Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Kitbash / Frankenstein GB => Topic started by: robunos on January 15, 2025, 03:13:46 AM
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This is the Inspiration Thread for the Kitbash / Frankenstein GB. Post any inspiring images, descriptions, or ideas here.
cheers,
Robin.
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I’m looking forward to this one! Now I should decide if I want to do the Osprey/Cheyenne cross or the F16XL with a forward fuselage of a two seat F-16. Maybe both in Israeli decals.
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Real world inspiration:
(https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Messerspit-1280x720.jpg)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCcxBhLX0AA26ds.jpg:large)
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That opens all sorts of possibilities. I heard months ago about Hawk missiles being tied in with modern radars.
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I’ve been fooling around with a Tomcat/F-111 bash. The Tomcat would get the F-111 front end and maybe a few other mods, possibly a third engine. This would produce a medium bomber that wouldn’t be passed off as a fighter. I have a 1/32nd Phantom tank that might resemble a B-58 Hustler weapon/fuel pod. Markings are up in the air yet.
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I’ve been fooling around with a Tomcat/F-111 bash. The Tomcat would get the F-111 front end and maybe a few other mods, possibly a third engine. This would produce a medium bomber that wouldn’t be passed off as a fighter. I have a 1/32nd Phantom tank that might resemble a B-58 Hustler weapon/fuel pod. Markings are up in the air yet.
Sounds really promising !
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I cannot remember who it was who built a Viggen with a Phantom forward fuselage. Looked right.
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I cannot remember who it was who built a Viggen with a Phantom forward fuselage. Looked right.
That sounds like fun!
I think I would have to paint the Tomcat/F-111 bash in SEA camo to help disguise the Tomcat look.
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A little inspiration from my bench. This is the Emhar kit of the A7V, as the A7vb (veirbeiner, or four legged) It's an Imperial Walker...
Thinking of finishing either my Vezdekhod Bolshoi, or potting legs on a couple of FT 17 kits...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54287152884_4872cb9017_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qHaRdy)DSCF1112 (https://flic.kr/p/2qHaRdy) by VileDr.Yo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46965833@N07/), on Flickr
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Your A7vb is awesome, Doc! And I love the idea of a bunch of leggy FT 17s scampering about beneath it Velociraptor style :smiley:
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Ooh, Mecha . . . :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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Very cool, Doc! 8)
Looking at it, one has to wonder whether the A7V might have been the original inspiration for the AT-AT. ???
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Very cool, Doc! 8)
Looking at it, one has to wonder whether the A7V might have been the original inspiration for the AT-AT. ???
A thought that has been in my head for over forty years. (it did take me awhile to get around to building the thought... :-[ ;))
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(https://hosting.photobucket.com/a07712f7-3378-4f37-b261-f34176123eec/e79f2fb1-6126-4015-bfe1-c55c3434dfbe.jpeg?width=590&height=590&fit=bounds)
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(https://hosting.photobucket.com/a07712f7-3378-4f37-b261-f34176123eec/e79f2fb1-6126-4015-bfe1-c55c3434dfbe.jpeg?width=590&height=590&fit=bounds)
Inspiration for the Death Star?
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Lockheed FAFO-130 Hercules
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Not exactly a kitbash, but a thought for combining two DC-4 mods, a Carvair with the swing-tail that Sabena fitted at least one cargo DC-4 with. With straight-thru loading/unloading, you could cut turnaround time. For grins, add the engines from a DC-4M and put it in Santa Fe Air Freight markings.
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Not exactly a kitbash, but a thought for combining two DC-4 mods, a Carvair with the swing-tail that Sabena fitted at least one cargo DC-4 with. With straight-thru loading/unloading, you could cut turnaround time. For grins, add the engines from a DC-4M and put it in Santa Fe Air Freight markings.
Nice! I like the Canadair tie-ins between the swing-tail and DC-4M North Star engine :smiley: :smiley:
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I can get 1/144 DC-4 kit with Carvair conversion. Does anyone make 1/144 DC-4M conversion sets? I suspect I'll need to do custom decals if I put it in the Santa Fe Air Freight markings but the idea is just too tempting as the Carvair lines would go perfect with a version of Santa Fe's "Warbonnet" paint scheme.
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Also thought of doing a "Carvair II" crossing a Carvair with a DC-6.
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... Does anyone make 1/144 DC-4M conversion sets? ...
Evan: BraZ does a bunch of North Star engine nacelle conversion sets in resin - both original and cross-over exhaust types. BraZ also does sets for BOAC C.4 Argonaut nacelles for Merlins which are slightly different.
-- https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4048-douglas-dc-4-northstar-merlins-engines-canadian-exhaust-crossover--1198804 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4048-douglas-dc-4-northstar-merlins-engines-canadian-exhaust-crossover--1198804)
-- https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4047-merlin-engines--1004560 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4047-merlin-engines--1004560)
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... Does anyone make 1/144 DC-4M conversion sets? ...
Evan: BraZ does a bunch of North Star engine nacelle conversion sets in resin - both original and cross-over exhaust types. BraZ also does sets for BOAC C.4 Argonaut nacelles for Merlins which are slightly different.
-- https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4048-douglas-dc-4-northstar-merlins-engines-canadian-exhaust-crossover--1198804 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4048-douglas-dc-4-northstar-merlins-engines-canadian-exhaust-crossover--1198804)
-- https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4047-merlin-engines--1004560 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/braz-models-bz4047-merlin-engines--1004560)
Thank you very much for that information.
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Real world inspiration:
(https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Messerspit-1280x720.jpg)
I wonder about a similar conversion for a P-51B or later model. That could make for an interesting appearance.
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My long term wiff of a Matilda with a Churchill turret (6pdr or 75mm) GM diesel and suspension from an M-3 Grant.
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My long term wiff of a Matilda with a Churchill turret (6pdr or 75mm) GM diesel and suspension from an M-3 Grant.
??? :-\ :D
8)
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My long term wiff of a Matilda with a Churchill turret (6pdr or 75mm) GM diesel and suspension from an M-3 Grant.
??? :-\ :D
8)
It should all fit.
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I wonder about a similar conversion for a P-51B or later model. That could make for an interesting appearance.
Hmmm...I like your thinking.
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I had the 'genius' idea of smashing a Walker Bulldog kit with...a different Walker Bulldog kit, lol
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That turret must have been from a golden oldie! Aurora?
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I've been playing with ideas for an upgraded Airwolf by fitting a NOTAR installation instead of a tail rotor and replacing the existing two-bladed rotor with a prop-rotor from the V-22, using the one that had the matching rotation direction.
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That turret must have been from a golden oldie! Aurora?
Matchbox repack of a Renwal kit (as far as I can tell). So a 1980's reprint of a kit originally released in 1961.
I was mostly just curious and was ready for some inaccuracies. I was not quite prepared for the kit to come with what look like M48 style tracks, lol
tragically more recent reprints don't come with the nightmare fuel that is the crew:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/renwal-554-walker-bulldog--1256216 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/renwal-554-walker-bulldog--1256216)
I probably won't actually go through with it, though it is striking looking and kinda funny
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I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined. The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75. I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result
I throw the subject open to discussion.
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Yugoslav oddities like this ?
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I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined. The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75. I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result
I throw the subject open to discussion.
Both Junkyard Dawg concept sound good Evan. Personal preference, though, would be for fixed-gear P-40B :smiley:
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P-40 with spats! I've been thinking about that for a while now. Excellent idea!
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I've been playing with a concept I call "JUnkyard Dawgs" wherein elements of different variations of a particular series, or related series, are combined. The first two that come to mind are:
- P-51A/Mustang Mk.IA wing with 4x20mm cannon mated to a P-51B/C/D fuselage
- Wing from a Curtis Hawk 75 variant with fixed landing gear mated to the fuselage of a Hawk 81/P-40B or, alternatively, the engine, propellor, cowling et al. of a P-40B mated to the fuselage and wing of said Hawk 75. I was thinking CNAF or Thai markings for the result
I throw the subject open to discussion.
I've got the bits and pieces to do that spatted P-40B. Need time to actually model (you wouldn't believe had intense the last year has been).
Both Junkyard Dawg concept sound good Evan. Personal preference, though, would be for fixed-gear P-40B :smiley:
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A Spatted P-40 ?
Brian would definitely approve :D :D
Mog
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Speaking of WWII fighters with fixed undercarriages (and spats), here's a couple that I've recently completed . . . and yes, a P-40 was on the list . . .
(https://i.postimg.cc/L6vZCTXR/BF-109-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/y8d3wZgR/Spitfire-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
cheers,
Robin.
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As this GB is due to end soon, this thread will drop out of visibility with it. However, there are lots of good ideas here, and I would hate to lose them. Would it be possible to create a 'Kitbash / Frankenstein GB - Inspiration Thread' on the Ideas & Inspiration Board, so that these ideas are still visible, and can be added to ?
cheers,
Robin.
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As this GB is due to end soon, this thread will drop out of visibility with it. However, there are lots of good ideas here, and I would hate to lose them. Would it be possible to create a 'Kitbash / Frankenstein GB - Inspiration Thread' on the Ideas & Inspiration Board, so that these ideas are still visible, and can be added to ?
cheers,
Robin.
It would possibly be more practical to repost individual ideas in other exisiting threads. E.g. the below could be reposted/copied into this thread: Lockheed C-130 Hercules (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1136.msg13730#msg13730)
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It will just take a bit of effort to do.