Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Other => Topic started by: ericr on February 07, 2014, 06:30:40 AM
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a new aircraft / animal crossing :
take :
a flying fish (baby size)
and :
an Airbus A380
there are two results of the crossing (in primary colors,as usual for me) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1150372s_zps68a01d2f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a380-s_zpse1fe418d.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1080355s_zps5bd81805.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poissonvolant1-s_zps65d77791.jpg)
from the following ingredients :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1230276s_zpsa7c8a25c.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9240195s_zps4de41e23.jpg)
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Wow! I like! :)
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:) ;D
From both my daughter aged 10 and I.
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Delicious once more! :-* :-*
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Unique, attractive, fun :)
Congrats - Think you have the BTS scaleOrama scale spread record.
Presuming fish is 1/1. Then 1/1 fish bashed with 1/800 A380. Extreme it is !
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:-*
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Unique, attractive, fun :)
Congrats - Think you have the BTS scaleOrama scale spread record.
Presuming fish is 1/1. Then 1/1 fish bashed with 1/800 A380. Extreme it is !
Great! I didn't know this criterion, but I am proud of reaching such an achievment indeed :)
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:) ;D
From both my daughter aged 10 and I.
thanks! I like to make an impression to all generations :)
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thanks!
another crossing, between Killer Whale and a PZL-24
one way
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/orque-s_zps9614cdc4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260404s_zpsfbe66425.jpg)
and the other :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl24-s_zpsf38437e5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260407s_zpsa3d00909.jpg)
starting from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140275s_zps0750762c.jpg)
and that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8090109s_zpsc7c1434f.jpg)
hope you enjoy it ;)
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VERY nice, once more! :-* :-*
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:) :)
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Really cool!
My favorite is the last one (not a fish. though :))
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Wow how wonderful! These models are works of art!
I love 'em all but by far, my favorite is the one with the cool spats.
:-* :-* :-*
Nice stuff!
Brian da Basher
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These look like fishing lures . . . !!! :o
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The word "lure" is so uncommon I had to ask Google Translate help... And yes, Ericr, father was saying your models look like "leurres de pêche" for the fishes thinking "here are new friends" before being caught and moved in the sky...
Thanks father, you are a pleasant English teacher :)
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Just wicked ....... I've looked at repainting toy store Dinosaurs before and thought the fish were cool but couldn't think of a use for them !
Brent
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thank you all for your appreciation ! :D
dinosaurs certainly have potential : try it out !
I used not only fish, but also various figurines : I can post more soon
fish have a quite natural hydro/aerodynamic shape, like this whale, combined with a Beriev Be-6
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/baleine-s_zps4f04eb54.jpg)
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Wow!!! :-*
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thank you all for your appreciation ! :D
dinosaurs certainly have potential : try it out !
I used not only fish, but also various figurines : I can post more soon
fish have a quite natural hydro/aerodynamic shape, like this whale, combined with a Beriev Be-6
by the way here are the original ingerdients for this one :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P2260147s_zpsa2d38dee.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/PC160126s_zps8175027e.jpg)
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This transformation was not easy nor obvious, congratulations! :D
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Fishing is big business where I live. I've always thought it was like watching mold grow but my Dad loved it. My policy is ,"if you catch it,kill it,and clean it, I will happily cook it for you." So , what do you call those ,alternatives to live bait ? Or is it one of those terms that "don't translate" well ? I've taught classes in many things,but this is the first time I've ever "taught English" before ! I hope you guys had as good a laugh as I just did. BTW, I was not saying anything bad about your builds. In fact, I must say I like the Whale-of-a-plane the best of all !
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Still teaching marine vocabulary, thanks... (mold bait = our "moule appât")
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Mold bait ? ???
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I have gathered the 2 uncommon words, this is not a compound word in itself. Or... maybe you could try it. ;)
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Combining a Beriev with that whale was truly inspired!
You've got a most unique perspective on the hobby!
Brian da Basher
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Combining a Beriev with that whale was truly inspired!
You've got a most unique perspective on the hobby!
Brian da Basher
thanks a lot!
This inspiration just comes along, and actually is continuing to come ... more soon!
another, frontal sample :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P9120158s_zps611ab7af.jpg)
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Really cool thread! I love how everything is made physically!
I've been using Meshmixer to do similar things with digital models, that can then be 3D printed:
Shark and P51: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774)
Hammerhead and FW 190: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744)
Shark, squid and P61: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781)
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:-* :-* :-* Congratulations gpvillamil, your models are wonderful, and they confirm ericr is not crazy but simply a modeller of the new generation... :icon_music:
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Thanks! I've been a fan of your conceptual sketches for a while, have been meaning to get a P38 3D model and try some experiments in Meshmixer.
:-* :-* :-* Congratulations gpvillamil, your models are wonderful, and they confirm ericr is not crazy but simply a modeller of the new generation... :icon_music:
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Really cool thread! I love how everything is made physically!
I've been using Meshmixer to do similar things with digital models, that can then be 3D printed:
Shark and P51: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124774[/url])
Hammerhead and FW 190: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:131744[/url])
Shark, squid and P61: [url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781[/url] ([url]http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:124781[/url])
extremely excellent! :) :) :)
you really are into the future of Whif, which is 3D printing!
and the twin-shark-boom design is astonishing : a dream for Tophe certainly ;)
thanks for you appreciation, I will continue posting things around here, and maybe your designs will inpire me for other ones ;)
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Dear Ericr and gpvillamil, your marine Mustangs are featured together in the "artists' " part of my Mustang site: http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Suite_Mustangs_V.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Suite_Mustangs_V.htm)
Thanks again!
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a new hybridization, from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P9200097s_zps3cb476b3.jpg)
with that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0434s_zps28b98abe.jpg)
which gives on the one hand this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/letovs16_zpsa065c30d.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230528_zps51195f01.jpg)
and on the other hand that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230519s_zps37bd2f1c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/poissonvolant2-s_zpsab5b10df.jpg)
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:)
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Hi,
That's really imaginative... and very nice too!
Well done :D
:icon_music: / Frederic
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Still wonderful, thanks for sharing! :-* :-*
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These just keep getting better and better!
I really like the biplane fish.
Brian da Basher
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Really an outstanding use of that Letov kit. I have one in my stash but haven't built it yet. Mine has a small problem, the scalloped wing is different from the right and left sides !! Those "fishy" wings are outstanding. How were they made ?
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thank you all for your appreciation!
it is a great source of energy to continue even way beyond ;)
Really an outstanding use of that Letov kit. I have one in my stash but haven't built it yet. Mine has a small problem, the scalloped wing is different from the right and left sides !! Those "fishy" wings are outstanding. How were they made ?
thanks Father Ennis, especially in the light of the long experience you mentioned in your other post : happy brithday !
If you have a Letov with a bug, the advantage of such "out of bounds" designs is that you can try to incosporate imperfections as design features :D Now you just have to find out what to cross it with ;)
The flying fish wings just come from the figurine : I chose the crossing with the Letov essentially because I had one ;) and the sizes / length were quite the same, which makes the crossing fit nicely.
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another hybridization, in the insect world this time, from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0436s_zpsac653722.jpg)
with that (I like the inverted gull wings of these PZLs):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7230036s_zps1d8210d4.jpg)
which gives on the one hand this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/libellule-s_zps88862d03.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080234s_zpse9f6029d.jpg)
and on the other hand that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/pzl7-s_zps5e72f289.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080248s_zps70d85a8d.jpg)
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:) :)
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Love the PZL/dragonfly mélange! :-*
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These just keep getting better and better, keep up the good work :)
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Eric, these things are closer to art than models, and I mean that in a very good way. Have you ever thought about getting them in a local gallery?
Inspired stuff.
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thank you all for your comments!
these are artictic models on the sense that they explore possible shapes anf forms, but still they are models, made out of bashing ;) so I like to show here, and I might show them also to the art world, it's a matter of finding open-minded people, I know some.
Here are some more : some were made ealier in the past, but they contribute to the series.
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not only fish and insects, but also, of course, birds are preys of choice for crossings :
like, from this swan :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC160127s_zps52b98d35.jpg)
and a sopwith triplane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P5210356s_zpsc08a9fa8.jpg)
you can get this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/cygne-n_zps616650ce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7100170s_zpsda41b899.jpg)
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;D :)
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Dude ... You are one sick puppy !!! Keep up this outstanding work,it's beautiful and crazy at the same time. :-* :-* :-* :icon_beer: :icon_beer: :-[
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the series started some time ago, and I didn't find the wings of the previous swan (strange, how could I forget?), but here is something else about swans : a couple, one resting and one extending wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC290238s_zpsd56de3e8.jpg)
and a couple of Widgeons (from Grumman, I mean) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC300251s_zpsf6a9ce8c.jpg)
they crossed into, on the one side, a resting Widgeon and one extending wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/widgeon-cygnes-s_zps5446156b.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1160342s_zps2fda66a9.jpg)
and, on the other side, swans doing the same with Widgeon wings ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygnes-widgeons-s_zps33b2ea15.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5010272s_zps198f18d9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4300264s_zps91301aea.jpg)
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:-* :-* :-* Many wonderful models/animals there (since my last visit - the Notify tool forgot to warn me of the news...)
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These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more
... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?
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These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more
... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?
For some reason, that last line makes me think of F11F-1 wings, and other bits, mated to a Bengal tiger.
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This sounds like an engineer's approval! Congratulations again, ericr... ;)
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These are wild! I really like them because its pretty rare to find a model of an animal airplane mix, no I get to see a lot more
... so are we ever going to get to see red, yellow, blue tiger stripes or camouflage?
like this?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/s328-tri-s_zps515a8029.jpg)
the camouflage pattern is inspired by a dutch Fokker seaplane of the 30s : the black and white photograph did not exclude this interpretation ...
:))
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thanks for your appreciation!
here is another bird/aircraft : I had a head left from a previous mix, coming from an american eagle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)
ans I had in mind a picture I saw somewhere on the net :
(http://s3.e-monsite.com/2011/02/02/05/1457Avion-oiseau.jpg)
so I picked a quadri-jet in my stash, of an appropriate scale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9140056s_zpsc8510f74.jpg)
and here is how it looks :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170153s_zps264c9c25.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170156s_zpsa7afba05.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b747-s_zpsd972755b.jpg)
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Delicious once again! :-*
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Beautiful!! That one almost cries out to be finished in an Air Force One color scheme.
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I can't help it, but the geese really made me chuckle!
Not only are your talent and skill completely off the charts, but your sense of humor is a delight as well!
Outstanding!!!
Brian da Basher
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I can't help it, but the geese really made me chuckle!
Not only are your talent and skill completely off the charts, but your sense of humor is a delight as well!
Outstanding!!!
Brian da Basher
thanks for your chuckles ;)
I think they are a bit expressive, somehow, indeed ??? :)
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I am into something a bit wild I'm afraid ...
when I saw this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_0433s_zps25533631.jpg)
I thought of that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3060064s_zps75ad04a1.jpg)
we shall see what it becomes ...
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(no matter what psychiatrists say) the connections in your brain make you the best of us! ;)
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You don't think "outside-the-box". You must think "outside-the-zoo". I admire the creativity of your art. That and the fact that the rivet counters can't touch you.
Well done, sir!
Adios, Larry.
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thanks for these out-of-norm compliments ;)
I just hope not to have to meet feather-counters! :o
and I sometimes make mixes with other realms than animal ...
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"Feather counters" has me LOLing!
Keep those wonders coming! They're incredibly delightful!
Brian da Basher
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thanks for encouragements! I'll post news soon ...
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May you imagine a Siamese-twin bird/aircraft, on a P-38 basis or else, with 2 birds...? ;)
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May you imagine a Siamese-twin bird/aircraft, on a P-38 basis or else, with 2 birds...? ;)
a zwilling bird! :icon_surprised:
nice idea, let me think of it ... ;)
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and I sometimes make mixes with other realms than animal ...
Now THIS sounds very interesting indeed ... do you have anything to post? Would these be food, machines ... or .... or ... people :o
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we shall see what it becomes ...
here is one :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160248s_zps3337ec59.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160247s_zps3b6ac4e9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hibou-s_zps1108dbdc.jpg)
(I hope you appreciate the orientation of the wings, forward swept ... ;) )
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Another winner!
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Delicious little bird/plane... :-*
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We now see the real reason airports have bird scarers, its to protect the virtue of all the aeroplanes now we can see what happens when they are left un supervised.
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thanks all !
We now see the real reason airports have bird scarers, its to protect the virtue of all the aeroplanes now we can see what happens when they are left un supervised.
ah, springtime ...
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You guys crack me up ;D
That Owl is awesome :) :)
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we shall see what it becomes ...
here is one :
and here comes the other :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/berkut-s_zpsa1160770.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273s_zps05c51f9f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180274s_zps12e74fca.jpg)
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Gorgeous half-breed, thanks! :-*
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:)
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thanks!
a larger picture :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273_zpse48a2f64.jpg)
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great picture, great model, great bird... :-*
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It's great to see more of your wonderful models, ericr!
Not only do you have amazing conceptual vision, but the modifications are really polished!
Brian da Basher
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a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6080220s_zpsa92c15a6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b17-200-s_zps951cdd6a.jpg)
this involves a small 1/200 B-17 I had bought cheap, not exactly knowing what to do with it, quite some time ago
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070263s_zpsc7e0631e.jpg)
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:-* Great!
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a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)
the eagle head comes form the Lindberg American eagle
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)
I used wings for other projects, like this one, where wings span was just the same as this 1/48 F-14
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tomcat-aigle-s_zps5f9b8cad.jpg)
of for a flying boat with Revell's tug
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/tug-s_zpsfffb126d.jpg)
and the bodies were also used in hydrid assemblies :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-tomcat-s_zps0e993dec.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-h5-s_zps88166c05.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PA170420s_zpsc4836b6e.jpg)
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I especially like the tugboat. The primary colors are an outstanding choice!
Brian da Basher
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Wonderful once more! :-* No: twice more :-* :-*
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thanx!
(but I have a weird feeling : I don't see the pictures in my post ... I hope you do? :-\)
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I love those last few! :)
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hi all,
a new one, in the aircraft / insect range :
crossing a SR71 fuselage I had left over from another hybridization :wacko:,
and the wings of a butterfly
(well, actually, these ones are sold as fairy wings ... :rolleyes:)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300484s_zpse3183366.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sr71papillon-s_zpsb7e6eea3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300481s_zpsd1e85868.jpg)
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wow ! some very spiffy designs there ! :o
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crossing a SR71 fuselage I had left over from another hybridization :wacko:,
and the wings of a butterfly
(well, actually, these ones are sold as fairy wings ...
Pleasant pictures, thanks, enriching the Blackbird family by low-speed addition? or is it supersonic by some magic way? ;)
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Wow!! :-*
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Love the SR-71, the bird combos are great and give me all kinds of science fiction fighter ideas!! :) (and love the Tomcat too ;) )
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thanks all for the appreciation, it encourages me to do even more, or even better, or even more ... :o
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I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
(http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg)
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
Do you know any other such insect kits?
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I have several of those too, bought up the last ones to be imported to my country :D Didn't get the ant tho ::)
Also have the AMT giant Preying Mantis - might try & hunt down their giant spider & scorpion ... but I have a few of the real ones of those here.
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Wow! Will you actually build airplanes on such basis?? funny poject... ;)
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Also have the AMT giant Preying Mantis - might try & hunt down their giant spider & scorpion ...
ah thanks for the reference, I didn't know them I think : I might look for those too.
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Wow! Will you actually build airplanes on such basis?? funny poject... ;)
maybe, I don't know yet, but I was also thinking of wheels (crossing with cars) or tracks ...
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another form of hybrids, still involving aircraft.
The story of how it came about is that I used an old 1/100 B727 from East-Germany I had to make a flying boat with a 1/72 hull, described elsewhere on this forum, and then I remembered I wanted to make a B727 in that scale (because it's the biggest available in injection plastic I think) with the famour Calder Branniff livery, so I had to find another one. And then on ebay I found a lot wih two of them, plus two Tu-20 Bear at the same 1/100 scale, quite large.
And I had been considering putting a water tap at the nose of an aircraft for quite some time (why? ... well ... I don't quite know ... but it does have a look, I think).
So here it is, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230267s_zpsa4c1c233.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/robinet-s_zpsb8543b93.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230263s_zpsfc513ee8.jpg)
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Could it be latest thing in forest fire fighting ???
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Could it be latest thing in forest fire fighting ???
;D
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it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
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Cloud seeding is one thing but this is some truly over-the-top rainmaking!
Somehow it just works. Well done!
Brian da Basher
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C'est magnifique!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Portrait_of_a_Proboscis_Monkey.jpg/793px-Portrait_of_a_Proboscis_Monkey.jpg)
;D
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it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
I can just see it flying with a really big hose attached to direct the fuel to the proper open tank (gotta be a side-opening cap on the tanks, fore or aft hinged would be a pain to open or close in flight.
I can just see a sprinkler, or shower head, nozzle on it for forest fire fighting or rain making.
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it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
Wonderful! The crewman opening is clearly The Lord above... ;)
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NATO code name "Gonzo" after the space alien/chicken hybrid from the Muppet Show. Cool use of leftover plumbing as a nose weight.
Adios, Larry.
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NATO code name "Gonzo" <snip>
Nailed it!
Brian da Basher
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it's clearly a tanker ....... tho which crewman on the other aircraft has to climb out & open the (really big) gas-tank cap I don't know ;D
I can just see it flying with a really big hose attached to direct the fuel to the proper open tank (gotta be a side-opening cap on the tanks, fore or aft hinged would be a pain to open or close in flight.
I can just see a sprinkler, or shower head, nozzle on it for forest fire fighting or rain making.
thanks for the creative comment ! some of your ideas might end up being built !!! ;) ;) ;)
(I can see the shower head ;D )
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I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
([url]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/[/url]$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
([url]http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg[/url])
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
Do you know any other such insect kits?
here we go, I used the first one : crossed the coccinella with a 1/43 citroen 2cv like this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040333s_zps0ba7c307.jpg)
the VW beetle would have been much too obvious a choice :wacko:
and like this it looks nice too, the scale-mix fits nicely :
Of course I did it both ways : the wheeled coccinella
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220454s_zps167da7c2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220444s_zps2cfb906f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/coccinelle2cv-s_zpsb54c33d5.jpg)
and the legged 2cv :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/2cvcoccinelle-s_zps8d20a3dc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220453s_zps887e3c06.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220449-s_zps8403eba0.jpg)
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The French Government heard that Germany had a new fantastic vehicle called the "beetle" - Gallic Pride was hurt & the people demanded that a French company build a similar futuristic voiture to keep them in the lead !
Citroen was glad to help but the idea fell down somewhere along the way ......
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Great new creations, thanks! Very crazy very nice! :-*
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thanks!
crazy is cool ;)
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Because of the german preference to "animalize" vehicles (Tiger, Panther, Fuchs, Luchs, Leopard, etc.) we call the VW "Käfer" (Beetle), as anybody knows. So we also gave the nickname "Ente" (Duck) to the french Citroën 2 CV.
(Divergent, we have called the old Renault 4 CV "Cremeschnittchen" [a sort of small creamcake].)
Norbert
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ahother kind of hybridization : giving wings to bottles :
this is a Sopwith Camel (1/32) upon a belgian beer bottle (I liked the top/cork) of the brand "Paix Dieu"
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel-s_zpsdd0faf00.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020063s_zpsfbcf5426.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020068s_zps349bf3f8.jpg)
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Fabulous invention, engineer! No need of in-flight refueling anymore! or... is this a whiskey tank for the Scottish pilot/wine tank for the French pilot/beer tank for the German pilot? ;)
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Thanks Tophe!
I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :
a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250096s_zps36fa0d83.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250098s_zps9dd2efe6.jpg)
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:-* Wonderful! (I admit I had never seen the shape similarity between a shuttle and a bottle...)
But is this free advertisement? You derserve $$$ sponsoring (1 zillion dollars, at least), for so geniusly bringing this soda fame up in the sky and even in the space of heroic astronauts :D
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and now ... the jet versions of the flying bottles :
you might remember I used a few F100 Supersabres cut in two :
backs for a Cadillac Ranch inspired alignment :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80240#msg80240 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80240#msg80240)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/supersabreranch-s_zps2158ae95.jpg)
and fronts coming out of the grey :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80843#msg80843 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4817.msg80843#msg80843)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110212s_zps2f14b2e6.jpg)
here come their wings, which were not lost for all :
with another soda bottle of a well known brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcoca-s_zps9908f6f3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020395s_zpsa72582df.jpg)
and with a can of yet another soda brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcanette-s_zps22738429.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020404s_zpsbcbe2813.jpg)
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The soda can is my favorite of this group. Painting it all red really brings it together nicely!
I can't help imagining a white version done like those generic beer cans with BEER printed on it in large type, just like the original.
Speaking of original, you're without a doubt one of the most original thinkers here at BTS.
Brian da Basher
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thanks!
The blue one with biplane wings i a berr bottler ...
but soon I am going to try out wine bottles!
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The bottle/can new ones are delicious, thanks! But I like even more the group of jet aircraft, scared? disappearing into a cloud... Fortunately (after a briefing from Above?) they come back as Super-Heroes! Wonderful! :-* :-*
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Empty beer and coke bottles were actually used in war-time. American planes dropped empty bottles from altitude over Japanese positions at night as a type of harassment and interdiction mission. The eerie whistling and moaning noises were to interrupt sleep and to induce a feeling of uneasiness to hinder the Japanese rest and morale. Low flying spotter plane pilots would place hand grenades with the pins pulled into leftover mayonnaise and pickle bottles to hold the spoons(levers) in "safe' positions with the lids sealed on them. This allowed them to burst on the ground instead of prematurely in the air. Adios, Larry.
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There are too fun!! Talk about creative and artistic! Love the F-100 tails and noses. The last two (bottle and Can F-100) are wonderful :-*
All Big Smiles here!!
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thanks all for your appreciation ;-)
I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
([url]http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg[/url])
here we go again, I used this one crossed with a 1/76 M16 halftrack (Revell, ex-Matchbox, with diorama) like this :
(http://www.modelys.fr/img/produit/m16-halftrack-revell-03228-modelys.jpg)
And of course I did it both ways : the halftrack Oryctes Nasicornis :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/scarabeerhino-s_zps33ccc3e0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180244s_zps6d31320a.jpg)
(http://http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180242s_zpsc3b38074.jpg)
on the diorama (itself also red-yellow-blue-ed) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180245s_zpsb6172ab3.jpg)
and the legged M16 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/m16-s_zps5ff7844a.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180236s_zpse7db65b1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180237s_zps2a35de7a.jpg)
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:-* :-*
Weird! But so genius you are forgiven for posting these walking/Rolling machines/animals in the Aero-space section of the forum: obviously, these insects are able to extend their wings from somewhere and fly. Nothing is impossible, you are proving it brilliantly!
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thanks Tophe! I still have an ant and a big hirned bug in the insect stash : we'll see what they will cross with ...
meanwhile, and closer indeed to the aircraft topic ;-),
I think I haven't yet introduced to you this Me262 (1/144) with wings of a cicada :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cigale-s_zps4fb11624.jpg)
I put it in a frame, to look like what insect collectors do, and hang it on my wall :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070082s_zps43e9303c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070096s_zpsbde4f0ce.jpg)
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Delicious... :-*
So, obviously Mr Messerschmitt was a quiet insect collector, in a 1945 world of piece and harmony. I want to live on this planet, what is the price of the ticket for going there? What? It is free?? Just registering at Beyond the Sprues? So we are (now! here!) in Heaven, this is the proof: ;)
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I really enjoy your work, eric but with that lovely cicada winged 262, you've taken this to the level of fine art!
Well done!
Brian da Basher
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thanks for your appreciation, it contributes to keeping me inspired ;)
I'll try to have more insects hybrids soon, I posted a few other aircraft insects in the past
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this bottle of "vin de paille" from Jura got wings (and engines) from a BAE Trident (1/100) :
the sizes were fitting qui well ;)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tridentba-s_zpsuhhkroa4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010309s_zpsq35eabvd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010307s_zpsutbkaand.jpg)
and as an aside,I also tried this crossing between a Coke bottle and a 1/32 Piper Cub, with wheel from elsewhere ... :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010299s_zpscxpxiknw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010295s_zpskwprhi02.jpg)
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Great pictures of these completely unknown weird airplanes! :-* :-*
What are their mysterious noses for? Missiles or top secret devices?
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Great pictures of these completely unknown weird airplanes! :-* :-*
What are their mysterious noses for? Missiles or top secret devices?
top secret devices (no missiles ;-) ), but I can tell you Tophe : control the pouring of delicious drinks!
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Considering the same BAE Trident (1/100) as before:
(http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/KVZ%20Trident.JPG)
I had a remaining fuselage, which has a diameter nearly perfectly fitting that of the Heller 1/125 Ariane 5 :
(http://static.oupsmodel.com/26545-thickbox_default/heller-espace-80441-ariane-5-1-125.jpg)
HENCE this hybrid, evoking space travel for the masses :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/f3ee1774-e68e-4289-adcd-d270e0643fe4_zpsiamqkkwc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010323s_zps5wl1r0vb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010325s_zpsftofogki.jpg)
(and no i still have the back half of the fuselage left ... :unsure:)
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Dear ericr, you seem 50 years ahead of your time...
I especially like a detail: the windows are closed, not to explode the fuselage like on the first De Havilland Comets 1 reaching new altitudes. This seems safe a travel: let me buy 3 tickets for my family (as soon as I win the loto) ;)
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A flying soda bottle with spats?!!
Now that's hot!
Brian da Basher
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Uh? No: I have read the technical book of this wonderful machine, and it is written "best with ice", not "hot" at all ;)
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WOW! Literally fantastic creations! And the craftsmanship is great too. I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown. Sales are also a possibility.
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A flying soda bottle with spats?!!
Now that's hot!
Brian da Basher
Down boy!
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... I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown. Sales are also a possibility.
Especially the Moth Me 262 :-*
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... I would take them to an art gallery and see if they could be shown. Sales are also a possibility.
Especially the Moth Me 262 :-*
thanks for the encouragement! putting things in a frame makes an effect indeed ;) I tried that for another experiment with the notion of spiral (which this DC10 is beginning to draw) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/air-pataphysique-s_zpsxpszlce2.jpg)
I sometimes try to appraoch the art world, but it is not always much into aircraft ;)
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A flying soda bottle with spats?!!
Now that's hot!
Brian da Basher
Down boy!
I see that spats have a special effect here : I have a few ones in my spares box, I might use them soon ... ;)
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I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
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talking about spats ...
I had parts left from an Ar196 (the floats were used elsewhere), and a nice small can of Coke, and the fit looked nice, scalewise at least ; and I also had these wheels in spats, most probably from a Ar 95 (wheeled version), so here it goes :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsabprda6p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070340s_zpsqppdrxce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070342s_zpsbbwao1r6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070343s_zpsbpwd68uj.jpg)
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Wow! I love especcially the unusual jet exhaust at the rear! :-*
(but the rivet count is wrong by 0.13%, this is not historricaly correct!) ;)
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OOB Stipa-Caproni. I don't see what's so special. ;)
Cheers,
Logan
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Chuck in a Mentos and you have our own little Me 163 Komet! ;D
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You are right, this may be a great discovery for the future without petroleum anymore: bubble soda huge tank, shake than direct the explosion rearward, and that's a tremendous push forward... ;) (ericr deserves the Nobel Prize 2015 according to me, seriously).
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OOB Stipa-Caproni. I don't see what's so special. ;)
Cheers,
Logan
excellent observation, you unveiled the trick! ;D ;D ;D
(but actually even I fell into my trick : I hadn't thought of it ??? )
the livery is whiff, though, right? ;)
some time ago I made an attempt at floatplanizing the Stipa :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/stipa_zpscxthxwyq.jpg)
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that's an interesting view at propulsion indeed ;)
but I tried another configuration with a Noorduyn Norseman, where it would be more about spraying the land :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocanorseman-s_zpselzoizbc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070348s_zpsrhnivbje.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070350s_zps4k27s59u.jpg)
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:-* Agricultural marvel, thanks... ;)
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I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
My (5-year-old) son calls it a wonderful snake-plane :-* and I do admit this is not food at all but a living organism able to move by iteself, and fast! Congratulations again! ;)
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I love your spaghetti plane all red with with tomato ketchup! :-* ;)
My (5-year-old) son calls it a wonderful snake-plane :-* and I do admit this is not food at all but a living organism able to move by iteself, and fast! Congratulations again! ;)
aha, I do have a snake (in plastic, an animal figurine) in my "qtash", and some day I am going to do something with it ...
wait and see ...
Your son has an excellent inspiration
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...
but I tried another configuration with a Noorduyn Norseman, where it would be more about spraying the land
I guess the pull-tab on the nose is the big change there. Otherwise she looks pretty much like a stock-standard Norseman ;D
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I guess the pull-tab on the nose is the big change there. Otherwise she looks pretty much like a stock-standard Norseman ;D
As an aerodynamics expert (I have the diploma clearly in my mind, this is proof enough), I disagree strongly: ericr's model is a great improvement for speed, dicreasing drag very much, no? (the frontal area is a million times below the one of a standard Norseman, at least the scale 1 machine...)
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and now for a different kind of foam :
champagne!
with Supersabre wings, as in the other examples before
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetchamp-s_zpsgc5akye8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130379s_zpsyc8mmfgh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130380s_zpszjxoizce.jpg)
(well, kind of, actually a plastic fake champagne bottle, but the right size and scale)
Cheers!
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:-* ;)
I did not understand why Aeronautics is the French most successful industry, I know why now!
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I really like the gold foil on this one!
Very classy!
Brian da Basher
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thanks!
and now for something completely different :
in an old topic, where I explored the musical crossing of a Chengdu F-7E and a flute
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3951.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=3951.0)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/flute-s_zps37f2458f.jpg)
one comment was that it was reversed w.r.t. airflow in the flute ...
So I had a new try, with another flute, and a 1/125 Heller B727 which has just the right length and quite the same diameter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flute-s_zpsjr4zvnt7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210461s_zpsl01kt6ub.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210462s_zpswemcm7op.jpg)
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The Flutophone strikes again!
Truly inspired using those 727 parts!
Brian da Basher
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With speed and aerodynamic airflow coming in, the yellow one would make music during all flight, enjoying passengers wonderfully... ;)
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thanks all :-)
and now for something more in line with the otriginal topic of this thread : aircraft/animals hybrids.
Most of the time I give wings to animals, this time I consider snout :
here is a lion (actually a kind of 3D jigsaw puzzle) with the face (cockpit and front) of a Noorduyn Norseman :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130369s_zpsbemkzr5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lion-s_zpss5uoxnmn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)
I have a few other fuselages in my spare heap, so I am looking for welcoming animals ... ideas are bubbling
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Another nice one from your wild, wonderful world of aircraft animals, eric!
Sure looks sweet in that golden yellow.
You should do a polar bear version next. Perfect for the Noreseman.
Brian da Basher
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What everyone else said+1
Dare I suggest:
Beaver on a Beaver
Otter on an Otter
Caribou on a Caribou
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What everyone else said+1
Dare I suggest:
Beaver on a Beaver
Otter on an Otter
Caribou on a Caribou
thanks for the suggestions!
they sound good, and the bear as well indeed : all these animals must be findable in the figurine dept. with brands like Schleich or Plastoy and others
There are too many for just me : please have a try, you will see how funny it is to design and build such hybrids : the very same problems as usual when you are trying to fit the nose of X with the fuselage of Y as wella as the tail of Z, or when you want to avoid a tail-sitter by putting wieghts inside ...
Let's make it a group build ! :o
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:-* :-* ;)
My 5-year old son and myself do love very much your lion-airplane! or lion-machine? is it flying? (!? what do I say! a "flying-lion", I am so stupid, sorry! a lion with a propeller and windscreen is absolutely normal, only what-if in plain yellow color, but a "flying lion" would be crazy! sorry...)
;)
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I love our various hybrid. Given the nickname the ground crews had/have for the MiG-25, "The Flying Vodka Bottle", might we see a hybrid of MiG-25 surfaces with a suitable bottle?
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:-* :-* ;)
My 5-year old son and myself do love very much your lion-airplane!
Thanks, I particularly appreciate the appreciation of a 5-year old : truth comes from the mouth of children ;)
Still on the animal/aircraft side, but actually nearly plain OOB (but in my favorite and usual colors) :
from Hasegawa, the Shuttle and 747 in egg-form !
(when I saw it coming out, I just couldn't resist)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/egg747-s_zpsdpl5rceh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240418s_zpsydxddgo0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240417s_zpsskvhaacz.jpg)
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:-* Oh, this is so cute I think I am in love! (I discover that I am in love with the 747+Shuttle, I had not realised that untill today, thanks!) ;)
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I love our various hybrid. Given the nickname the ground crews had/have for the MiG-25, "The Flying Vodka Bottle", might we see a hybrid of MiG-25 surfaces with a suitable bottle?
thanks, excellent idea ! :) but I don't have a vodka bottle at hand, and no more Mig21 either actually ...
However, I do have bottles with wings in the making : wait and see!
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speaking about Shuttles ... here is an hybridization of a 1/144 Shuttle and booster with a Revell 1/16 VW Beetle :
the sizes fit nicely, a trick was in keeping the doors openable ...
cheers,
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vw16-s_zps1xrxij9n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130387s_zpsbofr9s5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130392s_zpspb6ljnob.jpg)
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I also tried a 2cv Citroen in the past :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)
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VW shuttle is my favorite of your recent builds.
As much as they shouldn't, VW and boosters somehow go/work together in a strange way :)
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I can picture the commercial now: "Volkswagen. Das Space Shuttle".
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VW shuttle is my favorite of your recent builds.
As much as they shouldn't, VW and boosters somehow go/work together in a strange way :)
thanks a lot!
the fit came nicely so it was a pleasure : a better skilled modeler could do it in an even more convincing way, e.g. with airlines markings
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and for something completely different :
in the series of bottle with wings, I stumbled upon this estonian beer, and its stunningly angulous bottle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240412s_zpsunweozun.jpg)
and I found out that its length was quite the same as an 1/48 Ar234 I had (a sales at cheap price), and the fit was not bad : the rest of the Ar234 is used for another project, animal-wise, you will see it soon ... >:D
Also, in previous experiments with bottles, I received reactions about the propulsive potential of foam, although the bottle was turned forwards, so this time I am trying it out the other way around :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar234-s_zpsdxio7kav.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010438s_zpsi2exrlzr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010441s_zpspbdkkayd.jpg)
cheers!
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:-* :-*
I love them! Once more! (or thrice more, as this is a new batch of marvels, thanks!)
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thanks Tophe, I am happy to please ;)
and here comes the other half of the Arado Ar234 : it is the night version, with radar antenna.
And then I stumbled upon a plastic shell looking a bit like that of a snail
(a container for a puzzle figurine of a balloon fish ... this is bound to become something too, but what? :unsure: :wacko:)
So the building challenge was in scale-matching, kind of ... :rolleyes:
and here is the crossing :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille-s_zpsfyrxxlqd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040003s_zpskqjakume.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040008s_zps5lorqd8w.jpg)
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I love this new one too! :-*
But... is it flying? And it seems so slow (I imagine snail "speed"), so there is no airflow to lift, but as there is no wing profile for lift this is logical, but what makes airborne? Helium in the "snail's home"? Please explain, this looks funny, not just 2 parts glued together but a far better invention (top secret, I guess :icon_ninja: )... ;)
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weirder & weirder ! I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D
As usual lots of great imaginative ideas ! :-*
If you find another of those Estonian beer bottles it would make a great Lippschische delta-jet.
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weirder & weirder ! I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D
If this thesis gets the Nobel prize, it is deserved by ericr himself, not by the psychologist! And the study should be done at natural state, without injection! Please don't destroy our genious ericr brains, just "special", "different"... ;)
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weirder & weirder ! I'll show these to a psychologist friend of mine ..... I'm sure she'll want to do a whole thesis on you Eric ;D
As usual lots of great imaginative ideas ! :-*
If you find another of those Estonian beer bottles it would make a great Lippschische delta-jet.
thanks raafif, I take it as a compliment : these ideas come quite naturally to me, the beer even is not necessary ;)
So it is indeed a case of imagination freely exploring a theme which could be rooted down to the common english expression "what if pigs had wings" : it is at the basis of the notion of What-if, and considered here just a bit litterally with aircraft/animal hybrids (I haven't tried a pig yet, though ...)
Whiffing is about disturbing things a tiny bit, isn't it?
and thanks about the Lippisch idea! now you say it, I nearly feel like tryig to find another of those bottles and, given its size/scale, I would have to find maybe a B-58 hustler for a large enough delta wing.
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If this thesis gets the Nobel prize, it is deserved by ericr himself, not by the psychologist! And the study should be done at natural state, without injection! Please don't destroy our genious ericr brains, just "special", "different"... ;)
maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
but indeed, no injection or ingestion of any particular substance was involved in them ;)
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maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
Let me order one copy right now, no: 2 copies, with 1 in a waterproof security box at the bank (in case the jealous Devil burns my home including The book, your book...) ;)
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maybe I could try to make a book assembling pictures of all of these inventions ...
Let me order one copy right now, no: 2 copies, with 1 in a waterproof security box at the bank (in case the jealous Devil burns my home including The book, your book...) ;)
I will keep a copy for you, and autograph it of course ;-)
especially if we can make an exchange with a book of your creation!
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Brilliant and beautiful all at once :)
Love the 3 colors used on the space beetle :)
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thanks all! your appreciation feeds my inspiration!
and now for something else :
remember this ?
I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
([url]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/[/url]$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
I thought I would try out aircraft, but in the end inspiration was much more down to earth
(yes yes, I am down to earth indeed)
I hesitated a bit, but finally chose for this, though it was not cheap, but it has the good looks
(and, with scaling, exactly the right size too, which is part of the very subtle work here ;D) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3180436s_zpsxrxgkshg.jpg)
and so here is the hybridization, one way, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bulldozer-s_zpsvif5rzlz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080029s_zpsexry0dpp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080034s_zpslqazge1o.jpg)
the other way will be posted soon, in red this time
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I really like that.
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now that's what I call a Kreepy Krawley crawler ! :D
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Dear ericr, I think you have invented here the very first "utility aircraft with folding wings" ("ailes repliables" in French), and I declare to the whole World: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this genius inventor deserves the Nobel Prize (forever) in the category Science, Work, Brains, except if he is not a human but a Super-Hero. Now let us clap our hands (please, no more than one hour), go!"
(this is a joke, but you deserve our admiration, I am very sure of that) :)
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That is cool :D but oh man it looks like an armoured cockroach and I can't handle cockroaches :o
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thanks all!
now the other way around, also a bit creepy, necessarily :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes-s_zpshp2n32ti.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050017s_zpsgqaf5kr8.jpg)
the head lights give a sympathetic look, though, not?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050013s_zpswh1byg5u.jpg)
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Clearly a case of genetic engineering, and integration, gone mad. Beautiful work but, as you said, a touch creepy. Imagine the shock at night to find a bunch of those running around your house with the headlights on.
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A zoologist friend of mine asked: "why are there 8 legs, is this a spider? the Real one is an insect so having 6 legs only (according to the rare blurred photographs of it, found in cameras of disappeared (eaten?) human investigators..."
;)
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thanks for the appreciation!
actually, it has 6 legs : the two others are more like horns in the original beast called lucanus cervus :
(http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~pr2m-tnd/kuwabaka2001d/euromiyama/Dscn0569.jpg)
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if these two star in the next Japanese Manga film .... Godzilla & Mothra have had their day :)
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A zoologist friend of mine asked: "why are there 8 legs, is this a spider? the Real one is an insect so having 6 legs only (according to the rare blurred photographs of it, found in cameras of disappeared (eaten?) human investigators..."
;)
Ups, you are very right, ericr: this zoologist was a wrong dream of mine, while your bulldozer-beetle hybrid is full Reality (I am awake now), and Wikipédia fully confirms your great knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae)
Thanks again, the World out there is fascinating enough, with such hybrids, colourful moreover :-* , no need of daydreaming ;)
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Two bulldozer and beetle versions are a kick.
Took some kitbashing insight to see those build combos.
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thanks again for your reactions!
Two bulldozer and beetle versions are a kick.
Took some kitbashing insight to see those build combos.
I begin to have quite some training in that sort of "kitbashing insight" indeed ;)
The next thing will concern the ant kit which goes with these insects, and given its shape and size, I have long thought about it, and just recently bought what i think is a good match, in length (for width, it will require a bit pof imagination ...) : an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A : wait and see ... ... ...
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but before animalizing again, and to come back to aircraft, just a little adaptation of PM 1/72 F-5A kit (I found a few dozens very cheap some time ago) with the suction cup tips from arrows :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3flechesF5-s_zpsacfrjgvj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150062s_zpss4amz3xv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150063s_zps8piel3vr.jpg)
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but before animalizing again, and to come back to aircraft, just a little adaptation of PM 1/72 F-5A kit (I found a few dozens very cheap some time ago) with the suction cup tips from arrows :
Great! I have never accepted the dictatorship of aerodynamics! Let our airplane models feel free...
Well, as both you and I are French speaking, I wondered if this "'(aerodynamic) drag for fun" hides a sexual meaning of what. I checked and this seems confirmed :-[
to drag = to pick up a girl
drag --> "traînée" --> prostitute
These innocent scale models were hinding a shame, no? ;)
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thanks Tophe ; well, there was no special hidden intention, here, just making arrows out of aircraft ;)
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Wow... (sigh of relief), you are still The Prophet, and no Devil >:D is behind the smile. I feel better, and so I clap my hands again! Great airplane toys, hurting nobody! :-*
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you might remember this tribute to two of the great american contributions to the world culture :
I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :
a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg[/url])
and I thought it deserved to be appropriately boosted, so after some thinking and considering different possibilities, i finally opted for a bottle of Rivella (a delicious swiss lemonade, hard to find anywhere out of Switzerland and a bit of Germany) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190091s_zps2jmycu1f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190092s_zpswtsbu6vt.jpg)
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Beautiful!! The orbiter has its gear retracted when it's mounted on the external tank, but other than that, a superb piece of work that I can just see as the basis for an advertising campaign.
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Beautiful!! The orbiter has its gear retracted when it's mounted on the external tank, but other than that, a superb piece of work that I can just see as the basis for an advertising campaign.
thanks!
I have thought about the landing gear indeed : I first did the Shuttle self-standing, and rather than breaking the wheels, I finally use them for attachement and positioning : best of both worlds, kind of ;)
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I finally got around to build something like a Tophe idea! :o
There was a discussion somewhere about a P-38 with sharkmouths, with a mention of cerberus three-headed dog,
and I found a cerberus figurine which seemed fine for such a treat :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4030448s_zps3cattt74.jpg)
and I used a HobbyBoss P-38, cheap but surprisingly clean, and funnily designed with two half-airframe, upper and lower ...
and here is the hybrid (in yellow ;-) ):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250122s_zpshhr4mye9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250121s_zpsky9eywc8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
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some pilots did say that the Lightning would bite if you weren't careful ! ;D
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:-* Thanking you again, ericr, I have added the 3 P-38ER missing links between the standard P-38 and the Cerberus-38 of yours (at the current end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) ): ;)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P38eclairL_aai.JPG)
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Outstanding!
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Very nice, like it alot :-*
Dare I presume that we will see an Allison driven dog soon ?
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thank you all!
Very nice, like it alot :-*
Dare I presume that we will see an Allison driven dog soon ?
ah it might have been a possibility, and it is a usual pattern in my whiffing to make exchanges between two sources, but in thi case it went a bit differently ;-)
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I was pointed to this recently : a nice bash indeed, on the topic of insect/car hybrids, in the pat of this thread there are several ones
https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater)
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11143342_1014324385253225_2477627488530373311_n.jpg?oh=525e608c411c41b234858497744c1d2a&oe=55DA8E03)
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WOW....
Fabulous ideas....here's my BatDak.....
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WOW....
Fabulous ideas....here's my BatDak.....
fabulous hybrids, I am deeply impressed, thanks for sharing!
I have been considering bats, but I guess they look a bit sinister to me ;)
For my hybrids I use smaller animal figurines : maybe I could try and think bigger?
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back to bottles, as the weather increases thirst ...
I had this kind of bottle of Grolsch
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg/397px-Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg)
for which I thought about an appropriate triplane :
(http://shop.revelstonemodels.com/ekmps/shops/revelstonemode/images/revell-1-28-scale-fokker-dr.i-triplane-04744--611-p%5Bekm%5D370x251%5Bekm%5D.jpg)
and here is the (yellow) baron of beer bottles :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/grolsch-s_zps6czoffvm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240142s_zps0zrin6s3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240145s_zpsvziwzvcd.jpg)
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:-* Great!
And this one is very true (machine of the Yellow Baron? nicknamed Red Baron only by the Communists?): I recognize perfectly the "aerodynamics" of 1918... ;)
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;D
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I am currently busy with another project involving the tail fin remaining of a Berviev Be-6 from my previous things : something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito ... wait and see
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/IMG_1982s_zpskjnlcyet.jpg)
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Yes, we'll see... :)
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the mystery of the Be-6 tail fins will have to last a bit more, because of paint layers issues ...
but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vin-s_zpsxcy8ccai.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140183s_zpsu0mvznyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140184s_zps3w593nyc.jpg)
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but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)
this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented ;)
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Sorry, the Notify tool did not work, while I love your new blue one, so wonderful... :-* :-*
Realist modellers may have a broken heart, thinking you "wasted" a huge 1/32 DH Mosquito hero to celebrate drinking, but as far as I am concerned, I clap my hands! ;)
(I don't like wine nor any other alcohol but I love your hybrid smiles)
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but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)
this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented ;)
I did miss this one eric, again interesting and unusual (and I like blue).
Lookign forward to the Be-6, should be a whale of a good one I think.
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I really like how you kept the cork and stuck the tail wheel on the end of it!
This baby has charm that's off the charts!
Brian da Basher
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thanks all!
I really like how you kept the cork and stuck the tail wheel on the end of it!
this was the result of intense and matured reflexion ;D
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this was the result of intense and matured reflexion ;D
These great words are not enough, I would rather say "genious reflexion, directing brilliant skills". :)
(I am ashamed as I had not noticed this delicious detail...) :-[
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so here is the first half of the story between the 1/32 Mosquito and the whale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine-s_zpskeoju69n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210205s_zpswgqqtlk1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210206s_zpsglgipwjl.jpg)
this build had a few surprising difficulties : for example, we are all used to putting weights to avoid tail-sitting aircraft : here I had to put weights (two fo 50 grs each!) in the tail to avoid jaw-sitting !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1987s_zpsdcksen2k.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1988s_zpsuvn6qlmg.jpg)
that's what happes when you do whiffing : problems also turn upside down ... :D
speaking of which, I also realised, just after gluing the ead of the whale to the fuselage of the Mosquito, that I had turned in around ... but then it appeared to be the better way, because the door and structure are more visible on the back.
ah, and the wings come from a 1/72 F100 Supersabre by PM Models (I might have added the inflight refueling pipe? ;))
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Haa haa haa haa haaa!!!! Avoid "jaw-sitting" has to be one of the funniest things I've come across today.
Thank you, I needed a good laugh.
Your model on the other hand, is indeed no laughing matter. Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.
Your Mossie Whale is a fine example of this!
Brian da Basher
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Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.
Oh, I have been frightened, reading "our hobby is realism of art!" (I hate this word realism...). But "Google translate" informed me "realm" is kingdom or world, or dream, I feel better... ;)
Congratulations Master ericr! for your animal-child :-*
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thanks !
Sometimes our hobby crosses over into the realm of art.
Oh, I have been frightened, reading "our hobby is realism of art!" (I hate this word realism...). But "Google translate" informed me "realm" is kingdom or world, or dream, I feel better... ;)
Congratulations Master ericr! for your animal-child :-*
don't be afraid, we are quite safe from realism here ;)
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the reciprocal Mosquito and whale is busy drying (sometimes the paints react unusually with the different plastics) so in the meantime here is something completely different (not quite Aero-space actually, sorry, but really hybrid, and the series in this thread is majoritary aircraft :P)
I crossed this Somua S-35 french tank with an elephant :I cautiously chose the Somua S-35 because its turret is much more to the front than is the case for most tanks, and it seemed appropriate here.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/somuaS35-s_zpssw2c4ewq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180191s_zpszqxp4g60.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180192s_zpsc8nkxc32.jpg)
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mobile sound detector vehicle with chemical sniffer ? ;D
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Dear ericr,
I have heard one hour ago that you have been chosen by the French President as new Police minister, congratulations. The speech explained you are the Genius inventor of the best tool ever for civilian peace : an elephant trunk (spraying water severely) against violent crowds that always demonstrate in our country.
So you are very rich now!
(The alarm clock rung 20 minutes ago, but this is not important)... ;)
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thank you ! ;)
I didn'think about the ears being like radars or ultrasonic sensors, but why not? :D
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to go back to aircraft hybrids, while the whale gently dries :
an Arado 196 with a small bottle of Duvel (my very favorite beer) :
as you can see the bottom (or front, in the case of this potential aircraft) says "small is beautiful" ;D
and I gave it spats, for a nice 30s look
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvelmini-s_zpstnuyy2s6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280273s_zpssjv1oaba.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280276s_zpsp5m85pqq.jpg)
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Will BdB pardon this heretical use of spats?
As far as I am concerned, I love this absurd shape :-* , thanks for the enjoyment you give us
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ADS-33?* ;D
*Arado, Duvel, Stipa and the 33cl bottle.
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ADS-33?* ;D
*Arado, Duvel, Stipa and the 33cl bottle.
it would be ADS-18 : it is a mini Duvel ! ;D
the DAS-33 might developed soon : I have a spare bottle somewhere in my stash ;)
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Will BdB pardon this heretical use of spats?
As far as I am concerned, I love this absurd shape :-* , thanks for the enjoyment you give us
thanks Tophe!
and, by the way, while you are there :
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG)
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010286s_zpsovceoikl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010288s_zpssmjxc6am.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg)
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
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Wonderful: actually built! :-* (so: I am not crazy, I will show that to the psychiatrist, as a proof!). No, officials could put dear ericr also in psychiatric asylum, sorry... :( ;)
Anyway, I love this improvement you made to turn it into "possible".
Just one point: with the extra metal cover on pages, the airflow may be happy but the pilot is unhappy: unable to read the book... (or The Book, religiously, to feel protected from The Lord above)...
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I really like how the book wings give the illusion of flight on your latest, ericr! You could do this with an Il-2 Shturmovik but leave off the prop blades, exhausts, blend in the spinner with putty and let those book wings be the power.
As nice as your blue, book winged Arado is, I'm especially impressed by the yellow wonder before it!
LOVE those spats!
:-* :-* :-*
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
and now for something quite different :
the long promised mosquito and whale (with a Briev Be-6 tail) :
I particularly liked the glass nose (droop-like)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mosquito-s_zpspfgwdnot.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010294s_zpsevse9ne1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010295s_zps3ymazm22.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010298s_zpspybj6r5a.jpg)
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looks like a seal ... can we have a walrus next ? :)
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Using that Briev Be-6 tail was absolutely inspired!
Almost unsettling how well that insect-like stance suits the fuselage.
Well done, ericr!
Brian da Basher
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Where's the blow hole? If its in front of the canopy you need to install wipers! :o
Awesome idea. :-*
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thanks all ! :)
the fitting of the fuselage and the "beast" was actually a bit of a challenge, which I had to solve specifically by adding side cheeks to the Mosquito, in a smooth enough way to be painted with glossy colors
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Uh? Was there such a "technical" reason for these pretty cheeks? I was thinking this was just a beauty extra feature... ;) :-*
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Uh? Was there such a "technical" reason for these pretty cheeks? I was thinking this was just a beauty extra feature... ;) :-*
a bit of technique was used for the sake of beauty ;)
to give an idea of the challenges encountered : the shapes of sections were quite different, so I added a cheek in transparent cellophane/plastic, which I then smoothed with mastic/putty (same for the other Mosquito and whale, but in the other direction)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1983s_zps0brzuxx7.jpg)
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and now for something completely different
(I have quite a few things in stock in the pipeline actually)
not quite aircraft related but well ...
the crossing of an elephant
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140159s_zpsmkyraa1f.jpg)
and an excavator
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140164s_zpsiy2em2fm.jpg)
is quite naturally as follows
(with a pair of 1/18 tools) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant2-s_zps1o5glmuz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210211s_zpsl3ysutuk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210213s_zpsyuah5wu5.jpg)
and the other way around, the reciprocal is just as natural :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210215s_zpsqivnsn6v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pelleteuse-s_zpsoohqmljf.jpg)
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant2-s_zps1o5glmuz.jpg)
What every zoo needs ... animals that are equipped to pick up their own droppings ;D
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You can tell the experienced vet when they have to work anywhere near the backside of an elephant they wear a raincoat.
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You can tell the experienced vet when they have to work anywhere near the backside of an elephant they wear a raincoat.
:o
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it could be worse...
https://youtu.be/1ske8AG5q74
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8)
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cochon-s_zpsx61yyc4x.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00009s_zpsgd8l1jzl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg)
(wings and tail from a Sopwith Triplane)
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I forgot : I baptise it Porco Rosso, obviously
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I forgot : I baptise it Porco Rosso, obviously
Yet another delightful wonder, eric!
Well done!
Brian da Basher
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"A real pig to fly" or "when pigs fly" are the first two things that I thought of upon seeing your latest creation :)
Interesting combination you have come up with Eric.
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thanks all for your appreciation!
and now for something with no aircraft part, but another sort of chimera :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant-s_zpsy0kpmnrp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00017s_zpsko9rchvv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00018s_zps5k421uft.jpg)
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needs an eraser on its tail ! ;D
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needs an eraser on its tail ! ;D
ah, I hadn't thought of that : next time maybe ;)
by the way, note that ears are notebooks, the same kind as the wings of the Ar196 earlier in this thread
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Cool one this ericr (as they always are!)
Scary thing is, if you DID stick an eraser on its tail, put a gap for a Post-It Note pad init's back, and made the pencil and eraser removable and useable, you could sell absolute container loads of these! School kids would love them, what a moment of a visit to a wildlife park!!
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thanks, I'll try to think about the marketing potentials ;-)
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triplane wings somehow fit well on a steam locomotive of the appropriate diameter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/loco-s_zpsxb08sfoj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00035s_zpst4krmwhy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00037s_zps85bysr1g.jpg)
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Look fits and flows well - am surprised.
Plan routes without tunnels and side-by-side tracks.
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Look fits and flows well - am surprised.
Plan routes without tunnels and side-by-side tracks.
you get nothing for nothing ;)
thanks!
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Wonderful new ones! :-* :-* :-* :-*
(I had no Internet for awhile, and I enjoy very much what I had missed, I don't even know which one is my favourite, among 3 delicious ones: elephant worker, triplane pig, train aircraft...) :-* :-* :-*
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thanks :D
and now for a musical intermede :
I recently travelled to Andalusia, and found this cute little souvenir :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5040456s_zpsce5z4v6l.jpg)
which reminded me instantly of this magnificent image, from a record cover :
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
and then a bit later my stash welcomed a cheap bi-motor of adequate size :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6250261s_zpsfibtzfxh.jpg)
and here is the result
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsugc79srl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00042s_zpsguh20ajp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00044s_zpstyufhnjz.jpg)
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Wow! So (nicely) crazy! :-* :-* :-*
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all that needs is the pilot sitting right up front on the nose with the strings connected to his control stick :)
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You produce some interesting items, but that winged loco looks great.
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Thinking about it, I judge that the guitar aircraft makes our dear ericr the very first Aerospace artistic designer (and manufacturer) in the World, since Jesus-Christ, or even before... Admirative congratulations of mine... :-*
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thanks all!
anf for those who wondered what I did wth the rest of the two triplanes, here comes the solution to the mystery, which begins with the fact that in a recent travel i bought a last souvenir at the airport, with my remaining local currency :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6040469s_zps9scd8ykr.jpg)
with the purposeful intention of exploring further the snail shell effect :
the third one in yellow, is a Saaski (of which the wings will find a destnity, undoubtdedly) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquillages-s_zpsoppnlxxl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00088s_zps1gzevans.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00090s_zpsl9ypzml4.jpg)
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Being a tread-head I don't normally admit to scanning the Aero-space threads but just had a look at this one and I take my hat off to you sir. You bring a whole new meaning to whiffing - the world needs more lateral thinkers. BRAVO! ;D :)
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Being a tread-head I don't normally admit to scanning the Aero-space threads but just had a look at this one and I take my hat off to you sir. You bring a whole new meaning to whiffing - the world needs more lateral thinkers. BRAVO! ;D :)
merci! :D
maybe I could/should post to more earth-oriented groups sometimes, but mostly my whiffs involve aircraft
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Lord, you are saving the planet! (I thought these bright shells with aerial propellers had disappeared from Earth, due to voracity of human beings and other monsters, but you found three remaining ones, thanks!). Now we must create a special aquatic zoo for them, preserved forever... And for yourself, a gold medal!
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Hey ericr, really still loving your work. I was looking around the net and found that someone has been inspired by you to so this sort of modelling in the real life living animal world:
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/modelling_mushi/Online%20Forum%20Posts/startrekdog-beer-costume_zpsxy2epwed.jpg) (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/modelling_mushi/media/Online%20Forum%20Posts/startrekdog-beer-costume_zpsxy2epwed.jpg.html)
It has even confounded our mighty treasurer, Joe "Dont Call Me A Girlie Man Matthias" Hockey
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/modelling_mushi/Online%20Forum%20Posts/JoeUgly_zpspbavyaxq.jpg) (http://s255.photobucket.com/user/modelling_mushi/media/Online%20Forum%20Posts/JoeUgly_zpspbavyaxq.jpg.html)
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Those snail planes are an excellent metaphor for my modelling production. I appreciate the nudge...
;)
Yet more whimsical and delightful creations! I love the primary colors and how you've gone "Two-Color" on these beauties.
Well done, ericr!
Brian da Basher
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Hey ericr, really still loving your work. I was looking around the net and found that someone has been inspired by you to so this sort of modelling in the real life living animal world:
amazing !
I am not using live animals though (yet) ;D
but as long as they don't get hurt (no kit bashing ;)) it might make sense, like having snail races where they carry bits of models?
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thanks !
Those snail planes are an excellent metaphor for my modelling production. I appreciate the nudge...
;)
I tend to be quite fast, and go at it in a simplifying way ;-)
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following on an earlier Norseman and lion :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87638#msg87638 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87638#msg87638)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)
there was a suggestion :
You should do a polar bear version next. Perfect for the Noreseman.
which I was happy to follow and adopt !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ours-s_zpsjgg2gedm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00096s_zpsl1qynejj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00098s_zpsug8sqpm6.jpg)
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Nice animals, I am glad to know them.
I know they drink mainly gasoline, but what are they eating? human flesh or vegetables?
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the might carry humans, but not quite eat them : they can climb out upon arrival ;)
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inspired by Kuczynski :
(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-hkZK5J5/5/M/SYRIA2005.06-M.jpg)
this donkey powered airplane : I had to find a civil twin-engine, and the Rochelle 1/100 kit by Zvevda had the right size for the donkeys :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rochelle-s_zpsyybhblka.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00130s_zpsgpb9xsop.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00131s_zps1uonn7jb.jpg)
okay, I didn't do the carrots, which are the real source of power, but the idea is there I guess
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nice one , eric !
hadn't seen this plane before - a good replacement for the old V-tail Bonanza !
maybe a whif twin-jet version is on the cards ??
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I enjoy looking at these. You have quite the eye for combining animals and machines that seems so natural.
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thanx!
the plane is the Rochelle character of Planes : I am not sure it is a real world plane
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the last kit in the Heller insects series
(http://shop.kuschel-muschel.de/WebRoot/Store26/Shops/04dbb202-4f32-45ab-b8fe-7d9668cc4277/5436/CD53/89AC/922B/03BC/0A48/3574/5040/539197132927_ml.png)
shown earlier, like for example there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg88317#msg88317 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg88317#msg88317)
is the ant, and I crossed it with an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A, here one way (the other way will come soon) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tr4a-s_zpsvfj418z2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00173s_zpsmzrqxcvk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00178s_zpsm41wx72g.jpg)
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Great new ones! Thanks!
I am not sure it is a real world plane
Oh, do not pronouce these awful words, refering to the so sad World/Hell... Or wipe your mouth clean and you become a friend again!
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hop !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fourmi-s_zpszfe6gb11.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00220s_zpsknfpytoy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00224s_zps8wsrqvhb.jpg)
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Just the thing for the new Antman movie. Alternatively, I'm reminded of some of the insectoid natives in Keith Laumer's ]Retief and the Warlords.
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:-*...
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thanks!
I am back from vacation, so the parade can resume ;)
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Good! Have you got rest enough? But maybe creative-modelling is a matter of joy and mind-rest, this is not work (even if hands are busy)... ;)
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and now let's go further into avionirics (a wordbash between avionics and oniric : why not calling it this?)
again inspired by Pavel KUCZYNSKI :
(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg (http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
this transformation of a B-727 :
(front part of the 1/125 heller kit, the wings of which are used there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87446#msg87446 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87446#msg87446))
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-125-s_zpsjpuklxlz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00135s_zpsdjzakbyz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00138s_zpsjeehnkj3.jpg)
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Wow! Wonderful! :-*
but please, please: nobody should eat it (no human nor monkey, this is precious) ;)
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AKWGjQmmOM0/U7r3JTKGGLI/AAAAAAAACQE/Q0r4t4LLT2I/s1600/banana.png)
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indeed
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I don't think I had the opportunity yet to introduce you to the
Twin Otter aerosled :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter-s_zpsmfiqaknx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00161s_zpsno3w3kt0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00162s_zps8dhlqwzo.jpg)
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:)
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Twin Otter aerosled
Oh, that is wonderful! Not as whimsical as, say, your polar bear/Noreseman hybrid. But your Twin Otter aerosled is very believable :)
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:-* Lovely! And this bright red colour is not outlaw in icy Canada but reminding the flag and perfect to see from the skies if emergency is required after an engine failure at mid-way...
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thank!
believability has its chrams too ;)
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Sorry, I did not realize... (when I said "it looks like Real", maybe this could have been heard as an insult by you inventor...) ??? ::) ;) :)
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:)
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in the same vein ...
a Westland Lynx based aerocar (it's the very old Frog Lynx)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lynx-s_zpsgawuzbfb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00085s_zpsd9ncvcvc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00082s_zps4owi7ixl.jpg)
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in the same vein ...
I love this vein! while, uh, I don't love "blue blood" (royal, privileged fed by taxes without work...) and the red blood one stays my favourite ;) But as a toy family, this is even better than a single abnormal machine, thanks a lot!
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I might try "yellow blood" sometime ;D
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I really like the blue aerocar! Looks like it jumped off the cover of Modern Mechanix!
If you added a circular guard around the prop and weathered it, I bet you could get a few to think this was real!
Nicely done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks!
a guard around the propeller would make it safer indeed : better use it in uninhabited areas ;)
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I think I didn't show this before : an experiment, quite basic building, but a
potentially rocket powered Seamew-based aerocar
(I have quite a few spare fuselages looking for usage ; and spats as well)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seamew-s_zpswv350dx2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050508s_zpsrappem7w.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050510s_zpsopbchyho.jpg)
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I think that's the best-looking Seamew I've ever seen!
Cheers,
Logan
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:-* :-* Wonderful! And with this huge rocket power, maybe the little planes holding the spats can make her fly, no?
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:)
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thanks!
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Of course, I was so inspired... I HAD TO draw such Lightnings! But so many ones in my collection have been inspired by Master ericr, the names ER-38 and ERI-38 were already used, so I decided for IcEr-38 (A, B, C), as a transformation of ErIc, crazily upside down! (this is the crazy part, because the Aerocars themselves are very serious, out of town with pedestrians):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairM_aaj.jpg)
(temporarily at the end of my P-38 site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) )
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excellent, especialy the twin engine one :)
If someday I have a spare Lightning fuselage, maybe ...
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another relatie oldie, which I think I didn't post yet :
done with a shuttle fuselage with wheels probably from a 1/48 big plane (B-29?) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleroues-s_zpsxsx00kwm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080120s_zpsevoy00ks.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080121s_zpshctelroo.jpg)
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:)
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:-* Wow!! hypersonic on the Great Salt Lake?! Congratulations designer/manufacturer/modeller! (and pilot... courageous) ;)
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thanks!
and now back to animal hybrids :
a cow PZL7
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vache-j-s_zpsi2odkjod.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00966s_zpsxtypoous.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00968s_zps4yp4u0cq.jpg)
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Great! This large high wing on the back of a little cow seemed unbalanced and fragile, but with the additional struts sustaining it (thanks to the designer or to Mother Nature), this becomes perfect.
:-*
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First step towards the moon shot...
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ63e2Nw-GTFv7KutN5idRXG4Xk8zPDL6E7Y4m0Kz9ZhaF_2EFxjw)
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to the moon why not indeed ;D this technology is not quite up to it though :
maybe it would require a kitbash with a space shuttle ?
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the yellow cow is not alone : her blue mate is grazing :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00969s_zpsqhpvbfgb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00975s_zpsvoctaqog.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00974s_zpsiewlevz7.jpg)
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Methane powered I presume...
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When cows fly be sure to park car under cover !
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When cows fly be sure to park car under cover !
And no convertibles!
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Gulled-wing bovids ... gotta love that! Mind you, I'm a sucker for anything PZL-related :)
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thanks all!
Gulled-wing bovids ... gotta love that! Mind you, I'm a sucker for anything PZL-related :)
so I understand that you are a PZL-enthusiast !: I hope the following can satisfy you, pegasus-wise :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL11-s_zpsuptqeqsd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00991s_zpsua0skqyg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00992s_zpsrx5pngfm.jpg)
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Wonderful! :-*
And it looks "domestic"... is it? or wild (but quiet)?
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I have seen on TV this midday a surprising advertisement, like "Under Copyright ericr": alive sheeps with red/yellow wings (and engines on these wings)! If you see (on French TV?)the start of an advertisement for Kayak travel website, don't change the channel: marvels will happen soon on the screen, yes hybrids aircraft/animals and colourful!
It is well deserved that ericr becomes a celebrity, according to me. ;)
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ah yes, like here :
(https://www.kayak.fr/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/08/sheep_blogpost_image.png)
thanks for the link, dear Tophe, very relevant indeed, and the proof that I am not the only one fool enough to invent observe this kind of phenomena ! ;D
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Wonderful, you already found it! (I thought it would be in Internet archives not before "2 years from now"...) :D
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Best guess is his plan is for sheep to run down slope in back and glide over bar on top of posts, but is unclear to me.
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I guess mowing would improve aerodynamics
(which is less of a problem for horses/Pegasuses)
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and he is not alone :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00999s_zpsfkpf2zwx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL7-s_zpsho8ls2nc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00997s_zpselgr7ci6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00998s_zpsuucfqmti.jpg)
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:-* :-*
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([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg[/url])
it's not just me seeing flying pigs around !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2303_zpsvo0xtzua.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01339_zpspd9ok8ut.jpg)
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Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)
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Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)
Not necessarily, we used to have a Flying Pig Brewery and Ale House here in town, until
the owner sold up so he could open his dream 'sportsbar'.
The brewery/alehouse was pretty good, the sports bar sucks, wall to wall big screen TVs showing
baseball, US football and basketball constantly at soul crushing sound levels combined with over-priced
drinks and meh food.
Of course it's been a financial success because as Menken observed "nobody ever went broke under-estimating
the taste of the American public".
:-X
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Funny! (and sober, this not like the alcoolic symptom of "flying pink elephants", not at all!) ;)
Not necessarily, we used to have a Flying Pig Brewery and Ale House here in town, until
the owner sold up so he could open his dream 'sportsbar'.
a pity for the flying pig indeed
In Europe we have an elephant related brew :
(http://www.belgianbeerschiangmai.com/images/products/advertentie-del-trem.jpg)
which makes me think that I haven't put wings on an elephant yet ...
wherefrom? Noratlas?
or V-22 Osprey!?
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I used to see flying pigs all the time...
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/F111/115-A8-126dumpandburn1.jpg)
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I used to see flying pigs all the time...
Yes, GTX, but this is very different: you are our moderator half-God, but for us human being modellers, this is imposible! ;)
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In Europe we have an elephant related brew :
([url]http://www.belgianbeerschiangmai.com/images/products/advertentie-del-trem.jpg[/url])
I've had a few of those. :)
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aircraft are born from eggs :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2329_zpsjmqdwfeb.jpg)
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aircraft are born from eggs :
Yes! Just like pigs are born from eggs! This was the missing link! explaining all now! (I feel better, and now I am going to smile receiving my psychiatric injection)... ;)
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Another astonishing crossing : a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2326_zpsq0jap90d.jpg)
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a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :
Wonderful, while... with the 3 connections (beams?) between "fuselages", this is more a several-boom than 2-boom, maybe. I love it anyway, thanks!
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just noticed that this thread reached 20000 views according to the site counter :
avionics are far out ;)
thanks to all!
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the drag on the towers would be too great for it to be a plane ... I believe what you are seeing is actually a tail-sitting rocket-powered helicopter that gets boosted up & then transitions to horizontal flight ... tho the rotors are still rather small for lift & a soft landing ;D
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do you remeber this ?
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
([url]http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG[/url])
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg[/url])
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01805s_zpsk0uysie8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01807s_zpscbzp8eby.jpg)
next one might be a delta :)
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Wonderful! And this new device propbably gives outstanding STOL performances, or something? ??? ;)
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Wonderful! And this new device propbably gives outstanding STOL performances, or something? ??? ;)
yes, when pages flap the portability is greatly enhanced ... ;)
and sometimes the contents of the book can habe an elevating influence too
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and now for something completely different :
I always liked the shape of the 2cv, a bit like that of the Beetle, and thought about equipping it with the wing of a space shuttle ...
I had already tried a 1/43 one with 1/288 boosters, and a 1/16 Beetle with 1/144 Boosters
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87944#msg87944 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg87944#msg87944)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)
and here comes the 1/24 2cv with 1/144 shuttle wings and tail, on top of the 747 SCA :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv-747-shuttle-s_zpsl3x7pbrp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01927s_zpso7lglgqn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01928s_zps2uahpl5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01931s_zpsnzqudzoa.jpg)
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Wow! Maybe it's not "possible", but it's fun! :-*
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I especially like how you decided to paint the Citroen red! Blue would've been the natural choice, but that crimson really makes it pop!
Nice stuff!
Brian da Basher
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thanks a lot!
I hesitated a bit on the color, but chose red because in my garage at home there is the red 2cv of my brother in law ; I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it ;D
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I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it ;D
Yes: I knew this! Your compound-model is not fantasy at all but true life story (as scale model: of course you drive the scale 1 version, bigger)... ;)
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I sometimes use it dans drive through town in it ;D
Yes: I knew this! Your compound-model is not fantasy at all but true life story (as scale model: of course you drive the scale 1 version, bigger)... ;)
yes, and I drive it without the 747, to keep a bit of discretion ;D
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France's space program seems to have run into budgetary cutbacks i see
Very colourful I must say, and unique
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Of course, the 2cv having wheels and wings, you can drive and fly, no need of mother-ship. :)
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;D
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you may remember the P38 interpretation as a Cerberus I made earlier :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg89215#msg89215 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg89215#msg89215)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
Here is a kind of reverse experiment : a Cerberus with three PZL7 heads :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cerbere2-s_zpsxxeysjte.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02178s_zpsjgaq3pqb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02182s_zpsysxiyegh.jpg)
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three props whirling is quite a bite on that Cerebus ! :o
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The colours are joyful and lovely while I am frightened by this animal-machine, why? ??? ;)
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the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around ;)
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the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around ;)
next time you'll have to motorize them so the props do spin & the "heads" move ;)
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the head are on a flexible neck, so you can imagine them moving around ;)
next time you'll have to motorize them so the props do spin & the "heads" move ;)
ah, motorizing 1/72 kits does require quite refined skills, doesn't it?
but the propellers can move, manually, and each can turn round ;
you better synchronize them, of course
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the propellers can move, manually, and each can turn round ;
you better synchronize them, of course
A Cerberus evil monster with intermeshing propellers... this is like the best caricature of the Machine World ever made... Charlie Chaplin's spirit is not dead! Congratulations! ;)
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thanks for the exagerated compliment! ;)
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Definitely one of the more imaginative creations to come along! I especially like how the engines mimic the growl of that mythical beast. I've got to tip my hat to your vision and creativity!
Brian da Basher
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thanks a lot! your appreciation feeds my imagination ;)
for the growl effect, I had initally thought of having three F86 Sabre (or Mig 15 of a mix of them), but in 1/72 they are too wide for the necks ... maybe next time I can try in 1/100? ;D
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Saint Exupery was the author who wrote "Le Petit Prince", and he made drawings too ;
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
This hybrid mixes a P38 with pencils :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38-s_zpsxtpndr6z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02198s_zpst4ep3kn9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02197s_zpslsvuww3m.jpg)
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Marvelous! I will have to draw this (with your name) on my fantasy-P38-drawings website! adding maybe a version with writing ink-feathers? ('plumes à encre' would have said St-Exupery).
Thanks again for this invention of yours! :-* :-* :-*
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Nice tribute. :)
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
His F-5B (Recon variant of P-38 ) was officially rediscovered in 2000.
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That's a nice tribute to Saint Exupery. The Little Prince is one of my favorite books.
I like the colored pencils. They remind me of those wonderful drawings of the Little Prince and all the places he visited.
Brian da Basher
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thanks all ! :)
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yet another hybrid, more animal this time :
a 1/144 shuttle and a whale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine2-s_zps0sl6walj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02245s_zpsyhunzwga.jpg)
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I just something curiously similar here :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/)
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I prefer your one, ericr... ;)
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thanks a lot Tophe :)
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the previous whale on its boosters, Jaws-like :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02237s_zpsm70hkxak.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02235s_zpskmoe67o8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requinB-s_zps1evjyuj4.jpg)
made from a Pegasus Shark kit (which has two optional heads : I have one left for some other purpose ...)
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If I wasn't so frightened, I would say: wonderful! ;)
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From the people who brought you "Snakes on a Plane " and "Sharknado"...now we have "Sharks in Space!" Travel to the ISS will never be the same!!! ;D
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I discovered the existence of Sharknado only recently, and never saw it but it does reach unprecedented imagination indeed ;-)
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the other way round, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02265s_zpsswsvsgdr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144baleine-s_zpsvl7ggavr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02266s_zpsgl6v8p2x.jpg)
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Nice fish (without teeth, no more fear of mine...) :)
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less teeth indeed, this one is more peaceful ;)
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another aircraft/animal hybrid, using an east-german kit of a "Tu-20", which seems to be a Tu-95 Bear variant, with a strange flattened nose, at 1/100, and a giant squid or calamar, in yellow :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu20-s_zpsj7c2gpwh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02383s_zpskmowznz8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02384s_zpsk1palf4h.jpg)
the reciprocal is drying, in red, but the humbrol enamel reacts bizarely with the squids tentacles plastic, and seems to take ages to dry, whereas the plastic of the head reacts better ...
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([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02383s_zpskmowznz8.jpg[/url])
I've seen a design-office drawing of a super-sonic transport (Concord?) with a similar nose .... think it was a "pre-canard" thought.
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Your Tupelov Squid really made my day, eric!
You see, I have this friend who really likes squid, finds them delicious in fact.
I can't think of any seafood I'd enjoy half as much as this model!
Nice work!
Brian da Basher
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Your Tupelov Squid really made my day, eric!
You see, I have this friend who really likes squid, finds them delicious in fact.
I can't think of any seafood I'd enjoy half as much as this model!
Nice work!
Brian da Basher
I'd rather chew on the plastic model than squid!
I shall call you "Squidbear"!
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I shall call you "Squidbear"!
thanks !
Squidbear is a good name !
Bearsquid might work too? but that will be for the reciprocal build
(pictures coming soon, but the paint doesn't want to dry ...)
It is the nose of the Bear that inspired me :
(http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/tupolev%20tu-95%20bear/Tu-95%20Bear%20nose%20on.jpg)
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Your calamar airplane is incredible and nice... ;)
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I shall call you "Squidbear"!
thanks !
Squidbear is a good name !
Bearsquid might work too? but that will be for the reciprocal build
(pictures coming soon, but the paint doesn't want to dry ...)
It is the nose of the Bear that inspired me :
([url]http://www.spyflight.co.uk/images/JPGS/tupolev%20tu-95%20bear/Tu-95%20Bear%20nose%20on.jpg[/url])
This reminds me of the puffed out mouth of a bullfrog.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/45/8f/a6/458fa6e03484d7a442a540bd8c4a9b6f.jpg)
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right, I should try frogs someday, indeed :)
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and now the other way round, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamargeant-s_zpsymfg6uqt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02425s_zpsioh8pw3g.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02426s_zpsaewfyfcc.jpg)
the sheet of paper is there because the humbrol enamel red paint somehow refuses to dry on the tentacles plastic/rubber ... a chemistry issue, I guess
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:-\ another undersea craft for Jarjar Binks ! ;D
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:-\ another undersea craft for Jarjar Binks ! ;D
May the Farce be with you for that thought!
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Your latest red one is a fantastic leap of imagination and some outstanding modeling!
I really like the eyes. Brings it all together for me.
The nose with that blister on top works so well it's incredible!
Brian da Basher
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Weird! :-*
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Weird! :-*
Yes,,, so right :)
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That red combination reminds me of a cross between the U.S.S. Seaview fromVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea and the SeaQuest from the television show of the same name.
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I read the title as "giant squid calmer" on the first pass......
The red one in particular makes me think of hermit crabs that appropriate the discarded shells of other sea creatures. Maybe this is a species of giant squid that feels the need for armour and has therefore repurposed the front end of a long-crashed Tu-20 as protection for itself. I dread to think what it might be afraid of...
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I love this latest one. :) :)
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thanks all !
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Sometime ago I had tried a blend of a spanish guitar with the wings of a PZL39 :
this time it is an electric guitar with a S-21G (from PM, 1/72) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsjx2aule7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02443s_zpsaorqw2pt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02442s_zpskz8o4tjd.jpg)
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Wonderful! Birds are not the only ones anymore to sing in the sky! :-* :-*
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we should think about what a flying drumset would look like ... ;)
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That really looks good!
I'm desperately trying to think of an album cover that has something like this.
Of course there was Boston.
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112 (http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112)
But those were spaceships.
I'll think of it sometime next week........
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That really looks good!
I'm desperately trying to think of an album cover that has something like this.
Of course there was Boston.
[url]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112[/url] ([url]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2015/03/Boston/lead_large.jpg?1430145112[/url])
But those were spaceships.
I'll think of it sometime next week........
I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that ;D
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"Twin-boom" sounds good! ;)
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"Twin-boom" sounds good! ;)
of course !!! :)
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Sounds like a plan! We'll be waiting patiently
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the bottle is a Duvel bier (my ever favorite brand, since my childhood)
and these wings and wheels seems to fit quite nicely
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvel-s_zpslzfrvvwm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02455s_zps8woqvpmn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02456s_zpsxoqntuyc.jpg)
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I am not sure I like this beverage but I love this airplane! :-*
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Seriously large rocket boost on this baby !
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I like how that blunt nose shape is mimicked by the engines and is complimented by the straight wings & horiz stabs.
Blue is the perfect color for this baby!
Brian da Basher
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thanks ! I still have a bottle or two coming, trying different cominations (buplane, jet, etc, ...)
Maybe I should/could try a twin boom bottle? ;D
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Biplane twin-bottle with struts tying it all together and engines on the lower wing so that applying full power doesn't tip the aircraft on its nose.
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I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that ;D
Stairways to Heaven ? ;)
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I recently bought a model of the twin guitar of Led Zep fame :
I plan to do something twin-boom with that ;D
Stairways to Heaven ? ;)
;D
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This talk of crossing guitars with flying machines is kind of making me nostalgic for the old Boston album covers.
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This talk of crossing guitars with flying machines is kind of making me nostalgic for the old Boston album covers.
One can see what you mean:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/BostonBoston.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Boston_-_Don%27t_Look_Back.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Boston_-_Third_Stage.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Boston_Life%2C_Love_%26_Hope.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Boston_-_Walk_On.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Boston_-_Corporate_America.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Boston_-_Greatest_Hits.jpg)
This one's a little different...it has wings:
(http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5539bae2e4b067fd7c6fcc71/553d4e77e4b03925cdf3e3aa/55411f59e4b06d7f0e8c9fa6/1430331228508/album+cover+square.jpg?format=2500w)
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thanks for the iconography, inspiring potential indeed
maybe it would deserve a goup build ;D
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sometime ago, I made three small snail-shells with fuselages from WW1 aircraft,
visible above, higher up in this thread :
here is the jet age version, with a Sukhoi Su-21G :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02494s_zpsyylay8do.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02492s_zpsdhm97uxz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille2-s_zpssyyapaey.jpg)
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:-* I love your model/animal, but tell me: how is it going back fully home? (if afraid or for sleeping or in dry weather) is there room enough? even with folding or rubber-like matter... Everything is possible, but please explain a little: help us to dream it alive... ;)
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:-* I love your model/animal, but tell me: how is it going back fully home? (if afraid or for sleeping or in dry weather) is there room enough? even with folding or rubber-like matter... Everything is possible, but please explain a little: help us to dream it alive... ;)
yes it can go back in : this is the most outside position, and the fuselage can bend and flexibly fit the inner room.
dream on ;D
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I can totally see this as an objet d'art on some big-wig's desk.
Sculpturally, the inter-play between the curved shell and straight, sharp Su 21 nose is very interesting and the difference in texture between the two highlights this nicely.
Yet another enjoyable, artistic wonder, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
If I had big-wigs as customers, my stash would grow infinitely ;-) but it is not the case ???
my imagination follows certain patterns, I sometimes do variants around a theme :
for example dolphins crossed with aircraft : I once used a Corsair, here is a Letov S-328 fuselage :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin2-s_zps78zszigj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02502s_zpsnmqctgxl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02505s_zpste08nvce.jpg)
(the floats of which appeared recently in the primary seaplanes thread, and the wings are with a yellow bottle to come ... nothing gets lost, nearly)
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Nice (and probably clever) animal-airplane... :-*
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I think it's neat how your latest has that big propeller to help those fins out.
Another nice one, ericr!
Brian da Basher
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"and the wings are with a yellow bottle to come ... "
Would that make it a bottle nose dolphin?
Ba da boom!
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thanks ! and here comes the bottle, right in time for seasonal festivities :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/letov328-s_zpsfri27oai.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02511s_zpsiotk2hs8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02513s_zpsvybz5juh.jpg)
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I found this nice RWD-6 kit, cheap, and original :I hadnot heard before of that aircraft,
and here it is hybridized with a dolphin, and with a snail shell
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin-s_zpswcfat8vp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02496s_zpsdsi0ralv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd6-s_zpsbxpgijxx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02483s_zpsvlvheyhh.jpg)
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:-* :-* I love both of them!
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Me too ... but the dolphin is my fav :)
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thaks a lot !
here are a few more hybrids, all in blue ...
dolphin-based :
with a Saaski's wings (Dujin 1/72)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02528s_zpsranchpz4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saaski-s_zpszlvcsfru.jpg)
with an Ar 196 fuselage (Airfix 1/72)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsjpx0phm5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02532s_zps8bk97cp8.jpg)
plus a little shell, with a PZL-11 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl11-s_zpse3hq4neo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02521s_zpspx2h8mx0.jpg)
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I love this family/collection spirit with no special wonder but groups of similar oddities... :-*
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I really like the Arado shark and the dolphin biplane. Seeing these imaginative creations finished in blue is just the icing on the cake!
Very pleasing to look at...relaxing actually.
Thank you for going where few have taken this hobby before, ericr!
Brian da Basher
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thanks a lot!
I am just following my inspiration, and lobe it when you like it.
Sometimes my inspiration also comes from others like Tophe's book-planes :
do you remeber this ?
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
([url]http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG[/url])
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg[/url])
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg[/url])
next one might be a delta :)
here is the delta-winged Su-21G, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02545s_zpsm2dt2gg6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02546s_zps2txd16hi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/su21-s_zpsocikkoxv.jpg)
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Thanks! These are great improvements:
- (Do 27) lateral windows for in-flight reading (cruise flight is so boring...)
- (Delta Su-21) book planes in the supersonic jet age
So wonderful :-* Thanks again!
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- (Do 27) lateral windows for in-flight reading (cruise flight is so boring...)
ah ! I had not thought of that !
I am all the more happy when people see things I had not intended ;)
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apparently I forgot to show you this when I did it, so here it comes :
an authentic "charentaise", the very traditional french slipper
(preferrably worn with a moustache and a basque hat)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02392s_zpskge3noyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02391s_zpsi5a7dbau.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02390s_zpsrtgc3kh9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)
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"La Charentaise Spatiale"? The PZL-11 snail is fantastic!
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"La Charentaise Spatiale"? The PZL-11 snail is fantastic!
"La Charentaise dans l'Espââce"
thanks !
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two new small hybrids (especially the Kingfisher, 1/350 ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p26-s_zpsrombusz6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02737s_zpstihfylgy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/kingcoq-s_zpsakivogwp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02742s_zpsush70egn.jpg)
(I still have the wings of the small kingfisher ... ... )
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small but delicious! :-*
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thanks!
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a 1/144 A-10 crossed with a falcon :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/faucon-s_zps4yz2wczr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02751s_zpsfdvn5ip0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02754s_zpsondtnrmy.jpg)
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I like! And great idea to turn it into a taildragger :)
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thanks !
the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...
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the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...
Lord... a bird with a gun nose? Are you the Evil Creator? :( ??? :-\ ;)
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the reciprocal, other way round is coming soon ...
Lord... a bird with a gun nose? Are you the Evil Creator? :( ??? :-\ ;)
the gun is removed, as I usually do : I am interested in flying entities, not firing ;)
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here it comes!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a10144-s_zpsjmjf5jdc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02786s_zpss3jbciun.jpg)
I kept some of the original stripes, as a tribute to the work by someone in China
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02787s_zpswf29ythq.jpg)
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:)
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thanks!
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the duck got the Peashooter wings ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colvert-s_zpsiam3muny.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02776s_zpsxhgtuba4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02779s_zpsd0so96eg.jpg)
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the duck got the Peashooter wings ...
And lovely pin-feathers too :)
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;)
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here it comes!
Beautiful surprise indeed! Thanks for the enjoyment! :-*
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thanks ;)
here, the Me262 is an old 1/32 one from Hasegawa, and the shark is by Pegasus
(I had already used part of it with Space Shuttle boosters earlier in this thread :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg99199#msg99199 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg99199#msg99199))
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/me26232-s_zpsbpq5g82s.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02836s_zpsm08yvlyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02837s_zpspj4mlncf.jpg)
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Looks natural.
Inspired by this perhaps?
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/graeme838/me262shark.jpg)
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yes indeed !
I actually tried it in 1/72 already, at the very beginning of this thread, but 1/32 also works fine ;)
Other people here could try it, with the same ingredients, and better skills and a different livery (either Luftwaffe or something else ;))
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Wonderful yellow fish! :-*
(And I prefer it as a civilian tourist machine than a killer) ???
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thanks ! I prefer tourism as well ;D
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and here comes the reciprocal : the Pegasus 1/18 shark equipped with the 1/32 Hasegawa Me262 wings and tail.
I did try to have it sit on its wheels, but failed to put the right weight in the head. It is possible (using really heavy fishing weights), but it might require strengthening the legs, because the shark body is already a bit heavy : if anyone out here tries it, be warned! but it would be worth it, really, I think.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requin-s_zpsz3ftut0n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02841s_zpsbvcxeajx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02842s_zpsqckfjuvt.jpg)
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I think that's my favorite build of yours, yet, Eric! It looks fantastic! I also think it looks perfect mounted like that—like it's coming in for a landing and has just spotted something tasty on approach...like an aviation photographer!
Cheers,
Logan
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What I prefer (and I do love it! :-* ) is the fin not in the centerline but oblical as the fish is moving... I would like to include it in my collection of asymmetric airplane (as true invention! lonely one of its kind!), but for that, could you add a view from above? ???
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thanks a lot, I particularly appreciate your appreciation !
Tophe you can certainly use the picture : assymetry comes mostly from the flexibility of the body of the shark : the fin is in line with the tail ;-)
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This flows comes together extra well. :)
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Tophe you can certainly use the picture : assymetry comes mostly from the flexibility of the body of the shark : the fin is in line with the tail ;-)
Thanks! Well, I was hoping a view from above would show the asymmetry more clearly but the first picture may be enough, I will see.
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ah, I don't have a view from above yet : I will try soon
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That red "Shark 262" is pure eye-candy and I especially like how it plays on the shark-like look of the original aircraft!
The curved pose is the icing on the cake!
Brian da Basher
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ah, I don't have a view from above yet : I will try soon
Thanks! I'd be glad to improve, while I already posted a first picture in the History of asymmetric aircraft (at the current end of it): http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm) . Thanks again!
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the curve pose is from the box : the Pegasus shark is a nice kit ;)
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the curve pose is from the box : the Pegasus shark is a nice kit ;)
Don't be shy: you are the genius one (the kit manufacturer never imagined a curved airplane, I am very sure) ;)
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a 1/144 DC-3, and a swan :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dc3-s_zps2xdxoyo8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02850s_zps97pvpxra.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02852s_zpskgiss2ih.jpg)
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Brilliant - this works extra well :)
If could find similar wings for 1/72 build. Do same plus A-10 engines on fuselage as a flex wing version.
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Yes that does work, very nice!
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This one is even more elegant than the (already harmonious) DC-3, congratulations! ;)
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thanks a lot !
(a reciprocal will come soon, as usual ;) )
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Looks natural.
Inspired by this perhaps?
([url]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee166/graeme838/me262shark.jpg[/url])
I need to reshape the nose on a Me-262 and play it straight other than a realistic shark "face"
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02842s_zpsqckfjuvt.jpg[/url])
This model has sooo much personality, its just wondrous :-*
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thanks !
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the reciprocal, in yellow
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygne-s_zpsuam5srmo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02856s_zpsvcs9s4gm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02858s_zps9abr8mw9.jpg)
(still a bit difficult to obtain a well-covered yellow ...)
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I love this VTOL (STOL?) duck of yours! :-*
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thanks ! ;D (it must be VTOL ;) )
and now for something completely different :
and twin-boom twin neck guitar :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitareDouble-s_zpshgsfvbwk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02880s_zpsec1ud9hy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02881s_zpsrhkpm8eo.jpg)
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:-* :-* :-*
(And red is the colour of the heart, this is not coincidence...) ;)
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I just realize another wonder: your delicious model is asymmetric! with "fuselages" of different length's! :-*
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ah yes indeed! I had not thought of that : twin-boom and asymetri : the best of both worlds!
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Perhaps add actuators to strum the strings as you fly, providing your own background music?
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ah yes indeed! I had not thought of that : twin-boom and asymetri : the best of both worlds!
The name ericr enlightens the Universe of asymmetric aircraft, from now on... See at the (temporary) end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm)
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I celebrate also your delightful creation on my Lightning site (simplified) at http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit) (at the temporary end of it):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairM_aer.jpg)
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splendid, thanxalot!!
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thanks ! ;D (it must be VTOL ;) )
and now for something completely different :
and twin-boom twin neck guitar :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitareDouble-s_zpshgsfvbwk.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02880s_zpsec1ud9hy.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02881s_zpsrhkpm8eo.jpg[/url])
Hmmm... Would make a great album cover!
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Hmmm... Would make a great album cover!
right ! the group called Boston did some with flying guitars
and Commander Cody's band, with flying instruments
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I have a few small bottles ("mignonettes") in my stash, and I realized I haven't tried a twin-boom yet
so here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
(Tophe, don't be afraid, I didn't even drink it, so the bottle is still full actually ;D )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/boxcarMignonette-s_zpsl7nsexuk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02894s_zps25udvmeb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02889s_zpssg4ptw6d.jpg)
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here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
(Tophe, don't be afraid, I didn't even drink it, so the bottle is still full actually ;D )
I am not afraid: I am delighted! :-*
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I have a few small bottles ("mignonettes") in my stash, and I realized I haven't tried a twin-boom yet
so here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
You missed an opportunity to paint it purple!
Looks good, though. Is that the Roden boxcar kit?
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thanks!
yes it is the Roden kit
now I have to find something to use the fuselage ...
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this plastic violin was supposed to play music with a bit of electronics inside, but it was broken when I found it : maybe for the best, after all, for my ears ;)
and I had a 1/72 Airfix wellington of the right size so I furthered my experiments in the spirit of this :
(http://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/imported/The-New-Commander-Cody-Band-Rock-And-Roll-Again-LP-Vinyl-Record-261460450113.jpg)
and here it is :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/violon-s_zpsmvbkntkm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02928s_zpsqnzomj5s.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02927s_zpstsdz9wa4.jpg)
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Beautiful! Perhaps for their next album they should honor the Commander Cody of Republic serials (Radar Men From the Moon et al.) and make spaceships of their instruments?
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thanks!
music in space is definitely an inspiring topic ;)
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Hmm, melody in the skies :icon_music: :-* :icon_music:
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thanks ! but before more music :
I began a series of 2cv hybrids, with different kinds of aircraft : monoplane high wing or low wing, biplane, twin-boom, twin-motor, jet
here is the first one, a 1/43 2cv with a 1/72 Saab 21 (both Heller)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsfoq2sxgt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02937s_zpsxr654gzp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02935s_zpsfaa7r8hr.jpg)
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VERY beautiful :-* :-*
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
And maybe "2cv" is not famous out of France, it means "deux-chevaux-(vapeur)" (to read de-shvo), nick-named "Dodoche" (to read dodosh) ;)
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Plausible indeed!
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thanks !
and now one of the 5 diecast 1/32 (? I guess) 2cv
(I bought the lot just to make shipping costs more optimized when buyig something else : you know what I mean, that's how you get a stash full of things you don't need, and didn't actually want ... but at some point it pops up again conveniently enough after all ;D tell me I am not the only one please :wacko:)
hybridized with the Alf floatplane from which came the yellow catapult I showed recently
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvAlf-s_zps8xwirkgr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02954s_zpsy20tg6we.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02955s_zps1wghtsd5.jpg)
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Your new flying-2cv is VERY pleasant, thanks! :-*
Alas it is not my "favourite" one because I love so much twin-boomers that I prefer the yellow one :-* :-* , sorry.
(I bought the lot just to make shipping costs more optimized when buyig something else : you know what I mean, that's how you get a stash full of things you don't need, and didn't actually want ... but at some point it pops up again conveniently enough after all ;D tell me I am not the only one please)
Sorry I cannot confirm as I do not buy lots anymore but one model rarely, and only one. But your incredible productiviity needs lots as basis, I understand and I approve you with joy.
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thanks !
I have no other twin-boom 2cv in storage I'm afraid, but I understand your choice of a favorite ;)
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Thanks for your approval of my taste... ;)
Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
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Thanks for your approval of my taste... ;)
Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
it was unconcious actually ;)
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it was unconcious actually ;)
This seems to be Pure Genius: doing marvels without even noticing it, just "as normal"... ;)
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;)
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now a monoplane, with the Revell 1/72 Hurricane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvHurricane-s_zpshzjysywu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02973s_zpsxvgtaews.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02974s_zpspqmv0wiq.jpg)
(but I just forgot to paint the rear wheel tyre black)
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Congratulations also for the red one, pleasant addition to the family!
Do you confirm the genius light asymmetry of this yellow diamond?:
And I just noticed the slight asymmetry of the propeller, not exactly following the centerline (probably to counter-act torque of the single engine). Congratulations engineer!
it was unconcious actually ;)
I have featured your yellow one as a major addition to the History of asymmetric aircraft! (at the temporary end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm) ), without mentioning this angle was not wanted... Thanks again, engineer!
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thanks ;)
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and now to the jet age, with a Mig-15 UTI (ok, the twin seat aspect is not quite visible here)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mig15uti-s_zpszhbkrtuh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02979s_zpscev0jqel.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02980s_zpsbxh0aj1b.jpg)
(the red reacted a bit with the background : uneasy to do a primer on a dark colored preassembled diecast)
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:)
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Oh... not easy for me: if I were not a twin-boom lover, this delicious :-* new one would be my favourite... :( ;)
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thanks!
for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/autruche-s_zps7b42oenz.jpg)
(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts :) )
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Cute! That prop would look good on a suitably-sized giraffe if you can find one. If you want to go prehistoric, perhaps a brontosaur?
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Wonderful :-*
Pr. Darwin would have validated the sharp nose/spinner with good reasons for sure!
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Strikes me as proposal for more natural looking, nature inspired electric power windmill.
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thanks all!
aha, prehistoric longnecks indeed, thanks for the idea!
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another 2cv, this time twing-engined and twin-finned with a Breguet 693 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvBr693-s_zpsfdt05tut.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02999s_zps3772kugv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03004s_zpswqobxbau.jpg)
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One more Beauty!!! :-*
The pilot would feel uneasy to go into its cockpit (or "a little dangerous" if the propeller is turning)... :D
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thanks!
and now the last one of the gang (my 2cv stash is now empty ... ;) )
with the wings of a PZL-11, high-wing seagull monoplane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvPZL11-s_zpsw715vvnb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03016s_zpskz3z3qg7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03017s_zps7ktj8aqv.jpg)
and all together now :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03019s_zpssvnh6azj.jpg)
I still have a few other cars in my stash though ... :rolleyes:
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One more Beauty!!! :-*
The pilot would feel uneasy to go into its cockpit (or "a little dangerous" if the propeller is turning)... :D
You only start the props after you're in the cockpit and wait until they stop before exiting.
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That cross with the P.11 is the prettiest one, yet, of a gorgeous set.
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Yup, hard to go wrong with a PZL :)
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thanks!
those PZL wings are great indeed : I nearly used those of a Loire 46, but that will come later ;)
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The 6-pieces collection is VERY wonderful! :-*
I just wonder 2 little détails:
- 3 of them seem to have no propeller/jet, are they sailplanes? :)
- for the PZL, could you tell us more about rear passengers going Inside the cabin? because pylons are joining the door and the wing (is this a folding wing?) ;)
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The 6-pieces collection is VERY wonderful! :-*
I just wonder 2 little détails:
- 3 of them seem to have no propeller/jet, are they sailplanes? :)
- for the PZL, could you tell us more about rear passengers going Inside the cabin? because pylons are joining the door and the wing (is this a folding wing?) ;)
thanks!
propulsion is indeed by sailing and by mental energy ;)
and access is still possible through the front door, like in a coupé :
in whiff world it remains comfortable ;D
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One more car for the road :
a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ambassador-s_zpso2zyzlem.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03010s_zpsuhelvvug.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03011s_zpsajsuojss.jpg)
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Wow! And with swept wing moreover! Is it supersonic?
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Wow! And with swept wing moreover! Is it supersonic?
in a whiff/indian scale, probably ;)
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a few more shells :
a tiny 1/200 Kingfisher :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/kingcoq2-s_zpsko2cxbpr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03036s_zpskkqamulm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03037s_zps7h18acpj.jpg)
and a RWD-5 : I left the shell in natural color for a change
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd5-s_zpsrhg8n4nv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03028s_zpscshqcwap.jpg)
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:-* and :-*
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thanks ;)
a few more bottles :
the RWD-5 with a tiny bottle of anisette Gras :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mignonettes-s_zpshb8wxxnc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03039s_zpsfu3n7xox.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03044s_zpsbi1ofzsw.jpg)
and the LWS Czapla with a bottle of gin (Beefeater) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lws-s_zps7qwwn0zh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03051s_zpsksvk5gtg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03053s_zpsinpxqyuk.jpg)
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These nose-sitters greatly enrich the world of VTOL (why were there only tail-sitters with too much simple transition to horizontal flight?) ;) :-* :icon_music:
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nose sitters, that is an invention indeed, I am lucky that you are making me aware of it ;-)
a helicopter variant in the bottles series, using a 1/72 Huey Cobra, and a small spanish wine bottle from a flight on Iberia :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bouteillemini-s_zpsfzupp6af.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02995s_zpstotjst50.jpg)
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I love this one "also" (or maybe "even more"...) :-*
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;)
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The Huey looks like a helicopter version of the Stipa-Caproni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni)
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The Huey looks like a helicopter version of the Stipa-Caproni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni)
ah yes indeed! I had not thought of it, but now you mention it, it springs to the eye! thanks!
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a new musivcal endeavour, with a vietnamese Dan Nguyet miniature, combined with a HobyBoss Sabre :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/danNguyet-s_zps0dw2bxhy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03057s_zpsovjf6tqx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03059s_zpshmybr4te.jpg)
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:-* :icon_music: lovely... :icon_music: :-*
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thanks!
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They blend nicely, though I reckon this would give new meaning to "the wind in the wires". I wonder if remote actuators could be made to play tunes in flight?
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They blend nicely, though I reckon this would give new meaning to "the wind in the wires". I wonder if remote actuators could be made to play tunes in flight?
they certainly could ;)
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some of my previous experiments left me with a number of fuselages (that's what you get when you fit wings to everything). Particularly, some twin booms ...
And then I thought of turtles, bought three of them, and here we go :
P-38, blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38ii-s_zps2jsvzxz2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03094s_zpspp2vddyf.jpg)
Saab-21, yellow :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saab21-s_zpsibftswq5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03124s_zps4rmap84d.jpg)
Sabre, red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sabreb-s_zpsntpwki1z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03127s_zpsjymkbj6o.jpg)
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Genius! :-*
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thanks ;)
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so, with all those wings fit to different things and beasts, I had quite a few spare fuselages for which to find an appropriate destiny.
Here are some of them, grouped in such a way as to bring aeronautic light around us :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03135s_zpsidycv8h9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03134s_zpsyxmqdg0v.jpg)
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That's pretty brilliant.
Cheers,
Logan
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I knew the song "candle in the wind", but these candles are producing wind themselves... ;)
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thanks !
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another shell hybrid, with a nice 1/200 Blenheim :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/blenheim200-s_zps1fhp8ajo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03300_zpscyj1yjj4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coqblenheim-s_zpszxokelvd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03298s_zpsn2fkg8gi.jpg)
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I love the red one :-*
For the blue one, I feel puzzled with the antenna: does it prevent the body from retracting home? or another good explanation?
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the antenna is just like for "natural" snails : flexible, and it comes out to sense the environment ;-)
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two trucks from the Airfix recovery set (I used the crane on a 1/72 seaplane carrier ship ...), transformed into tank trucks, but with a twist :
the first with a spiral twist :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/citerneGidouille-s_zpsdrguif2m.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03072s_zpshpcjd9vz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03071s_zpsvyedovwe.jpg)
the other with a knot twist :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/recovery-s_zpshiq4h7xw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03117s_zpsjbu5ep1x.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03116s_zpsel11bmxm.jpg)
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Ha! Ha! Ha! (French wording for big laugh) :-*
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Love them! ;D :)
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thanks !
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I had bought this metal, handicraft tin Mini Traveller, bit didn't know just what to do with it, until I relalized that it could very well be repainted in the livery of the faous Clder BMW from the Le Mans race in 1976.
Mini travellers are so cute, and that livery is so bright, it could only work out well.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini-traveller-metal-s_zpsgamd4oot.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03313s_zpspejiz0bw.jpg)
Also, I have adapted the Calder schemes for the DC8 and B272 to 1/72 kits, nut these aircraft are not available in that scale so I transfered to, respectively, B707 and Tu 134. And here I do the same kind of transformation to a large scale car ;)
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another calderization :
I couldn't find a 1/72 B727 or tri-engine jetliner, so I settled for the Tu134, because it has a quite similar overall shape :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu134-s_zps5txewiih.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03289s_zpsrehpqy3z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03291s_zpssyi189fq.jpg)
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The Calderizations, especially the Tu134 look good. You should try a Mondrian version.
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The Calderizations, especially the Tu134 look good. You should try a Mondrian version.
Thanks!
Mondrian would look good indeed !
I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
(http://airwaysnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/727CalderColor_44555840441.jpg)
(http://blog.auto-selection.com/wp-content/gallery/bmw-art-car/Herv%C3%A9-Poulain-et-Alexander-Calder-BMW-art-car.jpg)
(http://i.f1g.fr/media/figaro/300x200/2015/05/26/XVMe3e591a2-ffda-11e4-ad3e-abe1804f957f-300x200.jpg)
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I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
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I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
Yes!
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I went into Clader because those colors really existed :
And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
I personally do like Calder ;) and I came back to modelling, after having stopped for many years, because I wanted to try to map his pattern for DC8 on a 1/72 B707 ;D
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And for this weird Tupolev, would you say that the Russians took the Best of the West, or the Worst of the West? ;)
Yes!
I asked A or else B and got as answer: Yes... Ahem, I will not precise my question as "A and not B" or else "B and not A", because I guess the answer will still be Yes! this is funny as this model, just the right answer applying to it... ;)
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who told me something about the Buccaneeer associated with a Coke bottle?
it ran through my mind, and came out, when I extracted from my stash a Revell/Matchbox Buccaneer and a metal bottle of Coke, in the form of this hybrid :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocametal-s_zpstrbqhhqi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03614s_zpsg7lp5sf0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03618s_zps2ztwzrev.jpg)
the cokckpit, by the way, is from a TA4 Skyhawk I floatplanized some time ago.
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Great! A very fat man/woman could pilot it! ;)
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To quote a term used in aviation circles - "Looks a bit draggy."
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;)
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To quote a term used in aviation circles - "Looks a bit draggy."
and all bottled up.
I'll get me coat...
Brian da Basher
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;) ;)
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here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter
(I still have a fuselage to deal with ... ;D)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03622s_zpst01tgflo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03625s_zpsgjjwlt4j.jpg)
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You continue to impress me with that most challenging of colors, the Dreaded Yellow.
I can only tip my hat to the outstanding result you achieve! What kind of paint did you use and do you have any additional tips or suggestions?
Well done and a very nice compliment to my Sunday morning coffee!
Brian da Basher
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I like! :)
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thanks!
the yellow is humbrol enamel 69 applied with a simple brush : I am not always as lucky as here ;)
In this particular case the plastic of both Boccanneer and Twin Otter, Revell reboxings of Matchbox, were light grey, which is the best for yellow. A too clear or white background shows brushstrokes, and dark backgrounds look through ...
Maybe the ultimate tip is to have a light grey primer?
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Many thanks for sharing your secrets to the Dreaded Yellow, ericr!
Unfortunately, I use acrylics, so I may stay challenged. My own research shows that a light gray primer (model masters) works better than either tan or white. One day I should see how sand (lighter than tan) works. I've taken to pouring off a fair bit of excess carrier which seems to help, but I'm not so sure how this info will translate over into the very different world of Enamels.
Gratefully,
Brian da Basher
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I found this cheap Williams Renault and thought something could come out of it :
I improved it by fitting wings from a F-5 (ok, not very long ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/williams-s_zpsejikpssn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03665s_zpsdrp09i8c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03661s_zpsu1coizid.jpg)
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Wonderful! I love! :-*
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thanks !
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It wouldn't surprise me to see something like this at the Indianapolis 500 some day.
Great outside-the-box thinking!
Brian da Basher
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Should have been a Red Bull F1 rather than a Williams car, 'cause...
...you know...
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yecNfo1eH58/hqdefault.jpg)
Aaaaand, I'll get my coat...
Regards
P.S.
Beautiful Twin Otter Buccaneer!
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thanks a lot!
a Red Bull car would have been nice indeed ;)
I took this one essentially because there was a sale and it was cheap ;D
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a firefighter's union : a 1/72 Bronco wings on a 1/43 Renault 4 fourgonette :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/4L43-s_zpspfawfmce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03670s_zpsfwhfbxsu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03673s_zpsckdhzcbp.jpg)
the Renault 4 deco is untouched from the original ;)
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I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!
A flying fire truck is truly inspired and that's one clean, smooth build!
Brian da Basher
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:)
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I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!
Maybe the same feeling here in my mind: :-* :-* :-*
(twin-boom and firefighting hero and weird flying car, all at once, wow...)
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I think this one may be my favorite of yours yet, eric!
Agreed! It really looks of a whole and everything fits together beautifully.
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Me, too! It actually looks like a "practical" flying car. Reminds me of the Ford Pinto with Cessna Sky aster wings and rear engine. The AVE Mizar seen here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE_Mizar
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thank you all very much !
It did indeed fit very nicely, and the 1/43 4L was a die-cast with nice details which I was happy to keep, and its red fit very well with my usual Humbrol 019 gloss enamel red ;)
thanks for the reference to the Ford/Cessna hybrid : I had seen some pictures of it, and it sure is an influence to me
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nothing flying this time, but a hybrid indeed with a party blower :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t55-s_zpsuza1vldp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03687s_zps5qroj82j.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03693s_zpsxrsybo2u.jpg)
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Usually I hate tanks, but I mean killing tanks, your one is SO different... and I like this one (only) ;)
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That is hilarious! ;D
Does it work? I suppose you could hook it up to an air source and operate it with a remote switch. Would be a funny thing to do at a model show. ;D
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That is hilarious! ;D
Does it work? I suppose you could hook it up to an air source and operate it with a remote switch. Would be a funny thing to do at a model show. ;D
I am not sure: this is so much heretical that it could generate violence from other modellers feeling like insulted... ;)
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The tank is great! You could add an "unused" party favor in the rear, where the external fuel tanks would go.
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thanks all !
there is a slight trick actually : the rolled and the extended ones are two different ones I can fit on the tank : there is no air supply ;)
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Hilarious ;D And what victory parade would be complete without hybrid heavy armour brandishing party blowers?
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I could really see that being set up on the edge of the Korean demilitarised zone and blowing every hour on the hour.
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thanx !
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(http://www.saluzzishrc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flying_teapot_front.jpg)
it was just too tempting for me, so I bought a teapot, and a fitting AS350 Écureuil from Heller, 1/48
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere-s_zpssegjajgl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03702s_zps4rksegi4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03704s_zpsykj1976z.jpg)
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Hilarious ;D And what victory parade would be complete without hybrid heavy armour brandishing party blowers?
You could see them all parading past Kim Jong-Un with their commanders stood stright up in the hatches saluting while the tanks blow their blowers at the same time. The Supreme Leader would wait a moment, and then take the salute by quietly raising a hand-made gold and silk blower of his own and blowing it in a dignified and restrained way. The scheduled spontaneous applause would then commence....
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it was just too tempting for me, so I bought a teapot, and a fitting AS350 Écureuil from Heller, 1/48
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere-s_zpssegjajgl.jpg[/url])
That made me laugh so hard while wishing I could show it to my late uncle Doug. He was notorious in the family for drinking gallons of tea: you could imagine this thing hovering around after him with emergency tea for any occasion.
When Doug used to come to our house, mum would have a cup of tea ready for him. He'd drain it in one swig every time and say 'fill up Middy" to get a refill. One time, Mum managed to get a novelty huge teacup that held a whole pint of tea, so for a laugh, she waiting until he arrived, then put it on the doorstep for him. he drained it in one swig and said 'fill up Middy...." ;D
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This is quite impressive !
Weaver,now I can go to bed with a smile on my face ;D thanks
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Dear ericr, you should win a contract of € billion (from Aerospatiale, now EADS?) for having invented the best marketing toy/gift EVER! :-*
(if I were the top-manager of EADS, I would sign the bank-order immediately, and with much joy)
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thanks all !
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and now the other part of the helicopter, adapted as an aerosled (with a P38 propeller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ecureuil-s_zpsnwuyh0ea.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03724s_zpsbfxnqcru.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03725s_zpsxsxbmobf.jpg)
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Oh yes,this is a very good idea,I like it alot !!!
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Wonderful new machine! :-*
But I did not know the word aerosled, and Google Translate failed to translate it in our French. Fortunately Google Search with Wikipedia explained me this is a snowmobile (no need of wheels nor wings all right!), and the French Wikipedia said this is aerosan in French (a word I had never heard). This is a double miracle, as so pleasant a silhouette and enriching my vocabulary. ;)
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:)
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thanks all! I appreciate your appreciation !
another helicopter submitted to this transformation
(my stash is getting smaller and smaller ! ;D )
is a bit more sturdy-looking, and of russian origin :
the Mi-2
as a flying teapot (with an Aladdin-like style)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere2-s_zps4ahxe2ca.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03711s_zpsq1bxkzpu.jpg)
and as an aerosled (with skis from a Twin Otter : my spares box is also getting smaller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi2-s_zpsvm8nq0lv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03718s_zpsqo60kjys.jpg)
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Great!
Eric, you are the inventor of so many wonderful new collections :-*
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I can imagine these aerosleds running research missions across the ice and snow of Antartica.
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thanks !
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more party blowers :
I have a stock of 1/72 PM Models F(S's and F5B/T38's, several tens, I got them for very cheap, and I distill them in various adventures ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t38-s_zpsmmmhxcag.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03822s_zpswxpk09tt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03821s_zpslqmwcisq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03825s_zpsitg8ingm.jpg)
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It looks like we have a Romanian aerobatic team here ;D
Nice
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Have the jet pipes been drilled out so the blowers are still operable?
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the party blowers are a fantastic idea, I also love a lot the aerosledges...
Antonio
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Have the jet pipes been drilled out so the blowers are still operable?
...same curiosity here!
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Interesting diorama possibilities! Attach an air hose fittings and scare people!
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Thanks for considering models of military aircraft like funny toys, rather than killers reproduction... ;)
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thanks all!
the idea of having an air supply is certainly excellent, but, as for the tank shown before in this thread, this is only a proptotype, not fully equipped : if anyone feels inspired by a "dynamic" version, please go ahead ! ;D
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*chuckle* I keep seeing these as party favors for a party thrown by Northrop to celebrate a major sale.
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*chuckle* I keep seeing these as party favors for a party thrown by Northrop to celebrate a major sale.
if "favors" mean "gift toys", I agree completely, ericr should be the boss of Marketing department in several aircraft companies...
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thanks again ! ;D
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another set of fuselages, taken from twin-engines, and assembled as a candelabre
Bronco, Br693, Boxcar, PZL37, Twin Otter
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03699s_zpsy4zc8a5n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bronco-s_zpsol3wty6u.jpg)
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Lovely! :-*
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thanks !
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You really need sets of LED's, to simulate a flickering effect, in each cockpit and, where appropriate, navigator position. Beautiful work!
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maybe you remember this one?
for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg[/url])
(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts :) )
here is a companion : the flamingo :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamant-s_zpsrbqjpp35.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03875s_zpsr0hntsv8.jpg)
a giraffe is just following, most obviously
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;D Niiiice !
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lovely also, what a zoo/airfield... ;)
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thanks !!
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The windmill ostrich and flamingo are brilliant! :)
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thanks a lot! the giraffe is coming soon!
(guess the color ;-) )
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here she comes :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/girafe-s_zpsmlzl7psu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03920s_zpsgbkhjrw8.jpg)
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Tilts it's head up and takes off straight up. Nice!
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Nice!
And Pr Darwin would have approved: the long neck of the giraffe provide a better ground clearance thus adaptive advantage...
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There's something about that rotor-assisted giraffe that just gets me. Not only is it amusing, but also very well balanced!
Brian da Basher
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;D
the propeller is from a tilt-rotor Osprey by the way
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a VTOL giraffe, of course! ;)
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a while ago I showed a knot in a tank truck :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg106452#msg106452 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg106452#msg106452)
now it is the turn of a rocket :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ariane4-s_zpsqpxjtiez.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03957s_zps9mrfinzz.jpg)
from the Revell 1/144 kit, which was done OOB, nearly normally
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03948s_zpsuybvtpga.jpg)
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Eric, be careful: here in France, you may be sent to jail for lack of industrial patriotism... if you had done that hilarious knot on a (ridiculous) US rocket, you would have got a honour medal, but for a proud Arianne, you may be condemned... ;)
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I love it! "Kourou...we have a problem..." ;)
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thanks a lot!
and now for something different :
a tribute to the DS featured in the Fantomas movie :
(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DS-Fantomas_IMDB.jpg)
done in yellow
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ds-s_zpscjww92o8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03963s_zps9ahbeiys.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03964s_zpsgokym6ma.jpg)
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:)
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Belated congratulations! :-*
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thanks!
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I stumbled upon this on the web somewhere :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)
and it gave me ideas, with other car kits :
the Peugeot 203, in red
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/203bateau-s_zpstcmya7bo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03994s_zpsdxsrygra.jpg)
and the Peugeot 403, in blue
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/403bateau-s_zps7bro8fsk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03989s_zpsukqcx9gh.jpg)
both 1/43, combined with a 1/35 pontoon (german, by Bronco Models IIRC)
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Wow! :-*
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thanks ! ;)
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if you remember the ostrich (yellow), flamingo (blue) and giraffe (red) previously featured here, here is, going back into history and even prehistory, the brachiosaurus windmill :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/brachiosaure-s_zpsfgg7tgla.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04208_zpscg310hww.jpg)
(and it is not finished :wacko: time travel continues ...)
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Wow! :-*
while... I have asked my son (7 year-old), the dinosaur expert of the family, and he answered "this is not truth"... ;) with a smile...
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Wow! :-*
while... I have asked my son (7 year-old), the dinosaur expert of the family, and he answered "this is not truth"... ;) with a smile...
indeed, it is not "truth" that it is, it is whiff ;D
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so, long before dinosaurs, there were dragons, and hydras, with multiple propellers !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04233s_zps52avbmo9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2tetes-s_zpsymieyksi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hydre-s_zpsgxevpc21.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04333s_zpspngbf55j.jpg)
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Loving twin-boomers, I prefer the 2-head one, but both are incredible & nice! :-*
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thanks!
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with the remaining airframes of 1/350 Ro.43 and MB411, after stealing their floats for other purposes, I did something insect-like, like in the past with fly-tape or a glass, but this time with a flower (1:1, injection plastic, from Ikea):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04218s_zps9nhtayic.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fleur-s_zpse4hmernm.jpg)
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This is completing your incredible collection of animal-planes, great!
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thanks !
and it is not finished ...
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and it is not finished ...
Oh, Lord... :-\ >:D ;)
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remember this ?
here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg[/url])
I was so tempted to try the reciprocal, that I found cheap sales boxes of the former Matchbox, now Revell kits, and here is the
Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer2-s_zpsz3hh0b6n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04401s_zpsqg2ec8ff.jpg)
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:)
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I really like the Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings!! :) :)
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Wonderful! So unusual! :-*
I wondered: why such a shape is so unusual in "Real World"? Then I found the answer, maybe: it seems there is no room for a door to enter in the fuselage... ??? ;)
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Is there not a door under the rear fuselage with a set of air stairs?
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a door under the rear fuselage with a set of air stairs?
Thanks to the engineering (and marketing?) department(s)...
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thanks all !
Wonderful! So unusual! :-*
I wondered: why such a shape is so unusual in "Real World"? Then I found the answer, maybe: it seems there is no room for a door to enter in the fuselage... ??? ;)
aha, I thought someone would notice ;D
I said to myself that the designers, used to military aircraft, had no sense of comfort for passengers ...
thank you for proposing the door under the rear fuselage, I guess it is the most plausible answer ;)
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so I had this fuselage remaining, and had to think of a backing story :
here is a kind of salt lake racer, but not only meant for speed, but also for endurance : therefore
1 - it runs in wide circles (with fixed front wheels slightly turning), and
2 - a refueling device, so that from time to time it slows down a bit to enable a tanker to refuel it, before speeding up again.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer3-s_zpsackdoucn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04414s_zps9hhow1ei.jpg)
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:-* With a reason for such a machine moreover! :-* :-\ ;)
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Nice work! I can see it zooming across the salt flats!
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Nice job on the Canopy masking! Beautiful blue color :-*
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thanks all !
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Beautiful!! The refueling vehicle is either an aircraft flying low, or one really tricked out and over-powered truck. Either could make an interesting diorama.
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thanks !
the refueller is indeed a challenge ... I'll try and see what I can devise ...
it doesn't need to be as fast as the racer, which can slow down a bit while being refuelled
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in the same vein of rebuilding, from an aircraft fuselage, a wheeled vehicle that can roam about in deserts and the like :
this is a P-61 (1/48) with the wheels of a VW minibus (1/24) :
it still needs the ladders to climb in, and has a nice large trunk at the bottom (for smuggling?),
as well as an orientable observation turret on top, and shallow horizontal lateral window.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P61bus-s_zpsb37q77rs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04419s_zpsqzo2gbzk.jpg)
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Mar-vel-lous!!! :-* :-*
(And I hope you have not thrown to the garbage :( the precious booms but prepared something with them ??? ;)
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That thing is awesome!
Cheers,
Logan
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This is great! I can just imagine it racing across the desert..
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Your imagination is out of this world!!!!
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thanks a lot !
your appreciagtion is very motivating, for new adventures ;)
and don't worry about the booms, they will (of course!) soon re-appear, transformed into something ...
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thanks a lot !
your appreciagtion is very motivating, for new adventures ;)
and don't worry about the booms, they will (of course!) soon re-appear, transformed into something ...
I keep thinking that used with the rest of the VW minibus, the booms and wings would make a nice "airbus".
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Excellent !I LOVE airplanes converted into cars :-* :-* :-*
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ah ! the minibus is being used elswhere already, so the boom will have to be fitted to something else ...
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still inspired by this picture I found by chance on the net :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)
I grabbed a VW bus (1/24) and a "Power Boat" I bought ages ago for cheap, both from Revell
and here is the mix :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/VwBus-s_zps87kxjfzn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04431s_zpsqeweb71f.jpg)
at the back there still is an access to the inside of the boat, with two side windows for maneuvering in harbours
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Good! So "Real"... :-*
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Novel build. Good use of the kits :)
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thanks!
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:)
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Wow that's wonderfully different!
Love the yellow!
Brian da Basher
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thanxalot !
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so I found that cheap 1/48 black widow, nice kit, of which you saw the fuselage in red recently above,
(and I just bought anohter one, aha ...)
and I found nice set of 5 1/1 plastic/foam bananas, quite realistically shaped
(and I am tempted to buy another set, as ideas are flowing in ...)
and a twin-boom banana has something to it I should say
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61-s_zpseo92ijpu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04520s_zpskokrfh3j.jpg)
I had to work quite a bit on the weight in the nose (i.e., babana tip) to avoid tail-sitting
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Marvelous! In French we say "c'est à croquer", with the double meaning "lovely to adore/to eat"... ;)
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thanks !
I have several of those bananas ... watch out
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(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f2/53/42/f253429d1363acbd1e2149cab39bbcd7.gif)
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"Sometimes a banana is just a banana."
- S. Freud
That's quite a flight of fancy there and you've got a good eye for figuring out which aircraft work with what animals/fruits/vegetables/other misc. items!
I smile every time I see a yellow color scheme. That hue challenges me to no end.
Nice work!
Brian da Basher
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thanks a lot ! yellow is bright indeed ;D
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another Twin Otter (it is a nice kit, cheap, and each time you get a nice pair of floats to whiff with)
and another banana (it was a set of five I bought, and I am actually tempted by a second one)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter2-s_zps2zik2puv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04529s_zpsslsusfew.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04530s_zpsqlyt73yz.jpg)
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Great! So good again! :-*
Sorry: if I do not say "this is better and better", it is because the twin-boomer came first... ;)
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a banana in space!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144-s_zpsuixlunjf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04552s_zpsevbo6fzl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04554s_zpsjk4vzgje.jpg)
I cheated a bit, by allowing for extended wheels and at the same time putting it on the booster ;-) because both views are nice
The shuttle is an Academy 1/144 (of which I had some cheap copies, still one left ...)
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With the heat coming down to earth, the banana would be cooked, good! ;)
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Bananae Frites ?!?
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I'm beginning to think eric has some sort of hypnotic influence. The other day I bought a bunch of banana bread for no earthly reason.
Brian da Basher
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a psychedelic influence ? ;D
and it is not finished : I am designing a whole suite of aircraft across the ages (wait and see, more to come ;-) )
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I like the use of all 3 colors on the banana shuttle!
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a psychedelic influence ? ;D
Yes! Look at the proof: this morning, for no reason at all, I designed Lightning with nuclear jets, and the pilot was endangered by the rays so the Girafning version was better, then... a Banananing variant came into my mind, why??? ;)
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bananas and giraffes? I might get influenced in return ;D
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there are not only bananas in life :
"this is not a pipe" (as Magritte once said) but made of one, with elements from a Mi-1 helicopter in 1/72 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pipe-s_zpsnth8dxjp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04559s_zpsuv2o2szj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04560s_zps5cldshxr.jpg)
as most of you will have promptly noticed, appropriate weighting in order to avoid tail-sitting
involved a quite delicate front wheel placement
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:)
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The rotor seems crazily logic: to dilute the tobacco fume into the air... :-* ;)
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thanks ;)
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*laughs softly* Beautiful adaptation of a pipe for a novel item. I wonder if this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?
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... this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?
;D
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... this could be an icon for "pipe dream"?
;D
I didn't know that expressions, but google tells me :
pipe dream
noun: pipe dream; plural noun: pipe dreams; noun: pipedream; plural noun: pipedreams
an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.
"free trade in international aviation will remain a pipe dream"
which is essentially another definition of Whiff, isn't it? ;)
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more bananas :
a 1/28 Sopwith Camel (I am busy lowering my stash level ...)
and a banana, because I wanted to see how it could look as a biplane
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel28-s_zpsu7wucaz1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04569s_zpszshx1eaf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04570s_zpsegkaahp2.jpg)
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This is very logical (thus perfect): at a time when aerodynamics was not mandatory, a curved fuselage was very possible... ;)
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;)
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the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vinci-s_zps61b8oyoc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04578s_zpsak8pdzwl.jpg)
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Perfect combo of those two kits.
Build flows together so well. :)
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This is/was a perfect bat/bird/machine... :-* Words are not good enough to describe your genius inventions...
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Could this be the first "Bat Plane" ?
Before Batman switched to a jet.
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Could this be the first "Bat Plane" ?
Before Batman switched to a jet.
That was my first thought too!
Would look great in black. Looks very appealing in blue!
Brian da Basher
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thanks all!
it does look a bit like a Batman thing indeed ;)
but da Vinci's design predates the comics quite a bit ;D
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:)
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I had one B727 in 1/100 from VEB/Plasticart left, and I used the fuselage and wings for something else (coming soon), so here I was with the extremities ... and then I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?) and did this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-s_zpslaxvfhur.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04607s_zpsdqzby63v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04610s_zpsa1vhu1bi.jpg)
the single wheel gives a certain impression of lightness, a bit like for a half P-38 (laterally) I did some years ago ...
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It reminds me of the fun ships on Futurama! Very cool.
Bat plane is a beautiful thing :-*
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Very beautiful (and very fast for sure) yellow biz-jet! :-*
Congratulations!
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thanx !
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That's really neat! Yellow is the perfect color for it too.
I've seen that bit of photoshop you mentioned. Can't recall where nor do I remember seeing anyone do this in plastic before.
Nice one!
Brian da Basher
P.S. This makes me think of a bit of my childhood. My mom's favorite color was yellow. When we played board games, she said she'd be any color but would move the yellow piece anyway. She was always yellow.
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I love yellow in ericr models while in our country (him and me), yellow has a bad reputation. We say "jaune cocu" meaning this is the color of a husband whose wife has a secret lover...
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thanx!
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the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :
I just couldn't resist, because any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats (or a hull) :
the latter comes from an old three masted "Hamphitrite" by Heller, and the side floats are fuel barrels from two 1/48 P-61 from Revell.
And therefore this topic is **MOVED** to another appropriate thread of mine :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687)
wher you can see more of this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/vinci-s_zpss41ku8lj.jpg)
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great plane!!
thought of you:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en)
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thanks !
great plane!!
thought of you:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BMkx4bbhlx3/?taken-by=designboom&hl=en)
great indeed!
I would be tempted to make a model of this, maybe using some plastic/rubber gardening pipe?
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One more banana, airliner this time with the middle part of the previously shortened B727 (1/100 Plasticart/VEB) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727banane-s_zpsb5baylrm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04620s_zpssygyue4d.jpg)
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Nice! (once more, and this may be one of my favourite banana-planes...)
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thanx!
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I've got to admit, this bright, banana Boeing really made my day!
Many thanks for the smile of delight, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks for liking it !
I've got to admit, this bright, banana Boeing really made my day!
Many thanks for the smile of delight, eric!
Brian da Basher
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the other half of the Amphitrite three-masted ship,
of which the hull was used for the da Vinci Camel here :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687#msg117687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg117687#msg117687)
has found its way to the other half of the pair of chartreuse slippers used a a Space Shuttle alternative shown here before:
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)
and here is the result :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04640s_zpsrtwlkhan.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3mats-s_zpshi6pp16u.jpg)
(travelling is fine, but you may prize to your comfort, wouldn't you?)
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Is this Sloop know as the HMS Slipper? ;D
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not quite exactly a whif, since I was inspired by this, to which I just couldn't resist :
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/21/49/5521498a8ef430a165ad27850cf418a2.jpg)
and from a 1/43 2cv from Heller, and a diecast combi :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsvdaepjqr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04660s_zpsobofdjzi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04661s_zpsnnwkxk9n.jpg)
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Cute! And that gives you loft space for when you go camping.
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Yes, good!
Just a question: to reach the seats above (or to go down from them), do you need external ladders (that are folded inside during travel?) or is there internal stairs inside the lower compartment? ??? ;)
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I reckon that depends on whether or not the Kombi you used has a sunroof. If it does, there's probably an internal ladder. Alternatively, if it doesn't, I could see an external ladder unfolding from the back door of the 2CV when the vehicle is at rest.
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thanks !
a few technical mysteries maybe, so after all it is a whif ;-)
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After the flying teapot helicopters shown previously in this thread, I try this oriental lamp, coupled with a Cobra :
a bit of magic ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aladin-s_zpsxqumnmao.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04684s_zpsbn315vaw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04686s_zpsvop4i2vl.jpg)
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Cool. Can I make 3 modeling wishes? ;D
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Wow! It seems even more powerful than the original one (helicopter-less)...
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thanks !
make wishes indeed, who knows, it might work ;)
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one more plastic foam banana, this time powered by a Buccaneer
(remember that the Matchbox/Revell one has engines and wings easy to detach and reuse elsewhere ;) )
the fit went very nicely and easily
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer4-s_zpsxsqsmssk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04675s_zpsmxcowsat.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04678s_zpsyheyvxk0.jpg)
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Looks like a transport. 8)
I like the cobra lamp too
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Looks like a transport. 8)
Well, the curved rear reminds a loading ramp cargo rear, it is right, but the curvature is so big it would not work, and this design failure would be very funny, thanks!
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in whif world, there are no failures, only undocumented features ;D
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A Banananeer? ;D
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;D :)
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I like that cross of Buccaneer and banana. Perhaps the upraised portion houses conformal antennas (antennae?) for an AEW variant.
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thanks ;)
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one more banana, maybe the last? this time it deserves its name fully :
I bought especially a 1/72 H_21 fying banana from HobbyCraft, and used the rotors and wheels here
(the rest is under use in another project to be seen soon ;) )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/h21-s_zpsrlxwamqg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05076s_zpsmb7urmo2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05078s_zps3m3nksr8.jpg)
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by the way I am of course not the first one ;-)
(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/01.jpg)
(http://aegistg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hook03.jpg)
(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/02.jpg)
or even :
(http://flyingnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/flying-banana-300x300.jpg)
so I am doing quite normal stuff after all
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*laughs* Beautiful and quite in keeping with tradition.
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I sent mine to Telford long long ago.
There's something fun aboot turning bananas into aircraft.
I like the Buccaneer. Truly the Blackburn ARNA!
;D
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg.html)
Alvis Pi
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great ! thanks for sharing !
bananas have a lot of potential : right now I am out of bananas now in my stash,
but who knows? maybe some time in the future?
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in the series of propellers windmills hybrid animals,
I just had to try the push-pull twin-propeller :
the liliensternus seemed an appropriate candidate
for this peculiar evolutionary possibility :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/Liliensternus-s_zpsqendsmri.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04671s_zpsvrk7cc0q.jpg)
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:-* Interesting... I just have a question: now the propellers don't rotate, but when are they rotating? When the animal runs? or attacks? or else? ;)
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the original motivation comes from windmills, so the purpose is to acquire energy ;
but then maybe propellers can help locomotion as well ... ;)
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Thanks for the explanation, Creator! (God?) ;)
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The wings and booms of this P-61 are going to be used elsewhere ( ... teaser ... ;) ) here is the fuselage,
used by Northrop to test, with an existing airframe to make it simpler and cheaper, ideas about a space shuttle design :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Shuttle-s_zpsp6s5vgf3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05051s_zps77xcwgda.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05054s_zpsh7ls1vbf.jpg)
The P-61 is Revell 1/48, the Shuttle and Booster Academy 1/144
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:)
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That is awesome! It might also work as a rocket racer.
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Wonderful P-61 conversion!
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Normally, I'd say that removing booms from a twin-boomer should be sentenced by death penalty, but... your result is so cute :-* you are forgiven ;)
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I think this is one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!
The greeblies (sorry for using a technical term) around the engines are what really take this to the next level in my book!
The blue was an excellent choice as well.
Whodathunkit that a P-61 nose would look so good on a Space Shuttle?
Brian da Basher
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Brilliant! I would have never thought of that!
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thank you all very much!
the idea came from the chance meeting of the two kits on my modelling table after cooliding in my stash.
The wings and booms will appear here in the coming weeks :wacko:
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the flying banana fuselage (remaining from the above bananaification)
fits well with wings from the very versatile Twin Otter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter3-s_zpsied86qk6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05090s_zps5n28rugw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05087s_zps2fn4b1qr.jpg)
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My gosh that looks incredibly practical. If you just gave it a conventional vertical tail, I can absolutely see that as some sort of 1950s light STOL transport in the vein of the Twin Pioneer.
Cheers,
Logan
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Gotta agree with Logan, that looks darn practical!! How cool is that!? Nice job
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+1 on both the above comments. That looks quite right.
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:)
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thanks all !
I agree that an additional fin would make the thing more reassuring, I hesitated but finally kept the shape of the H-21 :
in a whiff wirld, having a bit wild direction is fine ;)
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This could easily be a Société des Avions René Couzinet design similar to that below:
(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/couzinet10/couzinet10-8.jpg)
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I agree with the no-fin/Couzinet choice, almost incredible, so unusual, but very possible, this is a good way for a whif plane :-*
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thanks a lot for the Couzinet reference ! it is exactly relevant :)
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The flying banana otter looks great! One option would be to add a third engine at the top of the tail/stem.
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The flying banana otter looks great! One option would be to add a third engine at the top of the tail/stem.
great idea ! like on the trislander !
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/G-JOEY.jpg)
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given the colors, I jut had to do it
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/windRises-s_zpsmgniwjwq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05082s_zpsbnmlae2r.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05080s_zpspry7nzod.jpg)
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Magnificent :-*
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thanks !
by the way, it is a OOB Whif : the kit renders very nicely the plane that can be seen in the movie.
Even the colors were not chosen by me ;)
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:-* (I have not seen the film, I just enjoy your poetic model...)
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thanks!
The kits is in already colored plastic : I just had to paint the wing tips blue, and the wheels and nose cone yellow.
So all merit goes to Myazaki the author of the movie (and FineMolds) ;D
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with all these kitbashes, I had a Twin Otter fuselage left over, as well as long stored wings of a CAMS37
(the hull had been used in conjunction with a Bearcat ...
see http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4522.msg76383#msg76383 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4522.msg76383#msg76383))
and they happened to fit not too bad after all (complemented with a P-47 propeller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinottercams-s_zpsfdkjccqq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05118s_zpsqc9w94pv.jpg)
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It's like "(far) beyond the sprues" spirit at maximum level, congratulations! :-*
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full kitbash !
;)
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a happy new year ! ;D
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05168s_zpsmccpe1qo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05177s_zpsyzvfzhk6.jpg)
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How do you say the sound "Tuuuut!" in English? :)
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I got these Heler insects kits, Oryctes nasicornis and Lucanis cervus, thanks to steelpillow,
and could practice some kitbash from them, using a Buccaneer fuselage :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes2-s_zpsaxngaffe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05126-s_zpsgekhn3tj.jpg)
an Alouette helicopter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps3eiwxina.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05197-s_zpsgnawra2s.jpg)
and the other way too :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/nasicornis-s_zpsyhbkdtcq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05200s_zpsvuxkxlqa.jpg)
and a Flamingo aircfaft :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lucanis-s_zpswidfxdcc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05208s_zps9jdke1fn.jpg)
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Some unique and interesting examples of bio-mechanical design there. Bravo!!
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thanks ;)
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one more Buccaneer (that ex-Matchbox kit is very flexible)
and one more 1/48 P-61 (I afound a source at less than 18 euros ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Buccaneer-s_zpsbqwjugr8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05220s_zpsjfhdmsig.jpg)
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Now that's just the cutest little thing! The bits fit together nicely and I love the resulting "look".
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thanks !
the fit was good indeed, and it encouraged me to make the thing
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Reminds me of something from an anime movie.
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Reminds me of something from an anime movie.
Indeed.
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it could have been in an anime, but I have no particular source for this one,
just the follow up to the earlier one I did wuth space shuttle wings.
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I liked this image's aerosled a lot :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/d2bcaa949dd858ca5e2bd40ea7c4e93f_zpsushpabjl.jpg)
and I also liked the bubbly canopy of the Flamingo, of which I had a 1/48 fuselage (from other build earlier in this thread), as well as skis from a 1/72 Twin Otter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamingo-s_zpsjrttq9s1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05189%20s_zpsbk2vnruo.jpg)
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:-* This model is beautiful while... for the scale 1 machine, I would not buy it, preferring a pusher, less endangering people walking/skiing there...
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Love the Tintin Flamingo :)
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Beautiful and plausible!
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This is one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!
As a boy, I read every Tintin comic I could get my hands on, so this is a real treat!
Brian da Basher
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:)
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thanks all !
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With all the ice on ground around here I could switch out the skis for blades and go like mad!
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two headed dragons are having twice the fun :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2-s_zpsknixuuei.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05440s_zpsfkk1wohw.jpg)
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wow! do both heads blow at the same time or alternatively? ;)
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If that dragon lived in New York I bet you could hear it in Paris!
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:)
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with all these Buccanneer-based stuff shown before, I had a fuselage left, and I also had in my stash a funny small fishing rod : hence this fishy combination :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/canne-s_zpsp6bdfbem.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05435s_zpsdquccrno.jpg)
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I'm assuming this is a Soviet Fishing rod etc. Given the Buccaneer was originally designed in response to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser it would only make sense for the USSR to develop a counter-countermeasure... ;)
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Oh, GTX, why focusing on military matter, when you see such a peaceful occupation as fishing? hehehe... ;)
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Every last one a gem, you should be in animation. The H21/twin otter combo is so possible looking too, but I can't pick a favourite, all just superb.
Keep them coming.
Ian
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thanks all very much indeed ! your support is fueling my inspiration ;)
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I discovered the existence of this recently, apparently a not so rare exercise in 1/1 whiffing of french classic cars (2cv and "Traction")
(http://p0.storage.canalblog.com/00/75/568981/90970342.jpg)
and in my stash I had one of each in 1/43 by Heller ...
so here is one way, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvTraction-s_zpsmpeqti7d.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05460s_zpsn7rkgsby.jpg)
and the other way, blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/traction-s_zpskmgbjial.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05466s_zps4yijtxxr.jpg)
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:-* Good! My grandfather had a "Traction" and my first car ever, in 1985, was a 2cv/Dyane, your model great inventions seem to celebrate my family's cars...
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thanks !
the kitbash is more obvious to french eyes ;)
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there is no time for feast : it is always time for party blowers :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquilleJ-s_zpsewwnqci5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamar-s_zpsxtmynnoc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/octopus2-s_zpsrtrwoesf.jpg)
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Snails are moving very slowly but what is their speed for blowing? ;)
On the opposite the octopus one seems just perfect! very plausible, no?
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;)
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Very unique. I keep thinking of that octopus sneezing and activating all those party blowers at once.
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;)
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some time ago I showed you eralier in this thread a Buccaneer hooked at a fishing pole :
here are complementary variations :
a 1/48 MC 72 goldfish in a water ball :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mc72-48-s_zpsaepazghe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05524s_zpspidnn6ek.jpg)
and a Twin Otter fished in a net :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/epuisette-s_zpsmh5fcgas.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05489s_zpsqtmr0stv.jpg)
(and more fishy stuff is coming soon ... )
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Nice; cute, too.
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Something fishy going on around here!!!!
I wish I had your imagination!
You should work for Disney.
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:-* Great! (once more, or twice)
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thanks !
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continuing with fish, that one is quite big, so it is a bit monstruous (not only by size ;) ) :
the Harrier is Airfix's 1/24 (I got it for real cheap : 10 euros),
and the fish is a big rubbery thing, but sizes did fit well :
one way, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/harrier24-s_zpsiszrkdln.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05483s_zpsecnqfvs9.jpg)
and the other way, in blue :
(wheels were a bit hard to get straight, but hey, it does stand )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson-s_zpsw1daym0h.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05474s_zps1jnffaok.jpg)
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The red one looks a little steampunk submarine with all those rivets!
Awesome as always!
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thanks !
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Love the Harrier but your fishy Twotter takes the cake ;D
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thanks a lot!
I expected the Harrier to cause reactions as big as it is ;)
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Nice work. The blue one looked like a Skyhawk to me at first glance.
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thanks !
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another fishy experiment : using the booms of the previously shown 1/48 P-61, and a resin fish replica
(Tophe, you were concerned about the booms : here they are, not lost, on the contrary ! )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson2-s_zpsq3ayfhfs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05583s_zps8ovp7znj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05584s_zpsnonpfund.jpg)
this time I had to adopt a new kind of modelling tool :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_4805_zpsavwr2qas.jpg)
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This is a marvel: the most sexy fish I have ever seen :-* :-*
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The preceding Yellow and Blue numbers demonstrate that new species of "flying fish" are continually being found. Beautiful work on them and the red one before them.
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A whale would have echo location in place of radar....... ;)
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I love how the yellow fish's tail has the same sweep angle as the P-61 fins! Great stuff :)
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thanks all !
your appreciation demultiplies my imagination ;D
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There seems to reign a kind of Yak frenzy around here, and it just happens I treated a few Yak-15s
(the 1/72 PM kit, a nice basis for this kind of exercice I would say ;), I once got half a dozen for very cheap)
I am still fascinated by this record cover
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
I even bought the LP, just to see it (the music is kind of fun too, actually)
so here is the trumpet Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/trompette-s_zpszc1wtqth.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05554s_zpswryku2qs.jpg)
and the guitar Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05535s_zpsieaeauut.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitarePetite-s_zpsgo58jmce.jpg)
and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seringue-s_zps5ghqtoc3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05540s_zpsx7tmxvjq.jpg)
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and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :
:-* Great invention! Thanks! :-*
I have been inspired: "As war does not allow anything, even atrocious, the too-much lethal Poison-38 has been classified as forbidden weapon (like the atomic bomb/missile)":
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excellent, thank you Tophe !
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Thanks!
Ericr, I have a question about your syringe Yak-15: when the piston goes forward, what happens to the tail ? either:
1- it moves forward also, because solidly attached to the piston;
or
2- it stays at the same place (hold by a little boom at the center of the moving piston, scale 1 I mean, for "Real").
Which one? 1 or 2? ??? :)
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I'd vote for #2. It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable. The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.
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Your syringe Yak-15 is very intimidating :)
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I'd vote for #2. It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable. The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.
Thanks for this approval, from our favorite engineer in the World... ;)
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solution 2 is more subtle, but I approve all your imaginations ;)
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some flowers to celebrate the coming of spring :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rose-s_zpsnvteke3v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/plante-s_zpscni7kdcj.jpg)
another one, with seaplanes, is visible there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg122786#msg122786 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg122786#msg122786)
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That's a mighty fine way to celebrate Spring which can't come soon enough!
Most colorful!
Brian da Basher
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It is funny that the flower has not much colour but the bees are very colourful! Great!
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thanks !
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You are a blooming genius!! ;D
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two more small hybrids :
wings from a dragon on a Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/yak15-s_zpsade1zjwg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05504s_zpshlxk7wmy.jpg)
and a Mörser "equipped" like an elephant :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/morser-s_zpsh94jtpsy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05544s_zpscpn4u1kn.jpg)
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Love them both! :)
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The red one is both harmonious and civilian (it seems), I am delighted :-*
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thanks !
yes it is civilian, but still a dragon ;-)
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Superb stuff, pretty sure I swatted one of them red buggers in my garden last week, it kept trying to refuel from me pint! ???
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Love them both! :)
Me too ... but your Yak dragonet is truly superb!
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thanks again !
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not quite hybrids, but a nice pair of kits I found lately, of the brand Renwal, of very early aircraft.
They were both composed of a plastic "squeleton" with a kind of fabric to be cut and pasted in order to finish the surfaces.
I chose to keep the Antoinette as a squeleton, because I liked the idea, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/antoinette-s_zps6tyyjtzd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04500s_zpseaehl5e2.jpg)
and for the Voisin biplane, my motivation to find and build it came originally from a painting by Robert Delaunay in the 1910s where its simplified geometric shape appeared :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Robert_Delaunay_L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff_1913_Eindhoven.jpg)
and I did it in a more Mondrian-esque livery :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/voisin-s_zpsdn6iajmq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05561s_zpsm2w7iray.jpg)
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a cross-kit-bash, in 1/43 Heller : a bit sketchy but gives the idea
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini43-s_zpseoznvuaa.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05731s_zps4vjpekqs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvmini-s_zpsdaojq0kh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05738s_zpsglf0jxlv.jpg)
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The most funny may be the wheels of different size! :D :-*
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a cross-kit-bash, in 1/43 Heller : a bit sketchy but gives the idea
Great concept! :)
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thanks!
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a kitbash, from remains I had from previous projects ... nothing should get lost ! ;D
The Twin Otter is remarkably flexible and adaptable ; and I still have two more in my stash ... :o
And the Mi-1 parts were used with a pipe shown earlier in this very same thread.
And the top cockpit from some old Zero-like japanese plane.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi1twinotter-s_zps87zl3gml.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05776s_zpsqidijndz.jpg)
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Very elegant, harmonious and surprising all at the same time.
If you would say this is a 1945 ancestor to the Twin-Otter, I would try to make (with PhotoPaint) a Zwilling derivative... Yes? ???
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thanks !
and yes, please make a zwilling if you like :)
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yes, please make a zwilling if you like :)
Thanks! I will, soon I hope.
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Here is it, thanks! (Twintwin-Otter?)
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ericr: Great stuff :)
Tophe: How about an asymmetrical Siamese-twin-Otter?
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Tophe: How about an asymmetrical Siamese-twin-Otter?
The more easy to make is a little asymmetry (3 engines without external starboard one).
There is a good technical reason for such a layout: having fun in designing... ;)
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asymetry is great !
;D
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some time ago I was given a link to this !
(http://i.imgur.com/pDYys6h.jpg)
and it was just irresistible, I did that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephanteau-s_zpskvyohg7u.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05761s_zpscghxdixu.jpg)
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asymetry is great !
Yep. Nice job, Tophe :D
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it was just irresistible, I did that :
zoologically, your one is far more credible, ericr! :-*
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thanks !
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I don't want to be around when the elephants fly overhead... :o
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Even an Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant?
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:icon_surprised:
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Does this make Operation Dumbo Drop obsolete? :D
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not exactly a whif, except for the livery of course
but that incredible twin-fuselage deserves attention
like other creations by Rutan
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/whiteKnightSS1-s_zpslffh3pab.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05717s_zps34vvnqcg.jpg)
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double-twin-boom + spats + marvelous colours = a diamond (or a pearl, at least) :-*
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My what lovely little spats you have there!
:-* :-* :-*
Well done and love those primary colors!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
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remainings of the day : a mixture of Alouette helicopter and P-38
(the latter was an old childishly built kit, so it is a buit nastily punkish ;
I think this "composition" would deserve to be re-tried from clean new kits,
even in some larger scale, someday maybe ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps63qpipjb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06066s_zpslbahw7gh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06067s_zpsd06zl6t7.jpg)
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Could totally see that as a real P-38 derived reconnaissance or "pathfinder" bird. :)
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Beautiful! It makes you think of a high-powered twin-engine ancestor of the Optica.
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Oh yeah!! I love the look of this. :)
I could see it as just one of a bunch of postwar conversions of aircraft into civilian applications. Maybe give one a larger cabin/fuselage as a high speed transport.
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Wow what a great idea! Seems an excellent observation/recon platform!
Brian da Basher
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:-* :-* :-* (I am in love of this blue beauty...)
I just notice the 2-blade propellers, is there an explanation about them somehow?
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Clever combo of P-38 and helicopter parts. Could be patrolling along boarders and pipelines and such.
Odd (if you will), but seems feasible.
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Well,a new marvel from you Eric,such combinations are always a delight for my eyes!
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thanks all ! I really appreciate your appreciation !
the two-blades propellers come from the fact that I had lost the original ones, and found a four-blade propeller in my scrap box ;)
and then, a bit like the tail-sitting rear wheels, it makes for changes from he original P38
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like the tail-sitting rear wheels, it makes for changes from he original P38
Oh, I did not noticed this great little change, wonderful, thanks for telling us! So many marvelous features :-*
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Sometime ago I showed in this thread a space shuttle with a P-61 fuselage, in blue :
here is the reverse, a twin boomed propeller shuttle, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleP61-s_zpsraa3gff8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06070s_zpskirdlcqm.jpg)
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That is fantastic!
Cheers,
Logan
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Wow!
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My eyes and soul are loving this model! :-*
While my damned brains ask question, sorry:
- is it a space craft or an airplane? if one transforms into the other do the remaining parts fall down to Earth?
- is the load a satellite or simple cargo?
- is the rear of the shuttle a rocket engine? and does it burn the tailplane if fired on too early?
Answers are not obligatory, the model is wonderful even if pure fantasy... :-*
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Talk about imaginative!
The red is perfect for it.
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
Tophe, are you asking about realism? ;D
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beautiful hybridations ericr!
The blue P38/Alouette is my favourite indeed!
8)
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Tophe, are you asking about realism? ;D
It is not ME, it is an evil part in "my" brains (stranger brains in my head), that I try to fight but which still asks silly questions, sorry... ;)
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Excellent Imagineering. :)
As noted: does raise a few operational questions !
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thanks a lot !
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One day I stumbled upon this :
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4965/683/1600/325296/Y%20Y%20101.jpg)
and liked it so I have a turn using a pair of 1/43 2cv's :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsbjukvte1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06147s_zpsvcbcewrn.jpg)
and only a bit too late I thought of the yin yang possibility :I might try and find a pair of Beetles after all someday ...
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Beautiful, ericr, the idea of the Yin-Yang beetle is great!
Antonio
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Very nice!
while... mechanically, how is it working? When the red component drives forward, should the yellow gear be set in reverse ("marche arrière" in French)?
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thanks !
and it is working ... not mechanically but poetically I guess?
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I think I mentioned this LP cover to you come time ago :
(https://images.recordsale.de/600/600/cdpix/u/uriahheep-highandmighty(13).jpg)
I like this kind of chance meetings, so I had a try at it with a plastic gun, and wings from a Vigilante kit wreck :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flingues-s_zpsdddwlozd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06082s_zpszpobpdwy.jpg)
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I recently discovered the existence of the quite extraordinary Bleriot 125 :
(https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/3/2/8/2/a8386405-186-bleriot%20-125-00%20from%20popular%20mechanics.jpg)
and was driven to try out a canadian version (as if the backup story was that the Bleriot inc. engineer responsible for that design had emigrated to Canada, joined DHC, and reactivated the concept using material existing there) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter4-s_zpslzlkum3a.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06176s_zpsp1tlybit.jpg)
note the slight nose asymetry ase well ;D
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Brilliant! Love your push-pull Beaver pod and the long and short Twotter noses ;D
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Wonderful! The best of the old becoming new again! :-* :-*
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thanks !
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more LP-cover inspiration from the 70s :
I showed you that one already in the past
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
it was haunting me for some time, because there are ideas there that are just too beautiful not to try them ;
and I finally got the ingredients together, and then found the guts to go at it ;) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/piano-s_zpstlne96z5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06159s_zpskqjalcac.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06161s_zpsqgnsmfls.jpg)
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So you could say that is "Schräge Musik"?
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This layout is almost "logic" : choosing radial engines is meaning "we don't care of aerodynamic drag, raw power will win", so this large piano fuselage has no problem at all... ;)
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thanks ! ;D
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another kitbash : Antonov Colt (of which the floats were used for a Wyvern seaplane)
with Twin Otter wings (of which the floats will be used in the near future ... and the fuselage is in the Blériot-125 / DHC remake):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colt2-s_zpsptyqppwe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06166s_zpsivbl8kaj.jpg)
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This airplane looks so perfect that your talent is not featured, like a model Out Of the Box, while this is an incredible mix, requiring uneasy adaptations for sure. Congratulations (and thanks for the explanation "where do the parts come from?" not easy to guess) ;)
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thanks !
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That's one really neat yellow hybrid! I especially like how that Antonov canopy gives it an almost French character.
You've shown that the whole is greater than a sum of the parts!
Brian da Basher
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You've shown that the whole is greater than a sum of the parts!
thank you very much for this analysis : I like it very much ! it explains the joys of kitbashing :)
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another kitbash, with another part of the An-2 : I had a Wellington fuselage (minus the tail, used with the wings for a violin experiment earlier in this thread) and a Halifax tail in my reserves,
so here are the remainings of the day
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/wellington-s_zps6kghovh4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06220s_zps0uxsjuxf.jpg)
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Interesting
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thanks ;-)
"interesting" is not in contradiction with a bit of uglyness ;D
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Truly unique and the various bits look like they definitely belong together.
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My what lovely spats you have there!
:-* :-* :-*
The rest is crackerjack too!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
(spats are from a 1/48 He51 ... )
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That fuselage from a chinese kit was in my remainings since long ago I used the wings for a flute, and it met a recently bought B57B (the Revell box-scale one) : the encounter produced a Trident-like jet plane
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chengdu-s_zps8bsl2b6q.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06228s_zps53fibqdz.jpg)
and then what to do with the B57B fuselage? well, let's try for a dragster-like road vehicle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b57b-s_zpshzxoopri.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06236s_zpscdkwcjvo.jpg)
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Turbojet in the fuselage to get the thing up to height and speed - and ramjets in the wings for high speed?
Nice research plane! :)
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and then what to do with the B57B fuselage? well, let's try for a dragster-like road vehicle :
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b57b-s_zpshzxoopri.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06236s_zpscdkwcjvo.jpg[/url])
That's great,but why don't you put this model in Racing GB ???
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Wow! :-*
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thank you !
I don't do cars usually, and I don't know about the racing GB ...
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thank you !
I don't do cars usually, and I don't know about the racing GB ...
See here: Racing Group Build (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?board=71.0) Planes, cars, trains, boats etc - everything is allowed.
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Oh yes Bananacar is definitely a natural for the Racing GB!
Well done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks ! I am not used to GBs, I will try to make an entry in that one ...
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some aircraft have a snoot, nearly a face of a cat or a dog, and I had to try that ;
plus, it helps me finally using bits and pieces in my stash/scrap box
The space shuttle with a cat
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06295s_zpsuwaxeonf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat19-s_zpslhv49ygo.jpg)
the same shuttle (same scale, that is), but with a dog :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chienpapier-s_zps7x6et8vl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06257s_zpsm4kvo3qc.jpg)
or another cat with a B-17 (1/48) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat27-s_zpsssi3emmo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06262s_zpsunjmnvef.jpg)
or yet another cat, a bit bigger, with a Victor :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chatpapier-s_zpstlpnb4dk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06289s_zpsi2yzap99.jpg)
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They are very lovely, thanks! :-*
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thank you !
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Hi all
photobucket just changed its behavior, and does not show my pictures any more.
Maybe I missed an annoucement but I am surprised.
Another problem is that I don't manage to access my account : even when I ask for a password change I don't get the email, even in my spam.
I am looking for alternative solutions to continue posting pictures.
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Hi eric. I'm sorry to hear you're one of the Photobucket victims.
I've started looking for new photo hosting and while I haven't used this yet, I've heard good things about them:
imgur.com (http://imgur.com/)
Best of luck!
Brian da Basher
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thanks for the tips, I will see how to resume my flow of images ;)
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so, let's go back to business, now that imgur has offered hospitality
still under the impression of this record cover :
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51brAL5EW-L.jpg)
I had a try at a clarinet, with a 1/72 B-17 this time :
(http://i.imgur.com/mGLek00.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/wnVsCid.jpg)
in yellow (from a spray can : smoother result)
oh, and the (toy) clarinet still is functional
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Different
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With the airflow opposite to what we knew... either it does not work (does not play) or else: this is Genius... :-*
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thanks !
on the question of the orientation, I indeed followed the model of the LP cover,
whereas the other direction would make sense for producing sound.
I had the case in the past, with a flute, and I consequently tried both sides,
one with a F7E (chinese Mig 21), the other with a B727 :
(http://i.imgur.com/1Xofuvj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5HOYwWs.jpg)
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([url]http://i.imgur.com/1Xofuvj.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i.imgur.com/5HOYwWs.jpg[/url])
Two rare examples of Baroque planes...
:icon_music:
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a little bit baroque indeed ;)
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a kitbash, which fitted surprisingly well
(http://i.imgur.com/QOAdhT6.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/dIqYSz2.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/i4KRtYX.jpg)
the wings and tail of the Blinder had been used long ago for a flying pencil build ;
the Victor nose appeared on cat more recently
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Gorgeous ericr :-* but not quite insane enough :o
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A very nice Vinder. Or a Blictor?
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Pleasant! :-*
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Gorgeous ericr :-* but not quite insane enough :o
Agree, it looks quite normal!
;)
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Very nice
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Very aesthetically appealing and looks like it should exist. Perhaps the Tu-22V, NATO codename: "Beauty"?
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thank all !
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That's a real stunner and one of your finest, eric!
If you put red stars on it I bet you could fool a lot of people into believing it was real.
Great stuff!
Brian da Basher
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That's a real stunner and one of your finest, eric!
If you put red stars on it I bet you could fool a lot of people into believing it was real. ...
Agreed. Ditto for roundels and anti-flash white. A 'Beauty' indeed :-*
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Looks (is?) faster than a Victor.
Impressed you found fuselage-wing combo that works so well. :smiley:
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Saw this image and thought it was perfect for you Eric:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_uKAFKTkXs/VrcS7_ybnlI/AAAAAAAAKzw/NP2YKnpQvKM/s1600/IMG_4592.jpg)
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Ericr is not "the only dreamer" in the World, just he is "my favourite dreamer" in the World... ;)
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Saw this image and thought it was perfect for you Eric:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_uKAFKTkXs/VrcS7_ybnlI/AAAAAAAAKzw/NP2YKnpQvKM/s1600/IMG_4592.jpg)
thanks a lot !
quite inspiring indeed, maybe I'll have a look for appropriately scaled ingredients ;)
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this was inspired by images that can be seen here and there, of whales with sails, and a Heller kit for a Corsair boat :
(http://i.imgur.com/NhxXTQr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bbQ5Z29.jpg)
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AWESOME !!!
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Wunnerful, wunnerful. :icon_fsm:
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thanks ;D
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Superb whale, and as for the blinder/victor, ooh lala, just right. :P
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thank you for both !
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another whale figurine happened to cross a Type XXIII U-boot (Revell, 1/144) in a chance meeting;
and, as any decent submarine, it had to go yellow :
(http://i.imgur.com/Df2Kd2u.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/sGFQU2I.jpg)
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Usually I am interected only in "aircraft" models, but once again, you tend to make me change my mind... Your whale with sails, most of all, is very lovely... :-* :-*
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thanks !
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:smiley:
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remainings of the day :
so what do we have today :
- the landing gear and struts if the Spirit of Saint Louis, which have an interesting shape
- the wings and tail surfaces of a MC 72 (1/48)
- a crocodile (probably bought together with an elephant, in order to combine postage, and then you get that kind of stuff in your stash without knowing what to do with it, I guess you know what I mean ...)
and all that fits and lives together quite well actually, in red :
(http://i.imgur.com/GCCmqAL.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bvfpLv6.jpg)
and now I still have four crocodile legs in the spare parts box ...
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:-* Wonderful crocodile airplane!
I just have a question, remaining ??? Is the tail asymmetric on starboard or mobile, moving from port to starboard with the muscles of the crocodile basis? ;) (this question is funny but not a joke, getting an answer is important for me to know if I add this model in my collection of asymmetric planes or in a brand new part of classification! wow anyway!)
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thanks !
the tail is flexible indeed, controlled by the mind/spirits/moods/brain of the crocodile
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Good! So... piloting with AI does not refer to Artificial Intelligence but to Animal Intelligence! ;)
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:smiley:
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;D
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Uniquely different. The legs and feet from the crocodile should go on a stol transport (Short Skyvan, perhaps?) for adaptability to 'most any terrain.
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thanks for the idea ;)
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quite some time ago I was shown a picture out of a comics with a Concorde-like aircraft with claws and head of an eagle ...
Remembering that, it took me a while to find an appropriate plastic bird to build that with a Tu-144 (1/144 scale) :
(http://i.imgur.com/FVVMNq8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pf8Q2Yr.jpg)
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Amazing! :-* :-*
Addition: have you created the first airplane ever with only 2 legs? ;D
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All it needs is a top hat and a glass of aviation fuel and it's a bigger version of this:
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.teachersource.com/images/products/pop/db100.jpg)
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thanks ;D
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and now, what to do with the rest of the plastic crow?
I happened to have the nose of a 1/72 Halifax available ...
(http://i.imgur.com/fhoykj6.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/SuAeUFa.jpg)
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Very lovely... :-*
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thanks ;)
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after the photobucket black-out, I still have a backlog of things to show
Sometime ago I was pointed at this picture, which I found startling :
(http://cdn.wallpaperjam.com/static/images/m/a6/a7/a6a713b1c52da205f0b07cbf6f2d4255357505e8.jpg)
so I finally got to fetch (i) a rhino (ii) a F-16 (Academy 1/72, simply) :
(http://imgur.com/7OR78xC.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/Yk13kqp.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Great! And this is not only an attack plane but also an observation plane: have you noticed the two devices like ears (exploring forward)?
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thanks !
Great! And this is not only an attack plane but also an observation plane: have you noticed the two devices like ears (exploring forward)?
;D
actually it does not have much left on the attack side : just drop tanks ;)
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back on the musical theater :
this mini-flute is now self-propelled by a M108
(http://imgur.com/TVV04Ag.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/vdopIHn.jpg)
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:smiley:
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thanks !
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I can just see a squadron of them as the flute section of a mobile orchestra. Beautiful!
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;D
for the orchestra I built other instruments, earlier in this thread, but rather aircraft until now
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so, a hippo has that paticular charm, that made it a perfect addition to this series,
end the Revell (ex-Matchbox) Kiowa is very flexible for this kind of endeavour :
(https://imgur.com/UgYAkxC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HHZDroQ.jpg)
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Yaaaaaaaawn!
(it means: good).
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thanks !
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Great!! Organically-powered helicopter using naturally renewable fuels!
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;D
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to continue on the musical thread, especially with flutes, here are a gun and a rifle joining the orchestra :
(https://imgur.com/DH7SHpQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/9J4J83R.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PDsfGAi.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/APC3pXM.jpg)
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;D :smiley: :smiley:
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;)
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did I show you this one yet?
I had this bike kit for some years, and Ineed to / wish to reduce my stash, so I thought about this boat side car ...
(https://imgur.com/FFHaYVo.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/TuqBq8G.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I saw the picture with VWs, but thought 2cvs would fit as nicely :
(https://imgur.com/1uKxykm.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CMTUm7K.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/e81vjp9.jpg)
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Clever! :smiley:
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Such a car may be difficult to use for going to work, but it seems perfect for meditation... Aommmmm... ;)
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;D
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so with all these builds, I had a few fuselages in stock,
and also a few snakes plastic figurines in my stash,
and the hybrids are there, with a yellow F-5A, a red Kiowa, a blue F-16 :
(https://imgur.com/O7yMaO3.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YxRUIxd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nTcFSt2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/MEXmQKq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vGuYe2c.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qiu92v3.jpg)
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venomous but oh so pleasant... :-* :-* :-*
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thanks !
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Nicely done :-* !
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thanks !
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another part of the snake, with anoter part of the F5 :
(https://imgur.com/Z4USd2x.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/aJg3cSJ.jpg)
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Wow ! A modern vision of Quetzalcoatl... The Maya snake bird
(https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/evilibrium/images/2/2b/Ds_creature_quetzalcoatl_preview.png)
God job ;)
Frederic
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;D
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so, in my stash/spares box, remaining from previous projects, I had a BK117 fuselage, and crocodile legs :
(https://imgur.com/9ogOZWE.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NiGtfEH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/c0FILe4.jpg)
funny to see how things fit by themselves (nearly, when helped a bit)
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What a marvel! :-*
I don't mean it is lovely, I am not a Young girl wanting to kiss the frog in case this is a charming prince... But nice, funny, good! ;)
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;D
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wasn't the FW189 nicknamed the flying glasshouse?
(https://imgur.com/ssUdqA6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PhnXk2x.jpg)
(the glasshouse is from Faller in 1/87, so it is a scalorama)
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Fine example of flying laboratory researching vegetable growth at higher altitudes. :smiley:
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;D
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:smiley: ;D
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Good! :-*
Maybe a plain green colour would have been more ecological, but I understand this is not a primary colour ;)
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;)
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the helicopter is a BK117 (another part of the Crocodile case seen earlier)
(https://imgur.com/XUmO6H1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2ZNykwd.jpg)
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Weird! :-*
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Cute :smiley:
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;)
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Cute :smiley:
Very! I can just see it expanding between the engine section and the landing skids when it puffs up.
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thanks !
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some time ago I was proposed this image as an inspiration :
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5595584ae4b0651388a33f71/t/5595b1d9e4b02838d125fda1/1435873765875/IMG_4592.JPG?format=300w)
and I finally came up with this, using a 1/144 Tomcat nose :
(https://imgur.com/Y4r8eQZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NykPzzc.jpg)
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Very lovely
bird machine thing! :-*
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:smiley:
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thanks !
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the other half of the 1/144 Tomcat :
I had this idea (who knows wherefrom or why?) that a swept-wing aircraft should match well with a saxophone ;
in reality (if I dare say so) it came less obviously, but I somehow managed, for my series in music instruments
(https://imgur.com/16eU3S6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3FYyAgt.jpg)
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Congratulations for the PSR work on the removed nose (gone elsewhere, we saw this), here this seems natural, for making room to blow the saxophone, and the airflow is changing direction with the curve and is directed toward the air intakes, good! ;)
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thanks !
I found some pieces of a kind of pod in my spares box to make the basis of the new nose, so it wasn't too hard ;)
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it was tempting, and I had this remainder from earlier projects, a Victor fuselage, which deserved its moment of glory, even without the cockpit, but even older I had this head of Ariane 5 rocket which fit just naturally, like all the rest : and when nature fits, why resist?
(https://imgur.com/OQMF9qy.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ex2zcpd.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Coat hanger brilliance :o
Plan view proportions are ideal with Victor fuselage.
For those inclined to scratch build: Metal, plastic, or wood coat hanger can be structure to build wing upon.
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Funny... :-*
(but this not "only funny": this is the best explanation of the Victor's wing shape that I have ever seen) ;)
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Makes storage of completed kits easier... 8)
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;D
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some time ago I discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv-2 (with some other influence as well) :
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_dk.jpg)
and it fired me to get a kit of the F_82 (well, actually, several : wait and see ...)
and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51 :
(https://imgur.com/4HrznRc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/osfng9e.jpg)
the nose is a bit short, it comes from a He-59 ...
and I had to cheat a bit with the rear wheel, in order to have enough height for the pushing propeller ;)
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:smiley:
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:-* :-* :-* Oh, so wonderful! You made it? True? Or is this just a Photoshop joke?
I feel honoured to be the source (somehow) of such a marvel... :-[
Have you discarded the ventral air scoop of the main fuselage to have a dorsal scoop (red a little lighter, it seems a scoop, no?). Wow, so great!
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thanks !
I encourage everyone to buy F-82s and build Tophe-inspired designs ;D
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I realize I already did some others as well ...
from my archive, and to compensate the PB loss, here is a little recall :
(https://imgur.com/Bf1T2LY.jpg)
and another one, also Tophe inspired at the time :
(https://imgur.com/9tBY9xH.jpg)
and I have made another one which I will show soon, and still have one on my stash ...
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hi all, after being away from internet for a moment I'm back again.
So, some time ago I also discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv :
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_di.jpg)
and it fired me to fetch another kit of the F_82 (I still have one left after that ...)
and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51, and augmenting visibility (it is a 3-seater) :
(https://imgur.com/FmBe701.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ZR1QVnz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/81PGEQF.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Marvelous :-*
And where are the extra parts (not P-82) coming from? (glazed posts, front and rear, and also the tailplane) ??? :smiley:
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Those are some build combos. :smiley:
Nice plastic surgery, asymmetrical yet looking correct in their own way.
Yellow seaplane F-82 is concept I'd like to build with some undetermined fighter. Also looks correct.
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thanks !
the front glass come from a 1/48 P-61, and fitted just very nicely ;)
the rear one I don't know ... and the tailplane maybe from a BF109?
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Blue Lightning, ehhh Mustang, ehhh asymmetric! :o ;D 8)
Excellent. :smiley:
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;D
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that model was so tempting ...
(https://imgur.com/XXm8HPJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HJKBsZk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/oSBNkLQ.jpg)
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Awesome concept. :o
Figuring top is hydrogen/helium filled. All elements do come together.
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Looking like an evil insect... >:D
(if it was all black I would feel tempted to crush it on the floor) ;)
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thanks !
it is simply the Finemolds kit, which has even the bay for flappsters :
(https://imgur.com/7O6PAQQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/suRB8pH.jpg)
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Love the Movie; love Your model. :D
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thanks !
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:smiley:
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;)
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remainings of the day :
a Type XXIII Uboot hull, with the canopy of a 1/48 Rufe : I considered adding wings, but the fit is nice already like that ...
(https://imgur.com/a9mjdG1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7jq1nAg.jpg)
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Wonderfull Yellow Submarine - room for four? ;D
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Nifty - works as is, no more to do. :smiley:
Good eye on seeing parts combination.
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Looks like it could have come out of a Tintin book. :smiley:
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Yes nice! :-* (and usually I love only aircraft)
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Love it!
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thanks !
the Tintin reference springs to mind, naturally ;)
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Adding an aircraft canopy is a crackerjack idea, ericr! Reminds me of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
That's Tophe level imaginative ingenuity!
Brian da Basher
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Why do I suddenly hear the Bond theme? :P
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Beautiful 1/48 mini-sub there; I could see a video of it cruising shallow water with either the Bond theme or the theme music from the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea TV show (not the movie).
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thanks !
musical ideas would be nice alternative to back-up stories : we could make a habit of that : propose a model, a story,
and then a "music title to be listened to while looking"
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a two-way mash-up :
one way : a sawfish head on a F5
(https://imgur.com/Wvqwa8z.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Wgos9Z6.jpg)
the other way : a F5 nose on a sawfish
(https://imgur.com/pYLRiAw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/QthHGQy.jpg)
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:smiley: :smiley:
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thanks !
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Eye-catching, both of them!!
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;)
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He-he, like them :D
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another crossing :
in one direction
(https://imgur.com/yfYQutd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nly37hp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2MWGVEv.jpg)
and in the other
(https://imgur.com/d0h4Z1c.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BHKd0xZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zXZTpTX.jpg)
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:smiley:
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;)
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Gorgeous, both of them!
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On the yellow one, I love the branchia/gills breathing detail, making it "Real"...
(the red one is wonderful too, thanks) :-*
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thanks !
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I couldn't resist on trying something out of this :
(http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=22.0;attach=16964;image)
and I did have three Mirage 2000 in my stash ...
(https://imgur.com/Yw4XgdP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/IPwNECz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/B4AL2us.jpg)
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That's great !
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^ That's true! :smiley:
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Outstanding
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thanks !
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Yowsa is that tri-motor yellow Mirage hot!
Most excellent, eric!
Brian da Basher
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Beautiful!! You have to wonder how much range it has, though, with those three engines.
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Also wonder about acceleration and climb rate.
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in whiff world, all of them are just smooth ;D
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nearly stricly OOB, in the sense that the plastic was a very nice (to my taste ;)) yellow,
so I left it unpainted, with just a touch of blue and of red
(https://imgur.com/LEmJo26.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/StyYgHT.jpg)
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nearly stricly OOB, in the sense that the plastic was a very nice (to my taste ;)) yellow,
so I left it unpainted, with just a touch of blue and of red
Great decoration! :-* Probably, the kit manufacturer never imagined that! ;) with asymmetric colours, so nice...
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I couldn't resist on trying something out of this :
and I did have three Mirage 2000 in my stash ...
:-* :-* :-* Coming back from family Xmas travel, I discover this marvel... wow! Lately, I clap my hands so much that it hurts (pleasantly)... ;)
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thanks !
and thanks again for the Top-Mirage idea !
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WOW The top mirage is really a top creation, impressive!
AnDonio
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This could be one of my favorites of yours yet, eric!
The use of primary colors is done most artistically and has produced a true delight!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
Tophe's creations are very inspiring
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Beautifully done MU-2S kit. It looks quite striking in that color scheme.
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(note to self, Must build my stashed Mu-2s)
Love the Mirage answer to the SR-72, Could Stingray have a new adversary? And, (sorry in advance here) is the red one, ahem,
a B28 Beagle shark?
Nice stuff. 8)
Ian
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;)
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I had done in the recent past a FW189 with a glasshouse, litterally that is and not just as a nickname, in yellow :
I just had to try the BV141 which, on top of all the rest, is asymetric too !
(https://imgur.com/scFOIKM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kawMUlU.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h70jEGy.jpg)
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Wonderful! Asymmetric AND peaceful for cultivating flowers... Yes: wonderful... :-*
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thanks ;)
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Looks like you could not only grow flowers but, within limits, deliver them.
Addendum: We already have FTD that allows you to order flowers delivered to other cities with a phone call or on-line order. With this you have FFD, Flower Flying Delivery that brings them directly from the greenhouse.
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:smiley:
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Delightful, absolutely delightful.
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thanks again !
;D
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an Airfix Dinah, old kit but nice, with a skull from Revell
I hesitated about keeping the nose or not : both versions here,
making it a Pinocchio
(https://imgur.com/MtWKwm7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/gDxH9b2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/clGpUMr.jpg)
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Horrible... but nice!
(my "favorite" is the nose-less one, because this is the most frightening or something)
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;D
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Noseless one looks like it belongs to a criminal gang or other evil organization. Perhaps something that the villain would fly in an old serial. *chuckle* If it had been red instead of blue, I would imagine it being flown by the Red Skull from the Captain America comic.
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;) here comes some red :
it was a kit with a skull and its accompanying brain :
the latter fitted nicely with the wings and booms of a Sea Venom from my stash :
(https://imgur.com/ZguLmB1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/oOrVJGy.jpg)
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Would that be described as the ultimate UAV? It certainly would have a functional brain on board for control purposes.
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Twin-boomers are always lovely! :-*
But this one, moreover, has BRAINS!!! :-* :-*
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;D
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I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ... it required a special peak in inspiration, which fell upon this PZL39
(https://imgur.com/aXjOP96.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EfImd2o.jpg)
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Somehow, this model makes me think of an elephant nose, married with an octopus of the sea... ??? ;) :-*
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elephants come to mind indeed, as well as "droop snoot" (like the name of the P38)
;D
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please note that I had to put weight in the tail, in order to avoir nose-sitting :
that's what happens when you do whiff : you try out imaginary solutions, you get imaginary problems ;D
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It doesn't go after targets, it pulls targets to it! beautiful blend!!
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;D
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another potential nose-sitter, which I had to add weight in the tail :
the other part of the Sea Venom, with the legs of a mygale spider :
(https://imgur.com/SOK0K9C.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2RmolkJ.jpg)
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What a frightening animal/machine! If I were a giant, I would crush it under my shoe! ;)
(But it is a great model of this nasty beast) :-*
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;)
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Can't help but be a Venom-ous spider, now can it? Beautiful job of blending, there.
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thanks !
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the other side of the mygale, with many eyes, and parts from a Kiowa helicopter :
(https://imgur.com/T7gnMjH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nTAztgk.jpg)
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I don't feel comfortable with this animal, but knowing this is just a model, not a beast ready to bite me, I enjoy! ;)
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Interesting flying predator, there; I daresay it would be a challenge to swat with all those eyes.
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thanks !
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something else : remainders of the day
from older projects, I had a fuselage of an An-2, and sails from a Sinagot
(as well as bits for the front and tail, and wheel from a Fokker Dr.1 and a Me262 ...)
They do fit together into a sailing car :
(https://imgur.com/OoEhDB2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EaqLSXQ.jpg)
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Another winner. :smiley:
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Well,this sailing car of yours has that ''je ne sais qoi'' vibe and I love it !!! (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/105.gif) (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/8.gif) (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/41.gif)
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Beautiful!! Just the kind of vehicle to be operated by an heir of "Windwagon Smith" (Google him; I heard of him from living in Wichita, KS; never knew about the animated feature until I googled him).
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thanks !!
the reference to windwagons is great !
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a great improvement that was suggested to me :
(https://imgur.com/5gCub4p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Pr4m22o.jpg)
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:smiley:
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a 100% organic proposal this time,
no mechanical device (e.g., aircraft) was harmed during the making of this build
I still have brains in my stash :
(https://imgur.com/nCuUrrA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/AI34lV5.jpg)
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Curiously attractive!! It looks like it belongs in a Fifties sf/horror movie.
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The fifties movie in question is The Brain from Planet Arous (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_from_Planet_Arous)
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3e/03/ee/3e03ee8986f1a74b10913b066259d272--the-brain-science-fiction.jpg)
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I have not watched that one, my comment was made have in jest based on the nonsense I have watched that belonged on "One Star Theater" (A late weekend night showing of only the absolutely worst movies, like "The Big Claw" et al.).
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thanks !
that movie is definitely a relevant reference ;D
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more scorpions ...
this time with a Revell 1/72 Kiowa helicopter fuselage
(https://imgur.com/FVkxiXk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h9KvLQ4.jpg)
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Unique!! It can't fly, but it sure can run over 'most any terrain. It would be quite the light field transport.
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Turn the tip of the tail into a sensor pod/ball for looking over hills etc
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thanks ! ;)
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I would not say "cute!", because I have been educated to feel this tail is very dangerous. Anyway this is the
most gorgeous less ugly scorpion I have ever seen!
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Turn the tip of the tail into a sensor pod/ball for looking over hills etc
Like the Martian sensor/weapons pod in George Pal's version of War of the Worlds?
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a 100% organic proposal this time,
no mechanical device (e.g., aircraft) was harmed during the making of this build
I still have brains in my stash :
([url]https://imgur.com/nCuUrrA.jpg[/url])
([url]https://imgur.com/AI34lV5.jpg[/url])
Brain Bug approves.
(http://www.epilogue.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery_lg/images/06/19/37218_1147320000.jpg)
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thans for the references : a sensor pod would indeed look like the martians,
and the brain bug is ... er ... impressive ;)
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this rubber crow lost its head elsewhere :
(https://imgur.com/VQZPfXr.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4U4gUIb.jpg)
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Unique and not unattractive. What's the source of the cockpit and forward fuselage?
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thanks ;)
the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel
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the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel
Lord! I had understood this bird was special, with a nose propeller, but... never, never would have I thought this bird was a camel!???! ??? ;)
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the aircraft pieces come from a Revell 1/28 Sopwith Camel
Lord! I had understood this bird was special, with a nose propeller, but... never, never would have I thought this bird was a camel!???! ??? ;)
Camel built by a legislative committee.
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;)
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the other way round, with a 1/48 Tornado (the nose of which you probably saw a while ago)
(https://imgur.com/hDZG4CJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/p2j0lI5.jpg)
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Very nice!!! The scarecrows had better watch out.
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;D
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*grin* Put an ALQ-99 pod on the inner wing pylons and it would clearly be able to apply to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Old Crows (EWO's).
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more tentacles ...
(https://imgur.com/kdEgYVj.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BQ07pn3.jpg)
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It seems this is the very first VTOL octopus in the Universe: ericr are you the Creator (I mean: God)? ;)
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Clearly an octocopter...
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Beautiful!! It would fit right in with a number of movie monsters - and look more plausible than several of them.
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thanks !
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the other way round
(please, oh please, you all tentacle counters, don't be too harsh, this is whif world after all, so don't criticize the mere fact that there are only four)
(https://imgur.com/CPXcaPZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/iwOYSHu.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/hI8LeVw.jpg)
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Very attractive submersible vehicle; I can just see it being operated "wet" by either beings in breathing gear or being that breath water. The number of tentacles is adequate for stability and locomotion without being too many to get in the way.
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thanks !
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the other side of the Camel (1/28), with a tractor (1/32), and still red this time (usually I change colors when I swap stuff into chimeras)
(https://imgur.com/B6QS4tD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/MT75FoE.jpg)
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intriguing! Gives new meaning to the phrase, "Beating Swords into Plowshares".
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The tank version:
(http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Photostory/JimMerrigan/flyingtank/KT-3.jpg)
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Yes, this flying tractor seems designed by Antonov for Soviet farms, as civilian derivative of the flying tank... ;)
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thanks all !
the tank-glider is indeed a reference ;)
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Eric, I was missing from BTP for a long time, I have found so many fantastic ew creations of yours! I can't decide which ones are my preferred but the camel tractor and the octopus series appear very "realistic"...
Great works and fantasy as usual!
Antonio
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thanks again !
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a Mirage 2000 nose in my stash ...
and a scorpion !
(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/FwxVT50.jpg)
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Wow! Wonderful! :-* :-*
No, no, I must remember the Scorpion is a bad & dangerous animal, like the warplane, but anyway, I am impressed! :-*
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;D
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Unique and interesting; I can see that scuttling around in a battle zone.
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thanks
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in both directions :
one way, in blue :
(https://imgur.com/Qmm0CKT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/VkmRBDO.jpg)
and the other way, in red :
(https://imgur.com/5PYdDb8.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2wzxWaJ.jpg)
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Me and my family (wife and son) love your blue penguin! :-*
It is uneasy to explain but the number of propellers/hands seems just right, "like Real", no, how to say this? This is simply perfect, wonderful!
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love all of your stuff, ericr ! Thank God the men in white coats haven't caught you yet ! ;D
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thanks ! ;)
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a Blainville beacked whale and a 1/320 DC-10 (Revell, ex-Matchbox)
one way, in yellow :
(https://imgur.com/dHaQL0W.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wtqLa8p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YWxzX7o.jpg)
and the other way, in blue :
(https://imgur.com/Yii6KaS.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/z2QwHfA.jpg)
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Beautiful!! Quite tempting for a modern Captain Ahab.
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thanks ! ;)
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The surprising angle of the tail jet looks very "biologic" (not mechanic, like free: Mother Nature decides...) ;) :-*
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the angle depends on the movements of the whale ;)
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This jet that could go in every direction is a marvel, yes. :-*
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;)
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the dozer was in my spares box, coming from a 1/35 T-55
(https://imgur.com/nBCJtvw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/X5Z6ICM.jpg)
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That merged with a Super Hornet would be cool
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That merged with a Super Hornet would be cool
or a Phantom II.
When this one charges, you definitely want to be out of its path.
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Funny!
It may be "useful" to remove snow too, if the animal part in it accepts it. ;)
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;D
I have tried a rhino and F-16 earlier in this thread ;)
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It may be "useful" to remove snow too, if the animal part in it accepts it. ;)
That would have to be a woolly rhino ;)
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;)
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Once I thought about it, looking at the turtle, I just had to buy the corresponding tank
(one I had in the stash was too small ...) (and luckily, I also had a spare turtle head there too ...)
one way, in yellow :
(https://imgur.com/izKwHrw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YaMNRjG.jpg)
the other way, in blue :
(https://imgur.com/DudELBH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4s48wKL.jpg)
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Beautiful!! Both of them!!
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Beautiful!! Both of them!!
I feel the same: :-* :-*
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thanks !
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one more pic, before moving to something completely different
(https://imgur.com/74x8sVj.jpg)
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before moving to something completely different
please don't move too far, as you were enjoying us so much... ;)
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;)
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some time ago, I did stuff using scorpions figurines, like this :
(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)
and Tophe was inspired to do these
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairT_bd.jpg)
which inspired me to do those :
(https://imgur.com/cGwoEB0.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Dmh5cIK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7kWZuix.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4ZLb7mR.jpg)
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Some very interesting "wildlife" there: I would not wish to run into either on a dark night.
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;D
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one way, in blue :
(https://imgur.com/97sHdc2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/84wzxY1.jpg)
and the other way, in red :
(https://imgur.com/jXgXsca.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zdeoeJL.jpg)
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'workhorse'!
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;D
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another horse-based kitbash : with a 1/35 M16 half-track
(https://imgur.com/27BCvgK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/GpZCxmC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/fW8attl.jpg)
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Bio-technic origin of the specification for Imperial AT-At walkers? Beautiful piece of work, here.
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:D
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What's the horse-power on that thing? It's one horse, but it's HUGE.
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;D
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I don't want to put the cat among the pigeons, maybe there are Salvador Dali or Dr.Frankenstein or Picasso (or super-deformer" anime-style) fans but why this topic is in "Aerospace" ? For this kind of creations there should be place named "Art" of "Abstract Art". Ericr ,please, don't take it as a attack on your imagination or style.
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Good point - I have moved it accordingly so as to better reflect Eric's diverse tastes in creations.
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well the reason why it is in aerospace is that quite often there are bits of aircraft in my stuff :
I didn't see a problem in making non-aircraft things from time to time, but if necessary, I can use another thread for non-aircraft stuff, and keep this one in aerospace for aircraft hybrids? (otherwise maybe people following this will get lost ?)
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well the reason why it is in aerospace is that quite often there are bits of aircraft in my stuff :
I didn't see a problem in making non-aircraft things from time to time, but if necessary, I can use another thread for non-aircraft stuff, and keep this one in aerospace for aircraft hybrids? (otherwise maybe people following this will get lost ?)
Well , IMHO this is not aerospace, nor land nor sea no matter what parts will you use...this is "ART":) You should have whole section for you called f.ex. "ART" or sth like that :) Because there is no such place here, "Other" is best of them. Build anything you want , any way you want :)
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IMHO, it should not be exclusive, and aerospace begins when there is soething related to aircraft, that is why I was posting there, and would like to continue at least for the builds involving parts of aircraft. As you say, "Other" is for anything else, that is ti say nothing in particular.
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Guys, it has now been moved to the "Other" category so that it can cover everything and anything.
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oops, have been away and busy, so I have to catch up publishing the series ...
and in the meantime, my thread was moved here :
let's see if it has not become too invisible :
just say hello if you come by here
the other half of the horse,with a half of a Revell 1/32 Lakota
(which is an aircraft ;-) )
(https://imgur.com/s6u4vSh.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/TFTCoBD.jpg)
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Cute! Undoubtedly a supply horse for the air cavalry.
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;D
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hello!
FYI, I love your stuff and look forward to each new concoction, but I agree it does not belong in "Aerospace,' so I will happily come here to see it.
Chuck
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thanks
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the other side of the Lakota, with a 1/35 M16 as a base :
(https://imgur.com/yMTCK06.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/E3gwTH0.jpg)
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THAT is just too cool! Lakota fuselage on a halftrack frame equals awesome daily driver! ;D
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:smiley:
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My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration
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My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration
That's where my mind went as well.
Nice work, eric! Blue was an excellent choice to tie it all together.
Brian da Basher
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My first thought was: planetary rover for space exploration
That was my first thought, followed immediately by "Gerry Anderson would love it!"
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;D
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Your Lakota/M16 hybrid is fabulous ... in all senses :-*
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thanks !
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another Lakota evolution :
with legs from a Lindberg Apatosaurus kit :
(https://imgur.com/mRXvlZU.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Rm6Md83.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/DJYSVO5.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Nice all-terrain transport, I like.
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thanks !
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another chance meeting on a modelling table
the Twin Otter is a very fexible kit ...
(https://imgur.com/RrdfkaZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xUrUk5j.jpg)
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Perfect for comfortable jungle travel!
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;D
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the inspriring, elegant and aerodynamic silhouette of the Manatee has a nice fit with an An-2,
one way :
(https://imgur.com/CggnbzA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/OikFK1S.jpg)
or the other :
(https://imgur.com/pZGDqYZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/lUvwM0a.jpg)
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you may have wondered what had become of the head of the previous elephant.
Here we go :
(with a Revell 1/72 Huey)
(https://imgur.com/gEl0MhZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/j6Fwvgv.jpg)
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Have to watch for interference between blades and trunk, but looks great.
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thanks ;)
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one way :
(https://imgur.com/JwiQsSQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/b90fU7V.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/uTCrOQx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/XUz4yJT.jpg)
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Cute, and interesting.
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thanks !
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one way, blue :
(https://imgur.com/UcUanFg.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/WYEdBrO.jpg)
and the other, red :
(https://imgur.com/1qgpmT7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/mPWwqH5.jpg)
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Both make for interesting transport modes; does the winged whale refuel through that open mouth?
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;)
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the Tante Ju being a trimotor, I thought about using the three Cerberus heads I had in my spares box :
(https://imgur.com/YvKLzzX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tLocZu5.jpg)
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Now that looks cool!! I could just see something like that being the personal transport of some high muckety-muck.
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;D
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still reducing my stash, gradually ...
a seal meets a Tomcat (1/144 Revell)
(https://imgur.com/2ALwC9U.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PjR4Ht1.jpg)
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Cute!!
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;)
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the other side of the Tomcat,
with a giraffe head and neck
that was in my parts box from an earlier project :
(https://imgur.com/rbaojuq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6GpiHBb.jpg)
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Perfect for taking a high-level look for trouble. That yellow goes perfectly with the giraffe head.
So,,,Who/what gets the seal's head?
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;D
the seal's head is a bit small, but who knows, maube ine day an idea ... ;)
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remainings of the day (or from long ago)
(https://imgur.com/LRVJjuc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/y58qkVs.jpg)
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Definitely has the look down for a design from the 1930's. What bits and pieces went into this uniquely attractive model?
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I love it. Has an Italian look to it.
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I love it. Has an Italian look to it.
True, though it would need a third engine to *really* look Italian. ;)
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Not necessarily...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Fiat_B.R.20_3-view.svg/2000px-Fiat_B.R.20_3-view.svg.png)
(https://img00.deviantart.net/177b/i/2008/142/f/1/fiat_br_20_aircraft_by_araeld.jpg)
Actually the resemblance with the Fiat BR.20 is striking.
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thanx !
I hadn't thought of Italy, but resemblance is there indeed
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Italian? ???
Looks very British, rather Hendon-ish.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Fairey_Hendon_K1695.jpg/1024px-Fairey_Hendon_K1695.jpg)
With Handley-Page Harrow or Bristol Bombay type spatted undercarriage.
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/15/237/large_000000.jpg)
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remainings of the day (or from long ago)
(https://imgur.com/LRVJjuc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/y58qkVs.jpg)
I especially like how you "backdated" this one!
Most excellent, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks again !
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the other part from the elephant above in this thread, with the so versatile Twin Otter :
(https://imgur.com/uZmTLd1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/l3bCVUK.jpg)
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Unique and not at all unattractive.
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not ugly indeed ;D
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the Tante Ju being a trimotor, I thought about using the three Cerberus heads I had in my spares box :
(https://imgur.com/YvKLzzX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tLocZu5.jpg)
I love the Cerberus!!! Maybe the best IMHO up to now!
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thanxalot!
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from an 1/48 H500
(https://imgur.com/zlCbxDX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ROkacFK.jpg)
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:o 8)
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Just what you need to quickly get to the more remote fields that need working. Very nice!!
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very cool
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thanks !
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a bit faster (potentially)
(https://imgur.com/4G9h4vs.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/o7wvJMn.jpg)
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All the better to get out there quickly and work those far fields.
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Now that's one heck of a crop-duster!
I like this one a lot. If you'd painted it green instead of blue I bet you could get someone to believe it was the latest in the John Deer/Dassault line.
Nice one, eric!
Brian da Basher
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Now that's one heck of a crop-duster!
I like this one a lot. If you'd painted it green instead of blue I bet you could get someone to believe it was the latest in the John Deer/Dassault line.
{cue}John Deere Green by Joe Diffie
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;D
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I stumbled upon this, and was stunned :
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WlU6A3W0bGo/WoCq3-r5dlI/AAAAAAAAjNw/iUVFwrTNb8si1tPKA92qQSuwyhJE32nVQCLcBGAs/s1600/0111205902252_0_av72023.jpg)
especially as I had in my spares box a fuselage of a HD500, and a few other ingredients ... so I had to do something about it ;
I had to go and dig deep into the box for the spats, from a resin Arado 95, but the rest (Twin Otthe wings, P38 tail) were easier to find.
(https://imgur.com/z3vmjQW.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/czLdHGF.jpg)
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Lovely
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Beautiful!! Definitely looks the part of a descendent of the AG-4.
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True kitbashing at its best!!!!!
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thanks !
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I had this kit of the MIR station for some years, second hand and half begun, and I finally did something with,
like a gathering of space craft up there (involving wings from various donors : Twin Otter ; Albatross W4 ; P38 ; CF-100 ; Mi-2 ; Sinagot)
(https://imgur.com/jk7JyNv.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7jzhjMB.jpg)
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That has a wonderful anime look to it. I would imagine some of those wings are used as radiators (likely the largest ones, you need a large radiating surface in space) while others are photo-electric arrays for power.
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when I did it it reminded me of the cafe where all characters meet in Porco Rosso : but then, in space ;)
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That could be interesting to do if you had similarly-sized models of ships from several different science-fiction universes (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Space Battleship Yamato, Honor Harrington (preferably one of the late-model Grand Alliance SD(P) units), etc.).
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:smiley:
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to go with the MIR space station, and to re-use all those solar panels in the kit, here are some solar aircraft, across different periods of aircraft history :
(https://imgur.com/aDA2xPx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/D5utzvt.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/68owgLP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/uXOkmtT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/1RCzeKh.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Zv5PEmS.jpg)
and this time I even used the decals !!! :o
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Very nice!!
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Nice ones
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thanks ! ;D
a few more (I of course re-used all the available solar panels ;) )
covering other scales and motorization :
(https://imgur.com/iUBKbe7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NO0cyaV.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/lVVzQkv.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/mS9TjrK.jpg)
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I think these are my favorites on this thread so far.
Love the solar panels. Alternative energy is big these days.
Well done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
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:smiley:
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the always so flexible Revell ex-Matchbox twin Otter :
(https://imgur.com/E2pXlaV.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/d8YXdwt.jpg)
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Definitely an armed all-terrain transport!! Looks good to me.
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thanks ;D
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the PZL-37 is also quite flexible for hybrids :
(https://imgur.com/82cUqWW.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wIRMEMj.jpg)
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dragonflies, moths, ants, bees, ...
and 1/144 I16 & Po2
(https://imgur.com/l5icVLD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/H8qUAVq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h7we6bq.jpg)
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Some very interesting beauties there.
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thanks !
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Love these but your Łoś/Skorpion takes the cake ;D
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;)
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a few more, 1/200 :
(https://imgur.com/NpKOl8C.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/uSiut6K.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kQ0OYMm.jpg)
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Again, very cute.
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thanks again !
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For this one I was first thinking of Tomcats (but they were too large for that), and then of a pair of F5Es (one in 1/72, the other in 1/144) :
(https://imgur.com/ZjWVJ8O.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4aEOqM5.jpg)
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How cute!! She's carrying a young one in her pouch.
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;)
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the F5E airframes were used with some remains in my spare parts box : snakes heads, from earlier projects :
(https://imgur.com/6lggKcx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/LswymQA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tEz3ruJ.jpg)
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Not just Sidewinders (a breed of rattlesnake that senses heat) on the wingtips for these. Definitely unique looks.
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;D
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an aircraft / aircraft hybrid :
(https://imgur.com/BhaaTkh.jpg)
funnily the appropriate width of the fuselage makes for well-working coordinated VG wings
(https://imgur.com/skL9abF.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/fdqsap2.jpg)
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an aircraft / aircraft hybrid : ...
;D ;D Great - and natural-looking - combination!
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thanks ! ;)
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That one definitely looks like it's a "should be" rather than a "what if"!! that's an entirely gorgeous aircraft.
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Looks like you hit a dinger! Baseball talk for a home run! 8)
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That one definitely looks like it's a "should be" rather than a "what if"!! that's an entirely gorgeous aircraft.
Agreed
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thanks again !
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the other way round, simply :
(https://imgur.com/0c2wbPH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/VMoZxH0.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/M2ZxX4s.jpg)
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I like this one! It looks cute as a button, not a phrase often used in regards to a B-58.
Your imagination is off the charts!
Brian da Basher
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I agree 100% with Sir Brian.
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thanks ;)
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How is it these two aircraft aft work so well together?! Makes me want to build my own versions!
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please do it !
you might imagine liveries they would wear as well
;D
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talking about aircraft having comparable sizes ...
here comes, in the very same 1/72 scale, a Tomcat mixed with a B-17G fuselage I had left from an earlier project :
(https://imgur.com/XDu9aBa.jpg)
here too the wings are movable (but not together, individually)
(https://imgur.com/krUAUCK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/sVSFvxF.jpg)
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That looks like something from an anime movie! Cool!!
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thanks !
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close-up front views of Tomcats (and derivatives) have something striking
(https://imgur.com/AqOGhFR.jpg)
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they fit together well. Nice work
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Looks cool. I would've tried for more and faired over those wing stubs but, here, they add character.
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thanks !
I have thought about that question of wing stubs indeed : then the intakes fit nicely with them, so I thought it was not bad like that, as a flat surface jleading to the air intake.
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the other half of the Tomcat, with rubber bat wings (I have now a few others in my stash), and the original kit's Airfix stand
(https://imgur.com/iQCBPax.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wXG5vmi.jpg)
with the red thread from the rubber bat, it can be attached to the ceiling
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Obviously a great night fighter. That looks cute.
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a night fighter, indeed ! ;D
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You know, that's just batty.
;D ;D ;D
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Great thinking eric and seeing those rubber bat wings again really took me back!
Brian da Basher
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haha cool
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thanks ;)
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together :
(https://imgur.com/BpV7n1s.jpg)
CH53 (1/144) :
(https://imgur.com/TLhr9MC.jpg)
EC135 (1/72) :
(https://imgur.com/EmqmHpx.jpg)
UH60 (1/100) :
(https://imgur.com/UeFNnhk.jpg)
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Yikes! I wouldn't want them flying over me
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;)
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Yikes! I wouldn't want them flying over me
Indeed! any of those could loose a most deadly (or at least smelly) unguided missile. OTOH, might be a great way to spread fertilizer over a field if you could keep them within the boundaries.
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;)
strangely, I had not thought about this point, really ...
but I rather like the lying cow, looking so peaceful
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but I rather like the lying cow, looking so peaceful
Indeed.
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but then what happened with the rests of the helicopters?
they started new lives with bits of airplanes (guess which? ;) ) :
a propeller transport :
(https://imgur.com/YJljD4r.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/H1fj95L.jpg)
a twin boom :
(https://imgur.com/ptqsgax.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ralmNtD.jpg)
and a jet plane :
(https://imgur.com/X3Q0kEy.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/0GHcIPw.jpg)
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Beautiful conversions. Pray tell, what went into each besides the obvious helicopter parts? I can guess some, but there are some bits that puzzle me.
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Using helicopters as airplane fuselages is some incredibly inspired thinking, eric!
Not only that but you did so in your wonderful and inimitable style.
Some of your best yet!
Brian da Basher
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thanks ;)
for the CH53 : a 1/200 Transall
for the EC135 : a MC72 wing 1/48, engines from a Planes-movie character, and tail from a P38, and wheels from a Twin Otter
for the UH60 : the wings of a Me262 1/72
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I guessed right on the first and third. Still, a most excellent blend of disparate parts into a harmonious whole.
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another bat :
the radar nose made it unavoidable
(https://imgur.com/bynnh6s.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/SzwqA6F.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/aAYVnk3.jpg)
this time with reinforced wings, so that they flap up
(still have two more in the stash :wacko: )
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Beautiful!! Bat wings work well with the radar nose.
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I think I like this one best of all the animal hybrids.
The bat wings are fantastic and nicely complimented by that canopy.
Even the dreaded yellow looks sweet.
Yellow was also my mom's favorite color.
When we played board games, she'd say that we could give her any color, but regardless she'd move the yellow piece.
Great stuff, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
I particularly like yellow too ;)
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I had this An-2 on my stash, the floats already used elsewhere, as well as a couple of bats :
enough to make a biplane :
(https://imgur.com/oLwXfjJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/axowjcR.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/VNZyZ7h.jpg)
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Nice!!!
Hmmmm, Halloween will be here soon!
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Halloween indeed ! (I nearly forgot about it ;) )
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Now that is cute. You really need to mate the bat wings with a Tu-2 fuselage since "Bat" was its NATO codename.
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;)
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I recently bought a bouquet of artificial flowers, for other purposes,
and plucked a few bits for these helicflowers :
a Wessex :
(https://imgur.com/2q35Ujw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Jo9RMVp.jpg)
a banana :
(https://imgur.com/JSQvA5B.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/y5aD7d1.jpg)
and
a Mi-2
(https://imgur.com/xmQttYZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/18Qy0pF.jpg)
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Cute!!!!
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Brilliant!!
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thanks !
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the babana's rotors found their way :
(https://imgur.com/OYg6hQX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ztxClCv.jpg)
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Ohh that looks interesting!
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thanks :smiley:
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That looks so plausible. Beautiful!!
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;)
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Oh that is Great! And the Skyvan kit no longer a tail-dragger :D
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;D
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a parrot & a stealth fighter, both ways reciprocally :
(https://imgur.com/uBK9pTc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vy0AMgl.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3AZEgtZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/hq8mVhz.jpg)
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Cute!!
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Clever!
Except parrots are usually anything but stealthy! ;D
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thanks !
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from the old scrap box, a Vigilante front fuselage and a shell :
(https://imgur.com/ExS9w30.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/fFIrnin.jpg)
(it had no cockpit, so I had to find something of the right size : a reversed P-51D I think)
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Cute - such large intakes to breath through, too.
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;)
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sometime ago I saw a picture of a whif Skyvan with a digging extension in front,
and on the other hand I had in my stash Skyvan wings as well as a few of these yellow plastic kits ,
so ... :
(https://imgur.com/aj3629p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/rt6YzA6.jpg)
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Skytruck!!! :smiley:
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Skytruck!!! :smiley:
Flies right to the job site, no messing with traffic. beautiful cross, there.
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thanks ! ;D
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another yellow vehicle :
(https://imgur.com/l62IzVA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/hT9YitM.jpg)
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And yet another easily relocatable construction vehicle. Makes job sites easier to get to, for certain
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And yet another easily relocatable construction vehicle. Makes job sites easier to get to, for certain
You've certainly got to admire that kind of efficiency.
Well done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
;)
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@EricR - what scale are the construction equipment models? What company makes these?
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@EricR - what scale are the construction equipment models? What company makes these?
the kits are by Heller, they come relatively cheap, in snap-fit yellow plastic, and in 1:50 ou 1/43 scale I guess
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another yellow vehicle :
Brilliant! And I absolutely love your stealth parrots! :-*
Alas, a dump truck isn't quite boxy enough to mate with a Skyvan ;D
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thanks a lot !
;D
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one more for the road :
(https://imgur.com/n6NoddM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/sbD1q9p.jpg)
if a An-2 Colt fuselage can fly, then what wouldn't?
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if a An-2 Colt fuselage can fly, then what wouldn't?
;D ;D ;D
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Such a cutie!! Yeah, what wouldn't fly under those conditions?
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;) ;)
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still trying to empty or at least lower my stash ...
so here goes the 1/96 Revell Ariane 5
with a saxophone :
(https://imgur.com/157MLAF.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/X7zFlrI.jpg)
or a trumpet :
(https://imgur.com/ZgXXU3w.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3roMCWM.jpg)
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Very nice. They give a new meaning to "Music of the Spheres".
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;)
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:smiley:
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a few more :
red
(https://imgur.com/ru51jhS.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zd4pRMk.jpg)
yellow
(https://imgur.com/tim4Rxv.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6TxgDg0.jpg)
blue
(https://imgur.com/GYH8hTx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/OVJdHPt.jpg)
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That is one fast guitar!
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That is one fast guitar!
Most definitely!! The other two look sweet, too.
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Eric, I love the "flute-planes" 8) ;D ;)
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thanks !
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a fast blimp :
(https://imgur.com/BxBifKd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/338J8NQ.jpg)
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Golly thatz new to aviation. Jet powered Zeppelin with swing wings. :smiley:
Now -- how does it maneuver to mooring pole ?
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Unique design, there, and quite attractive. I presume it maneuvers to the mooring mast at very low power settings.
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:smiley:
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a fast blimp...
Love it ;D
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thanks !
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That's most excellent and it brings to mind something out of Japanese Manga or somesuch.
As always, not only is your amalgam of parts impressive, but you've chosen the perfect primary color too!
Very well done, eric.
Brian da Basher
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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a Bronco is a horse, ok, this can make it more obvious, in a Pegasus way :
(https://imgur.com/Ooy7b0K.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3ca48x3.jpg)
and as I used a Revell X-ray horse, so I tried to keep the transparancy about it ;)
(https://imgur.com/53ql3Jb.jpg)
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That's _clever_!!! Great, Eric!
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:smiley:
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thanks !
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Clever - and arractive. Very nice work.
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another variation on a blimp :
(https://imgur.com/hsfL9QQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wdvfGiI.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Oh I like this one very much!
Once again, an incredible mix of parts finished off with just the right primary color.
Very well done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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That looks so right!!
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That looks so right!!
Agree, yes it does. Sorta strange yet looks right to be what it is.
Is modeling sweet spot of incongruent parts surprisingly working well together. :smiley:
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thanks all !
I kind of like incongruent mixes ;)
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the wings of the Schreck FBA17 shown elsewhere were exchanged with those of a Dr.1,
leaving behind a 2/3 Dr.1 (but with extended wings ;D )
(https://imgur.com/ujntYOz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EtyscEp.jpg)
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Beautiful!! It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received. The color fits perfectly.
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Beautiful!! It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received. The color fits perfectly.
Concur with my esteemed colleague who is apparently an engineer of some sort, not involving trains, I think...
Ahem.
Another winner, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks ;)
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Beautiful!! It looks like something a "behind the lines" salvage facility would build from bits they received. The color fits perfectly.
Yes. And sort of halfway between the Dr I and E V. Nice :smiley:
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remainings of the day : I had the booster from an old 1/144 space shuttle kit, and bits from the blimp shown previously ...
it was a fast match.
(https://imgur.com/3LCmYFz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Tn29SNS.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I've often wondered what the airship potential of the booster tank might be and thank you for realizing it!
Looks perfect in blue and if you had white Goodyear logos I bet you could convince people it was real.
Another winner, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
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Beautiful!! For grins, instead of Goodyear, use Goodrich decals and see who notices.
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;)
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remainings of the day :
(https://imgur.com/11Mue8v.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/1J9oj2L.jpg)
and now I have Harrier wings remaining ...
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That looks very good! It would drive some folks nuts.....
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Wickedly beautiful!!
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Beautifully sleek Russian (because of the wing fences) VTOL
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I like this one a lot, eric!
Slap some red stars on it and I bet you could convince people it flew with the Soviet Navy.
Brian da Basher
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thanks all ! ;D
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Bronco-based mini-jet ?
(https://imgur.com/QHRx7zx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PQNfYIV.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CkbsL44.jpg)
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Great stuff as always and nice work on the canopy framing! No mean feat that.
Brian da Basher
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^ What he said. That's a gorgeous and harmonious blend of different scales, there.
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A classic example of “why didn’t I think of that “
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thanks !!! ;D
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:smiley:
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another Pegasus
(https://imgur.com/u8I3I1d.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/JEhxSpG.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/fZyuwhj.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
FANTASTIC!!!!
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That's interesting, but a wagging tail, or even just a gently swishing one, is going to make life difficult for the person in that aft spot. Quite the horse you have there; probably has an extra stomach to process food to fuel for the engines.
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;D ;D
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... a wagging tail, or even just a gently swishing one, is going to make life difficult for the person in that aft spot...
Calls for AGL (Automatic Gun-Laying) to maintain accuracy ... especially when swatting flies ;)
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I had the Twin mustang on my stash, so I acquired two mustangs to make fit
(https://imgur.com/W4krAXw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/5nfFFr9.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/bu2eP9L.jpg)
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Beautiful!! Is it training or their innate nature that keeps them together on pace and direction?
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Twin Mustang!!!!!!
Ha Ha Ha
Beautiful idea as always!!!!
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thanks ! ;D ;D ;D
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:smiley:
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more of the pegasus herd
(https://imgur.com/cmtLmwK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/a3jS3AE.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PuOU94Y.jpg)
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Now that is a cute horse.
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Eric, I'm in love with this horse series!
The "tail planes" are a fantastic idea!
Looking forward to seeing the blue ones!!!
:o :-*
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thanks a lot !
the blue one is in the making ... ;)
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nothing should get lost or abandonned :
(https://imgur.com/RQaWnZY.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ryVm7KA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zQhQhJc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/y14CTlC.jpg)
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Cuties, both of them.
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The red one is like The Godfather meets a P-38.
I'm pretty sure you'll get that starring role now, eric.
;D ;D ;D
Brian da Basher
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;D
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The red one is like The Godfather meets a P-38.
I'm pretty sure you'll get that starring role now, eric.
;D ;D ;D
Brian da Basher
;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
I agree, it's a very mafia style airborne intimidation
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I didn't know the reference, but a quick look on the net informed me : :o
I imagined rather more peaceful flying around ;)
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Besides, with the majority of today's Hollywood producers and their "quality", it's not the horse's head that should be placed in their bed.
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Besides, with the majority of today's Hollywood producers and their "quality", it's not the horse's head that should be placed in their bed.
True dat. Us teeming millions in the audience always seem to get the other end.
:icon_nif:
Brian da Basher
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a last one (no more horse in the stash)
(https://imgur.com/3Jg4edK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PDQ2EBS.jpg)
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Very cute!!
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thanks ;-)
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and then the head
(https://imgur.com/mWNZO5Y.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/FY1Z7ea.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/lRAIuFY.jpg)
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The lines flow nicely. That has to be a great sensor fit on that aircraft.
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thanks ;)
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one way :
(https://imgur.com/oVN21oc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/10hLpZF.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/TcxRSrs.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/mbmXYie.jpg)
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Those are cute, though I think I'd want to stay out from under the flightpath of that modified Mohawk.
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both ways, one in 1/144, the other in approx 1/32 I would say
(https://imgur.com/ZsxsdNb.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/5tWrDIE.jpg)
and
(https://imgur.com/kf81ZFj.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nhV7AKm.jpg)
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Very nice pair of jaguars, the do mix well.
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some time ago I mentioned this as a potential for inspiration :
(https://img.discogs.com/G24AyV5uzUuB0Vm5HkfmBm8SRiM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7563280-1444088779-6515.jpeg.jpg)
so here we go, one way :
(https://imgur.com/iOMccPY.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/mvr460k.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/PgFRY3N.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nA05jcw.jpg)
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Dang you are good these hybrids. Have eye for what goes with what.
Sopwith Camel has extra kick all its own. :smiley: ;D
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^^^ What he said. Those are a delight.
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;D
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as the title says :
(https://imgur.com/sieUK3X.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Qxc7WKG.jpg)
(Hobbyboss kit, very nice)
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A more subtle blend and a very aesthetically appealing one.
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thanks ;)
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Interesting Aero-linguistic experiments!
Animal + plane = aniplane (or planimal)
;D
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;D ;D ;D
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the fish is a Pterois :
(https://imgur.com/SxhVWLb.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6QYHZQ4.jpg)
with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...
and the turtle head remained from some other past project :
(https://imgur.com/azw5YvB.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/pvy5b8y.jpg)
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the fish is a Pterois :
(https://imgur.com/SxhVWLb.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6QYHZQ4.jpg)
with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...
Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
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That’s an interesting idea.......
Like I need a new project!
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;D
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I keep imagining the glass-nosed (headed?) fish as a stealth spy submarine. Put N. Korean markings and a periscope on it and it'd be ready for some nefarious mission.
Brian da Basher
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Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
I agree with the above on all points. That Arado looks to have quite a sensor fit, too. I'll bet that's the fastest any form of turtle has moved.
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Well that's a real "Jules Verne-ish" build, with some copper and bronze paint and some rivets here and there would be a great Steampunk submarine...
Thanks for being a cointinuous source of inspiration Eric!
I agree with the above on all points. That Arado looks to have quite a sensor fit, too. I'll bet that's the fastest any form of turtle has moved.
Yep, well said on all points !
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thanks !
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the other side of the Buffalo, coupled with a Bf110 into a three-engined thing
(https://imgur.com/Y0C628s.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EYmW0VQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YCB7nRM.jpg)
with a 1/48 Zero canopy
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That's an attractive and unique look. It's well planned, too, since the plane of the center propeller is behind the plane of the other two propellers and you won't get them interfering with each other.
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thanks !
indeed I did manage the two planes : propellers are rotating freely
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First inline & radial mix I recall. But hey, uniquely all works for me. :smiley:
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I think that works quite well, eric!
Great call on the canopy and you did yeoman's work with the new empennage.
Brian da Basher
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;D
another mix :
one way :
(https://imgur.com/bTQ3Ydf.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vFNXTCr.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/W2J1mdg.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ODCfCxT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/27ukWIQ.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Those are fantastic and some of your best yet, eric!
Brian da Basher
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Slap some red DHL markings on that Otter with the Harrier bits and you would have a rather interesting delivery vehicle. :)
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Slap some red DHL markings on that Otter with the Harrier bits and you would have a rather interesting delivery vehicle. :)
Seconded!! Beautiful work on both of them. Both look to be great aircraft for stol operations.
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thanks all !
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what if pigs had wings ...
(https://imgur.com/QDfdgDM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6dquOnB.jpg)
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Beautiful and unique. Definitely fits the expression, "Make savings deposits on the fly!"
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;D
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what if pigs had wings ...
They did...and the wings swung and the breathed fire out their end... ;)
(https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/1364647c9d1a2cfdfd13c5a237aa70e8)
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;D
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Actually, that could be fun: a Piggy bank with the nose, wings and tail from an F-111.
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;D
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a landplanization of the Martin Marlin
(https://imgur.com/GOVg1uI.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YrCY8Yi.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NJAYMNQ.jpg)
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That's most excellent, eric!
A fantastic concept carried off most sharply!
Brian da Basher
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That's most excellent, eric!
A fantastic concept carried off most sharply!
^^ What he said. That's a beautiful concept and execution.
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thanks !
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Oooo ... lovely :-*
Not sure if its the colour, dihedral, or what but your 'landplanized' Marlin sure looks Soviet :smiley:
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;D
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the canard configuration was not initially intended, but made for a better wing fit ...
(https://imgur.com/5cOO72m.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/yd5zvGw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BXbKKU4.jpg)
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That's great and I especially like the different colored prop spinners.
Brian da Basher
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Oh, yeah!! That's gorgeous.
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thanks ! ;D
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Love at first sight remarkable configuration. :-*
Goes to show you what a Boeing-Lockheed team project can do !
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:smiley:
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thanks again !
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the other way round :
(https://imgur.com/BkmC4cj.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/25gYbko.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Z20EMnv.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/56nrf9Z.jpg)
I found a way to keep the nice lateral observation hemispherical windows
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:smiley:
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Beautiful!! Looks like something Gerry Anderson would put together for Thunderbirds or Fireball XL-5.
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That is phenomenal! Nice work :smiley:
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Now that's one wicked kitbash!
Brian da Basher
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thanks ;D
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It looks great! reminds me a little of the Cosmo Hound from the Yamato / Starblazers anime (https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig19/10194458.jpg)
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and now for something completely different :
it is a kit bash, as well as a scale-o-rama, and on the top of that an alternative livery,
even if there is no trace of an aircraft there
(https://imgur.com/kaxXr9f.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PiD5hop.jpg)
(and it was inspired to me by a picture I saw somewhere on the internet, but I can't find it anymore)
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Both B-50 & SR-71 combos are inspiring to build likenesses of. :-*
Pterois & horse combo comes together so well. Looks like belongs that way. Like concept for animal character in animated movie. :smiley:
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I was just going to say, "You should have a job in Hollywood" you're better than many of those who work there.
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;D
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I was just going to say, "You should have a job in Hollywood" you're better than many of those who work there.
What he said. Much better imagination than normally seen coming out of Hollywood.
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Outstanding! :smiley: :smiley:
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thanks!
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Wow, that is just astonishingly cool ... and beautifully executed :smiley:
... even if there is no trace of an aircraft there ...
It still looks as if it could fly, though!
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Beautiful as all of your creations!
8)
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;D
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a top fuselage of a Do-24 remained from previous endeavours ... and I had a whale on my stash, as it can happen, so :
(https://imgur.com/SIMu75E.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Vo78UVg.jpg)
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Love it :-* If only Greenpeace had thought of kitting out whales with gun turrets!
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Beautiful. A most attractive organo-mechanic product.
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;) :smiley:
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a nearly normal whiff ...
(https://imgur.com/T0HWODg.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qKmcilH.jpg)
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A tricycle-geared Otter whiffed from a Twin Otter? that's a gorgeous model, there.
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Interesting! Love it!
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Looked at Twin Otter pictures. Smooth transition to single engine. Appears to be stock build. :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Excellent concept and a most-convincing build! :smiley:
Looked at Twin Otter pictures. Smooth transition to single engine. Appears to be stock build. :smiley:
There was a RW proposal for an Otter with tricycle gear. Back in the early 2000s, Beaver Aircraft Canada proposed new-build Otters in at least two variants. Their taildragger Turbo Otter concept looked pretty much like it any PT6 Otter conversion. But the Super Otter was a different sort of beast. It would basically have been a Twin Otter with a Soloy Dual-Pac (twin PT6A-112s) in the nose driving contra-props.
I'm not sure what happened to BAC. Circa 2003, BAC bought Viking Air ... so perhaps BAC still exists somewhere within Viking's DNA?
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The An-2 Colt has been subject to various experiments, like the following :
(http://agrolotnictwo.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/photo/34/34_04_bg.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/An-2_converted_into_WIG_%28Rybachy%2C_Kaliningrad_Oblast_-_2006_08_15%29.jpg/1280px-An-2_converted_into_WIG_%28Rybachy%2C_Kaliningrad_Oblast_-_2006_08_15%29.jpg)
(https://i.redd.it/1rqbprjqfxk21.jpg)
so here is another one (with Crusader wings, as well as Harrier T4, to keep it a biplane, of course)
(https://imgur.com/Tq3yy16.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/B0lJvoM.jpg)
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Now that has character!! Definitely a high-speed" biplane (if that's not an oxy-moron).
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That's one of your most imaginative concepts yet, eric.
Nicely done.
Brian da Basher
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I read colt and crusader and thought of a knight on a young horse!
Nice work!
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I read colt and crusader and thought of a knight on a young horse!
Nice work!
*snicker* My first thought was of a knight with a brace of revolvers rather than a sword.
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Love it! And it looks as if the Crusader wing still has variable-incidence too :smiley:
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;D
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on the same line, but opposite direction, in a reciprocal way :
(https://i.redd.it/srj05r9gcme21.jpg)
(https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/110/110820-131d3fc8601799ed6e5b0a6d28eaef09.jpg)
(https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/363068main_EC73-3468_full.jpg)
how about a super-low speed version :
(https://imgur.com/FtSt2Lk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jA97v0g.jpg)
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Love the "super-low speed" Crusader :smiley: Now a slew-wing biplane would be something to see ;)
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Biplaned jets delight me to no end and yours certainly looks great in yellow!
8)
Brian da Basher
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Bound to set Crusader low speed flight record. :smiley:
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Certainly a unique look there.
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Perfect for those aircraft carrier landings and take offs! No catapult required!
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thanks !
;D
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remainings of the day (and stash reduction)
part of a rat, head of an Egg H300, and chassis of a buggy (motorized! which is not visible here)
(https://imgur.com/ReXdyfB.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/rvCsEax.jpg)
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*snicker* That's somewhat cute. I can just see the cats around here chasing that motorized creation around the apartment, here.
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;D
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you may have seen this picture already (by M.C. Escher) :
(https://quinnae.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mobius-strip.jpg)
and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts :
(https://imgur.com/NmEQsMJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/TUPgGeK.jpg)
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thats different. Looks cool
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:smiley:
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That's a nice representation of both a Möbius strip and the M.C. Escher artwork. Is that the F-Rsin kit?
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:smiley: :smiley:
Contact Fiona Banner and see if she wants to do the Möbius Strip full size. ;D :icon_fsm:
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and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts ...
That is brilliant ... and beautifully done :smiley:
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and I have in my stash a lot (relatively huge lot) of very cheap kits of 1/144 Viscounts ...
That is brilliant ... and beautifully done :smiley:
Seconded!!! Damn, that looks very good.
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thanks all !
it's S&M models kits
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what if sometimes you need your refueling real fast ?
would that be a KSR-71A?
(https://imgur.com/hCvfq59.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ULgxVRH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Z7YMDzZ.jpg)
the refueling stuff is from a KC-135
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That is a definite candidate for ultimate high-speed tanker award!
Great what-if EricR
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Beautiful!! Obviously intended to refuel super-secret Mach 6+ aircraft.
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thanks ;D
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Like to see airborne diorama (models on posts) of this refueling B-10.
If thatz to hard to swallow how about a B-45.
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Stealthed RB-45? I'd think it more likely to be refueling a R-72 or equivalent.
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;D
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another operation of stash reduction : a set of cheap unboxed CS-199 from some years ago has found a purpose :
(https://imgur.com/BIayjlS.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YHjgtpe.jpg)
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :icon_fsm:
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Reminds me a bit of diagrams such as this:
(https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7-air-to-aircombat-150213075938-conversion-gate02/95/7-airtoair-combat-11-638.jpg?cb=1423821196)
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thanks !
interesting picture indeed ;)
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Beautiful!! A never ending one-sided flying pattern.
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;D
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I found a cheap trio of Jolly Green Giant, Skywarrior and Go242 ...
(https://imgur.com/sOqmtpx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/no0aM8U.jpg)
and here there is a bit of a 1/48 Bo105, as you may have noticed
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That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
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That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
+1 That's a most gorgeous and harmonious assemblage.
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thanks !
the fit came quite naturally indeed ;)
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That is a very interesting combination of parts that actually looks convincing enough to pass as an actual aircraft to the uninformed :smiley:
+1 That's a most gorgeous and harmonious assemblage.
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I found a cheap trio of Jolly Green Giant, Skywarrior and Go242 ...
continuing the roundabout :
(https://imgur.com/1PW4FuH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3lT7G6B.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/IVCCMzi.jpg)
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That looks so right and natural.
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Another combination that does not disagree when brought together.
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:smiley:
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;)
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That looks so right and natural.
It does! Somehow it has a weird Soviet high-altitude project vibe to it :smiley:
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;D
I am afraid I am becoming predictable ...
(https://imgur.com/o8KP283.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/5PXkArl.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/aM9ul5o.jpg)
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Again, you have managed to combine bits to create something that looks appropriate.
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One of my favorite permutations of yours yet, eric!
I especially enjoy how the landing gear sponsons almost give it a biplane look.
Once again, red was an outstanding primary color choice!
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
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I am afraid I am becoming predictable ...
Hmmm, combining an HH-53 with an A-3? Nah, I don't you need to worry about becoming too predictable ;)
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These have been great combinations! Who knew the Skywarrior would go so well with helicopters and WWII german transports!
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Once again, a most harmonious blending of disparate components into an aesthetically pleasing and plausible whole. Beautiful!!!
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thanks again !
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that one might be slightly too much
Wellcrum?
(https://imgur.com/do1YCDA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vdfdbdi.jpg)
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Such a match-up 8)
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;)
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Definitely a different, but surprisingly harmonious, look and blending.
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thanks !
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Wellcrum?
;D Fulington? I'd love to see that one without its fabric covering, exposing the geodesic construction of those twin tails :smiley:
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Nice ones
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thanks again !
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a reciprocal :
(https://imgur.com/rBk9UR1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/9Q2u3Tt.jpg)
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Again, a harmonious blending that I would not have expected. Beautiful!!
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(cheap second hand kits are always so tempting, and then you have to do something with them)
one way ...
(https://imgur.com/g2NYdjZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/XwQJiTU.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/CS1iQAL.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/cKy7usg.jpg)
maybe it looks a bit perched on its long legs ...
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Love the red one, very nice lines :-*
The yellow one has a cartoony feel to it but a clever kitbash nonetheless
Nice one
Mog
>^-.-^<
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Fine eye/taste for what changes to make. These two and prior configurations impress me. :smiley:
Looks like 1950s C-45 jet version. Double the speed or more.
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Love the red one, very nice lines :-*
The yellow one has a cartoony feel to it but a clever kitbash nonetheless
What the good man said.
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:smiley: :smiley:
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I still have a lot of pages to go through but I just had say I love this stuff. The best kind of crazy I have seen in years :)
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thanks for the compliments ! ;D
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I still have a lot of pages to go through but I just had say I love this stuff. The best kind of crazy I have seen in years :)
While we've got many flavors of crazy 'round these parts, eric's version is one of my favorite.
His knack for choosing the best primary color is eerily unerring. Sometimes I wish he'd host a symposium on it or something.
I like the red one best, but they're all grand and done in that inimitable style we enjoy.
Brian da Basher
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I had this 1/32 Veltro for quite a long time, and suddenly knew how to use it
to make it a buddy-refuelling aircraft (with a boom from a KC-97)
(https://imgur.com/5lYqq0t.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/26nUJy9.jpg)
the arrangement is slightly asymetric, because of the tail wheel, but nothing is perfect ;)
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That's different, and quite attractive.
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thanks
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so, I do have these quite big kits, found second hand for quite cheap :
(https://imgur.com/V9pK6EC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tmnaNo1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EBGtFMA.jpg)
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:smiley:
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What a kit bash, Came together with balanced RW like though unlikely configuration. :smiley:
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That's a beautiful blending that looks quite natural. Bravo!!
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;) ;D
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I have to say that the 48th scale wings mated to the C-135 fuselage do work well in appearance and fit. Is that the 1:72nd scale C-135 kit from Italeri/AMT-Ertl?
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What a kit bash, Came together with balanced RW like though unlikely configuration. :smiley:
I have to say that the 48th scale wings mated to the C-135 fuselage do work well in appearance and fit.
<snip>
I can only concur with my esteemed colleagues here and add that my mom would've congratulated you on the magnificent color choice as well.
Brian da Basher
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thanks !
it is a KC_135 from AMT indeed
and I do love yellow ;D
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the reciprocal : maybe slightly less believable, but well, it had to be tried, by symmetry ;)
(https://imgur.com/dkre15p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/LdSpWT9.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tlRX1Lc.jpg)
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Definitely a different look for the DC-3/C-47 :smiley:
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Such a super configuration :-* I wanna build one.
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Beautiful!! Reminds me of a tail-dragger version of a McDonnell Model 220.
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thanks ! ;D
if you would like to have a try, it can be done a bit smaller :
a 1/144 B707 instead of 1/72 with a 1/96 C-47 instead of 1/48 (if the latter exists ...)
or
a 1/72 C-47 with a 1/108 B707 (if the latter exists ...)
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Would use 1/72 C-47 and go wing hunting in stash. Posted four prop engine C-47H January 2018. Like to build swept wing jet version.
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I think I remember your C-47H
you may indeed find other fits with 1/144 jet wings
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I recently found a few quite big kits for quite cheap, so temptation was un-resistable :
here is a K-A380 (with upgraded number of engines, too), made from the Heller 1/125 kit, plus additives from AMT 1/72 B52 and KC-135
(https://imgur.com/bcr2VZW.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wq4anBT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/WNAS97j.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/RZQ3J39.jpg)
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That will make the people at Airbus freak out!!
Nice work!
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;)
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This is quite brilliant and if you added a blue airline decal on each side up top and maybe a logo on the tail, you'd have something that would turn heads at any model show worthy of the name!
Outstanding and another great use of primary colors!
Brian da Basher
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Outstanding model that's also quite beautiful.
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Reminds me of this a little:
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)
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thanks !
Reminds me of this a little:
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)
what is this plane ?
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thanks !
Reminds me of this a little:
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTQBIFVffLYyH_Hd-aiEQVGtyV7MOV7fxjSFa6kLV1Y_SGyZGo2)
what is this plane ?
The Skyfleet S570 is a fictional prototype double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Skyfleet Aeronautics. The aircraft first appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale and was subsequently seen in the 2008 James Bond video game Quantum of Solace.
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Skyfleet_S570
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thanks !
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got two unexpensive He111z kits recently ...
(https://imgur.com/RFRxAc9.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/8bdyedf.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3W1FoK0.jpg)
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Oooo...the idea of a Jumo powered C-47. :-*
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Asymmetric, but attractive.
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Unique dual purpose bomber-cargo aircraft.
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thanks !
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the other side ...
one way :
(https://imgur.com/3QA8RjZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nKxdsRI.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/1mjXNzq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/q2iUOqS.jpg)
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Blue plane is particularly graceful. :smiley: Great combo.
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:smiley:
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thanks !
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Blue He-111 with DC-3 wings is an excellent combination.
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Blue plane is particularly graceful. :smiley: Great combo.
Concur, the radials give it a very tough look.
Brian da Basher
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Both versions are attractive, but I concur with the others that I really like the one with DC-3 wings. I could see that as the result of a license-build, though not sure which aircraft would be licensed.
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Both versions are attractive, but I concur with the others that I really like the one with DC-3 wings...
Agreed. And your build really reinforces how dainty the He 111 fuselage was :smiley:
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thanks again !
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Blue plane is particularly graceful. :smiley: Great combo.
Indeed! :smiley: Quite elegant, really.
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thanks
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I found this nose quite fitting (coming from a 1/72 Tu-22) :
(https://imgur.com/OShhmfH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/z1DKe5B.jpg)
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Always nice to see a scale-o-rama kit bash that actually looks good.
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What a kitbash combo. :-* Another configuration I wanna copy.
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:smiley:
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That's just great with one engine and the pointy nose, eric!
I've got plans to graft a clear Ju-88 (maybe?) nose onto one of my Pfeils in the pile.
Brian da Basher
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looks great. so does the He111 with the dak wings
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Always nice to see a scale-o-rama kit bash that actually looks good.
Indeed. And that one surely does! Nice work Eric :smiley:
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Beautiful!! That looks the part.
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I found this nose quite fitting (coming from a 1/72 Tu-22) :
That is downright slick. Nicely done, Eric
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many thanks !
the remaining front engine will find a purpose some day ...
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I couldn't resist, and to go on search for the ingredients but finally got them :
(https://imgur.com/Pio93kD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/uFyxjSE.jpg)
and
(https://imgur.com/WTl92AK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/exiycue.jpg)
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Funny and cute!
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;)
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and now for something completely different :
sometimes I buy a kit or a miniature car just because it seems cheap,
and then I have to make sensible (in some sense) use of it,
while trying to empty (or lower) the stash ...
(https://imgur.com/1WHfoMl.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/lqm5DCY.jpg)
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Oh, that is hilarious ;D Love it :-*
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;D *snicker* That's a funny one, but cute.
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Like they said and can't tell if this is an air launch concept or for transport between flights. ;D :smiley:
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both !
;D
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after the very small seaplanes, a quite big one (I am finding quite cheap, less than 25 or 30EUR, quite big kits these times ...)
a B707 with wings from something else
let us have a sort of quizz here :
(otherwise there isn't much thrill after all, all of this being quite predictable ;-) )
who knows where it come from ?
(the gift to win is the consideration of all the forum people)
(https://imgur.com/GgIEXJR.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/x4t31ZD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tS5YG5Z.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Are the wings from a Spruce Goose?
Fantastic job here!
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Beautiful aircraft model!! Wings from a Me323?
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;D ;D ;D
let us have some suspense for a little while ...
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I like this one a lot and it would certainly make my "eric's best" list.
Well done!
Brian da Basher
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thanks all !
Wings from a Me323?
yes you win !
you are now the object of consideration of all the people in this forum
(for an undetermined duration)
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I like this one a lot and it would certainly make my "eric's best" list.
Well done!
Brian da Basher
Goes for my "eric's best" list too. Inspirational :-*
With Me 323 in stash my wee brain is spinning with ways to borrow concept. Then is Me 323 fuselage to re-wing hmmm....
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and here comes the reciprocal :
(https://imgur.com/QB7FlwT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Kui5kBZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/iUc9Y3T.jpg)
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That’s a wild blue monster! Crazy good!
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STOL spelled in blue. :smiley:
Yes, is reciprocal of inspiration/inspiration.
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STOL spelled in blue. :smiley:
Yes, is reciprocal of inspiration/inspiration.
Everything he said. That is definitely a STOL transport for the front.
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thanks ! ;D
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:smiley:
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a Canadair without its hull, with high landing gear :
for unprepared airfields maybe ?
(https://imgur.com/eMBS2Mq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/gNSbh1L.jpg)
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The mix of primary colors and detail painting the props & exhausts is delightful.
Slap a registration number on it and no one would doubt it wasn't "real".
Nice one, eric!
Brian da Basher
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This thread has become a never ending source of great whif ideas for me to build. This one is really great! Keep ‘em coming!
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thanks ! ;D
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Oh, that's gorgeous. I could see that landing gear for some of the really rough landing strips out there; for example, those set up by exploration parties and such.
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season's greetings ;D
with the help of playmobil deers ...
(https://imgur.com/bqeQFhL.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6nA6WSa.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/72Y6tkw.jpg)
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Thank you Eric! Your builds are always a treat.
Is this the RB-52 (Reindeer Bomber-52?
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B-52 works in its own weird way. :smiley:
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;D
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Beautiful!! Obviously, with more children out there, Santa needed something more capacious than a sleigh to carry everything.
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that B52 kit included two Hound Dog missiles, which I used in my series of music instruments
(see above in this thread, some months ago, e.g., Guitar & Mig-25),
this timewith drum sticks :
(https://imgur.com/sRuIqtz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jmNQdBo.jpg)
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Beautiful!! And what a way to drum the error of their ways into the opposition!
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;D
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you may remember the two previous Möbius rings of Viscounts, in yellow, and CS199, in blue
you may have seen this picture already (by M.C. Escher) :
(https://quinnae.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mobius-strip.jpg)
here is a red one, with a fex Skoda D1s :
(https://imgur.com/u0Tceb2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4HgdkcE.jpg)
happy new year, full of whiffing !
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Very nice, and in such an appropriately festive color, too.
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happy new year, full of whiffing !
Indeed and the same to you eric!
I especially like your cool mobius strips. What an interesting take and I bet you could enter it in an art show, maybe even sell it handsomely!
Brian da Basher
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:-* Love it! ;D
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thanks !
I guess it could be shown as art indeed, but I am not sure this art would sell that easily ;)
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thanks !
I guess it could be shown as art indeed, but I am not sure this art would sell that easily ;)
You'd be surprised, eric. Of course the market may be a bit limited but if they can sell the crummy stuff I see out there, I'm sure someone would just love this on the wall of their office, den or library.
Your mobius strips are always a nice visual break from the usual!
Brian da Basher
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swapping wings ... and legs.
(https://imgur.com/lTj9sQ6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zBuqT2y.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/fVFgOYP.jpg)
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Now that is seriously retro ;D
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;D
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Now that is seriously retro ;D
Very!! Attractive, too.
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Brilliant combo. :-*
For build that don't work, it certainly does work. :smiley:
No danger of tail surfaces reaching critical mach and losing control in dives !
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thanks a lot !
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the other side of the thing :
(https://imgur.com/imJ5umn.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/oiAEg1z.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/57JKUUz.jpg)
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Pretty! I reckon that open cockpit gets quite breezy at speed and altitude.
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;D
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still finding quite cheap (20 something) quite large kits : tempting ...
(https://imgur.com/DmsGwij.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xZZGt80.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YkMJmOE.jpg)
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@EricR - That B-One with C-135/707 wings looks surprisingly right as it has all of the features where they belong and looks very convincing. Convincing enough to pass for a real subject if placed innocuously on the display table among other real world subjects. Though the yellow paint scheme might have to be altered to include "Hughes Air West" markings to give it some legitimacy. :smiley:
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What Jeffry said. I could easily see it in Hughes Air West markings, too.
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It's got a real Convair flavor to it.
Concur with my esteemed colleagues, this one's fantastic!
My mom would applaud your color choice here eric.
Well done!
Brian da Basher
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Yes, I see some Convair influence.
Another fine combo, Convair vibes or not.
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thanx a lot !
I prefer red/yellow/blue, to concentrate just on the shape of the aircraft,
but if you would like to make it in more "real-worl" markings why not ? ;)
1/144 would be possible too I guess, and less problematic for storage ;D
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How about Spirit Airlines?
(http://[ftp=ftp://spirit airlines pic]spirit airlines pic[/ftp])
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;)
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the reciprocal also seemed to be plausible ...
(https://imgur.com/RzExkK0.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/OaMPVFN.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HsdUIVC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/41vJFTY.jpg)
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I like this ..... :smiley:
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Another nice one!
I’m imagining FedEx colors for when packages just have got to be delivered half way around the world overnight.
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Wow! That looks fantastic! :-*
This looks like a design from the time when airliners weren't just designed for maximum fuel efficiency. Could really see this an a 1970's airline livery. :smiley:
More of this, please! Hmmm. B-58 wings on an airliner fuselage?
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thanks !
;D
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Another winner! :smiley:
The B-One/B707-wing and the B707/B-One wing are both excellent combinations.
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:smiley:
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the reciprocal also seemed to be plausible ...
(https://imgur.com/RzExkK0.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/OaMPVFN.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HsdUIVC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/41vJFTY.jpg)
Beautiful!! I could see that easily as an aircraft for the fast transportation of urgent cargo. I know you favor the primary colors, but that would have looked so right in "FedEx purple".
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thanks !
I certainly agree that some liveries would fit well, like DHL (in yellow ! ) :
I don't do decals myself but I would welcome someone trying it out.
BTW it would be do-able in 1/144, for easier storage ;)
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it was a comment about my single-engine Do338 that got me there :
eventually the fromt engine of the 1/48 Dornier was too large for the nose of the 1/72 Su-22,
so I found an alternative in a CL215 engine ; the other one will find a use sometime ...
(https://imgur.com/bJasAji.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Bc052Kz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nUpctzA.jpg)
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Two more.... !
Blue jet is inspiring, like build one in 1/72. Flows and works surprisingly well.
2nd career for CL215 engine. Plenty power for speedy ground tests like checking brakes.....
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Piston-powered Su-22 looks like quite the priority passenger transport, particularly into rough fields.
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That’s a great use for the Hobbycraft kit I have! Nice combo ericr!
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thanks !
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:smiley:
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The prop up front really made me smile.
:D
Brian da Basher
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Me too :D
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;D
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got those two kits together ... they both have a charm,
and called for a kind of swap ...
(https://imgur.com/ljv8TJM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/C7tUJ3A.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Ge5zaHH.jpg)
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:smiley:
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This part of the swap definitely has a charm to it. I'll be looking forward to seeing what the other half develops into.
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No nonsense utilitarian functional combination of kits. :smiley:
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thanks ! ;)
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I liked your animal / machine mashups but your aircraft chimeras are even better!
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thanks !
chimeras is the right word indeed ;D
and, as expectable, the reciprocal
(nearly by popular demand ;-) )
(https://imgur.com/sDstcSn.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jx8Ojza.jpg)
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That looks so right!!
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That looks so right!!
Yes it does. You have great eye for these many fuselage-wing matches. :smiley:
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thanks !
it comes to my mind, and is repeatedly fun ;)
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That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)
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That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)
That is an inspired combination!
Eric unerringly always picks the right color, at least as I see it.
Great stuff!
Brian da Basher
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That freighter-rotodyne looks so right! It has a vaguely Soviet look to it (not just because it's mostly red)
That is an inspired combination!
Eric unerringly always picks the right color, at least as I see it.
Great stuff!
Brian da Basher
Seconded, absolutely inspired pairing
Mog
>^-.-^<
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cool. That freighter with the rotors looks awesome
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thanks ! ;D
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Love your chimeras :-*
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thanks a lot !
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some kits come with missiles, big enough to be carrying a pilot, so what if they were manned vehicles after all?
(https://imgur.com/7w59XRP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HooKsdW.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/dLJWS7S.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
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Beautiful!! The start of a new air-racing craze.
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;D
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Beautiful!! The start of a new air-racing craze.
Absolutely ! slap some numbers on them and get them whizzing around the pylons ;D ;D
Like these a lot, looking at my spares box and getting some ideas.
Mog
>^-.-^<
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two classic small Hasegawa kits
(https://imgur.com/fFUTIaL.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/8lX5oj5.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xWTxL6s.jpg)
and, reciprocally :
(https://imgur.com/sbim4hT.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h8fO7hr.jpg)
this one is hard to weigh to avoid tail-sitting ...
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Well, just added two more projects to my to do list!
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:smiley: :smiley:
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thanx ! :smiley:
if this inspires you, please go ahead ! ;)
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Love your Cessna/Huey! Somehow it makes me think of an MS.760 Paris with 'weight issues' ;D
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Especially like the chopper. :smiley: Inspiring to try chopper based kit-bash some day.
I see it too -- MS.760 Paris with 'weight issues' ;D
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Beautiful, both of them!! The red one makes for a different and attractive Cobra. The blue one looks like an early iteration on developing the Cessna Model 407A further.
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The red chopper has Blofeld and Co. lining up asking for a version in black. ;) :smiley:
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a simple addition :
(https://imgur.com/gmA6dyH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/rDcQOWR.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/tDB8Mk1.jpg)
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Brilliant! 8)
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That Vulcan AWACS sure is delightful and I've never seen a modeler with a better eye for primary colors.
Brian da Basher
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;D
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That Vulcan AWACS is a treat that looks right. You've got the colors nicely balanced, too.
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thanks ;)
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Oh those poor radar operators crammed into that bomb bay!
Wild and cool!
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Concept for repurposing retired Vulcans. Bet RAF never thought of it. :smiley: Time to send them link to this posting.
For long time a lingering kit-bash idea has been to AWACS something, be it EC-121 or E-3 style. Like the RAF, never would thought of this.
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Oh those poor radar operators crammed into that bomb bay!
Wild and cool!
No worse that ELINT systems operators crammed into the bomb bay of ERB-47Hs, or the every day cramming on E-2s.
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;D
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so I had these remaining 4 engines from a A380 ...
here I use two of them
(https://imgur.com/VxPM8jb.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/I2JexAH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xHnWPAo.jpg)
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Totally brilliant flying wing. :smiley: 8) :-* B-35 kit - right ?
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thanks !
yes it is the AMT XB35 kit 1/72
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:smiley:
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That is gorgeous! :-*
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That is gorgeous! :-*
Indeed makes you wish they'd really built it!
Most excellent, eric!
Brian da Basher
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thanks again !
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@EricR - Nice! But I see a missed opportunity to put the pilot station further back (rear bubble) and fill in the original position up front. A nice modification nonetheless and the engines do not look out of place or undersized on that wing.
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An inspiring inspiration to build more flying wings variants after Experimental Flying Wing Bomber is finished. Plenty AMT B-35 B-49 kits in stash to do so.
Over wing engines per your fine example. :smiley: Modification of in wing. Under wing too.
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Gorgeous!! Looks like an early take on the BWB (Blended Wing-Body) configurations being played with today.
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Gorgeous!! Looks like an early take on the BWB (Blended Wing-Body) configurations being played with today.
I kept thinking I had seen something like that before. A Boeing concept IIRC.
Nice work!
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thanks a lot !
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Something like this perhaps:
(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)
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:icon_surprised: :smiley:
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Something like this perhaps:
(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
At least for what it made me think of anyway.
Brian da Basher
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Something like this perhaps:
(https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_16/1971256/619090main_avc_boeing_concept_original_4x3_full_b2177e37357cee88e7ab45c488818803.fit-760w.jpg)
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
At least for what it made me think of anyway.
Brian da Basher
This would be the one!
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I had to make an add-on here, obviously :
a 1/48 ASMP (from Heller's Mirage IV P)
(https://imgur.com/4jrds7r.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jk4HHSj.jpg)
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That's a cute little critter, there.
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;)
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a new series :
half of a He111z and a Dart Herald :
(https://imgur.com/cfLU6FB.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BSTBWQn.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3cWwwAm.jpg)
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Attractive! The crew is going to have quite a walk to the cockpit with that ground sit angle.
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:D
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:smiley:
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Looks a little like a cross between this one that I drew ages ago:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/melbsyd/Casa2111T.jpg)
and this (re the engine placement not the number/type of engines):
(http://hugojunkers.bplaced.net/media/images/ef101-01.jpg)
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GADS.... 8)
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Seems under-powered to me.
;D
Seriously though it's incredibly imaginative and somehow has a bit of the preying mantis about it.
I like the blue too.
Brian da Basher
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I didn't think of the praying mantis aspect, thanks for pointing it out ! ;D
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Very nice! For some reason (beyond the blue scheme), your He 111/Dart Herald says 'high-altitude reconnaissance' to me. :smiley:
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the other side of the He111z, combined with a Dash 8 :
(https://imgur.com/7u4xmm3.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/gglUxFp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/KpRRJ0r.jpg)
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Okay, your He 111/Dash 8 screams 'high-altitude reconnaissance' ;D A true beauty :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Now that one looks quite purposeful; with those wings it also looks "high altitude". Beautiful!
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Yes - high altitude. Picture as geological mapping with specific instruments for finding likely oil fields.
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thanks ! ;)
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It looks great in red and I think the simple yet effective color schemes serve this wiffer quite well!
Brian da Basher
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;)
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and now the third in the series :
exploiting the zwilling potential, with a bit of assymetry
(https://imgur.com/uiCcsBH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ig8KM01.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/pgFDkpG.jpg)
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Beautiful!! The yellow color really suits it and the casual asymmetry of fuselages is a nice touch of distinctiveness.
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thanks !
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Oh, Tophe would love that one (those one?) ;D
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just simply as the title says : Osprey & Herald
(https://imgur.com/bP8KTdC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7rv1l9v.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/6NUwwWs.jpg)
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Surprise :icon_surprised: Apparently was meant to be. :smiley:
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That's some excellent kitbashing and in what I consider your signature yellow too!
Very well done, eric!
Brian da Basher
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Speaking as someone with familiarity with the Osprey, all I can say is "Very, very nice."
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'Muscular' isn't a word I would normally associate with the Dart Herald but it certainly applies here! Good stuff :smiley:
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thanks !
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and the reciprocal :
(https://imgur.com/Fp1rDuQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jZHxVC5.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xR0fliw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7uOCSiZ.jpg)
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That just looks right. :smiley:
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That just looks right. :smiley:
True! :smiley:
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That just looks right. :smiley:
The man is given to understatement, that looks gloriously right!
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thanks !
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@ericr - That combination of kits really works!
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a bit bigger
(https://imgur.com/BcLndA8.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Fb3JF8p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qipIjAS.jpg)
I was looking for large enough cylindrical things to be used as alternatives to a KB29 fuselage ...
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Hmmmm...
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For when you need serious inflight refuelling capabilities! ;D
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;D
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For when you need serious inflight refuelling capabilities! ;D
What he said!! A different approach to high-capacity inflight refueling capability.
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the Italeri kit is not so expensive, given the size ...
(https://imgur.com/2aGvsfJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2RNH9ea.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/f01vHjG.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/XKSRxis.jpg)
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That’s really cool!
It reminds me of the build I saw that put a B-29 nose on top of a rocket. Very 1950s sci fi.
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Alright.... is cool 8)
Have thought generically of XB-70 with "some" alternate nose. Like how this worked out. Even if can't do full Mach3 sure it steps out smartly.
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Looks cool, but oh, the heat build up in that cockpit... :o
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Looks cool, but oh, the heat build up in that cockpit... :o
The fuselage section between the cockpit and gunners' positions is actually one big extruded aluminum heat sink ;)
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Beautiful!! It has a look of a late-Forties/early-Fifties SF illustration.
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;D
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sometime ago, i was intrigued by a statement that suprisingly the Matchbox Hunter T7 cockpit fits on the front of the Heller Mirage IVP,
so I found myself a Heller Mirage IVP, which is in 1/48
(hence not fitting the Matchbox 1/72 Hunter, but that will be another story)
and in the same times got a cheap old 1/72 Revell Lancaster
and they surprisingly fit :
(https://imgur.com/Qzkg9Bf.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/8DH8lFg.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/cAwpmsP.jpg)
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Truly rakish looks that definitely mean business.
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:smiley:
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;)
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Dang, that is a spiffy combo. More look at it more seems right in a weird way. 8)
Is Mirage IV in stash - Hmmm
How did you get such excellent blue finish ?
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Neat! :smiley:
Wouldn't have guessed the Lanc lent itself so well to a scale-o-rama. :icon_surprised:
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thanks !
and the reciprocal, showing the neat fit even better
(https://imgur.com/xl19BDz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/1GsOpVp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/TpbgTGC.jpg)
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Wow - that looks both Soviet and straight out of Dan Dare - at the same time!
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;D
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Now that you mentioned it. Do see the Soviet flavor. Could add red star decals. :smiley:
Surprising what random kit matches there are that give us new designs to discover/contemplate.
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How did you get such excellent blue finish ?
by the way, the blue is simply brushed from Humbrol enamel 014
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Fantastic pair of models there. Blue Lancage (un fromage tres bon) one of my favourite kitbashes from the last few years...looks aggressive, mosquitoish, superb.
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;D
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Wow - that looks both Soviet and straight out of Dan Dare - at the same time!
Indeed!
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;)
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another crossing : I like the shape of the Ju188 glass-house
(https://imgur.com/5u661jg.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xe5rD3C.jpg)
and reciprocally :
(https://imgur.com/cmdz4i7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ijMLgKv.jpg)
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Hustler airframe with Ju 188 cockpit looks great! :smiley:
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Looks like something out of Man in the High Castle.
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Quite aesthetically appealing, both of them.
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thanks ! ;D
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I like the Ju188 with the B-58 nose
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;)
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one way :
(https://imgur.com/LBb0RnX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kNhDqTn.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/R17hH9N.jpg)
and the other :
(https://imgur.com/bzble0c.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/uy89scH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/m2CljEz.jpg)
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Beautiful!! That red one really needs the Hawker P.1083 wings from Freightdog, because it certainly looks capable of going supersonic.
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:smiley: :smiley:
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;)
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From an old Tophe idea, using a F-82 Twin-Mustang canopy :
(https://imgur.com/UiUStJy.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kp7uNyN.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/0gESGI4.jpg)
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Wow! That is seriously cool :smiley: You're on a roll :D
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Wow! That is seriously cool :smiley: You're on a roll :D
What he said. That looks like a very serious racing plane.
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I am sure Tophe would be pleased to see this.
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;)
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I just had to have a try at the B-47 (old Hasegawa)
(https://imgur.com/byBJNpP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ewflRhw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/n2rIWIO.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/DmO6wR5.jpg)
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Nice :smiley: Has me thinking high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
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A good approximation of some of the early concepts. Looks sharp and good in red.
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:smiley:
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Another :icon_surprised: super combination. :smiley: Now I want to build USAF/USN one.
Great solution to take care of outrigger wheels. Never made mental C-130 connection that you did.
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I have to hand it to you @EricR, you have come up with some surprising combinations that are definitely unique and actually look like they would work in real life. :smiley:
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Fantastic!
Will we see a C-130 with swept wings?
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thanks ;D
I think you guessed my tricks ! ;)
please do build a USAF/USN one if you like : I always think my conceptions could be built with more classical skills
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the reciprocal, very expectedly ;)
(https://imgur.com/7yIeQNK.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/0MoGX2Z.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Dd5DRgT.jpg)
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And that has a definite attractiveness to it.
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;)
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Well that does look sleek which for a C-130 is usually not part of any sentence describing it. It does remind me a bit of the Il-76 Candid, just a little. Well done sir!
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That looks just right!
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Agree "That looks just right!" Would not expect so, yet it does. :smiley:
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;D
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another Osprey :
(https://imgur.com/0mma0ow.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/hVaX0Z5.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Qj3JXSf.jpg)
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Looks like it should go together that way. A very purposeful cargo hauler out to the front lines.
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Nice! :-* Really pretty.
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;)
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Looks natural
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and the reciprocal is all too real too
(https://imgur.com/jj8l4Yw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/GVdIXBw.jpg)
especially on top of Italeri's stand :
(https://imgur.com/dRPro5n.jpg)
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That’s wild! Never would have thought of that myself!
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;D
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That's another great wing switch! I think I prefer the look of the Gotha Osprey to the Osprey Gotha; it's more compact.
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Looks good
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Beautiful!! Such a compact airframe for compact helicopter decks and compact landing zones.
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I like the cockpit framing, it gives it a sci fi look.
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;)
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twin fuselages with some asymmetry
(https://imgur.com/ApbegSN.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/XIvkTZi.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/LqbBc8a.jpg)
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@EricR - Now you have me wondering what the remaining parts will be turned in to :smiley:
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@EricR - Now you have me wondering what the remaining parts will be turned in to :smiley:
wait and see ! ;D ;D ;D
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here come the spare parts (i) :
(https://imgur.com/IiLtXcW.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/y1gubdt.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NTQxZBi.jpg)
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That combination of Corsair wings with the Mustang fuselage actually looks really good.
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;)
the other spare parts (ii)
(https://imgur.com/Glas2Ay.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/upYXQSQ.jpg)
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Wow! Another great combination of "spare parts" = Winning! :smiley:
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Beauties, all three of them.
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thanks ;)
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more twin-fuselaged asymmetry
(https://imgur.com/oYPExAr.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CfLcRpM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nKNrMmV.jpg)
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That combination of Corsair wings with the Mustang fuselage actually looks really good.
It really does! :smiley: :smiley:
The Hs 126 component of your assymmetrical twin was also a revelation. Makes for a great low-wing monoplane! It has a bit of a 1930s Fokker vibe to it :smiley:
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;D ;D
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and the other way around :
a quite long-winged half Twin Mustang :
(https://imgur.com/Fra805w.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7pBDBWj.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ufeufWc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/foI8aSu.jpg)
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With large wing and fixed gear does not look Mustangy. Does look high altitude recon or research. :smiley:
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So this is where the idea for the U-2 came from! Nice work!
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Loving these 'half Twin Mustangs' :smiley: :smiley:
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;)
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last but not least :
(https://imgur.com/yEvcpyP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/UkQTPts.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7xUW6hO.jpg)
after having finished it I see potential improvement of course, but the most salient features are visible here
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Surprisingly looks realistic. :smiley:
Reminiscent of BdB builds.
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My favourite so far. :smiley:
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All very nice, but I loved that last one. Perhaps the back of the canopy should have been trimmed, fixed in place, and painted over as the faired-in headrest for the open cockpit that would seem more appropriate for the blue aircraft.
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thanks all
an open cockpit would look in line with the classiccal parasol wing aircraft,
but somehow I liked to keep the F82 frame quite untouched,with the mobile canopy from the original kit.
This keeps part of the contrast between the two ingredients ;)
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with an engine from a Do335, all 1/48
(https://imgur.com/encWksZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/88iZx09.jpg)
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That looks like a very well-balanced aircraft :smiley:
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;D
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That looks like a very well-balanced aircraft :smiley:
What the good man said! That looks very well put together.
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I think in the real world that engine would pull the wings off that poor little Rufe! Hey but this is whiff world, nice work!
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I think in the real world that engine would pull the wings off that poor little Rufe! Hey but this is whiff world, nice work!
It would be fun to watch given the Pfeil's Daimler-Benz DB 603E-1 engine is some 89% more powerful at takeoff and 56% heavier than the Rufe's Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12 engine.
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;)
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a similar exercise, in 1/72, with a Zero (stash reduction ;) ) and a spare optional engine from a Ju188
(https://imgur.com/0KbbHBp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/w0n84qC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/X833Xkk.jpg)
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That engine otta pull light weight Zero airframe along smartly. :smiley:
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;D
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Congratulations EricR, you have managed once again to bring balance to a tail dragging design. The nose wheel works very well with this subject. I wish it were this easy in 1:48th scale. :smiley:
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Kind of looks familiar:
(http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j340/ysi_maniac/Drawing/ReengineZero.jpeg)
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ah right indeed ! trying alternative engines can be a fun game : I have a few radials and others in the spares box :
maybe this can also participate in stash reduction by applying the trick to old kits ;)
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so, the BV222 flying boat with B52 wings was shown there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg171907#msg171907 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg171907#msg171907)
and the reciprocal was an obvious thing to try :
and sometimes those systematic schemes lead to something slightly more strange than expected.
In this case, it looks a bit like an ekranoplan ?
(https://imgur.com/bnGPSXx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/1r391WI.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kq8jePw.jpg)
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Looks good but needs a bunch of turrets... ;)
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Hey, another that works in its own way. :smiley: Suspect a center of gravity issue. Yes, turrets would help.
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;)
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That's not too bad and it really does need a lot of gun turrets like an Manga/Anime creation :smiley: :smiley: 8)
Mind you it really looks like it should've been given the "Rutan" treatment 8) you know wings at the back tailplanes/canards at the front.
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ah yes the canard configuration could have been better, I can see it now : next time maybe?
(but I have to fetch the two kits first, and cheap ;) )
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another relatively big :
one way, a bit sporty :
(https://imgur.com/MAswAbb.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/1tTTL9i.jpg)
and its reciprocal, a bit muscular :
(https://imgur.com/bFiWmCV.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/5rQpN8V.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/pLBCjlm.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Very nice, both ways. They look the part well.
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;)
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Very nice! The DC-6 fuselaged one has a real British Aerospace ATP look about it :smiley: The Transall-fuselage one is more like the early Weserflugzeugbau 4-engined AT 180 study ... yeah, I know, that last one's more than a little obscure ;D
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;) ;) ;)
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Sporty & bit muscular they are. Good eye for two more good swaps. :smiley:
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thanks !
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and another large couple :
(https://imgur.com/TamHCTD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/8PVera4.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/GQPmjPT.jpg)
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Great configuration. Another wanna build "favorite". Picture it painted WW2 German without swept tail.
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;)
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Such an unusual combination. Also it works well.
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:smiley:
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Very nice! can't wait to see it's opposite number.
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Hmmmm.....
I have that fuselage in the stash. Now I need some wings.
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thanks !
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and, as expected, the reciprocal :
(https://imgur.com/8h5opIG.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/J9cg2FE.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ogMmxTB.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/x28w1Dx.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/DPHQTEy.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Hot damn, but that's brilliant! 8) :-* :-*
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;)
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That's beautiful! It's a French Constellation powered by British jets! The first Concorde...
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thanks !
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Damn, that's as beautiful as I thought it would be!!
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;)
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one more twin, in the jet age :
(https://imgur.com/yJXMFue.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/lUKa657.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/jSMwlLc.jpg)
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reciprocals here :
(https://imgur.com/lJrDCbF.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/pFcj3a2.jpg)
and there :
(https://imgur.com/V4W0YE7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/wMbj0cF.jpg)
and I just found another F-82 kit for quite cheap ...
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oh well, I just had to try it out
(https://imgur.com/GisSLjA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/t0zLEdu.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/OqtCRVR.jpg)
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With some careful modifications you could have had a seaplane with that container ship/707 kit bash. :smiley:
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IF you could put a cockpit in front of the forward-most container, you would have something very similar to the "Flying Flat-bed" concept that Lockheed once pitched. That combination does look nice.
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;D
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IF you could put a cockpit in front of the forward-most container, you would have something very similar to the "Flying Flat-bed" concept that Lockheed once pitched. That combination does look nice.
I had a very similar thought:
(https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/GTwiner156/Lockheed-Flatloader_zpsyzvqlav3.jpg)
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:o ;)
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just for the looks of it :
(https://imgur.com/DCRVQkP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/IXiifXV.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/r2c09BL.jpg)
(the landing gear comes from a KB29)
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Red suits it - as it looks fast - maybe just need to add a Ferrari Prancing Horse to the tail:
(https://cache.desktopnexus.com/thumbseg/2144/2144900-bigthumbnail.jpg)
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Way cool! :smiley: Saw someone build a CANT Hairone on another forum a couple of days ago and wondered what it would like without floats. ;D
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thanks ;)
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another one :
(https://imgur.com/jkzsqjX.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/bnyRiHY.jpg)
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an animal hybrid : it had been quite a while
I had been thinking of it for a long time, and then finally got the ingredients, and then even later went at it ...
(https://imgur.com/BGRx6u3.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/KkVVFHp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/JveYm52.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CI3Bmez.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/xRR3ULn.jpg)
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Awesome! ;D :)
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:)
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You need lobster claws to excavate the butter mines! Lobster and butter... tasty!
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Awesome! ;D :)
What he said. Both look so appropriate.
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;D
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Slow to comment :-[ Past few aircraft and now lobster variants are super. :)
Like to sorta copy concepts if ever get time to.....
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thanks !
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Love the lobster hybrids ... but you Cant Z.506 with tricycle gear is gorgeous! :-*
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:D
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back to aircraft hybrids :
(https://imgur.com/eo4tURC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2GUyo9v.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/5h8Wgh5.jpg)
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That's a very nice fit and a striking look. Beautiful!!
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Very nice! It reminds me of a Fairey Hendon
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Now THAT, is rather GOOD . . . :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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Such a fine fuselage-wing match up. :smiley: Another one I would like to build as early 30s USAAF.
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With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!
Maybe someone could write a story to go with it with a part explaining why it’s blue?
Great job and a combo that’s a natural!
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;D
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With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!
Maybe someone could write a story to go with it with a part explaining why it’s blue?
Great job and a combo that’s a natural!
Easy . . .
"In the mid 1920s, Vickers signed an agreement with the French firm Wibault, allowing Vickers to use Wibault's metal aircraft assembly techniques.
Not wishing to be left behind, Handley-Page eventually negotiated a similar deal with Junkers, one of the results of this deal being a test aircraft, consisting of a Heyford fuselage, married to Junkers Ju52 wings and undercarriage. As this aircraft was privately funded by the Handley-Page company, the decision was taken not to paint it in Service colours, but instead a rather fetching shade of blue.
Tests with this aircraft proved remarkably successful, so much so that a production version entered service as the Handley-Page Hemel (Hempstead) . . ."
cheers,
Robin.
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that story sounds quite natural too ;)
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Great stuff! And such a natural-looking combo :smiley: Its easy to envision a shortened Heyford fuselage mated to Ju 86 wings too!
With those spats it belongs in the BdB group build!
Absolutely!
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(https://imgur.com/u2NCObA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4R9kS0f.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I like it :smiley: I can see it as a fast medevac aircraft with a swing-tail :D
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I like it :smiley: I can see it as a fast medevac aircraft with a swing-tail :D
I agree. That concept would make a lot of sense.
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;)
the back doors are below the tail, so could be used as such
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Makes me think of those flying family cars from the 50’s!
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the rest of the BO105 was used on a piggy-bank
(https://imgur.com/YYohUJ2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/MPQQwNK.jpg)
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Drone bringing your piggybank to you so you can deposit more in it. Cute!!
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If you put a coin in the slot do the rotors spin around? >:D ;D
Just kidding, nice job!
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Coin to spin rotors. That would be a neat deal. That aside, is nice build.
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the rest of the BO105 was used on a piggy-bank
;D ;D ;D Love it!
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;)
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Cynical view: you have a helicopter and you better be prepared to keep putting money into it...
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a reciprocal : with a glass nose
(https://imgur.com/NVMzYll.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/JEpi5R1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/DOWZojw.jpg)
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That's a weird and awesome combo! The glass nose on the Ju-52 is brilliant - it's given me some ideas.
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:smiley:
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Magnifique!!
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thanks !
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That's a weird and awesome combo! The glass nose on the Ju-52 is brilliant ...
It is indeed. Is that an Anson nose?
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the nose comes from the spares box :smiley: but now you mention it, it might be coming from a Special Hobby Anson
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the third seat is not very visible, but also under the rear canopy
(https://imgur.com/PUycKHt.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/WQSvyfY.jpg)
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Soccer Mom has wings! :smiley:
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Very nice, though sliding that rear canopy back with that antenna right behind it could be a spot of a problem. IIRC, over in the thread in "Ideas and Inspiration" that covers the Mustang, some one posted a picture of a four-seater that used a CF-100 canopy. That one sounds tempting to model.
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ah indeed the antenna would be in the way for sliding : I could remove it,
or alernately maybe it can be seen as a canopy opening on the side ;-)
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Borrow inspiration from the F-35 and have the rear canopy hinged at the forward end.
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the whiff world is rich in imaginary solutions ;)
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before I forget, here is what became of the P61 fuselage ...
(https://i.imgur.com/EubAACN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jc8T6Fn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SbKGy23.jpg)
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Looks Soviet.
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indeed, like the Mil-14
but the Apache also has two seats
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well ,those hands and feet were tempting, and then I had to find something to do with them
(https://i.imgur.com/xjLQiM7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RofDnYY.jpg)
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Do the hands help in loading the passengers?
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Has a Monty Python feel to it.
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;)
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Has a Monty Python feel to it.
Agreed!
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remainings from the other thread
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg175040#msg175040 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg175040#msg175040)
(https://imgur.com/Y1TEXKv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/F2FWtXU.jpg)
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Very nice!! Those bits look made to go together.
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A high altitude version perhaps?
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A high altitude version perhaps?
Yep, must be !
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;D
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the front engine room for the engine is transformed into a loading door
(https://i.imgur.com/oGGcq8a.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/44kU5lb.jpg)
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Oh, that's a very nice and plausible model.
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It works but it is strange in appearance. :smiley:
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It reminds me of an Anomalocaris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris)
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strange is beautiful (sometimes) ;)
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:smiley:
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Innovative, I like it. Inspiring to do same in regular service colors. :smiley:
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Very clever. Makes me think of old freighters with long-load capabilities ... like the Fleet 50K.
It reminds me of an Anomalocaris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris)
;D ;D ;D
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another case of whiffing causing a problem of nose-sitting
(I had to put weight in the rear to avoid it)
(https://i.imgur.com/unPAfUE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5HNKQFN.jpg)
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Beautiful!! IMHO, it looks like something that was put together as a moving stage for a movie production. I'm thinking a b-70 or Concorde nose and cockpit on a Lockheed Constellation would look good for that role, too.
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Does appear just a bit nose heavy. Quandary is add rear ballast or install nose gear. Inspires doing similar builds. :smiley:
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;)
a Constellation mix would have been nice indeed !
please feel free to be inspired ;D
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a leafy whiff series
(https://imgur.com/k4VXWS7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/903mPcX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XbZla5h.jpg)
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in this continuing vein, this was tempting, and I had this remaining CF-100 cockpit
(https://i.imgur.com/k7nU7MG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/c1yYqH0.jpg)
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That is fantastic ... in all senses of the word ;D
Might be a little too aerodynamic to be truly CF-100 related but it looks fabulous ... especially in plan view :-*
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thanks ;D
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more leafy material
(ginkgo biloba, printed 2 sides)
(https://i.imgur.com/YjFPGck.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8d8m3vn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/o9WNXQq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KnCDE4B.jpg)
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Beautiful!! Javelin looks sleeker than stock!
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;)
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how about this delicate use of Javelin wings ?
look a bit ekranoplan-like ...
(https://i.imgur.com/A2ZFFJh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Upvdcol.jpg)
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Very Ekranoplane like; I could see that for cargo deliveries where no other means of delivery exists.
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Maybe alternate to this:
(https://i.redd.it/omytkv8a0x931.jpg)
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;D
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Kinda krazy ;D Do like it anyway :smiley:
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thanks ;)
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Nice! The best possible use of the 'Dragmaster' wing! :smiley: :smiley:
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;)
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simply red
(https://i.imgur.com/6Z4ttdt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/n4lWjkk.jpg)
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Beautiful!! Looks great for skywriting.
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;)
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Beautiful!! Looks great for skywriting.
The door is that way... :-\
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simply red
Simply wonderful! And hilarious ;D
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;D
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Beautiful!! Looks great for skywriting.
The door is that way... :-\
You're just jealous that you didn't post that one first.
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did you notice this logo some years ago ?
(https://cms-assets.tutsplus.com/uploads/users/448/posts/22134/preview_image/preview%20image.JPG)
I had a try at making it in plastic, with a spare A380 engine, and little bits from the scrap box
(https://i.imgur.com/wYoPjih.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QKUCjvn.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Like it
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Beautiful!! Looks great for skywriting.
The door is that way... :-\
You're just jealous that you didn't post that one first.
But of course is for "skywriting". Jealous I did not realize it either Greg !
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;)
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more chimeras :
(https://i.imgur.com/4LZenru.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cENUvbJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8ezI4X9.jpg)
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Nice . . . :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)
cheers,
Robin.
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indeed ! thanks for the reference
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Nice . . . :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)
What he said, Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.
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Very nice :smiley:
What he said, Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.
Yes, a swept-winged, jet powered Friendship sounds very tasty :smiley: :smiley:
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;)
wait and see
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Nice . . . :smiley:
Looks a lot like the NAA XA2J-1 Super Savage . . .
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/attachments/naa-xa2j-1-01sml-jpg.159861/)
What he said, Looking forward to seeing the revers configuration.
What they said sums it up. :smiley:
Inspiring for when get back to model building. Swamped in 1/1 kit right now.
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by general expectation, the reciprocal, indeed in red :
(https://i.imgur.com/3gxM65U.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Wqtc8kk.jpg)
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Now that, looks like THIS :-
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-m-185f.883/ (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fairchild-m-185f.883/)
cheers,
Robin.
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Such a deal works surprisingly well. :smiley: Looks good for 500+ MPH regional jet. Yet another wanna build.
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:smiley:
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It looks great! A fine regional jet for areas that lack good local service.
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Very cool! It looks like it might have variable-incidence wings (à la the Blohm & Voss Bv 144). :smiley:
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;D
thanks for the references
Fairchild M-185F looks like a close cousin indeed
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Beautiful!! Looks every bit as good as I expected it to.
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thanks !
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looks a bit sturdy ...
(https://i.imgur.com/fRN8yKp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uSGf31Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bVPI3Oq.jpg)
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:smiley:
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It's like a twin-boom big brother for the An-14.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/An-14_%28СССР-81550%29.jpg)
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;D
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Beautiful!! I'd argue that it resembles a piston-powered, twin-boom cousin of the AN-28, presumably for locales where getting piston engines serviced is easlier than getting turboprops serviced.
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If by "sturdy" you mean fantastic, I agree. Where are the rear clamshell doors from? Just the MI-17's rear fuselage?
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thanks
and yes, the doors are from the fuselage, as seen there (I just simplified a bit) :
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Election_ballots_in_helicopter.jpg/1024px-Election_ballots_in_helicopter.jpg)
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with wings & tail & canopy & engine from various origins ...
(https://i.imgur.com/8mb8HiP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0zoDysZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dfDUA0p.jpg)
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Now that's cute!
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Now that's cute!
I'll say! And I can almost imagine it as a twin-engined, push-pull prop! :smiley:
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Now that's cute!
I'll say! And I can almost imagine it as a twin-engined, push-pull prop! :smiley:
aha ! I hadn't thought of that : maybe anothe plastic egg will be used ... ;)
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changing the number of engines ...
(https://i.imgur.com/HGsnlKl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/izOaMn9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lQneXGa.jpg)
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Looks so much like is not a kit-bash. Prefect combo :smiley:
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Beautiful!! Looks like it should exist (though I suspect riding in it would be noisy with the prop tips passing so close to the fuselage).
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Neat! :smiley: Looks quite plausible.
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thanks ;)
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aha ! I hadn't thought of that : maybe anothe plastic egg will be used ... ;)
Or you could just cheat with Photoshop ;)
I present the rarely-photographed E.G.G. Mk.II - a twin-engined, push-pull derivative. (Note the variable-incident tailplane introduced on the Mk.II.)
Your Neptune-Privateer is flippin' brilliant by the way :smiley: :smiley:
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:smiley: ;D
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It’s amazing how well those Neptune wings fit the Privateer fuselage! Great job!
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It’s amazing how well those Neptune wings fit the Privateer fuselage! Great job!
Totally agree.....
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thanks
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and the, maybe all-too-expectedly, reciprocal
(https://i.imgur.com/yz9BVwE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kUPLrKS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YZp4jzx.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Now, that's a gorgeous design that looks "right"!
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thanks !
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Neptune & Privateer combos are extra inspiring for more of my wanna builds. :smiley:
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;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/AR5l9d8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FFvtsap.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1pIBsBZ.jpg)
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With those turboprop engines this aircraft would have an amazing top speed!
Well done!
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Wanna build one :-* Adds 100+ MPH.
SEA colors or all black or ?
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Beautiful!! That looks far better than the RL turboprop versions Russia and China have done.
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Comparison:
- This creation: presumably 4 × Allison T56-A-14 turboprop engines, 4,910 shp (3,660 kW) each
- Standard B-29: 4 × Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled turbosupercharged radial piston engines, 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) each and max speed of 357 mph (575 km/h, 310 kn)
- B-54 (Most developed real world B-29 derivative): 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-51 radial piston engines with turbines, 4,500 hp (3,400 kW) each and proposed top speed of 430 mph (690 km/h, 370 kn)
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The B-29/Electra/Orion combination looks very convincing. Same can be said for the Neptune/Liberator combination. Very good kit bashing all around!
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thanks !
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the Orion fuselage received Stirling wings ...
(https://i.imgur.com/DQhr1ay.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aWzV4xa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mnrU0cx.jpg)
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Unusual in that don't see Stirling OOB or kit-bash builds. Looking quite natural. :smiley:
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Another no-fuss kit bash. :smiley:
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Very nice, looks very good and "together". So, will we see a Stirling with a Superfortress wing, then? Given your tastes, I'd wager it will be in blue.
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So, will we see a Stirling with a Superfortress wing, then? Given your tastes, I'd wager it will be in blue.
this time I try to be a little less predictable ...
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Stirling being larger of RAF bombers is logical choice for B-29 wing. Tricycle gear or tail dragger ?
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providing for slightly longer wings,
but even less spectacular than the previous one
(but then maybe it makes it more tricky to detect?)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ay4nT7G.jpg)
so I added a few bananas (miniature, plastic) to spice it up, using the tractor in the kit
(https://i.imgur.com/M1Xz561.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UVsEaRC.jpg)
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a follow-up, concerning a seaplane, is there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg177924#new (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg177924#new)
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some steam for the week-end
(https://i.imgur.com/7MvrtxM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qi8HK53.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nRKy4I2.jpg)
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Definitely something different by way of a streamlined steam locomotive. I could see that "cab-forward" configuration working anywhere there were a lot of mountains to tunnel through.
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thanks ;)
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reciprocity being of significant importance, in general and here in particular :
(https://i.imgur.com/ioOdO5o.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zTr50Af.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lVVlUIn.jpg)
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Payload,,, what payload ? Just manage to somehow fly. ;D
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;D
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Steam-driven supercharger for all four engines? It looks like one of those odd experiments tried when all options are being explored.
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I like the idea of exploring options off the beaten track ;)
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Of course --- Has steam driven superchargers, should have realized. Is obvious now. ;)
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;)
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trying out a few tricycle biplanes, to see how it would look like
(https://i.imgur.com/MQ4wXaS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pYjPC9W.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4ven36a.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Very nice!!
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Very intimidating set of spats on the main gear !!!!!!
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Tricycle biplanes is another different twist on models. Good start. Interesting to see what follows.
Don't recall a RW one. Maybe a couple I missed.
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;D
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/32/5e/f7325efa823d31c6a00c7bc8b55229db.gif)
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Eric you're such a prolific builder! Where do you store all those models???
:o
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I store them delicately piled up in big cardboard boxes, not very safe fior them but that is life ;)
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a slight change of looks
(https://imgur.com/2ZFC87a.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LZpJKcd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mEtlAiG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uTlLyfE.jpg)
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That does look good.
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Yup, I always thought the He115 would make a good landplane . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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thanks !
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:smiley:
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another biplane tricycle ...
(https://i.imgur.com/Ydo2Iqn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/G15i1Mw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0dNTiLy.jpg)
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That is a beautiful plane! Although you should put a NSFW warning about plane porn!
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/eLK1ndE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/G9Dmo0P.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7fxIOon.jpg)
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Yet another that looks so right!
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:smiley:
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Yet another that looks so right!
Wot Evan said! :smiley:
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here we go for a direct reciprocal (a bit sketchy, but there it stand) :
(https://i.imgur.com/NHWzstI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PzwLKHF.jpg)
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Looks like a great observation helicopter, somewhat reminiscent of the original Bell Model 206 prototype that lost to the OH-6.
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Both are really cool!
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Another excellent combo. Works so well. :smiley:
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thanks !
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half a F-82 (a bit larger than a Mustang)
with a tad longer wings (from a Hotspur glider)
(https://i.imgur.com/ynDDNbY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/L2fNZPN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9p412DU.jpg)
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Excellent! A good pairing of wings and fuselage make for a great looking what-if.
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:smiley:
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A most aesthetic blend of features that definitely looks "right".
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thanks !
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We need an "Eric-that-is-brilliant-and-totally-believable" macro button!
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thanks a lot !
believability / plausibility is a kind of spice in these exercises ;)
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well, just a single fuselage with two wings ...
(https://i.imgur.com/WuSjfpL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bBoGaLZ.jpg)
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Very nice, it looks like a stock P-51H until you realized that the wheel well doors are farther outboard than normal. Beautiful job!!
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He-115 Tricycle is dang good conversion - neato :smiley:
1/2 F-82 makes me think Luft '46 high altitude Mustang. Came together well. :smiley:
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thanks ;)
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a hint at a backstory ? how about :
a school picnic, a couple of teachers on one side, pupils on the other, and food & drinks in the central trunk & pod
with a radar to detect hot spots
(https://i.imgur.com/6qexCkE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZLzRDjh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O1jGPNS.jpg)
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Now that is an attractive asymmetry. Very nice!!
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thanks ;)
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just for fun
(well, as always)
(https://i.imgur.com/xruf3w7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wY5MTV9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JylckNa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gkqpU6c.jpg)
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:smiley: :smiley:
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Way different approach on Go244. Works so well 8)
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Oh, that works beautifully. I can imagine several different expeditions using such a vehicle, particularly in the arctic and antarctic regions where that yellow would stand out.
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;D
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Nice! And here was me was trying to figure out how you were going create a fabric-covered space shuttle :o
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;D nice idea ! I could have done that, I keep it for later maybe ;)
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just for fun
(well, as always)
Interesting combination EricR, so is it an Arctic/Antarctic type mission or is it for interplanetary exploration. It looks right for both applications where it is cold, barren, open terrain.
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thanks ;)
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the U2 from which the wings are on the Sunderland there
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180237#msg180237 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180237#msg180237)
(https://i.imgur.com/QphCPKr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FCHFoCv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/k5wGz7U.jpg)
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Channeling some Lockheed CL-400 Suntan there by the looks.
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Channeling some Lockheed CL-400 Suntan there by the looks.
Also looks to channel the French Trident in some aspects.
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thanks !
I thought about the Trident indeed ;-)
and didn't know about the Lockheed CL-400 Suntan thanks for the reference !
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remainings of the day ...
(https://i.imgur.com/IUdC0dg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6G56XPL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xY2nSan.jpg)
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Aesthetically appealing.
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Another excellent combo wish I thought of and built. :smiley:
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Another winner ... and a very compelling side profile :smiley:
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the wings of the Osprey went there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538)
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the wings from the Mariner there
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538)
came here (with the help of the tail of an Osprey, and landing gear from a SR-71) :
(https://i.imgur.com/aFrOWlp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Vcqmoha.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/l7Uxx2a.jpg)
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A different look, but an attractive one. those wingtips look low enough that they could "kiss" the ground on a hard landing. Looks to be a definite candidate for turboprops.
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That looks like something out of Thunderbirds or anime! Awesome!
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/ksa2AQ8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/t2VE2tI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EUsRaEb.jpg)
the old Revell kit has a radar in the nose
(https://i.imgur.com/gu7yMws.jpg)
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Best kit bash ever! :smiley:
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Oh, yeah!! That's a really outstanding combination.
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Me Likey ! :smiley:
Reminds me a lot of the A-11 precursor design to the Blackbird . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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Best kit bash ever! :smiley:
I 2nd this!
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thanks ! ;D
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the wings from the Mariner there
[url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538[/url] ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg180538#msg180538[/url])
([url]https://i.imgur.com/aFrOWlp.jpg[/url])
That looks like something straight from a comic or superhero film. :smiley: Way cool!
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/vMFqiHV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4TZiPM3.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Well that is a very unexpected combination of craft. :smiley:
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Pop an engine and prop on the back and turn it into a skimmer. Everglades houseboat?
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oh, nice idea indeed ! I might try it out
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Pop an engine and prop on the back and turn it into a skimmer. Everglades houseboat?
Oh, I like that idea. Needs to be a shrouded prop to reduce the chance of accidents with this little beauty.
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a trimotor Do-27
(1/32, with 1/72 Catalina wings)
(https://i.imgur.com/oipr2Vs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6507JgZ.jpg)
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The natural progression of the Do-27 design from the Do-227 with two engines to the Do-327 with three engines... :smiley:
Another great wing and fuselage match that no one would have expected!
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Beautiful!! It cries out to be finished in Italian registration.
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because of the trimotor ;D
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because of the trimotor ;D
Precisely!!
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and here go the Do-27 wings (with Go244 engines)
(https://i.imgur.com/vTEyQPz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/boJScvJ.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Very clean. Obviously a high-altitude variant.
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if you remember the Hustler & SR71 above in this thread :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180786#msg180786 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180786#msg180786)
here is where its wings went :
(https://i.imgur.com/dqqjhvy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FjOLiyl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/awehk7w.jpg)
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:smiley:
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My, that's snub-nosed little beauty. Very nicely done!
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/xsT5VAe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/71wr0So.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/n5bZcM6.jpg)
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Perfect for getting around jammed road conditions; I suspect some drivers wished for that with the 200-vehicle chain pile-up we had here on Thursday, 11 Feb, Fortunately, not in an area I needed to traverse to get to work.
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if you remember the wings of an X-1 used there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180320#msg180320 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg180320#msg180320)
here is its fuselage :
(https://i.imgur.com/pFkPGyC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XEuioF5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LOKgq00.jpg)
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Lovely combo! The X-1 looks great as a tailed delta :smiley:
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:smiley:
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That looks so right!!
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one more step in the chain :
(https://i.imgur.com/YXUBZL9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WOJQjMF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d5t3Fmk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oSNeGse.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dice813.jpg)
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Oh, yeah!! That should have a good low altitude ride.
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A stepping stone towards the Mirage G perhaps?
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and the end of this quite long chain
(at the other end there is the He111 with Do27 wings)
(https://i.imgur.com/qhH1RVH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cyFg37r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mlLKyFj.jpg)
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Ooh, me likey dat, lots . . . :D
Tornado-mystic? MRCAystic?
cheers,
Robin.
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Yep, definitely a high-altitude recce vibe there :smiley: :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Yep, definitely a high-altitude recce vibe there :smiley: :smiley:
+1 It definitely has that look to it, though I worry about the horizontal tail being too close to the exhaust streams.
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submarine & helicopter, with robot arms
(https://i.imgur.com/qUHnlFr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WJ0BYeH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8x7AXFK.jpg)
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That is just so right . . . ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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a monoplane (and floatless) variant
(kind of one wing biplane ;-) )
(https://i.imgur.com/BBVAByg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iX9trrD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OFCKAkw.jpg)
the floats were used elsewhere in my seaplanes thread
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:smiley:
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Now that's good . . . looks a bit Brewster-ish . . . :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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Very nice, and with an appropriately worn appearance.
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thanks ;)
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with all those half ducks lying round, here is another wheeled variation, with a belly window from a Cant506 (I think) :
(https://i.imgur.com/b5gEJZx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JO835pQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Maqzn9D.jpg)
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And this one's even better (even if it has two sets of wings . . . ;D ) !!!
(Goes online to find cheap Airfix Duck kit . . . )
cheers,
Robin.
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:smiley:
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(Goes online to find cheap Airfix Duck kit . . . )
it can be found, but not so cheap mostly ...
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a third one in the series, because there was one color missing :
combining both parasol and observation post (a bit less visible, though)
(https://i.imgur.com/2O1BFA7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sbAyrdt.jpg)
I still have a few floatless ducks around, I might try a tricycle gear
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Need a group photo
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Need a group photo
What he said. All three are beautiful and quite plausible, but I especially like the blue one.
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I'll try to do that soon
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(https://i.imgur.com/YTQamWt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NtmzbFx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rLX6og0.jpg)
with tanker stuff from a Victor
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that does look the part, though ISTR that Russian refueling pods are rather less aesthetic than those. Still, it's a plausible role, especially as Su-24s get replaced in their primary roles by Su-34s.
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AAH,,, makes perfect sense - Yes ?
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;D
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Gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed with this one . . . it's not quite weird enough . . . ;D ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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Not necessarily a whiff (though two pods might be a tad dicey):
(http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/su24/su24_26.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n_goa2FlmJs/T6NYy7zTvEI/AAAAAAAALNs/B2Vc1Bz6tjA/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Two+IRIAF++Islamic+Republic+of+Iran+Air+Force+%28IRIAF%29++Su-24MKs+demonstrate+the+Upaz-A+%27buddy%27+air-to-air+refuelling+Iran%27s+Army+Day+in+2012+fighter+jets+ground+attack+%283%29.jpg)
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oops, nearly not even a whiff ! ;)
thanks for the pictures
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that does look the part, though ISTR that Russian refueling pods are rather less aesthetic than those.
Meh...I don't mind their look - its serves a purpose:
(http://www.ausairpower.net/VVS/000-UPAZ-1A-Fencer-3S.jpg)
BTW, here's one on a MiG-29 (which I wouldn't expect to have much fuel to transfer in the first place...):
(https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/media/images/stories/1)%20MiG-29M2_LR.jpg)
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even less a whiff than thought ; but still, unusual ... an a bit whiffy ;D
thanks again for showing the pictures
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(https://i.imgur.com/bRFcMIu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/e93gCtt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d5qY1cE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rbgDaRR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WpF2xZx.jpg)
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Oh my... :-* That is gorgeous!
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J21 fuselage meld onto P-38 concept is stroke of genius. :o :smiley:
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That looks fast and gorgeous. You've done a beautiful blend there.
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That's an amazing combo! It looks like a pretty good fit between the two kits!
I bet Tophe will go crazy when he sees this.
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That looks so believable!
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thanks all ! ;D
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I never would have thought of this combination. This is a great one.
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;D
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one step beyond
(https://i.imgur.com/8nK30oW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gWCb5pc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/twp1O3B.jpg)
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A little James Bond music please.....
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Little Nellie's (https://www.jamesbondlifestyle.com/sites/default/files/styles/fancybox_popup/public/images/product/au032-wallis-wa-116-autogyro_james_bond_little_nellie-2.jpg?itok=MT1P8hEC) big sister Bertha?
Is that a 1/144 helicopter and the 1/72 P-38 fuselage pod?
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one step beyond
(https://i.imgur.com/8nK30oW.jpg)
Ok Eric, you've gone too far now - putting real world subjects on the forum.
Lovely
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:smiley:
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Beautiful!! And it does look perfect for a James Bond movie.
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It is indeed :smiley: But your Saab J21/P-38 mélange is gob-smackingly brilliant :-*
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closing the loop of this 3-kit-bash :
(https://i.imgur.com/RCQU6p9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/83cn5Og.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hR4Awwt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/i9rWcy4.jpg)
in the absence of room for weight, I had to use a clear support to avoid tail-sitting ;)
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Beautiful!! Looks like an early iteration on the Edgely Optica.
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Another right-on combo :smiley:
For observation use at much less cost than a helicopter. Police, forest fires, ranchers, boarder patrol, SAR,,,
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/kq0XBau.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Terbo6r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gHwvnpq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rCC7hsd.jpg)
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Very nice!! Looks natural!
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;)
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the other half of the H-5
(https://i.imgur.com/ebr6wBR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/02oQ6uh.jpg)
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Like this combo and it inspires more concepts. :smiley:
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Those two look great! The H-5/Il-28 may be just a little bit under-powered... it would make a good entry into the scaleorama group build.
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the 1/228 747 fuselage has approximately the sme volume as the 1/72 H-5 fuselage
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That does like right nice. A very plausible blend.
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thanks
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the 747 fuselage come here :
(https://i.imgur.com/fphTlvr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Gp4O596.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Deex9YW.jpg)
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Very nice!! Though the props really look like they need more blades for that size.
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:smiley:
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closing the loop :
(https://i.imgur.com/zTTYEFZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yoiJVHJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dwFmrAd.jpg)
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Now, *that* again looks right.
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That would easily pass as a modern feeder liner, nice one !
Mog
>^-.- ^<
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Yes - can pass as a modern feeder liner. :smiley: Looks kind of Russian.
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(https://i.imgur.com/pviebTh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yvXPkaB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AAVgJc5.jpg)
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I like it. Good mash-up.
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Very attractive blend of aircraft.
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Nice, looks correct and operational configuration.
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thanks !
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the YS-11 wings are there :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg183591#msg183591 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg183591#msg183591)
(https://i.imgur.com/hvm1Ow7.jpg)
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My, that has a certain anime feel to it and a very distinct and pleasing appearance.
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Oooo, that looks wicked! Kind of Saunders ST-27 meets Amphibien-Technologieträger wing :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/YVjuDcr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bD3JV8F.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bfAMNns.jpg)
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:smiley:
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That looks nice! An Aesthetic blend of streamlined and not so streamlined. I could see it as a step in airliner evolution.
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I have been thinking of the Curtiss Condor
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inspired by a photo found on the internet, but where ... ?
(https://i.imgur.com/uFmJJ8K.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DxoPf8N.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JUXFXFE.jpg)
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Now *that* is definitely rough-field landing gear, taking the experiments of the USAAF in the early Forties to a whole 'nother level.
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this is the source of my inspiration, but I don't where it comes from
(if anyone knows please tell me)
(https://i.imgur.com/frDLVBB.jpg)
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tempting ...
(https://i.imgur.com/LedxO1i.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9NVB6pk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kCGvNok.jpg)
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Another 'natural' combo. Right on :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Another 'natural' combo. Right on :smiley:
What he said.
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;)
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and, obviously of course, reciprocally
(https://i.imgur.com/IvDSbCk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aw1dEGd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MyEYTog.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Jk7p4D8.jpg)
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:smiley:
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That works well, too. A triple-engined C-47/DC-3 was tested as Conroy's "Tri-Turbo Three", with turboprops, and this looks like a good ancestor for it.
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/ZQphMex.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gTNV48U.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/urCDbZA.jpg)
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Very nice!! It looks like one of the iterations that lead to the Dash-80.
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1950s and 1960s in one aircraft. Guess 450-500 mph speed. Another inspiring combo like to borrow from. 8)
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the Muromets had hardly a nose, curiously
(https://i.imgur.com/D2b6DcB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cD1bgwH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1oNh9FZ.jpg)
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the Muromets had hardly a nose, curiously
But looks astonishingly modern in this combo :smiley:
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Muromets is in stash. Unsuccessfully pondered how to modify it without success. Your clever build opens concepts. Looking right in its own way :smiley:
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I had the kit in my stash, bought because of exotism, and it took me some time to see how I coud use it ;)
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it is the beginning of a new series, which will be circular (i.e., come back at the Muromets in the end)
(https://i.imgur.com/q8voFym.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1UJQ0Sy.jpg)
with an WACS which gives a hint at the following ... ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/celWo4t.jpg)
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Very aesthetically pleasing, both ways.
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next in line
(https://i.imgur.com/tkr7fHr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/g0zhRvt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GFNMweD.jpg)
also tried as an Awacs
(https://i.imgur.com/uQfCwnZ.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Something vaguely familiar with the canberra/Turbo prop combo... It works ok
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Wow - the Canberra with turboprops really looks good! I wonder what it would look like with Il-28 wings and engines.
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Beautiful!! Looks somewhat like a developed AJ-1 Savage but not as extreme as the A2J-1.
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Beautiful!! Looks somewhat like a developed AJ-1 Savage but not as extreme as the A2J-1.
Yes, has same impression on me.
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thanks for the reference
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one more in the sequence
(https://i.imgur.com/tx3JPn0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DyBDWgh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BWKx5i3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jKXsgOA.jpg)
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Very interesting! The aesthetics work better than I would expect.
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thanks !
the potentially weird look was part of the motivation ;)
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That is fantastic! The Hawkeye tail really works for '30s French :smiley:
Although your creation isn't especially high aspect ratio, for some reason this mélange says 'Hurel-Dubois' to me :smiley: :smiley:
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Excellent matchup from decades apart aircraft. Never would have thought of it. Am learning from your eye for combos. :smiley:
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thanks : the improbability of matches is part of the fun ;)
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last in the circular chain :
(https://i.imgur.com/ncbe7z8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yQRVJ8J.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7wXpcUY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1BBwfGT.jpg)
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Oh, that fits together beautifully!
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:D
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looks great
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Competitor to Barling bomber :smiley:
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;D
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these wings are from a KC-97, which is essentially the same as B-29 wings
(https://i.imgur.com/P9MasXZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yjLJxaE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/R5XPQeY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2HzI770.jpg)
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Makes me think of F-111 meets U-2!
Where do you find all these kits?
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I find quite cheap second hand kits on ebay and other sites :
sometimes I find it hard to resist, an then I have to imagine some use for them ... ;)
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F-111 for very high altitude operations. Looks great!
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changing scale a bit
and I kept the wings in the original plastic color, because it would have been a pity to hide such a beautiful yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/lReHOOY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BgErrcI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vWQzIaL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/adKVJ6H.jpg)
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Looks the part of a predecessor to the Bf109.
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Definitely something for between the wars GB!
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Fine example of late model biplane. :smiley:
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;D
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:smiley:
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Oh that is cute! But please tell me that there's a Emil-winged Tiger Moth on the way ;D Pretty please ...
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;D
in my kitbashes I try to involve more than two kits, so it will be slightly different : wait and see ;)
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Looks the part of a predecessor to the Bf109.
Oh Yes, Me Likey Lots !! :smiley: :smiley:
And you're right, that Matchbox yellow plastic is gorgeous !!
cheers,
Robin.
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changing scale a bit
and I kept the wings in the original plastic color, because it would have been a pity to hide such a beautiful yellow
Oh Yes, Me Likey Lots !! :smiley: :smiley:
And you're right, that Matchbox yellow plastic is gorgeous !!
cheers,
Robin.
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More great work
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;) ;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/g4tnJ1Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/z6Xf7GV.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Now *that* looks right and definitely "all of a piece".
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;)
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The plane looks like a modernized Bf 108. Great job!
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The plane looks like a modernized Bf 108. Great job!
It does indeed. And perhaps has more charm than the production-model Do-108E?
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;D :D
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last one in the series
(https://i.imgur.com/uxkE971.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TfCkY2C.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TEVaffd.jpg)
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Hey!! A One Wing Biplane! :smiley: :smiley: ;D ;D
Me Likey Very Lots, and Lots!!
I do wish someone would do the canopied version in 1/72, or an aftermarket canopy . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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Now that looks very nice!! Something of a first step in the evolution of the DHC-1 Chipmunk.
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;D
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Now that looks very nice!! Something of a first step in the evolution of the DHC-1 Chipmunk.
Indeed. And very DH.94 Moth Minor as well :smiley:
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colored plastic sprues sometimes make it possible not to use paint
(https://i.imgur.com/frzxe8b.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Julg1OT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kjASTwx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Opz0Nad.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/I37Qs9s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oDAbZPM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/y8Zx7sk.jpg)
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Boy, something about the A-4 with Hawk wings and that straight tailplane really works! I feel like you could swap the fuselage for a TA-4J fuselage and throw the refueling probe in the bin and it would look a bit like the Western equivalent of an L-39. Without tip tanks, it reminds me a lot of the L-39NG, G-4 Super Galeb, or a low wing T-4.
(https://www.edrmagazine.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Aero-L-39NG01-800x445.jpg)
(https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/85872_1571738040.jpg)
(http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/kawasaki_t4.jpg)
Great work!
Cheers,
Logan
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indeed ! thanks
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... a bit like the Western equivalent of an L-39...
Yep, definitely an Albatros vibe goin' there :smiley:
There are also early Lockheed design iterations that look a lot like Eric's A-4/F-104 mélange. Very convincing!
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the starting point of a new series of five kits kitbashed:
(https://i.imgur.com/jvEf9PY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FWDWf4Y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dRW4CxA.jpg)
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Wow! That is quite a transformation of an He 59!
Bubble canopy on the cockpit makes me think 'pressurized' :smiley:
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;)
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next in line, second out of five :
the engines are from a Hawkeye, but the wings actually from a Pembroke ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/mhuke8P.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/j8oYPmz.jpg)
and the Hawkeye also lent its big disk :
(https://i.imgur.com/InC8Dow.jpg)
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When OnMark got really serious about upgrades for the A-26 ;D
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next in line, third out of five :
(https://i.imgur.com/Lho0c6i.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wyeCpvD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Liy6jIH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6GkDQpJ.jpg)
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next in line, fourth out of five :
the engines are from a Pembroke, but the wings actually from a Hawkeye ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/rzA7Gob.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PaD2Xyy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YDYgoOW.jpg)
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this fifth out of five is a case showing that it is sometimes risky : I thought it would not look as good as the others (while still being of course outrageously unlikely), because of the wings too big for the fuselage, but in the end it is quite ok to me ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/WSv2pJ3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nalt1ea.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7xRlVBt.jpg)
plus : I like to make cycles, and this one it closes it as in a merry go-round
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:smiley:
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It looks very perky! And Brian would fully approve of those big spats ;D
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/cYkNyaK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hwm44gX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7yF9R5b.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WM1pOP4.jpg)
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That looks the business! I like how the engine nacelles are canted downwards towards the rear :smiley:
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shorter take off ;D
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the reciprocal
(a simple 2-kitbash this time)
actual VTOL
(https://i.imgur.com/pfb7J3R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kFWE2O6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NuLBPbm.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Been remiss at following your builds. :icon_crap: So was a delight browsing them going back aways. All are fine by me. :smiley: Amazed you continue to find these kit-bash combinations.
Jet Osprey is a home run :o 8)
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The B-66 VTOL is a knock out too!
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;D ;D ;D
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The B-66 and Osprey combos are fantastic! I can't pick a favorite.
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thanks !
your appreciation feeds my inspiration ;)
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1/96 Britannia
1/32 Lysander wings
with 1/72 KC-97 engines (just two of the four)
(https://i.imgur.com/BGj9N9R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jeCUwcH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/B1CP3lw.jpg)
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closing the loop :
the Lysander was very cheap, very badly started, and very incomplete,
but somehow useable to try out cray stuff
(https://i.imgur.com/V5xNyoC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0tzNrXG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0OqetVa.jpg)
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from time to time I should justify the "animals" in the title of the hread
here a Beetle from Fujimi
and a Matchbox Hawk, in natural color (mostly)
(https://i.imgur.com/RY7py5R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zkA5vgW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dzcsiFX.jpg)
and its reciprocal, with blue wings, apart from natural black plastic
(https://i.imgur.com/RikSnrd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Lc79Ztw.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I like them! :smiley: :smiley:
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/V5xNyoC.jpg)
Looks like something right out of Tale Spin. Nice! :smiley:
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thanks !
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another chimera :
(https://i.imgur.com/krnvMuS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NxRUb0D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uAGTxkA.jpg)
and the other way round
(https://i.imgur.com/zk9BJqJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/52T6kHr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sZa8Ifn.jpg)
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Love 'em :-*
The poor stag beetle doesn't look like he has enough wing area to support him in flight. But then you remember that the real stag beetle has even less lifting area! ;D
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/haIDYD8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eNQafH7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5hnQmXt.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Stop the Pigeon ! Stop the Pigeon ! (sorry, can't help myself . . .) ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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;D ;D ;D
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Hmmm, dunno. The locomotive looks awfully well-streamlined for something using Ju 52/3m components ;)
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;) it is a chapelon locomotive, and I found it to look quite 1930-ish, like the Ju52,
but I am not very knowledgeable in terms of locomotives ;)
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wings remaining from a previous hybrid ...
nearly plausible ?
(https://i.imgur.com/pigcL3d.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hl9MRu7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IxoVn05.jpg)
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... I am not very knowledgeable in terms of locomotives ...
Nor am I. I just found amusing the notion of a locomotive being more streamlined than a corrugated-metal airplane :D
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/b8LuOmq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Uh3xW6L.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RTNsZhk.jpg)
and a little bonus : a biplane insect of the same kind, in yellow :
(wings are from a Duck, IIRC)
(https://i.imgur.com/nfIMePJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N4FUTbe.jpg)
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:smiley:
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S-51 (1/72) & Skymaster (1/50)
(https://i.imgur.com/KqPdusO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5o54WIR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/f7K7UAt.jpg)
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That is an excellent kit combination! :smiley:
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Very nice! It looks like a modernized version of the Abrams P-1 Explorer.
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absolutely !
I had it in mind :
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PVXAGc5Xp9E/TWDw3kbuFUI/AAAAAAABHxQ/AXwkoMSh4rg/s1600/AbramsP1-01.jpg)
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Add some spray bars, paint it yellow and you could have a crop duster! I do have that Skymaster kit laying around in pieces…….
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You came up with another one of those meant to be combinations. Good build, could be OOB. :smiley:
Ju-52 & Ju-86 also looks like a could have been. :smiley:
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;D
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the other part of the Skymaster ...
(https://i.imgur.com/vSDFtkl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RlVn92n.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9XyLstS.jpg)
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:smiley:
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;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/ZRgvFz6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N5P4U5s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fbTveiD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZMe6yAu.jpg)
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That Transall C-160/V-22 Osprey match up is well balanced and looks like it would actually work. :smiley:
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:smiley:
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That Transall C-160/V-22 Osprey match up is well balanced and looks like it would actually work. :smiley:
Second what Jeff said.
My Oh My you have good eye for combinations..... :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/qy3lhgQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8hzzWtL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MlyvPju.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QklxdNZ.jpg)
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Nice! Your VTOL Transall look good all over ... but really looks the business from the front :smiley:
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Oh yes, is excellent match (again) :-*
Do I wanna build one or what.
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a pair of engines left
(https://i.imgur.com/vWwlTj3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dMaGp96.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/chwbs1A.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/khyfyIL.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/aMbZd7m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9dAalzW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/A9rozoe.jpg)
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Another never would though of it configuration :smiley: Rare four engine sporting fixed gear :smiley:
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thanks ;)
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FinsRin said it best, I second that and have to add that in the last image it appears that the reflection off of the upper wing is from the windows along the fuselage but it looks like the internal framing of the wing at first glance. A very neat visual trick on the eyes. :smiley:
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not completely voluntary ;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/YUnOrTD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/I9c48kk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oBuHSba.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YVmQSu7.jpg)
cockpit from a Mosquito : kind of side-by-side twin-seater
I hesitated a bit w.r.t. tail fins, but preferred the full flying wing
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Cooool, 8) :-* Airfix Victor kit ?
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the old matchbox kit, just assembled wing to wing ;D
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Brilliant build :smiley: Alright,,, have Matchbox 1/72 and Lindberg 1/96. Hmmm....
Go well with Experimental Flying Wing Bomber parked on flight line. Is on wanna build list.
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thanks !
the idea actually came from a discussion by zenrat
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That is SOO Luft'46 . . . would need a dorsal or tail turret . . .
Or a second generation V-Bomber with Skybolts, or UK equivalent, HP Victor Mk.4, perhaps ?
cheers,
Robin.
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That's just brilliant. It's a British A12, the flying dorito! Or flying fish and chips.
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@EricR - Brilliant idea! I tried something similar years ago with the wings from an Airfix Vulcan and never got very far with it. The obvious fault with my attempt was not using the inboard section of the fuselage/wing with the air intakes and exhaust.
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thanks all !
it was a remark by zenrat about Victor wings fitting so well that made me check it ;)
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:smiley:
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Well, your Victor flying wing is just chock-full of wonderfulness! Great stuff :smiley: :smiley:
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;D ;D ;D
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Oooh, that Victor flying wing is great! 8)
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/qxIvPpX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tuDuCpR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xS4yY8B.jpg)
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Genius!!
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Being pretty much polar opposites those two are not spozed to be blendable as well as this. Cannot tell what it would be used for. Does work. Like it - :smiley:
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joining opposites : a whole program ;-)
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Sexy !! me thinks it needs another prop in the tail .... push-pull is my fav.
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nice idea ;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/AZhsxnr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SPnlfmY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/i1Gzmd9.jpg)
with the 1/72 DC-9 by Atlantis
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Oh, that is seriously good! Just needs a row of passenger windows ;)
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maybe it's a cargo ;)
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Oh, that is seriously good! Just needs a row of passenger windows ;)
First IFR airliner :smiley:
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;D
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and here is the other part ;-)
(https://i.imgur.com/WZRItPs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BVaKm83.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wdZ8J5S.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/kSTRwcl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SSTaQdH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BXTou6Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6wdi7C1.jpg)
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:smiley:
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But of course, now its obvious, why didn't I think of that ?
Late war/post war heavy bomber via scale-o-rama. Another fine combo.... :icon_surprised: :smiley: 8)
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Plausible and elegant.
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thanks !
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(https://i.imgur.com/6MDqUZn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/C39yHi2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/L4gCFvy.jpg)
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Scale difference is obvious - what the heck ! Proportions are right. :smiley:
1/144 IL-62 ? 1/72 or 1/92 B-24 ?
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;D
1/100 IL-62 (ex-east-german), 1/72 B-24 (airfix)
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from an old partly built Frog 1/100 Concorde (Heller license)
with a Revell 1/72 SR-71 :
(https://i.imgur.com/1YBbFuy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/37vc90j.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dNz37BT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JncXBit.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jf41Kb7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/p25jlSK.jpg)
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This is a very nice combination Eric! :smiley:
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;D
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:smiley:
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;)
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Oh my. Works sooo well, I wanna build one. 8)
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Those two kits 'blended' together quite well. :smiley:
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;D
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Oooo ... that is pretty :-*
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the other half of the SR-71, and of the Shackleton
(https://i.imgur.com/bRVFBnP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tiYSWLT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FZeSTZy.jpg)
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For when Shackleton is needed on patrol station ASAP. :smiley:
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;)
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For when Shackleton is needed on patrol station ASAP. :smiley:
And when that Shack's next patrol is going to be intergalactic! ;D
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This reminds me of one of Small Brown Dog's (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2121) creations.
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;D
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navalized, with the help of an Airfix Skyraider :
(https://i.imgur.com/RN75aju.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jn04owv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Pe3veR7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lY8G8Za.jpg)
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Well sure, why not ? :smiley:
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I like this! :smiley:
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thanks ;)
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:smiley:
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Perfect for parking in compact Arctic shelters! Nice :smiley:
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;D
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a biggie, from an old cheap started (not very well) 1/100 Concorde
(https://i.imgur.com/enudVki.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XL1HX94.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lrX59qE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FHI1V1C.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yK258pt.jpg)
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Reminds me a little of the real world Victor Phase 4 development proposal
(https://i.redd.it/2r9ifo8o6pi21.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/Victor_B_Phase_4_3view.jpg)
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Nice!
Gerry Anderson would be pleased with your work.
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Nice!
Gerry Anderson would be pleased with your work.
Beat me to it! . . . Fireflash mk.2 !!
cheers,
Robin.
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thanks a lot for the ref and pictures !
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Agree with the others, this one works well.
Very Thunderbirdy ;D
Mog
>^-.-^<
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a biggie, from an old cheap started (not very well) 1/100 Concorde
Now THAT is an absolute stunner!
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:smiley: :smiley: some red stars & a cruise missile under wouldn't go astray :D
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Passes as British competitor to Boeing Sonic Cruiser. :smiley: Mach .95-.97
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thanks for the reference, I don't think I knew this one
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(https://i.imgur.com/WzQ9qgf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pv2OebM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OiQRL1D.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I like the petal dive-brakes :D
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a trimotor Dash (engines from CL215s)
(https://i.imgur.com/qcipdcC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pNQYD1k.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tJ7F91z.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Classic!! :smiley:
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Love it :-* 'Tante Bo' ?
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(https://i.imgur.com/URm2716.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gvJUjCv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oyZy5SO.jpg)
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1944/45 RAF night fighter. Merlin engines ?
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:smiley:
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trimotor Bf110, with long wings
(https://i.imgur.com/FORvg4y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wtJRnpO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WmlTqKh.jpg)
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(https://c.tenor.com/u1V_-f-jXmcAAAAC/malreynolds-firefly.gif)
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;D
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Of course,,, is early war high altitude RBf 110 :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/aBEbUAl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5QLeRpE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aoR90iE.jpg)
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Never would thought of this combo. Must be long range version with lot of tip tank fuel. Probably cross the Atlantic, just don't be in a hurry !
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:smiley:
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;D
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Wonder what the performance would be like if one outer engine failed - Boomerang-like turns ? >:D
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Wonder what the performance would be like if one outer engine failed - Boomerang-like turns ? >:D
Also crossed my mind. Would call it a 'sporty situation'
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(https://i.imgur.com/ed363jD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/npngTxX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yDnKeWt.jpg)
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Very wing-y! But now I'm imagining a dual-powered F-89 with turbojets and turboprops on the wings :smiley:
Re: https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4100.msg193819#msg193819
Backstory: Studying the concept of the Bf 110/Ju 52/3m combination, it occurred to engineers at Dessau that a blended wing body (or kombinierter Tragfläche und Rumpf) - similar to their earlier G.38 transport could be created. Accordingly, the Junkers team created their G.K.52-3M [1] concept - later to be assigned the RLM designation Ju 352-110.
Luftwaffe planners described the G.K.52-3M/Ju 352-110 as a Zweisitziges dreimotoriges Langstrecken-Begleit-Zerstörer-Jagdflugzeug mit gemischtem Flügelkörper für eine nahtlose Flügel-Rumpf-Verbindung. [2]
The prototype is shown here (or the right) after a third vertical tail surface was adopted to address some stability issues. Performance test-flying with the Ju 352-110 V1 prototype was done at Rechlin. Manoeuvrability was gauged as being equal to that of the Ju 52/3m while the Ju 352-110 was at least as fast as some of the primary trainers of its day. Debate continue to this day as to why this highly promising 'überflugzeug' was never produced in quantity.
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[1] In the early Junkers designation system, this stood for Größer Kampfflugzeug Designnummer 52 dreimotoriges Militär.
[2] With typical German efficiency, there was also a short-form designation for convenience - Zweisitziges dreimotoriges Langstrecken-Begleit-Zerstörer-Jagdflugzeug.
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/WC4Hu1C.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fpm6dnQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4oWkaxw.jpg)
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Very compatible combination. Sensible and ready to fly. :smiley:
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:smiley: ;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/PWzB9Si.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bcU0soZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pRfj2Ru.jpg)
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Smooth natural combo. Can't figure out what would use it for, still its a smooth natural combo. :smiley:
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I love it! And beautifully done :smiley:
... Can't figure out what would use it for, still its a smooth natural combo. :smiley:
Yep. "Smooth with a capital smoo."
As for use, how about an introductory trainer for the P-38?
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@EricR - Another great combination that works well together. :smiley:
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thanks ! ;D
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a reciprocal, boosted
(https://i.imgur.com/wBRp1Pe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xSRIQZ9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aOBLiiX.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Figuring is high speed WW2 VIP/critical items transport. :smiley:
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;D
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a reciprocal, boosted
Another excellent hybrid. :smiley:
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thanks !
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(https://i.imgur.com/VKObUt3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/i7Nskli.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Kmfwk1Y.jpg)
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Is low speed transport counterpart to high speed fw189 & P-38. :smiley:
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/TaYXwEd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/I1sgqg7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2q1F2iT.jpg)
with a nose from a Twin Otter
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Some combos you just can't imagine until you see them. But this Avro Jumbo really works! :smiley: :smiley:
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thanks ;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/NBYBiLf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hf3Pruw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FYyVSbQ.jpg)
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Nice :smiley:
Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?
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;D
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Another natural looking combo. :smiley: Good 'April Fools' material for model show. See who does and does not recognize its a kit-bash.
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Nice :smiley:
Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?
There's a precedent . . . the D.H.5 . . . ;)
cheers,
Robin.
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:smiley:
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;) ;D
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Nice :smiley:
Hmmm, a Stagger-Wing Beech Rapide?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51931380878_f8a07fccca_o.jpg)
Design considered before the decision was made to proceed with the Beech 18. ;)
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:smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/1AJ2GUj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OwJ5VXq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KRIRLQU.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Obviously a contender for the fly-off with the Bristol aircraft that became the Blenheim. :D
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/mD12q21.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dia6aVU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/R4vpAJb.jpg)
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:smiley:
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That's a great combination! Great way of attaching a tail to the FW-189 fuselage.
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thanks !
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the Focke-Wulf Dragonfly ? :smiley:
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;D
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the twin boom did not get lost ! (nothing quite gets lost in my series of kitbashes ;-))
(https://i.imgur.com/gJY29x6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JFoJd4I.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6yjl2NL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gTB9FU7.jpg)
the rear glass tail is a nose from a Ju86
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Looks like a real deal, though how is prop clearance to fuselage and door ?
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to fuselage it's fine ; to door maybe it is best kept closed when spinning ;D
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this boat/plane mix is inspiring :
(https://mikeshouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Plane-Boat-%E2%80%9CCosmic-Muffin%E2%80%9D-image-1.jpg)
so here is one go at it :
(https://i.imgur.com/3SvaKhv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CXn3gHg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Xs8ZsJk.jpg)
I have plans for a B-707 / PT109 mash-up
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(https://i.imgur.com/QolaKKt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PWlBHix.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RGXVlMv.jpg)
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:smiley:
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That's gorgeous! It's a very believable French plane from the 20s and 30s.
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;D :smiley:
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That's gorgeous! It's a very believable French plane from the 20s and 30s.
Goes for me too.... :smiley:
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:smiley:
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a biggie
(https://i.imgur.com/ODwM7od.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dOJbBSz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/njpm9c9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Yd3Vgj7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mmQHVBc.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Brillant combo. Gotta be largest most powerful aircraft piston engines of all time :o
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;D ;D ;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/JbDQ7Mf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/an7P3mW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QRsHwAs.jpg)
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:smiley:
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;D
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a trimotor liberator (wih spats)
(https://i.imgur.com/JYGoTda.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IBVXsVO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/teyZL7K.jpg)
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Different...
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'Tante Lib'! Love it :smiley: But with that fixed main undercarriage and retractable nose gear, it must've been a Burt Rutan design ;)
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/kKx4Iay.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8rfdYKM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ij9nPiu.jpg)
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:smiley:
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;D
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First is it gave me B-7 bomber flashes. All-in-all is 1930-ish believable. :smiley:
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thanks for the B-7 ref, I didn't know that one, and it does look a bit similar, in the wings attachment
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Another natural combo that I'd never have thought of! And, somehow, very French looking. Nice :smiley:
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;D
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the other part of the Mavis seen there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196687#msg196687 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196687#msg196687)
(https://i.imgur.com/MjOba3X.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1U3EbN3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SxGGdzl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PtmOGFq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UXsCrq5.jpg)
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Won't be fast but is neat transport design. Vision it as British.
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Won't be fast but is neat transport design. Vision it as British.
Like those Shorts's landplane airliners that were converted flying boats . . .
But where did the fins come from ?
cheers,
Robin.
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;) ;) ;)
the fins are from a Shackleton : the Mavis ones looked too small to my taste for this combination.
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Beautiful! It looks like an evolved Handley Page H.P.42!
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Beautiful! It looks like an evolved Handley Page H.P.42!
Regarding H.P.42
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0)
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beautiful ! ;D
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floats used elsewhere http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196327#msg196327 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg196327#msg196327)
so ...
(https://i.imgur.com/iLzRalK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HPt3end.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YKO7d8S.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Crop duster ?
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civilian use ;)
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civilian use ;)
Very nice :smiley: And highly reminiscent of the military Arado Ar 196L-2 variant ...
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I didn't know that variant ;D
looks like Stuka spats to me ;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Tpon21Z.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9tFyawG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RW8IXWg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cGV8TFl.jpg)
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Needs silver paint and red stars! And a glazed nose….. And a tail gunner!
I definitely get a Soviet vibe…… awesome.
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:smiley:
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;D
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Also get Soviet vibe. Is for them Politburo big wigs to go to exclusive resorts. :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/AcmHS5W.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kyAL3Go.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ls3zqOO.jpg)
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Ahh yes. Another fine enlightening combo :smiley:
Foresee 1/72 bomber: 1/48 or 1/32 He-111 with 1/72 interior and 1/72 Constellation wings.
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;D ;D ;D
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:smiley:
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:smiley:
a four-engine He-111 should'a been built in real life !
Just replace the tip-pods with Me-109 parasite fighters & one of their towed fuel tanks behind :D
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(https://i.imgur.com/ljMk0n6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3Yb6ikG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rMqMMUb.jpg)
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Luft 46' Appropriately streamlined fuselage to go with those wings. :smiley:
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Yep, that combo works really well :smiley:
The earlier, 4-engined Heinkel/Constellation made me think of a Big Brother for the He 116 mailplane.
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thanks !
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That looks great! The elevators may get a bit warm from the exhausts, though.
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:smiley:
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/guecHFk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HkBqC9E.jpg)
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:smiley:
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and the reciprocal
(https://i.imgur.com/HSwuThx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rfrJHfj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bAv8nsm.jpg)
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Nice! That almost looks like a radar nose on the Type 138A Beaufighter :smiley:
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Westland Whirlwind competitor?
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(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)
Bristol's answer to the Vickers Wellesley . . . :D
cheers,
Robin.
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Westland Whirlwind competitor?
Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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;D
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Westland Whirlwind competitor?
Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .
cheers,
Robin.
Not with those engines unless there is something going on that we can't see.
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Westland Whirlwind competitor?
Thinking more the Welkin, but earlier, high-altitude interceptor to shoot down Ju86s . . .
cheers,
Robin.
Not with those engines unless there is something going on that we can't see.
There is . . . ;)
Those aren't Beaufighter Hercules engines under those cowlings, but rather two of the special, two stage supercharged Pegasus engines used by the original Bristol 138A. Armament would be four rifle-calibre Brownings.
My scenario is 1939-40, with the Ju86s flying photo recce missions over England prior to Operation Sealion . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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;D
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:smiley:
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with spats
(https://i.imgur.com/UpDa1gU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DUCFixD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vu3ZJKG.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Looks fine. Sure it wasn't always like that ?
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quite sure ;)
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:smiley:
Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .
(https://i.postimg.cc/jKq22wkK/seafox-landplane.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
cheers,
Robin.
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(https://i.imgur.com/67ICZAo.jpg)
Let us not forget 1930s research into high altitude flying. :smiley:
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Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .
thanks for the reference, I dodn't know this one !
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Let us not forget 1930s research into high altitude flying. :smiley:
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(https://i.imgur.com/ZjJNfB3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pcoEiw5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/F9zdcbI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MXKVV3W.jpg)
this is where the two He111 came from
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!!!!!!!!! :icon_surprised:
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;) ;D
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...Model of Elon Musk's winged & tail finned Space X Starship bent to look like Flesh Gordon's space rambler painted pink of course though hot red do nicely.
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(https://i.imgur.com/W451FGC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XNg7M4M.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xix4VsX.jpg)
a very old Constellation kit, by Monogram : I like very old kits in all their quirkiness
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Would be the 1/131 kit. Fuselage-wing proportion works out well. Good eye for another combo. Step up in speed from stock Constellation :smiley:
Be a treat to see one fly out of local SeaTac airport :smiley:
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;D ;)
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(https://i.imgur.com/dgkEGeG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wEBVT8L.jpg)
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Flows and works and such. :smiley: Post war LeO 451 ?
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;D
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Very nice ... and plausible. Reminds me very much of the one-off Bloch MB 135 B4.
-- https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bloch-unbuilt-designs-and-prototypes.1345/page-3#post-318312 (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bloch-unbuilt-designs-and-prototypes.1345/page-3#post-318312)
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quite close indeed ! :smiley:
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a non-aircraft chimera
(https://i.imgur.com/qUvGtJw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PBaywYS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lT3WVJa.jpg)
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That's one heck of a narrowboat . . . ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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And with that amount of steam it would go fast ! :D
Maybe it needs side paddle-wheels >:D
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;D ;D ;D
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the other way round
(https://i.imgur.com/kscKI5f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XLTJKzU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MQsG9xj.jpg)
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My GOD !! what gauge is the track :o
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just HO 1/87 (the boat is 1/400)
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According to Wikipedia, an HO track is 16.5mm wide... so in 1/400 scale the tracks would have to be 6.6 meters/21.7 feet wide! It reminds me of the sci fi stories with cities that travel on roads or tracks.
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;D
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another boaty adventure
(https://i.imgur.com/9IqbK8m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JFbi0kd.jpg)
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Of course,,, high speed commuter boat gets you across the bay way faster than driving :smiley:
I shoulda thought of that !
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;D
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the wings are tail stabilizers from a C-97 (B-29)
(https://i.imgur.com/MRjCh97.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5QHkZiP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IkQV3mU.jpg)
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That looks great with the spats! It reminds me of a fancy version of the Russian Su-2
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(https://i.imgur.com/o4o3v0W.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wD0KYRA.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/WN1xIp0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CvDHiIO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cbfQG69.jpg)
and spats from a 1/48 Hs126
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(https://i.imgur.com/G4TArwo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1AK4zCo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OeMBwTQ.jpg)
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Bit odd, yet does come together and work in its own way. More I look the more workable it looks. :smiley:
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;) ;D
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Wings & engines are a bit small otherwise a good idea :smiley:
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it looks that way indeed but the original wings were not that larger so that's why I did it ;)
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the other side of the Canberra
(https://i.imgur.com/AAxZ1g9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U2fNLeE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KADJYOP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YKNZVVf.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Luft 46. Sleek fuselage higher speed recon derivative of TA-154 :smiley:
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/d5m2ucB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pi1fO3Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jiMgsxG.jpg)
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:smiley:
Looks like something a 1930s era adventurer such as Sir Hubert Wilkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Wilkins) or perhaps Martin and Osa Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_and_Osa_Johnson) might have used.
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Yes, 1930s. :smiley: Be sharp on your landing skill with landing gear like that.
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/RZXE7zc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/stoIXQ5.jpg)
inspired from a picture or two seen on these forums a while ago ...
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(https://i.imgur.com/FGJXEYX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pvopRLY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/s44P93R.jpg)
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Interesting! 8)
Thought about doing that with a Meteor night-fighter fuselage.
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... Thought about doing that with a Meteor night-fighter fuselage.
Sure, but then where do the paratroopers and cargo go? I mean, a night fighter without fallschirmjäger? How could that make sense ???
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This be good. Very inspiring for new avenues of kit-bash concept ideas. :smiley: 8)
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;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/UX1nX5L.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HEqREBW.jpg)
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Viking (1/48) & Be-6, yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/jIGGeT6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Rgq4eTd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/92r2Tlp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gVB3PVi.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Another fine combination. :smiley: Is it a 1950-ish S-3 built before sufficient jet engines were available ?
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;)
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Osprey & B-2 (1/144), blue
(https://i.imgur.com/yB9b4xm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6LYqfXx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0gY8nOo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XwHnPIx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rciQ9Yl.jpg)
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Nice! This screams SHIELD from the Marvel Avenger's Universe.
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:smiley:
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;D
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Foregoing VTOL for lower RCS (probably not low enough) and higher speed. Thatz how them engineering tradeoffs go...
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;) ;) ;)
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Automotrice & Yak-24, red
(https://i.imgur.com/vVkwlaU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bu5uhzn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3QVKRgQ.jpg)
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Yak-24 & Fokker F-27, yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/mArvWs3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4N286bd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DSYI1Sz.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Fokker DR.1 & Lublin R.XIII
(https://i.imgur.com/dQYGR3d.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7nez9ov.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5xKDS7B.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Mi-4 & Fokker DR.1
with a bit of An-2 too
(https://i.imgur.com/HjjJfMa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ksw6eUl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LAq0uQr.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Looks like a competitor to the Airspeed and GAL Fleet Shadowers!
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Stop the Pigeon !!
Stop the Pigeon !!
;D ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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;D
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Reminds me of this:
(http://www.deansgarage.com/wp-content/gallery/mccall-planes/mccall-donbrowski.jpg)
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:o ;D ;D ;D
thanks for the reference !
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Kalkert Ka 430 & Dash8, yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/f9e7F1q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oa8N9XL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MECbAvK.jpg)
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Didn't know about Kalkert Ka 430. Certainly STOL long as landing gear holds up :smiley:
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:smiley:
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That really looks good. I miss Huma kits...
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;)
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Vigilante & F-111, red
(https://i.imgur.com/xHCZws8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yusQrYh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/btoC50t.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EtQF6lo.jpg)
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Of course,,, obviously was meant to be 8)
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;D ;D
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I love it! I think you might have read my medium bomber post? This would fill the bill!
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;)
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and the reciprocal (slightly less spectacular) :
(https://i.imgur.com/zp9PB0Y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dn1AJ6R.jpg)
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Kind of a 'budget' F-111. Eliminates swing wing production and maintenance costs. :smiley:
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Reminds me of the STOVL F-111 I drew up years ago:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/More%20Creations/F-111V2.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/pdqNQHl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3mx0vv0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AuicKdF.jpg)
as well as Ju-52 wheels
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Reminds me of the STOVL F-111 I drew up years ago:
([url]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/More%20Creations/F-111V2.jpg[/url])
Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.
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Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.
It was meant to be for the same era as the F-111. Back then both VTOL and VG were in vogue so I tried to show what a VTOL or more likely STOVL F-111 might look like. BTW, as an example of what I mean, look at the original Sukhoi T6-1 which also originally was planned to have lift jets before switching to VG wings and becoming the Su-24:
(https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/images/t-6-image01.jpg)
(https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/images/t-6-line1.gif)
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Lublin R.XIII (1/48) & Junkers F-13, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/pdqNQHl.jpg)
:smiley:
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Love that idea! All I would do is change to F-14/F-15 style intakes.
It was meant to be for the same era as the F-111. Back then both VTOL and VG were in vogue so I tried to show what a VTOL or more likely STOVL F-111 might look like. BTW, as an example of what I mean, look at the original Sukhoi T6-1 which also originally was planned to have lift jets before switching to VG wings and becoming the Su-24:
:smiley:
thanks for the reference !
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(https://i.imgur.com/AuicKdF.jpg)
Looks like there's enough room for a passenger in front of the cockpit ala D.H. FoxMoth.
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:smiley:
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Junkers F-13 & Stuka, blue
(https://i.imgur.com/uAfxq5s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NnrdbzF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WazRJuC.jpg)
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a natural :smiley:
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;D
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@EricR - That is a very nice match up of Ju-87 wings with the F-13 fuselage. Subtle what-ifs = best what-ifs :smiley:
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Stuka wings improve F-13 a lot. :smiley:
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thanks ! ;)
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Hampden & Thunderchief
in order to use the F105 wings, the problem I had to solve was to find a fuselage with a shape able to welcome the jet exhaust ...
(https://i.imgur.com/lV0gejw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/J0NU3yk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kp8KnZH.jpg)
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:smiley:
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OMG ! :o It cries out for red stars !
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OMG ! :o It cries out for red stars !
Agree :smiley:
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;D
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OMG ! :o It cries out for red stars !
Agree :smiley:
Oh yeah! Silver paint and red stars and I’m sure you would fool some people at a show…!
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;)
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Globemaster & Mi-8, red
(https://i.imgur.com/gDWVCdN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xBHq3VK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rxi36ns.jpg)
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isn't this the helicopter in Thomas the Tank Engine ? ;D :smiley:
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Seriously large heavy lift helicopter :smiley:
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Beautiful job and imagination!
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:smiley:
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thanks all ! you appreciation fuels my imagination ;D
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Mi-8 & Globemaster (1/144), blue
a reciprocation
(https://i.imgur.com/q61mSjW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ne1TPSN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WyKoVO9.jpg)
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Should have envisioned this reciprocation coming.
Great combination, you sure have an eye for these. :smiley:
Is inspiration to build same/similar. Be Army or MATS.
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If it had a high wing, it would be one of those Miles built pod and boom freighters . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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;D ;D
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SwingViggie is a neat idea! :-*
Looking at the re-winged Vigilante and Aardvark, I wonder.... scale-o-rama'ed Concorde wings? Perhaps with retractable canards?
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thanks ! ;)
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Sopwith & DC-130 drone, red & yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/Tla1SaX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ks6mEwD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fZ2tIEl.jpg)
and reciprocally :
(https://i.imgur.com/jWnIVoU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/x4WeU3Y.jpg)
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Couple highlights of drone development over decades.
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Dastardly and Muttley ride again !! ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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;)
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DC-130 drone, & Gil, blue & red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/CHqQN72.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tICytcY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Y2hALwI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lYB3CNY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fTvZe9T.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Y2hALwI.jpg)
that fuselage would make a good mini-sub ;)
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;D
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Where are the wings from, on the red 'high altitude' one ?
cheers,
Robin.
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the long wings are form a 1/72 kit of a "Gil" glider, a very simple kit from Poland I think
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Thanks, I managed to find one for sale on Ebay . . . :D
cheers,
Robin.
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:smiley:
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Gil & JJ-5 (1/144) & DC-130 drone, blue & yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/xlMhwgJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ratdYGV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NRyeHqF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/V0t4vVK.jpg)
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Kenworth & Osprey, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/Q4EPZjn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/T9V3XEi.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XFJzZZs.jpg)
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As follow on to Jet Truck, this otta be big attraction at airshows. :smiley:
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:o ;D ;D
For those days when the traffic is hopeless and the load has got to get through!
There was a TV show where the truck turned into a helicopter……… Can’t think of it now!
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;D
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Great paint job on the truck!
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thanks ;)
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truck & trailer & Mi-8 & Mi-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
another attempt at crossing truck & helo
(https://i.imgur.com/AgrsF80.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mOdYejf.jpg)
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Unique concept. Believe more R&D needed for it to become practical. ;)
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luckily we can rely on whiff physics ;)
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Piper L-4, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
slightly transformed
(https://i.imgur.com/cW1MbGF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2z5GJQg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qLiSDa8.jpg)
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Must be the low wing aristocrat version with room for wearing a top hat :smiley:
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;D
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it has been a long time since I featured an animal in this series :
this one can justifiy the title again
Kv-2 & giraffe, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/lnihzib.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2fsi9DW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qjMcAIG.jpg)
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World cruiser & Seamew, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/6ePDsdQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gAvonXQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DLIsJT6.jpg)
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:smiley: but the radiator needs to be bigger !
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Nice . . . :smiley:
Looks very Junkers-y . . .
And that reminds me, I never posted the version that I built . . . :-[
cheers,
Robin.
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Early adaptor of winglets to reduce drag hence extend range !
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;D
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the reciprocal :
Seamew & World cruiser, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/Onbz3ZZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5fX6FL5.jpg)
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A400M & Huey (1/24), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
slightly enormous
(https://i.imgur.com/gJxMvkE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2oGvsBh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ORExfCW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VQsSxnt.jpg)
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I can only imagine the vibrations on board! Love it!
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;)
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New age of the mega-choppers. :smiley: Everything won't be tilt engine.
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;D ;D ;D
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Huey (1/24) & A400M, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
reciprocally (still quite large for storage)
(https://i.imgur.com/ymL1lzV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/l8JgQ2f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dmgw3Vh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Fl1qpJj.jpg)
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nice upgrade for the Huey - unfortunately it will throw up even more & bigger clods of dirt & grass than the Twin-Hueys at my local helipad ;D
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Such a concept. Nicely thought out. :smiley:
1/72 A400 wings ?
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;D ;D ;D
1/72 A400 wings indeed
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Such unusual off one's thought radar combination. Never would have guessed to try it. Works in its own unlikely way. :smiley:
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;) ;) ;)
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Lancaster & Heyford, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster
(https://i.imgur.com/phtkTzz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YU4Ztql.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/655TnpY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/s6Hj3ZU.jpg)
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:smiley:
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One of many improved Heyford bomber versions. :smiley: They don't make kits of all them so gotta build your own.
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;D ;D ;D
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Very nice, is it a Heycaster or a Lancford ?
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;)
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B-17G & Lancaster, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
second in a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster
(https://i.imgur.com/3KdXntp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EfO41fs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JWoigXq.jpg)
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Oh My,,, should have one in my air force. Looks faster than OOB B-17 :smiley:
Not to be confused with Allison powered B-17.
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:smiley:
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:smiley:
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Heyford & B-17G, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
third in a cyclic series of three, each giving its wings to the next :
Lancaster --> B-17G --> Heyford --> Lancaster
(https://i.imgur.com/kvOyTLO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JQcFNj0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6CV6D6D.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Could be final variant of the B-9. :smiley: Particularly so if had early B-17 tail surfaces.
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:smiley: :smiley:
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;)
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Victor & Blinder tanker, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/hApuQSS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SeQUyWa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AW3j0Z2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MDNxwkz.jpg)
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But of course,,, :icon_surprised: 8) why didn't I think of it ???
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;D
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:smiley:
very Russian ... but did they have to paint the whole aircraft red rather than just the stars ? ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Awesome!
I love seeing these things come together!
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That does look great! A much more aggressive-looking stance than the standard B-17. And so much room beneath ... it's begging for an underslung flying bomb or the like :smiley:
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:smiley:
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FW 200 Condor & Stranraer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/cPs06Uk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wiraLPl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DBVjgU0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/F5VifL0.jpg)
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:smiley: inspired by the Curtiss Condor ?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Curtiss_YC-30_Condor_front.jpg)
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Stranraer + spats ... what's not to love? :-*
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Good eye for another build. Has that looks like it could have been look back in the day. :smiley:
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;D
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:smiley:
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;)
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SM79 (1/48) & Mi-6 & FW 200 Condor, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/TBwv43t.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/c5Mvlog.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uSmFw4P.jpg)
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All of the constructions are nice , I like them .
But what is the problem with the Color’s ?
Something I have missed ?
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thanks !
the colors are just that I like red yellow and blue, and a single color makes the shape more visible ;)
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the colors are just that I like red yellow and blue, and a single color makes the shape more visible ;)
The editors of HEAVY METAL magazine should purchase your collection and use it as an inspiration library for their artists.
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:smiley:
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… and god created olive green ;)
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;D
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What a threesome combo :smiley:
After this, will look at Mi-6 kits in a different light.
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;)
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Mi-6 & SM79 (1/48), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
yet another look at the Mi-6
(https://i.imgur.com/8XhC2FG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Il8bu6u.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/INv5Lrl.jpg)
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WOW - Who wouldn't want to fly in that ! :smiley:
Wonder what premiums are charged for upper level seats ?
Not sure if is Italian, French, Russian ???
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;D ;D ;D
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Ar234 & Walrus, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 1 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/??) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/vC4mjus.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qtWu9fg.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/X0NEsR3.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Looks airworthy though not practical for much. Could it be a crop duster (good visibility) ?
Interesting you post this now. Yesterday was sizing wing swap on 1/48 Ar-234 for possible 1/72 build. Sized well but have SR-xx and others in work.
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practicality may not be the main motivation indeed ;-)
rather a certain contrast between parts ...
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practicality may not be the main motivation indeed ;-)
rather a certain contrast between parts ...
Well said. Looking seemingly airworthy is good enough. Practicality may be there or not.
Hard to believe its been 11 years since Slowy Jet.
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0)
Looks airworthy to me. Practical - not so much.
Ar234 & Walrus could be for commercial aerial photography, for search & rescue, carry crop dusting gear. But who cares, contrast between parts works.
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thanks for the backstory proposals, they all seem to have much potential ! :smiley:
I am not used to think of backstories, so I am not quite good at it.
and thanks a lot for the link to your 11 years old build : extremely impressive in its contrasts ! (and spats!)
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B-29 (1/144) & Ar234, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 2 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/TBKgUiZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/00o55dn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AZwc5Pd.jpg)
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B-29 converts to B-45 configuration. Are those J57 engines ?
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the engines are from the Revell kit of the Ar234, the one with the V1 included
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Yes,,, but in 1/1 reality probably J57 with speed in 400-500 zone.
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@EricR - Excellent combination of subjects and the scale-o-rama really does work well for this mash-up.
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Boston & B-29 (1/144), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 3 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/KGpOMj0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/x15k76c.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xvUBnib.jpg)
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Wow! That really works :smiley:
Love your jet-engined B-29 though :-*
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Wow! That really works :smiley:
Love your jet-engined B-29 though :-*
Says it for me....
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;D ;)
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Lublin R.XIII Ter & Boston, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 4 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/B82J8mm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6iFlY3D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/51za9AZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hUz8ohr.jpg)
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THAT was very unexpected! And surprisingly cool-looking! Great job!
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;)
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RAF so liked the XF5F and XP-50 they had to have their own home designed variant. :smiley:
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;D
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RAF's light bomber for 1938 ? :smiley: 8)
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;)
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Alpha jet (1/50) & Lublin R.XIII Ter, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 5 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/5AhlENW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rGq0H45.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YdBGG5Y.jpg)
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cross between a wasp & humming bird ? :smiley:
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Is most BASIC training low speed Alpha Jet version. Used for initial flight training.
Learning to land at low speeds before switching to hotter swept wings resulted in far fewer landing accidents. :smiley:
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;D
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Tu-95 (1/200) & Alpha jet (1/50), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 6 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
with spare engines from the Ar234 previously shown
(https://i.imgur.com/FrRNm6O.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RoXwFD0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DyZlebD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MmTbOEO.jpg)
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Such an eye for scale-o-ramaing :smiley: Another one that works.
Gets me pondering 1/72 possibilities for couple 1/100 Tu-20(95) kits in stash.
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go ahead ! ;D
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Ju188 & Tu-95 (1/200), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 7 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
(https://i.imgur.com/HLmmFIl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fABd62m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/p9nasNC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Pj4Wm0o.jpg)
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This aint spozed to work but it does. :smiley:
Surprised 1/200 wings are large enough, would have guessed 1/144. Could be done as US Army contemporary of OV-1 Mohawk.
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see Tradewind & Ju188
nr. 8 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
in the other thread on seaplanes, there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206854#msg206854 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206854#msg206854)
(https://i.imgur.com/PyJ8BIE.jpg)
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Walrus&Tradewind (1/166), red : primary seaplanes
nr. 9 in a series of 9, each giving its wings to the next, in a cycle :
Walrus --> Ar234 --> B29(1/144)--> Boston --> Lublin R.XIII --> Alphajet (1/50) --> Tu-95 (1/200) --> Ju188 --> Tradewind(1/166) --> Walrus
in the other thread on seaplanes, there : http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206919#msg206919 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg206919#msg206919)
(https://i.imgur.com/xi1Ej3b.jpg)
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Really like your fuselage-wing cycling program and publishing it telling whatz coming next. Many inspiring combos for me to try at some time.
Walrus wears Tradewind wings well. STOL on land and water :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Blinder & KC-130 tanker, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
the tanker part are from a Victor
(https://i.imgur.com/EhbJHe9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pkCMNfL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2alOCoE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/15c0hGM.jpg)
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Blinder turboprop tanker is exactly what Russian air force has needed for a long time. :smiley:
This combo works like so many others.
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Ju-52 & Mi-17 & Mi-6, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/SEeRsoq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lJIEnem.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dXtxkxf.jpg)
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Never noticed helicopter potential of Ju-52 fuselage. :smiley: Should learn to be more observant.
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;D ;D ;D
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Brilliant! :smiley:
Utterly bonkers ... but brilliant! ;D
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:smiley:
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nr. 1 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
(https://i.imgur.com/0A22Lm7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XhOFqIS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IUpdhnw.jpg)
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:smiley:
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I love the Blimp'o 7!
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Sure, absolutely the way to get blimps to go faster in 1950s. :smiley:
Why didn't I think of it :icon_crap:
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very cool
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thanks ! ;)
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DC-7 & Pogo (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
nr. 2 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
(https://i.imgur.com/Qst8FZI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nRfBwme.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hOIOXeO.jpg)
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Swell :smiley: Bit noisy in rear few seats or are those windows for maintenance visibility ?
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;D
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nr. 3 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Pogo (1/48) & Privateer, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/sTyPVF9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5cBcVpC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/511pUrF.jpg)
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OMG :o Really ? Gotta let it sink in...
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Take away the cockpit and rescale it and it could be a modern day VTOL UAV
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nr. 4 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Privateer & Trident, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/UKrhtqH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5LxluUj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fUMlUR0.jpg)
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It has a Soviet/Old Eastern Europe look to it. Perhaps a competitor to the Baade 152?
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thanks for the reference to the Baade 152, I didn't know that one, peculiar looking indeed
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nr. 5 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Trident & Atlantic, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/pTSyWLL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BfHQwkx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TPa41NZ.jpg)
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:smiley:
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That looks real!
Awesome!
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Ya know,,, a prop Trident was long needed to serve smaller (shorter) regional airports. Been a longtime waiting but finally here it is :smiley:
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;D
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Unofficially referred to as Bident.
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nr. 6 in a series of 9, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Atlantic & Skywarrior (1/48), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/e3vzByZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sxHxbu9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mNk6t03.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dcauFzn.jpg)
with a few wheels from a A400M
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Wow! That looks great! For some reason, I think it looks more like a East German ASW plane - a cousin of the Baade 152?
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;D ;D ;D
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nr. 7 in a series of 8, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Skywarrior (1/48) & Ju88 (1/32), yellow
(https://i.imgur.com/GuMVoGj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/T9BLeIz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1SkvfMs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OhRHdRM.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Getting to both jet Atlantic and prop Skywarrior. :smiley: :smiley:
Wow! That looks great! For some reason, I think it looks more like a East German ASW plane - a cousin of the Baade 152?
Good you saw this in design. I agree thatz it. Not made the connection on my own.
Skywarrior is an 'almost' A2 Savage which is fine.
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Crazy good stuff here! Keep it coming!
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thanks !
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nr. 8 in a series of 8, each taking its wings from the next :
blimp <-- DC-7 <-- Pogo (1/48) <-- Privateer <-- Trident <-- Atlantic <-- Skywarrior (1/48) <-- Ju88 (1/32) <-- Emily
Ju88 (1/32) & Emily
(https://i.imgur.com/PBswI2X.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0hAgTa1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lR8IZx5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9ijO48U.jpg)
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Must be the Italian version of the '88, their engines were always under-powered so they needed more of them ;D
Like the lowered engine-maintenance steps :D
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;D ;D ;D
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Must consider: Smaller engines were made in great quantities for use on various aircraft. And,,, was better safety if one engine quit. They knew what they were doing.
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(https://i.imgur.com/mo1iAzh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IW997kX.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/tOf27wz.jpg)
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Strange but I like it! :smiley:
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One of the special build subsonic longer loiter time F-16s :smiley:
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;D
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There is absolutely no way in the world that this should work! But it does ... it does :smiley: :smiley:
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home-made egg-plane
(https://i.imgur.com/ke8rSLp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/50Y9Ol3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/I7PeF5a.jpg)
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inspired by the Caproni Stipa & Fw-189 ground attack aircraft ? ;D
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inspired by the Caproni Stipa & Fw-189 ground attack aircraft ? ;D
Yes, thanks for making the connection(s). Wasn't quite putting it together in my mind.
Is there a pilot visibility issue when landing to judge proximity of wheels to runway ?
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Just let it sink and hope you don’t run out of runway!
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home-made egg-plane
(https://i.imgur.com/ke8rSLp.jpg)
Just don’t try to land in Yellowstone National Park. One of those geysers will make it a hard boiled egg plane!
https://yellowstone.net/geysers/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/74-3-005.jpg
(https://yellowstone.net/geysers/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/74-3-005.jpg)
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Just let it sink and hope you don’t run out of runway!
But if you do, is the subsequent landing an 'omelette', rather than a 'pancake' . . . ?
cheers,
Robin.
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Thank you Eric, your models give me more chuckles than the "Time for some Humour" page. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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thanks ! ;)
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using a pre-built Kawasaki
(https://i.imgur.com/fkXIcub.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KL683Mv.jpg)
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:smiley:
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:smiley:
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:D
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shuttle (1/288) & FW189B, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/qIlfKlr.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/P945hec.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4kJ4PfL.jpg)
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:smiley:
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At least you put the tail cone over the three rocket motors!
Crazy good!! ;D ;D
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At least you put the tail cone over the three rocket motors!
I don't know ... those low-powered Argus motors could always do with rocket assist. ;)
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Definite improvement over greenhouse heating issues of basic FW-189 at some sacrifice in visibility. Probably transport version vrs recon version. :smiley:
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;D ;D ;D
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Mi-4 & Buggy, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(the buggy is from an old "Wild Pao" motorized kit)
(https://i.imgur.com/6WbH0s1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/f3kTq1r.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gk7f74T.jpg)
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Now he’s out stealing the toys from the neighborhood kids!!
This is just right for the next apocalypse group build.
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FW189B & 2cv, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/gE678YK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6gz7GkK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YaKW24U.jpg)
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Ah yes, "2cv" as in ein zwei Pferde! Love it ;D
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Sherman toon & bug, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with also a glass nose, from a Mosquito ?
(https://i.imgur.com/uvfj6O2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jXDg61B.jpg)
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bug & Sherman toon, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Oryctes Nasicornis from Heller
(https://i.imgur.com/sbNcXsX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zGyqokU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JLf2Kb2.jpg)
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self-cooked egg
& Su-22
& F-16 (1/100)
(https://i.imgur.com/aGUYieN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/syHPn5m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hdbj6Jo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nYAJA4c.jpg)
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Love it! :-*
It looks very much like it has sucked something very large up its air intake ;D
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Cracking good build!
Yes I stole that from someone else.
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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EricR, you should put a small pilot in the next one you make - you would have a Kinder egg.
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a reciprocal to the M-5 & V-1 :
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg211217#msg211217 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg211217#msg211217)
here is an early prototype of the V-1, with old-fashioned motorization, and additional lifting surface
(https://i.imgur.com/CnQTncG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qnR5Zue.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LMSKRnX.jpg)
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Actually was V1 of the V-1. :smiley: Kept Gloster Gladiator interceptors busy shooting down attack waves with well over 50% success rate.
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;D ;D ;D
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:smiley:
Interestingly, there was a real world Seafox landplane, the second prototype, K4305, was built as a landplane, then later converted to a seaplane . . .
(https://i.postimg.cc/jKq22wkK/seafox-landplane.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
cheers,
Robin.
I founs a better picture of the Seafox on wheels,
(https://i.postimg.cc/k7XX0Lcm/seafox-wheels.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
souce is AIR_BRITAIN AEROMILITARIA, VOLUME 26 ISSUE 101 SPRING 1999
cheers,
Robin.
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thanks, I still have a Seafox in the stash ...
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Corsair & Beaufighter (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(with an engine from a 1/32 Lysander ...)
(https://i.imgur.com/kTy1Xre.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jV9M2Sh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HJkvIAo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZnnoHU0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/03QkiLS.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Love it! And, like all swoopy trimotors, it has an Italian feel to it :smiley:
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
thanks !
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Nice. As I recall it was a custom build competitor in post war time-to-climb (10,000 ft) air races. Ruffly like drag racing is for cars. Took it's fair share of trophies. :smiley:
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Nice combination! It looks so plausible.
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COR !, a CorFighter ! ... or is it a Beausair ?
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EC145 & dragonfly, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
an actual hybrid aircraft/animal, it had been a while
(https://i.imgur.com/4CVJrj5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FCbWIk7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hS3vpc1.jpg)
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TGV/Thalys & Concorde, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/vvSwqQG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fatHPju.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ac32Suc.jpg)
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Is whoda thought unlikely mix with space shuttle(ish) appearance. Clever :smiley:
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:smiley:
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Concorde & Tu-160 (1/144), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/f2HJgo1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZMrTO2M.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8wi04RH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EWX1hcy.jpg)
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Gee - does ever come together well :smiley:
Looks like RW configuration. Stash has kits to do this in 1/72. Hmmm....
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Yup, that's a natural. Probably what the Tu-144 should've been :smiley:
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thanks !
I have a 1/72 Concorde in the stash, but that's a bit more intimidating ;)
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P-51B & spitfire, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
a hybrid double-seater (more or less inspired by Tophe)
(https://i.imgur.com/dAhzdtI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xAEaWiL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yVu7GI0.jpg)
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corn & Corsair (1/32), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
a vegetal/aircraft hybrid
(with a plastic foam fake corn)
(https://i.imgur.com/wnbk7le.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kwcI3J8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hv1eQlt.jpg)
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See this is a perfect example of the need for good communication. The client asked for a Vought Corsair with a "Corncob" engine but the production department gave them a Vought Corsair Corncob with engine...
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;D ;D ;D
I can see one of the Reno racers painted like this :smiley:
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;D
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carrot & Sea vixen, red (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with a Buccanneer tail as well
another vegetal/aircraft hybrid
(with a plastic foam fake carrot)
(https://i.imgur.com/QrpkOBz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bH3QXSI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QvpYvSQ.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Not a whif but a 3D cartoon of the real thing ? ;D
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;D
thanks for the reference, I didn't konw that one, quite close indeed
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after the carrot, the parrot :
parrot & F-111, yellow (?) : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
"this parrot has been nailed"
(https://i.imgur.com/824Vt4D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/a0sVL9F.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tAP32Og.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9S7rF78.jpg)
with working moveable wings
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Sturmtiger & spider & antelope, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with Halloween I found a few cheap spiders in plastic, and so accomodated some remains
(https://i.imgur.com/Bem5ryI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZYGy6iB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IKsAQip.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EsR4gCd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/r7KtBBl.jpg)
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Citroën traction & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/laAokm1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/J0nvEEX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gyJjAG2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4BvC7xV.jpg)
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I'm sure I saw that in the corner of my bathroom ceiling :-\
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ant & Corsair, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(a variant of eggplanes)
(https://i.imgur.com/twTdsUJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wPyYfZ7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YNT5rod.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/azEXL3m.jpg)
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the reciprocal
(engine and propeller kept for some later project TBD)
(https://i.imgur.com/HpG5iYh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fv0sWEV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Cf33OhK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mFeGgby.jpg)
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F-111 & Lightning T55, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/4qYCZzW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TLcRK6a.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/39XBnw8.jpg)
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That looks so amazingly plausible! If a person built that people would really do some double takes! I know I just did!
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This F-111 version features lower acquisition and ongoing maintenance costs. Such a deal. :smiley:
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;D
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Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/0plHFWl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/l0ghnKp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rNivfty.jpg)
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Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Nice! The Lightning U.2 :smiley:
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Lightning T55 & Wellesley, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Nice! The Lightning U.2 :smiley:
Yep, right on. Good move by the RAF. :smiley:
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This F-111 version features lower acquisition and ongoing maintenance costs. Such a deal. :smiley:
But the savings are eaten up to pay for the longer runways
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Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/cEcmBGl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/G5Zasea.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nsVCPXD.jpg)
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Wellesley & Reaper (1/48), yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
Wow! That works seriously well. Nice one :smiley:
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Like apophenia said :smiley:
Hardly can tell is a kitbash.
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Thanks! ;D
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Beauty!
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Excellent!!
And then some.
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thank you !
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Reaper (1/48) & Buccaneer, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/1UV2E7j.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/q21uXIU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rV9Idbg.jpg)
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Right on :smiley:
Long time thought Reaper was due for a faster version. This be it !
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Buccaneer & Reaper & F111, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
last one in a series from F111 - Lightning - Wellesley - Reaper - Buccanneer - F111
with movable wings, of course ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/MkjD77v.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/puSf35D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7lDhGGp.jpg)
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:smiley: Reminds me a little of one of the aircraft from Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
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thanks for the reference, it does indeed look a bit like that, with push propeller :smiley:
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Surprising how this blends so well when it should not. Trying figure out a mission/use :-\ Though no results so far....
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Maybe for an alternate reality where gas turbine propulsion doesn't get developed and thus we have honking big bison engines...or perhaps steam engines (i.e steam boilers driving steam turbines and thus props)?
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a mission ? well, to have fun, at least :smiley:
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Countach & Hunter, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/j0Mxnjl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NVfIgiS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sZuuaOe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lIYC7l1.jpg)
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Looks good for skipping over road potholes :smiley:
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Captain Scarlet's new ride . . . ;) ;D
cheers,
Robin.
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;D
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James Bond, eat your heart out!
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;D ;D ;D :smiley:
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Panhard & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/lxASsMY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/q5TwvJS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vD2EtzX.jpg)
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:smiley: Great idea ! When will we see this in a movie of some kind ??? :D
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Smooth 8 legged ride! Just don’t ask my wife to ride in it!
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spider & Panhard, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
a simple reciprocal
(https://i.imgur.com/tFiBAlo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TEWm3Nl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DllgeOb.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/D4Q01Kz.jpg)
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I've seen invalid dogs with a special carriage but never a spider before ! ;D ;D
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;D
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Panhard & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/43x8exW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DsSNOTZ.jpg)
from a very old Matchbox Wespe kit, with tracks plastic become stiff and breakable ...
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Well, when Santa lets the elves drive it & they rev the guts out of it then drop the clutch, a few track-links are bound to snap :icon_nif:
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;) ;) ;)
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Wespe & dino & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/TxXm0dT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HpLfqhk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zpfvKnO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8mGUeRg.jpg)
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spider & Wespe, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
using the diorama ;-)
(https://i.imgur.com/RdBRexv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qeEGstf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/u5yeVJY.jpg)
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M16 & spider, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
continuing a little with the piders ... (it's easy, but fun)
(https://i.imgur.com/TpnD533.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4os73fm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wVgfLOy.jpg)
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All terrain vehicle no doubt!
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;D :smiley:
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M16 & Panhard, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
the same M16 user on a Panhard
(https://i.imgur.com/34xCFkp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ROH04SH.jpg)
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Good for wading through standing water of recent California storms. :smiley:
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;) ;) ;)
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in the same vein :
puma & Panhard, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
equipped with a cruciform screwdriver
(https://i.imgur.com/1S4t7Yy.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WTxWiLF.jpg)
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spider & puma, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/byqLDx3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4N3vSaQ.jpg)
also playing with the Matchbox diorama bases : I repaired the hole in the road
(https://i.imgur.com/V1PErHI.jpg)
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puma & spider, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
same Puma, same spider, but new combination :
I continue playing with this spider a little bit, because it is so tempting,
but will move to something else soon ;-)
(https://i.imgur.com/a40Qin3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mOLNe2m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sSNiCXN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cQciWm4.jpg)
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Jagdpanther & Tyrrell P34, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with another screw drvier
and with dioramas
(https://i.imgur.com/gaCJW3Q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vB0TMX0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mxglakV.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6dyQ0Mq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HC6ZQ4n.jpg)
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Love to see that on the race-track ! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Ligier & Jagdpanther, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
another F1 conversion
(https://i.imgur.com/ewBuHtz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JkSImuF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YnJHZbr.jpg)
unfortunately the kit was very old, and the tracks hardly usable
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Replace the front wheels with skis ! Great snow-speeder. ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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FW189 & spider, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
a last one (?) with those spider legs ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/SEM4bEG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9zyAIvJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/t1e6nD7.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/YnJHZbr.jpg)
Just like the Rupp Snowspeeder
https://www.walmart.com/ip/MPC-Rupp-Super-Sno-Sport-Snow-Dragster-120-MPC961-Plastics-Car-Truck-1-24-1-25/412278236 (https://www.walmart.com/ip/MPC-Rupp-Super-Sno-Sport-Snow-Dragster-120-MPC961-Plastics-Car-Truck-1-24-1-25/412278236)
(https://s.catch.com.au/images/product/0162/162332/65f01efa8a73d225976791_w1320h1080.webp)
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Was unsuccessfully wondering what this might be used for. Now it is clear !
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;) ;)
thanks for the reference, I didn't know that one ! ;D
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Hunter & FW189, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/8EjHVYl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nPar8Fi.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z7Y0GjL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N17gWed.jpg)
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:smiley:
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:smiley:
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;D
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Hilarious! I love it!
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Appears to be a trainer for twin engine students :smiley:
But I am not sure.
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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Hughes 500 (1/48) & Sherman, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/osHGPx9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WLMtFl7.jpg)
with a Matchbox diorama, with repaired walls and road ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/y4pJ0dK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zG4eQfN.jpg)
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Perfect candidate for a Lost in Space episode! ;) :smiley:
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I was just thinking that all it needed was a Dr. Smith and his Bubble-headed Booby robot friend/enemy
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;D ;D ;D
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Perfect candidate for a Lost in Space episode! ;) :smiley:
Definitely! As usual, this 'bubble crawler' is delightfully bonkers :-*
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Am thinking good for Winter driving on the tundra.
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:smiley:
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;D
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boat on truck & H500, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/6D9GqZ4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LwxO9fs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/j5eNmoS.jpg)
using a Matchbox diorama (from the tank carrier M19)
(https://i.imgur.com/9v31AFn.jpg)
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:smiley:
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;D
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ant & Kingfisher, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with the classis Heller ant, and Fieseler Storch landing gear from the spares box
(https://i.imgur.com/7zMRTps.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TL6twkf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FD0lLnQ.jpg)
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I see a kingfisher fuselage with six legs in the future! ;D ;)
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that sounds a bit like sorcery (or just statistics ?) ;)
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Kingfisher & ant, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/3hMsSHH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MbF3syk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iuUHokC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2XOUi8c.jpg)
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Lucanis Cervuc & panther, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/4TZrnqT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Pxs9Zns.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9jvyeZ6.jpg)
here too, a very old Matchbox kit, with hardly useable tracks because of plastic wear or transformation
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panther & Lucanis Cervus, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
with a wood drill
(https://i.imgur.com/CwwkKkN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JXRZCD1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ga5NCKK.jpg)
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Leclerc & ladybug (& corkscrew), blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/LEKwsP8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3MIXSLx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2xCqesy.jpg)
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All of your recent animal-machine creations remind me of the science-fiction television series called Lexx (https://web.archive.org/web/20050305010537/http://www.scifi.com/lexx/)
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All of your recent animal-machine creations remind me of the science-fiction television series called Lexx ([url]https://web.archive.org/web/20050305010537/http://www.scifi.com/lexx/[/url])
Oh that brings back memories
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All of your recent animal-machine creations remind me of the science-fiction television series called Lexx ([url]https://web.archive.org/web/20050305010537/http://www.scifi.com/lexx/[/url])
Oh that brings back memories
Both Zev and Xev Bellringers are still looking good after all this time. :smiley:
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;D ;D ;D
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No tire is safe now overnight!
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;D ;)
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ladybug & Leclerc, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/rAY6eSC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rTBxpv8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8rtLTM8.jpg)
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Now that combination reminds me of the big plasma bugs in the live-action film "Starship Troopers."
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That’s where I’ve seen those before!
Nice job ericr!
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The two do sorta fit together in a weird way ;)
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;D
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Vautour & Spitfire, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/EiBGKY0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HuSSJBm.jpg)
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Filing this one in my aviation library as testbed for refinement of mid-engine power technology. Working out bugs for production aircraft.
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;D ;)
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Spitfire & Vautour, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
the reciprocal, simply
(https://i.imgur.com/NGVMn1P.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8DjSo5n.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MpB6PWt.jpg)
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when Supermarine got their hands on a Me-262 ;D
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Is somewhere around 1950 and RAF is testing Meteor replacement. Sure is keen how B-47 main landing gear is configured, lets try that on this one.
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;D ;D ;D
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Leopard & drill, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/Fg3fxBp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QTcUF4R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nmmrbvu.jpg)
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Hmm,,, 'external rifling' ??? Never thought of that !
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;D
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Buffalo & caravan, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
(https://i.imgur.com/oclRxIl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jFaLb6y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Hpx5jGD.jpg)