Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => The Scottish Independence GB => Topic started by: Tophe on September 07, 2013, 06:09:28 PM
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(I am not a fan of politics and armies but...)
When India and Scotland got their independance, in 1947, Edimburgh squadrons of Lightnings were painted in a very-Scottish way:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/Scotland-38c_zpsa8c8ec26.gif)
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After my first try with Corel PhotoPaint6 (above), I have tried a slanting view with my old Corel Draw6, but the import tool (for Scottish tissue) does not work anymore with Microsoft 7...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/r_P38eclairB_baaabc_zpsbed45985.jpg)
EDIT: The picture above was too big to see, I have reduced it, sorry.
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At last, I have half succeded with Corel Draw 6 and the "Découpe" tool... But I am very sure JP Vieira or José Fern can make a million times better with their 3D softwares...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/P-38_scott_zps6caf0ca6.jpg)
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:)
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??? ??? what clan is that ? :) :)
Hope they only employ tea-totalers as painters
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On the ground, Scottish Lightnings were wearing a kilt, I suppose:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/P38scot2k_zps5e7c23eb.jpg)
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Well, I am rather naive and the Lightnings were not sugar-made angels. As well, after independance, the Scottish government required royalties for all the Spitfires that have been built in England: the Scottishmarine SpitFire Mark 1 was another name of the (flying) Loch Ness monster.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/SpitFire_Scottishmarine_zps068315d5.jpg)
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Well, I started this thread mainly because there was no entry at all, now there are several and I have considered deleting it. Or I may complete a picture, somehow. Here it is : the Scottish Air Force in uniform with the Nessy Scottish Navy:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Tophe2712/SeaMonster38_zpseb5ef554.jpg)
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You do know your mad? Quite mad, I say. But I like it... ;D
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The Scottish Navy looks quite friendly...
... "Speak softly but carry a big stick"?
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Well, more seriously (from the P-38 layout): the Scottish Aviation design bureau had prepared a 6-engined airliner (see on my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/update_FG.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/update_FG.htm) ), now with independance, the 4-engined version was mass-produced for the Scottish European Airways (SEA):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_Scottish_l.JPG)
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At first look took it as a flying boat (catamaran). :)
Like to kitbash it as one. Though would move inner two props to rear of wing so pilots don't have to look through them.
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Thanks for this improvement, designer!
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_Scottish_m.JPG)
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nice drawing Christophe, i have been looking for a 3 view drawing of the Scottish Aviation twin hull flying boat for years, any help would be very appreciated as all i have seen is a few early artists conceptions (from a 1945 booket on Prestwick Airport and a photo of the manufacturers model in an old issue of Flypast :)
cheers, Joe 8)
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The source for the drawing here is nothing more than the Flypast photograph, sorry... And it is taken at too short a distance (with too much conical effect) for my geometrical tools to get at least a top view.
???
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I really like this one, mon ami! Having those two pusher engines gives this a wonderfully 1930s futuristic look.
I've had a thought to build something similar using two 1/144 C-97s, but your version has a much higher design sense than mine.
Can't you just see this behemoth flying the Marseilles to Rio route?
Brian da Basher