Bluesmans Profiles

[bluesman]

Im a big fan of concept designer Ron Cobb, from Dark Star onward. A couple variations of the Cheyenne dropship.

[The Big Gimper]

Im a big fan of concept designer Ron Cobb, from Dark Star onward. A couple variations of the Cheyenne dropship.

These are awesome. I am a big fan of Warrant Office Ellen Ripley.   

[GTX_Admin]

 :)

[bluesman]

A couple of wacky ideas to mash a 109 and 262 together. I want to build one of these just to make the IPMS 109 fans go "WTF"?   

[GTX_Admin]

Wicked!

[bluesman]

I was thinking the centerline engine needs to be a turbo prop, other wise I need separate tanks for jet fuel and aviation fuel

I actually started building this years ago...i will have to dig up pics.

[elmayerle]

Hmm, fuselage and inboard wing tanks for avgas and outboard wing tanks and drop tanks for jet fuel?  I better like the idea of a turboprop with bifurcated exhausts right above and in front of the wing.

[bluesman]

Yeah, I didn't account for the turbo prop, an in take or exhaust in the drawing. I will have to update it. But your solution for the 2 different fuels makes sense

[elmayerle]

The technology didn't exist then, but today you can get piston engines burning Jet A.  The new Cessna 182JT-A has just that from Lycoming (keeping it all in the Textron family, they are).

[bluesman]

A work in progress of the top view of the Reliant. All done in Illustrator. No one reference seems to be consistent so I a little license in a some of the non major areas. The hardest part was the aztec. I drew it in a separate document using a section of pattern form my extensive vault of trek references, then I placed into the ship drawing and copies and rotated the sections until I had the ship "decaled"...then it was matter of playing with the opacity...keep it subtle, but keep it dark enough to show up on the screen. Then if I want to print this I need to adjust it a little...I have an on screen version and a version to print.

I have a way to go before shes done but I think its coming along fairly well.

[GTX_Admin]

Different - I liked the what if (yeah, in a scifi show I know) scenario where you had the "Battleship Enterprise".  I wonder about some darker scenarios like that for some of these profiles.

[finsrin]

Nice --- Bf-109-62 is an "of course" (palm-to-forehead) match of parts.  :)
That or a FW-190-62 are prime subjects for a styrene build.

[bluesman]

Here's another fracking viper. :) I know eveyones doing them, but I had to do one as well.

[jorel62]

Nice......

[GTX_Admin]

I have a plan to do a Viper as a Jolly Roger one with appropriate tail markings:

[bluesman]

Just playing around with some ideas here with star ship components

[finsrin]

Seeing those Star Trek warp drive pods.  My warped BTS mind pictures push-pull props on them. 

[bluesman]

I've got no love for the new Enterprise from JJtrek, so after some thought I did this one. The idea was to keep the classic Matt Jefferies look and proportions. This one almost looks like if it could be in Star Trek in the 1950's

[elmayerle]

Just playing around with some ideas here with star ship components

Minus the "roll bar", the top one looks very similar to the Coventry-class light cruiser that's appeared in various ST fannish efforts (I modestly admit to having contributed to that design).

[jorel62]

Great looking stuff there Bluesman........

[M.A.D]

And the Swede Bone with a splinter camo

Now this is so cool!!

M.A.D

[jorel62]

Great job.....

[bluesman]

Some old stuff...a little Eagle or Mini Eagle.

[bluesman]

SHADO transporter

[father ennis]

Those are just fantastic ... !!!  I really like the "Little Eagle", what a great design. I