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Modelling => Group and Themed Builds => Swords to Plowshares GB => Topic started by: LemonJello on April 03, 2024, 08:47:33 AM

Title: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: LemonJello on April 03, 2024, 08:47:33 AM: This is the place to share photos/ideas to inspire and ignite our imaginations for the Swords to Plowshares Group Build.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 03, 2024, 09:51:07 AM: This very topic came up in the New Release Thread for Miniart

Stricklands Ag group Post WW2 Bren carrier to Agricultural Tractor
Armour off, move driver position, rolling hitch and you have a sort of tractor
(http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/attachment.php?s=fa09aff3deafed73bf57960550831bfd&attachmentid=13333&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1577368356)
My humble attempt
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2mhxouns2indum5lw83bl/stricklands_2.JPG?rlkey=1av0ta0qsj2h3t2it89w8xogk&raw=1)
I have come across a number of Stuart and Grant conversions as well as these vehicles were a lot more common post war.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: PFJN on April 03, 2024, 11:01:53 AM: Hi,
I guess a couple other examples might be Aristotle Onassis' yacht "Christina O" which started life as a River class frigate, and Jacques Cousteau's ship "Calypso" which started out as a BYMS minesweeper.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Yacht_CHRISTINA_O.jpg)

Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_O

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/%22Calypso%22_-_Montreal%2C_1980.jpg)

Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Calypso
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 03, 2024, 12:09:17 PM: Just a random thought. How about a Stryker type vehicle converted to some rich guy’s off road land yacht? Then there are the MRAPs converted to police use. Some guy converted a surplus tank transporter into his personal off road mobile home.
I built a hospital ship model from a WW2 1/1200 scale aircraft carrier. Yorktown I think. Lots of helicopter flight deck space in front of the superstructure.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: upnorth on April 03, 2024, 11:06:20 PM: Here's some land vehicle inspiration in the form of the SPOT 50 firefighting tank. It'sa Czech creation based on the T-50 tank:
(https://i.imgur.com/5tCBtWn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FJU7J7e.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XqshEGp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XPEPUUZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:23:57 AM: (https://artwork.40k.gallery/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Swords-to-Plowshares.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:27:19 AM: Technically:

(https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jsc2015e102798-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:28:03 AM: (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/3dd/One_of_a_kind_3.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:29:13 AM: (https://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/3/2044/mean_while_in_soviet_russia_by_roen911-d5k5xmg.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:29:23 AM: (https://images.dailykos.com/images/393724/large/avro-lancastrian.jpg?1493208062)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 04, 2024, 02:17:04 AM: Avro Lancaster XPP

(https://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/MY/MY81-4/24-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 02:25:07 AM: How about a P-47 Reno Racer?
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 02:25:32 AM: Or He-111 converted back into an airliner?
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 04, 2024, 09:50:42 AM: Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:27:19 AM
Technically:

(https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jsc2015e102798-1.jpg)

I've got the parts for this.........
Including the decals I made.......
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 04, 2024, 10:44:10 AM: Many kind of research aircraft and other vehicles out there. NASA uses or has used the T-38, F-106, F-16, F-104, F-8, F-15, F-18, C-130, the everlasting WB-57F, U-2, SR-71, S-3 Viking, P-3 Orion, a Supper Guppy (which is a converted KC-97!) and is currently using it's second B-52. NOAA flies WP-3 Orions also. Plus many more I'm sure. A fertile field there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASA_aircraft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASA_aircraft)

The US Forest Service used to fly two AH-1G Huey Cobras as fire spotters updated with an IR turret to be able to "see" the fire through the smoke and guide the fire bombers in. A couple of state agencies did also.

https://www.twz.com/42793/ah-1-cobra-helicopter-gunships-turned-firefighters-have-flown-their-last-mission (https://www.twz.com/42793/ah-1-cobra-helicopter-gunships-turned-firefighters-have-flown-their-last-mission)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: PFJN on April 04, 2024, 11:49:29 AM: Hi,
I guess there were also a number of TBM Avengers (and other planes) that were converted to firebombers too.

(https://forestprotectiontbmavengers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/image0042.jpg)

Source: https://forestprotectiontbmavengers.wordpress.com/history-of-the-spray-program-in-new-brunswick-2/fire-suppression-pilot-list-1975-to-present/
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 04, 2024, 06:31:14 PM: This WARBIRDS DIRECTORY (https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds.htm) also has lots of good photos.

There are 8 pages of Fire Bomber photos. This is the first page.
US FIRE BOMBER OPERATORS : Part 1: A (https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/fire-bombers-1/usairtankersa1.html)

Including these:

(https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/fire-bombers-1/Grumman-FM-2-N29B-Safford-AZ-4.7.58-Brian-R-Baker-KOM.jpg)
(https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/fire-bombers-1/Northrop-F-15-N9768Z-Fresno-Aero-Enterprises-WTLarkins-KOM.jpg)
(https://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/fire-bombers-1/Savage-N9143Z-%2377-side-KOM.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: perttime on April 05, 2024, 12:18:45 AM: ^ some would work well, and look less chunky, in a civilian survey / mapping job.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 05, 2024, 12:47:25 AM: Wow! I haven't seen the Savage in that role/scheme before.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 05, 2024, 05:44:15 AM: Probably former 6th South African Division Shermans.

Diamond Mining Electric Sherman Tanks of Namibia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQY1VIHw8s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQY1VIHw8s)

https://www.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/44qtdc/abandoned_sherman_in_namibia_formerly_used_as_a/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/44qtdc/abandoned_sherman_in_namibia_formerly_used_as_a/)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 05, 2024, 05:45:23 AM: All that white, red and yellow paint! :icon_crap:
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: raafif on April 05, 2024, 06:36:37 AM: Ex-Egyptain tanks in Israeli playground - need to build monkey-bars, slide etc
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 05, 2024, 07:24:50 AM: Quote from: raafif on April 05, 2024, 06:36:37 AM
Ex-Egyptain tanks in Israeli playground - need to build monkey-bars, slide etc

The Karen moms over here would launch all the way to Mars if they saw their kids playing on those! It would be fun to watch!

For the general good, in the US some diy stores carry cans of spray paint in agricultural equipment colors and also including Caterpillar yellow.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 05, 2024, 11:56:31 AM: How about "Swords into Boats" instead of Ploughshares?

(https://static1.topspeedimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_0316.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=750&dpr=1.5)
HMMWV Water Car (https://www.topspeed.com/a-humvee-that-loves-waves-the-watercar-h1-panther/)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 06, 2024, 12:58:38 AM: https://youtu.be/0ZSLQt7HKyw?si=gZ-MScE2dowIzTiW

What if the B-52 was a passenger plane? (https://youtu.be/0ZSLQt7HKyw?si=gZ-MScE2dowIzTiW)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 06, 2024, 04:13:07 AM: Does *the Process* count?

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/89/02/94/890294c0061b33c2ef87286fa4859888.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 06, 2024, 04:14:42 AM: How about Best Korea's Seed Delivery Systems?
https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2019/september/25/farming-in-north-korea-is-a-little-bit-different/ (https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2019/september/25/farming-in-north-korea-is-a-little-bit-different/)
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2d/e4/0c/2de40c6b7bc3b8c0af53d73398847d9c.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d5/e6/8e/d5e68ed032a23bc41b50bf5c7c192f69.jpg)

I just realized my post needed music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoSFQb5HVk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoSFQb5HVk)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 06, 2024, 05:59:50 AM: Maybe some Russian tanks repurposed into tractors by their Ukrainian masters...

(https://i.cbc.ca/1.6387978.1647545133!/fileImage/httpImage/tractor.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 06, 2024, 07:39:28 AM: Quote from: Story on April 06, 2024, 04:13:07 AM
Does *the Process* count?

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/89/02/94/890294c0061b33c2ef87286fa4859888.jpg)

An interesting idea. Could this include that half finished build or the one that the cat knocked off the shelf?
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 06, 2024, 07:41:11 AM: Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 06, 2024, 05:59:50 AM
Maybe some Russian tanks repurposed into tractors by their Ukrainian masters...

(https://i.cbc.ca/1.6387978.1647545133!/fileImage/httpImage/tractor.jpg)

Paint it green and yellow?
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 06, 2024, 07:00:37 PM: Quote from: Kerick on April 06, 2024, 07:39:28 AM

An interesting idea. Could this include that half finished build or the one that the cat knocked off the shelf?

(https://i.imgflip.com/nlu2l.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: raafif on April 07, 2024, 07:29:15 AM: Hope they sealed the bomb-bays ..... don't want any lost luggage ;)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 08, 2024, 01:49:48 AM: Toying with the idea of a Sd.Kfz.254 (see below) converted for use by explorers/adventurers in a similar manner to the halftracks used by the Yellow Expedition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Expedition#:~:text=The%20Yellow%20Expedition%20(French%3A%20Croisière,Beijing%2C%20the%20capital%20of%20China.)

(https://tank-afv.com/ww2/germany/photos/sdkfz254-saurer-rk-7-bp)

More info (https://tank-afv.com/ww2/germany/Sd.Kfz.254.php)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 08, 2024, 06:41:47 AM: Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 08, 2024, 01:49:48 AM
Toying with the idea of a Sd.Kfz.254 (see below) converted for use by explorers/adventurers in a similar manner to the halftracks used by the Yellow Expedition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Expedition#:~:text=The%20Yellow%20Expedition%20(French%3A%20Croisière,Beijing%2C%20the%20capital%20of%20China.)

(https://tank-afv.com/ww2/germany/photos/sdkfz254-saurer-rk-7-bp)

More info (https://tank-afv.com/ww2/germany/Sd.Kfz.254.php)

Seems like this story fits the bill in a way
https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2013/8/12/how-to-escape-the-iron-curtain-july-25-1953-riding-the-czech-freedom-tank-through-the-iron-curtain (https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2013/8/12/how-to-escape-the-iron-curtain-july-25-1953-riding-the-czech-freedom-tank-through-the-iron-curtain)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 09, 2024, 01:15:38 AM: Quote from: Story on April 08, 2024, 06:41:47 AM

Seems like this story fits the bill in a way
https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2013/8/12/how-to-escape-the-iron-curtain-july-25-1953-riding-the-czech-freedom-tank-through-the-iron-curtain (https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2013/8/12/how-to-escape-the-iron-curtain-july-25-1953-riding-the-czech-freedom-tank-through-the-iron-curtain)

In a way but not quite. I have something more adventurous in mind
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Frank3k on April 09, 2024, 01:40:25 AM: Cal Fire RQ-7B UAV. It was a fun build:

(https://i.imgur.com/tspKYe2.jpg)

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10396.msg198974#msg198974 (http://My build thread)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 09, 2024, 01:55:55 AM: :smiley:
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: ericr on April 09, 2024, 02:58:12 AM: lovely firefighting version !
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: arkon on April 10, 2024, 10:21:03 AM: for campfires ?
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 18, 2024, 02:34:41 AM: (https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/436417804_908153701111278_9071945613738270538_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=jlhcGYqFoe4Ab7opH7z&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfDsivhjvqfmoxzAkAxtyQ0RdcGg6q9A0GHxX6BgS1g2IQ&oe=6625F939)(https://i.imgur.com/XthHbug.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2024, 02:46:40 AM: Does anyone remember this idea: Converted Ballistic Missiles Could Launch Aid to Disaster Zones (https://www.space.com/23188-ballistic-missiles-disaster-relief-launches.html)

I am thinking a build showing an ICBM with Red Cross markings...
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 18, 2024, 03:19:58 AM: Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 18, 2024, 02:46:40 AM
Does anyone remember this idea: Converted Ballistic Missiles Could Launch Aid to Disaster Zones (https://www.space.com/23188-ballistic-missiles-disaster-relief-launches.html)

I am thinking a build showing an ICBM with Red Cross markings...

I predict a similar outcome
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/middleeast/gaza-airdropped-aid-deaths-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/middleeast/gaza-airdropped-aid-deaths-intl/index.html)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 19, 2024, 04:21:56 AM: Lest we forget, there was a topic created quite some time ago specifically titled "Swords Into Ploughshares (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=132.0)" that might also provide some inspiration to this GB. :smiley:
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 20, 2024, 01:39:29 AM: Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on April 19, 2024, 04:21:56 AM
Lest we forget, there was a topic created quite some time ago specifically titled "Swords Into Ploughshares ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=132.0[/url])" that might also provide some inspiration to this GB. :smiley:

Good catch Jeff. :smiley:
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 25, 2024, 07:08:39 PM: (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a4/47/a4/a447a479bf3f22729c94919bd086d53e.jpg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d5/bf/ec/d5bfec1ffd45ea919120cfd6ebc981f2.jpg)

Civilian Shermans: after the war – they went to work
https://imgur.com/a/jNaRO
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on April 28, 2024, 11:39:21 PM: (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/74/52/b3/7452b31b66c37fe1cb40fe46221ee681.jpg)

Vickers Carden-Loyd Tractor Truck, 1936
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on April 29, 2024, 12:41:09 AM: ALCMS for Boy Scouts? Why not?
https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal10/9401-9500/gal9483-Cruiser-Petrie/00.shtm (https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal10/9401-9500/gal9483-Cruiser-Petrie/00.shtm)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on April 29, 2024, 03:27:35 AM: That a great whiff and story!
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: raafif on April 29, 2024, 08:29:23 AM: Neat ! Alvis' models are always great ideas.

I'm surprised the West didn't have similar high-school cadet training devices like the Russians did with their one-quarter scale tanks.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on May 01, 2024, 11:43:23 AM: (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c3/bc/dc/c3bcdc754a9e85f898a3cd8c00fc2e96.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/04/df/bb/04dfbbf1f01b68e4538f2292ac239039.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/85/b2/e8/85b2e838664b5b77f113015c888dc933.jpg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/87/5a/a9/875aa947ec6daa05956f80442eb69a4b.jpg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d0/65/e8/d065e88149b20406a6a811c49c0000fe.jpg)

Tons more ideas https://www.pinterest.com/pin/13370130136865336/ (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/13370130136865336/)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on May 09, 2024, 06:42:50 AM: Meet the SherVick tractor

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24984 (http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24984)

https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/dwh6jo/the_vickers_shervick_tractor/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/dwh6jo/the_vickers_shervick_tractor/)

https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/history-of-tanzania/tanganyika/tanganyika-groundnut-scheme-the-big-failure-east-africa-peanut-british-government/ (https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/history-of-tanzania/tanganyika/tanganyika-groundnut-scheme-the-big-failure-east-africa-peanut-british-government/)

(https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Shervick-Tractor-in-Tanganyika-Groundnut-Scheme.jpg)

Probably some hiding in this aerial shot
Tractors at Kongwa Region
https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tanganyika-Groundnut-Scheme-Tractors-at-Kongwa-Region.jpg (https://unitedrepublicoftanzania.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tanganyika-Groundnut-Scheme-Tractors-at-Kongwa-Region.jpg)
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Kerick on May 09, 2024, 10:21:52 AM: I like the jeep on tracks. I’m thinking 1/35 th jeep and 1/72nd tank tracks.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: The Big Gimper on May 11, 2024, 05:52:29 AM: Found on Facebook.

This is the Shervick, a heavy tractor built by Vickers from Sherman components to help with the Tanganyika groundnut scheme. This was a massive agricultural project by post-WWII Britain in Africa to produce food and export sales during its economic slump after the war.

The Shervick was a heavy tractor built from major components of the Sherman tank, as indicated by its name (Shervick - Sherman + Vickers). Early concepts literally used a cut-down Sherman hull, but when this was deemed too cumbersome, Vickers created a new version with Sherman components.

A structural steel hull formed the basis of the vehicle, to which Sherman suspension bogies and armored transmission cover were fitted. Only two bogies were mounted on each side. Between the bogies was a mounting point for a dozer blade.

Two General Motors 6-71 engines powered the Shervick. It weighed around 15 tons.

The Tanganyika groundnut scheme was abandoned in 1951, but the small number of completed Shervicks still found use in other projects.
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: Story on May 15, 2024, 05:06:57 AM: Quote from: The Big Gimper on May 11, 2024, 05:52:29 AM
Found on Facebook.

This is the Shervick,

look at the post two above yours
Title: Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
Post by: GTX_Admin on May 16, 2024, 01:56:58 AM: Some what similar but using M113 drive train:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/FMC_210_Skidder.jpg)