Author Topic: Hunter & FW189, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.  (Read 589704 times)

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crow & Halifax, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1000 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 ...





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Re: crow & Halifax, blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1001 on: August 21, 2017, 10:57:33 PM »
Very lovely... :-*

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« Reply #1002 on: August 22, 2017, 05:53:41 PM »

thanks  ;)

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rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1003 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 :



so I finally got to fetch (i) a rhino (ii) a F-16 (Academy 1/72, simply) :






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Re: rhino & F-16, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1004 on: August 24, 2017, 04:43:49 AM »
 :smiley:
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« Reply #1005 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)?

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« Reply #1006 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  ;)


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flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1007 on: August 30, 2017, 02:59:12 AM »

back on the musical theater :

this mini-flute is now self-propelled by a M108






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Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1008 on: August 31, 2017, 12:42:04 AM »
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« Reply #1009 on: August 31, 2017, 02:06:20 AM »

thanks !

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Re: flute and M108, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1010 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!

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« Reply #1011 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

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hippo & helo (Kiowa), blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1012 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 :





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« Reply #1013 on: September 05, 2017, 02:02:42 PM »
Yaaaaaaaawn!
(it means: good).

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« Reply #1014 on: September 06, 2017, 09:56:10 AM »

thanks !

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« Reply #1015 on: September 06, 2017, 11:18:46 AM »
Great!!  Organically-powered helicopter using naturally renewable fuels!

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« Reply #1016 on: September 07, 2017, 01:30:38 PM »
 ;D

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flutes and guns, yellow and blue Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1017 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 :










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« Reply #1018 on: September 16, 2017, 02:58:02 AM »
 ;D :smiley: :smiley:
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« Reply #1019 on: September 16, 2017, 07:25:10 PM »
 ;)

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boat side car, red Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1020 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 ...





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« Reply #1021 on: September 19, 2017, 01:07:56 AM »
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yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1022 on: September 20, 2017, 03:45:01 PM »

I saw the picture with VWs, but thought 2cvs would fit as nicely :







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Re: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1023 on: September 20, 2017, 10:19:37 PM »
Clever!  :smiley:
Cheers,
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Re: yin yang citroen 2cv, black & white Re: hybrid aircraft/animals and others
« Reply #1024 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... ;)