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[finsrin]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Diavel]

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]

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

[Tophe]

and the Apache with wings are my favorites!!

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

[Diavel]

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]

Chris.

[Tophe]

Wow!

[GTX_Admin]

 :)

[Logan Hartke]

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]

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]

Well don't let me stop you!

Cheers,

Logan

[ChrisF]

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

Whats the Russian two engined grippen lookalike thing ?!

And how did you do the camo ?  :)

[Diavel]

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!]

Love the Raptor with camo   lots of cool stuff.