First off, I'd like to share a photo of yesterday's sunrise. :D
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Okay, everyone has seen the Super Guppy, right?(I took this at an airshow 1 year ago)
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Well, here's my latest endeavour. The next generation air transport for the Orion spacecraft. I call it the Super Grouper :P . Get it? Bigger fish than a guppy? Okay, it sounds corny, but I like it ;) :lol:. As usual, this is the mock up. I used a 1/200 Quantas 747, DC-10 tail and a shortened 1/144 Space Shuttle external tank. Since I've got the long weekend on tap, I'm hoping to get some work done on it. :)
Eddie
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You know, in some countries, they lock you up for this kind of thing.
Oh, but in others, you become an overnight celebrity for the very same thing.
Keep us posted!
when you say "super grouper" i sing "super trooper".
eyes glued to this porker for sure. :cheers:
Wow Mr Miller another show-stopper in the making! I really like that tail engine and I hope you'll keep it! That tail engine would look great along with four mounted under the wings!
Brian da Basher
Didn't someone post images of something similar a while back? I think it was a 747 modified to transport 767 parts or something like that.. B)
QuoteDidn't someone post images of something similar a while back? I think it was a 747 modified to transport 767 parts or something like that.. B)
Tah-dah! I posted these a few weeks back on the alternate car ferries thread:
Or better yet, the new 747 LCF that will be flying 787 Dreamliner components everywhere:
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And yessiree Bob, that's a genuine SWING TAIL!
Hi Eddie,
I found this buried in the backwaters of the general modeling forums. Did you ever complete this project?
No, this one has been retired to the R/D bin until I can work out some of the shapes I need to manufacture for the smooth blend of parts I'm looking for. :)
Eddie
Quote from: Eddie M. on June 21, 2008, 04:46:33 AM
No, this one has been retired to the R/D bin until I can work out some of the shapes I need to manufacture for the smooth blend of parts I'm looking for. :)
Eddie
PSR!!!!! You need putty! And styrene! ;D
Quote from: B777LR on June 21, 2008, 05:28:35 AM
Quote from: Eddie M. on June 21, 2008, 04:46:33 AM
No, this one has been retired to the R/D bin until I can work out some of the shapes I need to manufacture for the smooth blend of parts I'm looking for. :)
Eddie
PSR!!!!! You need putty! And styrene! ;D
....and masochism. Lots and lots of masochism! :o
Quote from: Eddie M. on June 21, 2008, 04:46:33 AM
No, this one has been retired to the R/D bin until I can work out some of the shapes I need to manufacture for the smooth blend of parts I'm looking for. :)
Eddie
Thin styrene sheet, Eddie? You could always figure out the appropriate patterns from paper card and, once you get them correct, transfer their outlines to thin plastic sheet.
Quote from: John Howling Mouse on June 24, 2008, 08:24:01 PM
Quote from: Eddie M. on June 21, 2008, 04:46:33 AM
No, this one has been retired to the R/D bin until I can work out some of the shapes I need to manufacture for the smooth blend of parts I'm looking for. :)
Eddie
Thin styrene sheet, Eddie? You could always figure out the appropriate patterns from paper card and, once you get them correct, transfer their outlines to thin plastic sheet.
Very good idea!. I was also thinking of using this site that Black Ops turned us on to sometime ago.
Eddie
http://www.realmcommunications.com/rblaske/shroudcalc/shroudcalc.htm
I know this hasn't been posted on for four years but I want to know if you finished it? :-\
Quote from: coolpop6307 on April 02, 2012, 10:14:05 AM
I know this hasn't been posted on for four years but I want to know if you finished it? :-\
No, sorry I didn't, but it looks like one I should revisit. :)
Quote from: Eddie M. on May 09, 2012, 08:43:30 AM
Quote from: coolpop6307 on April 02, 2012, 10:14:05 AM
I know this hasn't been posted on for four years but I want to know if you finished it? :-\
No, sorry I didn't, but it looks like one I should revisit. :)
Its all good I was just curious. Glad to see you back here. :cheers: :bow: