Author Topic: Parts & Pieces Part 4  (Read 10715 times)

Offline Brian da Basher

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Parts & Pieces Part 4
« on: February 26, 2012, 12:05:17 AM »
Next on deck is a 1/72 Amodel Beriev KOR-1 which will be wearing the wings left over from the Tony:



This one will have a few other modifications and be wearing some interesting markings.

Stay tuned.

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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 12:42:22 AM »
After a day's work, I got the fuselage buttoned up and the new wings & landing gear on. The skis are from a 1/144 DC-3. Here's a few in-progress shots. The canopy and prop aren't glued on yet.







I still have a little sanding to do and then it'll be time for paint & decals!

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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2012, 12:45:14 AM »
Looks very natural, very believable.
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 01:07:47 AM »
That's what I tought too.  It looks totally legit.   
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 04:56:09 AM »
Oh that is a winner! love the skis!
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2012, 10:59:51 AM »
Quite an improvement really ... a Beriev biplane turned sleek !?!  Nice work Brian  :)
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2012, 09:48:23 AM »
While not widely known to the outside world, Russians have a great love for beer. In fact, beer was instrumental in the Russian revolution in 1917:



Unfortunately, by 1933, the country was in crisis:



However, Stalin had a plan: invade Canada and get their beer. Preparations were made:





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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2012, 09:54:16 AM »
The objectives of the Soviet invasion were clear:



In March of 1934, the Red Army launched an attack on the Great White North from across the North Pole. The Canadians, while caught off guard, resisted bravely:



Unfortunately, despite their best efforts, the Red Army seemed unstoppable. Recruiting more troops did little to stem the tide:



Fortunately, the Canadian Car & Foundry Co. came to the rescue with a radical new attack plane called the CAN-1:









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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2012, 09:59:17 AM »
While the CAN-1 was a revolutionary and incredibly capable aircraft for its time, it didn't hurt that the invaders stopped to rest on their laurels:



This gave the brave Canucks the opportunity they needed to finally push the Soviet invaders out of their country. Armed with two .303 guns in the wings and two .50 cal. guns in a tail turret as well as two 250 lb. bombs, the CAN-1 was the perfect weapon for getting the Reds on the run.







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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2012, 10:07:05 AM »
Within a few months, the last of the Soviet invaders had been forced out of the Great White North. This caused a little back-pedalling from the Red Army:



Today, the CAN-1 is beloved as the aircraft that kept the True North free. Boys still build model kits of it with which they bomb and strafe imaginary backyard invaders.





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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2012, 12:20:08 PM »
Another top notch entry...you really are strutting your stuff!
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2012, 02:03:32 PM »
You keep making the coolest propeller aircraft!!  8)
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2012, 06:21:57 PM »
Personnally... I love the story. But after their fail with Canada, USSR will turn to Germany ?
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2012, 07:30:51 AM »
Abso-frickin-lutely AMAZING, Da Basher!  I chortled all the way through it even while going back and realizing, "Hey, he also executed a fantastic kit-bash."  Encroyable!  >burp!<  Sorry, too much of the Labatts, I fear.  Wow.  You, my friend, should be the one writing novels, great big, silly, make-the-world-smile sort of novels.  This is the good stuff, Brian!   O0  Somehow, I'm going to have to copy-paste this whole thread into a Word doc for later viewing.
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2012, 10:58:18 AM »
Hiralious, brilliant stuff Brian. And if CanCar had designed a turret fighter, I'd bet that it'd have looked just like your  CAN-1!
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Re: Parts & Pieces Part 4
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2012, 07:43:35 AM »
Great models and a great story. ;D
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