Hustler & Mariner , red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[Tophe]

This is a marvel: the most sexy fish I have ever seen

[elmayerle]

The preceding Yellow and Blue numbers demonstrate that new species of "flying fish" are continually being found.  Beautiful work on them and the red one before them.

[kerick]

A whale would have echo location in place of radar.......

[apophenia]

I love how the yellow fish's tail has the same sweep angle as the P-61 fins! Great stuff  :)

[ericr]

thanks all !

your appreciation demultiplies my imagination 

[ericr]

There seems to reign a kind of Yak frenzy around here, and it just happens I treated a few Yak-15s
(the  1/72 PM kit, a nice basis for this kind of exercice I would say  , I once got half a dozen for very cheap)

I am still fascinated by this record cover



I even bought the LP, just to see it (the music is kind of fun too, actually)

so here is the trumpet Yak-15 :





and the guitar Yak-15 :





and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :

[Tophe]

and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :

Great invention! Thanks!
I have been inspired: "As war does not allow anything, even atrocious, the too-much lethal Poison-38 has been classified as forbidden weapon (like the atomic bomb/missile)":

[ericr]

excellent, thank you Tophe !

[Tophe]

Thanks!
Ericr, I have a question about your syringe Yak-15: when the piston goes forward, what happens to the tail ? either:
1- it moves forward also, because solidly attached to the piston;
or
2- it stays at the same place (hold by a little boom at the center of the moving piston, scale 1 I mean, for "Real").
Which one? 1 or 2? :)

[elmayerle]

I'd vote for #2.  It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable.  The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.

[apophenia]

Your syringe Yak-15 is very intimidating  :)

[Tophe]

I'd vote for #2.  It would take some careful structural design, but it's doable.  The model would need some tweaking to show this properly.

Thanks for this approval, from our favorite engineer in the World...

[ericr]

solution 2 is more subtle, but I approve all your imaginations 

[ericr]

some flowers to celebrate the coming of spring :





another one, with seaplanes, is visible there :

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5391.msg122786#msg122786

[Brian da Basher]

That's a mighty fine way to celebrate Spring which can't come soon enough!

Most colorful!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

It is funny that the flower has not much colour but the bees are very colourful! Great!

[ericr]

thanks !

[The Big Gimper]

You are a blooming genius!! 

[ericr]

two more small hybrids :

wings from a dragon on a Yak-15 :





and a Mörser "equipped" like an elephant :

[GTX_Admin]

Love them both! :)

[Tophe]

The red one is both harmonious and civilian (it seems), I am delighted

[ericr]

thanks !
yes it is civilian, but still a dragon ;-)

[pigflyer]

Superb stuff, pretty sure I swatted one of them red buggers in my garden last week, it kept trying to refuel from me pint! 

[apophenia]

Love them both! :)

Me too ... but your Yak dragonet is truly superb!

[ericr]

thanks again !