with a 1/35 M16 as a base :

(https://imgur.com/yMTCK06.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/E3gwTH0.jpg)

Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Jacques Deguerre on May 03, 2018, 07:41:26 PM
THAT is just too cool! Lakota fuselage on a halftrack frame equals awesome daily driver!  ;D
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 04, 2018, 01:59:59 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Acree on May 04, 2018, 02:47:51 AM
My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 04, 2018, 06:25:54 AM
My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration

That's where my mind went as well.

Nice work, eric! Blue was an excellent choice to tie it all together.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 04, 2018, 07:20:54 AM
My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration
That was my first thought, followed immediately by "Gerry Anderson would love it!"
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 04, 2018, 02:31:14 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on May 05, 2018, 04:32:13 AM
Your Lakota/M16 hybrid is fabulous ... in all senses  :-*
Title: Re: Lakota & half-track, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 05, 2018, 06:19:51 PM

thanks !

Title: Lakota & apatosaurus, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2018, 09:53:52 PM

another Lakota evolution :
with legs from a Lindberg Apatosaurus kit :

(https://imgur.com/mRXvlZU.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Rm6Md83.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/DJYSVO5.jpg)

Title: Re: Lakota & apatosaurus, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 13, 2018, 02:12:38 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Lakota & apatosaurus, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 13, 2018, 03:32:27 AM
Nice all-terrain transport, I like.
Title: Re: Lakota & apatosaurus, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 13, 2018, 04:04:59 AM

thanks !
Title: elephant & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 18, 2018, 05:52:29 PM

another chance meeting on a modelling table

the Twin Otter is a very fexible kit ...

(https://imgur.com/RrdfkaZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xUrUk5j.jpg)
Title: Re: elephant & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 19, 2018, 12:26:26 AM
Perfect for comfortable jungle travel!
Title: Re: elephant & Twin Otter, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 22, 2018, 02:31:46 PM
 ;D
Title: Manatee & An-2 Colt, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 22, 2018, 07:33:07 PM

the inspriring, elegant and aerodynamic silhouette of the Manatee has a nice fit with an An-2,

one way :

(https://imgur.com/CggnbzA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/OikFK1S.jpg)

or the other :

(https://imgur.com/pZGDqYZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/lUvwM0a.jpg)
Title: elephant & Huey, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2018, 03:47:01 AM

you may have wondered what had become of the head of the previous elephant.

Here we go :

(with a Revell 1/72 Huey)

(https://imgur.com/gEl0MhZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/j6Fwvgv.jpg)
Title: Re: elephant & Huey, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 24, 2018, 08:54:54 AM
Have to watch for interference between blades and trunk, but looks great.
Title: Re: elephant & Huey, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2018, 10:22:18 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Do-27 & horse, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2018, 03:38:57 AM

one way :

(https://imgur.com/JwiQsSQ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/b90fU7V.jpg)

and the other :

(https://imgur.com/uTCrOQx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/XUz4yJT.jpg)
Title: Re: Do-27 & horse, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on May 28, 2018, 08:48:38 AM
Cute, and interesting.
Title: Re: Do-27 & horse, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2018, 07:33:42 PM
thanks !
Title: Whale & C47, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2018, 03:02:57 AM

one way, blue :

(https://imgur.com/UcUanFg.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/WYEdBrO.jpg)


and the other, red :

(https://imgur.com/1qgpmT7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/mPWwqH5.jpg)



Title: Re: Whale & C47, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 05, 2018, 10:00:22 AM
Both make for interesting transport modes; does the winged whale refuel through that open mouth?
Title: Re: Whale & C47, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2018, 07:09:04 PM

 ;)
Title: Ju-52 & Cerberus, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 07, 2018, 07:55:30 PM

the Tante Ju being a trimotor, I thought about using the three Cerberus heads I had in my spares box :

(https://imgur.com/YvKLzzX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tLocZu5.jpg)

Title: Re: Whale & C47, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 08, 2018, 12:40:30 AM
Now that looks cool!!  I could just see something like that being the personal transport of some high muckety-muck.
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Cerberus, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 08, 2018, 02:51:26 AM
 ;D
Title: Seal & Tomcat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2018, 08:00:30 AM
still reducing my stash, gradually ...

a seal meets a Tomcat (1/144 Revell)

(https://imgur.com/2ALwC9U.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PjR4Ht1.jpg)
Title: Re: Seal & Tomcat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 15, 2018, 09:13:22 AM
Cute!!
Title: Re: Seal & Tomcat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2018, 01:52:29 AM
 ;)
Title: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 19, 2018, 03:05:03 PM
the other side of the Tomcat,

with a giraffe head and neck

that was in my parts box from an earlier project :

(https://imgur.com/rbaojuq.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6GpiHBb.jpg)
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 20, 2018, 02:11:57 AM
Perfect for taking a high-level look for trouble.  That yellow goes perfectly with the giraffe head.

So,,,Who/what gets the seal's head?
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2018, 05:15:57 AM

 ;D

the seal's head is a bit small, but who knows, maube ine day an idea ... ;)
Title: Halifax & Ju-52, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2018, 03:45:09 AM
remainings of the day (or from long ago)

(https://imgur.com/LRVJjuc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/y58qkVs.jpg)
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 26, 2018, 04:25:47 AM
Definitely has the look down for a design from the 1930's.  What bits and pieces went into this uniquely attractive model?
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 26, 2018, 04:27:36 AM
I love it.  Has an Italian look to it.
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on June 26, 2018, 04:29:25 AM
I love it.  Has an Italian look to it.
True, though it would need a third engine to *really* look Italian. ;)
Title: Re: Tomcat & giraffe, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 26, 2018, 04:32:08 AM
Not necessarily...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Fiat_B.R.20_3-view.svg/2000px-Fiat_B.R.20_3-view.svg.png)
(https://img00.deviantart.net/177b/i/2008/142/f/1/fiat_br_20_aircraft_by_araeld.jpg)

Actually the resemblance with the Fiat BR.20 is striking.
Title: Re: Halifax & Ju-52, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2018, 05:21:28 AM

thanx !

I hadn't thought of Italy, but resemblance is there indeed
Title: Re: Halifax & Ju-52, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: jcf on June 26, 2018, 06:22:04 AM
Italian?  ???

Looks very British, rather Hendon-ish.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Fairey_Hendon_K1695.jpg/1024px-Fairey_Hendon_K1695.jpg)

With Handley-Page Harrow or Bristol Bombay type spatted undercarriage.
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/15/237/large_000000.jpg)
Title: Re: Halifax & Ju-52, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 26, 2018, 07:36:56 AM
remainings of the day (or from long ago)

(https://imgur.com/LRVJjuc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/y58qkVs.jpg)

I especially like how you "backdated" this one!

Most excellent, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Halifax & Ju-52, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2018, 05:49:57 PM

thanks again !

Title: UH1D & Twin Otter, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2018, 03:54:30 AM
the other part from the elephant above in this thread, with the so versatile Twin Otter :

(https://imgur.com/uZmTLd1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/l3bCVUK.jpg)
Title: Re: UH1D & Twin Otter, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 02, 2018, 09:40:07 AM
Unique and not at all unattractive.
Title: Re: UH1D & Twin Otter, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2018, 06:49:04 PM

not ugly indeed  ;D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Cerberus, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on July 02, 2018, 07:24:28 PM

the Tante Ju being a trimotor, I thought about using the three Cerberus heads I had in my spares box :

(https://imgur.com/YvKLzzX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tLocZu5.jpg)

I love the Cerberus!!! Maybe the best IMHO up to now!
Title: Re: UH1D & Twin Otter, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 03, 2018, 12:41:18 AM

thanxalot!
Title: Tractor & H500, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2018, 06:34:36 PM
from an 1/48 H500

(https://imgur.com/zlCbxDX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ROkacFK.jpg)

Title: Re: Tractor & H500, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: andonio64 on July 08, 2018, 12:12:16 AM
 :o 8)
Title: Re: Tractor & H500, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 08, 2018, 04:10:07 AM
Just what you need to quickly get to the more remote fields that need working.  Very nice!!
Title: Re: Tractor & H500, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Camthalion on July 08, 2018, 08:38:44 AM
very cool
Title: Re: Tractor & H500, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 08, 2018, 07:57:06 PM

thanks !
Title: Tractor & Mirage 2000, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 12, 2018, 04:23:17 PM
a bit faster (potentially)

(https://imgur.com/4G9h4vs.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/o7wvJMn.jpg)

Title: Re: Tractor & Mirage 2000, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 13, 2018, 06:24:37 AM
All the better to get out there quickly and work those far fields.
Title: Re: Tractor & Mirage 2000, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 13, 2018, 08:26:49 AM
Now that's one heck of a crop-duster!

I like this one a lot. If you'd painted it green instead of blue I bet you could get someone to believe it was the latest in the John Deer/Dassault line.

Nice one, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tractor & Mirage 2000, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 13, 2018, 08:56:29 AM
Now that's one heck of a crop-duster!

I like this one a lot. If you'd painted it green instead of blue I bet you could get someone to believe it was the latest in the John Deer/Dassault line.
{cue}John Deere Green by Joe Diffie
Title: Re: Tractor & Mirage 2000, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 13, 2018, 04:01:44 PM
 ;D
Title: neo - Crusader AG4, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 15, 2018, 07:13:04 PM
I stumbled upon this, and was stunned :

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WlU6A3W0bGo/WoCq3-r5dlI/AAAAAAAAjNw/iUVFwrTNb8si1tPKA92qQSuwyhJE32nVQCLcBGAs/s1600/0111205902252_0_av72023.jpg)




especially as I had in my spares box a fuselage of a HD500, and a few other ingredients ... so I had to do something about it ;
I had to go and dig deep into the box for the spats, from a resin Arado 95, but the rest (Twin Otthe wings, P38 tail) were easier to find.



(https://imgur.com/z3vmjQW.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/czLdHGF.jpg)

Title: Re: neo - Crusader AG4, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: AXOR on July 16, 2018, 12:19:24 AM
Lovely
Title: Re: neo - Crusader AG4, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 16, 2018, 03:01:42 AM
Beautiful!!  Definitely looks the part of a descendent of the AG-4.
Title: Re: neo - Crusader AG4, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Kerick on July 16, 2018, 07:09:28 AM
True kitbashing at its best!!!!!
Title: Re: neo - Crusader AG4, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 17, 2018, 04:19:43 AM

thanks !

Title: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 18, 2018, 03:27:20 PM
I had this kit of the MIR station for some years, second hand and half begun, and I finally did something with,
like a gathering of space craft up there (involving wings from various donors : Twin Otter ; Albatross W4 ; P38 ; CF-100 ; Mi-2 ; Sinagot)

(https://imgur.com/jk7JyNv.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7jzhjMB.jpg)

Title: Re: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 19, 2018, 05:28:44 AM
That has a wonderful anime look to it.  I would imagine some of those wings are used as radiators (likely the largest ones, you need a large radiating surface in space) while others are photo-electric arrays for power.
Title: Re: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 19, 2018, 07:07:55 PM

when I did it it reminded me of the cafe where all characters meet in Porco Rosso : but then, in space  ;)

Title: Re: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 20, 2018, 09:36:22 AM
That could be interesting to do if you had similarly-sized models of ships from several different science-fiction universes (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Space Battleship Yamato, Honor Harrington (preferably one of the late-model Grand Alliance SD(P) units), etc.).
Title: Re: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 21, 2018, 07:05:03 AM
 :smiley:
Title: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2018, 04:09:07 AM

to go with the MIR space station, and to re-use all those solar panels in the kit, here are some solar aircraft, across different periods of aircraft history :

(https://imgur.com/aDA2xPx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/D5utzvt.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/68owgLP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/uXOkmtT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/1RCzeKh.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Zv5PEmS.jpg)


and this time I even used the decals !!!  :o
Title: Re: MIR space station & visitors, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on July 22, 2018, 04:10:11 AM
Very nice!!
Title: Re: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Camthalion on July 22, 2018, 06:32:54 AM
Nice ones
Title: Re: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2018, 03:45:20 PM
thanks !  ;D

a few more (I of course re-used all the available solar panels  ;) )
covering other scales and motorization :

(https://imgur.com/iUBKbe7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/NO0cyaV.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/lVVzQkv.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/mS9TjrK.jpg)
Title: Re: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 25, 2018, 06:46:22 AM
I think these are my favorites on this thread so far.

Love the solar panels. Alternative energy is big these days.

Well done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on July 26, 2018, 02:32:20 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: solar aircraft, yellow & a. Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 28, 2018, 07:19:13 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Twin Otter & scorpion, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 06, 2018, 11:22:30 PM
the always so flexible Revell ex-Matchbox twin Otter :

(https://imgur.com/E2pXlaV.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/d8YXdwt.jpg)

Title: Re: Twin Otter & scorpion, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 07, 2018, 02:48:17 AM
Definitely an armed all-terrain transport!!  Looks good to me.
Title: Re: Twin Otter & scorpion, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 07, 2018, 03:13:36 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: Scorpion & PZL-37, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 07, 2018, 09:14:52 PM
the PZL-37 is also quite flexible for hybrids :

(https://imgur.com/82cUqWW.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wIRMEMj.jpg)

Title: insects & I16 & Po2, red & yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 13, 2018, 03:13:47 PM

dragonflies, moths, ants, bees, ...
and 1/144 I16 & Po2

(https://imgur.com/l5icVLD.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/H8qUAVq.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/h7we6bq.jpg)

Title: Re: insects & I16 & Po2, red & yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 14, 2018, 06:42:38 AM
Some very interesting beauties there.
Title: Re: insects & I16 & Po2, red & yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 14, 2018, 06:43:28 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: insects & I16 & Po2, red & yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: apophenia on August 15, 2018, 06:10:18 AM
Love these but your Łoś/Skorpion takes the cake  ;D
Title: Re: insects & I16 & Po2, red & yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 16, 2018, 02:53:46 PM
 ;)
Title: insects &SB-2 &Blenheim, red &yellow &blue Re:hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 17, 2018, 05:37:44 PM
 a few more, 1/200 :

(https://imgur.com/NpKOl8C.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/uSiut6K.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/kQ0OYMm.jpg)

Title: Re: insects &SB-2 &Blenheim, red &yellow &blue Re:hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 18, 2018, 12:39:30 PM
Again, very cute.
Title: Re: insects &SB-2 &Blenheim, red &yellow &blue Re:hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 19, 2018, 04:32:30 PM
thanks again !

Title: Kangaroo and F5E's, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 27, 2018, 08:02:46 PM
For this one I was first thinking of Tomcats (but they were too large for that), and then of a pair of F5Es (one in 1/72, the other in 1/144) :

(https://imgur.com/ZjWVJ8O.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4aEOqM5.jpg)
Title: Re: Kangaroo and F5E's, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 28, 2018, 01:11:29 AM
How cute!!  She's carrying a young one in her pouch.
Title: Re: Kangaroo and F5E's, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 28, 2018, 06:15:18 PM

 ;)
Title: Snakes & F5E's, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 30, 2018, 01:23:40 AM
the F5E airframes were used with some remains in my spare parts box : snakes heads, from earlier projects :

(https://imgur.com/6lggKcx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/LswymQA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tEz3ruJ.jpg)

Title: Re: Snakes & F5E's, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: elmayerle on August 30, 2018, 01:52:45 AM
Not just Sidewinders (a breed of rattlesnake that senses heat) on the wingtips for these.  Definitely unique looks.
Title: Re: Snakes & F5E's, red & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
Post by: ericr on August 30, 2018, 03:02:42 PM
 ;D
Title: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 05, 2018, 04:02:10 AM
an aircraft / aircraft hybrid :


(https://imgur.com/BhaaTkh.jpg)


funnily the appropriate width of the fuselage makes for well-working coordinated VG wings

(https://imgur.com/skL9abF.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/fdqsap2.jpg)
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: apophenia on September 07, 2018, 12:06:12 AM
an aircraft / aircraft hybrid : ...

 ;D ;D  Great - and natural-looking - combination!
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 07, 2018, 02:26:57 AM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: elmayerle on September 07, 2018, 03:42:08 AM
That one definitely looks like it's a "should be" rather than a "what if"!!  that's an entirely gorgeous aircraft.
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Kerick on September 08, 2018, 08:44:10 AM
Looks like you hit a dinger! Baseball talk for a home run! 8)
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 08, 2018, 10:44:44 AM
That one definitely looks like it's a "should be" rather than a "what if"!!  that's an entirely gorgeous aircraft.

Agreed
Title: Re: Hustler & Tomcat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 08, 2018, 04:53:48 PM

thanks again !

Title: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2018, 04:40:21 AM
the other way round, simply :

(https://imgur.com/0c2wbPH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/VMoZxH0.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/M2ZxX4s.jpg)

Title: Re: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 10, 2018, 12:09:47 AM
I like this one! It looks cute as a button, not a phrase often used in regards to a B-58.

Your imagination is off the charts!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: elmayerle on September 10, 2018, 03:10:31 AM
I agree 100% with Sir Brian.
Title: Re: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2018, 03:24:36 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Kerick on September 10, 2018, 06:56:10 AM
How is it these two aircraft aft work so well together?! Makes me want to build my own versions!
Title: Re: Tomcat & Hustler, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2018, 06:59:45 AM

please do it !
you might imagine liveries they would wear as well
 ;D
Title: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2018, 03:21:52 AM
talking about aircraft having comparable sizes ...

here comes, in the very same 1/72 scale, a Tomcat mixed with a B-17G fuselage I had left from an earlier project :

(https://imgur.com/XDu9aBa.jpg)

here too the wings are movable (but not together, individually)

(https://imgur.com/krUAUCK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/sVSFvxF.jpg)
Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Kerick on September 14, 2018, 07:19:30 AM
That looks like something from an anime movie! Cool!!
Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2018, 07:32:36 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2018, 09:32:32 PM
close-up front views of Tomcats (and derivatives) have something striking

(https://imgur.com/AqOGhFR.jpg)

Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Camthalion on September 15, 2018, 05:42:37 AM
they fit together well.  Nice work
Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: elmayerle on September 15, 2018, 01:20:23 PM
Looks cool.  I would've tried for more and faired over those wing stubs but, here, they add character.
Title: Re: B-17G & Tomcat, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 15, 2018, 05:06:43 PM

thanks !

I have thought about that question of wing stubs indeed : then the intakes fit nicely with them, so I thought it was not bad like that, as a flat surface jleading to the air intake.
Title: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2018, 06:44:28 PM
the other half of the Tomcat, with rubber bat wings (I have now a few others in my stash), and the original kit's Airfix stand

(https://imgur.com/iQCBPax.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wXG5vmi.jpg)

with the red thread from the rubber bat, it can be attached to the ceiling
Title: Re: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: elmayerle on September 18, 2018, 09:45:05 PM
Obviously a great night fighter.  That looks cute.
Title: Re: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2018, 10:54:54 PM

a night fighter, indeed !  ;D

Title: Re: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 19, 2018, 04:19:02 AM
You know, that's just batty.
 ;D ;D ;D
Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Great thinking eric and seeing those rubber bat wings again really took me back!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: Camthalion on September 19, 2018, 06:37:27 AM
haha cool
Title: Re: Tomcat & bat wings, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others (e.g.aircraft)
Post by: ericr on September 19, 2018, 03:32:04 PM


thanks  ;)
Title: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2018, 12:57:55 AM
together :

(https://imgur.com/BpV7n1s.jpg)

CH53 (1/144) :

(https://imgur.com/TLhr9MC.jpg)

EC135 (1/72) :

(https://imgur.com/EmqmHpx.jpg)

UH60 (1/100) :

(https://imgur.com/UeFNnhk.jpg)
Title: Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 23, 2018, 03:16:21 AM
Yikes!  I wouldn't want them flying over me
Title: Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2018, 07:19:06 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on September 23, 2018, 01:51:55 PM
Yikes!  I wouldn't want them flying over me
Indeed!  any of those could loose a most deadly (or at least smelly) unguided missile.  OTOH, might be a great way to spread fertilizer over a field if you could keep them within the boundaries.
Title: Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2018, 09:53:30 PM

 ;)

strangely, I had not thought about this point, really ...

but I rather like the lying cow, looking so peaceful
Title: Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on September 24, 2018, 03:11:19 AM
but I rather like the lying cow, looking so peaceful
Indeed.
Title: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on September 25, 2018, 09:50:20 PM
but then what happened with the rests of the helicopters?

they started new lives with bits of airplanes (guess which?  ;) ) :

a propeller transport :

(https://imgur.com/YJljD4r.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/H1fj95L.jpg)


a twin boom :

(https://imgur.com/ptqsgax.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ralmNtD.jpg)


and a jet plane :

(https://imgur.com/X3Q0kEy.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/0GHcIPw.jpg)

Title: Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on September 26, 2018, 12:18:41 AM
Beautiful conversions.  Pray tell, what went into each besides the obvious helicopter parts?  I can guess some, but there are some bits that puzzle me.
Title: Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 26, 2018, 02:37:51 AM
Using helicopters as airplane fuselages is some incredibly inspired thinking, eric!

Not only that but you did so in your wonderful and inimitable style.

Some of your best yet!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on September 26, 2018, 04:19:56 AM

 thanks ;)

for the CH53 : a 1/200 Transall

for the EC135 : a MC72 wing 1/48, engines from a Planes-movie character, and tail from a P38, and wheels from a Twin Otter

for the UH60 : the wings of a Me262 1/72

Title: Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on September 26, 2018, 11:34:39 AM
I guessed right on the first and third.  Still, a most excellent blend of disparate parts into a harmonious whole.
Title: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on October 04, 2018, 12:48:25 AM
another bat :

the radar nose made it unavoidable

(https://imgur.com/bynnh6s.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/SzwqA6F.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/aAYVnk3.jpg)

this time with reinforced wings, so that they flap up

(still have two more in the stash  :wacko: )
Title: Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on October 04, 2018, 02:16:51 AM
Beautiful!!  Bat wings work well with the radar nose.
Title: Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 04, 2018, 05:23:03 AM
I think I like this one best of all the animal hybrids.

The bat wings are fantastic and nicely complimented by that canopy.

Even the dreaded yellow looks sweet.

Yellow was also my mom's favorite color.

When we played board games, she'd say that we could give her any color, but regardless she'd move the yellow piece.

Great stuff, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on October 04, 2018, 07:54:04 PM

thanks !

I particularly like yellow too  ;)
Title: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on October 08, 2018, 03:01:50 PM
I had this An-2 on my stash, the floats already used elsewhere, as well as a couple of bats :
enough to make a biplane :

(https://imgur.com/oLwXfjJ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/axowjcR.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/VNZyZ7h.jpg)

Title: Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: Kerick on October 08, 2018, 04:32:43 PM
Nice!!!
Hmmmm, Halloween will be here soon!
Title: Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on October 08, 2018, 06:27:21 PM

Halloween indeed ! (I nearly forgot about it  ;) )
Title: Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: elmayerle on October 09, 2018, 12:52:54 AM
Now that is cute.  You really need to mate the bat wings with a Tu-2 fuselage since "Bat" was its NATO codename.
Title: Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2018, 02:53:00 PM
 ;)
Title: helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2018, 07:51:44 PM
I recently bought a bouquet of artificial flowers, for other purposes,
and  plucked a few bits for these helicflowers :


a Wessex :

(https://imgur.com/2q35Ujw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Jo9RMVp.jpg)

a banana :

(https://imgur.com/JSQvA5B.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/y5aD7d1.jpg)

and

a Mi-2

(https://imgur.com/xmQttYZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/18Qy0pF.jpg)

Title: Re: helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 12, 2018, 08:03:59 AM
Cute!!!!
Title: Re: helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 12, 2018, 10:51:22 AM
Brilliant!!
Title: Re: helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 12, 2018, 03:41:44 PM

thanks !
Title: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2018, 11:33:43 PM
the babana's rotors found their way :

(https://imgur.com/OYg6hQX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ztxClCv.jpg)

Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 15, 2018, 01:58:14 AM
Ohh that looks interesting!
Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 15, 2018, 04:15:07 AM
thanks  :smiley:
Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 15, 2018, 05:16:30 AM
That looks so plausible.  Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 16, 2018, 03:27:33 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 18, 2018, 03:38:28 AM
Oh that is Great! And the Skyvan kit no longer a tail-dragger  :D
Title: Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2018, 05:59:06 AM
 ;D
Title: Ara & F-177, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 03, 2018, 05:44:49 AM
a parrot & a stealth fighter, both ways reciprocally :

(https://imgur.com/uBK9pTc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/vy0AMgl.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3AZEgtZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/hq8mVhz.jpg)
Title: Re: Ara & F-177, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 03, 2018, 01:10:01 PM
Cute!!
Title: Re: Ara & F-177, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on November 03, 2018, 01:35:46 PM
Clever!
Except parrots are usually anything but stealthy! ;D
Title: Re: Ara & F-177, blue & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 04, 2018, 02:58:08 AM

thanks !
Title: Vigilante & shell, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 09, 2018, 03:30:21 PM
from the old scrap box, a Vigilante front fuselage and a shell :

(https://imgur.com/ExS9w30.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/fFIrnin.jpg)

(it had no cockpit, so I had to find something of the right size : a reversed P-51D I think)
Title: Re: Vigilante & shell, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 10, 2018, 12:53:22 PM
Cute - such large intakes to breath through, too.
Title: Re: Vigilante & shell, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 10, 2018, 04:09:15 PM
 ;)
Title: Dumper & Skyvan, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 16, 2018, 06:03:30 PM
sometime ago I saw a picture of a whif Skyvan with a digging extension in front,
and on the other hand I had in my stash Skyvan wings as well as a few of these yellow plastic kits ,
so ... :

(https://imgur.com/aj3629p.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/rt6YzA6.jpg)

Title: Re: Dumper & Skyvan, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 17, 2018, 02:31:23 AM
Skytruck!!! :smiley:
Title: Re: Dumper & Skyvan, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Skytruck!!! :smiley:
Flies right to the job site, no messing with traffic.  beautiful cross, there.
Title: Re: Dumper & Skyvan, yellow & red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 17, 2018, 04:43:42 PM



thanks !  ;D
Title: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 19, 2018, 12:49:42 AM
another yellow vehicle :

(https://imgur.com/l62IzVA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/hT9YitM.jpg)

Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 19, 2018, 06:47:59 AM
And yet another easily relocatable construction vehicle.  Makes job sites easier to get to, for certain
Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 19, 2018, 08:03:49 AM
And yet another easily relocatable construction vehicle.  Makes job sites easier to get to, for certain

You've certainly got to admire that kind of efficiency.

Well done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 19, 2018, 03:46:24 PM

thanks !
 ;)
Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on November 19, 2018, 03:50:00 PM
@EricR - what scale are the construction equipment models?  What company makes these? 
Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 19, 2018, 08:55:00 PM
@EricR - what scale are the construction equipment models?  What company makes these?

the kits are by Heller, they come relatively cheap, in snap-fit yellow plastic, and in 1:50 ou 1/43 scale I guess

Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on November 20, 2018, 06:06:16 AM
another yellow vehicle :

Brilliant! And I absolutely love your stealth parrots!  :-*

Alas, a dump truck isn't quite boxy enough to mate with a Skyvan   ;D
Title: Re: Digger & Wessex & EC135, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2018, 03:58:42 AM

thanks a lot !

 ;D
Title: Scraper & An-2 Colt, yellow & blue, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 22, 2018, 04:39:06 AM
one more for the road :

(https://imgur.com/n6NoddM.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/sbD1q9p.jpg)

if a An-2 Colt fuselage can fly, then what wouldn't?

Title: Re: Scraper & An-2 Colt, yellow & blue, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on November 22, 2018, 05:20:11 AM
if a An-2 Colt fuselage can fly, then what wouldn't?

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Scraper & An-2 Colt, yellow & blue, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 22, 2018, 11:55:10 AM
Such a cutie!!  Yeah, what wouldn't fly under those conditions?
Title: Re: Scraper & An-2 Colt, yellow & blue, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 22, 2018, 04:31:24 PM
 ;) ;)
Title: Ariane 5 & sax & trumpet, yellow & red, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2018, 05:34:33 AM
still trying to empty or at least lower my stash ...

so here goes the 1/96 Revell Ariane 5

with a saxophone :

(https://imgur.com/157MLAF.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/X7zFlrI.jpg)

or a trumpet :

(https://imgur.com/ZgXXU3w.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3roMCWM.jpg)

Title: Re: Ariane 5 & sax & trumpet, yellow & red, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 30, 2018, 08:01:44 AM
Very nice.  They give a new meaning to "Music of the Spheres".
Title: Re: Ariane 5 & sax & trumpet, yellow & red, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2018, 07:31:24 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Ariane 5 & sax & trumpet, yellow & red, Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 01, 2018, 02:11:11 AM
 :smiley:
Title: aircraft & music instruments, yellow, blue & red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 03, 2018, 05:16:59 AM
a few more :

red

(https://imgur.com/ru51jhS.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/zd4pRMk.jpg)

yellow

(https://imgur.com/tim4Rxv.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6TxgDg0.jpg)

blue

(https://imgur.com/GYH8hTx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/OVJdHPt.jpg)

Title: Re: aircraft & music instruments, yellow, blue & red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 03, 2018, 07:23:52 AM
That is one fast guitar!
Title: Re: aircraft & music instruments, yellow, blue & red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 03, 2018, 09:46:50 AM
That is one fast guitar!
Most definitely!!  The other two look sweet, too.
Title: Re: aircraft & music instruments, yellow, blue & red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on December 03, 2018, 09:37:27 PM
Eric, I love the "flute-planes"  8) ;D ;)
Title: Re: aircraft & music instruments, yellow, blue & red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 03, 2018, 10:11:55 PM

thanks !

Title: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 10, 2018, 07:18:31 PM
a fast blimp :


(https://imgur.com/BxBifKd.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/338J8NQ.jpg)



Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 10, 2018, 07:44:20 PM
Golly thatz new to aviation.  Jet powered Zeppelin with swing wings.  :smiley:
Now -- how does it maneuver to mooring pole ?
Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 10, 2018, 10:18:55 PM
Unique design, there, and quite attractive.  I presume it maneuvers to the mooring mast at very low power settings.
Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 11, 2018, 02:18:37 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 11, 2018, 06:58:23 AM
a fast blimp...

Love it  ;D
Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2018, 06:58:50 AM

thanks !

Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 11, 2018, 07:07:45 AM
That's most excellent and it brings to mind something out of Japanese Manga or somesuch.

As always, not only is your amalgam of parts impressive, but you've chosen the perfect primary color too!

Very well done, eric.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Zeppelin & Tornado, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2018, 07:10:56 PM
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Bronco & horse, blue -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 18, 2018, 08:56:50 PM
a Bronco is a horse, ok, this can make it more obvious, in a Pegasus way :

(https://imgur.com/Ooy7b0K.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3ca48x3.jpg)

and as I used a Revell X-ray horse, so I tried to keep the transparancy about it  ;)

(https://imgur.com/53ql3Jb.jpg)
Title: Re: Bronco & horse, blue -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on December 18, 2018, 09:01:25 PM
That's _clever_!!! Great, Eric!
Title: Re: Bronco & horse, blue -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 19, 2018, 02:43:50 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Bronco & horse, blue -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 19, 2018, 03:08:02 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Bronco & horse, blue -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 20, 2018, 02:14:39 AM
Clever - and arractive.  Very nice work.
Title: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2018, 05:55:13 AM
another variation on a blimp :

(https://imgur.com/hsfL9QQ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wdvfGiI.jpg)

Title: Re: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 27, 2018, 06:03:43 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 27, 2018, 08:14:08 AM
Oh I like this one very much!

Once again, an incredible mix of parts finished off with just the right primary color.

Very well done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 27, 2018, 11:21:32 AM
That looks so right!!
Title: Re: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 27, 2018, 11:35:15 AM
That looks so right!!

Agree, yes it does.  Sorta strange yet looks right to be what it is.
Is modeling sweet spot of incongruent parts surprisingly working well together.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Blimp & helo, yellow -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2018, 05:58:28 PM

thanks all !

I kind of like incongruent mixes  ;)
Title: 2/3 Dr.1, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2018, 01:47:14 AM
the wings of the Schreck FBA17 shown elsewhere were exchanged with those of a Dr.1,
leaving behind a 2/3 Dr.1 (but with extended wings  ;D )

(https://imgur.com/ujntYOz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/EtyscEp.jpg)
Title: Re: 2/3 Dr.1, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 28, 2018, 04:45:47 AM
Beautiful!!  It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received.  The color fits perfectly.
Title: Re: 2/3 Dr.1, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 28, 2018, 05:00:59 AM
Beautiful!!  It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received.  The color fits perfectly.

Concur with my esteemed colleague who is apparently an engineer of some sort, not involving trains, I think...

Ahem.

Another winner, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: 2/3 Dr.1, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2018, 05:52:00 AM

thanks   ;)
Title: Re: 2/3 Dr.1, red -- hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 30, 2018, 07:22:12 AM
Beautiful!!  It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received.  The color fits perfectly.

Yes. And sort of halfway between the Dr I and E V. Nice  :smiley:
Title: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : primary seaplanes
Post by: ericr on December 31, 2018, 02:33:54 AM
remainings of the day : I had the booster from an old 1/144 space shuttle kit, and bits from the blimp shown previously ...
it was a fast match.

(https://imgur.com/3LCmYFz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Tn29SNS.jpg)
Title: Re: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : primary seaplanes
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 31, 2018, 03:38:42 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : primary seaplanes
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 31, 2018, 05:00:41 AM
I've often wondered what the airship potential of the booster tank might be and thank you for realizing it!

Looks perfect in blue and if you had white Goodyear logos I bet you could convince people it was real.

Another winner, eric!

Brian da Basher

Title: Re: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 31, 2018, 05:16:48 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 01, 2019, 03:58:56 AM
Beautiful!!  For grins, instead of Goodyear, use Goodrich decals and see who notices.
Title: Re: Blimp and Shuttle booster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 01, 2019, 07:51:39 PM
 ;)
Title: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 06, 2019, 10:10:28 PM
remainings of the day :

(https://imgur.com/11Mue8v.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/1J9oj2L.jpg)

and now I have Harrier wings remaining ...
Title: Re: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 06, 2019, 10:43:54 PM
That looks very good! It would drive some folks nuts.....
Title: Re: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 06, 2019, 11:32:24 PM
Wickedly beautiful!!
Title: Re: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on January 07, 2019, 03:31:26 AM
Beautifully sleek Russian (because of the wing fences) VTOL
Title: Re: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 07, 2019, 04:28:25 AM
I like this one a lot, eric!

Slap some red stars on it and I bet you could convince people it flew with the Soviet Navy.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Harrier T4 & Mig17 wings, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 07, 2019, 04:48:44 AM

thanks all !  ;D
Title: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2019, 08:00:10 AM
Bronco-based mini-jet ?

(https://imgur.com/QHRx7zx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PQNfYIV.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/CkbsL44.jpg)

Title: Re: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 10, 2019, 08:07:10 AM
Great stuff as always and nice work on the canopy framing! No mean feat that.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 10, 2019, 11:07:59 AM
^ What he said.  That's a gorgeous and harmonious blend of different scales, there.
Title: Re: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 10, 2019, 11:27:17 PM
A classic example of “why didn’t I think of that “
Title: Re: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 11, 2019, 01:24:07 AM

thanks !!!  ;D
Title: Re: Bronco & Tomcat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 11, 2019, 03:09:56 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 15, 2019, 05:25:11 AM
another Pegasus

(https://imgur.com/u8I3I1d.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/JEhxSpG.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/fZyuwhj.jpg)

Title: Re: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on January 15, 2019, 05:43:16 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
FANTASTIC!!!!
 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 15, 2019, 11:12:39 AM
That's interesting, but a wagging tail, or even just a gently swishing one, is going to make life difficult for the person in that aft spot.  Quite the horse you have there; probably has an extra stomach to process food to fuel for the engines.
Title: Re: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 16, 2019, 12:03:03 AM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 17, 2019, 05:20:51 AM
... a wagging tail, or even just a gently swishing one, is going to make life difficult for the person in that aft spot...

Calls for AGL (Automatic Gun-Laying) to maintain accuracy ... especially when swatting flies  ;)
Title: Re: Horse & Do24 & Bo105, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 17, 2019, 06:40:40 PM
 ;)
Title: Twin Mustang & two mustangs, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 19, 2019, 05:39:29 AM
I had the Twin mustang on my stash, so I acquired two mustangs to make fit

(https://imgur.com/W4krAXw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/5nfFFr9.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/bu2eP9L.jpg)

Title: Re: Twin Mustang & two mustangs, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 19, 2019, 12:38:09 PM
Beautiful!!  Is it training or their innate nature that keeps them together on pace and direction?
Title: Re: Twin Mustang & two mustangs, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on January 19, 2019, 05:01:24 PM
Twin Mustang!!!!!!

Ha Ha Ha

Beautiful idea as always!!!!
Title: Re: Twin Mustang & two mustangs, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 19, 2019, 10:40:15 PM

thanks !  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Twin Mustang & two mustangs, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 20, 2019, 02:46:43 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Horse & EB-66, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 23, 2019, 02:19:41 AM
more of the pegasus herd

(https://imgur.com/cmtLmwK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/a3jS3AE.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PuOU94Y.jpg)

Title: Re: Horse & EB-66, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 23, 2019, 02:47:47 AM
Now that is a cute horse.
Title: Re: Horse & EB-66, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on January 25, 2019, 02:41:56 PM
Eric, I'm in love with  this horse series!
The "tail planes" are a fantastic idea!
Looking forward to seeing the blue ones!!!
 :o :-*
Title: Re: Horse & EB-66, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 25, 2019, 03:39:45 PM

thanks a lot !

the blue one is in the making ...  ;)

Title: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 28, 2019, 03:15:28 AM
nothing should get lost or abandonned :

(https://imgur.com/RQaWnZY.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ryVm7KA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/zQhQhJc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/y14CTlC.jpg)

Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 28, 2019, 01:30:07 PM
Cuties, both of them.
Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 29, 2019, 05:28:08 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 29, 2019, 06:27:24 AM
The red one is like The Godfather meets a P-38.

I'm pretty sure you'll get that starring role now, eric.
 ;D ;D ;D
Brian da Basher
Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2019, 03:41:30 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on February 01, 2019, 10:07:18 PM
The red one is like The Godfather meets a P-38.

I'm pretty sure you'll get that starring role now, eric.
 ;D ;D ;D
Brian da Basher


;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
I agree, it's a very mafia style airborne intimidation

Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2019, 12:18:05 AM

I didn't know the reference, but a quick look on the net informed me :  :o
I imagined rather more peaceful flying around  ;)

Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 02, 2019, 11:27:03 AM
Besides, with the majority of today's Hollywood producers and their "quality", it's not the horse's head that should be placed in their bed.
Title: Re: horse heads & P38 & H300, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 03, 2019, 02:49:31 AM
Besides, with the majority of today's Hollywood producers and their "quality", it's not the horse's head that should be placed in their bed.

True dat. Us teeming millions in the audience always seem to get the other end.
 :icon_nif:
Brian da Basher
Title: Horse & P38egg & Go244, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 03, 2019, 07:44:41 AM
a last one (no more horse in the stash)

(https://imgur.com/3Jg4edK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PDQ2EBS.jpg)

Title: Re: Horse & P38egg & Go244, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 03, 2019, 12:31:20 PM
Very cute!!
Title: Re: Horse & P38egg & Go244, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 04, 2019, 07:58:14 PM

thanks ;-)
Title: Fokker S-11 & Horse, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 04, 2019, 08:12:01 PM
and then the head

(https://imgur.com/mWNZO5Y.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/FY1Z7ea.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/lRAIuFY.jpg)
Title: Re: Fokker S-11 & Horse, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 05, 2019, 12:01:07 AM
The lines flow nicely.  That has to be a great sensor fit on that aircraft.
Title: Re: Fokker S-11 & Horse, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 05, 2019, 10:59:02 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Mohawk & pig, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 09, 2019, 12:54:28 AM
one way :

(https://imgur.com/oVN21oc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/10hLpZF.jpg)

and the other :

(https://imgur.com/TcxRSrs.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/mbmXYie.jpg)

Title: Re: Mohawk & pig, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 09, 2019, 02:24:07 AM
Those are cute, though I think I'd want to stay out from under the flightpath of that modified Mohawk.
Title: Re: Mohawk & pig, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 09, 2019, 04:25:39 AM
 ;)
Title: Jaguar & jaguar, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 12, 2019, 03:33:00 PM
both ways, one in 1/144, the other in approx 1/32 I would say

(https://imgur.com/ZsxsdNb.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/5tWrDIE.jpg)

and

(https://imgur.com/kf81ZFj.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nhV7AKm.jpg)

Title: Re: Jaguar & jaguar, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 13, 2019, 07:04:30 AM
Very nice pair of jaguars, the do mix well.
Title: Re: Jaguar & jaguar, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 13, 2019, 05:19:36 PM
 ;)
Title: Camel & camel, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2019, 08:38:15 PM
some time ago I mentioned this as a potential for inspiration :

(https://img.discogs.com/G24AyV5uzUuB0Vm5HkfmBm8SRiM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7563280-1444088779-6515.jpeg.jpg)

so here we go, one way :

(https://imgur.com/iOMccPY.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/mvr460k.jpg)

and the other :


(https://imgur.com/PgFRY3N.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nA05jcw.jpg)

Title: Re: Camel & camel, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 15, 2019, 08:44:17 PM
Dang you are good these hybrids.  Have eye for what goes with what.
Sopwith Camel has extra kick all its own.  :smiley:   ;D
Title: Re: Camel & camel, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 16, 2019, 12:39:48 PM
^^^ What he said.  Those are a delight.
Title: Re: Camel & camel, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 16, 2019, 01:53:57 PM
 ;D
Title: Buffalo & buffalo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 18, 2019, 05:09:55 AM
as the title says :

(https://imgur.com/sieUK3X.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Qxc7WKG.jpg)

(Hobbyboss kit, very nice)

Title: Re: Buffalo & buffalo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 18, 2019, 06:16:07 AM
A more subtle blend and a very aesthetically appealing one.
Title: Re: Buffalo & buffalo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2019, 12:57:23 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Buffalo & buffalo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on February 19, 2019, 04:20:58 PM
Interesting Aero-linguistic experiments!
Animal + plane = aniplane (or planimal)

 ;D
Title: Re: Buffalo & buffalo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2019, 06:29:02 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2019, 08:28:03 PM
the fish is a Pterois :

(https://imgur.com/SxhVWLb.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6QYHZQ4.jpg)

with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...

and the turtle head remained from some other past project :

(https://imgur.com/azw5YvB.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/pvy5b8y.jpg)

Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on February 21, 2019, 11:31:47 PM
the fish is a Pterois :

(https://imgur.com/SxhVWLb.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6QYHZQ4.jpg)

with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...

Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on February 22, 2019, 01:30:55 AM
That’s an interesting idea.......
Like I need a new project!
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2019, 03:36:37 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 22, 2019, 04:39:25 AM
I keep imagining the glass-nosed (headed?) fish as a stealth spy submarine. Put N. Korean markings and a periscope on it and it'd be ready for some nefarious mission.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 22, 2019, 02:27:39 PM
Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
I agree with the above on all points.  That Arado looks to have quite a sensor fit, too.  I'll bet that's the fastest any form of turtle has moved.
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 22, 2019, 02:35:16 PM
Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
I agree with the above on all points.  That Arado looks to have quite a sensor fit, too.  I'll bet that's the fastest any form of turtle has moved.
Yep, well said on all points !
Title: Re: Ar234 & fish & turtle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 23, 2019, 05:41:22 PM

thanks !
Title: Buffalo & Bf110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2019, 07:19:10 PM
the other side of the Buffalo, coupled with a Bf110 into a three-engined thing


(https://imgur.com/Y0C628s.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/EYmW0VQ.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/YCB7nRM.jpg)

with a 1/48 Zero canopy

Title: Re: Buffalo & Bf110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 27, 2019, 01:31:35 AM
That's an attractive and unique look.  It's well planned, too, since the plane of the center propeller is behind the plane of the other two propellers and you won't get them interfering with each other.
Title: Re: Buffalo & Bf110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2019, 03:41:50 AM

thanks !

indeed I did manage the two planes : propellers are rotating freely
Title: Re: Buffalo & Bf110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 27, 2019, 12:06:53 PM
First inline & radial mix I recall.  But hey, uniquely all works for me.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Buffalo & Bf110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 28, 2019, 07:05:30 AM
I think that works quite well, eric!

Great call on the canopy and you did yeoman's work with the new empennage.

Brian da Basher
Title: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 02, 2019, 04:29:19 AM
 ;D

another mix :

one way :


(https://imgur.com/bTQ3Ydf.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/vFNXTCr.jpg)


and the other :

(https://imgur.com/W2J1mdg.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ODCfCxT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/27ukWIQ.jpg)

Title: Re: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 02, 2019, 04:40:31 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 02, 2019, 08:37:26 AM
Those are fantastic and some of your best yet, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on March 02, 2019, 09:06:28 AM
Slap some red DHL markings on that Otter with the Harrier bits and you would have a rather interesting delivery vehicle. :)
Title: Re: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 02, 2019, 11:06:42 AM
Slap some red DHL markings on that Otter with the Harrier bits and you would have a rather interesting delivery vehicle. :)
Seconded!!  Beautiful work on both of them.  Both look to be great aircraft for stol operations.
Title: Re: Harrier & Twin Otter, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 02, 2019, 04:51:50 PM

thanks all !

Title: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 12, 2019, 05:37:43 AM
what if pigs had wings ...

(https://imgur.com/QDfdgDM.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6dquOnB.jpg)

Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 12, 2019, 08:20:28 AM
Beautiful and unique.  Definitely fits the expression, "Make savings deposits on the fly!"
Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 12, 2019, 03:31:03 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 13, 2019, 01:48:48 AM
what if pigs had wings ...

They did...and the wings swung and the breathed fire out their end... ;)

(https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/1364647c9d1a2cfdfd13c5a237aa70e8)
Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2019, 06:04:55 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 14, 2019, 01:51:11 AM
Actually, that could be fun:  a Piggy bank with the nose, wings and tail from an F-111.
Title: Re: Piggy bank & Do17z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2019, 04:39:24 PM
 ;D
Title: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2019, 08:00:25 PM
a landplanization of the Martin Marlin

(https://imgur.com/GOVg1uI.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YrCY8Yi.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/NJAYMNQ.jpg)

Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 16, 2019, 03:54:17 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 16, 2019, 05:40:10 AM
That's most excellent, eric!

A fantastic concept carried off most sharply!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 16, 2019, 01:32:47 PM
That's most excellent, eric!

A fantastic concept carried off most sharply!
^^  What he said.  That's a beautiful concept and execution.
Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2019, 04:33:34 AM


thanks !
Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 19, 2019, 03:41:30 AM
Oooo ... lovely  :-*

Not sure if its the colour, dihedral, or what but your 'landplanized' Marlin sure looks Soviet  :smiley:
Title: Re: Marlin & An-72, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2019, 05:07:44 AM
 ;D
Title: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 23, 2019, 05:58:43 AM
the canard configuration was not initially intended, but made for a better wing fit ...

(https://imgur.com/5cOO72m.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/yd5zvGw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/BXbKKU4.jpg)

Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 23, 2019, 07:02:27 AM
That's great and I especially like the different colored prop spinners.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 23, 2019, 09:58:59 AM
Oh, yeah!!  That's gorgeous.
Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 23, 2019, 03:16:16 PM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 24, 2019, 01:54:54 AM
Love at first sight remarkable configuration.   :-*
Goes to show you what a Boeing-Lockheed team project can do !
Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 24, 2019, 02:39:56 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: SR-71 & B-50, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2019, 05:23:19 PM

thanks again !

Title: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2019, 09:04:51 PM

the other way round :


(https://imgur.com/BkmC4cj.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/25gYbko.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/Z20EMnv.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/56nrf9Z.jpg)

I found a way to keep the nice lateral observation hemispherical windows


Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 27, 2019, 01:08:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 27, 2019, 03:03:35 AM
Beautiful!!  Looks like something Gerry Anderson would put together for Thunderbirds or Fireball XL-5.
Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 27, 2019, 03:06:38 AM
That is phenomenal! Nice work  :smiley:
Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 27, 2019, 03:33:13 AM
Now that's one wicked kitbash!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2019, 05:00:31 AM

thanks  ;D
Title: Re: B-50 & SR-71, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on March 27, 2019, 05:14:22 AM
It looks great! reminds me a little of the Cosmo Hound from the Yamato / Starblazers anime (https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig19/10194458.jpg)
Title: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 24, 2019, 04:08:47 PM
and now for something completely different :

it is a kit bash, as well as a scale-o-rama, and on the top of that an alternative livery,
even if there is no trace of an aircraft there

(https://imgur.com/kaxXr9f.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/PiD5hop.jpg)

(and it was inspired to me by a picture I saw somewhere on the internet, but I can't find it anymore)
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 24, 2019, 05:10:19 PM
Both B-50 & SR-71 combos are inspiring to build likenesses of.  :-*

Pterois & horse combo comes together so well.  Looks like belongs that way.  Like concept for animal character in animated movie.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on April 24, 2019, 11:36:31 PM
I was just going to say, "You should have a job in Hollywood" you're better than many of those who work there.
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 25, 2019, 12:45:31 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 25, 2019, 02:07:59 AM
I was just going to say, "You should have a job in Hollywood" you're better than many of those who work there.
What he said.  Much better imagination than normally seen coming out of Hollywood.
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 25, 2019, 03:05:38 AM
Outstanding! :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 26, 2019, 04:01:21 AM
 
thanks!
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 26, 2019, 05:37:00 AM
Wow, that is just astonishingly cool ... and beautifully executed  :smiley:

... even if there is no trace of an aircraft there ...

It still looks as if it could fly, though!
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on April 26, 2019, 05:29:59 PM
Beautiful as all of your creations!
 8)
Title: Re: Pterois & horse : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 27, 2019, 12:27:40 AM
 ;D
Title: Dornier & whale, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 04, 2019, 01:45:31 AM
a top fuselage of a Do-24 remained from previous endeavours ... and I had a whale on my stash, as it can happen, so :

(https://imgur.com/SIMu75E.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Vo78UVg.jpg)

Title: Re: Dornier & whale, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 04, 2019, 05:57:20 AM
Love it  :-*  If only Greenpeace had thought of kitting out whales with gun turrets!
Title: Re: Dornier & whale, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 04, 2019, 09:00:52 AM
Beautiful.  A most attractive organo-mechanic product.
Title: Re: Dornier & whale, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 04, 2019, 03:16:32 PM
 ;) :smiley:
Title: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2019, 01:28:08 AM
a nearly normal whiff ...

(https://imgur.com/T0HWODg.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/qKmcilH.jpg)

Title: Re: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 06, 2019, 05:55:56 AM
A tricycle-geared Otter whiffed from a Twin Otter?  that's a gorgeous model, there.
Title: Re: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 06, 2019, 10:22:54 AM
Interesting! Love it!
Title: Re: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 06, 2019, 11:04:06 AM
Looked at Twin Otter pictures.  Smooth transition to single engine.  Appears to be stock build.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2019, 02:30:31 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Otter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 07, 2019, 05:15:50 AM
Excellent concept and a most-convincing build!  :smiley:

Looked at Twin Otter pictures.  Smooth transition to single engine.  Appears to be stock build.  :smiley:

There was a RW proposal for an Otter with tricycle gear. Back in the early 2000s, Beaver Aircraft Canada proposed new-build Otters in at least two variants. Their taildragger Turbo Otter concept looked pretty much like it any PT6 Otter conversion. But the Super Otter was a different sort of beast. It would basically have been a Twin Otter with a Soloy Dual-Pac (twin PT6A-112s) in the nose driving contra-props.

I'm not sure what happened to BAC. Circa 2003, BAC bought Viking Air ... so perhaps BAC still exists somewhere within Viking's DNA?
Title: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 10, 2019, 08:28:20 PM
The An-2 Colt has been subject to various experiments, like the following :

(http://agrolotnictwo.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/photo/34/34_04_bg.jpg)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/An-2_converted_into_WIG_%28Rybachy%2C_Kaliningrad_Oblast_-_2006_08_15%29.jpg/1280px-An-2_converted_into_WIG_%28Rybachy%2C_Kaliningrad_Oblast_-_2006_08_15%29.jpg)

(https://i.redd.it/1rqbprjqfxk21.jpg)

so here is another one (with Crusader wings, as well as Harrier T4, to keep it a biplane, of course)

(https://imgur.com/Tq3yy16.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/B0lJvoM.jpg)
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 11, 2019, 01:37:05 AM
Now that has character!!  Definitely a high-speed" biplane (if that's not an oxy-moron).
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 11, 2019, 05:19:48 AM
That's one of your most imaginative concepts yet, eric.

Nicely done.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2019, 06:50:13 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 11, 2019, 07:57:40 AM
I read colt and crusader and thought of a knight on a young horse!
Nice work!
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 11, 2019, 10:46:55 AM
I read colt and crusader and thought of a knight on a young horse!
Nice work!
*snicker* My first thought was of a knight with a brace of revolvers rather than a sword.
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 12, 2019, 06:30:52 AM
Love it!  And it looks as if the Crusader wing still has variable-incidence too  :smiley:
Title: Re: Colt & Crusader, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 14, 2019, 12:59:10 AM
 ;D
Title: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2019, 02:30:41 AM
on the same line, but opposite direction, in a reciprocal way :

(https://i.redd.it/srj05r9gcme21.jpg)

(https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/110/110820-131d3fc8601799ed6e5b0a6d28eaef09.jpg)

(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/363068main_EC73-3468_full.jpg)

how about a super-low speed version :

(https://imgur.com/FtSt2Lk.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jA97v0g.jpg)

Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 15, 2019, 03:05:24 AM
Love the "super-low speed" Crusader  :smiley:  Now a slew-wing biplane would be something to see  ;)
Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on May 15, 2019, 03:53:34 AM
Biplaned jets delight me to no end and yours certainly looks great in yellow!
 8)
Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 15, 2019, 04:27:13 AM
Bound to set Crusader low speed flight record.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 15, 2019, 07:55:52 AM
Certainly a unique look there.
Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 15, 2019, 10:25:47 AM
Perfect for those aircraft carrier landings and take offs! No catapult required!
Title: Re: Crusader & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2019, 03:35:44 PM

thanks !

 ;D
Title: rat, H300 & buggy, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 08, 2019, 05:09:58 AM
remainings of the day (and stash reduction)

part of a rat, head of an Egg H300, and chassis of a buggy (motorized! which is not visible here)

(https://imgur.com/ReXdyfB.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/rvCsEax.jpg)

Title: Re: rat, H300 & buggy, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 08, 2019, 12:49:30 PM
*snicker* That's somewhat cute.  I can just see the cats around here chasing that motorized creation around the apartment, here.
Title: Re: rat, H300 & buggy, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 09, 2019, 07:25:48 PM
 ;D
Title: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 24, 2019, 04:21:32 AM
you may have seen this picture already (by M.C. Escher) :

(https://quinnae.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mobius-strip.jpg)

and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts :

(https://imgur.com/NmEQsMJ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/TUPgGeK.jpg)

Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on June 24, 2019, 06:30:34 AM
thats different.  Looks cool
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 25, 2019, 01:22:28 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on June 25, 2019, 04:33:12 AM
That's a nice representation of both a  Möbius strip and the M.C. Escher artwork. Is that the F-Rsin kit?
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: jcf on June 25, 2019, 04:57:17 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:

Contact Fiona Banner and see if she wants to do the Möbius Strip full size.  ;D  :icon_fsm:
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 25, 2019, 05:11:24 AM
and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts ...

That is brilliant ... and beautifully done  :smiley:
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 25, 2019, 09:53:30 AM
and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts ...

That is brilliant ... and beautifully done  :smiley:
Seconded!!!  Damn, that looks very good.
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Viscounts, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 25, 2019, 02:47:28 PM

thanks all !

it's S&M models kits

Title: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 29, 2019, 07:49:59 PM
what if sometimes you need your refueling real fast ?

would that be a KSR-71A?

(https://imgur.com/hCvfq59.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ULgxVRH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Z7YMDzZ.jpg)

the refueling stuff is from a KC-135
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on June 30, 2019, 02:33:02 AM
That is a definite candidate for ultimate high-speed tanker award! 

Great what-if EricR
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 30, 2019, 10:52:03 AM
Beautiful!!  Obviously intended to refuel super-secret Mach 6+ aircraft.
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 30, 2019, 01:46:12 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 30, 2019, 02:06:26 PM
Like to see airborne diorama (models on posts) of this refueling B-10.
If thatz to hard to swallow how about a B-45.
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 03, 2019, 10:03:55 AM
Stealthed RB-45?  I'd think it more likely to be refueling a R-72 or equivalent.
Title: Re: tanker SR71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 03, 2019, 01:07:49 PM
 ;D
Title: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 04, 2019, 05:32:49 AM
another operation of stash reduction : a set of cheap unboxed CS-199 from some years ago has found a purpose :

(https://imgur.com/BIayjlS.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YHjgtpe.jpg)

Title: Re: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: jcf on July 04, 2019, 05:42:28 AM
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :icon_fsm:
Title: Re: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 04, 2019, 05:48:07 AM
Reminds me a bit of diagrams such as this:

(https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7-air-to-aircombat-150213075938-conversion-gate02/95/7-airtoair-combat-11-638.jpg?cb=1423821196)
Title: Re: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 04, 2019, 01:18:11 PM

thanks !

interesting picture indeed ;)
Title: Re: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 05, 2019, 02:11:26 AM
Beautiful!!  A never ending one-sided flying pattern.
Title: Re: a Möbius band of CS199, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2019, 06:04:16 AM
 ;D
Title: Go242 & Jolly Green Giant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2019, 06:05:27 AM
I found a cheap trio of Jolly Green Giant, Skywarrior and Go242 ...

(https://imgur.com/sOqmtpx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/no0aM8U.jpg)

and here there is a bit of a 1/48 Bo105, as you may have noticed
Title: Re: Go242 & Jolly Green Giant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 05, 2019, 07:25:43 AM
That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
Title: Re: Go242 & Jolly Green Giant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 05, 2019, 10:56:58 AM
That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
+1  That's a most gorgeous and harmonious assemblage.
Title: Re: Go242 & Jolly Green Giant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2019, 10:31:25 PM

thanks !

the fit came quite naturally indeed  ;)

Title: Re: Go242 & Jolly Green Giant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 06, 2019, 03:06:23 AM
That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
+1  That's a most gorgeous and harmonious assemblage.

+2
Title: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 09, 2019, 04:33:39 PM
I found a cheap trio of Jolly Green Giant, Skywarrior and Go242 ...

continuing the roundabout :

(https://imgur.com/1PW4FuH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3lT7G6B.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/IVCCMzi.jpg)

Title: Re: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 10, 2019, 12:42:15 AM
That looks so right and natural.
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 10, 2019, 12:44:32 AM
Another combination that does not disagree when brought together.
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 10, 2019, 03:52:56 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 10, 2019, 05:14:07 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 11, 2019, 07:05:31 AM
That looks so right and natural.

It does! Somehow it has a weird Soviet high-altitude project vibe to it  :smiley:
Title: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 11, 2019, 09:17:00 PM
 ;D


I am afraid I am becoming predictable ...

(https://imgur.com/o8KP283.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/5PXkArl.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/aM9ul5o.jpg)


Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 12, 2019, 12:45:05 AM
Again, you have managed to combine bits to create something that looks appropriate.
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on July 12, 2019, 03:32:00 AM
One of my favorite permutations of yours yet, eric!

I especially enjoy how the landing gear sponsons almost give it a biplane look.

Once again, red was an outstanding primary color choice!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 12, 2019, 04:29:44 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 12, 2019, 04:30:32 AM
I am afraid I am becoming predictable ...

Hmmm, combining an HH-53 with an A-3?  Nah, I don't you need to worry about becoming too predictable  ;)
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on July 12, 2019, 06:02:03 AM
These have been great combinations! Who knew the Skywarrior would go so well with helicopters and WWII german transports!
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 12, 2019, 07:08:37 AM
Once again, a most harmonious blending of disparate components into an aesthetically pleasing and plausible whole.  Beautiful!!!
Title: Re: Jolly Green Giant & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 12, 2019, 02:52:38 PM

thanks again !

Title: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 16, 2019, 04:14:00 PM
that one might be slightly too much

Wellcrum?

(https://imgur.com/do1YCDA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/vdfdbdi.jpg)

Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 16, 2019, 04:29:20 PM
Such a match-up  8)
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 17, 2019, 12:36:24 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 17, 2019, 01:38:21 AM
Definitely a different, but surprisingly harmonious, look and blending.
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 18, 2019, 05:21:30 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 19, 2019, 05:06:07 AM
Wellcrum?

 ;D  Fulington?  I'd love to see that one without its fabric covering, exposing the geodesic construction of those twin tails  :smiley:
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on July 19, 2019, 01:31:25 PM
Nice ones
Title: Re: Wellington & Fulcrum, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 19, 2019, 06:29:50 PM

thanks again !

Title: Fulcrum & Wellington, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 20, 2019, 12:52:03 AM
a reciprocal :

(https://imgur.com/rBk9UR1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/9Q2u3Tt.jpg)

Title: Re: Fulcrum & Wellington, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 20, 2019, 12:08:25 PM
Again, a harmonious blending that I would not have expected.  Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Fulcrum & Wellington, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 20, 2019, 01:57:01 PM
 ;)
Title: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 22, 2019, 04:54:10 AM


(cheap second hand kits are always so tempting, and then you have to do something with them)


one way ...

(https://imgur.com/g2NYdjZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/XwQJiTU.jpg)

and the other :

(https://imgur.com/CS1iQAL.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/cKy7usg.jpg)

maybe it looks a bit perched on its long legs ...
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Robomog on August 22, 2019, 05:43:04 AM
Love the red one, very nice lines  :-*

The yellow one has a cartoony feel to it but a clever kitbash nonetheless

Nice one

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 22, 2019, 09:04:56 AM
Fine eye/taste for what changes to make.  These two and prior configurations impress me.  :smiley:
Looks like 1950s C-45 jet version.  Double the speed or more.
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on August 22, 2019, 10:20:26 AM
Love the red one, very nice lines  :-*

The yellow one has a cartoony feel to it but a clever kitbash nonetheless
What the good man said.
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 23, 2019, 01:33:26 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Small brown dog on August 23, 2019, 01:49:56 AM
I still have a lot of pages to go through but I just had say I love this stuff. The best kind of crazy I have seen in years :)
Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 23, 2019, 02:33:33 AM

thanks for the compliments !  ;D

Title: Re: Me262 HGiii & C45, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on August 23, 2019, 06:01:06 AM
I still have a lot of pages to go through but I just had say I love this stuff. The best kind of crazy I have seen in years :)

While we've got many flavors of crazy 'round these parts, eric's version is one of my favorite.

His knack for choosing the best primary color is eerily unerring. Sometimes I wish he'd host a symposium on it or something.

I like the red one best, but they're all grand and done in that inimitable style we enjoy.

Brian da Basher
Title: Veltro K-C.205 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 28, 2019, 07:42:08 PM

I had this 1/32 Veltro for quite a long time, and suddenly knew how to use it
to make it a buddy-refuelling aircraft (with a boom from a KC-97)

(https://imgur.com/5lYqq0t.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/26nUJy9.jpg)

the arrangement is slightly asymetric, because of the tail wheel, but nothing is perfect  ;)
Title: Re: Veltro K-C.205 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on August 29, 2019, 01:53:56 AM
That's different, and quite attractive.
Title: Re: Veltro K-C.205 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 29, 2019, 02:05:08 PM

thanks
Title: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 22, 2019, 09:56:25 PM

so, I do have these quite big kits, found second hand for quite cheap :

(https://imgur.com/V9pK6EC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tmnaNo1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/EBGtFMA.jpg)
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 23, 2019, 06:07:34 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 23, 2019, 06:26:42 AM
What a kit bash,  Came together with balanced RW like though unlikely configuration.  :smiley:
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 23, 2019, 10:55:17 AM
That's a beautiful blending that looks quite natural.  Bravo!!
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2019, 02:19:30 PM
 ;) ;D
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on September 24, 2019, 02:55:13 AM
I have to say that the 48th scale wings mated to the C-135 fuselage do work well in appearance and fit.  Is that the 1:72nd scale C-135 kit from Italeri/AMT-Ertl?
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 24, 2019, 05:19:49 AM
What a kit bash,  Came together with balanced RW like though unlikely configuration.  :smiley:

I have to say that the 48th scale wings mated to the C-135 fuselage do work well in appearance and fit.
<snip>

I can only concur with my esteemed colleagues here and add that my mom would've congratulated you on the magnificent color choice as well.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: C-135 & C-47 (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 24, 2019, 01:44:55 PM

thanks !

it is a KC_135 from AMT indeed

and I do love yellow  ;D
Title: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 28, 2019, 03:52:32 PM

the reciprocal : maybe slightly less believable, but well, it had to be tried, by symmetry  ;)

(https://imgur.com/dkre15p.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/LdSpWT9.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tlRX1Lc.jpg)

Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on September 29, 2019, 01:29:19 AM
Definitely a different look for the DC-3/C-47 :smiley:
Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 29, 2019, 05:35:46 AM
Such a super configuration  :-*  I wanna build one.
Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 29, 2019, 12:21:31 PM
Beautiful!!  Reminds me of a tail-dragger version of a McDonnell Model 220.
Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 29, 2019, 03:14:56 PM

thanks !  ;D

if you would like to have a try, it can be done a bit smaller :
a 1/144 B707 instead of 1/72 with a 1/96 C-47 instead of 1/48 (if the latter exists ...)
or
a 1/72 C-47 with a 1/108 B707  (if the latter exists ...)

Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 29, 2019, 05:15:46 PM
Would use 1/72 C-47 and go wing hunting in stash.  Posted four prop engine C-47H January 2018.  Like to build swept wing jet version.
Title: Re: C-47 (1/48) & C-135, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 30, 2019, 02:53:38 AM

I think I remember your C-47H
you may indeed find other fits with 1/144 jet wings
Title: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2019, 02:36:17 PM


I recently found a few quite big kits for quite cheap, so temptation was un-resistable :

here is a K-A380 (with upgraded number of engines, too), made from the Heller 1/125 kit, plus additives from AMT 1/72 B52 and KC-135

(https://imgur.com/bcr2VZW.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wq4anBT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/WNAS97j.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/RZQ3J39.jpg)
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 02, 2019, 06:47:33 PM
That will make the people at Airbus freak out!!
Nice work!
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2019, 08:23:35 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 02, 2019, 09:46:35 PM
This is quite brilliant and if you added a blue airline decal on each side up top and maybe a logo on the tail, you'd have something that would turn heads at any model show worthy of the name!

Outstanding and another great use of primary colors!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 02, 2019, 11:38:12 PM
Outstanding model that's also quite beautiful.
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 03, 2019, 02:19:07 AM
Reminds me of this a little:

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 04, 2019, 05:11:03 AM

thanks !

Reminds me of this a little:

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)


what is this plane ?

Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on October 04, 2019, 07:41:46 AM

thanks !

Reminds me of this a little:

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)

what is this plane ?

The Skyfleet S570 is a fictional prototype double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Skyfleet Aeronautics. The aircraft first appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale and was subsequently seen in the 2008 James Bond video game Quantum of Solace.

https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Skyfleet_S570
Title: Re: K-A380 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2019, 04:37:37 PM

thanks !
Title: asymetric twin-fuselage, He111z, C47, Whitley,red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2019, 05:32:02 PM

got two unexpensive He111z kits recently ...

(https://imgur.com/RFRxAc9.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/8bdyedf.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3W1FoK0.jpg)

Title: Re: asymetric twin-fuselage, He111z, C47, Whitley,red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 10, 2019, 02:27:00 AM
Oooo...the idea of a Jumo powered C-47.   :-*
Title: Re: asymetric twin-fuselage, He111z, C47, Whitley,red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 10, 2019, 02:39:11 AM
Asymmetric, but attractive.
Title: Re: asymetric twin-fuselage, He111z, C47, Whitley,red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 10, 2019, 07:55:33 AM
Unique dual purpose bomber-cargo aircraft.
Title: Re: asymetric twin-fuselage, He111z, C47, Whitley,red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2019, 02:57:57 PM

thanks !

Title: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2019, 03:00:38 PM

the other side ...

one way :

(https://imgur.com/3QA8RjZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nKxdsRI.jpg)

and the other :

(https://imgur.com/1mjXNzq.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/q2iUOqS.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 14, 2019, 04:13:12 PM
Blue plane is particularly graceful.  :smiley:  Great combo.
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 14, 2019, 07:03:09 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2019, 07:22:33 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 14, 2019, 09:37:48 PM
Blue He-111 with DC-3 wings is an excellent combination. 
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 15, 2019, 12:53:12 AM
Blue plane is particularly graceful.  :smiley:  Great combo.

Concur, the radials give it a very tough look.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 15, 2019, 02:57:07 AM
Both versions are attractive, but I concur with the others that I really like the one with DC-3 wings.  I could see that as the result of a license-build, though not sure which aircraft would be licensed.
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 15, 2019, 04:58:23 AM
Both versions are attractive, but I concur with the others that I really like the one with DC-3 wings...

Agreed. And your build really reinforces how dainty the He 111 fuselage was  :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 16, 2019, 12:17:42 AM

thanks again !

Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on October 18, 2019, 06:56:45 AM
Blue plane is particularly graceful.  :smiley:  Great combo.

Indeed!  :smiley: Quite elegant, really.
Title: Re: He111 & C47, Whitley, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 27, 2019, 03:44:41 PM

thanks
Title: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 31, 2019, 08:59:28 PM

I found this nose quite fitting (coming from a 1/72 Tu-22) :

(https://imgur.com/OShhmfH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/z1DKe5B.jpg)

Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on November 01, 2019, 01:22:22 AM
Always nice to see a scale-o-rama kit bash that actually looks good.
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 01, 2019, 02:51:44 AM
What a kitbash combo. :-*     Another configuration I wanna copy.
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 01, 2019, 03:43:13 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 01, 2019, 04:31:52 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 01, 2019, 05:01:57 AM
That's just great with one engine and the pointy nose, eric!

I've got plans to graft a clear Ju-88 (maybe?) nose onto one of my Pfeils in the pile.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on November 01, 2019, 05:27:07 AM
looks great.  so does the He111 with the dak wings
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on November 01, 2019, 06:11:45 AM
Always nice to see a scale-o-rama kit bash that actually looks good.

Indeed. And that one surely does! Nice work Eric  :smiley:
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 01, 2019, 07:17:59 AM
Beautiful!!  That looks the part.
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Story on November 01, 2019, 08:16:05 AM

I found this nose quite fitting (coming from a 1/72 Tu-22) :
 

That is downright slick.  Nicely done, Eric
Title: Re: pusher-only Do335 1/48, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 01, 2019, 03:58:48 PM

many thanks !

the remaining front engine will find a purpose some day ...
Title: Aardvark & aardvark 1/144, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 08, 2019, 08:56:41 PM

I couldn't resist, and to go on search for the ingredients but finally got them :

(https://imgur.com/Pio93kD.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/uFyxjSE.jpg)

and

(https://imgur.com/WTl92AK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/exiycue.jpg)

Title: Re: Aardvark & aardvark 1/144, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 08, 2019, 10:28:19 PM
Funny and cute!
Title: Re: Aardvark & aardvark 1/144, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 09, 2019, 06:06:04 AM
 ;)
Title: Do217 mistel & Gaz shuttle, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 17, 2019, 03:47:38 AM

and now for something completely different :

sometimes I buy a kit or a miniature car just because it seems cheap,
and then I have to make sensible (in some sense) use of it,
while trying to empty (or lower) the stash ...

(https://imgur.com/1WHfoMl.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/lqm5DCY.jpg)

Title: Re: Do217 mistel & Gaz shuttle, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on November 17, 2019, 06:02:37 AM
Oh, that is hilarious  ;D  Love it  :-*
Title: Re: Do217 mistel & Gaz shuttle, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 17, 2019, 11:26:29 AM
 ;D *snicker* That's a funny one, but cute.
Title: Re: Do217 mistel & Gaz shuttle, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 17, 2019, 12:27:16 PM
Like they said and can't tell if this is an air launch concept or for transport between flights.   ;D  :smiley:
Title: Re: Do217 mistel & Gaz shuttle, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 17, 2019, 06:10:54 PM

both !

 ;D
Title: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 06, 2019, 11:52:53 PM

after the very small seaplanes, a quite big one (I am finding quite cheap, less than 25 or 30EUR, quite big kits these times ...)

a B707 with wings from something else
let us have a sort of quizz here :
(otherwise there isn't much thrill after all, all of this being quite predictable ;-) )

who knows where it come from ?

(the gift to win is the consideration of all the forum people)

(https://imgur.com/GgIEXJR.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/x4t31ZD.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tS5YG5Z.jpg)

Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 07, 2019, 02:40:28 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on December 07, 2019, 02:44:07 AM
Are the wings from a Spruce Goose?
Fantastic job here!
Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 07, 2019, 03:49:05 AM
Beautiful aircraft model!!  Wings from a Me323?
Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 07, 2019, 05:09:52 AM
 ;D ;D ;D

let us have some suspense for a little while ...

Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 07, 2019, 05:15:06 AM
I like this one a lot and it would certainly make my "eric's best" list.

Well done!

Brian da Basher
Title: B707 & Me 323, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 07, 2019, 05:50:08 PM

thanks all !

Wings from a Me323?


yes you win !
you are now the object of consideration of all the people in this forum
(for an undetermined duration)
Title: Re: B707 & ... (6 prop), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 07, 2019, 06:23:38 PM
I like this one a lot and it would certainly make my "eric's best" list.

Well done!

Brian da Basher

Goes for my "eric's best" list too.   Inspirational  :-*

With Me 323 in stash my wee brain is spinning with ways to borrow concept.   Then is Me 323 fuselage to re-wing hmmm....
Title: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 09, 2019, 06:39:39 AM

and here comes the reciprocal :

(https://imgur.com/QB7FlwT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Kui5kBZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/iUc9Y3T.jpg)

Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on December 09, 2019, 08:11:46 AM
That’s a wild blue monster! Crazy good!
Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 09, 2019, 09:51:58 AM
STOL spelled in blue.  :smiley:     

Yes,  is reciprocal of inspiration/inspiration.
Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 09, 2019, 10:26:42 AM
STOL spelled in blue.  :smiley:     

Yes,  is reciprocal of inspiration/inspiration.
Everything he said.  That is definitely a STOL transport for the front.
Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 09, 2019, 02:54:35 PM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 10, 2019, 02:25:45 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Me 323 & B707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2019, 06:14:22 AM
 ;)
Title: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 22, 2019, 09:54:08 PM

a Canadair without its hull, with high landing gear :
for unprepared airfields maybe ?

(https://imgur.com/eMBS2Mq.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/gNSbh1L.jpg)

Title: Re: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on December 22, 2019, 10:14:20 PM
The mix of primary colors and detail painting the props & exhausts is delightful.

Slap a registration number on it and no one would doubt it wasn't "real".

Nice one, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on December 22, 2019, 10:54:40 PM
This thread has become a never ending source of great whif ideas for me to build. This one is really great! Keep ‘em coming!
Title: Re: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 23, 2019, 04:57:32 AM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 23, 2019, 10:47:03 AM
Oh, that's gorgeous.  I could see that landing gear for some of the really rough landing strips out there; for example, those set up by exploration parties and such.
Title: Re: Canadair landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2019, 05:35:45 PM
 ;)
Title: seasonal B52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2019, 05:37:08 PM

season's greetings  ;D

with the help of playmobil deers ...

(https://imgur.com/bqeQFhL.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6nA6WSa.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/72Y6tkw.jpg)

Title: Re: seasonal B52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 24, 2019, 07:45:01 PM
Thank you Eric! Your builds are always a treat.

Is this the RB-52 (Reindeer Bomber-52?
Title: Re: seasonal B52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 24, 2019, 08:07:35 PM
B-52 works in its own weird way.  :smiley:
Title: Re: seasonal B52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2019, 11:10:29 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: seasonal B52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 25, 2019, 02:19:24 AM
Beautiful!!  Obviously, with more children out there, Santa needed something more capacious than a sleigh to carry everything.
Title: missiles & drum sticks, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2019, 01:36:53 AM

that B52 kit included two Hound Dog missiles, which I used in my series of music instruments
(see above in this thread, some months ago, e.g., Guitar & Mig-25),
this timewith drum sticks :

(https://imgur.com/sRuIqtz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jmNQdBo.jpg)
Title: Re: missiles & drum sticks, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 28, 2019, 02:35:00 AM
Beautiful!!  And what a way to drum the error of their ways into the opposition!
Title: Re: missiles & drum sticks, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 28, 2019, 05:55:43 AM
 ;D
Title: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 01, 2020, 10:06:41 PM
you may remember the two previous Möbius rings of Viscounts, in yellow, and CS199, in blue


you may have seen this picture already (by M.C. Escher) :

(https://quinnae.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mobius-strip.jpg)

here is a red one, with a fex Skoda D1s :

(https://imgur.com/u0Tceb2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4HgdkcE.jpg)

happy new year, full of whiffing !

Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 02, 2020, 05:34:48 AM
Very nice, and in such an appropriately festive color, too.
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 02, 2020, 06:46:17 AM
happy new year, full of whiffing !

Indeed and the same to you eric!

I especially like your cool mobius strips. What an interesting take and I bet you could enter it in an art show, maybe even sell it handsomely!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 02, 2020, 07:00:47 AM
 :-*  Love it!  ;D
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 02, 2020, 03:54:18 PM

thanks !

I guess it could be shown as art indeed, but I am not sure this art would sell that easily  ;)
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 04, 2020, 04:51:31 AM

thanks !

I guess it could be shown as art indeed, but I am not sure this art would sell that easily  ;)

You'd be surprised, eric. Of course the market may be a bit limited but if they can sell the crummy stuff I see out there, I'm sure someone would just love this on the wall of their office, den or library.

Your mobius strips are always a nice visual break from the usual!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: a Möbius band of Skoda D.1s, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 08, 2020, 07:18:44 PM
 ;)
Title: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2020, 03:43:08 AM

swapping wings ... and legs.

(https://imgur.com/lTj9sQ6.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/zBuqT2y.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/fVFgOYP.jpg)

Title: Re: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 12, 2020, 04:38:25 AM
Now that is seriously retro  ;D
Title: Re: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 12, 2020, 05:39:02 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 13, 2020, 05:06:11 AM
Now that is seriously retro  ;D
Very!!  Attractive, too.
Title: Re: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 13, 2020, 05:19:47 AM
Brilliant combo.  :-*
For build that don't work, it certainly does work.  :smiley:

No danger of tail surfaces reaching critical mach and losing control in dives !
Title: Re: Tu-16 & TB-3, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 13, 2020, 08:07:50 PM

thanks a lot !

Title: TB-3 & Tu-16, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 13, 2020, 08:10:29 PM

the other side of the thing :

(https://imgur.com/imJ5umn.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/oiAEg1z.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/57JKUUz.jpg)

Title: Re: TB-3 & Tu-16, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 14, 2020, 02:49:51 AM
Pretty!  I reckon that open cockpit gets quite breezy at speed and altitude.
Title: Re: TB-3 & Tu-16, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 19, 2020, 01:25:35 AM
 ;D
Title: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 19, 2020, 01:29:02 AM

still finding quite cheap (20 something) quite large kits : tempting ...

(https://imgur.com/DmsGwij.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xZZGt80.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/YkMJmOE.jpg)

Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 19, 2020, 03:24:08 AM
@EricR - That B-One with C-135/707 wings looks surprisingly right as it has all of the features where they belong and looks very convincing.  Convincing enough to pass for a real subject if placed innocuously on the display table among other real world subjects.  Though the yellow paint scheme might have to be altered to include "Hughes Air West" markings to give it some legitimacy.  :smiley:
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 19, 2020, 04:43:22 AM
What Jeffry said.  I could easily see it in Hughes Air West markings, too.
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on January 19, 2020, 10:06:39 AM
It's got a real Convair flavor to it.

Concur with my esteemed colleagues, this one's fantastic!

My mom would applaud your color choice here eric.

Well done!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 19, 2020, 01:58:09 PM
Yes,   I see some Convair influence.

Another fine combo, Convair vibes or not. 
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 19, 2020, 08:55:39 PM

thanx a lot !

I prefer red/yellow/blue, to concentrate just on the shape of the aircraft,
but if you would like to make it in more "real-worl" markings why not ?  ;)
1/144 would be possible too I guess, and less problematic for storage  ;D
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 19, 2020, 10:09:48 PM
How about Spirit Airlines?
(http://[ftp=ftp://spirit airlines pic]spirit airlines pic[/ftp])
Title: Re: B-1B & C-135, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 20, 2020, 04:02:15 PM
 ;)
Title: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 23, 2020, 08:56:01 PM

the reciprocal also seemed to be plausible ...

(https://imgur.com/RzExkK0.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/OaMPVFN.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/HsdUIVC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/41vJFTY.jpg)
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 23, 2020, 09:47:46 PM
I like this .....  :smiley:
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 23, 2020, 10:21:27 PM
Another nice one!
I’m imagining FedEx colors for when packages just have got to be delivered half way around the world overnight.
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on January 23, 2020, 11:54:18 PM
Wow! That looks fantastic!  :-*

This looks like a design from the time when airliners weren't just designed for maximum fuel efficiency. Could really see this an a 1970's airline livery.  :smiley:
More of this, please! Hmmm. B-58 wings on an airliner fuselage?
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 24, 2020, 01:30:20 AM

thanks !

 ;D
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 24, 2020, 02:21:17 AM
Another winner! :smiley:

The B-One/B707-wing and the B707/B-One wing are both excellent combinations. 
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 24, 2020, 03:17:06 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 24, 2020, 10:28:54 AM

the reciprocal also seemed to be plausible ...

(https://imgur.com/RzExkK0.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/OaMPVFN.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/HsdUIVC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/41vJFTY.jpg)
Beautiful!!  I could see that easily as an aircraft for the fast transportation of urgent cargo.  I know you favor the primary colors, but that would have looked so right in "FedEx purple".
Title: Re: C-135 & B-1B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 24, 2020, 05:08:45 PM

thanks !

I certainly agree that some liveries would fit well, like DHL (in yellow ! ) :
I don't do decals myself but I would welcome someone trying it out.
BTW it would be do-able in 1/144, for easier storage   ;)
Title: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 03, 2020, 03:19:37 AM

it was a comment about my single-engine Do338 that got me there :
eventually the fromt engine of the 1/48 Dornier was too large for the nose of the 1/72 Su-22,
so I found an alternative in a CL215 engine ; the other one will find a use sometime ...

(https://imgur.com/bJasAji.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Bc052Kz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nUpctzA.jpg)

Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 03, 2020, 08:02:03 AM
Two more.... !
Blue jet is inspiring, like build one in 1/72.  Flows and works surprisingly well.
2nd career for CL215 engine.  Plenty power for speedy ground tests like checking brakes.....
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 03, 2020, 11:10:20 AM
Piston-powered Su-22 looks like quite the priority passenger transport, particularly into rough fields.
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on February 03, 2020, 12:23:48 PM
That’s a great use for the Hobbycraft kit I have! Nice combo ericr!
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 03, 2020, 08:47:59 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 04, 2020, 01:50:14 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 04, 2020, 04:11:42 AM
The prop up front really made me smile.
 :D
Brian da Basher
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 05, 2020, 09:52:48 AM
Me too  :D
Title: Re: piston engined Su-22, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 05, 2020, 03:07:08 PM
 ;D
Title: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 20, 2020, 08:12:04 PM

got those two kits together ... they both have a charm,
and called for a kind of swap ...

(https://imgur.com/ljv8TJM.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/C7tUJ3A.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Ge5zaHH.jpg)
Title: Re: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 21, 2020, 02:32:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 21, 2020, 07:43:38 AM
This part of the swap definitely has a charm to it.  I'll be looking forward to seeing what the other half develops into.
Title: Re: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 21, 2020, 11:03:03 AM
No nonsense utilitarian functional combination of kits.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2020, 02:00:31 AM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Re: Rotodyne & Superfreighter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Volkodav on February 23, 2020, 07:37:39 PM
I liked your animal / machine mashups but your aircraft chimeras are even better!
Title: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 24, 2020, 02:49:26 AM

thanks !

chimeras is the right word indeed  ;D

and, as expectable, the reciprocal
(nearly by popular demand ;-) )

(https://imgur.com/sDstcSn.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jx8Ojza.jpg)

Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 24, 2020, 01:19:53 PM
That looks so right!!
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 24, 2020, 02:40:00 PM
That looks so right!!

Yes it does.  You have great eye for these many fuselage-wing matches.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 24, 2020, 04:55:51 PM

thanks !


it comes to my mind, and is repeatedly fun  ;)
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on February 25, 2020, 01:38:14 AM
That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 25, 2020, 05:03:04 AM
That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)

That is an inspired combination!

Eric unerringly always picks the right color, at least as  I see it.

Great stuff!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Robomog on February 26, 2020, 01:08:20 AM
That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)

That is an inspired combination!

Eric unerringly always picks the right color, at least as  I see it.

Great stuff!

Brian da Basher

Seconded, absolutely inspired pairing

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on February 26, 2020, 04:33:46 PM
cool.  That freighter with the rotors looks awesome
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2020, 08:01:10 PM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 27, 2020, 04:10:25 AM
Love your chimeras  :-*
Title: Re: Superfreighter & Rotodyne, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2020, 10:29:39 PM

thanks a lot !

Title: Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2020, 10:32:47 PM

some kits come with missiles, big enough to be carrying a pilot, so what if they were manned vehicles after all?

(https://imgur.com/7w59XRP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/HooKsdW.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/dLJWS7S.jpg)

Title: Re: Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 28, 2020, 01:19:36 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 28, 2020, 03:27:22 AM
Beautiful!!  The start of a new air-racing craze.
Title: Re: Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2020, 03:58:23 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Robomog on March 01, 2020, 09:14:13 AM
Beautiful!!  The start of a new air-racing craze.

Absolutely !  slap some numbers on them and get them whizzing around the pylons  ;D ;D

Like these a lot, looking at my spares box and getting some ideas.

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 06, 2020, 08:33:42 PM

two classic small Hasegawa kits

(https://imgur.com/fFUTIaL.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/8lX5oj5.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xWTxL6s.jpg)

and, reciprocally :

(https://imgur.com/sbim4hT.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/h8fO7hr.jpg)

this one is hard to weigh to avoid tail-sitting ...
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 07, 2020, 01:33:02 AM
Well, just added two more projects to my to do list!
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 07, 2020, 03:31:46 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2020, 04:53:50 AM

thanx !  :smiley:

if this inspires you, please go ahead !  ;)
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 07, 2020, 05:03:37 AM
Love your Cessna/Huey! Somehow it makes me think of an MS.760 Paris with 'weight issues'  ;D
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 07, 2020, 09:50:09 AM
Especially like the chopper.  :smiley:    Inspiring to try chopper based kit-bash some day.

I see it too -- MS.760 Paris with 'weight issues'  ;D
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 08, 2020, 02:41:33 AM
Beautiful, both of them!!  The red one makes for a different and attractive Cobra.  The blue one looks like an early iteration on developing the Cessna Model 407A further.
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on March 08, 2020, 07:45:25 AM
The red chopper has Blofeld and Co. lining up asking for a version in black.  ;) :smiley:
Title: Re: Uh-1 & A-37, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2020, 10:30:02 PM
 ;)
Title: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2020, 12:37:34 AM

a simple addition :

(https://imgur.com/gmA6dyH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/rDcQOWR.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/tDB8Mk1.jpg)
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on March 09, 2020, 03:41:51 AM
Brilliant!  8)
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 09, 2020, 03:52:08 AM
That Vulcan AWACS sure is delightful and I've never seen a modeler with a better eye for primary colors.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2020, 03:52:32 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 09, 2020, 10:56:12 AM
That Vulcan AWACS is a treat that looks right.  You've got the colors nicely balanced, too.
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2020, 02:25:05 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 10, 2020, 03:35:04 AM
Oh those poor radar operators crammed into that bomb bay!
Wild and cool!
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 10, 2020, 04:29:44 AM
Concept for repurposing retired Vulcans.  Bet RAF never thought of it.   :smiley:   Time to send them link to this posting.

For long time a lingering kit-bash idea has been to AWACS something, be it EC-121 or E-3 style.   Like the RAF, never would thought of this.
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2020, 11:34:54 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 12, 2020, 12:20:13 AM
Oh those poor radar operators crammed into that bomb bay!
Wild and cool!
No worse that ELINT systems operators crammed into the bomb bay of ERB-47Hs, or the every day cramming on E-2s.
Title: Re: Vulcan & Awacs, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2020, 05:28:13 PM
 ;D
Title: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2020, 05:29:02 PM

so I had these remaining 4 engines from a A380 ...
here I use two of them

(https://imgur.com/VxPM8jb.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/I2JexAH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xHnWPAo.jpg)
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 15, 2020, 05:42:11 PM
Totally brilliant flying wing.  :smiley:  8)  :-*     B-35 kit - right ?
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2020, 07:10:27 PM

thanks !

yes it is the AMT XB35 kit 1/72
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 16, 2020, 01:38:30 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 16, 2020, 03:56:43 AM
That is gorgeous!  :-*
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 16, 2020, 03:59:19 AM
That is gorgeous!  :-*

Indeed makes you wish they'd really built it!

Most excellent, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 16, 2020, 04:24:51 AM

thanks again !

Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on March 16, 2020, 04:57:26 AM
@EricR - Nice!  But I see a missed opportunity to put the pilot station further back (rear bubble) and fill in the original position up front.  A nice modification nonetheless and the engines do not look out of place or undersized on that wing. 
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 16, 2020, 09:18:29 AM
An inspiring inspiration to build more flying wings variants after Experimental Flying Wing Bomber is finished.  Plenty AMT B-35 B-49 kits in stash to do so.

Over wing engines per your fine example. :smiley:  Modification of in wing.  Under wing too.
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 16, 2020, 09:23:29 AM
Gorgeous!!  Looks like an early take on the BWB (Blended Wing-Body) configurations being played with today.
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 16, 2020, 06:56:22 PM
Gorgeous!!  Looks like an early take on the BWB (Blended Wing-Body) configurations being played with today.

I kept thinking I had seen something like that before. A Boeing concept IIRC.
Nice work!
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2020, 06:05:04 AM

thanks a lot !
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 18, 2020, 01:54:53 AM
Something like this perhaps:

(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2020, 03:49:19 AM
 :icon_surprised: :smiley:
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 18, 2020, 05:17:24 AM
Something like this perhaps:

(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

At least for what it made me think of anyway.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 18, 2020, 09:04:16 AM
Something like this perhaps:

(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

At least for what it made me think of anyway.

Brian da Basher

This would be the one!
Title: re : Blue Steel & AGM-86, manned, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2020, 12:03:50 AM

I had to make an add-on here, obviously :
a 1/48 ASMP (from Heller's Mirage IV P)

(https://imgur.com/4jrds7r.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jk4HHSj.jpg)

Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 24, 2020, 07:34:49 AM
That's a cute little critter, there.
Title: Re: XB35 & A380 jets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 24, 2020, 10:07:58 PM
 ;)
Title: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 25, 2020, 10:35:08 PM

a new series :
half of a He111z and a Dart Herald :

(https://imgur.com/cfLU6FB.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/BSTBWQn.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/3cWwwAm.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 26, 2020, 12:51:01 AM
Attractive!  The crew is going to have quite a walk to the cockpit with that ground sit angle.
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2020, 02:35:12 AM
 :D
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 26, 2020, 04:43:18 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 26, 2020, 04:50:19 AM
Looks a little like a cross between this one that I drew ages ago:

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/melbsyd/Casa2111T.jpg)

and this (re the engine placement not the number/type of engines):

(http://hugojunkers.bplaced.net/media/images/ef101-01.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 26, 2020, 06:00:47 AM
GADS....    8)
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2020, 04:02:37 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 27, 2020, 04:32:25 AM
Seems under-powered to me.
 ;D
Seriously though it's incredibly imaginative and somehow has a bit of the preying mantis about it.

I like the blue too.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2020, 07:33:29 PM

I didn't think of the praying mantis aspect, thanks for pointing it out !  ;D

Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 29, 2020, 10:45:49 AM
Very nice! For some reason (beyond the blue scheme), your He 111/Dart Herald says 'high-altitude reconnaissance' to me.  :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & Dart Herald, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 29, 2020, 06:01:22 PM
 ;)
Title: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 29, 2020, 06:46:55 PM

the other side of the He111z, combined with a Dash 8 :

(https://imgur.com/7u4xmm3.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/gglUxFp.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/KpRRJ0r.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 30, 2020, 02:36:43 AM
Okay, your He 111/Dash 8 screams 'high-altitude reconnaissance'  ;D  A true beauty  :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 30, 2020, 02:38:52 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 30, 2020, 09:51:10 AM
Now that one looks quite purposeful; with those wings it also looks "high altitude".  Beautiful!
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 30, 2020, 11:07:25 AM
Yes - high altitude.  Picture as geological mapping with specific instruments for finding likely oil fields.
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 30, 2020, 03:28:39 PM
thanks !  ;)
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on March 31, 2020, 05:27:44 AM
It looks great in red and I think the simple yet effective color schemes serve this wiffer quite well!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: He111 & Dash 8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2020, 06:10:06 PM
 ;)
Title: Dash 8 & Herald & He111 zwilling, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 01, 2020, 10:54:32 PM

and now the third in the series :

exploiting the zwilling potential, with a bit of assymetry

(https://imgur.com/uiCcsBH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ig8KM01.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/pgFDkpG.jpg)
Title: Re: Dash 8 & Herald & He111 zwilling, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 01, 2020, 11:30:21 PM
Beautiful!!  The yellow color really suits it and the casual asymmetry of fuselages is a nice touch of distinctiveness.
Title: Re: Dash 8 & Herald & He111 zwilling, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 02, 2020, 03:18:03 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Dash 8 & Herald & He111 zwilling, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 02, 2020, 08:55:31 AM
Oh, Tophe would love that one (those one?)  ;D
Title: Re: Dash 8 & Herald & He111 zwilling, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 02, 2020, 07:16:37 PM
 ;)
Title: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 05, 2020, 03:32:00 PM

just simply as the title says : Osprey & Herald

(https://imgur.com/bP8KTdC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7rv1l9v.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/6NUwwWs.jpg)
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 05, 2020, 03:47:57 PM
Surprise  :icon_surprised:    Apparently was meant to be.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 05, 2020, 05:59:58 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Brian da Basher on April 06, 2020, 05:28:38 AM
That's some excellent kitbashing and in what I consider your signature yellow too!

Very well done, eric!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 07, 2020, 03:51:22 AM
Speaking as someone with familiarity with the Osprey, all I can say is "Very, very nice."
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 07, 2020, 03:57:53 AM
'Muscular' isn't a word I would normally associate with the Dart Herald but it certainly applies here! Good stuff  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & Herald, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2020, 03:39:39 PM

thanks !

Title: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 07, 2020, 06:07:16 PM

and the reciprocal :

(https://imgur.com/Fp1rDuQ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jZHxVC5.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xR0fliw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7uOCSiZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 08, 2020, 03:26:41 AM
That just looks right. :smiley:
Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on April 08, 2020, 03:58:17 AM
That just looks right. :smiley:

True!  :smiley:
Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 08, 2020, 08:18:40 AM
That just looks right. :smiley:
The man is given to understatement, that looks gloriously right!
Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 08, 2020, 10:00:57 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 09, 2020, 04:11:36 AM
@ericr - That combination of kits really works! 
Title: Re: Herald & Osprey, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2020, 02:19:58 PM
 ;)
Title: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2020, 04:32:28 AM

a bit bigger

(https://imgur.com/BcLndA8.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Fb3JF8p.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/qipIjAS.jpg)


I was looking for large enough cylindrical things to be used as alternatives to a KB29 fuselage ...
Title: Re: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 11, 2020, 04:35:26 AM
Hmmmm...
Title: Re: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 11, 2020, 11:47:07 AM
For when you need serious inflight refuelling capabilities!  ;D
Title: Re: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2020, 03:21:51 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 12, 2020, 12:57:00 PM
For when you need serious inflight refuelling capabilities!  ;D
What he said!!  A different approach to high-capacity inflight refueling capability.
Title: Re: KB29 & tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 12, 2020, 07:55:11 PM
 ;)
Title: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2020, 12:16:55 AM

the Italeri kit is not so expensive, given the size ...

(https://imgur.com/2aGvsfJ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2RNH9ea.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/f01vHjG.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/XKSRxis.jpg)

Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on April 14, 2020, 12:43:37 AM
That’s really cool!
It reminds me of the build I saw that put a B-29 nose on top of a rocket. Very 1950s sci fi.
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 14, 2020, 03:22:50 AM
Alright....    is cool  8)

Have thought generically of XB-70 with "some" alternate nose.  Like how this worked out.  Even if can't do full Mach3 sure it steps out smartly.
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 14, 2020, 03:23:32 AM
Looks cool, but oh, the heat build up in that cockpit... :o
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 14, 2020, 04:03:33 AM
Looks cool, but oh, the heat build up in that cockpit... :o

The fuselage section between the cockpit and gunners' positions is actually one big  extruded aluminum heat sink  ;)
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2020, 03:09:43 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 16, 2020, 01:50:22 AM
Beautiful!!  It has a look of a late-Forties/early-Fifties SF illustration.
Title: Re: KB29 & XB70, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 16, 2020, 02:31:42 AM
 ;D
Title: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 19, 2020, 02:47:46 PM
sometime ago, i was intrigued by a statement that suprisingly the  Matchbox Hunter T7 cockpit fits on the front of the Heller Mirage IVP,
so I found myself a Heller Mirage IVP, which is in 1/48
(hence not fitting the Matchbox 1/72 Hunter, but that will be another story)
and in the same times got a cheap old 1/72 Revell Lancaster

and they surprisingly fit :

(https://imgur.com/Qzkg9Bf.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/8DH8lFg.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/cAwpmsP.jpg)
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 20, 2020, 01:02:40 AM
Truly rakish looks that definitely mean business.
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 20, 2020, 03:23:23 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 20, 2020, 03:46:45 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 20, 2020, 05:57:45 AM
Dang, that is a spiffy combo.  More look at it more seems right in a weird way.  8)

Is Mirage IV in stash - Hmmm

How did you get such excellent blue finish ?
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on April 20, 2020, 06:57:48 AM
Neat!  :smiley:

Wouldn't have guessed the Lanc lent itself so well to a scale-o-rama.  :icon_surprised:
Title: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 21, 2020, 03:43:02 PM

thanks !

and the reciprocal, showing the neat fit even better

(https://imgur.com/xl19BDz.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/1GsOpVp.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/TpbgTGC.jpg)

Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on April 22, 2020, 02:04:12 AM
Wow - that looks both Soviet and straight out of Dan Dare - at the same time!
Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 22, 2020, 04:50:13 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 22, 2020, 06:42:29 AM
Now that you mentioned it.  Do see the Soviet flavor.  Could add red star decals.  :smiley:

Surprising what random kit matches there are that give us new designs to discover/contemplate.
Title: Re: Mirage IV P & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 22, 2020, 11:33:59 PM
How did you get such excellent blue finish ?

by the way, the blue is simply brushed from Humbrol enamel 014

Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: PlasticMasticator on April 22, 2020, 11:58:48 PM
Fantastic pair of models there. Blue Lancage (un fromage tres bon) one of my favourite kitbashes from the last few years...looks aggressive, mosquitoish, superb.
Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 24, 2020, 01:32:54 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 24, 2020, 06:37:53 AM
Wow - that looks both Soviet and straight out of Dan Dare - at the same time!
Indeed!
Title: Re: Lancaster & Mirage IV P, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 24, 2020, 03:27:52 PM
 ;)
Title: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 24, 2020, 05:02:36 PM

another crossing : I like the shape of the Ju188 glass-house

(https://imgur.com/5u661jg.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xe5rD3C.jpg)

and reciprocally :

(https://imgur.com/cmdz4i7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ijMLgKv.jpg)
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on April 24, 2020, 08:12:15 PM
Hustler airframe with Ju 188 cockpit looks great! :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Logan Hartke on April 24, 2020, 09:48:25 PM
Looks like something out of Man in the High Castle.
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 25, 2020, 12:17:33 AM
Quite aesthetically appealing, both of them.
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 25, 2020, 02:10:49 AM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 25, 2020, 04:40:23 AM
I like the Ju188 with the B-58 nose
Title: Re: Ju188 & Hustler, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 26, 2020, 03:09:04 AM
 ;)
Title: Hunter & Mirage IV, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 28, 2020, 02:56:45 PM

one way :

(https://imgur.com/LBb0RnX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/kNhDqTn.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/R17hH9N.jpg)


and the other :

(https://imgur.com/bzble0c.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/uy89scH.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/m2CljEz.jpg)

Title: Re: Hunter & Mirage IV, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 29, 2020, 01:57:26 AM
Beautiful!!  That red one really needs the Hawker P.1083 wings from Freightdog, because it certainly looks capable of going supersonic.
Title: Re: Hunter & Mirage IV, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 29, 2020, 03:53:27 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Hunter & Mirage IV, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 29, 2020, 02:02:42 PM
 ;)
Title: MC72 & Mustang, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 02, 2020, 04:22:56 PM

From an old Tophe idea, using a F-82 Twin-Mustang canopy :


(https://imgur.com/UiUStJy.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/kp7uNyN.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/0gESGI4.jpg)

Title: Re: MC72 & Mustang, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 03, 2020, 02:03:34 AM
Wow! That is seriously cool  :smiley:  You're on a roll  :D
Title: Re: MC72 & Mustang, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 03, 2020, 03:12:59 AM
Wow! That is seriously cool  :smiley:  You're on a roll  :D
What he said.   That looks like a very serious racing plane.
Title: Re: MC72 & Mustang, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 03, 2020, 03:46:15 AM
I am sure Tophe would be pleased to see this.
Title: Re: MC72 & Mustang, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2020, 04:20:35 AM
 ;)
Title: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 04, 2020, 02:16:37 AM

I just had to have a try at the B-47 (old Hasegawa)

(https://imgur.com/byBJNpP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ewflRhw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/n2rIWIO.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/DmO6wR5.jpg)
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 04, 2020, 02:24:35 AM
Nice  :smiley:  Has me thinking high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 04, 2020, 02:25:03 AM
A good approximation of some of the early concepts.  Looks sharp and good in red.
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 04, 2020, 03:16:52 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 04, 2020, 03:52:49 AM
Another  :icon_surprised: super combination. :smiley:     Now I want to build USAF/USN one. 

Great solution to take care of outrigger wheels.  Never made mental C-130 connection that you did.
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 04, 2020, 06:15:15 AM
I have to hand it to you @EricR, you have come up with some surprising combinations that are definitely unique and actually look like they would work in real life.  :smiley:
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 04, 2020, 08:38:31 AM
Fantastic!
Will we see a C-130 with swept wings?
Title: Re: B-47 & C-130, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 04, 2020, 02:34:39 PM

thanks  ;D

I think you guessed my tricks !  ;)

please do build a USAF/USN one if you like : I always think my conceptions could be built with more classical skills
Title: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 05, 2020, 05:44:15 PM

the reciprocal, very expectedly  ;)

(https://imgur.com/7yIeQNK.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/0MoGX2Z.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Dd5DRgT.jpg)

Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 05, 2020, 07:31:41 PM
And that has a definite attractiveness to it.
Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 05, 2020, 11:42:07 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 05, 2020, 11:56:34 PM
Well that does look sleek which for a C-130 is usually not part of any sentence describing it.  It does remind me a bit of the Il-76 Candid, just a little.  Well done sir!
Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 06, 2020, 03:00:48 AM
That looks just right!
Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 06, 2020, 05:23:29 AM
Agree "That looks just right!"   Would not expect so, yet it does.  :smiley:
Title: Re: C-130 & B-47, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2020, 01:51:27 PM
 ;D
Title: Osprey & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 07, 2020, 03:53:34 AM

another Osprey :

(https://imgur.com/0mma0ow.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/hVaX0Z5.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/Qj3JXSf.jpg)

Title: Re: Osprey & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 07, 2020, 08:48:53 AM
Looks like it should go together that way.  A very purposeful cargo hauler out to the front lines.
Title: Re: Osprey & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on May 07, 2020, 11:37:41 PM
Nice!  :-* Really pretty.
Title: Re: Osprey & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 07, 2020, 11:44:16 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Osprey & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 08, 2020, 03:00:02 AM
Looks natural
Title: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 08, 2020, 04:53:16 PM

and the reciprocal is all too real too

(https://imgur.com/jj8l4Yw.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/GVdIXBw.jpg)

especially on top of Italeri's stand :

(https://imgur.com/dRPro5n.jpg)

Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 08, 2020, 07:45:13 PM
That’s wild! Never would have thought of that myself!
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 09, 2020, 02:12:09 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on May 09, 2020, 02:39:21 AM
That's another great wing switch! I think I prefer the look of the Gotha Osprey to the Osprey Gotha; it's more compact.
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 09, 2020, 03:41:16 AM
Looks good
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 09, 2020, 07:33:46 AM
Beautiful!!  Such a compact airframe for compact helicopter decks and compact landing zones.
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 09, 2020, 01:41:56 PM
I like the cockpit framing, it gives it a sci fi look.
Title: Re: Go244 & Osprey, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 09, 2020, 02:02:28 PM
 ;)
Title: Corsair & Spitfire & Twin Mustang, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 10, 2020, 06:07:09 PM

twin fuselages with some asymmetry

(https://imgur.com/ApbegSN.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/XIvkTZi.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/LqbBc8a.jpg)

Title: Re: Corsair & Spitfire & Twin Mustang, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 11, 2020, 02:00:51 AM
@EricR - Now you have me wondering what the remaining parts will be turned in to :smiley:
Title: Re: Corsair & Spitfire & Twin Mustang, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2020, 02:24:18 AM
@EricR - Now you have me wondering what the remaining parts will be turned in to :smiley:

wait and see !  ;D ;D ;D
Title: 1/2 f82 & Corsair, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2020, 05:56:24 PM

here come the spare parts (i) :

(https://imgur.com/IiLtXcW.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/y1gubdt.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/NTQxZBi.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Corsair, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 12, 2020, 01:49:18 AM
That combination of Corsair wings with the Mustang fuselage actually looks really good. 
Title: 1/2 f82 & Spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2020, 02:07:20 AM
 ;)


the other spare parts (ii)

(https://imgur.com/Glas2Ay.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/upYXQSQ.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 12, 2020, 02:15:05 AM
Wow!  Another great combination of "spare parts" = Winning! :smiley:
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 12, 2020, 02:25:31 AM
Beauties, all three of them.
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2020, 04:09:52 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Bristol 138 & Hs126 & Twin Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 13, 2020, 07:34:48 PM

more twin-fuselaged asymmetry

(https://imgur.com/oYPExAr.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/CfLcRpM.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/nKNrMmV.jpg)
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Corsair, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 14, 2020, 04:21:22 AM
That combination of Corsair wings with the Mustang fuselage actually looks really good.

It really does!  :smiley: :smiley:

The Hs 126 component of your assymmetrical twin was also a revelation. Makes for a great low-wing monoplane! It has a bit of a 1930s Fokker vibe to it  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bristol 138 & Hs126 & Twin Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 14, 2020, 03:01:34 PM
 ;D ;D
Title: 1/2 f82 & Bristol 138, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 14, 2020, 03:05:47 PM

and the other way around :

a quite long-winged half Twin Mustang :

(https://imgur.com/Fra805w.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7pBDBWj.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ufeufWc.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/foI8aSu.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Bristol 138, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 14, 2020, 05:06:17 PM
With large wing and fixed gear does not look Mustangy.   Does look high altitude recon or research.  :smiley:
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Bristol 138, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 15, 2020, 01:00:00 AM
So this is where the idea for the U-2 came from! Nice work!
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Bristol 138, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 15, 2020, 01:32:56 AM
Loving these 'half Twin Mustangs'  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: 1/2 f82 & Bristol 138, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2020, 01:47:51 AM
 ;)
Title: parasol-Mustang : 1/2 f82 & Hs126, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2020, 11:06:10 PM

last but not least :

(https://imgur.com/yEvcpyP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/UkQTPts.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/7xUW6hO.jpg)

after having finished it I see potential improvement of course, but the most salient features are visible here

Title: Re: parasol-Mustang : 1/2 f82 & Hs126, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 16, 2020, 03:47:14 AM
Surprisingly looks realistic.  :smiley:
Reminiscent of BdB builds.
Title: Re: parasol-Mustang : 1/2 f82 & Hs126, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 16, 2020, 03:51:00 AM
My favourite so far. :smiley:
Title: Re: parasol-Mustang : 1/2 f82 & Hs126, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 16, 2020, 12:00:47 PM
All very nice, but I loved that last one.  Perhaps the back of the canopy should have been trimmed, fixed in place, and painted over as the faired-in headrest for the open cockpit that would seem more appropriate for the blue aircraft.
Title: Re: parasol-Mustang : 1/2 f82 & Hs126, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 16, 2020, 04:34:07 PM

thanks all

an open cockpit would look in line with the classiccal parasol wing aircraft,
but somehow I liked to keep the F82 frame quite untouched,with the mobile canopy from the original kit.
This keeps part of the contrast between the two ingredients  ;)
Title: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 17, 2020, 08:06:49 PM

with an engine from a Do335, all 1/48

(https://imgur.com/encWksZ.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/88iZx09.jpg)
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 18, 2020, 01:05:45 AM
That looks like a very well-balanced aircraft :smiley:
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 18, 2020, 02:33:52 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 18, 2020, 06:52:15 AM
That looks like a very well-balanced aircraft :smiley:
What the good man said!  That looks very well put together.
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 18, 2020, 08:26:14 AM
I think in the real world that engine would pull the wings off that poor little Rufe! Hey but this is whiff world, nice work!
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 19, 2020, 02:26:24 AM
I think in the real world that engine would pull the wings off that poor little Rufe! Hey but this is whiff world, nice work!

It would be fun to watch given the Pfeil's Daimler-Benz DB 603E-1 engine is some 89% more powerful at takeoff and 56% heavier than the Rufe's Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12 engine.
Title: Re: Rufe tricyle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2020, 01:44:13 PM
 ;)
Title: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2020, 04:17:54 PM

a similar exercise, in 1/72, with a Zero (stash reduction  ;) ) and a spare optional engine from a Ju188

(https://imgur.com/0KbbHBp.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/w0n84qC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/X833Xkk.jpg)

Title: Re: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 19, 2020, 05:37:06 PM
That engine otta pull light weight Zero airframe along smartly.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2020, 09:46:44 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on May 20, 2020, 12:53:54 AM
Congratulations EricR, you have managed once again to bring balance to a tail dragging design.  The nose wheel works very well with this subject.  I wish it were this easy in 1:48th scale.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 20, 2020, 02:43:34 AM
Kind of looks familiar:

(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/ReengineZero.jpeg)
Title: Re: Zero tricyle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2020, 03:02:35 AM

ah right indeed ! trying alternative engines can be a fun game : I have a few radials and others in the spares box :
maybe this can also participate in stash reduction by applying the trick to old kits  ;)
Title: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 27, 2020, 11:51:39 PM

so, the BV222 flying boat with B52 wings was shown there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg171907#msg171907 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg171907#msg171907)

and the reciprocal was an obvious thing to try :
and sometimes those systematic schemes lead to something slightly more strange than expected.
In this case, it looks a bit like an ekranoplan ?

(https://imgur.com/bnGPSXx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/1r391WI.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/kq8jePw.jpg)

Title: Re: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 28, 2020, 03:09:49 AM
Looks good but needs a bunch of turrets... ;)
Title: Re: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 28, 2020, 06:03:38 AM
Hey, another that works in its own way.  :smiley:     Suspect a center of gravity issue.   Yes, turrets would help.
Title: Re: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2020, 02:30:08 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: FAAMAN on May 30, 2020, 07:38:15 AM
That's not too bad and it really does need a lot of gun turrets like an Manga/Anime creation  :smiley: :smiley:  8)
Mind you it really looks like it should've been given the "Rutan" treatment  8) you know wings at the back tailplanes/canards at the front.
Title: Re: B52 & BV222, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 30, 2020, 01:31:31 PM

ah yes the canard configuration could have been better, I can see it now : next time maybe?
(but I have to fetch the two kits first, and cheap  ;) )
Title: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2020, 12:46:20 AM

another relatively big :

one way, a bit sporty :

(https://imgur.com/MAswAbb.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/1tTTL9i.jpg)

and its reciprocal, a bit muscular :

(https://imgur.com/bFiWmCV.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/5rQpN8V.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/pLBCjlm.jpg)
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 05, 2020, 03:22:15 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 05, 2020, 03:35:41 AM
Very nice, both ways.  They look the part well.
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2020, 03:56:40 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 05, 2020, 04:44:41 AM
Very nice! The DC-6 fuselaged one has a real British Aerospace ATP look about it  :smiley: The Transall-fuselage one is more like the early Weserflugzeugbau 4-engined AT 180 study ... yeah, I know, that last one's more than a little obscure   ;D
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2020, 02:10:26 PM
 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 05, 2020, 05:29:56 PM
Sporty & bit muscular they are.  Good eye for two more good swaps.  :smiley:
Title: Re: DC6 & Transall, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2020, 02:23:43 PM
thanks !
Title: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 09, 2020, 02:36:20 PM

and another large couple :


(https://imgur.com/TamHCTD.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/8PVera4.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/GQPmjPT.jpg)

Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 09, 2020, 02:59:16 PM
Great configuration.  Another wanna build "favorite".  Picture it painted WW2 German without swept tail.
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 09, 2020, 11:19:43 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on June 10, 2020, 01:07:11 AM
Such an unusual combination.  Also it works well.
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 10, 2020, 03:17:17 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 10, 2020, 05:19:43 AM
Very nice!  can't wait to see it's opposite number.
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 10, 2020, 11:10:26 AM
Hmmmm.....
I have that fuselage in the stash. Now I need some wings.
Title: Re: Victor & Constellation, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 10, 2020, 02:09:33 PM

thanks !
Title: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 11, 2020, 03:01:40 AM

and, as expected, the reciprocal :

(https://imgur.com/8h5opIG.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/J9cg2FE.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/ogMmxTB.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/x28w1Dx.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/DPHQTEy.jpg)

Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 11, 2020, 03:26:04 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on June 11, 2020, 06:45:19 AM
Hot damn, but that's brilliant!  8) :-* :-*
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 11, 2020, 04:48:08 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on June 12, 2020, 12:43:59 AM
That's beautiful! It's a French Constellation powered by British jets! The first Concorde...
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 12, 2020, 12:54:24 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 12, 2020, 11:41:31 AM
Damn, that's as beautiful as I thought it would be!!
Title: Re: Constellation & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 13, 2020, 12:40:17 AM
 ;)
Title: Thunderjet & Mig-17 & Twin Mustang, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 14, 2020, 06:32:18 PM

one more twin, in the jet age :

(https://imgur.com/yJXMFue.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/lUKa657.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/jSMwlLc.jpg)

Title: 1/2 F-82 & Thunderjet and Mig-17, red and yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2020, 12:34:54 AM

reciprocals here :

(https://imgur.com/lJrDCbF.jpg)


(https://imgur.com/pFcj3a2.jpg)

and there :

(https://imgur.com/V4W0YE7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/wMbj0cF.jpg)

and I just found another F-82 kit for quite cheap ...
Title: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2020, 02:27:09 AM

oh well, I just had to try it out

(https://imgur.com/GisSLjA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/t0zLEdu.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/OqtCRVR.jpg)
Title: Re: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on June 20, 2020, 02:39:08 AM
With some careful modifications you could have had a seaplane with that container ship/707 kit bash.  :smiley:
Title: Re: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 20, 2020, 09:19:23 AM
IF you could put a cockpit in front of the forward-most container, you would have something very similar to the "Flying Flat-bed" concept that Lockheed once pitched.  That combination does look nice.
Title: Re: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2020, 02:34:20 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 21, 2020, 02:02:27 AM
IF you could put a cockpit in front of the forward-most container, you would have something very similar to the "Flying Flat-bed" concept that Lockheed once pitched.  That combination does look nice.

I had a very similar thought:

(https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/GTwiner156/Lockheed-Flatloader_zpsyzvqlav3.jpg)
Title: Re: container cargo and 707, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 22, 2020, 03:23:54 AM
 :o ;)
Title: CantZ506 tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 22, 2020, 03:27:16 AM

just for the looks of it :

(https://imgur.com/DCRVQkP.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/IXiifXV.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/r2c09BL.jpg)

(the landing gear comes from a KB29)
Title: Re: CantZ506 tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 22, 2020, 03:39:39 AM
Red suits it - as it looks fast - maybe just need to add a Ferrari Prancing Horse to the tail:

(https://cache.desktopnexus.com/thumbseg/2144/2144900-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Title: Re: CantZ506 tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on June 22, 2020, 03:40:33 AM
Way cool!  :smiley: Saw someone build a CANT Hairone on another forum a couple of days ago and wondered what it would like without floats.  ;D
Title: Re: CantZ506 tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 22, 2020, 11:29:12 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Baltimore tricycle, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 24, 2020, 04:41:02 AM

another one :

(https://imgur.com/jkzsqjX.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/bnyRiHY.jpg)
Title: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2020, 04:53:13 PM

an animal hybrid : it had been quite a while

I had been thinking of it for a long time, and then finally got the ingredients, and then even later went at it ...

(https://imgur.com/BGRx6u3.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/KkVVFHp.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/JveYm52.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/CI3Bmez.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/xRR3ULn.jpg)

Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on June 26, 2020, 11:10:22 PM
Awesome!  ;D  :)
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 27, 2020, 03:24:38 AM
 :)
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on June 27, 2020, 05:00:11 AM
You need lobster claws to excavate the butter mines! Lobster and butter... tasty!
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 27, 2020, 08:57:40 AM
Awesome!  ;D  :)
What he said.  Both look so appropriate.
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 27, 2020, 02:11:25 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 27, 2020, 02:24:52 PM
Slow to comment  :-[      Past few aircraft and now lobster variants are super.  :)
Like to sorta copy concepts if ever get time to.....
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 28, 2020, 01:50:17 AM

thanks !

Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 28, 2020, 10:27:12 AM
Love the lobster hybrids ... but you Cant Z.506 with tricycle gear is gorgeous!  :-*
Title: Re: lobster & excavator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 28, 2020, 06:25:42 PM
 :D
Title: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2020, 01:40:13 AM

back to aircraft hybrids :

(https://imgur.com/eo4tURC.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/2GUyo9v.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/5h8Wgh5.jpg)

Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 02, 2020, 04:04:49 AM
That's a very nice fit and a striking look.  Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on July 02, 2020, 04:31:30 AM
Very nice! It reminds me of a Fairey Hendon
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on July 02, 2020, 05:07:34 AM
Now THAT, is rather GOOD . . .   :smiley:


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 02, 2020, 08:08:11 AM
Such a fine fuselage-wing match up.  :smiley:    Another one I would like to build as early 30s USAAF.
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on July 02, 2020, 09:59:25 AM
With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!
Maybe someone could write a story to go with it with a part explaining why it’s blue?
Great job and a combo that’s a natural!
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2020, 03:29:55 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on July 02, 2020, 10:34:50 PM
With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!
Maybe someone could write a story to go with it with a part explaining why it’s blue?
Great job and a combo that’s a natural!


Easy . . .




"In the mid 1920s, Vickers signed an agreement with the French firm Wibault, allowing Vickers to use Wibault's metal aircraft assembly techniques.
Not wishing to be left behind, Handley-Page eventually negotiated a similar deal with Junkers, one of the results of this deal being a test aircraft, consisting of a Heyford fuselage, married to Junkers Ju52 wings and undercarriage. As this aircraft was privately funded by the  Handley-Page company, the decision was taken not to paint it in Service colours, but instead a rather fetching shade of blue.
Tests with this aircraft proved remarkably successful, so much so that a production version entered service as the Handley-Page Hemel (Hempstead) . . ."




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2020, 11:06:25 PM

that story sounds quite natural too  ;)
Title: Re: Heyford & Ju52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 03, 2020, 09:48:48 AM
Great stuff! And such a natural-looking combo  :smiley:  Its easy to envision a shortened Heyford fuselage mated to Ju 86 wings too!

With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!

Absolutely!
Title: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2020, 04:00:42 AM

(https://imgur.com/u2NCObA.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/4R9kS0f.jpg)
Title: Re: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 05, 2020, 04:11:46 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 05, 2020, 08:57:46 AM
I like it :smiley:  I can see it as a fast medevac aircraft with a swing-tail  :D
Title: Re: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 05, 2020, 11:40:25 AM
I like it :smiley:  I can see it as a fast medevac aircraft with a swing-tail  :D
I agree.  That concept would make a lot of sense.
Title: Re: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2020, 05:42:37 PM
 ;)

the back doors are below the tail, so could be used as such

Title: Re: BO-105 & CF-100, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on July 06, 2020, 12:49:54 AM
Makes me think of those flying family cars from the 50’s!
Title: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2020, 03:29:09 AM

the rest of the BO105 was used on a piggy-bank

(https://imgur.com/YYohUJ2.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/MPQQwNK.jpg)
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 07, 2020, 05:34:33 AM
Drone bringing your piggybank to you so you can deposit more in it.  Cute!!
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on July 07, 2020, 06:47:07 AM
If you put a coin in the slot do the rotors spin around? >:D  ;D
Just kidding, nice job!
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 07, 2020, 07:04:03 AM
Coin to spin rotors.  That would be a neat deal.  That aside, is nice build.
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 07, 2020, 11:03:02 AM
the rest of the BO105 was used on a piggy-bank

 ;D ;D ;D Love it!
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 08, 2020, 01:53:06 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: pig & BO-105, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 08, 2020, 02:46:18 AM
Cynical view:  you have a helicopter and you better be prepared to keep putting money into it...
Title: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 10, 2020, 12:14:26 AM

a reciprocal : with a glass nose

(https://imgur.com/NVMzYll.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/JEpi5R1.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/DOWZojw.jpg)
Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on July 10, 2020, 12:57:32 AM
That's a weird and awesome combo! The glass nose on the Ju-52 is brilliant - it's given me some ideas.
Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 10, 2020, 02:33:56 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 10, 2020, 02:43:25 AM
Magnifique!!
Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 10, 2020, 02:36:59 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 11, 2020, 04:41:46 AM
That's a weird and awesome combo! The glass nose on the Ju-52 is brilliant ...

It is indeed. Is that an Anson nose?
Title: Re: Ju52 & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 13, 2020, 09:55:55 PM

the nose comes from the spares box  :smiley: but now you mention it, it might be coming from a Special Hobby Anson
Title: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 17, 2020, 04:03:14 AM

the third seat is not very visible, but also under the rear canopy


(https://imgur.com/PUycKHt.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/WQSvyfY.jpg)
Title: Re: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on July 17, 2020, 04:15:34 AM
Soccer Mom has wings!  :smiley:
Title: Re: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 17, 2020, 12:58:05 PM
Very nice, though sliding that rear canopy back with that antenna right behind it could be a spot of a problem.  IIRC, over in the thread in "Ideas and Inspiration" that covers the Mustang, some one posted a picture of a four-seater that used a CF-100 canopy.  That one sounds tempting to model.
Title: Re: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 18, 2020, 05:01:25 PM

ah indeed the antenna would be in the way for sliding : I could remove it,
or alernately maybe it can be seen as a canopy opening on the side ;-)
Title: Re: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 19, 2020, 09:24:03 AM
Borrow inspiration from the F-35 and have the rear canopy hinged at the forward end.
Title: Re: three-seat Mustang, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 20, 2020, 02:48:16 AM

the whiff world is rich in imaginary solutions  ;)
Title: P61 & EC145, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 21, 2020, 03:43:01 AM

before I forget, here is what became of the P61 fuselage ...

(https://i.imgur.com/EubAACN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jc8T6Fn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SbKGy23.jpg)

Title: Re: P61 & EC145, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 21, 2020, 03:47:49 AM
Looks Soviet.
Title: Re: P61 & EC145, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2020, 04:08:48 AM

indeed, like the Mil-14
but the Apache also has two seats
Title: Ford trimotor & feet & hands, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2020, 11:38:23 PM

well ,those hands and feet were tempting, and then I had to find something to do with them

(https://i.imgur.com/xjLQiM7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RofDnYY.jpg)

Title: Re: Ford trimotor & feet & hands, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on July 23, 2020, 02:26:01 AM
Do the hands help in loading the passengers?
Title: Re: Ford trimotor & feet & hands, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 23, 2020, 03:17:42 AM
Has a Monty Python feel to it.
Title: Re: Ford trimotor & feet & hands, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 23, 2020, 05:43:03 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Ford trimotor & feet & hands, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 23, 2020, 11:00:16 AM
Has a Monty Python feel to it.
Agreed!
Title: He111 & Canadair , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 26, 2020, 05:55:58 PM

remainings from the other thread
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg175040#msg175040 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg175040#msg175040)


(https://imgur.com/Y1TEXKv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/F2FWtXU.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 & Canadair , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on July 26, 2020, 11:31:32 PM
Very nice!!  Those bits look made to go together.
Title: Re: He111 & Canadair , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 27, 2020, 03:20:15 AM
A high altitude version perhaps?
Title: Re: He111 & Canadair , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 27, 2020, 03:42:06 AM
A high altitude version perhaps?

Yep, must be !
Title: Re: He111 & Canadair , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 27, 2020, 03:40:59 PM
 ;D
Title: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 05, 2020, 07:17:56 PM

the front engine room for the engine is transformed into a loading door

(https://i.imgur.com/oGGcq8a.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/44kU5lb.jpg)

Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on August 05, 2020, 09:03:29 PM
Oh, that's a very nice and plausible model.
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on August 05, 2020, 09:07:33 PM
It works but it is strange in appearance.  :smiley:
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on August 05, 2020, 11:41:40 PM
It reminds me of an  Anomalocaris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris)
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 06, 2020, 01:01:00 AM

strange is beautiful (sometimes)  ;)
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 06, 2020, 02:17:42 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 06, 2020, 02:41:03 AM
Innovative, I like it.  Inspiring to do same in regular service colors.  :smiley:
Title: Re: UH-19 & Ta154 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on August 06, 2020, 05:03:00 AM
Very clever. Makes me think of old freighters with long-load capabilities ... like the Fleet 50K.

It reminds me of an  Anomalocaris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris)

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Valkyrie XB-70 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 08, 2020, 05:28:01 PM

another case of whiffing causing a problem of nose-sitting
(I had to put weight in the rear to avoid it)

(https://i.imgur.com/unPAfUE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5HNKQFN.jpg)

Title: Re: Valkyrie XB-70 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on August 09, 2020, 11:46:01 AM
Beautiful!!  IMHO, it looks like something that was put together as a moving stage for a movie production.  I'm thinking a b-70 or Concorde nose and cockpit on a Lockheed Constellation would look good for that role, too.
Title: Re: Valkyrie XB-70 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 09, 2020, 03:44:11 PM
Does appear just a bit nose heavy.   Quandary is add rear ballast or install nose gear.  Inspires doing similar builds.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Valkyrie XB-70 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 09, 2020, 03:58:11 PM
 ;)

a Constellation mix would have been nice indeed !

please feel free to be inspired  ;D

Title: Sabre & Spitfire (1/144) & maple leaf, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2020, 03:05:21 AM

a leafy whiff series

(https://imgur.com/k4VXWS7.jpg)

(https://imgur.com/903mPcX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XbZla5h.jpg)

Title: CF-100 & maple syrup leaf bottle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 24, 2020, 07:09:25 PM

in this continuing vein, this was tempting, and I had this remaining CF-100 cockpit

(https://i.imgur.com/k7nU7MG.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/c1yYqH0.jpg)

Title: Re: CF-100 & maple syrup leaf bottle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on August 25, 2020, 03:56:54 AM
That is fantastic ... in all senses of the word  ;D

Might be a little too aerodynamic to be truly CF-100 related but it looks fabulous ... especially in plan view  :-*
Title: Re: CF-100 & maple syrup leaf bottle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 27, 2020, 04:29:41 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: Javelin, Spitfire (1/144) & ginkgo leaf, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 01, 2020, 02:42:14 PM

more leafy material
(ginkgo biloba, printed 2 sides)

(https://i.imgur.com/YjFPGck.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8d8m3vn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/o9WNXQq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KnCDE4B.jpg)
Title: Re: Javelin, Spitfire (1/144) & ginkgo leaf, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 01, 2020, 11:46:58 PM
Beautiful!!  Javelin looks sleeker than stock!
Title: Re: Javelin, Spitfire (1/144) & ginkgo leaf, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 02, 2020, 11:32:35 PM
 ;)
Title: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 05, 2020, 03:25:07 PM

how about this delicate use of Javelin wings ?
look a bit ekranoplan-like ...

(https://i.imgur.com/A2ZFFJh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Upvdcol.jpg)
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 06, 2020, 01:23:37 AM
Very Ekranoplane like; I could see that for cargo deliveries where no other means of delivery exists.
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 06, 2020, 02:41:13 AM
Maybe alternate to this:

(https://i.redd.it/omytkv8a0x931.jpg)
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 06, 2020, 04:03:45 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 06, 2020, 04:24:05 AM
Kinda krazy  ;D     Do like it anyway  :smiley:
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 06, 2020, 11:19:13 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 07, 2020, 06:02:28 AM
Nice! The best possible use of the 'Dragmaster' wing!  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Colt & Javelin, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 08, 2020, 08:07:09 PM
 ;)
Title: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2020, 06:30:09 PM

simply red

(https://i.imgur.com/6Z4ttdt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/n4lWjkk.jpg)

Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 09, 2020, 09:18:33 PM
Beautiful!!  Looks great for skywriting.
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2020, 12:55:20 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 10, 2020, 02:03:15 AM
Beautiful!!  Looks great for skywriting.

The door is that way... :-\
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 10, 2020, 08:40:06 AM
simply red

Simply wonderful! And hilarious  ;D
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2020, 02:57:46 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 10, 2020, 09:02:28 PM
Beautiful!!  Looks great for skywriting.

The door is that way... :-\
You're just jealous that you didn't post that one first.
Title: A380 engine & GoogleApps logo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2020, 01:28:39 AM

did you notice this logo some years ago ?

(https://cms-assets.tutsplus.com/uploads/users/448/posts/22134/preview_image/preview%20image.JPG)

I had a try at making it in plastic, with a spare A380 engine, and little bits from the scrap box

(https://i.imgur.com/wYoPjih.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QKUCjvn.jpg)
Title: Re: A380 engine & GoogleApps logo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 14, 2020, 02:35:30 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: A380 engine & GoogleApps logo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Buzzbomb on September 14, 2020, 08:49:25 AM
Like it
Title: Re: DC10 & large pencil, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 14, 2020, 09:28:49 AM
Beautiful!!  Looks great for skywriting.

The door is that way... :-\
You're just jealous that you didn't post that one first.

But of course is for "skywriting".   Jealous I did not realize it either Greg !
Title: Re: A380 engine & GoogleApps logo, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 14, 2020, 03:18:48 PM
 ;)
Title: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 15, 2020, 07:36:54 PM

more chimeras :

(https://i.imgur.com/4LZenru.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cENUvbJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8ezI4X9.jpg)
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on September 15, 2020, 11:02:34 PM
Nice . . .   :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 16, 2020, 01:42:16 AM

indeed ! thanks for the reference
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 16, 2020, 01:59:25 AM
Nice . . .   :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)
What he said,  Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 16, 2020, 09:14:46 AM
Very nice  :smiley:

What he said,  Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.

Yes, a swept-winged, jet powered Friendship sounds very tasty  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 16, 2020, 10:43:02 PM

 ;)

wait and see
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 17, 2020, 06:21:16 AM
Nice . . .   :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)
What he said,  Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.
What they said sums it up.  :smiley:
Inspiring for when get back to model building.  Swamped in 1/1 kit right now.
Title: Re: Skywarrior & Fokker F27, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 17, 2020, 02:57:55 PM
 ;)
Title: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 19, 2020, 12:15:47 AM

by general expectation, the reciprocal, indeed in red :

(https://i.imgur.com/3gxM65U.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Wqtc8kk.jpg)
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on September 19, 2020, 02:34:58 AM
Now that, looks like THIS :-


https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-m-185f.883/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-m-185f.883/)


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 19, 2020, 02:48:28 AM
Such a deal works surprisingly well.  :smiley:  Looks good for 500+ MPH regional jet.  Yet another wanna build.
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 19, 2020, 03:11:12 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on September 19, 2020, 03:45:13 AM
It looks great! A fine regional jet for areas that lack good local service.
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 19, 2020, 12:11:23 PM
Very cool! It looks like it might have variable-incidence wings (à la the Blohm & Voss Bv 144).  :smiley:
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 19, 2020, 02:19:10 PM
 ;D

thanks for the references
Fairchild M-185F looks like a close cousin indeed
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 21, 2020, 10:17:54 AM
Beautiful!!  Looks every bit as good as I expected it to.
Title: Re: Fokker F27 & Skywarrior, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 22, 2020, 06:53:07 PM

thanks !
Title: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 22, 2020, 06:57:49 PM

looks a bit sturdy ...


(https://i.imgur.com/fRN8yKp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uSGf31Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bVPI3Oq.jpg)

Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 23, 2020, 01:58:06 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: jcf on September 23, 2020, 02:42:28 AM
It's like a twin-boom big brother for the An-14.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/An-14_%28СССР-81550%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2020, 03:14:34 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 23, 2020, 05:50:36 AM
Beautiful!!  I'd argue that it resembles a piston-powered, twin-boom cousin of the AN-28, presumably for locales where getting piston engines serviced is easlier than getting turboprops serviced.
Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on September 23, 2020, 07:55:24 AM
If by "sturdy" you mean fantastic, I agree. Where are the rear clamshell doors from? Just the MI-17's rear fuselage?
Title: Re: Mi-17 & Go244, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 24, 2020, 01:34:55 AM

thanks

and yes, the doors are from the fuselage, as seen there (I just simplified a bit) :

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Election_ballots_in_helicopter.jpg/1024px-Election_ballots_in_helicopter.jpg)
Title: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 28, 2020, 07:33:24 PM

with wings & tail & canopy & engine from various origins ...

(https://i.imgur.com/8mb8HiP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0zoDysZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dfDUA0p.jpg)
Title: Re: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on September 29, 2020, 02:44:12 AM
Now that's cute!
Title: Re: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 29, 2020, 05:28:51 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 01, 2020, 05:02:16 AM
Now that's cute!

I'll say! And I can almost imagine it as a twin-engined, push-pull prop!  :smiley:
Title: Re: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 01, 2020, 11:19:31 PM
Now that's cute!

I'll say! And I can almost imagine it as a twin-engined, push-pull prop!  :smiley:

aha ! I hadn't thought of that : maybe anothe plastic egg will be used ...  ;)

Title: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2020, 12:41:09 AM

changing the number of engines ...


(https://i.imgur.com/HGsnlKl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/izOaMn9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lQneXGa.jpg)

Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 02, 2020, 01:07:36 AM
Looks so much like is not a kit-bash.   Prefect combo  :smiley:
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 02, 2020, 01:19:33 AM
Beautiful!!  Looks like it should exist (though I suspect riding in it would be noisy with the prop tips passing so close to the fuselage).
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on October 02, 2020, 05:27:40 AM
Neat!  :smiley: Looks quite plausible.
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2020, 05:55:10 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: home-made egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 02, 2020, 09:14:58 AM
aha ! I hadn't thought of that : maybe anothe plastic egg will be used ...  ;)

Or you could just cheat with Photoshop  ;)

I present the rarely-photographed E.G.G. Mk.II - a twin-engined, push-pull derivative. (Note the variable-incident tailplane introduced on the Mk.II.)

Your Neptune-Privateer is flippin' brilliant by the way  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2020, 02:20:03 PM
 :smiley: ;D
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 02, 2020, 11:45:56 PM
It’s amazing how well those Neptune wings fit the Privateer fuselage! Great job!
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 03, 2020, 12:06:38 PM
It’s amazing how well those Neptune wings fit the Privateer fuselage! Great job!

Totally agree.....
Title: Re: Privateer & Neptune, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 04, 2020, 03:26:32 AM

thanks
Title: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2020, 03:17:52 AM
and the, maybe all-too-expectedly, reciprocal

(https://i.imgur.com/yz9BVwE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kUPLrKS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YZp4jzx.jpg)

Title: Re: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 05, 2020, 03:22:42 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 05, 2020, 05:17:36 AM
Now, that's a gorgeous design that looks "right"!
Title: Re: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2020, 02:08:40 PM

thanks !

Title: Re: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 05, 2020, 07:17:04 PM
Neptune & Privateer combos are extra inspiring for more of my wanna builds.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Neptune & Privateer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2020, 03:28:01 AM
 ;)
Title: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 08, 2020, 05:50:55 PM


(https://i.imgur.com/AR5l9d8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FFvtsap.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1pIBsBZ.jpg)

Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 09, 2020, 01:23:17 AM
With those turboprop engines this aircraft would have an amazing top speed!
Well done!
Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 09, 2020, 01:41:02 AM
Wanna build one  :-*      Adds 100+ MPH.

SEA colors or all black or ?
Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 09, 2020, 03:25:44 AM
Beautiful!!  That looks far better than the RL turboprop versions Russia and China have done.
Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 09, 2020, 03:32:34 AM
Comparison:

Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2020, 03:39:40 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 09, 2020, 04:56:44 AM
The B-29/Electra/Orion combination looks very convincing.  Same can be said for the Neptune/Liberator combination.  Very good kit bashing all around!
Title: Re: RB50G & Orion, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2020, 09:35:09 PM

thanks !
Title: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2020, 05:22:16 AM

the Orion fuselage received Stirling wings ...


(https://i.imgur.com/DQhr1ay.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/aWzV4xa.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mnrU0cx.jpg)

Title: Re: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 11, 2020, 05:28:37 AM
Unusual in that don't see Stirling OOB or kit-bash builds.   Looking quite natural.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 11, 2020, 11:11:12 AM
Another no-fuss kit bash. :smiley:
Title: Re: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 11, 2020, 12:27:26 PM
Very nice, looks very good and "together".  So, will we see a Stirling with a Superfortress wing, then?  Given your tastes, I'd wager it will be in blue.
Title: Re: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2020, 04:17:00 PM

 ;)

So, will we see a Stirling with a Superfortress wing, then?  Given your tastes, I'd wager it will be in blue.

this time I try to be a little less predictable ...
Title: Re: Orion & Stirling, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 11, 2020, 04:24:16 PM
Stirling being larger of RAF bombers is logical choice for B-29 wing.   Tricycle gear or tail dragger ?
Title: Stirling & Sunderland, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 13, 2020, 05:47:35 PM



providing for slightly longer wings,

but even less spectacular than the previous one
(but then maybe it makes it more tricky to detect?)



(https://i.imgur.com/Ay4nT7G.jpg)

so I added a few bananas (miniature, plastic) to spice it up, using the tractor in the kit

(https://i.imgur.com/M1Xz561.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/UVsEaRC.jpg)


Title: Re: Stirling & Sunderland, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 15, 2020, 01:37:50 AM

a follow-up, concerning a seaplane, is there :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg177924#new (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg177924#new)
Title: lancaster & BR41, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2020, 03:55:36 AM

some steam for the week-end


(https://i.imgur.com/7MvrtxM.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qi8HK53.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nRKy4I2.jpg)

Title: Re: lancaster & BR41, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 17, 2020, 11:17:57 AM
Definitely something different by way of a streamlined steam locomotive.  I could see that "cab-forward" configuration working anywhere there were a lot of mountains to tunnel through.
Title: Re: lancaster & BR41, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2020, 02:41:48 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2020, 03:56:38 PM

reciprocity being of significant importance, in general and here in particular :

(https://i.imgur.com/ioOdO5o.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zTr50Af.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lVVlUIn.jpg)

Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 18, 2020, 06:22:41 PM
Payload,,,  what payload ?   Just manage to somehow fly.  ;D
Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2020, 12:08:28 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on October 19, 2020, 12:18:56 AM
Steam-driven supercharger for all four engines?  It looks like one of those odd experiments tried when all options are being explored.
Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2020, 02:53:12 AM

I like the idea of exploring options off the beaten track  ;)
Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 19, 2020, 03:24:29 AM
Of course  ---  Has steam driven superchargers, should have realized.   Is obvious now.  ;)
Title: Re: BR41 & lancaster, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2020, 08:21:17 PM
 ;)
Title: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 02, 2020, 01:51:50 AM

trying out a few tricycle biplanes, to see how it would look like

(https://i.imgur.com/MQ4wXaS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pYjPC9W.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4ven36a.jpg)

Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 02, 2020, 02:38:21 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 02, 2020, 09:53:09 AM
Very nice!!
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on November 02, 2020, 01:39:33 PM
Very intimidating set of spats on the main gear !!!!!!
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 02, 2020, 05:28:13 PM
Tricycle biplanes is another different twist on models.   Good start.   Interesting to see what follows.

Don't recall a RW one.    Maybe a couple I missed.
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 03, 2020, 04:26:02 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on November 09, 2020, 01:04:46 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/32/5e/f7325efa823d31c6a00c7bc8b55229db.gif)
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: andonio64 on November 09, 2020, 01:05:54 AM
Eric you're such a prolific builder! Where do you store all those models???
 :o
Title: Re: Seagull tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 10, 2020, 03:39:47 PM

I store them delicately piled up in big cardboard boxes, not very safe fior them but that is life  ;)
Title: He-115 tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 14, 2020, 04:03:57 AM

a slight change of looks

(https://imgur.com/2ZFC87a.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/LZpJKcd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mEtlAiG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uTlLyfE.jpg)
Title: Re: He-115 tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 14, 2020, 04:59:50 AM
That does look good.
Title: Re: He-115 tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on November 14, 2020, 05:47:03 AM
Yup, I always thought the He115 would make a good landplane . . .


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: He-115 tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 14, 2020, 05:05:50 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: He-115 tricycle, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 15, 2020, 02:43:17 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Curtiss racer tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 18, 2020, 07:30:23 PM

another biplane tricycle ...

(https://i.imgur.com/Ydo2Iqn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/G15i1Mw.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0dNTiLy.jpg)
Title: Re: Curtiss racer tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on November 19, 2020, 03:11:09 AM
That is a beautiful plane! Although you should put a NSFW warning about plane porn!
Title: Re: Curtiss racer tricycle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 19, 2020, 08:40:05 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Cobra & FW 189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 23, 2020, 09:41:54 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/eLK1ndE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/G9Dmo0P.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7fxIOon.jpg)

Title: Re: Cobra & FW 189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 23, 2020, 09:44:21 PM
Yet another that looks so right!
Title: Re: Cobra & FW 189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 24, 2020, 01:55:24 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Cobra & FW 189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on November 24, 2020, 08:01:39 AM
Yet another that looks so right!

Wot Evan said!  :smiley:
Title: Re: Cobra & FW 189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 24, 2020, 03:13:18 PM
 ;)
Title: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 25, 2020, 04:22:19 AM
here we go for a direct reciprocal (a bit sketchy, but there it stand) :

(https://i.imgur.com/NHWzstI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PzwLKHF.jpg)

Title: Re: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on November 25, 2020, 07:23:06 AM
Looks like a great observation helicopter, somewhat reminiscent of the original Bell Model 206 prototype that lost to the OH-6.
Title: Re: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 26, 2020, 12:00:31 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on November 26, 2020, 05:47:35 AM
Both are really cool!
Title: Re: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 26, 2020, 01:14:39 PM
Another excellent combo.  Works so well.  :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189 & Cobra, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 26, 2020, 07:43:06 PM

thanks !
Title: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 02, 2020, 07:15:32 PM

 half a F-82 (a bit larger than a Mustang)
with a tad longer wings (from a Hotspur glider)

(https://i.imgur.com/ynDDNbY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/L2fNZPN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9p412DU.jpg)
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on December 02, 2020, 08:26:58 PM
Excellent!  A good pairing of wings and fuselage make for a great looking what-if.
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 03, 2020, 01:54:45 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 03, 2020, 01:58:34 PM
A most aesthetic blend of features that definitely looks "right".
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 03, 2020, 04:44:36 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 04, 2020, 09:22:10 AM
We need an "Eric-that-is-brilliant-and-totally-believable" macro button!
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82 & Hotspur, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 04, 2020, 04:54:33 PM

thanks a lot !

believability / plausibility is a kind of spice in these exercises  ;)
Title: 1/2 F-82, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 05, 2020, 02:37:01 AM

well, just a single fuselage with two wings ...

(https://i.imgur.com/WuSjfpL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bBoGaLZ.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/2 F-82, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 05, 2020, 08:18:22 AM
Very nice, it looks like a stock P-51H until you realized that the wheel well doors are farther outboard than normal.  Beautiful job!!
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 05, 2020, 11:37:19 AM
He-115 Tricycle is dang good conversion - neato  :smiley:

1/2 F-82 makes me think Luft '46 high altitude Mustang. Came together well.  :smiley:
Title: Re: 1/2 F-82, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 05, 2020, 04:08:17 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Do335 & Hotspur (& F-82), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2020, 05:17:01 AM

a hint at a backstory ? how about :
a school picnic, a couple of teachers on one side, pupils on the other, and food & drinks in the central trunk & pod
with a radar to detect hot spots

(https://i.imgur.com/6qexCkE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZLzRDjh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/O1jGPNS.jpg)

Title: Re: Do335 & Hotspur (& F-82), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 11, 2020, 08:06:23 AM
Now that is an attractive asymmetry.  Very nice!!
Title: Re: Do335 & Hotspur (& F-82), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 11, 2020, 07:35:43 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2020, 01:40:57 AM

just for fun

(well, as always)


(https://i.imgur.com/xruf3w7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wY5MTV9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JylckNa.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gkqpU6c.jpg)
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 24, 2020, 01:57:39 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 24, 2020, 04:49:57 AM
Way different approach on Go244.   Works so well  8)
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2020, 05:08:53 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on December 24, 2020, 12:30:19 PM
Oh, that works beautifully.  I can imagine several different expeditions using such a vehicle, particularly in the arctic and antarctic regions where that yellow would stand out.
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2020, 10:38:42 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 26, 2020, 08:07:36 AM
Nice! And here was me was trying to figure out how you were going create a fabric-covered space shuttle  :o
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 26, 2020, 06:34:38 PM

 ;D nice idea ! I could have done that, I keep it for later maybe  ;)
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on December 27, 2020, 06:25:30 AM
just for fun

(well, as always)

Interesting combination EricR, so is it an Arctic/Antarctic type mission or is it for interplanetary exploration.  It looks right for both applications where it is cold, barren, open terrain. 
Title: Re: Go244 & Challenger, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 27, 2020, 07:34:56 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: U-2 (1/48) & Bell X-1 (1/32) , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 03, 2021, 01:19:43 AM

the U2 from which the wings are on the Sunderland there
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180237#msg180237 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180237#msg180237)

(https://i.imgur.com/QphCPKr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FCHFoCv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/k5wGz7U.jpg)

Title: Re: U-2 (1/48) & Bell X-1 (1/32) , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 03, 2021, 01:44:06 AM
Channeling some Lockheed CL-400 Suntan there by the looks.
Title: Re: U-2 (1/48) & Bell X-1 (1/32) , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 03, 2021, 12:29:34 PM
Channeling some Lockheed CL-400 Suntan there by the looks.
Also looks to channel the French Trident in some aspects.
Title: Re: U-2 (1/48) & Bell X-1 (1/32) , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 04, 2021, 12:22:14 AM

thanks !

I thought about the Trident indeed ;-)
and didn't know about the Lockheed CL-400 Suntan thanks for the reference !

Title: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 07, 2021, 11:37:34 PM

remainings of the day ...

(https://i.imgur.com/IUdC0dg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6G56XPL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xY2nSan.jpg)

Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 08, 2021, 05:42:04 AM
Aesthetically appealing.
Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 08, 2021, 12:31:32 PM
Another excellent combo wish I thought of and built.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 08, 2021, 03:34:41 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 09, 2021, 08:16:47 AM
Another winner ... and a very compelling side profile  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2021, 03:33:08 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Osprey & Mi-17 & Skytrain , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2021, 03:43:13 AM

the wings of the Osprey went there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538)
Title: Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 14, 2021, 12:36:13 AM

the wings from the Mariner there
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538)
came here (with the help of the tail of an Osprey, and landing gear from a SR-71) :

(https://i.imgur.com/aFrOWlp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Vcqmoha.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/l7Uxx2a.jpg)
Title: Re: Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 14, 2021, 03:03:52 AM
A different look, but an attractive one.  those wingtips look low enough that they could "kiss" the ground on a hard landing.  Looks to be a definite candidate for turboprops.
Title: Re: Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 14, 2021, 11:57:54 AM
That looks like something out of Thunderbirds or anime! Awesome!
Title: Re: Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 14, 2021, 07:10:04 PM
 ;D
Title: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 20, 2021, 04:01:00 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/ksa2AQ8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/t2VE2tI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EUsRaEb.jpg)

the old Revell kit has a radar in the nose

(https://i.imgur.com/gu7yMws.jpg)
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 20, 2021, 04:43:19 AM
Best kit bash ever! :smiley:
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on January 20, 2021, 05:20:37 AM
Oh, yeah!!  That's a really outstanding combination.
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on January 20, 2021, 06:00:39 AM
Me Likey !   :smiley:


Reminds me a lot of the A-11 precursor design to the Blackbird . . .


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 20, 2021, 07:36:06 AM
Best kit bash ever! :smiley:

I 2nd this!
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 20, 2021, 07:30:12 PM

thanks !  ;D
Title: Re: Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on January 21, 2021, 05:53:59 AM

the wings from the Mariner there
[url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538[/url] ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538[/url])
([url]https://i.imgur.com/aFrOWlp.jpg[/url])


That looks like something straight from a comic or superhero film.  :smiley: Way cool!
Title: Re: SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 24, 2021, 04:48:02 AM
 ;D
Title: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2021, 02:26:56 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/vMFqiHV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4TZiPM3.jpg)
Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 31, 2021, 03:10:18 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 31, 2021, 03:46:35 AM
Well that is a very unexpected combination of craft.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2021, 02:55:34 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: kengeorge on February 01, 2021, 11:45:50 PM
Pop an engine and prop on the back and turn it into a skimmer. Everglades houseboat?
Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2021, 01:35:34 AM

oh, nice idea indeed ! I might try it out

Title: Re: Go244 & UDT dinghy , blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 02, 2021, 12:54:57 PM
Pop an engine and prop on the back and turn it into a skimmer. Everglades houseboat?
Oh, I like that idea.  Needs to be a shrouded prop to reduce the chance of accidents with this little beauty.
Title: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2021, 07:10:40 PM


a trimotor Do-27

(1/32, with 1/72 Catalina wings)

(https://i.imgur.com/oipr2Vs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6507JgZ.jpg)

Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 03, 2021, 01:48:41 AM
The natural progression of the Do-27 design from the Do-227 with two engines to the Do-327 with three engines...  :smiley: 

Another great wing and fuselage match that no one would have expected!
Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 03, 2021, 09:17:33 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 04, 2021, 06:46:49 AM
Beautiful!!  It cries out to be finished in Italian registration.
Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 04, 2021, 08:59:32 PM

because of the trimotor  ;D
Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 04, 2021, 10:11:02 PM

because of the trimotor  ;D
Precisely!!
Title: Re: Do-27 & Catalina , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 05, 2021, 03:47:33 PM
 ;)
Title: He111 z/2 & Do-27 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 09, 2021, 01:57:36 AM

and here go the Do-27 wings (with Go244 engines)

(https://i.imgur.com/vTEyQPz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/boJScvJ.jpg)
Title: Re: He111 z/2 & Do-27 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 09, 2021, 02:01:02 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He111 z/2 & Do-27 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 09, 2021, 07:57:23 AM
Very clean.  Obviously a high-altitude variant.
Title: Re: He111 z/2 & Do-27 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2021, 05:02:00 AM
 ;)
Title: Belvedere & SR-71 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2021, 01:22:14 AM

if you remember the Hustler & SR71 above in this thread :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180786#msg180786 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180786#msg180786)

here is where its wings went :

(https://i.imgur.com/dqqjhvy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FjOLiyl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/awehk7w.jpg)

Title: Re: Belvedere & SR-71 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 11, 2021, 01:44:09 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Belvedere & SR-71 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 11, 2021, 02:48:10 AM
My, that's snub-nosed little beauty.  Very nicely done!
Title: Re: Belvedere & SR-71 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2021, 04:24:55 PM
 ;D
Title: truck & Belvedere , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 13, 2021, 03:58:44 AM


(https://i.imgur.com/xsT5VAe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/71wr0So.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/n5bZcM6.jpg)

Title: Re: truck & Belvedere , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 13, 2021, 12:55:59 PM
Perfect for getting around jammed road conditions; I suspect some drivers wished for that with the 200-vehicle chain pile-up we had here on Thursday, 11 Feb,  Fortunately, not in an area I needed to traverse to get to work.
Title: Re: truck & Belvedere , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2021, 01:27:37 AM
 ;)
Title: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2021, 04:45:45 AM


if you remember the wings of an X-1 used there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180320#msg180320 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180320#msg180320)

here is its fuselage :

(https://i.imgur.com/pFkPGyC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XEuioF5.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LOKgq00.jpg)


Title: Re: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 19, 2021, 09:50:37 AM
Lovely combo!  The X-1 looks great as a tailed delta  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 20, 2021, 01:42:48 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 20, 2021, 03:41:56 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 20, 2021, 04:56:14 AM
That looks so right!!
Title: Re: Bell X-1 (1/32) & Mirage IV, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 20, 2021, 09:15:27 PM
 ;)
Title: Mirage IV & Tornado, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2021, 01:05:50 AM

one more step in the chain :

(https://i.imgur.com/YXUBZL9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WOJQjMF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/d5t3Fmk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oSNeGse.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Dice813.jpg)

Title: Re: Mirage IV & Tornado, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 23, 2021, 06:12:02 AM
Oh, yeah!!  That should have a good low altitude ride.
Title: Re: Mirage IV & Tornado, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 24, 2021, 01:39:04 AM
A stepping stone towards the Mirage G perhaps?
Title: Re: Mirage IV & Tornado, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 24, 2021, 04:55:45 AM
 ;)
Title: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2021, 04:31:52 AM

and the end of this quite long chain
(at the other end there is the He111 with Do27 wings)

(https://i.imgur.com/qhH1RVH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cyFg37r.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mlLKyFj.jpg)

Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on February 25, 2021, 05:39:28 AM
Ooh, me likey dat, lots . . .   :D
Tornado-mystic? MRCAystic?


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 25, 2021, 08:18:56 AM
Yep, definitely a high-altitude recce vibe there  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 25, 2021, 03:28:36 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 26, 2021, 01:33:43 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on February 26, 2021, 02:26:22 AM
Yep, definitely a high-altitude recce vibe there  :smiley: :smiley:
+1  It definitely has that look to it, though I worry about the horizontal tail being too close to the exhaust streams.
Title: Shinkai & Mi-17, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2021, 04:19:37 AM


submarine & helicopter, with robot arms


(https://i.imgur.com/qUHnlFr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WJ0BYeH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8x7AXFK.jpg)


Title: Re: Shinkai & Mi-17, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on February 28, 2021, 05:47:08 AM
That is just so right . . .   ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Shinkai & Mi-17, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2021, 08:03:35 PM
 ;)
Title: parasol Duck, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2021, 02:10:29 AM

a monoplane (and floatless) variant
(kind of one wing biplane ;-) )

(https://i.imgur.com/BBVAByg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/iX9trrD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OFCKAkw.jpg)

the floats were used elsewhere in my seaplanes thread

Title: Re: parasol Duck, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 04, 2021, 02:12:34 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: parasol Duck, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on March 04, 2021, 02:31:17 AM
Now that's good . . . looks a bit Brewster-ish . . .   :smiley:


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: parasol Duck, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 04, 2021, 06:54:21 AM
Very nice, and with an appropriately worn appearance.
Title: Re: parasol Duck, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2021, 11:58:15 PM
 thanks ;)
Title: observation Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 05, 2021, 07:29:19 PM

with all those half ducks lying round, here is another wheeled variation, with a belly window from a Cant506 (I think) :

(https://i.imgur.com/b5gEJZx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JO835pQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Maqzn9D.jpg)
Title: Re: observation Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on March 05, 2021, 07:42:11 PM
And this one's even better (even if it has two sets of wings . . .  ;D ) !!!
(Goes online to find cheap Airfix Duck kit . . . )
cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: observation Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 06, 2021, 01:32:34 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: observation Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 06, 2021, 04:26:56 AM

 ;)

(Goes online to find cheap Airfix Duck kit . . . )

it can be found, but not so cheap mostly ...

Title: parasol observation Duck, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 06, 2021, 05:05:04 PM

a third one in the series, because there was one color missing :

combining both parasol and observation post (a bit less visible, though)

(https://i.imgur.com/2O1BFA7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sbAyrdt.jpg)


I still have a few floatless ducks around, I might try a tricycle gear
Title: Re: parasol observation Duck, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 07, 2021, 01:21:37 AM
Need a group photo
Title: Re: parasol observation Duck, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 07, 2021, 01:06:35 PM
Need a group photo
What he said.  All three are beautiful and quite plausible, but I especially like the blue one.
Title: Re: parasol observation Duck, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2021, 03:19:28 AM

 ;)

I'll try to do that soon

Title: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2021, 03:32:24 AM


(https://i.imgur.com/YTQamWt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NtmzbFx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rLX6og0.jpg)

with tanker stuff from a Victor

Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 08, 2021, 12:01:37 PM
that does look the part, though ISTR that Russian refueling pods are rather less aesthetic than those.  Still, it's a plausible role, especially as Su-24s get replaced in their primary roles by Su-34s.
Title: Re: Tornado & Go242, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 08, 2021, 02:06:12 PM
 AAH,,, makes perfect sense - Yes ?
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2021, 02:26:10 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on March 09, 2021, 02:32:27 AM
Gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed with this one . . .  it's not quite weird enough . . .   ;D   ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 09, 2021, 03:05:04 AM
Not necessarily a whiff (though two pods might be a tad dicey):

(http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/su24/su24_26.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n_goa2FlmJs/T6NYy7zTvEI/AAAAAAAALNs/B2Vc1Bz6tjA/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Two+IRIAF++Islamic+Republic+of+Iran+Air+Force+%28IRIAF%29++Su-24MKs+demonstrate+the+Upaz-A+%27buddy%27+air-to-air+refuelling+Iran%27s+Army+Day+in+2012+fighter+jets+ground+attack+%283%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2021, 04:02:50 AM

oops, nearly not even a whiff !  ;)

thanks for the pictures
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 11, 2021, 01:29:56 AM
that does look the part, though ISTR that Russian refueling pods are rather less aesthetic than those. 


Meh...I don't mind their look - its serves a purpose:

(http://www.ausairpower.net/VVS/000-UPAZ-1A-Fencer-3S.jpg)

BTW, here's one on a MiG-29 (which I wouldn't expect to have much fuel to transfer in the first place...):

(https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/media/images/stories/1)%20MiG-29M2_LR.jpg)
Title: Re: Su-24 tanker, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2021, 01:37:00 AM

even less a whiff than thought ; but still, unusual ... an a bit whiffy  ;D

thanks again for showing the pictures
Title: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2021, 04:03:35 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/bRFcMIu.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/e93gCtt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/d5qY1cE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rbgDaRR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WpF2xZx.jpg)

Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on March 13, 2021, 04:31:22 AM
Oh my...  :-* That is gorgeous!
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 13, 2021, 10:19:54 AM
J21 fuselage meld onto P-38 concept is stroke of genius.  :o  :smiley: 
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 13, 2021, 11:27:43 AM
That looks fast and gorgeous.  You've done a beautiful blend there.
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on March 13, 2021, 11:52:00 AM
That's an amazing combo! It looks like a pretty good fit between the two kits!

I bet Tophe will go crazy when he sees this.
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 13, 2021, 12:50:25 PM
That looks so believable!
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 13, 2021, 05:04:41 PM

thanks all !  ;D
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on March 14, 2021, 12:20:42 AM
I never would have thought of this combination. This is a great one.
Title: Re: Saab J21 & P-38 (twin-boom, tri-motor), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2021, 04:18:09 AM
 ;D
Title: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2021, 04:19:19 AM

one step beyond


(https://i.imgur.com/8nK30oW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gWCb5pc.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/twp1O3B.jpg)

Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on March 14, 2021, 04:28:10 AM
A little James Bond music please.....
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on March 14, 2021, 08:19:46 AM
Little Nellie's (https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/sites/default/files/styles/fancybox_popup/public/images/product/au032-wallis-wa-116-autogyro_james_bond_little_nellie-2.jpg?itok=MT1P8hEC) big sister Bertha?

Is that a 1/144 helicopter and the 1/72 P-38 fuselage pod?
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Modelling_Mushi on March 14, 2021, 11:37:00 AM

one step beyond

(https://i.imgur.com/8nK30oW.jpg)


Ok Eric, you've gone too far now - putting real world subjects on the forum.

Lovely
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2021, 03:59:31 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 15, 2021, 01:43:29 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 15, 2021, 10:10:44 AM
Beautiful!!  And it does look perfect for a James Bond movie.
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 16, 2021, 03:30:17 AM
It is indeed  :smiley:  But your Saab J21/P-38 mélange is gob-smackingly brilliant  :-*
Title: Re: P-38 & OH-6A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2021, 08:19:00 PM
 ;)
Title: OH-6A & Saab J21, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2021, 10:42:12 PM

closing the loop of this 3-kit-bash :

(https://i.imgur.com/RCQU6p9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/83cn5Og.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hR4Awwt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/i9rWcy4.jpg)

in the absence of room for weight, I had to use a clear support to avoid tail-sitting ;)
Title: Re: OH-6A & Saab J21, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 17, 2021, 10:47:04 PM
Beautiful!!  Looks like an early iteration on the Edgely Optica.
Title: Re: OH-6A & Saab J21, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2021, 01:49:58 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: OH-6A & Saab J21, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 18, 2021, 09:50:17 AM
Another right-on combo  :smiley:
For observation use at much less cost than a helicopter.  Police, forest fires, ranchers, boarder patrol, SAR,,,
Title: Re: OH-6A & Saab J21, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2021, 04:31:24 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Do-228 & H-5 tanker (EKA-3), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2021, 02:28:41 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/kq0XBau.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Terbo6r.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gHwvnpq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rCC7hsd.jpg)

Title: Re: Do-228 & H-5 tanker (EKA-3), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 22, 2021, 03:45:28 AM
Very nice!!  Looks natural!
Title: Re: Do-228 & H-5 tanker (EKA-3), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2021, 09:21:59 PM
 ;)
Title: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2021, 02:57:08 PM

the other half of the H-5

(https://i.imgur.com/ebr6wBR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/02oQ6uh.jpg)

Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 26, 2021, 05:50:18 PM
Like this combo and it inspires more concepts.  :smiley:
Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2021, 11:21:57 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on March 26, 2021, 11:42:57 PM
Those two look great! The H-5/Il-28 may be just a little bit under-powered... it would make a good entry into the scaleorama group build.
Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 27, 2021, 02:11:13 AM
 ;D

the  1/228 747 fuselage has approximately the sme volume as the 1/72 H-5 fuselage

Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 27, 2021, 12:31:07 PM
That does like right nice.  A very plausible blend.
Title: Re: H-5 & 747 (1/288), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 28, 2021, 01:55:00 PM

thanks
Title: 747 (1/288) & Heron, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 30, 2021, 09:38:19 PM

the 747 fuselage come here :

(https://i.imgur.com/fphTlvr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Gp4O596.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Deex9YW.jpg)

Title: Re: 747 (1/288) & Heron, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on March 30, 2021, 10:38:19 PM
Very nice!!  Though the props really look like they need more blades for that size.
Title: Re: 747 (1/288) & Heron, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2021, 01:18:24 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: 747 (1/288) & Heron, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 31, 2021, 02:59:39 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 05, 2021, 01:34:08 AM

closing the loop :

(https://i.imgur.com/zTTYEFZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yoiJVHJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dwFmrAd.jpg)

Title: Re: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 05, 2021, 06:32:30 AM
Now, *that* again looks right.
Title: Re: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Robomog on April 05, 2021, 07:19:40 AM
 That would easily pass as a modern  feeder liner, nice one !

Mog
>^-.- ^<
Title: Re: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 05, 2021, 02:28:24 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 06, 2021, 10:02:22 AM
Yes - can pass as a modern feeder liner.   :smiley:   Looks kind of Russian.
Title: Re: Heron & Do-228, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 10, 2021, 11:59:15 PM
 ;)
Title: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2021, 12:00:10 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/pviebTh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yvXPkaB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AAVgJc5.jpg)

Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 11, 2021, 12:06:43 AM
I like it. Good mash-up.
Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 11, 2021, 03:22:43 AM
Very attractive blend of aircraft.
Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 11, 2021, 01:17:27 PM
Nice, looks correct and operational configuration.
Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2021, 07:33:37 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2021, 08:41:12 PM

the YS-11 wings are there :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg183591#msg183591 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg183591#msg183591)

(https://i.imgur.com/hvm1Ow7.jpg)

Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 15, 2021, 02:20:51 AM
My, that has a certain anime feel to it and a very distinct and pleasing appearance.
Title: Re: YS-11 & C-130 tanker (KC97), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 16, 2021, 06:44:40 AM
Oooo, that looks wicked! Kind of Saunders ST-27 meets Amphibien-Technologieträger wing  :smiley:
Title: Ju-86 & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 17, 2021, 01:42:42 AM


(https://i.imgur.com/YVjuDcr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bD3JV8F.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bfAMNns.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-86 & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 17, 2021, 02:32:31 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-86 & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 17, 2021, 10:39:45 AM
That looks nice!  An Aesthetic blend of streamlined and not so streamlined.  I could see it as a step in airliner evolution.
Title: Re: Ju-86 & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 17, 2021, 05:23:45 PM
 ;)

I have been thinking of the Curtiss Condor
Title: F-15 & tank, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 20, 2021, 01:23:41 AM

inspired by a photo found on the internet, but where ... ?

(https://i.imgur.com/uFmJJ8K.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DxoPf8N.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JUXFXFE.jpg)
Title: Re: F-15 & tank, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 20, 2021, 02:59:16 AM
Now *that* is definitely rough-field landing gear, taking the experiments of the USAAF in the early Forties to a whole 'nother level.
Title: Re: F-15 & tank, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 20, 2021, 02:37:37 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: F-15 & tank, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 23, 2021, 04:48:50 PM

this is the source of my inspiration, but I don't where it comes from
(if anyone knows please tell me)

(https://i.imgur.com/frDLVBB.jpg)
Title: Ju-52 & C-47, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 23, 2021, 09:01:15 PM

tempting ...

(https://i.imgur.com/LedxO1i.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9NVB6pk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kCGvNok.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-52 & C-47, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 24, 2021, 02:56:52 AM
Another 'natural' combo.  Right on  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & C-47, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 24, 2021, 03:06:22 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & C-47, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 24, 2021, 05:01:59 AM
Another 'natural' combo.  Right on  :smiley:
What he said.
Title: Re: Ju-52 & C-47, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 24, 2021, 05:16:07 AM
 ;)
Title: C-47 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 27, 2021, 01:12:29 AM

and, obviously of course, reciprocally

(https://i.imgur.com/IvDSbCk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/aw1dEGd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MyEYTog.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Jk7p4D8.jpg)

Title: Re: C-47 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 27, 2021, 02:08:07 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: C-47 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on April 27, 2021, 02:25:47 AM
That works well, too.  A triple-engined C-47/DC-3 was tested as Conroy's "Tri-Turbo Three",  with turboprops, and this looks like a good ancestor for it.
Title: Re: C-47 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 27, 2021, 04:54:15 AM
 ;D
Title: KC-97 & 707, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2021, 01:11:09 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/ZQphMex.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gTNV48U.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/urCDbZA.jpg)

Title: Re: KC-97 & 707, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 03, 2021, 02:01:38 AM
Very nice!!  It looks like one of the iterations that lead to the Dash-80.
Title: Re: KC-97 & 707, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 03, 2021, 05:33:04 AM
1950s and 1960s in one aircraft.  Guess 450-500 mph speed.  Another inspiring combo like to borrow from.  8)
Title: Re: KC-97 & 707, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2021, 02:13:45 PM
 ;)
Title: Muromets & Nippon Go, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 07, 2021, 06:24:00 PM

the Muromets had hardly a nose, curiously


(https://i.imgur.com/D2b6DcB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cD1bgwH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1oNh9FZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Muromets & Nippon Go, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 08, 2021, 11:51:10 AM
the Muromets had hardly a nose, curiously

But looks astonishingly modern in this combo  :smiley:
Title: Re: Muromets & Nippon Go, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 08, 2021, 02:26:01 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Muromets & Nippon Go, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 09, 2021, 02:11:51 PM
Muromets is in stash.  Unsuccessfully pondered how to modify it without success.  Your clever build opens concepts.  Looking right in its own way  :smiley:
Title: Re: Muromets & Nippon Go, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 10, 2021, 04:04:50 AM

I had the kit in my stash, bought because of exotism, and it took me some time to see how I coud use it  ;)
Title: Nippon Go & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 10, 2021, 04:48:14 PM

it is the beginning of a new series, which will be circular (i.e., come back at the Muromets in the end)

(https://i.imgur.com/q8voFym.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1UJQ0Sy.jpg)

with an WACS which gives a hint at the following ...  ;)

(https://i.imgur.com/celWo4t.jpg)
Title: Re: Nippon Go & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 11, 2021, 12:37:06 AM
Very aesthetically pleasing, both ways.
Title: Re: Nippon Go & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2021, 12:07:32 AM
 ;)
Title: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 14, 2021, 06:54:22 PM

next in line

(https://i.imgur.com/tkr7fHr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/g0zhRvt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/GFNMweD.jpg)

also tried as an Awacs

(https://i.imgur.com/uQfCwnZ.jpg)

Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 15, 2021, 02:17:15 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Buzzbomb on May 15, 2021, 06:57:47 AM
Something vaguely familiar with the canberra/Turbo prop combo... It works ok
Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on May 15, 2021, 11:35:49 AM
Wow - the Canberra with turboprops really looks good! I wonder what it would look like with Il-28 wings and engines.
Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 15, 2021, 12:12:54 PM
Beautiful!!  Looks somewhat like a developed AJ-1 Savage but not as extreme as the A2J-1.
Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 15, 2021, 02:56:30 PM
Beautiful!!  Looks somewhat like a developed AJ-1 Savage but not as extreme as the A2J-1.

Yes, has same impression on me.
Title: Re: Canberra & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 16, 2021, 01:23:42 AM

 ;)

thanks for the reference
Title: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 18, 2021, 07:05:55 PM

one more in the sequence

(https://i.imgur.com/tx3JPn0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DyBDWgh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BWKx5i3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jKXsgOA.jpg)
Title: Re: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 18, 2021, 08:52:22 PM
Very interesting!  The aesthetics work better than I would expect.
Title: Re: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2021, 03:00:23 AM

thanks !

the potentially weird look was part of the motivation  ;)
Title: Re: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 19, 2021, 07:16:28 AM
That is fantastic! The Hawkeye tail really works for '30s French  :smiley:

Although your creation isn't especially high aspect ratio, for some reason this mélange says 'Hurel-Dubois' to me  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 19, 2021, 04:15:43 PM
Excellent matchup from decades apart aircraft.  Never would have thought of it.  Am learning from your eye for combos.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Hawkeye & Potez 540, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2021, 06:20:32 PM

thanks : the improbability of matches is part of the fun  ;)

Title: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 21, 2021, 03:25:17 AM

last in the circular chain :

(https://i.imgur.com/ncbe7z8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yQRVJ8J.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7wXpcUY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1BBwfGT.jpg)

Title: Re: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 21, 2021, 07:11:05 AM
Oh, that fits together beautifully!
Title: Re: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 21, 2021, 03:17:32 PM
 :D
Title: Re: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on May 23, 2021, 10:34:06 AM
looks great
Title: Re: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 23, 2021, 03:04:42 PM
Competitor to Barling bomber  :smiley:
Title: Re: Potez 540 & Muromets, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2021, 12:57:35 AM
 ;D
Title: F-111 & B-29, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2021, 12:54:31 AM


these wings are from a KC-97, which is essentially the same as B-29 wings

(https://i.imgur.com/P9MasXZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yjLJxaE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/R5XPQeY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2HzI770.jpg)

Title: Re: F-111 & B-29, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 28, 2021, 02:53:02 AM
Makes me think of F-111 meets U-2!
Where do you find all these kits?
Title: Re: F-111 & B-29, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2021, 03:05:00 AM
 ;D

I find quite cheap second hand kits on ebay and other sites :
sometimes I find it hard to resist, an then I have to imagine some use for them ...  ;)

Title: Re: F-111 & B-29, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on May 28, 2021, 05:43:37 AM
F-111 for very  high altitude operations.  Looks great!
Title: Re: F-111 & B-29, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 31, 2021, 02:16:58 AM
 ;)
Title: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 01, 2021, 03:35:32 AM

changing scale a bit

and I kept the wings in the original plastic color, because it would have been a pity to hide such a beautiful yellow

(https://i.imgur.com/lReHOOY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BgErrcI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/vWQzIaL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/adKVJ6H.jpg)
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 01, 2021, 12:13:39 PM
Looks the part of a predecessor to the Bf109.
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 01, 2021, 12:40:38 PM
Definitely something for between the wars GB!
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 01, 2021, 05:21:19 PM
Fine example of late model biplane.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 01, 2021, 07:55:03 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 02, 2021, 01:53:18 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 02, 2021, 09:09:45 AM
Oh that is cute! But please tell me that there's a Emil-winged Tiger Moth on the way  ;D  Pretty please ...
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 02, 2021, 02:28:53 PM
 ;D

in my kitbashes I try to involve more than two kits, so it will be slightly different : wait and see  ;)
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 03, 2021, 04:51:40 AM
Looks the part of a predecessor to the Bf109.


Oh Yes, Me Likey Lots !!    :smiley:   :smiley:
And you're right, that Matchbox yellow plastic is gorgeous !!


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 03, 2021, 04:52:55 AM

changing scale a bit

and I kept the wings in the original plastic color, because it would have been a pity to hide such a beautiful yellow



Oh Yes, Me Likey Lots !!      :smiley:   :smiley:
And you're right, that Matchbox yellow plastic is gorgeous !!

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 03, 2021, 10:26:31 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on June 04, 2021, 09:33:50 AM
More great work
Title: Re: Bf109 & Tiger Moth (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 04, 2021, 10:26:05 PM
 ;) ;)
Title: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2021, 03:35:11 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/g4tnJ1Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/z6Xf7GV.jpg)

Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 05, 2021, 03:40:12 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 05, 2021, 02:03:19 PM
Now *that* looks right and definitely "all of a piece".
Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 05, 2021, 04:52:04 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on June 06, 2021, 06:56:54 AM
The plane looks like a modernized Bf 108. Great job!
Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 06, 2021, 10:25:10 AM
The plane looks like a modernized Bf 108. Great job!

It does indeed. And perhaps has more charm than the production-model Do-108E?
Title: Re: Do-27 & Bf109 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2021, 02:01:27 PM
 ;D :D
Title: Tiger Moth & Do27 (1/32), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 10, 2021, 03:26:24 AM

last one in the series

(https://i.imgur.com/uxkE971.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TfCkY2C.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TEVaffd.jpg)

Title: Re: Tiger Moth & Do27 (1/32), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 10, 2021, 05:11:58 AM
Hey!! A One Wing Biplane!   :smiley: :smiley:   ;D ;D
Me Likey Very Lots, and Lots!!
I do wish someone would do the canopied version in 1/72, or an aftermarket canopy . . . 


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Tiger Moth & Do27 (1/32), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: elmayerle on June 10, 2021, 11:27:29 AM
Now that looks very nice!!  Something of a first step  in the evolution of the DHC-1 Chipmunk.
Title: Re: Tiger Moth & Do27 (1/32), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 10, 2021, 03:25:32 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Tiger Moth & Do27 (1/32), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 11, 2021, 07:43:41 AM
Now that looks very nice!!  Something of a first step  in the evolution of the DHC-1 Chipmunk.

Indeed. And very DH.94 Moth Minor as well  :smiley:
Title: hawk & f104 & skyhawk, 3 colors no paint : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 08, 2021, 03:46:42 PM

colored plastic sprues sometimes make it possible not to use paint

(https://i.imgur.com/frzxe8b.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Julg1OT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kjASTwx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Opz0Nad.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/I37Qs9s.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oDAbZPM.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/y8Zx7sk.jpg)

Title: Re: hawk & f104 & skyhawk, 3 colors no paint : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Logan Hartke on July 08, 2021, 10:04:47 PM
Boy, something about the A-4 with Hawk wings and that straight tailplane really works! I feel like you could swap the fuselage for a TA-4J fuselage and throw the refueling probe in the bin and it would look a bit like the Western equivalent of an L-39. Without tip tanks, it reminds me a lot of the L-39NG, G-4 Super Galeb, or a low wing T-4.

(https://www.edrmagazine.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Aero-L-39NG01-800x445.jpg)

(https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/85872_1571738040.jpg)

(http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/kawasaki_t4.jpg)

Great work!

Cheers,

Logan
Title: Re: hawk & f104 & skyhawk, 3 colors no paint : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 09, 2021, 05:46:06 AM

indeed ! thanks

Title: Re: hawk & f104 & skyhawk, 3 colors no paint : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 09, 2021, 06:47:22 AM
... a bit like the Western equivalent of an L-39...

Yep, definitely an Albatros vibe goin' there  :smiley:

There are also early Lockheed design iterations that look a lot like Eric's A-4/F-104 mélange. Very convincing!
Title: Re: hawk & f104 & skyhawk, 3 colors no paint : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 11, 2021, 03:58:19 AM
 ;)
Title: He-59 & A-26, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 19, 2021, 03:29:00 AM

the starting point of a new series of five kits kitbashed:

(https://i.imgur.com/jvEf9PY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FWDWf4Y.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dRW4CxA.jpg)

Title: Re: He-59 & A-26, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 19, 2021, 10:34:59 AM
Wow! That is quite a transformation of an He 59!

Bubble canopy on the cockpit makes me think 'pressurized'  :smiley:
Title: Re: He-59 & A-26, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 19, 2021, 08:20:55 PM
 ;)
Title: A-26 & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 21, 2021, 09:04:03 PM

next in line, second out of five :

the engines are from a Hawkeye, but the wings actually from a Pembroke  ;)


(https://i.imgur.com/mhuke8P.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/j8oYPmz.jpg)



and the Hawkeye also lent its big disk :

(https://i.imgur.com/InC8Dow.jpg)

Title: Re: A-26 & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 22, 2021, 07:25:56 AM
When OnMark got really serious about upgrades for the A-26  ;D
Title: Re: A-26 & Hawkeye, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 23, 2021, 01:58:57 AM
 ;)
Title: Hawkeye & Thunderchief, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 29, 2021, 04:00:10 PM

next in line, third out of five :

(https://i.imgur.com/Lho0c6i.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wyeCpvD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Liy6jIH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6GkDQpJ.jpg)

Title: Thunderchief & Pembroke, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 04, 2021, 05:05:33 PM
next in line, fourth out of five :

the engines are from a Pembroke, but the wings actually from a  Hawkeye ;)

(https://i.imgur.com/rzA7Gob.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PaD2Xyy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YDYgoOW.jpg)

Title: Pembroke & He-59 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 07, 2021, 09:31:51 PM

this fifth out of five is a case showing that it is sometimes risky : I thought it would not look as good as the others (while still being of course  outrageously unlikely), because of the wings too big for the fuselage, but in the end it is quite ok to me  ;)

(https://i.imgur.com/WSv2pJ3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nalt1ea.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7xRlVBt.jpg)

plus : I like to make cycles, and this one it closes it as in a merry go-round


Title: Re: Pembroke & He-59 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 08, 2021, 01:59:11 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Pembroke & He-59 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on August 08, 2021, 10:06:12 AM
It looks very perky! And Brian would fully approve of those big spats  ;D
Title: Re: Pembroke & He-59 , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 08, 2021, 04:49:20 PM
 ;D
Title: Osprey & Destroyer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 15, 2021, 12:26:11 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/cYkNyaK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hwm44gX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7yF9R5b.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WM1pOP4.jpg)

Title: Re: Osprey & Destroyer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on August 16, 2021, 09:58:01 AM
That looks the business! I like how the engine nacelles are canted downwards towards the rear  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & Destroyer, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 16, 2021, 03:32:34 PM

 ;)

shorter take off  ;D
Title: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 20, 2021, 04:39:33 PM

the reciprocal
(a simple 2-kitbash this time)

actual VTOL

(https://i.imgur.com/pfb7J3R.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kFWE2O6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NuLBPbm.jpg)

Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 21, 2021, 03:27:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 21, 2021, 05:06:33 AM
Been remiss at following your builds.   :icon_crap:   So was a delight browsing them going back aways.   All are fine by me.  :smiley:   Amazed you continue to find these kit-bash combinations.
Jet Osprey is a home run  :o  8)


Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on August 21, 2021, 11:44:40 AM
The B-66 VTOL is a knock out too!
Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2021, 10:00:39 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on August 22, 2021, 12:21:07 AM
The B-66 and Osprey combos are fantastic! I can't pick a favorite.
Title: Re: Destroyer & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 22, 2021, 09:56:35 PM

thanks !

your appreciation feeds my inspiration  ;)
Title: Brittania & Lysander, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 01, 2021, 03:46:17 AM
1/96 Britannia
1/32 Lysander wings
with 1/72 KC-97 engines (just two of the four)

(https://i.imgur.com/BGj9N9R.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jeCUwcH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/B1CP3lw.jpg)

Title: Lysander (1/32) & Catalina & Do18, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 06, 2021, 02:14:36 AM

closing the loop :
the Lysander was very cheap, very badly started, and very incomplete,
but somehow useable to try out cray stuff

(https://i.imgur.com/V5xNyoC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0tzNrXG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0OqetVa.jpg)

Title: Hawk & beetle, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 08, 2021, 04:48:53 PM

from time to time I should justify the "animals" in the title of the hread

here a Beetle from Fujimi
and a Matchbox Hawk, in natural color (mostly)


(https://i.imgur.com/RY7py5R.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zkA5vgW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dzcsiFX.jpg)


and its reciprocal, with blue wings, apart from natural black plastic

(https://i.imgur.com/RikSnrd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Lc79Ztw.jpg)

Title: Re: Hawk & beetle, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 09, 2021, 02:02:26 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Hawk & beetle, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 09, 2021, 02:39:21 AM
I like them!  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Hawk & beetle, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2021, 05:31:56 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lysander (1/32) & Catalina & Do18, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on September 09, 2021, 07:18:21 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/V5xNyoC.jpg)

Looks like something right out of Tale Spin. Nice!  :smiley:
Title: Re: Hawk & beetle, red & blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2021, 03:19:02 PM

thanks !
Title: Camel & stag beetle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 11, 2021, 10:06:47 PM
another chimera :

(https://i.imgur.com/krnvMuS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NxRUb0D.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uAGTxkA.jpg)

and the other way round

(https://i.imgur.com/zk9BJqJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/52T6kHr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sZa8Ifn.jpg)

Title: Re: Camel & stag beetle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 12, 2021, 07:51:51 AM
Love 'em  :-*

The poor stag beetle doesn't look like he has enough wing area to support him in flight. But then you remember that the real stag beetle has even less lifting area!  ;D
Title: Re: Camel & stag beetle, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 12, 2021, 03:13:57 PM
 ;D
Title: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 16, 2021, 05:13:27 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/haIDYD8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/eNQafH7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5hnQmXt.jpg)

Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 17, 2021, 02:20:36 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on September 17, 2021, 03:00:44 AM
Stop the Pigeon ! Stop the Pigeon !  (sorry, can't help myself . . .)     ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 17, 2021, 03:36:14 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 18, 2021, 03:02:45 AM
Hmmm, dunno. The locomotive looks awfully well-streamlined for something using Ju 52/3m components  ;)
Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2021, 04:07:12 AM
 ;) it is a chapelon locomotive, and I found it to look quite 1930-ish, like the Ju52,
but I am not very knowledgeable in terms of locomotives  ;)
Title: Ju-52 & Ju-86, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2021, 04:50:08 AM

wings remaining from a previous hybrid ...
nearly plausible ?

(https://i.imgur.com/pigcL3d.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hl9MRu7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IxoVn05.jpg)
Title: Re: locomotive & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 20, 2021, 07:36:46 AM
... I am not very knowledgeable in terms of locomotives ...

Nor am I. I just found amusing the notion of a locomotive being more streamlined than a corrugated-metal airplane  :D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Ju-86, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2021, 03:26:52 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Ju-86, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 21, 2021, 01:40:17 AM
 :smiley:
Title: insect & S-51, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2021, 04:54:46 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/b8LuOmq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Uh3xW6L.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RTNsZhk.jpg)


and a little bonus : a biplane insect of the same kind, in yellow :
(wings are from a Duck, IIRC)

(https://i.imgur.com/nfIMePJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/N4FUTbe.jpg)
Title: Re: insect & S-51, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 24, 2021, 01:43:30 AM
 :smiley:
Title: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2021, 07:18:51 PM

S-51 (1/72) & Skymaster (1/50)

(https://i.imgur.com/KqPdusO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5o54WIR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f7K7UAt.jpg)

Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 05, 2021, 08:39:23 PM
That is an excellent kit combination!  :smiley:
Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on October 06, 2021, 12:15:01 AM
Very nice! It looks like a modernized version of the Abrams P-1 Explorer.
Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2021, 03:13:57 AM
 ;)

absolutely !

I had it in mind :

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PVXAGc5Xp9E/TWDw3kbuFUI/AAAAAAABHxQ/AXwkoMSh4rg/s1600/AbramsP1-01.jpg)
Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 06, 2021, 03:44:12 AM
Add some spray bars, paint it yellow and you could have a crop duster! I do have that Skymaster kit laying around in pieces…….
Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 06, 2021, 08:08:54 AM
You came up with another one of those meant to be combinations.  Good build, could be OOB.   :smiley:

Ju-52 & Ju-86 also looks like a could have been.  :smiley:
Title: Re: S-51 & Skymaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2021, 11:59:17 PM
 ;D
Title: Skymaster (1/50) & Colt & F-82, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 09, 2021, 04:23:33 PM

the other part of the Skymaster ...

(https://i.imgur.com/vSDFtkl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RlVn92n.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9XyLstS.jpg)

Title: Re: Skymaster (1/50) & Colt & F-82, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 10, 2021, 02:26:46 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Skymaster (1/50) & Colt & F-82, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 10, 2021, 05:23:15 PM
 ;)
Title: Transall & Osprey (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2021, 06:57:17 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/ZRgvFz6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/N5P4U5s.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fbTveiD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZMe6yAu.jpg)

Title: Re: Transall & Osprey (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 18, 2021, 10:44:26 PM
That Transall C-160/V-22 Osprey match up is well balanced and looks like it would actually work.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Transall & Osprey (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 19, 2021, 01:58:13 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Transall & Osprey (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 19, 2021, 06:13:40 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Transall & Osprey (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 19, 2021, 09:56:22 AM
That Transall C-160/V-22 Osprey match up is well balanced and looks like it would actually work.  :smiley:

Second what Jeff said.   
My Oh My you have good eye for combinations.....  :smiley:
Title: Osprey (1/48) & Stratocruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 21, 2021, 09:16:21 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/qy3lhgQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8hzzWtL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MlyvPju.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QklxdNZ.jpg)

Title: Re: Osprey (1/48) & Stratocruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 22, 2021, 10:32:02 AM
Nice! Your VTOL Transall look good all over ... but really looks the business from the front  :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey (1/48) & Stratocruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 22, 2021, 12:36:57 PM
Oh yes, is excellent match (again)  :-*

Do I wanna build one or what.
Title: Re: Osprey (1/48) & Stratocruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 24, 2021, 03:54:05 AM
 ;)
Title: Horsa & KC-97, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 01, 2021, 01:46:43 AM

a pair of engines left

(https://i.imgur.com/vWwlTj3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dMaGp96.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/chwbs1A.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/khyfyIL.jpg)

Title: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2021, 04:43:34 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/aMbZd7m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9dAalzW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/A9rozoe.jpg)
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 15, 2021, 08:37:52 AM
Another never would though of it configuration  :smiley:    Rare four engine sporting fixed gear  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2021, 08:47:48 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on November 15, 2021, 10:23:04 PM
FinsRin said it best, I second that and have to add that in the last image it appears that the reflection off of the upper wing is from the windows along the fuselage but it looks like the internal framing of the wing at first glance.  A very neat visual trick on the eyes.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 16, 2021, 12:57:43 AM

not completely voluntary  ;)
Title: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 20, 2021, 05:42:21 PM


(https://i.imgur.com/YUnOrTD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/I9c48kk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oBuHSba.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YVmQSu7.jpg)



cockpit from a Mosquito : kind of side-by-side twin-seater


I hesitated a bit w.r.t. tail fins, but preferred the full flying wing

Title: Re: Ju-52 & Sunderland, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 20, 2021, 06:19:21 PM
Cooool,   8)  :-*     Airfix Victor kit ?
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 20, 2021, 06:29:37 PM
 ;)

the old matchbox kit, just assembled wing to wing  ;D
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 20, 2021, 06:56:12 PM
 Brilliant build  :smiley:   Alright,,, have Matchbox 1/72 and Lindberg 1/96.   Hmmm....

Go well with Experimental Flying Wing Bomber parked on flight line.   Is on wanna build list.
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 20, 2021, 07:05:53 PM

thanks !

the idea actually came from a discussion by zenrat
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on November 20, 2021, 11:49:24 PM
That is SOO Luft'46 . . . would need a dorsal or tail turret . . .
Or a second generation V-Bomber with Skybolts, or UK equivalent, HP Victor Mk.4, perhaps ?


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on November 21, 2021, 01:02:05 AM
That's just brilliant. It's a British A12, the flying dorito! Or flying fish and chips.
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on November 21, 2021, 01:09:21 AM
@EricR - Brilliant idea!  I tried something similar years ago with the wings from an Airfix Vulcan and never got very far with it.  The obvious fault with my attempt was not using the inboard section of the fuselage/wing with the air intakes and exhaust. 
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2021, 01:13:56 AM

thanks all !

it was a remark by zenrat about Victor wings fitting so well that made me check it  ;)

Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 21, 2021, 02:42:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on November 21, 2021, 05:23:48 AM
Well, your Victor flying wing is just chock-full of wonderfulness! Great stuff  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 21, 2021, 04:19:00 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on November 28, 2021, 05:50:02 AM
Oooh, that Victor flying wing is great!  8)
Title: Re: Victor flying wing, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 29, 2021, 12:52:09 AM
 ;D
Title: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 29, 2021, 12:54:09 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/qxIvPpX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tuDuCpR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xS4yY8B.jpg)

Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on November 29, 2021, 01:23:37 AM
Genius!!
Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 29, 2021, 03:26:24 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 29, 2021, 07:32:07 PM
Being pretty much polar opposites those two are not spozed to be blendable as well as this.  Cannot tell what it would be used for.  Does work.  Like it -  :smiley:
Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2021, 01:31:46 AM

joining opposites : a whole program ;-)
Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on December 01, 2021, 09:31:10 AM
Sexy !!  me thinks it needs another prop in the tail .... push-pull is my fav.
Title: Re: Thunderchief & Colt, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 01, 2021, 10:56:51 PM

nice idea  ;D
Title: Victor & DC-9, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 07, 2021, 03:04:45 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/AZhsxnr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SPnlfmY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/i1Gzmd9.jpg)

with the 1/72 DC-9 by Atlantis
Title: Re: Victor & DC-9, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 08, 2021, 12:48:02 PM
Oh, that is seriously good! Just needs a row of passenger windows  ;)
Title: Re: Victor & DC-9, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 08, 2021, 07:28:10 PM

maybe it's a cargo  ;)
Title: Re: Victor & DC-9, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 09, 2021, 09:10:42 AM
Oh, that is seriously good! Just needs a row of passenger windows  ;)

First IFR airliner  :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor & DC-9, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 10, 2021, 04:00:28 AM
 ;D
Title: DC-9 & He-115, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 13, 2021, 07:10:58 PM

and here is the other part ;-)


(https://i.imgur.com/WZRItPs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BVaKm83.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wdZ8J5S.jpg)
Title: He115 (1/48) & Shackleton, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 26, 2021, 12:44:51 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/kSTRwcl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SSTaQdH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BXTou6Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6wdi7C1.jpg)

Title: Re: He115 (1/48) & Shackleton, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 26, 2021, 01:33:39 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He115 (1/48) & Shackleton, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 26, 2021, 10:21:36 AM
But of course, now its obvious, why didn't I think of that ?
Late war/post war heavy bomber via scale-o-rama.   Another fine combo....   :icon_surprised:   :smiley:   8)
Title: Re: He115 (1/48) & Shackleton, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Dr. YoKai on December 26, 2021, 12:33:28 PM
 Plausible and elegant.
Title: Re: He115 (1/48) & Shackleton, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 26, 2021, 06:37:14 PM

thanks !
Title: IL-62 & Liberator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 03, 2022, 04:30:09 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/6MDqUZn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/C39yHi2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/L4gCFvy.jpg)

Title: Re: IL-62 & Liberator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 04, 2022, 06:27:16 PM
Scale difference is obvious - what the heck !    Proportions are right.   :smiley:
1/144 IL-62 ?      1/72 or 1/92 B-24 ?


Title: Re: IL-62 & Liberator, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 05, 2022, 06:31:20 PM
 ;D

1/100 IL-62 (ex-east-german), 1/72 B-24 (airfix)
Title: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 09, 2022, 06:33:56 PM

from an old partly built Frog 1/100 Concorde (Heller license)
with a Revell 1/72 SR-71 :

(https://i.imgur.com/1YBbFuy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/37vc90j.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dNz37BT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JncXBit.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jf41Kb7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/p25jlSK.jpg)


Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 09, 2022, 07:50:12 PM
This is a very nice combination Eric!   :smiley:
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 09, 2022, 08:29:58 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 10, 2022, 01:07:30 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2022, 02:00:25 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 10, 2022, 08:58:39 AM
Oh my.   Works sooo well, I wanna build one.   8)
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 10, 2022, 02:00:07 PM
Those two kits 'blended' together quite well.  :smiley:
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2022, 07:44:46 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: SR-71 & Concorde, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 11, 2022, 09:57:15 AM
Oooo ... that is pretty  :-*
Title: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 16, 2022, 06:31:48 AM

the other half of the SR-71, and of the Shackleton

(https://i.imgur.com/bRVFBnP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tiYSWLT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FZeSTZy.jpg)

Title: Re: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 16, 2022, 01:45:29 PM
For when Shackleton is needed on patrol station ASAP.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 16, 2022, 05:18:46 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 17, 2022, 06:26:23 AM
For when Shackleton is needed on patrol station ASAP.  :smiley:

And when that Shack's next patrol is going to be intergalactic!  ;D
Title: Re: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 18, 2022, 01:16:17 AM
This reminds me of one of Small Brown Dog's (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2121) creations.
Title: Re: Shackleton & SR-71, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 18, 2022, 04:02:24 AM
 ;D
Title: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 23, 2022, 05:18:14 PM

navalized, with the help of an Airfix Skyraider :

(https://i.imgur.com/RN75aju.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jn04owv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Pe3veR7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lY8G8Za.jpg)

Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 23, 2022, 07:28:34 PM
 Well sure, why not ?    :smiley:
Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 23, 2022, 10:04:18 PM
I like this!  :smiley:
Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 23, 2022, 10:53:44 PM

thanks  ;)
Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 24, 2022, 01:24:02 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 24, 2022, 06:13:52 AM
Perfect for parking in compact Arctic shelters! Nice  :smiley:
Title: Re: Sea Twin Otter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 24, 2022, 08:56:26 PM
 ;D
Title: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 26, 2022, 06:01:29 PM

a biggie, from an old cheap started (not very well) 1/100 Concorde

(https://i.imgur.com/enudVki.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XL1HX94.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lrX59qE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FHI1V1C.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yK258pt.jpg)
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 27, 2022, 01:23:31 AM
Reminds me a little of the real world Victor Phase 4 development proposal

(https://i.redd.it/2r9ifo8o6pi21.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/Victor_B_Phase_4_3view.jpg)
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 27, 2022, 01:34:15 AM
Nice!

Gerry Anderson would be pleased with your work.
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on January 27, 2022, 01:46:18 AM
Nice!

Gerry Anderson would be pleased with your work.


Beat me to it! . . . Fireflash mk.2 !!


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 27, 2022, 02:16:11 AM

thanks a lot for the ref and pictures !
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Robomog on January 27, 2022, 02:24:48 AM
Agree with the others,  this one works well.

Very Thunderbirdy  ;D

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Rat on January 27, 2022, 02:48:52 AM

a biggie, from an old cheap started (not very well) 1/100 Concorde


Now THAT is an absolute stunner!
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 27, 2022, 04:07:09 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 27, 2022, 07:01:00 AM
 :smiley: :smiley: some red stars & a cruise missile under wouldn't go astray :D
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 28, 2022, 05:24:57 AM
 Passes as British competitor to Boeing Sonic Cruiser.  :smiley:    Mach .95-.97
Title: Re: Concorde & Victor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 28, 2022, 06:45:51 PM

thanks for the reference, I don't think I knew this one

Title: Skyraider & Colt, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 30, 2022, 03:45:23 AM


(https://i.imgur.com/WzQ9qgf.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/pv2OebM.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/OiQRL1D.jpg)
Title: Re: Skyraider & Colt, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.`
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 30, 2022, 06:18:44 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Skyraider & Colt, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.`
Post by: raafif on January 30, 2022, 11:29:33 AM
I like the petal dive-brakes :D
Title: Re: Skyraider & Colt, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.`
Post by: ericr on January 30, 2022, 06:23:13 PM
 ;)
Title: Dash-8 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2022, 01:43:02 AM

a trimotor Dash (engines from CL215s)

(https://i.imgur.com/qcipdcC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pNQYD1k.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tJ7F91z.jpg)

Title: Re: Dash-8 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 02, 2022, 01:51:44 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Dash-8 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on February 02, 2022, 09:16:40 AM
Classic!!   :smiley:
Title: Re: Dash-8 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 02, 2022, 10:22:56 AM
Love it  :-*  'Tante Bo' ?
Title: Re: Dash-8 & Ju-52, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2022, 03:20:30 PM
 ;D
Title: Meteor & Bf 110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 08, 2022, 05:11:30 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/URm2716.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gvJUjCv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oyZy5SO.jpg)

Title: Re: Meteor & Bf 110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 08, 2022, 07:40:52 PM
1944/45 RAF night fighter.  Merlin engines ?
Title: Re: Meteor & Bf 110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 09, 2022, 12:48:53 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Meteor & Bf 110, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 09, 2022, 01:55:25 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Bf 110 & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 10, 2022, 10:11:53 PM
trimotor Bf110, with long wings

(https://i.imgur.com/FORvg4y.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wtJRnpO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WmlTqKh.jpg)

Title: Re: Bf 110 & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 11, 2022, 02:09:14 AM
(https://c.tenor.com/u1V_-f-jXmcAAAAC/malreynolds-firefly.gif)
Title: Re: Bf 110 & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2022, 03:59:40 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Bf 110 & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 11, 2022, 07:07:55 AM
Of course,,,  is early war high altitude RBf 110  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bf 110 & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 11, 2022, 04:29:10 PM
 ;)
Title: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2022, 07:55:23 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/aBEbUAl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5QLeRpE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/aoR90iE.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 15, 2022, 09:20:45 PM
Never would thought of this combo.   Must be long range version with lot of tip tank fuel.   Probably cross the Atlantic, just don't be in a hurry !
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 16, 2022, 12:57:36 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 16, 2022, 02:19:57 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on February 16, 2022, 05:28:01 AM
Wonder what the performance would be like if one outer engine failed - Boomerang-like turns ? >:D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 16, 2022, 10:29:52 AM
Wonder what the performance would be like if one outer engine failed - Boomerang-like turns ? >:D

Also crossed my mind.   Would call it a 'sporty situation'
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Scorpion, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 16, 2022, 04:15:45 PM
 ;)
Title: Scorpion & Dash-8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 19, 2022, 04:55:00 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/ed363jD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/npngTxX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yDnKeWt.jpg)
Title: Re: Scorpion & Dash-8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 19, 2022, 09:38:32 AM
Very wing-y! But now I'm imagining a dual-powered F-89 with turbojets and turboprops on the wings  :smiley:

Re: https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg193819#msg193819

Backstory: Studying the concept of the Bf 110/Ju 52/3m combination, it occurred to engineers at Dessau that a blended wing body (or kombinierter Tragfläche und Rumpf) - similar to their earlier G.38 transport could be created. Accordingly, the Junkers team created their G.K.52-3M [1] concept - later to be assigned the RLM designation Ju 352-110.

Luftwaffe planners described the G.K.52-3M/Ju 352-110 as a Zweisitziges dreimotoriges Langstrecken-Begleit-Zerstörer-Jagdflugzeug mit gemischtem Flügelkörper für eine nahtlose Flügel-Rumpf-Verbindung. [2]

The prototype is shown here (or the right) after a third vertical tail surface was adopted to address some stability issues. Performance test-flying with the Ju 352-110 V1 prototype was done at Rechlin. Manoeuvrability was gauged as being equal to that of the Ju 52/3m while the Ju 352-110 was at least as fast as some of the primary trainers of its day. Debate continue to this day as to why this highly promising 'überflugzeug' was never produced in quantity.

______________________________

[1] In the early Junkers designation system, this stood for Größer Kampfflugzeug Designnummer 52 dreimotoriges Militär.

[2] With typical German efficiency, there was also a short-form designation for convenience - Zweisitziges dreimotoriges Langstrecken-Begleit-Zerstörer-Jagdflugzeug.
Title: Re: Scorpion & Dash-8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2022, 06:18:29 PM
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Dash-8 & Catalina, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2022, 06:22:39 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/WC4Hu1C.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fpm6dnQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4oWkaxw.jpg)
Title: Re: Dash-8 & Catalina, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 22, 2022, 10:05:45 PM
Very compatible combination.  Sensible and ready to fly.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Dash-8 & Catalina, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 23, 2022, 02:12:42 AM
 :smiley: ;)
Title: P38F & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2022, 07:15:18 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/PWzB9Si.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bcU0soZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pRfj2Ru.jpg)

Title: Re: P38F & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 27, 2022, 01:23:18 AM
Smooth natural combo.  Can't figure out what would use it for, still its a smooth natural combo.  :smiley:
Title: Re: P38F & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 27, 2022, 05:39:52 AM
I love it! And beautifully done  :smiley:

...  Can't figure out what would use it for, still its a smooth natural combo.  :smiley:

Yep. "Smooth with a capital smoo."

As for use, how about an introductory trainer for the P-38?
Title: Re: P38F & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 27, 2022, 07:18:59 AM
@EricR - Another great combination that works well together.  :smiley:
Title: Re: P38F & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 28, 2022, 12:06:16 AM

thanks !  ;D
Title: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 02, 2022, 12:00:43 AM

a reciprocal, boosted

(https://i.imgur.com/wBRp1Pe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xSRIQZ9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/aOBLiiX.jpg)

Title: Re: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 02, 2022, 02:08:12 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 02, 2022, 11:26:41 PM
Figuring is high speed WW2 VIP/critical items transport.  :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2022, 04:23:10 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on March 03, 2022, 05:20:42 AM
a reciprocal, boosted
Another excellent hybrid.  :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189B & P38F, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2022, 10:20:29 PM

thanks !

Title: Anson & Colt & Twin Otter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2022, 02:11:07 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/VKObUt3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/i7Nskli.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Kmfwk1Y.jpg)


Title: Re: Anson & Colt & Twin Otter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 07, 2022, 05:20:51 PM
Is low speed transport counterpart to high speed fw189 & P-38.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Anson & Colt & Twin Otter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2022, 10:39:00 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Anson & Colt & Twin Otter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 08, 2022, 01:18:52 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Colt & Anson, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 09, 2022, 06:03:08 AM


(https://i.imgur.com/TaYXwEd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/I1sgqg7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2q1F2iT.jpg)

with a nose from a Twin Otter
Title: Re: Colt & Anson, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 10, 2022, 12:53:19 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Colt & Anson, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 10, 2022, 06:10:00 AM
Some combos you just can't imagine until you see them. But this Avro Jumbo really works!  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Colt & Anson, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2022, 07:19:59 PM

thanks  ;D
Title: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2022, 05:01:56 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/NBYBiLf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hf3Pruw.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FYyVSbQ.jpg)

Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on March 11, 2022, 09:08:49 AM
Nice  :smiley:

Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2022, 06:40:24 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 11, 2022, 11:30:52 PM
Another natural looking combo.  :smiley:    Good 'April Fools' material for model show.  See who does and does not recognize its a kit-bash.
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on March 12, 2022, 01:50:47 AM
Nice  :smiley:

Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?


There's a precedent . . . the D.H.5 . . . ;)


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 12, 2022, 02:20:45 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 12, 2022, 02:40:17 AM
 ;) ;D
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: jcf on March 12, 2022, 06:51:00 AM
Nice  :smiley:

Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51931380878_f8a07fccca_o.jpg)
Design considered before the decision was made to proceed with the Beech 18. ;)
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 12, 2022, 04:14:36 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Expeditor & Dragon Rapide, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 13, 2022, 01:34:02 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Dragon Rapide & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 15, 2022, 03:46:51 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/1AJ2GUj.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OwJ5VXq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KRIRLQU.jpg)

Title: Re: Dragon Rapide & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 16, 2022, 12:39:12 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Dragon Rapide & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 16, 2022, 08:29:34 AM
Obviously a contender for the fly-off with the Bristol aircraft that became the Blenheim. :D
Title: Re: Dragon Rapide & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2022, 02:13:49 AM
 ;D
Title: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 17, 2022, 05:26:48 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/mD12q21.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Dia6aVU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/R4vpAJb.jpg)

Title: Re: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 18, 2022, 01:09:05 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on March 18, 2022, 01:25:23 AM
That's a great combination! Great way of attaching a tail to the FW-189 fuselage.
Title: Re: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2022, 04:34:07 AM

thanks !
Title: Re: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 18, 2022, 07:37:43 AM
the Focke-Wulf Dragonfly ? :smiley:
Title: Re: FW189 & PZL-37 Los & Expeditor, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2022, 02:39:26 AM
 ;D
Title: Islander & FW189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2022, 07:10:15 PM

the twin boom did not get lost ! (nothing quite gets lost in my series of kitbashes ;-))

(https://i.imgur.com/gJY29x6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JFoJd4I.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6yjl2NL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gTB9FU7.jpg)

the rear glass tail is a nose from a Ju86
Title: Re: Islander & FW189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 21, 2022, 09:36:57 AM
Looks like a real deal, though how is prop clearance to fuselage and door ?
Title: Re: Islander & FW189, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2022, 07:44:10 PM

to fuselage it's fine ; to door maybe it is best kept closed when spinning  ;D
Title: Schooner & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 31, 2022, 05:53:25 PM

this boat/plane mix is inspiring :

(https://mikeshouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Plane-Boat-%E2%80%9CCosmic-Muffin%E2%80%9D-image-1.jpg)

so here is one go at it :

(https://i.imgur.com/3SvaKhv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/CXn3gHg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Xs8ZsJk.jpg)

I have plans for a B-707 / PT109 mash-up
Title: Re: Schooner & PZL-37 Los, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 01, 2022, 02:16:54 AM
 :smiley:
Title: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 10, 2022, 05:31:21 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/QolaKKt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PWlBHix.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RGXVlMv.jpg)

Title: Re: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 11, 2022, 01:10:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on April 11, 2022, 01:21:32 AM
That's gorgeous! It's a very believable French plane from the 20s and 30s.
Title: Re: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 11, 2022, 03:06:39 AM
 ;D :smiley:
Title: Re: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 11, 2022, 06:25:29 AM
That's gorgeous! It's a very believable French plane from the 20s and 30s.

Goes for me too....   :smiley:
Title: Re: MS 230 & Potez 452, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 12, 2022, 02:52:30 PM
 :smiley:
Title: KC-130 & P-38 (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 15, 2022, 03:43:22 AM

a biggie

(https://i.imgur.com/ODwM7od.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dOJbBSz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/njpm9c9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Yd3Vgj7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mmQHVBc.jpg)

Title: Re: KC-130 & P-38 (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 15, 2022, 03:45:05 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: KC-130 & P-38 (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 15, 2022, 05:32:48 AM
Brillant combo.   Gotta be largest most powerful aircraft piston engines of all time  :o 
Title: Re: KC-130 & P-38 (1/32), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 15, 2022, 02:44:31 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Canberra & LeO 451, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 18, 2022, 01:33:18 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/JbDQ7Mf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/an7P3mW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QRsHwAs.jpg)

Title: Re: Canberra & LeO 451, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2022, 02:51:28 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Canberra & LeO 451, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 18, 2022, 04:50:09 PM
 ;D
Title: Liberator & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 21, 2022, 04:47:33 PM

a trimotor liberator (wih spats)

(https://i.imgur.com/JYGoTda.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IBVXsVO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/teyZL7K.jpg)

Title: Re: Liberator & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 22, 2022, 02:43:22 AM
Different...
Title: Re: Liberator & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 22, 2022, 10:24:22 AM
'Tante Lib'! Love it  :smiley:  But with that fixed main undercarriage and retractable nose gear, it must've been a Burt Rutan design  ;)
Title: Re: Liberator & Ju-52, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 22, 2022, 03:34:30 PM
 ;D
Title: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 01, 2022, 07:44:19 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/kKx4Iay.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8rfdYKM.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Ij9nPiu.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 02, 2022, 02:09:55 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 02, 2022, 06:12:29 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 02, 2022, 07:55:41 AM
First is it gave me B-7 bomber flashes.   All-in-all is 1930-ish believable.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2022, 02:19:35 AM

thanks for the B-7 ref, I didn't know that one, and it does look a bit similar, in the wings attachment
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 03, 2022, 05:08:54 AM
Another natural combo that I'd never have thought of! And, somehow, very French looking. Nice  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Potez 540, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2022, 04:21:25 PM
 ;D
Title: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2022, 06:16:15 PM

the other part of the Mavis seen there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196687#msg196687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196687#msg196687)

(https://i.imgur.com/MjOba3X.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1U3EbN3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SxGGdzl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PtmOGFq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/UXsCrq5.jpg)

Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 12, 2022, 12:06:02 AM
Won't be fast but is neat transport design.  Vision it as British.
Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 12, 2022, 02:13:53 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on May 12, 2022, 02:18:06 AM
Won't be fast but is neat transport design.  Vision it as British.


Like those Shorts's landplane airliners that were converted flying boats . . .


But where did the fins come from ?




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2022, 04:02:02 AM

 ;) ;) ;)

the fins are from a Shackleton : the Mavis ones looked too small to my taste for this combination.

Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on May 12, 2022, 12:33:11 PM
Beautiful! It looks like an evolved Handley Page H.P.42!
Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 12, 2022, 02:54:55 PM
Beautiful! It looks like an evolved Handley Page H.P.42!


Regarding H.P.42
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0)
Title: Re: Stratocruiser & Mavis, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2022, 05:56:30 PM

beautiful !  ;D

Title: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2022, 01:18:51 AM

floats used elsewhere http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196327#msg196327 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196327#msg196327)
so ...


(https://i.imgur.com/iLzRalK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HPt3end.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YKO7d8S.jpg)

Title: Re: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 20, 2022, 01:47:28 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 20, 2022, 04:15:50 AM
Crop duster ?
Title: Re: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2022, 04:29:27 AM

 civilian use  ;)
Title: Re: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on May 20, 2022, 07:27:41 AM
civilian use  ;)

Very nice  :smiley:  And highly reminiscent of the military Arado Ar 196L-2 variant ...
Title: Re: Ar196 (1/48) landplane, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 20, 2022, 11:14:52 PM

I didn't know that variant  ;D
looks like Stuka spats to me  ;)
Title: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2022, 07:17:59 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Tpon21Z.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9tFyawG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RW8IXWg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cGV8TFl.jpg)
Title: Re: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 24, 2022, 09:34:13 PM
Needs silver paint and red stars! And a glazed nose….. And a tail gunner!
I definitely get a Soviet vibe…… awesome.
Title: Re: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 25, 2022, 01:25:03 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 25, 2022, 01:40:49 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 25, 2022, 04:01:25 AM
Also get Soviet vibe.  Is for them Politburo big wigs to go to exclusive resorts.  :smiley:
Title: Re: F-15 (1/48) & Constellation (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 25, 2022, 03:48:16 PM
 ;)
Title: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 27, 2022, 03:22:33 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/AcmHS5W.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kyAL3Go.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ls3zqOO.jpg)

Title: Re: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 27, 2022, 04:26:45 PM
Ahh yes.  Another fine enlightening combo  :smiley:
Foresee 1/72 bomber:  1/48 or 1/32 He-111 with 1/72 interior and 1/72 Constellation wings. 
Title: Re: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 27, 2022, 06:21:47 PM

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 28, 2022, 02:07:32 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on May 28, 2022, 08:35:39 AM
 :smiley:
a four-engine He-111 should'a been built in real life !
Just replace the tip-pods with Me-109 parasite fighters & one of their towed fuel tanks behind :D
Title: Re: He 111 & Constellation (1/144), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 28, 2022, 08:04:15 PM
 ;)
Title: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 03, 2022, 03:54:57 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/ljMk0n6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3Yb6ikG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rMqMMUb.jpg)

Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 03, 2022, 08:29:58 AM
Luft 46'    Appropriately streamlined fuselage to go with those wings.  :smiley:
Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 03, 2022, 10:23:21 AM
Yep, that combo works really well  :smiley:

The earlier, 4-engined Heinkel/Constellation made me think of a Big Brother for the He 116 mailplane.
Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 03, 2022, 06:20:43 PM

thanks !
Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on June 04, 2022, 12:54:51 AM
That looks great! The elevators may get a bit warm from the exhausts, though.
Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 04, 2022, 03:19:47 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: He 111 & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 04, 2022, 04:18:31 AM
 ;D
Title: Beaufighter & Bristol 138A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 08, 2022, 06:28:43 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/guecHFk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HkBqC9E.jpg)
Title: Re: Beaufighter & Bristol 138A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 09, 2022, 02:33:26 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 11, 2022, 08:14:28 PM
and the reciprocal

(https://i.imgur.com/HSwuThx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rfrJHfj.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bAv8nsm.jpg)

Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 12, 2022, 02:25:13 AM
Nice! That almost looks like a radar nose on the Type 138A Beaufighter  :smiley:
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 12, 2022, 02:51:26 AM
Westland Whirlwind competitor?
Title: Re: Beaufighter & Bristol 138A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 12, 2022, 02:59:11 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)



Bristol's answer to the Vickers Wellesley . . .   :D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 12, 2022, 03:01:15 AM
Westland Whirlwind competitor?


Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 12, 2022, 02:29:56 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 13, 2022, 01:13:00 AM
Westland Whirlwind competitor?


Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .


cheers,
Robin.

Not with those engines unless there is something going on that we can't see.
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 13, 2022, 04:30:21 AM
Westland Whirlwind competitor?


Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .


cheers,
Robin.

Not with those engines unless there is something going on that we can't see.


There is . . .   ;)
Those aren't Beaufighter Hercules engines under those cowlings, but rather two of the special, two stage supercharged Pegasus engines used by the original Bristol 138A. Armament would be four rifle-calibre Brownings.
My scenario is 1939-40, with the Ju86s flying photo recce missions over England prior to Operation Sealion . . .

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 13, 2022, 04:50:14 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Bristol 138A & Beaufighter, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 14, 2022, 01:20:40 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 18, 2022, 03:50:08 PM

with spats

(https://i.imgur.com/UpDa1gU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DUCFixD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/vu3ZJKG.jpg)
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 19, 2022, 02:01:26 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 19, 2022, 08:26:00 AM
Looks fine.   Sure it wasn't always like that ?
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 19, 2022, 06:54:03 PM

quite sure  ;)
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 20, 2022, 05:23:34 AM
 :smiley:


Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .


(https://i.postimg.cc/jKq22wkK/seafox-landplane.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Beaufighter & Bristol 138A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 20, 2022, 05:28:35 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)

Let us not forget 1930s research into high altitude flying.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2022, 04:15:30 PM
Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .


thanks for the reference, I dodn't know this one !
Title: Re: Beaufighter & Bristol 138A, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 20, 2022, 04:15:51 PM
Let us not forget 1930s research into high altitude flying.  :smiley:

 ;)
Title: Tu134 & Canberra & He-111z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 21, 2022, 11:47:22 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/ZjJNfB3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pcoEiw5.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/F9zdcbI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MXKVV3W.jpg)

this is where the two He111 came from
Title: Re: Tu134 & Canberra & He-111z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on June 22, 2022, 07:01:00 AM
!!!!!!!!! :icon_surprised:
Title: Re: Tu134 & Canberra & He-111z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 22, 2022, 10:20:03 PM
 ;) ;D
Title: Double Dare...
Post by: Inactive II on June 23, 2022, 03:05:20 AM
...Model of Elon Musk's winged & tail finned Space X Starship bent to look like Flesh Gordon's space rambler painted pink of course though hot red do nicely.
Title: Re: Tu134 & Canberra & He-111z, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 24, 2022, 02:58:24 AM
 ;)
Title: Constellation & Tu134, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 27, 2022, 01:55:34 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/W451FGC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XNg7M4M.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xix4VsX.jpg)

a very old Constellation kit, by Monogram : I like very old kits in all their quirkiness
Title: Re: Constellation & Tu134, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 29, 2022, 03:03:32 AM
Would be the 1/131 kit.   Fuselage-wing proportion works out well.  Good eye for another combo.  Step up in speed from stock Constellation  :smiley:
Be a treat to see one fly out of local SeaTac airport  :smiley:
Title: Re: Constellation & Tu134, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 29, 2022, 03:55:19 AM
 ;D ;)
Title: LeO 451 & Constellation, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 02, 2022, 04:16:17 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/dgkEGeG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wEBVT8L.jpg)

Title: Re: LeO 451 & Constellation, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 04, 2022, 04:32:32 AM
Flows and works and such.   :smiley:      Post war LeO 451 ?
Title: Re: LeO 451 & Constellation, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2022, 10:19:06 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: LeO 451 & Constellation, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 06, 2022, 04:01:53 AM
Very nice ... and plausible. Reminds me very much of the one-off Bloch MB 135 B4.

-- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bloch-unbuilt-designs-and-prototypes.1345/page-3#post-318312 (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bloch-unbuilt-designs-and-prototypes.1345/page-3#post-318312)
Title: Re: LeO 451 & Constellation, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2022, 02:15:08 AM

quite close indeed !   :smiley:
Title: Big boy & Lafayette, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2022, 04:12:36 AM

a non-aircraft chimera

(https://i.imgur.com/qUvGtJw.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PBaywYS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lT3WVJa.jpg)

Title: Re: Big boy & Lafayette, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on July 07, 2022, 04:58:59 AM
That's one heck of a narrowboat . . .   ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Big boy & Lafayette, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on July 07, 2022, 07:48:00 AM
And with that amount of steam it would go fast ! :D

Maybe it needs side paddle-wheels >:D
Title: Re: Big boy & Lafayette, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 07, 2022, 01:56:11 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Lafayette & Big boy, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 10, 2022, 04:12:24 AM

the other way round

(https://i.imgur.com/kscKI5f.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XLTJKzU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MQsG9xj.jpg)

Title: Re: Lafayette & Big boy, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on July 11, 2022, 07:12:27 AM
My GOD !! what gauge is the track :o
Title: Re: Lafayette & Big boy, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 12, 2022, 01:48:33 AM
 ;)

just HO 1/87 (the boat is 1/400)
Title: Re: Lafayette & Big boy, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on July 12, 2022, 03:41:35 AM
According to Wikipedia, an HO track is 16.5mm wide... so in 1/400 scale the tracks would have to be 6.6 meters/21.7 feet wide! It reminds me of the sci fi stories with cities that travel on roads or tracks.
Title: Re: Lafayette & Big boy, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 12, 2022, 09:55:59 PM
 ;D
Title: PT-109 & B-707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 13, 2022, 11:26:22 PM

another boaty adventure

(https://i.imgur.com/9IqbK8m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JFbi0kd.jpg)

Title: Re: PT-109 & B-707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on July 14, 2022, 02:06:37 AM
Of course,,,  high speed commuter boat gets you across the bay way faster than driving  :smiley:
I shoulda thought of that !
Title: Re: PT-109 & B-707, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 14, 2022, 02:23:53 PM
 ;D
Title: Seagull & C-97, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 21, 2022, 11:39:37 PM

the wings are tail stabilizers from a C-97 (B-29)

(https://i.imgur.com/MRjCh97.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5QHkZiP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IkQV3mU.jpg)

Title: Re: Seagull & C-97, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on July 22, 2022, 12:17:59 AM
That looks great with the spats! It reminds me of a fancy version of the Russian Su-2
Title: Re: Seagull & C-97, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 22, 2022, 05:31:41 AM
 ;)
Title: Ar196 & Duck (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 24, 2022, 12:58:45 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/o4o3v0W.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wD0KYRA.jpg)

Title: Duck & Ar196 (1/48), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 02, 2022, 04:49:15 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/WN1xIp0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/CvDHiIO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cbfQG69.jpg)

and spats from a 1/48 Hs126
Title: Ju-88 (1/48) & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 08, 2022, 04:42:26 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/G4TArwo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1AK4zCo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OeMBwTQ.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-88 (1/48) & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 09, 2022, 12:02:43 PM
Bit odd, yet does come together and work in its own way.  More I look the more workable it looks.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-88 (1/48) & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 09, 2022, 02:58:32 PM
 ;) ;D
Title: Re: Ju-88 (1/48) & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on August 09, 2022, 04:29:39 PM
Wings & engines are a bit small otherwise a good idea :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju-88 (1/48) & Canberra, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 10, 2022, 05:56:55 AM

it looks that way indeed but the original wings were not that larger so that's why I did it  ;)
Title: Canberra & TA-154 (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 10, 2022, 06:36:12 PM


the other side of the Canberra

(https://i.imgur.com/AAxZ1g9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/U2fNLeE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KADJYOP.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YKNZVVf.jpg)


Title: Re: Canberra & TA-154 (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 11, 2022, 01:48:04 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Canberra & TA-154 (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 11, 2022, 10:24:21 AM
Luft 46.   Sleek fuselage higher speed recon derivative of TA-154  :smiley:
Title: Re: Canberra & TA-154 (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 11, 2022, 01:55:48 PM
 ;D
Title: TA-154 (1/48) & Ju-52, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 20, 2022, 03:08:38 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/d5m2ucB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pi1fO3Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jiMgsxG.jpg)
Title: Re: TA-154 (1/48) & Ju-52, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 21, 2022, 02:51:07 AM
 :smiley:

Looks like something a 1930s era adventurer such as Sir Hubert Wilkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Wilkins) or perhaps Martin and Osa Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_and_Osa_Johnson) might have used.
Title: Re: TA-154 (1/48) & Ju-52, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 21, 2022, 12:39:16 PM
Yes, 1930s.  :smiley:   Be sharp on your landing skill with landing gear like that.
Title: Re: TA-154 (1/48) & Ju-52, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2022, 06:03:03 PM
 ;D
Title: YF-16/CCV multiseat, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 26, 2022, 03:23:28 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/RZXE7zc.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/stoIXQ5.jpg)

inspired from a picture or two seen on these forums a while ago ...
Title: Ju-52 & Horten, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 28, 2022, 04:37:27 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/FGJXEYX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pvopRLY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s44P93R.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-52 & Horten, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on August 28, 2022, 06:06:33 AM
Interesting!   8)

Thought about doing that with a Meteor night-fighter fuselage.
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Horten, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on August 28, 2022, 09:19:29 AM
... Thought about doing that with a Meteor night-fighter fuselage.

Sure, but then where do the paratroopers and cargo go?  I mean, a night fighter without fallschirmjäger?  How could that make sense  ???
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Horten, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on August 29, 2022, 12:27:20 PM
This be good.  Very inspiring for new avenues of kit-bash concept ideas.   :smiley:   8)
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Horten, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 30, 2022, 05:46:57 PM
 ;D
Title: Ar196 & Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 31, 2022, 03:02:55 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/UX1nX5L.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HEqREBW.jpg)

Title: Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 03, 2022, 04:45:19 PM
Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow

(https://i.imgur.com/jIGGeT6.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Rgq4eTd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/92r2Tlp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gVB3PVi.jpg)

Title: Re: Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 04, 2022, 01:47:10 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 04, 2022, 01:50:20 AM
Another fine combination.   :smiley:    Is it a 1950-ish S-3 built before sufficient jet engines were available ?
Title: Re: Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 04, 2022, 02:09:42 AM
 ;)
Title: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 07, 2022, 05:16:09 PM
Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue

(https://i.imgur.com/yB9b4xm.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6LYqfXx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0gY8nOo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XwHnPIx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rciQ9Yl.jpg)
Title: Re: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 07, 2022, 07:31:19 PM
Nice! This screams SHIELD from the Marvel Avenger's Universe.
Title: Re: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 08, 2022, 12:44:26 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 08, 2022, 03:03:04 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 09, 2022, 02:31:43 AM
Foregoing VTOL for lower RCS (probably not low enough) and higher speed.   Thatz how them engineering tradeoffs go...
Title: Re: Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 09, 2022, 03:32:22 AM
 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Automotrice & Yak-24, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 10, 2022, 02:20:10 PM

Automotrice & Yak-24, red

(https://i.imgur.com/vVkwlaU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bu5uhzn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3QVKRgQ.jpg)

Title: Yak-24 & Fokker F-27, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 13, 2022, 07:18:08 PM

Yak-24 & Fokker F-27, yellow

(https://i.imgur.com/mArvWs3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4N286bd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DSYI1Sz.jpg)

Title: Re: Yak-24 & Fokker F-27, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 14, 2022, 01:54:14 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Fokker DR.1 & Lublin R.XIII, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 17, 2022, 02:57:15 AM
Fokker DR.1 & Lublin R.XIII

(https://i.imgur.com/dQYGR3d.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7nez9ov.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5xKDS7B.jpg)
Title: Re: Fokker DR.1 & Lublin R.XIII, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 17, 2022, 03:05:12 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2022, 03:20:41 AM

Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1

with a bit of An-2 too

(https://i.imgur.com/HjjJfMa.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Ksw6eUl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LAq0uQr.jpg)

Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 20, 2022, 03:25:46 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Acree on September 20, 2022, 03:28:54 AM
Looks like a competitor to the Airspeed and GAL Fleet Shadowers!
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on September 20, 2022, 04:27:14 AM
Stop the Pigeon !!
Stop the Pigeon !!

 ;D ;D




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 20, 2022, 06:00:29 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 21, 2022, 02:32:55 AM
Reminds me of this:

(http://www.deansgarage.com/wp-content/gallery/mccall-planes/mccall-donbrowski.jpg)
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 21, 2022, 02:38:22 AM
 :o ;D ;D ;D

thanks for the reference !

Title: Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 22, 2022, 09:43:16 PM

Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow


(https://i.imgur.com/f9e7F1q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oa8N9XL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MECbAvK.jpg)

Title: Re: Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 23, 2022, 01:46:29 AM
Didn't know about Kalkert Ka 430.   Certainly STOL long as landing gear holds up  :smiley:
Title: Re: Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 23, 2022, 02:19:04 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on September 23, 2022, 03:13:25 AM
That really looks good. I miss Huma kits...
Title: Re: Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 23, 2022, 04:24:13 AM
 ;)
Title: Vigilante & F-111, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 26, 2022, 02:56:30 AM

Vigilante & F-111, red

(https://i.imgur.com/xHCZws8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yusQrYh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/btoC50t.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EtQF6lo.jpg)
Title: Re: Vigilante & F-111, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 26, 2022, 04:31:11 AM
Of course,,, obviously was meant to be  8)
Title: Re: Vigilante & F-111, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 26, 2022, 05:59:36 AM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Vigilante & F-111, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on September 26, 2022, 06:25:23 AM
I love it! I think you might have read my medium bomber post? This would fill the bill!
Title: Re: Vigilante & F-111, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 26, 2022, 03:17:26 PM
 ;)
Title: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 28, 2022, 05:24:10 PM

and the reciprocal (slightly less spectacular) :

(https://i.imgur.com/zp9PB0Y.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Dn1AJ6R.jpg)

Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 29, 2022, 01:30:27 AM
Kind of a 'budget' F-111.  Eliminates swing wing production and maintenance costs.  :smiley:
Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 29, 2022, 02:29:23 AM
Reminds me of the STOVL F-111 I drew up years ago:

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/More%20Creations/F-111V2.jpg)
Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 29, 2022, 03:14:14 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 30, 2022, 08:01:30 PM

Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/pdqNQHl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3mx0vv0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AuicKdF.jpg)

as well as Ju-52 wheels

Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 01, 2022, 12:15:14 AM
Reminds me of the STOVL F-111 I drew up years ago:

([url]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/More%20Creations/F-111V2.jpg[/url])


Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.
Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 01, 2022, 02:02:36 AM
Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.

It was meant to be for the same era as the F-111.  Back then both VTOL and VG were in vogue so I tried to show what a VTOL or more likely STOVL F-111 might look like.  BTW, as an example of what I mean, look at the original Sukhoi T6-1 which also originally was planned to have lift jets before switching to VG wings and becoming the Su-24:

(https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/images/t-6-image01.jpg)
(https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/images/t-6-line1.gif)
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 01, 2022, 02:04:08 AM

Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/pdqNQHl.jpg)


 :smiley:
Title: Re: F-111 & Vigilante, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 01, 2022, 03:40:19 AM
Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.

It was meant to be for the same era as the F-111.  Back then both VTOL and VG were in vogue so I tried to show what a VTOL or more likely STOVL F-111 might look like.  BTW, as an example of what I mean, look at the original Sukhoi T6-1 which also originally was planned to have lift jets before switching to VG wings and becoming the Su-24:


 :smiley:
thanks for the reference !
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on October 01, 2022, 06:41:32 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/AuicKdF.jpg)

Looks like there's enough room for a passenger in front of the cockpit ala D.H. FoxMoth.
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 02, 2022, 03:19:08 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 03, 2022, 03:14:47 AM

Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue

(https://i.imgur.com/uAfxq5s.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NnrdbzF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WazRJuC.jpg)

Title: Re: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on October 03, 2022, 06:43:13 AM
a natural  :smiley:
Title: Re: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 03, 2022, 04:05:03 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 04, 2022, 05:14:52 AM
@EricR - That is a very nice match up of Ju-87 wings with the F-13 fuselage.  Subtle what-ifs = best what-ifs :smiley:
Title: Re: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 04, 2022, 08:50:27 AM
Stuka wings improve F-13 a lot.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 04, 2022, 02:26:11 PM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2022, 03:53:11 AM

Hampden & Thunderchief

in order to use the F105 wings, the problem I had to solve was to find a fuselage with a shape able to welcome the jet exhaust ...

(https://i.imgur.com/lV0gejw.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/J0NU3yk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kp8KnZH.jpg)
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 06, 2022, 05:32:08 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on October 06, 2022, 06:20:55 AM
OMG ! :o  It cries out for red stars !
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 06, 2022, 07:28:50 AM
OMG ! :o  It cries out for red stars !

Agree  :smiley:
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 06, 2022, 03:26:31 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 06, 2022, 10:44:20 PM
OMG ! :o  It cries out for red stars !

Agree  :smiley:

Oh yeah! Silver paint and red stars and I’m sure you would fool some people at a show…!
Title: Re: Hampden & Thunderchief, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 07, 2022, 03:11:05 AM
 ;)
Title: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 10, 2022, 04:25:41 AM

Globemaster & Mi-8, red

(https://i.imgur.com/gDWVCdN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xBHq3VK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rxi36ns.jpg)

Title: Re: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on October 10, 2022, 06:11:58 AM
isn't this the helicopter in Thomas the Tank Engine  ? ;D :smiley:
Title: Re: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 10, 2022, 06:15:35 AM
Seriously large heavy lift helicopter  :smiley:
Title: Re: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 10, 2022, 10:10:16 AM
Beautiful job and imagination!
Title: Re: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 11, 2022, 01:03:55 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Globemaster & Mi-8, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2022, 04:07:23 AM


thanks all !  you appreciation fuels my imagination  ;D
Title: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 14, 2022, 06:12:10 PM
Mi-8 & Globemaster (1/144), blue

a reciprocation

(https://i.imgur.com/q61mSjW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ne1TPSN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WyKoVO9.jpg)
Title: Re: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 15, 2022, 01:09:24 AM
Should have envisioned this reciprocation coming.
Great combination, you sure have an eye for these.    :smiley:
Is inspiration to build same/similar.  Be Army or MATS.
Title: Re: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on October 15, 2022, 01:41:18 AM
If it had a high wing, it would be one of those Miles built pod and boom freighters . . .




cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 15, 2022, 05:19:22 AM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ChernayaAkula on October 15, 2022, 02:32:56 PM
SwingViggie is a neat idea!  :-*

Looking at the re-winged Vigilante and Aardvark, I wonder.... scale-o-rama'ed Concorde wings? Perhaps with retractable canards?
Title: Re: Mi-8 & Globemaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 15, 2022, 05:02:22 PM

thanks !  ;)
Title: Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2022, 05:07:03 AM

Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow

(https://i.imgur.com/Tla1SaX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Ks6mEwD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fZ2tIEl.jpg)


and reciprocally :

(https://i.imgur.com/jWnIVoU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/x4WeU3Y.jpg)

Title: Re: Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 18, 2022, 05:38:35 AM
Couple highlights of drone development over decades.
Title: Re: Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on October 18, 2022, 04:35:57 PM
Dastardly and Muttley ride again !!   ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 18, 2022, 09:10:25 PM
 ;)
Title: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 22, 2022, 04:45:15 AM
DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/CHqQN72.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tICytcY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Y2hALwI.jpg)




(https://i.imgur.com/lYB3CNY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fTvZe9T.jpg)
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on October 22, 2022, 05:17:14 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/Y2hALwI.jpg)

that fuselage would make a good mini-sub ;)
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 23, 2022, 02:51:34 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on October 23, 2022, 04:50:25 AM
Where are the wings from, on the red 'high altitude' one ?


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 23, 2022, 06:26:33 PM

the long wings are form a 1/72 kit of a "Gil" glider, a very simple kit from Poland I think
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on October 24, 2022, 05:09:27 AM
Thanks, I managed to find one for sale on Ebay . . .   :D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 25, 2022, 12:44:03 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Gil & JJ-5 (1/144) & DC-130 drone, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 26, 2022, 01:07:26 AM

Gil & JJ-5 (1/144) & DC-130 drone, blue & yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/xlMhwgJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ratdYGV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NRyeHqF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/V0t4vVK.jpg)

Title: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 30, 2022, 08:04:30 PM

Kenworth & Osprey, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/Q4EPZjn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/T9V3XEi.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XFJzZZs.jpg)

Title: Re: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 30, 2022, 11:04:58 PM
As follow on to Jet Truck, this otta be big attraction at airshows.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 31, 2022, 06:04:00 AM
:o  ;D  ;D

For those days when the traffic is hopeless and the load has got to get through!

There was a TV show where the truck turned into a helicopter………  Can’t think of it now!
Title: Re: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 31, 2022, 05:11:28 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on October 31, 2022, 11:45:50 PM
Great paint job on the truck!
Title: Re: Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 01, 2022, 04:13:29 AM

thanks  ;)
Title: truck & trailer & Mi-8 & Mi-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 06, 2022, 02:09:36 AM

truck & trailer & Mi-8 & Mi-4, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

another attempt at crossing truck & helo

(https://i.imgur.com/AgrsF80.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mOdYejf.jpg)

Title: Re: truck & trailer & Mi-8 & Mi-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 06, 2022, 04:28:01 AM
Unique concept.  Believe more R&D needed for it to become practical.  ;)
Title: Re: truck & trailer & Mi-8 & Mi-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 06, 2022, 04:12:26 PM

luckily we can rely on whiff physics  ;)
Title: Piper L-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2022, 05:53:14 AM
Piper L-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

slightly transformed

(https://i.imgur.com/cW1MbGF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2z5GJQg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qLiSDa8.jpg)
Title: Re: Piper L-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 15, 2022, 07:41:51 AM
Must be the low wing aristocrat version with room for wearing a top hat  :smiley:
Title: Re: Piper L-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 15, 2022, 03:53:41 PM
 ;D
Title: Kv-2 & giraffe, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 20, 2022, 04:20:41 AM

it has been a long time since I featured an animal in this series :
this one can justifiy the title again

Kv-2 & giraffe, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/lnihzib.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2fsi9DW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qjMcAIG.jpg)
Title: World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 29, 2022, 10:39:42 PM

World cruiser & Seamew, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/6ePDsdQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gAvonXQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DLIsJT6.jpg)

Title: Re: World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on November 30, 2022, 05:47:59 AM
 :smiley: but the radiator needs to be bigger !
Title: Re: World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on November 30, 2022, 05:59:03 AM
Nice . . .   :smiley:
Looks very Junkers-y . . .
And that reminds me, I never posted the version that I built . . .   :-[


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on November 30, 2022, 08:04:35 AM
Early adaptor of winglets to reduce drag hence extend range !
Title: Re: World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2022, 03:46:17 PM
 ;D
Title: Seamew & World cruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 05, 2022, 04:35:22 AM

the reciprocal :

Seamew & World cruiser, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/Onbz3ZZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5fX6FL5.jpg)

Title: A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2022, 08:37:06 PM

A400M & Huey (1/24), red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

slightly enormous

(https://i.imgur.com/gJxMvkE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2oGvsBh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ORExfCW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/VQsSxnt.jpg)
Title: Re: A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on December 15, 2022, 10:23:17 PM
I can only imagine the vibrations on board! Love it!
Title: Re: A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 16, 2022, 01:41:27 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 16, 2022, 02:55:45 AM
New age of the mega-choppers.   :smiley:   Everything won't be tilt engine.
Title: Re: A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 17, 2022, 01:01:19 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 21, 2022, 04:25:22 AM


Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

reciprocally (still quite large for storage)


(https://i.imgur.com/ymL1lzV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/l8JgQ2f.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Dmgw3Vh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Fl1qpJj.jpg)

Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on December 21, 2022, 06:33:40 AM
nice upgrade for the Huey - unfortunately it will throw up even more & bigger clods of dirt & grass than the Twin-Hueys at my local helipad ;D
Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 21, 2022, 07:20:16 PM
Such a concept.  Nicely thought out.  :smiley:
1/72 A400 wings ?

Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 22, 2022, 12:05:42 AM
 ;D ;D ;D

1/72 A400 wings indeed

Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 23, 2022, 05:45:11 PM
Such unusual off one's thought radar combination.   Never would have guessed to try it.   Works in its own unlikely way.     :smiley:
Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 25, 2022, 04:55:30 AM
 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2022, 02:21:28 AM

Lancaster & Heyford, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster

(https://i.imgur.com/phtkTzz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YU4Ztql.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/655TnpY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/s6Hj3ZU.jpg)

Title: Re: Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 29, 2022, 02:36:14 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 29, 2022, 05:05:04 AM
One of many improved Heyford bomber versions.   :smiley:  They don't make kits of all them so gotta build your own.
Title: Re: Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 29, 2022, 05:33:42 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: killnoizer on December 31, 2022, 04:55:28 PM
Very nice, is it a Heycaster or a Lancford  ?
Title: Re: Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 02, 2023, 03:34:15 AM
 ;)
Title: B-17G & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 04, 2023, 04:40:20 AM

B-17G & Lancaster, blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

second in a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster

 
(https://i.imgur.com/3KdXntp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EfO41fs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JWoigXq.jpg)

Title: Re: B-17G & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 04, 2023, 05:09:29 AM
Oh My,,, should have one in my air force.  Looks faster than OOB B-17   :smiley:
Not to be confused with Allison powered B-17.
Title: Re: B-17G & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 04, 2023, 11:30:18 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: B-17G & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 05, 2023, 02:15:49 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 09, 2023, 07:24:10 PM


Heyford & B-17G, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

third in a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster

(https://i.imgur.com/kvOyTLO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JQcFNj0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6CV6D6D.jpg)

Title: Re: Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 10, 2023, 01:33:31 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 10, 2023, 04:07:40 AM
Could be final variant of the B-9.   :smiley:   Particularly so if had early B-17 tail surfaces.
Title: Re: Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 10, 2023, 06:02:49 AM
 :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 10, 2023, 03:47:36 PM
 ;)
Title: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 20, 2023, 02:43:04 AM

Victor & Blinder tanker, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/hApuQSS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SeQUyWa.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AW3j0Z2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MDNxwkz.jpg)

Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 20, 2023, 05:01:32 AM
But of course,,,  :icon_surprised:  8)    why didn't I think of it  ???
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2023, 01:08:41 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 21, 2023, 05:57:04 AM
 :smiley:

very Russian ... but did they have to paint the whole aircraft red rather than just the stars ? ;D
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2023, 05:39:47 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 21, 2023, 10:49:12 PM
Awesome!
I love seeing these things come together!
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 22, 2023, 09:02:42 AM
That does look great! A much more aggressive-looking stance than the standard B-17. And so much room beneath ... it's begging for an underslung flying bomb or the like  :smiley:
Title: Re: Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 22, 2023, 05:07:22 PM
 :smiley:
Title: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 26, 2023, 06:16:40 AM

FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/cPs06Uk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wiraLPl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DBVjgU0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/F5VifL0.jpg)
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 26, 2023, 07:47:37 AM
 :smiley:  inspired by the Curtiss Condor ?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Curtiss_YC-30_Condor_front.jpg)
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 26, 2023, 10:51:36 AM
Stranraer + spats ... what's not to love?  :-*
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 26, 2023, 11:43:30 AM
Good eye for another build.   Has that looks like it could have been look back in the day.  :smiley:
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 26, 2023, 04:22:21 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 27, 2023, 01:07:41 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 27, 2023, 04:52:51 AM
  ;)
Title: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2023, 04:55:59 PM

SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/TBwv43t.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/c5Mvlog.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uSmFw4P.jpg)

Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: killnoizer on January 31, 2023, 08:24:57 PM
All of the constructions are nice , I like them .

But what is the problem with the Color’s ?
Something I have missed ? 
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 31, 2023, 08:49:12 PM

thanks !

the colors are just that I like red yellow and blue, and a single color makes the shape more visible  ;)
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Story on February 01, 2023, 01:13:43 AM

the colors are just that I like red yellow and blue, and a single color makes the shape more visible  ;)

The editors of HEAVY METAL magazine should purchase your collection and use it as an inspiration library for their artists.
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 01, 2023, 01:34:39 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: killnoizer on February 01, 2023, 03:41:23 AM
… and god created olive green  ;)
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 01, 2023, 05:29:24 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 01, 2023, 05:51:39 PM
What a threesome combo  :smiley:
After this, will look at Mi-6 kits in a different light.
Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 02, 2023, 06:21:18 AM
 ;)
Title: Mi-6 & SM79 (1/48), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 05, 2023, 11:17:29 PM

Mi-6 & SM79 (1/48), blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

yet another look at the Mi-6

(https://i.imgur.com/8XhC2FG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Il8bu6u.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/INv5Lrl.jpg)

Title: Re: SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 06, 2023, 07:04:56 AM
WOW - Who wouldn't want to fly in that !   :smiley:
Wonder what premiums are charged for upper level seats ?
Not sure if is Italian, French, Russian  ???

Title: Re: Mi-6 & SM79 (1/48), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 06, 2023, 03:57:20 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 14, 2023, 08:54:42 PM
Ar234 & Walrus, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 1 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/??) --> Walrus


(https://i.imgur.com/vC4mjus.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qtWu9fg.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/X0NEsR3.jpg)


Title: Re: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 15, 2023, 02:11:49 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 15, 2023, 05:15:37 AM
Looks airworthy though not practical for much.   Could it be a crop duster (good visibility) ?
Interesting you post this now.  Yesterday was sizing wing swap on 1/48 Ar-234 for possible 1/72 build.   Sized well but have SR-xx and others in work.
Title: Re: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2023, 06:30:01 AM

practicality may not be the main motivation indeed ;-)
rather a certain contrast between parts ...
Title: Re: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 15, 2023, 07:10:11 AM

practicality may not be the main motivation indeed ;-)
rather a certain contrast between parts ...


Well said.   Looking seemingly airworthy is good enough.   Practicality may be there or not.
Hard to believe its been 11 years since Slowy Jet.
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0)
Looks airworthy to me.   Practical - not so much.

Ar234 & Walrus could be for commercial aerial photography, for search & rescue, carry crop dusting gear.   But who cares, contrast between parts works.
Title: Re: Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 15, 2023, 04:33:44 PM

thanks for the backstory proposals, they all seem to have much potential !  :smiley:
I am not used to think of backstories, so I am not quite good at it.

and thanks a lot for the link to your 11 years old build : extremely impressive in its contrasts ! (and spats!)

Title: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2023, 03:08:32 PM

B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 2 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus


(https://i.imgur.com/TBKgUiZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/00o55dn.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AZwc5Pd.jpg)

Title: Re: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 21, 2023, 04:31:08 PM
B-29 converts to B-45 configuration.   Are those J57 engines ?
Title: Re: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2023, 08:21:28 PM

the engines are from the Revell kit of the Ar234, the one with the V1 included

Title: Re: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 22, 2023, 05:57:23 AM
Yes,,,   but in 1/1 reality probably J57 with speed in 400-500 zone.
Title: Re: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on February 22, 2023, 06:28:47 AM
@EricR - Excellent combination of subjects and the scale-o-rama really does work well for this mash-up. 
Title: Re: B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2023, 02:58:13 PM
 ;)
Title: Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2023, 04:31:05 AM

Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 3 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus

(https://i.imgur.com/KGpOMj0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/x15k76c.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xvUBnib.jpg)

Title: Re: Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on February 26, 2023, 10:48:40 AM
Wow! That really works  :smiley:

Love your jet-engined B-29 though  :-*
Title: Re: Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 26, 2023, 11:22:49 AM
Wow! That really works  :smiley:

Love your jet-engined B-29 though  :-*

Says it for me....
Title: Re: Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 26, 2023, 07:06:38 PM
 ;D ;)
Title: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 02, 2023, 08:40:42 PM

Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 4 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus


(https://i.imgur.com/B82J8mm.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6iFlY3D.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/51za9AZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hUz8ohr.jpg)
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Acree on March 03, 2023, 01:29:04 AM
THAT was very unexpected!  And surprisingly cool-looking!  Great job!
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 03, 2023, 05:00:49 AM
 ;)
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 03, 2023, 06:51:54 AM
RAF so liked the XF5F and XP-50 they had to have their own home designed variant.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2023, 12:17:20 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 04, 2023, 06:06:06 AM
RAF's light bomber for 1938 ? :smiley: 8)
Title: Re: Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2023, 05:21:49 PM
 ;)
Title: Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 07, 2023, 09:48:44 PM

Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 5 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus


(https://i.imgur.com/5AhlENW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rGq0H45.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YdBGG5Y.jpg)

Title: Re: Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 08, 2023, 06:42:34 AM
cross between a wasp & humming bird ? :smiley:
Title: Re: Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 08, 2023, 07:23:06 AM
Is most BASIC training low speed Alpha Jet version.   Used for initial flight training.   
Learning to land at low speeds before switching to hotter swept wings resulted in far fewer landing accidents.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 08, 2023, 04:25:15 PM
 ;D
Title: Tu-95 (1/200) & Alpha jet (1/50), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 11, 2023, 09:53:54 PM

Tu-95 (1/200) & Alpha jet (1/50), blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 6 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus


with spare engines from the Ar234 previously shown

(https://i.imgur.com/FrRNm6O.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RoXwFD0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DyZlebD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MmTbOEO.jpg)


Title: Re: Tu-95 (1/200) & Alpha jet (1/50), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 12, 2023, 12:58:02 PM
Such an eye for scale-o-ramaing  :smiley:   Another one that works.
Gets me pondering 1/72 possibilities for couple 1/100 Tu-20(95) kits in stash.
Title: Re: Tu-95 (1/200) & Alpha jet (1/50), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 12, 2023, 10:43:35 PM

 ;)

go ahead !  ;D

Title: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2023, 05:29:22 PM

Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 7 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus


(https://i.imgur.com/HLmmFIl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fABd62m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/p9nasNC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Pj4Wm0o.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 19, 2023, 04:15:39 AM
This aint spozed to work but it does.  :smiley:
Surprised 1/200 wings are large enough, would have guessed 1/144.   Could be done as US Army contemporary of OV-1 Mohawk.
Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 19, 2023, 08:00:44 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 22, 2023, 03:34:35 PM

see Tradewind & Ju188

nr. 8 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus

in the other thread on seaplanes, there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206854#msg206854 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206854#msg206854)

(https://i.imgur.com/PyJ8BIE.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 26, 2023, 11:52:22 PM
Walrus&Tradewind (1/166), red : primary seaplanes

nr. 9 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus

in the other thread on seaplanes, there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206919#msg206919 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206919#msg206919)

(https://i.imgur.com/xi1Ej3b.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 27, 2023, 05:17:40 AM
Really like your fuselage-wing cycling program and publishing it telling whatz coming next.   Many inspiring combos for me to try at some time.
Walrus wears Tradewind wings well.   STOL on land and water  :smiley:
Title: Re: Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 28, 2023, 12:00:22 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Blinder & KC-130 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 30, 2023, 07:26:22 PM

Blinder & KC-130 tanker, blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

the tanker part are from a Victor

(https://i.imgur.com/EhbJHe9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pkCMNfL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2alOCoE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/15c0hGM.jpg)

Title: Re: Blinder & KC-130 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 31, 2023, 03:39:33 AM
Blinder turboprop tanker is exactly what Russian air force has needed for a long time.   :smiley:
This combo works like so many others.
Title: Re: Blinder & KC-130 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 01, 2023, 01:03:09 AM
 ;)
Title: Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 08, 2023, 05:25:11 PM

Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue  : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/SEeRsoq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lJIEnem.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dXtxkxf.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 08, 2023, 10:49:48 PM
Never noticed helicopter potential of Ju-52 fuselage.   :smiley:   Should learn to be more observant.
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2023, 12:53:43 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on April 09, 2023, 08:37:47 AM
Brilliant!  :smiley:

Utterly bonkers ... but brilliant!  ;D
Title: Re: Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2023, 07:36:54 PM
 :smiley:
Title: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 23, 2023, 12:53:11 AM
nr. 1 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily


(https://i.imgur.com/0A22Lm7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/XhOFqIS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IUpdhnw.jpg)
Title: Re: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 23, 2023, 02:42:25 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on April 23, 2023, 03:52:35 AM
I love the Blimp'o 7!
Title: Re: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on April 23, 2023, 04:53:23 AM
Sure, absolutely the way to get blimps to go faster in 1950s.  :smiley:
Why didn't I think of it  :icon_crap:
Title: Re: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Camthalion on April 23, 2023, 09:57:07 AM
very cool
Title: Re: blimp & DC-7 , yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on April 23, 2023, 06:15:17 PM

thanks !  ;)
Title: DC-7 & Pogo (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2023, 03:29:03 AM

DC-7 & Pogo (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

nr. 2 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily


(https://i.imgur.com/Qst8FZI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nRfBwme.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hOIOXeO.jpg)

Title: Re: DC-7 & Pogo (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 03, 2023, 03:48:11 AM
Swell  :smiley:      Bit noisy in rear few seats or are those windows for maintenance visibility ?
Title: Re: DC-7 & Pogo (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 03, 2023, 04:08:46 PM
 ;D
Title: Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 06, 2023, 03:15:18 PM


nr. 3 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily


Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/sTyPVF9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5cBcVpC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/511pUrF.jpg)

Title: Re: Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 06, 2023, 03:40:41 PM
OMG  :o    Really ?      Gotta let it sink in...
Title: Re: Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 07, 2023, 02:12:46 AM
Take away the cockpit and rescale it and it could be a modern day VTOL UAV
Title: Re: Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 07, 2023, 03:05:45 AM
 ;)
Title: Privateer & Trident, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 11, 2023, 10:06:33 PM

nr. 4 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily

Privateer & Trident, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/UKrhtqH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/5LxluUj.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fUMlUR0.jpg)



Title: Re: Privateer & Trident, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 12, 2023, 03:20:46 AM
It has a Soviet/Old Eastern Europe look to it.  Perhaps a competitor to the Baade 152?
Title: Re: Privateer & Trident, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 12, 2023, 03:55:21 PM
 ;D

thanks for the reference to the Baade 152, I didn't know that one, peculiar looking indeed
Title: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2023, 03:02:54 AM


nr. 5 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily

Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/pTSyWLL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/BfHQwkx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TPa41NZ.jpg)

Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 15, 2023, 03:11:10 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 15, 2023, 10:57:01 AM
That looks real!
Awesome!
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 15, 2023, 03:02:33 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 16, 2023, 05:42:46 AM
Ya know,,, a prop Trident was long needed to serve smaller (shorter) regional airports.  Been a longtime waiting but finally here it is  :smiley:
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 16, 2023, 02:11:18 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 17, 2023, 03:39:59 AM
 Unofficially referred to as Bident.
Title: Atlantic & Skywarrior (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2023, 04:19:39 AM

nr. 6 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily

Atlantic & Skywarrior (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/e3vzByZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sxHxbu9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mNk6t03.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/dcauFzn.jpg)

with a few wheels from a A400M
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on May 19, 2023, 07:03:19 AM
Wow! That looks great! For some reason, I think it looks more like a East German ASW plane - a cousin of the Baade 152?
Title: Re: Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 19, 2023, 03:48:23 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 23, 2023, 05:38:28 PM

nr. 7 in a series of 8, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily

Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow

(https://i.imgur.com/GuMVoGj.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/T9BLeIz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1SkvfMs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OhRHdRM.jpg)

Title: Re: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 24, 2023, 02:32:22 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on May 24, 2023, 12:29:31 PM
Getting to both jet Atlantic and prop Skywarrior.   :smiley:  :smiley:

Wow! That looks great! For some reason, I think it looks more like a East German ASW plane - a cousin of the Baade 152?
Good you saw this in design.  I agree thatz it.  Not made the connection on my own.

Skywarrior is an 'almost' A2 Savage which is fine.

Title: Re: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2023, 01:15:59 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on May 24, 2023, 01:29:24 PM
Crazy good stuff here! Keep it coming!
Title: Re: Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 24, 2023, 09:36:35 PM

thanks !
Title: Ju88 (1/32) & Emily, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 30, 2023, 01:05:59 AM

nr. 8 in a series of 8, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7  <-- Pogo (1/48)  <-- Privateer  <-- Trident  <-- Atlantic  <-- Skywarrior (1/48)  <-- Ju88 (1/32)  <-- Emily

Ju88 (1/32) & Emily

(https://i.imgur.com/PBswI2X.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0hAgTa1.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lR8IZx5.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9ijO48U.jpg)

Title: Re: Ju88 (1/32) & Emily, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on May 30, 2023, 08:54:17 AM
Must be the Italian version of the '88, their engines were always under-powered so they needed more of them ;D

Like the lowered engine-maintenance steps :D
Title: Re: Ju88 (1/32) & Emily, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on May 30, 2023, 02:13:59 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ju88 (1/32) & Emily, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 05, 2023, 04:22:56 PM
Must consider:  Smaller engines were made in great quantities for use on various aircraft.  And,,, was better safety if one engine quit.  They knew what they were doing.
Title: Re: Ju88 (1/32) & Emily, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2023, 03:41:47 PM
 ;)
Title: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 06, 2023, 05:47:08 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/mo1iAzh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IW997kX.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/tOf27wz.jpg)
Title: Re: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 07, 2023, 12:37:13 AM
Strange but I like it! :smiley:
Title: Re: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 07, 2023, 02:02:43 PM
One of the special build subsonic longer loiter time F-16s  :smiley:
Title: Re: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 07, 2023, 09:59:33 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on June 08, 2023, 10:26:15 AM
There is absolutely no way in the world that this should work! But it does ... it does  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: F-16 (1/100) & P-38, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 08, 2023, 09:08:19 PM
 ;)
Title: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 14, 2023, 02:45:23 AM

home-made egg-plane

(https://i.imgur.com/ke8rSLp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/50Y9Ol3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/I7PeF5a.jpg)


Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on June 14, 2023, 07:58:26 AM
inspired by the Caproni Stipa & Fw-189 ground attack aircraft ? ;D
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 14, 2023, 09:19:36 AM
inspired by the Caproni Stipa & Fw-189 ground attack aircraft ? ;D

Yes, thanks for making the connection(s).   Wasn't quite putting it together in my mind.
Is there a pilot visibility issue when landing to judge proximity of wheels to runway ?
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 14, 2023, 11:29:58 AM
Just let it sink and hope you don’t run out of runway!
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 14, 2023, 02:10:53 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 15, 2023, 01:12:41 AM

home-made egg-plane

(https://i.imgur.com/ke8rSLp.jpg)


Just don’t try to land in Yellowstone National Park. One of those geysers will make it a hard boiled egg plane!

https://yellowstone.net/geysers/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/74-3-005.jpg

(https://yellowstone.net/geysers/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/74-3-005.jpg)
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on June 15, 2023, 02:05:58 AM
Just let it sink and hope you don’t run out of runway!
But if you do, is the subsequent landing an 'omelette', rather than a 'pancake' . . . ?


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2023, 02:06:57 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on June 15, 2023, 07:28:01 AM
Thank you Eric, your models give me more chuckles than the "Time for some Humour" page.  :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: Egg & Ar196 & Vampire, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 15, 2023, 02:44:37 PM

thanks !  ;)
Title: motorbike & shuttle (1/288), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 16, 2023, 10:17:06 PM

using a pre-built Kawasaki

(https://i.imgur.com/fkXIcub.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KL683Mv.jpg)

Title: Re: motorbike & shuttle (1/288), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 17, 2023, 03:36:17 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: motorbike & shuttle (1/288), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Old Wombat on June 17, 2023, 02:03:46 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: motorbike & shuttle (1/288), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 17, 2023, 09:29:36 PM
 :D
Title: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 26, 2023, 07:18:49 PM

shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.



(https://i.imgur.com/qIlfKlr.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/P945hec.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4kJ4PfL.jpg)



Title: Re: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 27, 2023, 04:05:11 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on June 27, 2023, 09:18:20 AM
At least you put the tail cone over the three rocket motors!
Crazy good!! ;D ;D
Title: Re: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on June 28, 2023, 11:19:26 AM
At least you put the tail cone over the three rocket motors!

I don't know ... those low-powered Argus motors could always do with rocket assist. ;)
Title: Re: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on June 28, 2023, 11:45:54 AM
Definite improvement over greenhouse heating issues of basic FW-189 at some sacrifice in visibility.  Probably transport version vrs recon version.   :smiley:
Title: Re: shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on June 28, 2023, 05:53:14 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Mi-4 & Buggy, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 04, 2023, 08:14:20 PM

Mi-4 & Buggy, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(the buggy is from an old "Wild Pao" motorized kit)

(https://i.imgur.com/6WbH0s1.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f3kTq1r.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gk7f74T.jpg)

Title: Re: Mi-4 & Buggy, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on July 04, 2023, 11:21:12 PM
Now he’s out stealing the toys from the neighborhood kids!!
This is just right for the next apocalypse group build.
Title: Re: Mi-4 & Buggy, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 05, 2023, 04:49:05 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: FW189B & 2cv, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 29, 2023, 09:46:53 PM

FW189B & 2cv, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/gE678YK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6gz7GkK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YaKW24U.jpg)
Title: Re: FW189B & 2cv, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on July 30, 2023, 08:48:20 AM
Ah yes, "2cv" as in ein zwei Pferde! Love it  ;D
Title: Re: FW189B & 2cv, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on July 30, 2023, 03:07:54 PM
 ;)
Title: Sherman toon & bug, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 12, 2023, 01:55:42 AM

Sherman toon & bug, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

with also a glass nose, from a Mosquito ?

(https://i.imgur.com/uvfj6O2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jXDg61B.jpg)

Title: bug & Sherman toon, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 21, 2023, 07:38:30 PM

bug & Sherman toon, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Oryctes Nasicornis from Heller

(https://i.imgur.com/sbNcXsX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zGyqokU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JLf2Kb2.jpg)

Title: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on August 31, 2023, 01:46:23 PM

self-cooked egg
& Su-22
& F-16 (1/100)

(https://i.imgur.com/aGUYieN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/syHPn5m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hdbj6Jo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nYAJA4c.jpg)

Title: Re: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 01, 2023, 09:42:32 AM
Love it!  :-*

It looks very much like it has sucked something very large up its air intake  ;D
Title: Re: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on September 01, 2023, 10:52:32 AM
Cracking good build!
Yes I stole that from someone else.
Title: Re: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 01, 2023, 05:17:54 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Frank3k on September 01, 2023, 11:34:33 PM
EricR, you should put a small pilot in the next one you make - you would have a Kinder egg.
Title: Re: self-cooked egg, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 02, 2023, 03:46:51 PM
 ;)
Title: V-1 & M-5 & MS 230, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 18, 2023, 06:09:52 PM

a reciprocal to the M-5 & V-1 :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg211217#msg211217 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg211217#msg211217)


here is an early prototype of the V-1, with old-fashioned motorization, and additional lifting surface

(https://i.imgur.com/CnQTncG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qnR5Zue.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LMSKRnX.jpg)

Title: Re: V-1 & M-5 & MS 230, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 19, 2023, 04:54:51 AM
Actually was V1 of the V-1.  :smiley:   Kept Gloster Gladiator interceptors busy shooting down attack waves with well over 50% success rate.
Title: Re: V-1 & M-5 & MS 230, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 19, 2023, 06:22:45 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Seafox landplane, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on September 23, 2023, 06:10:37 AM
:smiley:


Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .


(https://i.postimg.cc/jKq22wkK/seafox-landplane.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)




cheers,
Robin.


I founs a better picture of the Seafox on wheels,


(https://i.postimg.cc/k7XX0Lcm/seafox-wheels.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)


souce is AIR_BRITAIN AEROMILITARIA, VOLUME 26 ISSUE 101 SPRING 1999

cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: V-1 & M-5 & MS 230, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 25, 2023, 03:11:40 AM
thanks, I still have a Seafox in the stash ...
Title: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 27, 2023, 07:43:07 PM
Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(with an engine from a 1/32 Lysander ...)


(https://i.imgur.com/kTy1Xre.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/jV9M2Sh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HJkvIAo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZnnoHU0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/03QkiLS.jpg)

Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 28, 2023, 01:32:09 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on September 28, 2023, 01:39:20 AM
Love it! And, like all swoopy trimotors, it has an Italian feel to it  :smiley:
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 28, 2023, 02:38:24 AM
 :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
thanks !
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on September 28, 2023, 04:47:51 AM
Nice.  As I recall it was a custom build competitor in post war time-to-climb (10,000 ft) air races.  Ruffly like drag racing is for cars.  Took it's fair share of trophies.  :smiley:
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on September 28, 2023, 06:42:59 AM
Nice combination! It looks so plausible.
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on September 28, 2023, 07:04:47 AM
COR !, a CorFighter ! ... or is it a Beausair ?
Title: Re: Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on September 28, 2023, 03:42:32 PM
 ;D
Title: EC145 & dragonfly, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 05, 2023, 04:58:24 PM

EC145 & dragonfly, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

an actual hybrid aircraft/animal, it had been a while

(https://i.imgur.com/4CVJrj5.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FCbWIk7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/hS3vpc1.jpg)
Title: TGV/Thalys & Concorde, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 10, 2023, 07:42:30 PM

TGV/Thalys & Concorde, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/vvSwqQG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fatHPju.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Ac32Suc.jpg)

Title: Re: TGV/Thalys & Concorde, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 11, 2023, 03:08:57 AM
Is whoda thought unlikely mix with space shuttle(ish) appearance.  Clever  :smiley:
Title: Re: TGV/Thalys & Concorde, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 11, 2023, 03:35:26 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 16, 2023, 07:48:21 PM

Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/f2HJgo1.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZMrTO2M.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8wi04RH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EWX1hcy.jpg)

Title: Re: Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on October 17, 2023, 03:59:11 AM
Gee - does ever come together well  :smiley:
Looks like RW configuration.   Stash has kits to do this in 1/72.   Hmmm....
Title: Re: Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on October 17, 2023, 06:37:03 AM
Yup, that's a natural. Probably what the Tu-144 should've been  :smiley:
Title: Re: Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 17, 2023, 04:57:26 PM

thanks !

I have a 1/72 Concorde in the stash, but that's a bit more intimidating  ;)
Title: P-51B & spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on October 24, 2023, 04:34:20 PM

P-51B & spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

a hybrid double-seater (more or less inspired by Tophe)

(https://i.imgur.com/dAhzdtI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xAEaWiL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/yVu7GI0.jpg)

Title: corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 03, 2023, 01:58:41 AM

corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

a vegetal/aircraft hybrid
(with a plastic foam fake corn)

(https://i.imgur.com/wnbk7le.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kwcI3J8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Hv1eQlt.jpg)
Title: Re: corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 03, 2023, 02:07:09 AM
See this is a perfect example of the need for good communication.  The client asked for a Vought Corsair with a "Corncob" engine but the production department gave them a Vought Corsair Corncob with engine...
Title: Re: corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on November 03, 2023, 05:29:08 AM
 ;D ;D ;D

I can see one of the Reno racers painted like this :smiley:
Title: Re: corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 04, 2023, 03:07:59 AM
 ;D
Title: carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 10, 2023, 09:56:59 PM

carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

with a Buccanneer tail as well

another vegetal/aircraft hybrid
(with a plastic foam fake carrot)

(https://i.imgur.com/QrpkOBz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bH3QXSI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QvpYvSQ.jpg)

Title: Re: carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 11, 2023, 01:28:01 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on November 12, 2023, 10:17:32 AM
Not a whif  but a 3D cartoon of the real thing ? ;D
Title: Re: carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 12, 2023, 04:04:39 PM
 ;D

thanks for the reference, I didn't konw that one, quite close indeed
Title: parrot & F-111, yellow (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 17, 2023, 07:33:30 PM

after the carrot, the parrot :

parrot & F-111, yellow (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

"this parrot has been nailed"


(https://i.imgur.com/824Vt4D.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/a0sVL9F.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tAP32Og.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9S7rF78.jpg)

with working moveable wings
Title: Sturmtiger & spider & antelope, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 26, 2023, 12:59:02 AM


Sturmtiger & spider & antelope, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

with Halloween I found a few cheap spiders in plastic, and so accomodated some remains

(https://i.imgur.com/Bem5ryI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZYGy6iB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IKsAQip.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EsR4gCd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/r7KtBBl.jpg)

Title: Citroën traction & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on November 30, 2023, 04:25:46 PM

Citroën traction & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/laAokm1.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/J0nvEEX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/gyJjAG2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4BvC7xV.jpg)
Title: Re: Citroën traction & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on December 01, 2023, 05:54:44 AM
I'm sure I saw that in the corner of my bathroom ceiling  :-\
Title: Re: Citroën traction & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 01, 2023, 06:53:47 PM
 ;D
Title: ant & Corsair, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 04, 2023, 08:53:21 PM

ant & Corsair, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(a variant of eggplanes)

(https://i.imgur.com/twTdsUJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wPyYfZ7.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YNT5rod.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/azEXL3m.jpg)
Title: Corsair & ant, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 08, 2023, 04:27:53 PM

the reciprocal

(engine and propeller kept for some later project TBD)

(https://i.imgur.com/HpG5iYh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fv0sWEV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Cf33OhK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mFeGgby.jpg)

Title: F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2023, 04:19:08 AM

F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/4qYCZzW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TLcRK6a.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/39XBnw8.jpg)

Title: Re: F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on December 15, 2023, 05:30:25 AM
That looks so amazingly plausible! If a person built that people would really do some double takes! I know I just did!
Title: Re: F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 15, 2023, 08:55:17 AM
This F-111 version features lower acquisition and ongoing maintenance costs.   Such a deal.   :smiley:
Title: Re: F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 15, 2023, 07:28:20 PM
 ;D
Title: Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 24, 2023, 04:48:28 AM

Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/0plHFWl.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/l0ghnKp.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/rNivfty.jpg)


Title: Re: Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on December 24, 2023, 07:01:53 AM

Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Nice! The Lightning U.2  :smiley:
Title: Re: Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on December 24, 2023, 11:19:48 AM

Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Nice! The Lightning U.2  :smiley:

Yep, right on.   Good move by the RAF.  :smiley:
Title: Re: F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 25, 2023, 02:34:18 AM
This F-111 version features lower acquisition and ongoing maintenance costs.   Such a deal.   :smiley:

But the savings are eaten up to pay for the longer runways
Title: Re: Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on December 25, 2023, 05:23:17 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 01, 2024, 09:15:55 PM

Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/cEcmBGl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/G5Zasea.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nsVCPXD.jpg)
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: apophenia on January 02, 2024, 07:16:34 AM
Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Wow! That works seriously well. Nice one  :smiley:
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 02, 2024, 08:17:37 AM
Like apophenia said  :smiley:
Hardly can tell is a kitbash.
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 02, 2024, 09:40:18 PM

Thanks!  ;D
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: The Rat on January 04, 2024, 04:45:12 AM
Beauty!
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Daryl J. on January 05, 2024, 09:20:11 AM
Excellent!!
And then some.
Title: Re: Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 05, 2024, 06:22:54 PM

thank you !
Title: Reaper (1/48) & Buccaneer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 08, 2024, 03:53:21 PM

Reaper (1/48) & Buccaneer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/1UV2E7j.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/q21uXIU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rV9Idbg.jpg)

Title: Re: Reaper (1/48) & Buccaneer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 11, 2024, 09:34:16 AM
Right on  :smiley:
Long time thought Reaper was due for a faster version.  This be it !
Title: Re: Reaper (1/48) & Buccaneer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 11, 2024, 10:58:07 PM
 ;D
Title: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 14, 2024, 06:23:05 PM

Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

last one in a series from F111 - Lightning - Wellesley - Reaper - Buccanneer - F111

with movable wings, of course  ;)

(https://i.imgur.com/MkjD77v.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/puSf35D.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7lDhGGp.jpg)
Title: Re: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 15, 2024, 12:36:15 AM
 :smiley:  Reminds me a little of one of the aircraft from Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Title: Re: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 15, 2024, 03:26:14 AM

thanks for the reference, it does indeed look a bit like that, with push propeller  :smiley:
Title: Re: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 15, 2024, 03:31:55 AM
Surprising how this blends so well when it should not.  Trying figure out a mission/use  :-\   Though no results so far....

Title: Re: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 16, 2024, 01:04:20 AM
Maybe for an alternate reality where gas turbine propulsion doesn't get developed and thus we have honking big bison engines...or perhaps steam engines (i.e steam boilers driving steam turbines and thus props)?
Title: Re: Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 16, 2024, 03:39:37 AM

 ;D


a mission ? well, to have fun, at least  :smiley:
Title: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2024, 03:05:59 AM


Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/j0Mxnjl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/NVfIgiS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sZuuaOe.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lIYC7l1.jpg)






Title: Re: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on January 21, 2024, 04:25:37 AM
Looks good for skipping over road potholes  :smiley:
Title: Re: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: robunos on January 21, 2024, 05:17:27 AM
Captain Scarlet's new ride . . .   ;) ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 21, 2024, 04:56:11 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 21, 2024, 11:28:16 PM
James Bond, eat your heart out!
Title: Re: Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 22, 2024, 03:41:48 AM
 ;D ;D ;D :smiley:
Title: Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 25, 2024, 05:13:33 AM

Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/lxASsMY.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/q5TwvJS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/vD2EtzX.jpg)

Title: Re: Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 25, 2024, 06:10:42 AM
 :smiley:  Great idea ! When will we see this in a movie of some kind  ??? :D
Title: Re: Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on January 25, 2024, 09:30:28 AM
Smooth 8 legged ride! Just don’t ask my wife to ride in it!
Title: Re: Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 25, 2024, 04:37:30 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 27, 2024, 07:44:03 PM

spider & Panhard, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

a simple reciprocal

(https://i.imgur.com/tFiBAlo.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TEWm3Nl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DllgeOb.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/D4Q01Kz.jpg)

Title: Re: spider & Panhard, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on January 28, 2024, 08:04:39 AM
I've seen invalid dogs with a special carriage but never a spider before !  ;D ;D
Title: Re: spider & Panhard, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on January 29, 2024, 04:19:01 PM
 ;D
Title: Panhard & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 08, 2024, 05:00:26 AM

Panhard & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


(https://i.imgur.com/43x8exW.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DsSNOTZ.jpg)

from a very old Matchbox Wespe kit, with tracks plastic become stiff and breakable ...
Title: Re: Panhard & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on February 08, 2024, 07:00:51 AM
Well, when Santa lets the elves drive it & they rev the guts out of it then drop the clutch, a few track-links are bound to snap  :icon_nif:
Title: Re: Panhard & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 08, 2024, 11:27:55 PM
 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Wespe & dino & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 12, 2024, 03:12:26 AM

Wespe & dino & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/TxXm0dT.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HpLfqhk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zpfvKnO.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8mGUeRg.jpg)
Title: spider & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 18, 2024, 06:21:55 PM

spider & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

using the diorama ;-)

(https://i.imgur.com/RdBRexv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/qeEGstf.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/u5yeVJY.jpg)
Title: M16 & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2024, 04:10:42 AM

M16 & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

continuing a little with the piders ... (it's easy, but fun)

(https://i.imgur.com/TpnD533.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/4os73fm.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/wVgfLOy.jpg)

Title: Re: M16 & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: Kerick on February 21, 2024, 04:23:44 AM
All terrain vehicle no doubt!
Title: Re: M16 & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 21, 2024, 05:08:25 PM
 ;D :smiley:
Title: M16 & Panhard, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 22, 2024, 10:14:38 PM

M16 & Panhard, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

the same M16 user on a Panhard

(https://i.imgur.com/34xCFkp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ROH04SH.jpg)

 
Title: Re: M16 & Panhard, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on February 22, 2024, 11:13:33 PM
Good for wading through standing water of recent California storms.  :smiley:
Title: Re: M16 & Panhard, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 23, 2024, 03:53:21 AM
 ;) ;) ;)
Title: puma & Panhard, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on February 27, 2024, 05:30:04 AM

in the same vein :

puma & Panhard, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

equipped with a cruciform screwdriver


(https://i.imgur.com/1S4t7Yy.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WTxWiLF.jpg)


Title: spider & puma, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 01, 2024, 05:05:31 PM

spider & puma, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

(https://i.imgur.com/byqLDx3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4N3vSaQ.jpg)

also playing with the Matchbox diorama bases : I repaired the hole in the road

(https://i.imgur.com/V1PErHI.jpg)
Title: puma & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 04, 2024, 03:23:27 AM

puma & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.


same Puma, same spider, but new combination :
I continue playing with this spider a little bit, because it is so tempting,
but will move to something else soon ;-)

(https://i.imgur.com/a40Qin3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mOLNe2m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sSNiCXN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cQciWm4.jpg)

Title: Jagdpanther & Tyrrell P34, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 10, 2024, 12:18:40 AM

Jagdpanther & Tyrrell P34, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

with another screw drvier

and with dioramas


(https://i.imgur.com/gaCJW3Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/vB0TMX0.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mxglakV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6dyQ0Mq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HC6ZQ4n.jpg)

Title: Re: Jagdpanther & Tyrrell P34, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 10, 2024, 07:26:00 AM
Love to see that on the race-track ! ;D
Title: Re: Jagdpanther & Tyrrell P34, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2024, 09:40:45 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 14, 2024, 09:42:04 PM

Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

another F1 conversion

(https://i.imgur.com/ewBuHtz.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JkSImuF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/YnJHZbr.jpg)

unfortunately the kit was very old, and the tracks hardly usable

Title: Re: Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 15, 2024, 03:39:51 AM
Replace the front wheels with skis !  Great snow-speeder. ;)
Title: Re: Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 16, 2024, 01:29:01 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: FW189 & spider, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: ericr on March 18, 2024, 05:38:21 PM

FW189 & spider, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

a last one (?) with those spider legs  ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/SEM4bEG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/9zyAIvJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/t1e6nD7.jpg)

Title: Re: Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: raafif on March 19, 2024, 06:33:48 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/YnJHZbr.jpg)

Just like the Rupp Snowspeeder

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MPC-Rupp-Super-Sno-Sport-Snow-Dragster-120-MPC961-Plastics-Car-Truck-1-24-1-25/412278236 (https://www.walmart.com/ip/MPC-Rupp-Super-Sno-Sport-Snow-Dragster-120-MPC961-Plastics-Car-Truck-1-24-1-25/412278236)
(https://s.catch.com.au/images/product/0162/162332/65f01efa8a73d225976791_w1320h1080.webp)
Title: Re: FW189 & spider, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Post by: finsrin on March 19, 2024, 07:10:34 AM
Was unsuccessfully wondering what this might be used for.  Now it is clear !