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Offline uncle les

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Golden Twin Bullet
« on: June 12, 2014, 08:35:50 PM »
..so at SAPMA last year a friend's wife says to me " so you've made a plane from a ship, what's next ?  a car from a plane ? "..   
"challenge accepted" I say.

So earlier today I raided the spares box for all things surplus of an aerial persuasion and cobbled this together:


The only car parts are the engine at the front and the back wheels.

This arvo I splashed some paint on it - using the rock salt method as I'll make this a well-worn cross country vector racer of sorts.





tomorrow I'll put some numbers and a heap of dirt on it.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2014, 02:17:46 AM »
Should look good at this year's SAPMA Expo! :)

With any luck I'll be there (contract ends here on 20 Sept & I'll have at least 6 weeks off before I return - if I return) & I fully intend to be there!

Might bring a couple or three builds along to display! ;)
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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2014, 02:33:30 AM »
 :)
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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2014, 04:31:39 AM »
Oh yes! I very much like the look of this one!

Outstanding, Uncle Les!

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Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2014, 06:32:04 AM »
Marvellous !!!
The fitting of the whatever they are over the Starfight type fuselages is inspired and really sets it off and hides the origin of the part to boot.
That looks terrific and all in a single day ?
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Offline uncle les

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2014, 07:37:14 AM »
Quote from: buzzbomb on June 13, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
Marvellous !!!
The fitting of the whatever they are over the Starfight type fuselages is inspired and really sets it off and hides the origin of the part to boot.
That looks terrific and all in a single day ?

I'm on leave until next week Brian, so yes, a day's a long time when one can just indulge oneself in plastic musings and enjoy full polystyrene immersion without the spectre of work calling (the phone's switched off in a glass of water buried in the corner of the yard... under a packing crate...)
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Offline Weaver

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2014, 07:56:10 AM »
Nice one - very impressive kitbash for one day!

My trouble with things like this is indecisiveness: I spend so much time dithering over whether to fit part A or part B that I waste the opportunity..... ::)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2014, 09:39:53 AM »
Quote from: buzzbomb on June 13, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
... The fitting of the whatever they are over the Starfight type fuselages ...

I could well be wrong, but they look like A-10 engine nacelles (possibly cast copies?) to me.
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Offline uncle les

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2014, 12:14:14 PM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 13, 2014, 09:39:53 AM
Quote from: buzzbomb on June 13, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
... The fitting of the whatever they are over the Starfight type fuselages ...

I could well be wrong, but they look like A-10 engine nacelles (possibly cast copies?) to me.

2 x Revell FTB F104 fuselages, wings & empennage ( ~1/64) , 1/48 Revell A10 nacelles, 1/48 Revellogram A6 cockpit bits, 1/32 Revell F15 cockpit bits, vac-formed leftover 1/32 Northrop P600 canopy ( from that Iranian YF17 whatiffy thing), 1/48 Revell B1 undercarriage, engine and wheels from unknown 1/25 cars, heaps of wires and bits sourced mainly from HP & Fujitsu laptops & loads of solder.
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Offline uncle les

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2014, 01:13:55 PM »
All done - moving on.




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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2014, 03:14:41 PM »
Absolutely crackerjack, Uncle Les! The weathering is first rate!

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Offline ericr

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2014, 03:35:35 PM »
Quote from: uncle les on June 12, 2014, 08:35:50 PM
..so at SAPMA last year a friend's wife says to me " so you've made a plane from a ship, what's next ?  a car from a plane ? "..   
"challenge accepted" I say.

a beautiful hybrid!
and indeed all crossings are a source of inspiration, especially unexpected ones of course
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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2014, 03:36:16 AM »
A wheeled pod racer!
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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2014, 04:22:30 AM »
WOW!!
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2014, 09:52:07 PM »
That is just bizarrely cool! 8)
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Offline Weaver

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2014, 10:31:25 PM »
Great job - the weathering is excellent.  8)
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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2014, 08:28:36 AM »
Wicked!  :)

Take off the wheels and it could easily pass for some sci-fi spacecraft.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2014, 11:59:37 PM »
Very Gerry Anderson I would say! I think you won the challenge
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Offline tanktastic43

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2014, 04:47:50 AM »
Great build!
Visibility could be a bit of a problem though?

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Offline uncle les

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2014, 08:45:36 AM »
Quote from: tanktastic43 on June 21, 2014, 04:47:50 AM
Visibility could be a bit of a problem though?

tt43.

only if you wanted to see out.....   :P
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Offline Queeg

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Re: Golden Twin Bullet
« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2014, 05:32:21 PM »
That's insane ...... in a great whiffy way of course !!!!!!!   :o :-* :-*

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