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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2021, 01:37:11 AM »

colorized:


I saw this, thought "this screams Frank3k project" and then saw who posted it.

Nevermind - Emily Litella.

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #26 on: June 04, 2021, 10:06:14 AM »
Yeah, someday... my lab/modeling room is taking time to set up.

I love the 37mm cannon horn on this.

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #27 on: June 04, 2021, 11:52:28 AM »
That '39 Deusenberg is pure fanart.  It seems to be a riff on the "Phantom Corsair"  which was, an is a real automobile.


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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2021, 01:59:36 AM »

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #29 on: June 05, 2021, 03:15:39 AM »
The article in particular, the magazine in general and the movie for giggles.
https://neverwasmag.com/2019/08/flying-aircraft-carriers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow
The 1942 Goodyear concept matches the descriptions I've read of proposed rigid LTA scout units using modified BT-1's as their scouting and attacking aircraft.  The book I am presently reading on USN LTA activity just before and during WW II says there was a definite push for those that was stopped at high command level due to other, more pressing needs, including non-rigid airships for ASW work.

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2021, 03:26:31 AM »
One more of Osa Johnson and her aircraft in Borneo 1935/36:



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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2021, 05:34:53 AM »
A google search for Modern Mechanix Magazine will come up with many bizarre cover. See the blog as well.

Not only were stylish cars not expected to turn left or right, radio and balls were the cure for every transportation ill:

Aug 1934 issue:


Aug. 1936 issue:


June 1935 issue:


Ships were pretty ballsy, too - Oct. 1935:


Tanks:


Airplanes were stylish and strange as well:

May 1936 issue:


They also have this vehicle on the Oct. 1937 issue:


This Feb. 1936 cover shows a "parachute artillery spotter":


The Oct. 1934 issue has a flying aircraft carrier:


This racing boat from the Feb. 1933 cover is cool:


The flying Christie tank from July 1932 was tested by the Russkies:


This guy on the Nov. 1936 cover is hunting for gold from the comfort of a tracked vehicle:


There's also The Lahaitre tracked motorcycle from the Feb. 1938 cover:


I 3D printed this here and reprinted it with my resin printer.




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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2021, 01:00:53 AM »
Wow, great stuff Frank!  I don't know what the hell that thing is on the cover of the May 1936 issue ... but I like it  :smiley:

However, the marketing department associated with that 'Sea Slug' naming needed to sit down and give themselves a little think   ;D
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2021, 03:42:42 AM »
The weird airplane on the May 1936 cover is the Super-Speed Turbo-Plane

Why would anyone cross the Atlantic on a Sea Slug when they can fly in the Super Speed Turbo EXTREEEEME 2000 Plane instead?

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2021, 03:49:07 AM »

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2021, 04:11:48 AM »

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2021, 09:53:26 AM »
Gotta love those Imperial Airways beheamoths - flying gentlemen's club lounges  :smiley:

The weird airplane on the May 1936 cover is the Super-Speed Turbo-Plane

Why would anyone cross the Atlantic on a Sea Slug when they can fly in the Super Speed Turbo EXTREEEEME 2000 Plane instead?


Oh, that Super-Speed Turbo-Plane is fantastic ... in all senses! Obviously, for Transatlantic flights, single-engined was the only sensible way to go  :smiley:

However, if we're to beat out that old-fashined China Clipper, I say ditch those retractable wing tips and go full-on Super-Speed Ekrano-Plane!
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2021, 12:30:35 PM »
So much good stuff here, so much so I am in a quandry about what to do. The kit stash is almost devoid of fitting subjects, two popped out, the Pyro/Lindberg Fairey Flycatcher and the Airfix Hawker Fury in 1/48, Vehicles, nada.

But..... my vacform stash has a lot, even some flying boats. But 2 months may not be enough to tackle a large vacform.

Then there is niggling voice in my head saying that a 1/350 Alfa sub would make a great base for a streamlined train or something similar.

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2021, 01:44:41 AM »
I have the opposite quandary - I  have a good supply of victims subjects and can now almost "instantly" access any kit in my stash... but I still don't have my lab space set up to the point where I can build, paint or print. Probably won't until mid or late July.

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2021, 12:38:50 PM »
So much inspiration here, enjoying it  :smiley:

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #40 on: June 08, 2021, 02:17:34 AM »
A real world airplane, the Shelton Crusader aka American Gyro AG-4 Crusader.

Avis makes a 1/72 version:


 Gabriel Stern built one.

Google image search for the Shelton Crusader

Also, the Ford 15p:


from here

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #41 on: June 08, 2021, 03:57:34 AM »
Doesn't that Shelton Crusader just demand to be turned into a trimotor?

I have the opposite quandary - I  have a good supply of victims subjects and can now almost "instantly" access any kit in my stash... but I still don't have my lab space set up to the point where I can build, paint or print. Probably won't until mid or late July.

I refer you to Rule 9 regarding potential extensions. There also unpublished Sub-Rule 9s.

Rule 9a relates to our international cash-transfer preferences but Rule 9b clearly states that high-quality additions to the GB Inspiration thread will go a long way towards buttering up the Moderator on extensions  :smiley:
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #42 on: June 08, 2021, 04:11:46 AM »
uncle les' 1931 Ruston-Bucyrus Infantry Support Charabanc has to qualify as inspiration! Full details can be found here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9821.0

uncle les asserts: "Yeah - it's a thing" ... and we are forced to believe him  ;)
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #43 on: June 08, 2021, 09:49:06 PM »
uncle les' 1931 Ruston-Bucyrus Infantry Support Charabanc has to qualify as inspiration! Full details can be found here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9821.0

uncle les asserts: "Yeah - it's a thing" ... and we are forced to believe him  ;)

well, regarding the assertion - please observe the footnote in the referenced link.
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #44 on: June 08, 2021, 11:11:50 PM »
I could see a lot of soldiers getting sea sick. ;D
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #45 on: June 09, 2021, 01:03:47 AM »
Anyone up for a diorama?

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #46 on: June 09, 2021, 01:09:46 AM »
Air Racing is a good source of inspiration too:



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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #47 on: June 09, 2021, 01:11:09 AM »
After all, you just know that a set of spats like this will just have Brian smiling from above:

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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #48 on: June 09, 2021, 03:46:35 AM »
Gotta love those 'tween Wars racers  :-*  Sleek and slippery with pilots seated in improbable locations  :smiley:

And spats are a bonus. "Blessed Saint Brian - patron of all things trousered, big-booted, or otherwise whiffily wheel-covered - please bring my petition before Our Lady Polystyrene. Blessed Brian of Bash, spat for us!"
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Re: Inspiration - 1920s/1930s GB or Between the Wars GB
« Reply #49 on: June 09, 2021, 04:00:26 AM »
This sort of GB was Brian's bread and butter, no less than three or four stunning entries complete with wacky backstories.

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