Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => It's the End of the World as We Know It! GB => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on August 26, 2012, 04:54:59 AM

Title: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 26, 2012, 04:54:59 AM
(http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/08/25/1226457/967154-grim-reaper-aids-commercial-1987.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 26, 2012, 09:57:49 AM
http://zazenlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/do-not-use-nuclear-weapons1.jpg (http://zazenlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/do-not-use-nuclear-weapons1.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Cliffy B on August 26, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
Ehhhh...since when does Israel "officially" have any nukes and since when do Harpoons have a nuke capability?!  :icon_nif:

Other than that.... :o :o :o
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 26, 2012, 10:13:12 AM
Officially, they still don't...officially.  However, that doesn't mean the image posted follows the official line... ;)

As for Harpoons, I assume it is referring to the alleged modification by Israel of some Harpoon missiles (http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003_11/Israel)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 27, 2012, 01:30:40 AM
(http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t408/jenniferdust/aircraft-thusalways.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Cliffy B on August 27, 2012, 04:00:24 AM
Yikes!!!  Someone forgot to close the door (providing there is one to close)  :icon_zombie:
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 27, 2012, 05:43:45 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Peacekeeper_missile_after_silo_launch.jpg)

Launch

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Peacekeeper-missile-testing.jpg)

Re-entry

(http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/26042011_chernobyl_then_now/chernobyl_005.jpg)

Halo approaches the Chernobyl Reactor while spraying decontaminates

(http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/ss-24-DDST8506522.jpg)

SS-24 concept art

(http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/26042011_chernobyl_then_now/chernobyl_018.jpg)

Chernobyl memorial


Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Cliffy B on August 27, 2012, 08:20:07 AM
Can you imagine the state of the world if one those giants had to re-load??!!  :-X

(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu194/CliffyB/DD-ST-87-087901987.jpg)

Source (http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&s=soviet%20typhoon&chk=6cfe0&guid=c5b4cbbc87f9e1ac1abae8df39d8f69aefb97c74)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 27, 2012, 10:38:44 AM
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/04/patch_bunny_slippers.jpg)

Quote
The uniform regulations are relaxed, though not by design. Once the blast door thuds shut and a crew is free from the prying eyes of the public or enlisted personnel topside, out come the pajamas and hooded sweatshirts.

In a favorite missileer uniform patch, the Grim Reaper sits at an ICBM console, dressed in bunny slippers. In the real world, death wears a campus T-shirt, JCrew bottoms and the ubiquitous Snuggie. The silly blanket-robe hybrid is suited to the missile force, keeping an officer toasty while allowing him to interact with the weapons console unobstructed.

Missileers learn that on alert, comfort is as important as humor. One enterprising fellow liked to string a hammock between the two command chairs and stretch out for his long shifts at the console. Videogame systems are forbidden, a rule that was mocked until it got out that wireless Nintendo Wii controllers could cause the system to detect a false electromagnetic pulse attack and shut down.

I used to imagine that I’d have some sort of stiff-upper-lip moment should I receive “the order,” where I’d shed the Snuggie and slippers, zip up my flight suit, and make imperial references about “going out proper.”


http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/death-wears-a-snuggie/ (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/death-wears-a-snuggie/)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 27, 2012, 10:41:46 AM
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5397219251_256246ae31.jpg)

Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 28, 2012, 02:27:36 AM
(http://static.environmentalgraffiti.com/sites/default/files/images/http-inlinethumb28.webshots.com-13211-2740889970104237032S600x600Q85.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: taiidantomcat on August 28, 2012, 02:41:42 AM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BBmOm1l_P08/TSAYBzVLwhI/AAAAAAAAA_c/3O6jG-82bdk/s1600/War%2BTriptych%2B%2525281929-1932%2B-%2BOtto%2BDix%252529.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: ChernayaAkula on August 28, 2012, 02:58:08 AM
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn65/tranminhkhochuoi/truck/CpCharlie20mural.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on August 28, 2012, 03:15:24 AM
Major Kong Rides the Bomb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW_Ygs6hm0#)

This theme would not be complete without Major Kong riding his bomb :)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Spey Phantom on August 28, 2012, 03:35:33 AM
i told my friends on facebook, this song will play in loop aal day here on December 21  ;D

BTW, can this be the themesong to this GB?

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD (AS WE KNOW IT) LYRIC VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVmB3lRjCmc#)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Brian da Basher on August 28, 2012, 05:57:20 AM
That's the perfect theme song for this GB, Nils!

We should have the rules up soon. Stay tuned.

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: RussC on August 28, 2012, 04:17:45 PM


Quote
The uniform regulations are relaxed, though not by design. Once the blast door thuds shut and a crew is free from the prying eyes of the public or enlisted personnel topside, out come the pajamas and hooded sweatshirts.

In a favorite missileer uniform patch, the Grim Reaper sits at an ICBM console, dressed in bunny slippers. In the real world, death wears a campus T-shirt, JCrew bottoms and the ubiquitous Snuggie. The silly blanket-robe hybrid is suited to the missile force, keeping an officer toasty while allowing him to interact with the weapons console unobstructed.

Missileers learn that on alert, comfort is as important as humor. One enterprising fellow liked to string a hammock between the two command chairs and stretch out for his long shifts at the console. Videogame systems are forbidden, a rule that was mocked until it got out that wireless Nintendo Wii controllers could cause the system to detect a false electromagnetic pulse attack and shut down.

I used to imagine that I’d have some sort of stiff-upper-lip moment should I receive “the order,” where I’d shed the Snuggie and slippers, zip up my flight suit, and make imperial references about “going out proper.”


[url]http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/death-wears-a-snuggie/[/url] ([url]http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/death-wears-a-snuggie/[/url])


From across the hallway, in a mirror, the entry door to a Minuteman complex.

(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1067/1165792331_b8c17de7e3_z.jpg?zz=1)

(http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/drstrange.jpg)

(http://nationalspacestudiescenter.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/darpa-falcon1.jpg?w=614)

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/01/05/travel/atomic_girl_600.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 28, 2012, 04:20:44 PM
There are times when "take your kids to work day" is just not a good idea...
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: RussC on August 29, 2012, 04:35:33 AM
There are times when "take your kids to work day" is just not a good idea...

  Wanna bet she manually changed the destination guidance to the school Bullies' house?  ;)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Feldmarschall Zod on September 02, 2012, 09:37:55 PM
I know what I am gonna build. :P
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Doom! on September 03, 2012, 03:01:46 AM
A little inspiration from one of my old builds (Semi of Doom).
 
(http://www.doomisland2.com/images/models/final%201.jpg)
 
(http://www.doomisland2.com/images/models/final%206.jpg)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Geoff on September 03, 2012, 06:35:08 AM
I have a Hummer with added armour for IEDs might make a reasonable guntruck.
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: arkon on September 03, 2012, 04:12:31 PM
(stamp) mad max aprooved!
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: tsrjoe on September 03, 2012, 04:39:05 PM
Israel ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction)

lets not forget South Africa is the only country known to have developed nuclear weapons but removed them from the inventory (prior to handover to an ANC goverment)
i understand the Buccaneer was the delivery aircraft chosen, indeed one airframe was upgraded and fitted out for the role #414 ? (the SA. weapons casing looking very similar to the uk.s 'Red Beard' store)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction)

both Argentina, Brazil, Australia and even Sweden have all had nuclear weapons programmes historically, the latters air dropped store looking similar to the contempoary US. B.28/43/61 store

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nuclear_weapon_program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nuclear_weapon_program)

i dont think based upon assessments that N.Korea is a nuclear state, smoke and mirrors with the pretence suiting both sides, but what if ...

for 'what if' scenarios, there is always WW2, with Germany, the US. and Japan all having atomic weapons programmes (i stil wonder why the US. never 'tested' the 'Little Boy' weapon ('Trinity' was a test of the Plutonium 'Fat Man' type device)
I cant really see a UK. weapon being designed and deployed during WW2 but speculativly the US. might let us use a one of theirs as a Lancaster load or as part of a hypothetical lend lease B.29 transfer !

cheers, Joe
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Geoff on September 04, 2012, 02:59:47 AM
SAAF were going to use the Canberra as their nuclear bomber IIRC.
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Spey Phantom on September 04, 2012, 03:58:13 AM
ive been playing with the idea for a Belgian B-29, B-2, B-52 or Tu-95 nuclear armed bomber  8)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: TerryCampion on September 06, 2012, 01:39:10 AM
How about a Northrop B-2 in Bangladesh markings?

Seriously though, got some post-apocalypse models done already, but I quite fancy something new :)
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: jcf on September 06, 2012, 01:40:00 AM
There was no Little Boy test as they only had enough U235 for the single weapon.

The earlier configurations for the 'gun-type' weapons, the uranium Little Boy and plutonium Thin Man, were 17 feet long and at one point carriage by a Lancaster was proposed. One B-29 was modified
to  have a single 33' long bomb-bay, this was referred to as the 'Pullman' aircraft. However it was discovered that the projectile speed requirement for U235 wasn't as high as thought, so the weapon was able to be shortened to six feet, allowing carriage in the standard B-29 bays.

The casing design for the gun-type plutonium weapon was built and tested by air-drops from the
Pullman B-29, aerodynamic performance was poor and the realities of plutonium fission meant that
they had to go the implosion route.

Thin Man casings with Fat Man casings in the background.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Thin_Man_plutonium_gun_bomb_casings.jpg)

The single point bomb carriage/release mechanism was the same that had been developed
in the UK for Tallboy and Grand Slam.
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Rickshaw on September 07, 2012, 10:41:57 PM
Israel ...

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel[/url])
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url])

lets not forget South Africa is the only country known to have developed nuclear weapons but removed them from the inventory (prior to handover to an ANC goverment)
i understand the Buccaneer was the delivery aircraft chosen, indeed one airframe was upgraded and fitted out for the role #414 ? (the SA. weapons casing looking very similar to the uk.s 'Red Beard' store)

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url])

both Argentina, Brazil, Australia and even Sweden have all had nuclear weapons programmes historically, the latters air dropped store looking similar to the contempoary US. B.28/43/61 store

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url])
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url])
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nuclear_weapon_program[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nuclear_weapon_program[/url])

i dont think based upon assessments that N.Korea is a nuclear state, smoke and mirrors with the pretence suiting both sides, but what if ...

for 'what if' scenarios, there is always WW2, with Germany, the US. and Japan all having atomic weapons programmes (i stil wonder why the US. never 'tested' the 'Little Boy' weapon ('Trinity' was a test of the Plutonium 'Fat Man' type device)
I cant really see a UK. weapon being designed and deployed during WW2 but speculativly the US. might let us use a one of theirs as a Lancaster load or as part of a hypothetical lend lease B.29 transfer !

cheers, Joe


Australia while interested in the idea never really got anywhere with it.   In the late 1940s, the UK was preparing plans to fight from the "periphery" of the Empire, fully expecting the UK to be devastated in any atomic war.  It looked seriously at developing nuclear industries in Canada, Southern Africa and Australia.   Canada however was deemed by the US to be too important to its own defence needs and Washington made studied efforts to lure it away from its allegiance to London.  Southern Africa was too under-developed although there was serious consideration to developing hydro-election power systems in Rhodesia for use in Uranium refining and enrichment.   Australia because of its relative remoteness, its willingness to participate in such a nuclear programme (Canberra saw it as a cheap way to buy into the ability to build atomic weapons) was chosen as the best candidate.   The Australian Government put in train three highly significant programmes to support such an endeavour.  The Australian National University was established in Canberra to provide the theoretical and technical training of a future workforce.  The Snowy Hydro-Electric scheme was created to supply power to any potential Uranium refining and enrichment industry and of course Woomera was developed as an Atomic testing range.

The US government had no real interest in sharing atomic secrets with Canberra which it viewed with suspicion because of the revelations of the Verona SIGINT intercepts, which pointed to heavy Soviet infiltration and spy activities (although I've often wondered exactly what secrets they could find downunder which made such an effort worthwhile) which were later revealed in the Petrov defection.   The UK government was more interested in gaining access to US atomic secrets but under the McMahon Act were prevented from doing so, so they weren't willing to really share what they did know with Canberra for fear of upsetting their effort to gain access to US atomic secrets.   The Australian Nuclear Weapons programme remained largely a pipedream throughout the 1950s and 1960s.  Apart from the three programmes mentioned, not much was done seriously to either support or implement such a plan.   Prime Minister John Gorton (1968-1971) was keen on the idea but when he was deposed as PM, his replacement William McMahon finally sealed its fate, decreeing it too expensive, signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Pact and set Australia as a main supporter of that UN treaty.
Title: Re: ITEOTWAWKI GB Now Extended!
Post by: Brian da Basher on October 24, 2012, 03:39:46 AM
The World will now end on Nov. 11th!

The ITEOTWAWKI GB deadline has been extended until 11:59 PM on November 11th!

Brian da Basher & The Zod
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: GTX_Admin on October 24, 2012, 04:02:04 PM
(http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens5981072_1248315642afraid-male-afraid-frightened-smiley-emoticon-000293-large.gif)
Title: Re: ITEOTWAWKI GB Now Extended!
Post by: Dr. YoKai on October 24, 2012, 10:25:02 PM
The World will now end on Nov. 11th!

The ITEOTWAWKI GB deadline has been extended until 11:59 PM on November 11th!

Brian da Basher & The Zod

 Well. That makes particpating a moral imperitive.
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Brian da Basher on November 02, 2012, 03:27:14 AM
Knowing that many of you need more time, especially those affected by Hurricane Sandy,

the New Deadline is

11:59 PM Friday, November 30th

so get those entries in!

Brian da Basher & The Zod
Title: Re: The End of the World as we know it GB
Post by: Tophe on December 23, 2012, 09:06:37 AM
this song will play in loop aal day here on December 21  ;D
December 21 is past, and it seems we are still here (this World does not look like Heaven, nor Hell). So this "End of the World" was just a joke, or a lttle sadness. ;)
Like the beautiful old song of Skeeter Davis.
THE END OF THE WORLD by Skeeter Davis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnKCE99sYE#)