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Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1375 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

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Re: heliCowpters, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1376 on: September 24, 2018, 03:11:19 AM »
but I rather like the lying cow, looking so peaceful
Indeed.

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helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1377 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 :






a twin boom :






and a jet plane :






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Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1378 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.

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Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1379 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!

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Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1380 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


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Re: helicopters & aircraft, red, yellow, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1381 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.

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Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1382 on: October 04, 2018, 12:48:25 AM »
another bat :

the radar nose made it unavoidable







this time with reinforced wings, so that they flap up

(still have two more in the stash  :wacko: )

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Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1383 on: October 04, 2018, 02:16:51 AM »
Beautiful!!  Bat wings work well with the radar nose.

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Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1384 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!

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Re: Me262 & bat, yellow Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1385 on: October 04, 2018, 07:54:04 PM »

thanks !

I particularly like yellow too  ;)

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Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1386 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 :








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Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1387 on: October 08, 2018, 04:32:43 PM »
Nice!!!
Hmmmm, Halloween will be here soon!

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Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1388 on: October 08, 2018, 06:27:21 PM »

Halloween indeed ! (I nearly forgot about it  ;) )

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Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1389 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.

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Re: Colt & biplane bat, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals
« Reply #1390 on: October 09, 2018, 02:53:00 PM »
 ;)

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helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1391 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 :





a banana :





and

a Mi-2






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« Reply #1392 on: October 12, 2018, 08:03:59 AM »
Cute!!!!

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Re: helicflowers, red yellow & blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1393 on: October 12, 2018, 10:51:22 AM »
Brilliant!!

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« Reply #1394 on: October 12, 2018, 03:41:44 PM »

thanks !

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Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1395 on: October 14, 2018, 11:33:43 PM »
the babana's rotors found their way :






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Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1396 on: October 15, 2018, 01:58:14 AM »
Ohh that looks interesting!

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Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1397 on: October 15, 2018, 04:15:07 AM »
thanks  :smiley:

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« Reply #1398 on: October 15, 2018, 05:16:30 AM »
That looks so plausible.  Beautiful!!

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Re: Skyvan & banana, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Reply #1399 on: October 16, 2018, 03:27:33 PM »
 ;)