Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Alvis 3.1 on January 30, 2014, 01:04:39 PM

Title: Darn Burster
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on January 30, 2014, 01:04:39 PM

In the latest Nick park/Aardman film, Wallace and Gromit are in the thick of it! Facing a hostile housing council, they are forced to move to the countryside, where they discover a neighboring county is planning on flooding the valley with a new dam project. Throw in some old familiar faces, and you have another rousing celebration of English life and stop-motion hilarity.

Here we see the old sidecar-plane, retasked to undertake a new, top secret mission: Drop spinning rounds of cheese and barrels of lager into the side of the offending dam, breaching it and allowing the flooded valley to become high and dry again.

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/Image003_zps0232e54f.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/Image003_zps0232e54f.jpg.html)

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/Image006_zps9e4d25b7.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/Image006_zps9e4d25b7.jpg.html)

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/Image001_zpsc29fd494.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/Image001_zpsc29fd494.jpg.html)

And here's the poster for the film, or "movie" as the Americans are fond of calling them....

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/DarnBursters_zps210bf8bf.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/DarnBursters_zps210bf8bf.jpg.html)


Kits used were the Airfix Wallace and Gromit Sidecar, Minicraft 1/144 Lancaster, and the old Revell Dambuster Lancaster for the "Shape".

Alvis 3.1

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: CSMO on January 30, 2014, 01:14:31 PM

Cheese, Gromit! We're out of cheese! Oops, wrong movie. This is so cool! I love it, big time. I hope this is the master for a new Airfix model. Well done, sir! :-* ;D

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: finsrin on January 30, 2014, 01:44:31 PM

Fantastic all around - is a HOOT beyond words  :-* :-* :-*  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Weaver on January 30, 2014, 08:45:29 PM

Ha - nice one!  ;D


You could give him one of those Y-shaped range gizmos they used and a plumb bob for height finding.....

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 31, 2014, 02:22:41 AM

 :) ;D

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Camthalion on January 31, 2014, 10:50:15 PM

That is Brilliant.  Well done

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: The Big Gimper on January 31, 2014, 11:32:36 PM

Wonderful.

I can hear Wallace saying to Gromit: "Gromit, do you think Wensleydale cheese is good enough to break a dam? Or should we go with Swaledale?"

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on February 01, 2014, 02:04:17 AM

That could lead into a whole montage of Gromit flying shapes to test various cheeses, while Wallace sits on a folding beach chair and eats the failures.

Alvis 3.1

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: finsrin on February 01, 2014, 03:28:46 AM

Seeing that bomb, think it looks right to change dimensions and mass produce as toilet paper roll holder  ;)
Is time to have it on market for next Christmas.

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on February 01, 2014, 03:58:08 AM

Ah, but what would you call it?
 ;D :o ;D

Alvis 3.1

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: CSMO on February 01, 2014, 06:41:20 AM

Quote from: Alvis 3.1 on February 01, 2014, 03:58:08 AM

Ah, but what would you call it?
 ;D :o ;D

Alvis 3.1

The Avro Limburger? the Avro Stilton?

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Tophe on February 01, 2014, 06:02:09 PM

Delicious! :-*

Title: Re: Darn Burster
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 04, 2014, 05:03:29 AM

Quote from: Tophe on February 01, 2014, 06:02:09 PM

Delicious! :-*

I couldn't agree more!

Alvis, you're on an awesome, wild tear lately and I'm loving it!

Brian da Basher