Author Topic: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread (Read 3740 times)

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.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #1 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

My humble attempt

I have come across a number of Stuart and Grant conversions as well as these vehicles were a lot more common post war.

PFJN · « **Reply #2 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.

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

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

Kerick · « **Reply #3 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.

upnorth · « **Reply #4 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:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:23:57 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:27:19 AM »

Technically:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:28:03 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:29:13 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:29:23 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2024, 02:17:04 AM »

Avro Lancaster XPP

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2024, 02:25:07 AM »

How about a P-47 Reno Racer?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2024, 02:25:32 AM »

Or He-111 converted back into an airliner?

Kerick · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2024, 09:50:42 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 04, 2024, 01:27:19 AM

Technically:

I've got the parts for this.........
Including the decals I made.......

Kerick · « **Reply #14 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

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

PFJN · « **Reply #15 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.

Source: https://forestprotectiontbmavengers.wordpress.com/history-of-the-spray-program-in-new-brunswick-2/fire-suppression-pilot-list-1975-to-present/

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #16 on:** April 04, 2024, 06:31:14 PM »

This WARBIRDS DIRECTORY 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

Including these:

perttime · « **Reply #17 on:** April 05, 2024, 12:18:45 AM »

^ some would work well, and look less chunky, in a civilian survey / mapping job.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2024, 12:47:25 AM »

Wow! I haven't seen the Savage in that role/scheme before.

Story · « **Reply #19 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.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/44qtdc/abandoned_sherman_in_namibia_formerly_used_as_a/

Kerick · « **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2024, 05:45:23 AM »

All that white, red and yellow paint!

raafif · « **Reply #21 on:** April 05, 2024, 06:36:37 AM »

Ex-Egyptain tanks in Israeli playground - need to build monkey-bars, slide etc

Kerick · « **Reply #22 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.

Jeffry Fontaine · « **Reply #23 on:** April 05, 2024, 11:56:31 AM »

How about "Swords into Boats" instead of Ploughshares?

HMMWV Water Car

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2024, 12:58:38 AM »

<a href="https://youtu.be/0ZSLQt7HKyw?si=gZ-MScE2dowIzTiW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://youtu.be/0ZSLQt7HKyw?si=gZ-MScE2dowIzTiW</a>

What if the B-52 was a passenger plane?


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