I have received as a gift, from a German friend, the Colani C-309 Racer (1/72) Unicraft kit. ;D
See http://www.unicraft.biz/on/colani/colani.htm
As usual, this project is what-if enough (and beautiful) in itself, but my hobby is what-ifing aircraft, not building perfectly what-if models as "from the box directions". :blink: So, my plan (for 2010) is turning it asymmetric, into an asymmetric C-141 ;D (or Co-141, the Starlifter having stolen the C-141 code before I was born >:( ). Well not "turn only" as I want it to stand by itself with no need of (fragile) undercarriage: :lol:
Now THAT is seriously weird even before you get at it Tophe! :)
The mind boggles at what it will be like afterward.......... ;)
I hesitate... :huh:
Another (asymmetric) possibility would have been to install one half-wing from another kit (spare box), but that would require undercarriage to stand properly.
Still another possibility is installing the C-309 as central pod on the Junkers J-1000 I will build after:
Here are the parts as basis (I will not use the thermoformed clear canopy, I am not good - or even worse - with such parts):
Tophe,
The parts you have look MUCH worse than the ones shown on the Unicraft site, but I guess that's only to be expected..... :o
More power to your elbow, I can't wait to see how it turns out.
on her way to be a model:
That thing is both beautiful and odd at the same time. Did it actually fly???
Quote from: noxioux on November 28, 2009, 06:54:41 PM
Did it actually fly???
I have found that (below) thanks to Google. It seems the designer said "let's make it fly and break the record" while investors reply has been, alas, "no thanks"... So JMNs :angry: can hate such airplane, "unreal" (which is an insult for them) while we, dreamers, may love it... ;D
It looks like you're off to a nice start, mon ami, although I hope you have plenty of sandpaper!
I'm really looking forward to your next update!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian da Basher
The little beauty (engine less) is ready to receive paint make up ;D
A little beauty she is indeed, Tophe! Impressive PSR work. I'm looking forward to her "debut"!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian da Basher
Good work! With Unicraft, it's not very easy...
Quote from: CAO 700 on December 09, 2009, 03:07:35 PM
it's not very easy...
Not easy to be successfully realistic as you do (congratulations again for your ACA)... but for my crazy raw fantasy, this is perfect.
The final result:
Tophe,
Are you sure that's not a World Land Speed Record car? :lol:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 12, 2009, 08:39:57 AM
Are you sure that's not a World Land Speed Record car? :lol:
I am not sure. This is not a flying machine but a desk model, you know...
If there would have been a scale 1 equivalent to this "1/144" model (from 1/72 basis), this could have been either a car, an airplane, a merry-go-round seat for chidren, etc. ;D
For the airplane hypothesis, there is not much lifting area but you know: the F-104 did fly... Well, an asymmetric F-104 with a single half wing would have been another challenge, and here we are (maybe) ;D