Author Topic: New here but familiar to most (Read 13830 times)

Diavel · « **on:** September 23, 2012, 07:04:47 AM »

Hello guys,
I am new to this site but many will know me from whatif, as chrisonord. I have no up to date pics of stuff I am building as I have packed all my modelling stuff away due to work being done in my house. Here is the last build I photographed, a SHADO build,this is part scratch build and part hacked up 1/100th scale nu-bee tu-20.I have built the aircraft in my usual 1/72nd scale. The aircraft is called sentinel, and is an airborn communications relay and command post. The aircraft is designed to work with or replace satellites during an alien attack. The sensor array is situated on the rear of the aircraft to facilitate the transfer of data. The aircraft is coated in the usual anti flash coating, an is capable of high altitude high speed and long un refueled on station endurance.
Chris.

finsrin · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2012, 01:28:15 PM »

Love the model and background info. Most appropriate and creative. :)
Look forward to seeing more after the house work is done.
I also build to 1/72 results.
Welcome to BTS

AXOR · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2012, 04:59:40 PM »

Looks really good,me likey!!!
:)

TerryCampion · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2012, 07:27:45 PM »

Oooooh, wow!!!

LemonJello · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2012, 08:31:03 PM »

Well welcome to the new asylum, I see you'll fit right in with the rest of the population. That's simply gorgeous!

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2012, 09:51:31 PM »

And he enters in fine style!!! Great to have you here mate and with such a wonderful creation too.

Regards,

Greg

Diavel · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2012, 11:00:11 PM »

Thankyou for the kind comments guys, much appreciated, I will dig some more builds out to fill my resume here if thats ok? Not only do I do alternative SHADO equipment, but I also build a alternative Honduras airforce, navy and army, along with a US navy/marine task force including helicopters air planes and vehicles. My favourite builds are turbo prop powered COIN aircraft, and upgraded "museum" grade ex soviet aircraft and armour. The ex soviet/Russian stuff belongs to a Nicaraguan cartel.
Here is some other stuff that I have built over the last few months or so.

Cheers,
Chris

Alvis 3.1 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 23, 2012, 11:08:28 PM »

Awesome stuff, love the Sentinel!

Alvis 3.1

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #8 on:** September 23, 2012, 11:39:52 PM »

Fantastic!! :)

Jacques Deguerre · « **Reply #9 on:** September 24, 2012, 01:07:10 AM »

Nice work! I'm really loving your Gerry Anderson-inspired models but the alternate Central America stuff is cool too.

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #10 on:** September 24, 2012, 03:01:28 AM »

Those are some outstanding models, Diavel! It's great to have you with us!

Pull up a chair and cruise around the threads. There's lots of great ideas and good people here!

Brian da Basher

Doom! · « **Reply #11 on:** September 24, 2012, 09:04:42 AM »

Chris, glad you've joined in over here, I love your updated Shadow series and your latest is no exception. :)

Weaver · « **Reply #12 on:** September 24, 2012, 07:35:47 PM »

Hi Chris - nice to see you over here! :)

Dr. YoKai · « **Reply #13 on:** September 24, 2012, 11:57:57 PM »

Very nice stuff! Welcome!

Texgunner · « **Reply #14 on:** September 26, 2012, 10:09:58 AM »

Those are all very cool! I enjoyed seeing them. :)
Gary

finsrin · « **Reply #15 on:** September 26, 2012, 12:02:31 PM »

Quote from: Gary Brantley on September 26, 2012, 10:09:58 AM

Those are all very cool! I enjoyed seeing them. :)
Gary

Goes for me 2.
And great camo schemes :)

Diavel · « **Reply #16 on:** September 26, 2012, 10:15:08 PM »

Here are a few others including some Cartel aircraft.

This excavator is scratch built, on a M60 chassis

This is a SHADO build

Chris

Tophe · « **Reply #17 on:** September 29, 2012, 01:37:10 AM »

Belated congratulations for your models

finsrin · « **Reply #18 on:** September 29, 2012, 09:30:52 AM »

My envey matches some of the greens in your camo..... :)

sotoolslinger · « **Reply #19 on:** October 09, 2012, 09:02:14 AM »

Always great to see your stuff my brother

Glad your here :)

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #20 on:** October 09, 2012, 11:33:19 AM »

so much great stuff!!! That X-32 upgrade still amazes me. You made what many consider a punch line into a warplane

finsrin · « **Reply #21 on:** October 09, 2012, 04:47:50 PM »

After long look at CF-100.
Find myself thinking F-86 wings (1/72 or 1/48) would be interesting

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2012, 07:48:24 PM »

Quote from: finsrin on October 09, 2012, 04:47:50 PM

After long look at CF-100.
Find myself thinking F-86 wings (1/72 or 1/48) would be interesting

Bill:

In the CF-100 book by Larry Milberry, I have an oblique photo of the CF-103 wooden mockup which has sweep wings and horizontal stabs. I can send it to you / post it if you want it. The wings have a very long chord.

Queeg · « **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2012, 03:55:55 PM »

That's a sweet looking collection, esp love the SHADO stuff

Diavel · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2012, 12:02:38 AM »

Thanks for the comments guys, I have not been able to do any modelling for several weeks now and I am getting a bit frustrated not being able to carve some plastic up.
Cheers
Chris

finsrin · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2012, 12:26:02 PM »

Can you please provide me/us a briefing on what bashing went into 2nd one down, Marines twin engine ?
And next to last, jet with blue top surfaces ?
A-26 on steroids with extended nacelles counter rotating turbo props and all the rest of it is extra cool

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #26 on:** October 15, 2012, 03:41:59 PM »

Wow! Don't think I've seen that A-26 Invader before. Very cool! :)

And the canards make the F-32 almost worth looking at.

Camo scheme on that one is killer, too! :)

Diavel · « **Reply #27 on:** October 15, 2012, 07:44:52 PM »

Quote from: finsrin on October 15, 2012, 12:26:02 PM

Can you please provide me/us a briefing on what bashing went into 2nd one down, Marines twin engine ?
And next to last, jet with blue top surfaces ?
A-26 on steroids with extended nacelles counter rotating turbo props and all the rest of it is extra cool

Hya Finsrin,
The aircraft in question, was an ESCI Kamov KA-50 something, with OV-10 Bronco wings and engines and scratch built tail wings. I used the kamov landing gear also.As soon as I saw this kit I thought that it could be made into a plane of some sorts, so I made a US Marines COIN aircraft from it and put some extra pylons on the wings and fuselage too. I should have some more pics of it somewhere if you want to see them. The A-26 is a favourite of mine, as well as having a truck load of ordnance under its wings and several guns in its nose, it has a 6 barrel cannon in the rear underside of the fuselage, so it can be used as a gunship too. The jet aircraft with the blue upper surfaces is a SHADO rapid executive transport aircraft. It is designed to travel at mach 1.2 and be able to cross the Atlantic with ease. The aircraft has fighter like agility to escape being intercepted by UFO's, and has the anti flash coating on its upper surfaces and cockpit windows. The aircraft is made form a 1/100th nu-bee Turbolet with modified tornado wings a cut down B-58 engine pod tip tanks fromthe spares box and scratch tail wings. The canopy is from the spares box too.
Cheers,
Chris

Diavel · « **Reply #28 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:08:02 AM »

Here is a few more from my previous builds, I have not done much model wise as I now have only the dining table and a very uncomfortable chair to contend with so model building is very short and painful for me at the moment. Anyhow here is the ones I did earlier

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #29 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:25:37 AM »

The Pucara and the Apache with wings are my favorites!!

Wow!!

Its amazing how an uncomfortable work space can take the motivation right out of you

Diavel · « **Reply #30 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:45:33 AM »

Your not wrong there mate, even with a cushion it is crippling my hip and back after 10 minutes. I built a 1/72nd scale Marder and that took me several days to get that done, I would normally build something like that in one hit. I am currently stuck building a SLT 50-3 in the same scale, it has taken me too long as I can't concentrate, that and it has the dodgy plastic cut out yourself windows on it

I will put some more pics up on tomorrow if thats ok, just to fill my portfolio up on here

Chris.

raafif · « **Reply #31 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:51:59 AM »

the boat & tanks look very interesting, can you do better pics, Chris ?

Diavel · « **Reply #32 on:** October 21, 2012, 04:25:29 AM »

Hya Raaif, the pictures are quite old and the models are put away in deep storage, one day, I hope to get them out and put them on permanent display somewhere, as they are no good stuck in a box for the foreseeable future. The camera I used then was pretty hit and miss too.
Chris

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #33 on:** October 21, 2012, 04:45:36 AM »

They're all great. I especially like the first one. :)

Tophe · « **Reply #34 on:** October 21, 2012, 12:16:07 PM »

Quote from: taiidantomcat on October 21, 2012, 03:25:37 AM

and the Apache with wings are my favorites!!

Yes, it is lovely (not for the enemy though)

Diavel · « **Reply #35 on:** October 25, 2012, 02:07:05 AM »

Here is a few more for you all until I have finished my Cartel vehicle builds I am on with, slow progress for these I am afraid.

Diavel · « **Reply #36 on:** October 25, 2012, 02:10:35 AM »

Chris.

Tophe · « **Reply #37 on:** October 25, 2012, 02:27:31 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #38 on:** October 25, 2012, 02:34:19 AM »

Logan Hartke · « **Reply #39 on:** October 25, 2012, 03:43:42 AM »

Quote from: Diavel on October 25, 2012, 02:07:05 AM

Here is a few more for you all until I have finished my Cartel vehicle builds I am on with, slow progress for these I am afraid.

Oh wow, I'm having trouble getting my eyes to focus on any of your other models after seeing this one.

Cheers,

Logan

Diavel · « **Reply #40 on:** October 27, 2012, 05:01:24 AM »

Cheers Logan,
I have a phobia of resin kits as they are too fragile for my bludgeon fingers, but this kit was not too bad. I managed to exchange the main high risk parts for those from an Italeri AH-64D, so making the build easier and up to date. The Blackhawk is a ship borne multi role helicopter, and has a switchable rotor mounted radar that can detect air sea or land based targets, and destroy them with the appropriate weapons. I wouldn't mind doing another, armed with Penguins, to go with my US Navy AH-64N with Penguins and a fuel tank fitted.
Chris.

Logan Hartke · « **Reply #41 on:** October 27, 2012, 05:19:23 AM »

Well don't let me stop you!

Cheers,

Logan

ChrisF · « **Reply #42 on:** October 30, 2012, 07:29:11 AM »

Im not sure where to start !! Awesome stuff..

Whats the Russian two engined grippen lookalike thing ?!

And how did you do the camo ? :)

Diavel · « **Reply #43 on:** October 30, 2012, 07:49:27 AM »

Quote from: ChrisF on October 30, 2012, 07:29:11 AM

Im not sure where to start !! Awesome stuff..

Whats the Russian two engined grippen lookalike thing ?!

And how did you do the camo ? :)

Hya Chris, the Russian plane I think you mean is a Mig 1.44, I did this as an in service aircraft loaded up with AAM's and drop tanks. The camo scheme is quite an easy one to do but you have to be patient with it. I painted the darker colour on first by airbrush, then using pieces of cut to shape masking tape, I put a load of them everywhere on the model, where I wanted it to be that colour. Then I painted it the next lighter coulour let that dry then put more shaped masking tape on where I wanted it to be that shape etc. after I had put all the colours on I wanted, I then give it an over all coat of the light grey left it to dry over night, then repeated this until it all looked light grey. The after a couple of days drying I peeled off the tape carefully, then clear coated it.
Chris

Doom! · « **Reply #44 on:** October 30, 2012, 11:30:26 PM »

Love the Raptor with camo

lots of cool stuff.


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