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Swords to Plowshares GB / A-90 Vista Cruiser

« Last post by Kerick on Yesterday at 11:22:09 AM »

I've been intrigued by killnoizer's Tupolev landspeeder build on WIM. I was suggesting to him to add a Vista Cruiser dome structure so I decided to put my money where my mouth is. So I got out a 1/144th scale kit of the A-90 Ekranoplan to see what a Black Sea vista cruiser craft would look like.



I was fishing through the collection of canopies I have on hand and some looked like a good start.



I don't know if anything will come of this. Lots of fiddling around with the clear parts to see if I can make anything out of it. I would probably put some windows in the sides of the cabin too. Maybe some Aeroflot markings.

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Other / Re: What-If Weapons - Air

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 09:20:10 AM »

More what-if weapons. 

This time a pair of 30mm ADEN gun pods from the 1/48th scale Airfix Harrier.  The Harrier is now long gone but the gun pods were saved and retained in the parts stash. 

As you can see in the attached images, the original ADEN pod was a bit janky right out of the box.  The squared off front and rear of the pod never looked right to me and that was one of the reasons I had ignored the things for so long.  The gun barrels inserted in the gun pods are from an ancient Monogram FW190 that offered many weapons for several variants.  The gun barrels were intended for the 30mm Mk103 gun pods that were mounted under the FW190 wings for one version that performed in the bomber interceptor role. 

I consider this to be a "rough draft" as I have several more of the ADEN pods to work with.  I am sharing the images of this pair to show what could be done with less than ideal parts from some of these ancient kits that all of us have had to deal with in the past. 

Also, I was looking for something that would fit on the 1/48th scale Academy Hawker Hunter F.6/FGA.9 to create an upgraded aircraft.  The ADEN pods fit without issue to the Hunter fuselage and that was what compelled me to modify the things to improve the appearance.  The clunky Airfix pods certainly need some TLC to make them presentable.  With the ADEN pods attached to the Hunter I can remove/cover up the gun ports on the fuselage.  This in turn provides more internal space for additional black boxes/electronics which all need space for any SLEP. 

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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 HAR.4 Sea Knight

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 06:16:02 AM »

You are on a roll with these helicopter builds.  Nice to see the Academy kit getting some love and attention in a bright colour scheme. 

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Land / Re: '76 Ford Torino “Starsky and Hutch Tv serie”- Revell 1:25

« Last post by Rod The Fixer on Yesterday at 05:45:20 AM »

Engine completed ...


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

Interior almost completed ...


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr


by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr

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Aero-space / Re: 1/48 VAR-22 Osprey 771 Sqn RN

« Last post by Robomog on Yesterday at 04:42:54 AM »

Agree with all above, looks stunning in RN colours 

Mog
>^-.-^<

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Profiles and Pixels / Re: Apophenia's Offerings

« Last post by robunos on Yesterday at 04:42:21 AM »

That is a nice build . . .
Drifting OT, but thinking of slim Lightnings, and I'm sure it's been done already, but how about Lightning flying surfaces on a Vought Crusader fuselage . . . ?



cheers,
Robin.

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Aero-space / 1/48 HAR.4 Sea Knight

« Last post by smeds on Yesterday at 04:35:46 AM »

Academy 1/48 KV-107 Blue Heron with new clothes  .

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Aero-space / Re: Spitfire Mk22 Post War

« Last post by Robomog on Yesterday at 04:34:23 AM »

Thanks guys

Pertime :- I use a small photobooth with LED striplights and my mobile phone to take the pictures. The silver finish is flat  aluminium with matt varnish finish so it will appear a little drab, for silver.   

Thinks :- aargh !   I could have mild whiffed it with chrome silver and really made it shiny ahhh the joys of 20/20 hindsight 

Mog
>^-.-^<

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Profiles and Pixels / Re: Apophenia's Offerings

« Last post by apophenia on Yesterday at 04:30:59 AM »

... You should (without the need to do any research) know that the EE slim fuselage Lightning project was the P.6 . . .   

Maybe "should" but didn't 

But I now see that Dizzyfugu has built it -- adding Frog Lightning F.6 bits to a Su-17 kit. Clever!
-- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/25165153301/

Without doing any further research, I noted one erroneous, non-whif Dizzy' factoid. The RB.106 never had a "later career as the Canadian Orenda Iroquois". Those two engine types were rival candidates (amongst others) for the Avro Canada C.104 and C.105. Of course, that takes nothing away from the awesomeness of his build 

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Land / Re: Self Propelled Artillery

« Last post by apophenia on Yesterday at 04:17:36 AM »

Patria 155K98 on Sisu ETP brochure stuff ... and an earlier SP foray on the T-55 hull.