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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on March 09, 2015, 04:36:50 PM

Title: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 09, 2015, 04:36:50 PM
(http://www.contactmagazine.com/Issue79/RearCover.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: upnorth on March 09, 2015, 06:07:47 PM
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7006.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7006.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7005.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7005.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7002.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7002.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7000.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF7000.jpg.html)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e59/cancze/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF6998.jpg) (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/cancze/media/Vankovka%20Planes/DSCF6998.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: arkon on April 04, 2015, 12:44:58 PM
Figured this was as good a place as any to put this
 The Blackburn triplane of 1917, made for anti-Zeppelin duty only one made as far as I can find , only tested for one month before being written off as useless. First pusher tripe fighter that I have seen.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on April 14, 2015, 02:33:12 PM
not sure of the point of this ......  airborne train .....

video here https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=880628318649999&fref=nf (https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=880628318649999&fref=nf)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: ericr on April 14, 2015, 02:36:53 PM
lovely things here  :)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on April 16, 2015, 01:15:55 AM
Figured this was as good a place as any to put this
 The Blackburn triplane of 1917, made for anti-Zeppelin duty only one made as far as I can find , only tested for one month before being written off as useless. First pusher tripe fighter that I have seen.


Designed by Harris Booth and it shared many basic design features with the A.D Scout aka "Sparrow"
Zeppelin fighter he had designed while at the Air Department of the Admiralty. Four "Sparrow" were
built by Blackburn for the Department.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/A.D._Scout_Sparrow_ExCC.jpg)



Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on May 18, 2015, 07:56:31 AM
lots of strange but true French oddities - including land & sea - on this page ! ....
http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire (http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 06, 2015, 06:11:11 AM
A jet biplane:  The Screamin' Sasquatch jet powered Waco Biplane:

(http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/0d/92/0002920d_big.jpeg)
(http://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/0e/92/0002920e_big.jpeg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Vuk on September 07, 2015, 02:07:54 PM
... another add to the subject...
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on October 27, 2015, 02:01:14 PM
I like multi-wings :D

whif Caproni opened an Australian factory for Sth Pacific manufacturing / sales ?

(http://www.masedomani.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Caproni-Ca-60.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: KiwiZac on October 28, 2015, 06:06:00 AM
If you build it, I expect to see it fully rigged!!  ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 29, 2015, 02:14:33 AM
And we will only accept a vacuform kit... ;)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on October 29, 2015, 05:23:59 AM
hard to see but the Ca.60 did have a canard hydro-foil on the nose - purpose ?

(http://www.strangevehicles.com/images/content/134669.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Acree on October 29, 2015, 06:49:31 AM
Are those hydrofoils, or gangplanks?

If they really are hyrdofoils, I presume their purpose is to prevent the nose digging in during large power additions or deceleration. 

Chuck
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 29, 2015, 03:42:09 PM
(http://news.larryniven.net/concordance/graphix/DolphinSpacesuitAS.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on October 29, 2015, 04:31:49 PM
Dolphin EVA Spacesuit
Finally a more sensible use of economic stimulus program funds.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Volkodav on October 29, 2015, 06:17:02 PM
([url]http://news.larryniven.net/concordance/graphix/DolphinSpacesuitAS.jpg[/url])


David Brin, Startide Rising, Uplift War etc?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on October 30, 2015, 03:09:37 AM
Ca. 60 nose-foils and floats were designed by hydrofoil pioneer Guidoni, so the probable use of the nose foils
was as guessed, to prevent the nose from digging in.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: arkon on November 18, 2015, 10:07:38 AM
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg.html)
My son just got this hot wheels police helicopter and I thought someone here might just really like it.
I just think it is weird. ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 18, 2015, 12:41:55 PM

I just think it is weird. ;D

Agreed...though also attractive...in its own weird way... ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on November 19, 2015, 08:47:42 AM
([url]http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/45B8007E-C700-4B71-9B29-37203686ADFE_zps3zbew68q.jpg.html[/url])
My son just got this hot wheels police helicopter and I thought someone here might just really like it.
I just think it is weird. ;D


Agreed...though also attractive...in its own weird way... ;D


It begs to be built as a propper model, though. ;)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on November 25, 2015, 06:08:15 AM
They did it for real ! :o

B-23 Dragon contra-prop .....
(http://s6.postimg.org/rghyf3ewh/BKA_985_BS_F.jpg)


French B-26 Marauder jet .....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/johnwem/12291817_10205024097833493_6993805697973908004_o_zpsldbmjk6h.jpg)

(http://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/277132d1416399679t-martin-26-marauder-b26_11_b-26g-43-34584-wbxm-du-cev-jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on November 25, 2015, 06:15:37 AM
 :o  Is a shocker !
As if kitbashing in 1/1 scale
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Big Gimper on November 25, 2015, 06:20:01 AM
They did it for real ! :o

French B-26 Marauder jet .....
([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/johnwem/12291817_10205024097833493_6993805697973908004_o_zpsldbmjk6h.jpg[/url])

([url]http://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/277132d1416399679t-martin-26-marauder-b26_11_b-26g-43-34584-wbxm-du-cev-jpg[/url])


Wow. Gotta build this.  :) :)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on November 25, 2015, 07:01:32 AM

Wow. Gotta build this.  :) :)
Please do.
Mixed propulsion aircraft have a character of their own.  A few can be found in archives of BTS.
Back in the days (years) remember seeing 50s photo of F-80 with wing tip ramjets.  Picture that stuck with me.  Then came the 10-engined B-36 :-*
Mixed propulsion can be GB topic.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on November 25, 2015, 08:46:29 AM
Yep, ATAR testbed:
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/B26_ATAR_01.jpg)

BTW things like this can be used to start a thread.  ;)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Big Gimper on November 25, 2015, 09:21:13 AM

Wow. Gotta build this.  :) :)

Please do.
Mixed propulsion aircraft have a character of their own.  A few can be found in archives of BTS.
Back in the days (years) remember seeing 50s photo of F-80 with wing tip ramjets.  Picture that stuck with me.  Then came the 10-engined B-36 :-*
Mixed propulsion can be GB topic.


I have two piston engine aircraft builds on the go which will have Marquardt ramjets. Maybe I'll finish them as part of the Clear The Bench GB.

(http://q-zon-fighterplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/North-American-P-51D-Mustang-Ramjets.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/NxPu7iv.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 26, 2015, 02:41:14 AM

BTW things like this can be used to start a thread.  ;)


Indeed...or put in an existing thread such as:

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=965.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=965.0) for the B-23 variant
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1111.msg67156#msg67156 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1111.msg67156#msg67156) for the B-26 variant (or start a dedicated B-26 thread)
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=988.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=988.0) for the Mustang variants
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Vuk on December 03, 2015, 07:36:08 PM
Designated as Sigma-4...
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 04, 2015, 03:35:31 AM
I like...I think
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 07, 2015, 03:00:00 AM
(http://users.skynet.be/lostplanes.net/MkInoseconvertedtocar.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on December 07, 2015, 05:25:22 AM
pity it's no longer a car ..... but most parts are now flying :)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 08, 2015, 01:39:32 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg)

The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Acree on December 08, 2015, 10:10:05 AM
([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])

The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)

Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Kerick on December 08, 2015, 11:34:12 AM
([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])

The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)

Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).


Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: LemonJello on December 09, 2015, 09:04:56 PM
([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])

The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)

Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).


Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!


You're referring to the proposed Just Another Common Kinetic Assault Support System, I presume?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 09, 2015, 09:12:46 PM
([url]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kO6xh1ixt_0/Tx7uCTX7hRI/AAAAAAAAAu4/eNOybzRuTwo/s1600/soldier-on-donkey.jpg[/url])

The MK.1 Mobile Utility Longrange Exo-transport (MULE)

Sorry, but you're mistaken, that's a Distant Orientation Non-Kinetic Exo-transport (Young). (DONKEY). Aka, Assault Sedan (Straddled).


Sounds like a jacka$$ to me!


You're referring to the proposed Just Another Common Kinetic Assault Support System, I presume?


We have a winner!!!!!
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 11, 2015, 03:03:46 AM
Cool...but don't expect to see it anytime soon:

https://youtu.be/07nU_BS92XI
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on December 11, 2015, 09:10:52 AM
Cool...but don't expect to see it anytime soon:

https://youtu.be/07nU_BS92XI

Certainly a gimmick to make long distance flights more interesting.  Maybe the next step up will be to offer a bed under the blister so that the mile-high club can have a fresh start :)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: arkon on July 03, 2016, 02:38:39 AM
Was watching a program on the Smithsonian channel about the A-10, and in a background shot during the Paris air show during the '70's you could see this aircraft, anyone know what it is?
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j339/arkonkill/689782C8-F5B6-409F-8FE5-0AB449CA69C9_zpsvnsqcdlb.jpg) (http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/arkonkill/media/689782C8-F5B6-409F-8FE5-0AB449CA69C9_zpsvnsqcdlb.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on July 03, 2016, 03:17:54 AM
NORD 500.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&FORM=IGRE (https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&qpvt=nord+500&FORM=IGRE)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: arkon on July 03, 2016, 04:57:15 AM
Thanks jcf ! 👍🍻
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 03, 2016, 05:39:42 AM
You can get a 1/72 kit of it too, though it does take some effort as this page (http://maquette72.free.fr/amis/Gaetan/2013_33_nord500cadet/index_ao33.php) shows.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Big Gimper on July 03, 2016, 06:25:57 AM
Did you notice the safety glasses? That is so you do not stab yourself in the eyes when trying to build a Unicraft kit as you never seem to make any progress.  >:D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 29, 2016, 04:11:31 AM
One for Brian - get a load of those spats!!

(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n540/SincoSafe/Couzinet150.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: apophenia on August 30, 2016, 08:54:55 AM
Nice! But we need a Couzinet 151 with the Arc-en-Ciel's swoopy tailfin  :D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 03, 2016, 05:54:06 AM
Anyone else feel that the wing engines were an after thought?

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/CMSF/DAR-4_1930s_Bulgarian_zps22987712.jpg~original)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: elmayerle on September 03, 2016, 10:27:23 AM
Exhaust systems look to be, too, and they haven't even bothered considering cowlings.  Talk about "built-in drag".
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 04, 2016, 02:47:53 AM
Its actually a Bulgarian airliner prototype.  Unsurprisingly only one was built due to disappointing performance.  Here is another photo:

(http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/bulgaria/dar-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 14, 2017, 04:58:40 AM
Anyone else think that this looks like a 1:1 parts bin bash?

(http://sportysnetwork.com/airfacts/wp-content/blogs.dir/13/files/2013/04/Avtek-400.jpg)

BTW, its the Avtek 400, a prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s.  In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the prototype having completed testing.

Here is an image of what they were aiming for:

(https://aerospaceblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/4486250552_121f945e3f.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Frank3k on January 14, 2017, 07:43:12 AM
BTW, its the Avtek 400, a prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s.  In 1998, Avtek declared bankruptcy without the prototype having completed testing.

Airplane with shoulder pads! 1980s you say? That explains a lot. Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Kerick on January 14, 2017, 08:28:53 AM
Sucks and blows at the same time
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 18, 2017, 08:05:13 AM
Early spats for Brian:

(https://oldmachinepress.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/coanda-1911-monoplane-front.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 01, 2017, 06:08:38 AM
One definitely for Tophe:

(http://www.oocities.org/asymmetrics/images/sycamore.jpg)

Mach 2 airliner design study by the Handley Page company in 1959. Up to 150 passengers (plus fuel and baggage) were carried within a wing that was conceived to be slewed to either 72 degrees for high speed flight or 25 degrees for low speed. The crew was accommodated in a small cabin at the “forward” tip of the wing counterbalanced by a quite tall fin at the other. The four podded jet engines rotate in flight.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: ericr on October 01, 2017, 04:55:23 PM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on October 01, 2017, 11:09:08 PM
That's just weird! :-\
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Volkodav on October 03, 2017, 07:21:55 PM
Looks like a variation of Thunderbird 1
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 31, 2017, 06:53:12 AM
Engine with wings and cockpit stuck on as an afterthought...
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on October 31, 2017, 07:55:54 AM
Engine with wings and cockpit stuck on as an afterthought...

And, maybe, a 30 second run time of the engine (nowhere for fuel).
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 01, 2018, 05:12:17 AM
(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aircraft-pictures/192961d1329512156t-frustated-projects-quizz-bbb-img.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on April 01, 2018, 07:20:55 AM
tsrjoe is working on a Sycamore model, he was considering 1/72.  ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: tsrjoe on April 05, 2018, 12:14:42 AM
HP. Sycamore  8)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 05, 2018, 01:53:47 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on May 24, 2018, 12:38:57 PM
Giant French seaplanes.

With deck guns.

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e5/5c/3f/e55c3fdb6fa5e5fad5925db9643861a6.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on May 24, 2018, 03:00:30 PM
The story is here: https://books.google.com/books?id=HykDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false

 ;)

Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on February 11, 2019, 08:45:48 PM
4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron (Red Eagles)
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadron (http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26372/usaf-mini-documentary-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-of-its-top-secret-cold-war-mig-squadron)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 06, 2020, 02:34:37 AM
More wings...

Pemberton Billing P.B.31E Nighthawk from 1916 which was fitted with a Lewis gun on the nose mounting and a recoilless Davis gun in the upper gun position:

(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-1.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-2.jpg)
(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/31-2.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/35-3.jpg)
(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/37-3.jpg)(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-8/31-1.jpg)

Click images to see bigger versions.

Might be tempted to do something inspired by this for the Brian da Basher/Brian Perri Memorial GB since it is appropriately 'wacky' enough to make Brian smile.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: robunos on June 06, 2020, 02:55:54 AM
Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . .   ;D


Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on June 06, 2020, 04:27:53 PM
Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . .   ;D


Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .


cheers,
Robin.

You could halve the wings & make ... (Shock! Horror!) ... a BIPLANE! :o
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 07, 2020, 01:47:23 AM
Where's the fun in that?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: robunos on June 07, 2020, 05:11:28 AM
Where's Dick Dastardley when you need him . . .   ;D


Shame there's no kit available, would make a cracking One Wing Quadruplane . . .


cheers,
Robin.

You could halve the wings & make ... (Shock! Horror!) ... a BIPLANE! :o


Now that's just dirty talk . . .   :o    ;D


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 03, 2021, 02:31:09 AM
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/5fbeIAJCOZ2tWZFbEW-cR6-T5ic=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/201204100910331927-june-science-and-invention-470x251.jpg)(http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/files/2012/04/1927-june-science-and-invention-bottom-sm1.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: elmayerle on January 03, 2021, 12:27:26 PM
([url]https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/5fbeIAJCOZ2tWZFbEW-cR6-T5ic=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/201204100910331927-june-science-and-invention-470x251.jpg[/url])([url]http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/files/2012/04/1927-june-science-and-invention-bottom-sm1.jpg[/url])

Well, that's a different approach to Medevac.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: riggerrob on February 12, 2021, 04:21:36 AM
([url]http://www.contactmagazine.com/Issue79/RearCover.jpg[/url])


How about a separate thread just for Reno Air Racers?
Then we can further sub-thread into: biplane, Formula One, AT-6, Sport and Unlimited classes.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 13, 2021, 02:28:33 AM
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/0d707275689359.5c534c59d011d.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/af986475689359.5c534c59ce4e7.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/3429b275689359.5c534c59cdf1d.jpg)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/51cd0075689359.5c534c59d0ad3.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/8b2ca475689359.5c534c59d0643.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/d1824b75689359.5c534c59cebe6.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/34554875689359.5c534c59d2035.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/2ebbe475689359.5c534c59d118d.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/8dfda975689359.5c534c59d1bad.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/55cae175689359.5c534c59d1959.png)
(https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/fs/adb1cf75689359.5c534c59ce229.png)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 13, 2021, 02:30:24 AM
How about a separate thread just for Reno Air Racers?
Then we can further sub-thread into: biplane, Formula One, AT-6, Sport and Unlimited classes.


You were saying... (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6447.0;all)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 17, 2021, 03:30:21 AM
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/felio-ranger-sp-2-2-jpg.615428/)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: elmayerle on March 17, 2021, 04:50:40 AM
Well, that's a different take on the shrouded propeller concept.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: apophenia on March 17, 2021, 06:11:03 AM
Three-point landings only in that puppy!  :o

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/felio-sp-2-prototype-with-shrouded-propeller-1931-1933.10051/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/felio-sp-2-prototype-with-shrouded-propeller-1931-1933.10051/)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on May 02, 2021, 04:21:35 AM
Defiant-X compound helicopters
(http://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/01/SIKORSKY-BOEING-FLRAA.Lift_.Formation.01.wide_.4K-768x432.jpg)

From
FVL: Don’t Pick The Tiltrotor, V-22 Test Pilot Tells Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/04/fvl-dont-pick-the-tiltrotor-v-22-test-pilot-tells-army
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: elmayerle on May 02, 2021, 12:07:47 PM
I've always felt that the compound helicopters like that reminded me of a collaboration between Kamov and Piasecki's last company.  I see the points that article raised, but I have to wonder at how complex the transmissions will be for compound helicopter and how reliable.  Bell at least has a lot of experience there to draw on and some of Sikorsky's problems with transmissions (S-92, IIRC) make one wonder.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 03, 2021, 03:47:37 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/23/74/2d23748ca32161dd1abc0a1409e8358c.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: ysi_maniac on May 15, 2021, 12:27:09 AM
?!?!?!?! :o 8) ??? :-*
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on May 15, 2021, 02:07:31 AM
It's the Tu-154M ejection seat testbed used by the IMAI in Iran.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/iiqbsa/the_iranian_aircraft_manufacturing_industry_tu154/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/iiqbsa/the_iranian_aircraft_manufacturing_industry_tu154/)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: deathjester on June 12, 2021, 02:20:55 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/23/74/2d23748ca32161dd1abc0a1409e8358c.jpg)
Do s that fly off by itself looking me the top section of the fighter from Terrahawks?!!
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: ysi_maniac on June 13, 2021, 02:30:08 AM
ALCO Liner

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/AlcoLiner(2).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/caec78e4-057f-4fe9-82f4-083a43455765/p/2f1fe1f7-35e0-4dc9-ac49-5be8bc18bb59)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 13, 2021, 01:51:36 AM
There's ugly and then there is this:

(https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/C5627AQFiEOeMmL17Ig/articleshare-shrink_800/0/1631390590429?e=1631556000&v=beta&t=tmI3JyIDvpeaz1pA0wh2CnyQlUYs9p-g-PsYWFuNS24)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on September 13, 2021, 12:12:54 PM
What? They ran out of different noses to put on it at once? ???
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on September 13, 2021, 01:09:01 PM
Is what happens when government gets involved.  :'(
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Kerick on September 14, 2021, 12:28:14 AM
Hmmmm….. Finally used those spare parts from the back corner of the hanger.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on November 30, 2021, 11:20:54 AM
(https://img5.goodfon.com/wallpaper/nbig/9/93/nakajima-g10n-morskoi-eksperimentalnyi-tiazhiolyi-bombardiro.jpg)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_G10N
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on November 30, 2021, 11:50:30 AM
Hello all you model companies.   Who will release this in 1/72 ? ? ?

Consider it flip side of Luft 46 coin.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: kitnut617 on November 30, 2021, 09:54:46 PM
Erm! over New York   ???
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on November 30, 2021, 10:02:47 PM
Erm! over New York   ???

They've already taken the West Coast, these have flown in from Seattle! ;D ;D ;)


PS: The lack of AAA & intercepting fighters indicates the end of the USA may be in sight or even passed.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 01, 2021, 02:43:23 AM
Maybe something from "The Man in the High Castle"?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 01, 2021, 02:46:01 AM
Who will release this in 1/72 ? ? ?


Unicraft Models were supposedly doing one but have not seen anything other than the brief mention on their website.   There are some 1/144 versions available though.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on January 09, 2022, 12:26:40 AM
Have a failed model?

Here's an excuse to resurrect it as an airframe being ground transported.
(https://i.redd.it/x3wle5bdoga81.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: robunos on January 09, 2022, 12:36:13 AM
You know, when I first looked at this picture, I thought it was a replica of a dinosaur . . .   :o    :-[


cheers,
Robin.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 09, 2022, 01:33:20 AM
That's a neat one - this is how the first Australian MRH90s turned up:

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/new%20one/.highres/MRH001.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/new%20one/.highres/MRH004.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Buzzbomb on January 09, 2022, 05:16:16 AM
........ And probably how they will be shipped off now they are earmarked for replacement.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 10, 2022, 12:38:34 AM
Maybe...or in a "buyer has to transport them" configuration...or in parts... 8)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on January 17, 2022, 12:18:47 AM
(https://preview.redd.it/av079f5zj7b81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b6c6cbb4af289bac4a08b6af933a0daf6cf3ec82)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on January 17, 2022, 01:12:41 AM
Maybe something from "The Man in the High Castle"?

First overflight was on September 18th 1946
https://the-man-in-the-high-castle.fandom.com/wiki/VA_Day#:~:text=Victory%20in%20America%20Day%2C%20or%20simply%20VA%20Day%2C,forces%20%22liberated%22%20the%20United%20States%20of%20America.%20Overview
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 30, 2022, 06:12:13 AM
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flight-Issue-8-August-1941.jpg)

CFBV
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on September 30, 2022, 06:44:24 AM
Now there is a build concept !
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on October 15, 2022, 08:01:28 AM
wrecked a kit or only got half of one ??
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: kitnut617 on October 15, 2022, 09:46:16 PM
There's a couple of companies that do a Link Trainer kit, here's one of them
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: ysi_maniac on October 16, 2022, 12:33:35 PM
So whifish! I love it!  :-* :-*
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on October 16, 2022, 02:36:41 PM
Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm

(https://currell.net/graphics/models/gallery/adimiero_trainer_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: apophenia on October 18, 2022, 02:34:27 AM
Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm

Wow! That's impressive  :smiley:
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on October 30, 2022, 12:18:21 PM
Stumbled over this on ETSY by CreativeTimeWasting, really neat way to display a kit.
(https://i.etsystatic.com/30952251/r/il/79b570/3217696030/il_794xN.3217696030_oyhm.jpg)

(https://i.etsystatic.com/30952251/r/il/d44628/3265314937/il_794xN.3265314937_1l0y.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Old Wombat on October 30, 2022, 01:34:50 PM
I get the feeling the modeller thinks his/her painting may be better than his/her building. ;)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 31, 2022, 01:06:01 AM
Talk about an "out of the box build".
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 31, 2022, 01:06:29 AM
I get the feeling the modeller thinks his/her painting may be better than his/her building. ;)

 ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Kerick on October 31, 2022, 06:33:03 AM
First you need to find a kit with all the pieces still attached to the sprue!
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: jcf on November 01, 2022, 05:35:05 AM
I've seen numerous variations on that theme, some better than others, in this case making the decision
to use the instruction sheets as a background was a mistake. The result is far too busy and detracts from
the effect.

IMHO the Zero is covered with far too much schmutz, the carrier based aircraft used in the Pearl Harbor
attack were all relatively new and maintained to an almost fanatical extent by the IJNAS ground crews.

But at least they didn't cover it with exaggerated paint chipping, I've seen more than one model of
an early war service Zero so chipped to hell it looks like a beat up Imperial Army fighter circa 1944.
:-X
Sorry folks the IJN aircraft built for shipboard service simply didn't chip like wartime IJA aircraft or
the land-based IJN types that were never intended for ship-board service. Like the USN and FAA the
IJN had very stringent metal protection and paint standards for shipborne aircraft, also the reality is
that their paint was no worse than that of any of the other major combatants and the lacquers were
actually better than those of their opposition. Japan had an old tradition of using lacquer to protect
metal and actively pursued using modern chemistry to create coatings with the same effectiveness
as the traditional plant sap lacquer. They succeeded admirably as I can attest from handling original
Zero airframe relics where the transparent blue-green* aotake is still tenaciously adhering to the
aluminum.

*the colour shifts over time and exposure, the areas that had been exposed to the air were more
green, the areas that were under riveted lap joints since construction were far more blue and the
colour is quite intense.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on November 09, 2022, 02:29:37 AM
Found this while looking for something else, lots of neat details on the Comanche from the 'horses' mouth'
https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on November 09, 2022, 02:33:46 AM
Found this while looking for something else, lots of neat details on the Comanche from the 'horses' mouth'
https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/RAH-66%20COMANCHE.php)

Remember LHX studies and pictures from time at Boeing in 1980s.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on December 08, 2022, 08:10:53 AM
Pulqui backgrounder video by Mark Felton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXo9koa9MbA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXo9koa9MbA)

Frank's build from a decade ago http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=161.msg1465#msg1465 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=161.msg1465#msg1465)

apophenia's artwork http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=351.msg154249#msg154249 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=351.msg154249#msg154249)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: The Rat on December 08, 2022, 11:06:26 AM
Free 1/24th scale card model from Ralph Currell:
https://currell.net/models/trainer.htm

(https://currell.net/graphics/models/gallery/adimiero_trainer_c.jpg)

Great idea for a model, the Link Trainer was more important to the war effort than some aircraft that actually served.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on December 09, 2022, 05:23:09 AM
new Schneider races ?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: elmayerle on December 14, 2022, 01:40:35 PM
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flight-Issue-8-August-1941.jpg)

CFBV
A different pack under a C-120 or a modified Constellation?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: perttime on December 14, 2022, 05:33:31 PM
new Schneider races ?
Oh. I missed that before.

Are you aware of the "Speedbirds" designs and books?
https://www.sjanindesign.com/speedbirds (https://www.sjanindesign.com/speedbirds)

.... oh, looks like the Speedbirds 1: Schneider Trophy book has got a bit pricey on Amazon.


Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on July 18, 2023, 04:52:54 PM
From a Canadian site ... NZ idea for a training aircraft !!
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on August 31, 2023, 01:02:16 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2a/fa/fd/2afafd83497ea6fa80d572ea474e5902.jpg)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: finsrin on August 31, 2023, 01:11:16 AM
Enough kits and parts around to build something similar.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 31, 2023, 01:20:38 AM
 :smiley:
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Frank3k on August 31, 2023, 03:53:03 AM
(https://preview.redd.it/40qgrmvv6pm01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c3f7382a89639c80c0966ccc877c0564f9d020ca)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Kerick on August 31, 2023, 04:44:24 AM
(https://preview.redd.it/40qgrmvv6pm01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c3f7382a89639c80c0966ccc877c0564f9d020ca)

Those engines look small enough to be electric motors. Where’s the batteries?
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on August 31, 2023, 09:07:39 AM
the cover art shows exhaust smoke from the engines so I expect mini-turboprops ?  Those side fins block a fair bit of the pilots vision to the sides - way to focus his attention on what's in front not what's coming at him from behind ! ;D
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Frank3k on August 31, 2023, 09:54:58 AM
Here's a not great scan of the issue "Mechanix Illustrated" October 1952 (https://archive.org/details/sim_todays-homeowner-solutions_1952-10_47_6/page/64/mode/2up) Less than 6" wingspan in 1/72, slightly less than 12" in 1/35, 12.75" in 1/32
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 01, 2023, 01:38:44 AM
Small gas turbines.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Frank3k on September 01, 2023, 02:47:23 AM
According to the article:
Quote
This is no aerial baby buggy, however. With a gross weight of nearly 5,000 pounds, the duo-mono T-1 lifts 1,850 pounds of armor and armament and carries fuel for one hour. Its twin gas turbines, also armored, swing 12-foot propellers and drive the little fighter through the air at better than 150 mph. The pilot is completely enclosed in plastiglass armor and bulletproof glass. He is armed with six .30 caliber machine guns in the lower wing roots, sixteen 3-inch rockets in twin automatic launchers and 250 pounds of bombs of various types.

Plus a radar and a bucket load of nonsense.

Quote
It is the duo-mono wing arrangement invented in France and sponsored in this country by the Pardel Development Corporation of New York. Looking like a cross between a widely staggered biplane and a tandemwing setup, the two duo-mono lifting surfaces function as a single slotted wing. Four basic advantages are claimed for the duomono principle.

The "Pardel Development Corporation" probably never existed. This may just be another Mechanix Illustrated fantasy design.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Story on September 09, 2023, 06:41:09 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5fo3B3WYAAPyAj?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Mig Eater on September 09, 2023, 07:13:39 AM
I really dont get the point of this "armour", all it would take to make an aircraft unairworthy is is a single shard of shrapnel puncturing any number of sensitive parts of the aircraft. Unless they completely bury the plane in tires it's not going to be possible to protect it from a drone attack ???     
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: Frank3k on September 09, 2023, 09:20:21 AM
They're putting tires on aircraft that are not airworthy, trying to fool the Ukrainians into bombing them. There are satellite pictures of Tu-95s without props and missing other parts, with tires on them.

But - just to be sure they should take out off of them.
Title: Re: Oddities that don't fit anywhere else...
Post by: raafif on March 14, 2024, 08:08:20 AM
Frank3K has this for free to US modellers ....
(https://i.imgur.com/wJJLz8h.jpg)

Boy !!, would that make a great VTOL fighter for the USN circa 1947 ! (AKA Secret Projects).
Anyone know where I can get four plastic carrots ?