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Picture Post => Current and Finished Projects => Aircraft => Topic started by: rickshaw on December 10, 2010, 04:42:08 AM

Title: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: rickshaw on December 10, 2010, 04:42:08 AM
What do you get when you combine these two kits?

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F3069%2F1001555k.jpg&hash=182b16fea1e997389bcf36c06c2513f4ad07e1ba)

You get this, the Grumman Model 134 which was a competitor (unbuilt) to the North American OV-10 Bronco in the early 1960s:

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(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg253.imageshack.us%2Fimg253%2F5317%2F1001570.jpg&hash=2c61bfd477bc71c0a4657f4ffc08832fa1c4f342)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg262.imageshack.us%2Fimg262%2F1941%2F1001558s.jpg&hash=58941d768eb448c1d84063db131b53570de44b6a)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg686.imageshack.us%2Fimg686%2F1870%2F1001567g.jpg&hash=896dee7a24d7eef6e1198d1b3cf1f002d457dab0)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg18.imageshack.us%2Fimg18%2F1381%2F1001565u.jpg&hash=acc6d2f9393e318bb71132ecd9244999b02e5186)

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F6430%2F1001566a.jpg&hash=5a8fdf0a2c33d5c23f10ae47cd37ddbe263f30e3)

Apologies for the poor quality of some of the images.  Damn camera.  :banghead:
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: philp on December 10, 2010, 05:31:23 AM
Nice.

You wouldn't happen to have any in progress pics would you?  Would love to see how you did the nose conversion.
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: rickshaw on December 10, 2010, 05:35:58 AM
No, sorry, I was being a bit of a lazy blighter.  Couldn't be bothered stopping to take photos.  :lol: I was having too much fun doing the modelling.  Basically I cut the nose off the TA-4J, cut the extreme nose off that and cut the cockpit area off the OV-1A and mated the two and then loads of PSR!!   ;D
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: Stargazer on December 10, 2010, 06:26:24 AM
Fantastic conversion of a great pic, a great aircraft, and a great unbuilt variant!

On the JMN side of things, ALL Mohawks were designated Model G-134... but the COIN/LARA proposal that you've modeled here was designated Design 134R, also known as Model G-340! Or did you start from a different proposal? The nose you've done is square off a bit, while the G-340 was streamlined and much shorter...
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: rickshaw on December 10, 2010, 07:06:18 AM
What can I say?  In my What-If world, this is what the Grumman Model 134 looks like.  ;)
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: Stargazer on December 10, 2010, 08:03:39 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on December 10, 2010, 07:06:18 AM
What can I say?  In my What-If world, this is what the Grumman Model 134 looks like.  ;)

Fair enough!!!  ;)
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: NARSES2 on December 10, 2010, 08:05:37 AM
Fantastic  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: chrisonord on December 10, 2010, 11:17:11 AM
This is right up my street, very nice :thumbsup:
Chris.
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: James on December 10, 2010, 03:30:33 PM
NICE!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: John Howling Mouse on December 11, 2010, 02:43:16 PM
Yeah, that is cool.  You make it seem so easy.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: Pablo1965 on December 11, 2010, 03:10:54 PM
Really is nicer than the real one.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Project LARA - Grumman Model 134 COIN aircraft
Post by: MiB on December 17, 2010, 02:23:24 PM
GULP!!
Good idea!  :thumbsup: :cheers: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: