Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Profiles and Pixels => Topic started by: RussC on January 03, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
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Lets get this moving !
Here is the latest and greatest.
A parabolic-wing twin jet interceptor, the CHYak 2 (Cheranovski-Yakovlev) Nato code name 'Fatcat'.
A PS paint showing a section of 4 CHYak 2's of the Estonian Air National Guard climbing on an intercept exercise in the late summer of 1950.
They are framed by a late-afternoon thunderstorm.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/002/5/a/afternoon_climbers_by_russc1-d4l4qik.jpg)
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A Westland Firewind II , the Griffon engined successor to the Whirlwind's.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/363/9/d/falke_by_russc1-d4kma3t.jpg)
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The Dassualt - Fauvel F200 "Tonnerre" All-wing design. Shown is a F200 used by the Test Establishment at Istres as a photo and chase plane, painted here with Yvette, her pilot.
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(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/342/e/3/test_craft_by_russc1-d4ikm5e.jpg)
Profile views
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/342/b/3/dassault_tonnerre_in_profile_by_russc1-d4ikl0l.jpg)
And a close - up of the pilot of photo ship V-15
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/342/5/a/aero_character_yvette_full_size_illustration_by_russc1-d4ikmd3.jpg)
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Here is a view of Mobile airbase "Orion" or AL-235 (Atlantic - region 23 , platform 5) assigned to ASW forces of the Coastal Command, Flying their Northrop B-35 Falmouth Mark II's.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/342/1/f/lets_float_an_airport_by_russc1-d4ikki0.jpg)
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Here is a new flying wing design, the W-wing Licensed to build by Scaled composites as the "Calcifer 01".
This design was originally drawn in 3D using Google Sketchup (freeware) and rendered as a jpg for finishing effects and background in Photoshop.
The 8 seat bizjet version.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/317/1/a/the_w_wing_2_by_russc1-d4g1b9y.jpg)
And a Military version built as a ELINT recon craft, capable of either manned or drone automated operations
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/317/4/0/the_w_wing_3_by_russc1-d4g1bn2.jpg)
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Here is some more 3D works , Sketchup model which is in their site 3D warehouse under the title of "KG144aerodrome" a name made for the original purpose of providing simple render-able backdrops for placing into images of scale models taken by that club's members. The design can be edited and re-saved under new names with improvements or changes and can be output with a variety of render tools such as the freeware "Kerkythea".
Note: in true Raiders of the Lost Art fashion, there are underground hangars as well as the surface ones. :omg-:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/299/0/3/second_airport_picture_by_russc1-d4e2345.jpg)
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Here is a drawing made the old fashioned way, prismacolor pencils on plain bristol art paper and then scanned.
Showing a Regia Aeronautica Macchi "Artiglio" flying wing fighter landing on the carrier Aquila "eagle"
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/291/9/3/artiglio_by_russc1-d4d9wmq.jpg)
And it was an idea that went to plastic, a scratchbuild in 1/144th scale
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/290/9/4/all_wing_design_in_italia_pic2_by_russc1-d4d3qk5.jpg)
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Here is a photomanipulation, a what-if model of a Mansyu Ki-199 fighter trainer of the IJAAF is posed in a virtual diorama.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/284/5/e/japan__s_parabola_5_by_russc1-d4cjd0o.jpg)
This "diorama" consists of the 1/144th scale model , about 2.5 inches in wingspan
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/284/d/f/japan__s_parabola_2_by_russc1-d4cja08.jpg)
Posed on this painted and composited airfield in Northern China or Manchuria as drawn in PS
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/284/f/a/japan__s_parabola_6_by_russc1-d4cjf1n.jpg)
And is highlighted by some character figures drawn in the Anime / Manga style.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/284/8/d/japan__s_parabola_7_by_russc1-d4cjft0.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/284/7/8/japan__s_parabola_8_by_russc1-d4cjg2f.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/284/1/e/japan__s_parabola_9_by_russc1-d4cjgdp.jpg)
Rumors abound that one of these fellows is styled on me.
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Nice work! Glad to see another SketchUp user on board.
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A Horten 229 B Nachtjager waiting for the night's hunt to begin. Another 1/144th model posed in background.
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(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/285/5/2/nachtflug_by_russc1-d4cm3z7.jpg)
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Nice work! Glad to see another SketchUp user on board.
Thanks ! Currently also getting some intro to Blender and Sculptris (Pixologic) as well.
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Some more photomanips of flying wing models.
Boeing Stratowing, at sunset
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/286/b/5/stratowing_at_sunset_by_russc1-d4crmrx.jpg)
Gotha P60A fighters invading Arizona skies, flying over Camelback mountain on their way to getting their butts handed back to them by the boys at Luke AFB.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/283/7/e/p60_a_picture_4_by_russc1-d4cfxsw.jpg)
Another pencil pusher ! A Savoia Cigno design, putting those old S-55 and S-66 flying boats into the modern jet age.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/257/7/d/savoia_cigno_by_russc1-d49t4j6.jpg)
A flight of Cheranovski-Kalinin 3 aircraft pictured over a Black Sea port (Actually an image of the city of Eilat in Israel taken by aerophotographer Avi Dharor- I so seldom get to accredit photographers as I use a lot of Wikimedia pics and old postcard graphics)
And rumors abound that I'm layered into the pilots seat for these.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/250/f/f/cher_kal_3_pic4_photomanip_by_russc1-d494k6i.jpg)
More Boeing Stratowings in formation. My first tries at this, excuse the crappy edges.
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/236/3/8/photomanipulation_of_the_model_by_russc1-d47nr8a.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/236/8/2/photomanipulation_of_model_2_by_russc1-d47nrjq.jpg)
And a little fantasy paint here, made for a local Az. Modelbuilder, who's dad was a Draken driver and his daughter who loves the film "How to Train Your Dragon" and main character 'Toothless'. A screen wallpaper for their computer.
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/232/3/1/how_to_train_your_draken_by_russc1-d477icr.jpg)
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A few more stragglers. Another colored pencil sketch of some parabola wing types. A few of these were made in 1/144th scale.
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/291/6/3/more_sketches_by_russc1-d4d9wty.jpg)
We have all dealt with the inevitable JMN's at shows or on the net. My standard invite to them is to "pull my finger" :on-fire: ;)
And here we see my art-ified alter-ego...the "not-so-reluctant-dragon" tempting a young JMN to give er' a good pull.....
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/294/0/6/don__t_pull_it_by_russc1-d4dh3m1.jpg)
Here is a quick what-if design of a flying wing zwilling using 335 components
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6481240653_339030206a_b.jpg)
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:D That catches me up completely on the art/profiles/aero designs side. Most of what is here is all done within the last 9 months with exception of the pencil works.
I'll now procrastinate on getting my physical built scale models images over into their venues.
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Stunning work!
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The Ho 229 Nachtjäger is awesome, and I just LOVE the "Fatcat"!
Love the "stragglers" doodles, too...
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Impressive,very interesting designs,like them all !
Alex
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Wonderful to see your stuff again.
Regards,
John
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Some great ideas here.
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Wow, some very nice and very original stuff here! Love the Horten 229 B Nachtjager! What an amzing camo scheme on that one! :yarr:
Cheers
Richard.
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Excellent! and now we demand more! :D
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I'm speechless!
Those are just some of the coolest flying wing designs!
Now I'll have to stock up on a few flying wing kits... :serious-business:
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Thanks, everyone.
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Very unique stuff here...
Congratulations Russell! :serious-business:
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New one , using the AW56 design from Retro Mechanix article recently.
The AW56 flying wing was originally a V-bomber but went into extended service as a Maritime patrol and ASW craft.
Here we see 2 AW56 Ninus' (Can't decide on Cyrus or Ninus as a name, both were contemporaries of Nimrod) Mk II of Coastal Command getting off to a soggy start from their Scottish Airdrome.
:no-waigif: ---yes, I think I don't have enough wing sweep to match the article 3-views, but I'm fudging it a bit for folks who are already plotting a whiff of Victor kits into this one!
(http://www.deviantart.com/download/277735917/rainy_start_by_russc1-d4lcuel.jpg)
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And one in the economy size- :yush:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/004/c/7/rainy_start_by_russc1-d4lcuel.jpg)
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Everything is wowwing me. Yes, stunning.
What was source material for building the 1/144 half circle wing ?
Like to try one in 1/72
Bill
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Wow! :want:
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Everything is wowwing me. Yes, stunning.
What was source material for building the 1/144 half circle wing ?
Like to try one in 1/72
Bill
Bill:
The material used is sheet styrene. I have a full tutorial on how to fabricate a parabola wing from paper stock, although it works equally well with plastic. The tutorial is here - http://russc1.deviantart.com/gallery/ (http://russc1.deviantart.com/gallery/)
There are other scratchbuilding tutorials in there plus I left a big group of small scale scratchbuilding tutorials over on kampfgruppe144.com in their FAQ area.
RC
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As always, inspiring stuff.
Regards,
John
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Fascinating to browse your gallery. Especially for me now working on only my third airplane bash. Did do some armor bashes long time back. Thanks much for pointing me to your gallery. Love seeing so many flying wing versions. Get the right mix of OOB favorites and bashes of planes, vehicles, boats then can build 10x8 to 10x12 dedicated shed for a diorama. All of you here with drawings and models got me swimming in ideas.
Bill
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Fascinating to browse your gallery. Especially for me now working on only my third airplane bash. Did do some armor bashes long time back. Thanks much for pointing me to your gallery. Love seeing so many flying wing versions. Get the right mix of OOB favorites and bashes of planes, vehicles, boats then can build 10x8 to 10x12 dedicated shed for a diorama. All of you here with drawings and models got me swimming in ideas.
Bill
Thanks, Bill.
Keep in mind that everyone here is moving over from other groups, so they are posting a lot of work from a lot of time. It is fun for me too because some of these I have not seen yet, both the physical and pixel builds.
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Latest and greatest-
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There are a lot of sources of inspiration for a good what-if, and this time it is another what-if...In this case a toy. The Air Hogs Storm Launcher RC flyer is an interesting machine. It is a battery-electric "aircraft" that combines several craft into one, acting as a speed boat, then as a hydrofoil, and finally, upon enough speed, taking flight on a pair of stubby wings and a central airfoil joining two very slender catamaran hulls. The toy can fly from water or with its spring loaded undercarriage wheels, take off and land like an aircraft. The Storm can also fly onto and off of ice , snow or clean sand. The versatility and maneuverability of this design called to the temporal vortexes to take its essence and place it in the mind of a Engineer at Grumman Aviation in the late 30's. As a maker of radical and rugged hardware, they are the ideal choice. The challenge was to create a faster, more nimble and adaptable version of the Patrol-Torpedo or PT boat. The solution becomes the SPM-1 Thundercat. The craft is powered by a trio of PW Wasp major engines and later models up-engine with the triple wasp. Designed for patrol duty and shipping attack, the "Spam" is given wings just large enough to that task and never exceed 10,000 feet in its entire lifetime. The craft soon becomes an iconic design, available at the darkest hour, they are produced by both Grumman and General Motors. Operating from runways, sandy beaches, snow, ice and open water, the SPM sets new standards for adaptability and becomes a maid of all work. Roving groups of Thudders' interdict enemy surface traffic by day and night, whatever its size. They hunt submarines, speed raiding parties into enemy shores, extract agents and commando's. Attacking with bombs, torpedo's, rockets and a battery of 6 x 20mm, the machines make impressive strikes. Additionally, they patrol, search and rescue, lay mines and even intercept the opponents bombers by night. Their solid build and great lifting power and speed make them sought after by many users, which include The US Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, the Royal Navy and many other allied forces. In the postwar world, the type remains in limited production and becomes even more widely used as private owners purchase earlier models as the governments go to the hybrid prop - jet versions. Notable private users are research foundations, such as the US Polar expeditions, the Cousteau Society and later, NASA. More rogue operators like smugglers, pirates and racers lay claim to several of the machines. In the brushfire insurgency conflicts around the world, Thudders are often seen on both sides as they are in the Major conflicts of Korea and the Viet conflict. The machines are even seen in the Falklands conflict and the Gulf War I in some of their last showings. An addition to the flying boat, seaplane and the fast patrol boat, the Thundercat is gradually passed by the helicopter and later the hovercraft and VTOL airplanes.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6648211759_d571cc12a5_b.jpg)
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What can I say?? Superlative as usual. I really love the Thundercat, and making this design a Grumman was a perfect choice.
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Everything is wowwing me. Yes, stunning.
What was source material for building the 1/144 half circle wing ?
Like to try one in 1/72
Bill
Bill:
The material used is sheet styrene. I have a full tutorial on how to fabricate a parabola wing from paper stock, although it works equally well with plastic. The tutorial is here - [url]http://russc1.deviantart.com/gallery/[/url] ([url]http://russc1.deviantart.com/gallery/[/url])
There are other scratchbuilding tutorials in there plus I left a big group of small scale scratchbuilding tutorials over on kampfgruppe144.com in their FAQ area.
RC
Thanks Russ!
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Russ, If Thundercat would be a some sort of replacement for PT boats, maybe any crazy dazzle scheme on it?
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Sure. Anything from 40's to MARPAT could be tried.
Was also thinking that like the black cat PBY's, an all black scheme.
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OK, new entry-
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/4/7/skyrider_by_russc1-d4nkgoq.jpg)
Among the many designs of airplanes, some of the most interesting are also the most basic, especially those that come close to the most ancient human dream, to fly like the birds in the backyard. Simple hang gliders, ultralights, rocket belts, and parasails promise the closest thing today. Here is my thought on it, the AeroBike, a motorcycle for the wild blue. The machine is basically a prone position vehicle, much like the modern Kawasaki Ninja "Crotch Rocket" or "Rice Rocket" high speed motorcycles. Only the back wheel is a gimbal mounted Turbofan engine sited on a pair of small idler wheels. The forward body has a fairing covered Main wheel, plus a basic set of controls and the wings, which can be varied in sweep to give both the lowest possible takeoff and landing speed, and swept back for high speed in the air. This is a technique very well established in military plane design concepts. The wingtips have small outrigger wheels for stability. The controls are easy to use, similar to the 1250CC bikes in many ways.
The rider will mount the bike and place their feet into the rear pedal guides and strap themselves to the machine with a 4 point harness. The two handgrips when pushed in can become ratchet levers to change the wing sweep and the sweep is set fully open to begin. The engine is started and on any 500 feet of clear level pavement will suffice. The throttle is on the left column by rotating, and the rotation of the right grip will open or close an airbrake / divebrake below the machine, near the tail. The upward or downward push on the levers will cause a roll or bank clockwise or counter...
The foot pedals tilt the engine upward or downward using the thrust to steer into climb or dive. The motions for the feet are like doing a toe raise or balancing back onto the balls of the heels. Also the craft is articulated in the middle so the rider can use their weight to steer, and pushing a single pedal will gimbal the engine right or left to enter turns.
The craft is equipped with two parachutes, a small release-able one for spin recovery and a large which can lower the whole machine with rider to the ground. This is safer than a backpack chute for the rider and the chute will open from a ballistic canister below the bike.
The picture shows a rider out for a mountain view, and race. I created this simple lineart of the bike in Google Sketchup 8 which is a very fast basic tool for creating 3D lineart of planes and buildings and the like. The output export jpg is then completed in PS5 with addition of the rider, coloring, a second sketchup model of a passing airliner and a backdrop from Wikimedia.
The design of the 3D AeroBike is mine as is the character and the airliner from the sketchup library. The plane design is the A380 and the property of Airbus International.
Big 2400x1200 wallpapers are on my gallery at DeviantArt.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/025/7/d/airbike1_by_russc1-d4nkdry.jpg)
AirBike with the wings in takeoff - landing position.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/f/3/airbike2_by_russc1-d4nke1u.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/1/9/airbike4_by_russc1-d4nkeg5.jpg)
Close up of the pilot's office.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/025/d/0/airbike3_by_russc1-d4nke8f.jpg)
Stopped for a Nav check/potty/smoke....yeah, he's lost too. Buy a GPS-
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/025/5/e/take_a_break_by_russc1-d4nkhb5.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/025/1/2/airbike5_by_russc1-d4nkh2o.jpg)
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Outstanding!!!
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Outstanding!!!
Indeed! And I love the WhiffAir A380. There really should be more VG micro/ultralights :)
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Your work is very creatively styled and distinctive! Thanks for sharing them here.
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Thanks , everyone.
Here is a latest and greatest-
Wanted to try a flying wing replacement for the Tupolev 22 Blinder and starting with the specs, went to a Concorde type wing with a very long chine around the forward crew compartment and nose. Went with 4 engines in the rear instead of 2, although the new ones are a bit smaller. The wingtips are drooped for more stability and the design uses a retractable refueling probe. Decided since it now resembled some of the mid 60's works of the Myasischev OKB more than Tupolev, changed the designation to Myasischev 44 bomber, NATO code name "Blister" (more a reference to that foot problem, than any reference to speed capability) as a fast attack bomber.
The illustration is a basic translation of vector outlines and painting technique with a airfield and crew backdrop.
(http://www.deviantart.com/download/285911973/myasischev_44_by_russc1-d4q8339.jpg)
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Also tried the Myasischev airframe in a different markings set and a night scene. And so we have the English Electric Vigilant , the next installment of the V-force after the Vulcan. The high speed bomber is shown on a night exercise over urban countryside. (And yes, it was a late - nighter art session, if you notice the cockpits!)
(http://www.deviantart.com/download/285911700/ee_vigilant_by_russc1-d4q82vo.jpg)
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Well, this Vigilant is just show during its UAV systems final test. After them it would be finally possible to use it both with, or without crew, or during very long flights: with crew only as a controllers of some parts of route. It would be very usefull during "Black Buck II" operations in 2029, when they need to strike Buenos Aires directly from Great Britain, after cruise missile strike on Ascension Island.
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Those are very interesting concepts
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Thanks J' and J', I appreciate the comments !
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(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/077/4/b/ready_to_go_by_russc1-d4t7eg2.jpg)
Painted in PS5 using a partial photo backdrop and the concept craft in ETO markings for summer of 44'
The Segundo project, known as built -as the Northrop B-27 (given that number after the Martin design was rejected) was produced in 2 versions, a bomber with a glass nose for the aimer' and a gunship version, which I have drawn here.
This was inspired by the Retromechanix gallery thread over in Supporting Materials
(http://www.deviantart.com/download/290918882/ready_to_go_by_russc1-d4t7eg2.jpg)
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Can't say "COOL" enough times for B-27 picture 8)
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Certainly a nifty looking beast.
Regards,
John
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This Northrop B-27 is great
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This Northrop B-27 is great
Now I'll have to find a suitable donor to turn this beast into plastic
Did I say it's too tempting?
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This Northrop B-27 is great
Now I'll have to find a suitable donor to turn this beast into plastic
Did I say it's too tempting?
Thanks , everyone!
Rafael, a key element can be a B-26. If you notice, I morphed the tail of the Segundo wind tunnel model just a bit to make it a marauder tail, plus the rest of it should work except the glass nose which can be swapped for something solid. The wings need to have lots of taper at leading and trailing edge and a thick cross section to accommodate a buried engine(s). Maybe a 72nd scale Marauder and a 48th scale C-47 or outer panels of a B-17 or JU-88.
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Thanks, Russ!!!
That should do it
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Something a bit odd for me, a VSTOL design light transport.
Was challenged by a fellow aero artisan on Deviant' to try a design. There are a lot of these out there, from Moller skycar to the Osprey's, here is my kitplane idea. Its as ugly as I am, but utilitarian to the nth degree. Runway, water , even WIG performance.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/130/4/c/vstol_amphibian_design_2_by_russc1-d4z9dpz.jpg)
This is probably more on the lines of a passenger or cargo van and is not as low cost as originally desired. But this will fly in 3 modes- An aircraft, Flying boat amphibian (amphibian means that it can run from water to land without anything more than a ramp or flat beach) and as a WIG craft or ground-effect or ekranoplan machine.
Using ducted fans each driven by 200hp recip or rotary Wankel engines, the first two with their wing can tilt from zero to 60 degrees, the drawing shows 45.
The orange forewing acts also as floats for amphibian landings. The red wings are fixed and provide the most of the lift, making this a Canard design. The yellow wing and green fans mounted on them are moving parts, the after green ducted fan is fixed for forward thrust. The body in blueand the clamshell nose in violet.
I was not interested in aesthetics, just economy, utility and safety (uses a ballistic chute for the entire craft) and adaptability. In terms of looks- its a flying dumpster.
There is room to seat 10, a cargo ramp in the back and the nose opens in a clamshell like the Republic Seabee or the Waco Hadrian gliders.
The design should evoke similarities to many others as this is very prolific both in real and what-if designs. Some familiars will be the Moller Skycar, the Fairchild Hiller VSTOL designs of the 1960's and the V22 Osprey, plus AirHogs RC toys and even Movie flyers like the Samson and C22 craft in Avatar.
This is a well thought over and debated corner of aviation.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/130/9/f/vstol_amphibian_design_by_russc1-d4z9c9p.jpg)
Back to the drawing board, I got a new flying wing and a racer in mind !
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/050/e/5/dragn_moods_4_1_by_russc1-d4q8112.jpg)
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Has a very 'future history' look to it Russ. By that, I mean artwork from the 50s that was supposed to represent something decades away.
Regards,
John
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Thanks Maverick, it does have a Popular Mechanics look to it and I was trying to compose the idea as a kit-plane which is a specialty of that level of enthusiast. Some local builders here are doing some really interesting kit planes, some are sport racers, fast as the unlimiteds and 40's warbirds now.
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Great work.
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Thanks !
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Newest Digital paint-
Had a design for a forward sweep racer, bicycle Undercarriage.
Decided to go with an Anthro* crew, Canine, Feline and a rep from the Skunk Works!
Might as well have it on another world too.
The universal language of pistons, hydrocarbons and aerofoils can be spoken anywhere !
* Anthropomorph/ Anthropomorphic - The biological equivalent of our What-if Aircraft, Ships and vehicles. A combination of human and any number of creatures real or imagined. A definite art genre with a lot of surprising variations.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/132/9/0/gentlemen__start_your_engines_by_russc1-d4zfmso.jpg)
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OK, here we go. Starting with just the design, I may have time for a extra whiffed fantasty version later.
This is a design from RetroMechanix online Magazine.
Basic Line Art.
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/140/a/3/hc_57_design_by_russc1-d50f0ac.jpg)
With color and some shading
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/140/f/6/hc_57_design_2_by_russc1-d50f0ep.jpg)
With more shading, details and backdrop- still essentially a cartoon though
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/140/6/4/hc_57_design_3_by_russc1-d50f0iw.jpg)
And finally a "painted" version, All details , cockpit and full markings (fictitious) are in. Scene is the plane flying the "hump" from India to China.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/140/a/b/hc_57_design_4_by_russc1-d50f0n5.jpg)
You know me..... ;)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/140/2/c/hc_57_design_5_by_russc1-d50f3nl.jpg)
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Very nice
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That looks great! You keep getting better and better!
Cheers,
Logan
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I love your work, Russ! Great style to them, they're just plain fun to look at! :)
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Thanks, everyone. :D
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Nice! :-*
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OK, here is the fantasied version of the Hc-57 Bellanca. It's a bit out-there so go with the back story first-
Wanted to do a fantasy illustration of the HC-57 with some characters I have not drawn before , and some flying mountains too, and needed a story line.
Lets try this one. In a second attempt to secure Pandoran mining of the element unobtainium, the RDA starts to quietly back factions in the native cultures who are bent on planet conquest versus peaceful habitation. The Idea this time is to introduce technology only and not involve large human presence at first. A sham air service, like the old Air America is set up using all native staff. The old C-57 craft, due to their easy maintainability and simple flight controls plus high lift ratio are placed back in earthly production for shipment to that world. The machines are used to carry forces and operatives between villages with modern weapons.
Pictured are two HC-57's beginning approach to a sky island airstrip clandestinely built in the flying mountains region.
The characters, names and original story line and movie are the property of Lightstorm and 20th Century Fox and Author J. Cameron, and not me.
Do not copy or use W/O my permission.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/142/7/1/hc_57_design_6_by_russc1-d50osvu.jpg)
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Posted these over on the "other forum" in a suggested markings upgrade to a really great already build of a Tu22 blinderceptor.
Original
(http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g362/albeback52/017.jpg)
repainted in my cave/hangar
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7341061110_148f91b2e3_b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7155859321_3ac4cd0abe_b.jpg)
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:)
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In ze Soviet Russia, dragon ride YOU!
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/ChernayaAkula/Emoticons/worship.gif)
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In ze Soviet Russia, dragon ride YOU!
([url]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/ChernayaAkula/Emoticons/worship.gif[/url])
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
And its been done in motivation poster form!
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/285/8/7/httyd___in_soviet_russia_by_rishkhaan-d4cmk11.jpg)
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;D
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So --- I was working on a graphic idea and created a TwinBerra but didn't use it.
If you have a use for the graphic or idea, its all yours. Can be found on my Flickr gallery in big sizes.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8403985202_d4ab952be5_z.jpg)
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Hmmm...not bad.
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Hmmm...not bad.
I'd say much more: delicious TwinBerra... :-* :-*
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Contrary to rumors, am still alive and well- and making new designs now and again. :D
VTOL flying wing
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interesting idea -- I presume the jets rotate vertically & thrust down thru their mounts for lift ?
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Great piece of surviving, thanks... :-*