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Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Scaleorama GB => Topic started by: Dr. YoKai on August 29, 2016, 07:50:40 AM

Title: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Dr. YoKai on August 29, 2016, 07:50:40 AM: Clark Yo Jr. was known to have a keen interest in aviation matters. Though most of his designs were one-offs, a handful of them, especially his collaborations, had some
commercial success. Chief among them was the massive and brutish, but surprisingly
comfortable YGB Stratospheric, doomed to go down in history as the "G-Beast".
We start with a venerable 1/48 Testors GeeBee, a simple but servicebale kit,
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13902604_10209842894738588_1513182352040386971_n.jpg?oh=cfa5c1dc6b04694be6b8cfcbb8c9b8a0&oe=58497392)
drill some windows and add some floors,
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14045661_10209842894138573_4502204072261237944_n.jpg?oh=e3c9dec581d3167c8cdd6e032b8f611b&oe=584AFC7B)
give it all the interior it needs...
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14102389_10209928602961240_5387761354770254457_n.jpg?oh=0de1d051d9629b13f077711f39c469dd&oe=58491585)
give it a contra-prop to go with its 4300 hp Bahrkin-Mahd radial
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14079744_10209982345944781_8721991821368537054_n.jpg?oh=a7c893b5cba06e987c99934ec07c9311&oe=5859B9CB)

and that's where she sits, becomming 1/144 scale in the process :) Debating color schemes as usual. I may have an armor project
up before the build ends as well.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Buzzbomb on August 29, 2016, 09:47:55 AM: Love it... it has that weird, "why not" type feel

Well done
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Frank3k on August 29, 2016, 10:02:23 AM: Craig,
You've found a use for a GeeBee! It looks great so far; it has a "Things to Come" vibe to it. Or vaguely Russian.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on August 29, 2016, 10:17:16 AM: This is awesome!!!!

Alvis 3.1
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Kerick on August 29, 2016, 10:51:08 AM: I like it!!
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Tophe on August 29, 2016, 12:51:46 PM: Funny & pleasant :-*
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Old Wombat on August 29, 2016, 05:40:27 PM: Only in Texas! ;)

Good one, Doc, waiting for more! :)
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: AXOR on August 29, 2016, 06:15:35 PM: What a great idea :-* !!! It will be interesting to watch
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Dr. YoKai on August 29, 2016, 09:14:59 PM: Thanks, everybody! If I could afford it, I'd commission Bruce McCall to illustrate it - its got a real '46 Bulgemobile feel to it... ;)
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: AXOR on August 31, 2016, 03:47:07 AM: I couldn't resist ( this concept is so :-* ) and I made a quick profile...
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 31, 2016, 03:50:11 AM: Loving this project.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: finsrin on August 31, 2016, 06:41:55 AM: Wondrous "Classy Funky" (what first came to mind). :)
AXOR nailed great scheme for manufacturer demo aircraft.
That or a defunct airline scheme. Looks like regional mostly over land flying (one engine). West Coast Airlines ?
Or make up an airline.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Brian da Basher on August 31, 2016, 07:15:05 PM: That's sheer genius, Doc!

It all works so wonderfully, the plump Gee Bee fuselage, extended canopy, contra props, and that way cool double-decker passenger cabin!

And then there's those incredibly sleek and streamlined spats! :-*

Fantastic!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Artoor_K on September 07, 2016, 05:23:35 AM: Well, well...

I'm after moving, just checking what's new and here it is! A Gee Bee liner :)
Great idea :D
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Dr. YoKai on September 08, 2016, 09:32:19 PM: Friends, Colleagues - thank you all!

Alex, would you mind if I re-published your profile on my facebook page? I cannot tell you
how honored I feel to have inspired that art.

Paint this weekend, I hope - but I also have to paint the bathroom. Which is not 1/144, alas.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: AXOR on September 09, 2016, 05:51:09 PM: Quote from: Dr. YoKai on September 08, 2016, 09:32:19 PM
Alex, would you mind if I re-published your profile on my facebook page?
No,I don't mind. :)
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Dr. YoKai on September 12, 2016, 08:43:59 PM: Greatly appreciated, thanks!

Just about there...
(https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14355044_10210124230611809_8110625777264538975_n.jpg?oh=6d7a172983c81cc26d2754f9fc3dca53&oe=5884FE3A)

bother. I didn't see that odd 'water line' on the fuselage spine. Well, have to see
what I can manage to touch up with a brush... ???
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Tophe on September 13, 2016, 12:53:12 AM: This is even better with paint, thanks! :-*
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: The Big Gimper on September 13, 2016, 04:56:28 AM: A belated WOW! Dr. Y. Looking forward to the finished product.
Title: Re: Yo-Granville Stratospheric
Post by: Brian da Basher on September 14, 2016, 05:47:40 AM: Wow Doc, looks like some mighty impressive paint work in the making!

Brian da Basher