Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Scaleorama GB => Topic started by: Dr. YoKai on August 29, 2016, 07:50:40 AM
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Clark Yo Jr. was known to have a keen interest in aviation matters. Though most of his designs were one-offs, a handful of them, especially his collaborations, had some
commercial success. Chief among them was the massive and brutish, but surprisingly
comfortable YGB Stratospheric, doomed to go down in history as the "G-Beast".
We start with a venerable 1/48 Testors GeeBee, a simple but servicebale kit,
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drill some windows and add some floors,
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give it all the interior it needs...
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give it a contra-prop to go with its 4300 hp Bahrkin-Mahd radial
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and that's where she sits, becomming 1/144 scale in the process :) Debating color schemes as usual. I may have an armor project
up before the build ends as well.
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Love it... it has that weird, "why not" type feel
Well done
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Craig,
You've found a use for a GeeBee! It looks great so far; it has a "Things to Come" vibe to it. Or vaguely Russian.
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This is awesome!!!!
Alvis 3.1
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I like it!!
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Funny & pleasant :-*
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Only in Texas! ;)
Good one, Doc, waiting for more! :)
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What a great idea :-* !!! It will be interesting to watch
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Thanks, everybody! If I could afford it, I'd commission Bruce McCall to illustrate it - its got a real '46 Bulgemobile feel to it... ;)
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I couldn't resist ( this concept is so :-* ) and I made a quick profile...
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Loving this project.
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Wondrous "Classy Funky" (what first came to mind). :)
AXOR nailed great scheme for manufacturer demo aircraft.
That or a defunct airline scheme. Looks like regional mostly over land flying (one engine). West Coast Airlines ?
Or make up an airline.
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That's sheer genius, Doc!
It all works so wonderfully, the plump Gee Bee fuselage, extended canopy, contra props, and that way cool double-decker passenger cabin!
And then there's those incredibly sleek and streamlined spats! :-*
Fantastic!
Brian da Basher
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Well, well...
I'm after moving, just checking what's new and here it is! A Gee Bee liner :)
Great idea :D
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Friends, Colleagues - thank you all!
Alex, would you mind if I re-published your profile on my facebook page? I cannot tell you
how honored I feel to have inspired that art.
Paint this weekend, I hope - but I also have to paint the bathroom. Which is not 1/144, alas.
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Alex, would you mind if I re-published your profile on my facebook page?
No,I don't mind. :)
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Greatly appreciated, thanks!
Just about there...
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bother. I didn't see that odd 'water line' on the fuselage spine. Well, have to see
what I can manage to touch up with a brush... ???
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This is even better with paint, thanks! :-*
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A belated WOW! Dr. Y. Looking forward to the finished product.
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Wow Doc, looks like some mighty impressive paint work in the making!
Brian da Basher