Hushkit's 2022 What-If Wyvern contest - first entrant

[Weaver]

Oh God I'm sorry it's all my fault...

Joe Coles over on Hushkit has decided to run a model contest to build one of the planes from a 2019 comedy What-If article:




This is the article: https://hushkit.net/2019/06/11/the-greatest-aircraft-that-never-were/


These are the five planes (text descriptions and bigger pics in the article):





This is the prize: https://unbound.com/books/hushkit/




If anybody wants to enter but isn't on Twitter, DM me and I'll post your entry there.

[Weaver]

Link to the article fixed.

I've just asked him and he says that deviations from the artwork are more than acceptable. The example I used was giving the first one big venturis at the ends of it's booms to reflect the fact that they contain 120mm recoillesss rifles.

[Weaver]

Soooo, I'm an idiot - I posted this thread in My Stash Grew Again instead of General Modelling Topics - could a Mod kindly move it there for me please?

[jcf]

Eric 'Winkle' Brown's notorious twin brother Alan 'Picker' Brown





Which one is which? 

[NARSES2]

Moved as per request 

[Weaver]

So Hush-Kit's at it again:

Aircraft modellers: competition time! Brief: make the craziest most
imaginative model based on a Westland Wyvern. The 10 best will be
featured in an article, top 5 will receive prizes. Remember: imagination and
eccentricity will be rewarded. Deadline 16/12/22. Share images here

And the Twitter thread wherein the images should be shared is here:
https://twitter.com/Hush_Kit/status/1581942634809298944?s=20&t=-3W5bqXZ5jqGqtVHUbT26A

Just to be clear, he's said in a follow-up post that it only has to be INSPIRED by the Wyvern, not literally based on a Wyvern kit, which a number of people have pointed out are not exactly thick on the ground at the moment.

If you're not on Twitter but you fancy giving it a go, I'll be happy to post the pics up for you. Just drop me a DM.

[Weaver]

Result in from @joe_wilding on Twitter.

This is the Whacky Wyvern - 3D printed, then hand-finished and brush/airbrush painted.
Details and more pics here: https://sites.google.com/view/wacky-wyvern/

[PR19_Kit]

TWO Pythons? 

It would probably take-off with them both at idle!

[Old Wombat]

Needs to be about 50% longer, with a "t"-tail & armed with 4 x 30mm Adens .......... You could call it the Westland Whirlwind II

[perttime]

Looks like power should be sufficient 

I suppose it looks a bit cartoonish. Which is fine by me 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Very nice, but I think it would need a bit more rudder. 

[Gondor]

Needs to be about 50% longer, with a "t"-tail & armed with 4 x 30mm Adens .......... You could call it the Westland Whirlwind II

Why not simply change the engines on a Meteor to two Pythons?

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

...and a VERY stalky landing gear. 

[Dizzyfugu]

A potential contender, even though it was build MANY moons ago: This personal creation was obviously inspired by the Wyvern, but technically it's a F-86/F4U kitbash (including a Metor tail  ) in anime colors:


1:72 [Inspired by] The Sky Crawlers - Stockum Air Force "Fafnir Ausf. B" turboprop fighter (kitbashing/scratch-built) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 [Inspired by] The Sky Crawlers - Stockum Air Force "Fafnir Ausf. B" turboprop fighter (kitbashing/scratch-built) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


[Inspired by] The Sky Crawlers - 1:72 Stockum Air Force "Fafnir Ausf. B" turboprop fighter (kitbashing/scratch-built) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[NARSES2]

Needs to be about 50% longer, with a "t"-tail & armed with 4 x 30mm Adens .......... You could call it the Westland Whirlwind II

Why not simply change the engines on a Meteor to two Pythons?

Gondor

There was the turbo-prop proposal