Some time ago, Shasper shared a shuttle type plane with us and it has held my imagination ever since. Here's what I did with some of my spare time while the board was down. A very special thank you to all who helped get it up and back running. B)
This is F-18 mixed with F-22, with a little Mirage for conformal tanks. I shortened the Hornet landing gear to get it down low like the X-15. It's a shame I can't work on some F-104 wingtip tanks. ;) I also reversed the canopy to give it that F-16 look. Why, I don't know. The voices......, they tell me what to do........ ;) :lol:
Eddie
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Believe it or not, I have a bit of a back story. This plane was result of the cancellilation of the Shuttle program. Near earth experiments were taken over by the YX-15B. The launch vehicle would be the 747 used for ferrying the now defunct Shuttle. Launch from modified supports, similiar to those used for ferrying the Shuttle.that's how I see it. ;)
That top view looks esp. promising, IMHO.
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Cool, it already looks fast :) Eddie how is it you always seem to have just the right parts to work with?
Jeff G.
Let the modifications begin. :party: I've also installed reaction jets in the nose. More to come. :)
Eddie
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D**n Eddie! Made me drop paint all over the place!
Shas B)
looks like a stealthy starfighter!
Someday, you and I are going to go garage-sale-hopping in TX so I can see you in action, picking out discarded models for parts to go on such fantastic creations that no one else can visualize.
Must be hard to get a focused shot of this bird as she looks like a high-speed streak even when sitting still.
So, with your back-story, are we going to see a white upper finish with perhaps all black undersides? I have some NASA decals if you need 'em.
:wub: this plane already!
QuoteSomeday, you and I are going to go garage-sale-hopping in TX so I can see you in action, picking out discarded models for parts to go on such fantastic creations that no one else can visualize.
Must be hard to get a focused shot of this bird as she looks like a high-speed streak even when sitting still.
So, with your back-story, are we going to see a white upper finish with perhaps all black undersides? I have some NASA decals if you need 'em.
:wub: this plane already!
Yes, that is the scheme I'll be using. If you have some extra NASA decals, I like to acquire them from you some time. :)
Eddie
I'll scan what I've got and send you a PM, Eddie. ^_^
More progress tonight. I halved the Raptor wings and built a new nose out of a Hornet burner can and one half of a KC/135 lox tank. I think it looks more like a hypersonic aircraft with the blunt nose. I've also decided to go gear up.
Eddie
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Eddie, I wouldn't have thought I would like it but the blunt nose looks just so right on there.
Jeff G.
Daaaammmnnnn Eddie that bit of rhinoplasty is just purrrfecccctt!
Love it!
Brian da Basher
Thank you all for your encouraging words! B)
Here's a bit of what if whatiffery. since i won't be able to find a 747 in this scale, i thought of the birds i have already and these are what I came up with for a ferrying aircraft.
Eddie
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Man Eddie I have to hand it to you! You really apply out of the box thinking to your creations.
What happened to the twin hog thing? haven't seen it for awhile. That was one I was really hangin to see finished.
QuoteHere's a bit of what if whatiffery. since i won't be able to find a 747 in this scale,
BUILD one, then!
Maybe just the top curvature of the fuselage could be represented by a sliver of painted white ABS pipe, engraved with a few panel lines and some antennas fixed.
You could go all-out designing and building some mounts/struts and the fuselage sliver could serve as a model stand, yes?
QuoteQuoteHere's a bit of what if whatiffery. since i won't be able to find a 747 in this scale,
BUILD one, then!
Maybe just the top curvature of the fuselage could be represented by a sliver of painted white ABS pipe, engraved with a few panel lines and some antennas fixed.
You could go all-out designing and building some mounts/struts and the fuselage sliver could serve as a model stand, yes?
That sound like a challenge and I gladly accept! ;) B) Here's the slathering of putty and oh yea, I put a little more on the FrankenMunster B-142 ;)
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QuoteMan Eddie I have to hand it to you! You really apply out of the box thinking to your creations.
What happened to the twin hog thing? haven't seen it for awhile. That was one I was really hangin to see finished.
Thanks! The Hogilla is sitting in the jungle of model boxes, snorting at me to get started........ :P
Eddie
Here's a little more progress done tonight. Close to buttoning up the bottom and got some sanding done.
Eddie
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Looking good Eddie! Nice job on the underside of the fuse. I really like watching your builds come together.
Brian da Basher
I got to spray some paint today. It's starting to show some potential. ;) :lol:
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Cool! I applied a similar paint scheme to my F-23-based spaceplanes a few years back. One of these days I'll finish one of them...
Looking forward to you finishing this!
:cheers: :cheers:
I get to have a little fun today with paint and plastic. I get my birthday as a paid day off, so I'm enjoying it. The only drawback is that my little girl is sick. It's a helpless feeling when they don't feel good. :(
I did a little more painting and I put the canopy on for looks. A little minor surgury and it will be done. :)
Eddie
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QuoteQuoteHere's a bit of what if whatiffery. since i won't be able to find a 747 in this scale,
BUILD one, then!
Maybe just the top curvature of the fuselage could be represented by a sliver of painted white ABS pipe, engraved with a few panel lines and some antennas fixed.
You could go all-out designing and building some mounts/struts and the fuselage sliver could serve as a model stand, yes?
Here are the inspirations you have given me.
1. on top of transport aircraft
2. single stage booster
3.as part of a stack
JHM, thanks for the ideas. This one will end up looking cool because of you! B) :party:
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STACK IT! STACK IT! STACK IT!
Shas B)
Edward my boy, any chance of another "inflighty" sorta shot of the underside before she gets her arse welded to that drainpipe?
Tell you what, she's a real looker, birthday boy! I can just imagine buck rogers falling asleep in one of those only to get woken up by tweekie (yawn) and wilma (sproing).
ahhhhhh wilma...
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WOW :wub:
Wilma's pretty hot too.
Woah Birthday Boy this one just keeps getting better and better! I really like the blue canopy and the idea of using PVC pipe for a base is truly inspired!
This one's gonna take off like a rocket!
Brian da Basher
(hoping your little one is feeling better)
QuoteEdward my boy, any chance of another "inflighty" sorta shot of the underside before she gets her arse welded to that drainpipe?
You mean like this? ;)
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jesus christ eddie. :wub:
i think i'be just shot my bolt. :blink: :blink: :unsure:
that's so much more than i was asking for, but thank you SOOOOO much - a masterpiece, nothing less!!
Quotejesus christ eddie. :wub:
i think i'be just shot my bolt. :blink: :blink: :unsure:
that's so much more than i was asking for, but thank you SOOOOO much - a masterpiece, nothing less!!
I got to thinking that you didn't ask for a sillo....a sillo.... an outline :lol: So, I reshot it.
Eddie
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"........"
:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
wow Eddie, you sure are the master at kitbashing old kits into amazing concept aircraft
Eddie, you have really created something special out of that uber bug and spare parts. I like it!
Once again, I thank you all for the kind words. B) :)
JHM has,again, been incrediblily helpful during my builds. This time he hooked me up with some NASA decals. I've got a basic layout done. With the decals, this one is really starting to perk up. ;)
Eddie
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I'm seriously reaching the point where I can't take it anymore.
This is sheer styrene magic!
But please don't tell me you're simply chucking your model up in the Texas sky for the in-flight shots? Oh, wait: I see the thread!
I took out the hanging lines and the object in the upper right hand corner (whatever it had been). April 14 Edit: Removed the lines from the belly, too.
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WHOAAAAA!!!!
Dang...that is supercoolfantastic !
Quote
But please don't tell me you're simply chucking your model up in the Texas sky for the in-flight shots? Oh, wait: I see the thread!
Giggling myself stupid at the image of trying to juggle a model and a camera and making the choice of which one you want to save from hitting the deck.
perfect example of how simple lines and simple paint can look so stunning. Elegance is always classy.
I took the hanging lines out on this pic too (April 14 Edit: removed lines from fuselage, too):
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Thanks you guys! I hung it in a loop of fishing line and then hung that from the dog's zip line. JHM, can you remove the lines from the belly of the bird? ^_^
Eddie
Oh man Eddie, that is superb.
Daaamn! When I grow up, i want to be able to make airplanes out of chunks of plastic too B)
I like how you kept a little hint of BlueAngel in the stripe behind the cockpit.
QuoteJHM, can you remove the lines from the belly of the bird? ^_^
Eddie
Yep, sure can. I'll e-mail them to you. ;)
Wow. I mean really wow!
Flew over Florida this morning but it was moving so fast, I couldn't get a clear shot of it; sorry about the slight motion blur.
Man, it was fast but I could have sworn I heard NO engine noise whatsoever----weird!
Was like it was coming in on a glide or something. Like the space shuttle does.
[not sure how I managed to get the two different views from one perspective but, hey, these things happen!]
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Don't care what anyone says, those in flight pictures look so real it's incredible. Hell, sell 'em to some rag somewhere as the latest thing to come out of Area 51, sit back and watch the fun. :D :D :D :D
Doin' a little more work on this one. I fashioned the rear portion of the cockpit out of the front windscreen and the original canopy frame. :)
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And the same cockpit cover cleaned up a bit. It will be painted with a couple of small extensions to fill the space on the canopy next to the fuselage. The decal will be extended as well. :party:
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The rear cockpit cover is done. I envision this one having an ejection seat that fires back at a 45 degree angle and that cockpit cover is the egress path. ^_^
Also, my 1:48 Skyraider for size comparision. :)
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Damn Eddie, that thing is HOT! That makes me want to start throwing random planes together to get some badass near-space orbiters. Keep up the great work and keep posting pics.
Jon
OK, the cockpit cover is THE perfect touch! It really makes a wonderful jet even better!
I'm not sure how you can still amaze me even when I'm expecting to be amazed so I'm already thinking yea sure it's gonna be amazing but then POW! I'm totally amazed...well then it's kind of amazing to be amazed at being amazed...err..or something like that :wacko: :dum:
You need a cape so we can call you "The Amazing Eddie"!!!
Jeff G.
Eddie you never fail to completely bowl me over with your builds! I love that cool little rocketplane!
I am truly humbled in the presence of so much greatness here.
Brian da Basher
Slickness in 3D...superb and fantastic, that is looking way too good !
Thank you everyone for the encouraging words. B) Sorry Shaper, no stack this time. It's too big. Maybe with a smaller plane. :) What I did do is take some advice from JHM and build my own base for my creation. It's just a basic fuselage that my Hyper Hornet can piggy back on. I think it will work. :) Thanks Man Ho!
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I really like how you call a "simple base" something that is incredibly complex, and superbly done...wow!
Yeah, this is looking "ILM" good!!!
(Lucas' "Industrial Light & Magic" fx studio for Star Wars, etc.)
:wub:
Cool !
Thanks Gents! B) I finished one side of my "support" aircraft. I used self adhesive white labels that I painted blue for the windows. I used them because of their shape. Maybe one day I'll detail the inside with seats and tray tables with pretty stew...oh sorry, flight attendants bringing a nice bloody mary. Maybe if I live to be 80.... ;) :lol:
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WOW! Eddie, this came out so freakin' cool!!!
Jeff G.
Very cool, Eddie! I definately need to get my hands on some NASA decals!
Great job!
:cheers: :cheers:
That's awesome.
Very sleek.
Now, upload pics of the YX-15B on the supports, too!
Fantastic!
:wub: :wub:
QuoteVery sleek.
Now, upload pics of the YX-15B on the supports, too!
Fantastic!
:wub: :wub:
Your wish is my command oh mightly Man Ho. ;) :) This one is done! Gotta love a build that takes less than 6 months. :P Thanks to Shasper for the inspiration on the Hyper Hornet and JHM for the idea of the aircraft section as a base. B) It's always fun when I'm able to break new ground. :D
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Whoo hooo! Sexy as get-out! Wonderful, sleek, and colourful...what more could you ask for?
WOW Eddie another stunner! It looks like a million bucks and mounting it on that fuse section is truly inspired! I love it!!! :wub:
Brian da Basher
Wow.
Seriously fabulous Eddie - this really has to be one of my favourite builds ever....like....EVER EVER. As in, from the creation of model kits to the present.
Bearing in mind that i have no interest in the whole "space" thing (Real life stuff anyway, shuttles and rockets leave me cold, but x-wings and tie fighters? That's quite another matter), that's really saying something!
You notice that when you look at her from the side she kind looks like a Sepecat Jaguar?
Except that this looks fast, obviously :D
Love it Eddie - LOVE IT! :wub:
Oh man Eddie, that is superb!!!!.
That... is damned awesome. Mind if I try making a spaceplane for the motherland?
Fantastic!!!!!
:wub:
QuoteThat... is damned awesome. Mind if I try making a spaceplane for the motherland?
Be my guest. B) It would probably look better in red stars anyway. ;)
Eddie
This is fantastic! Have you shown it on FSM Forum, too?
Way to go, ScratchMaster ™ !!!
:wub: :wub:
Who Eddie, that's awesome!
:o :wub: :wub: :wub:
Spaceplane, a slight return.....
Our shop cat, Puss, knocked this one to the floor (my fault. no harm, no foul.) and did some damage to the plave part of it. I'm going to fix it up, but with a few modifications. :party:
The last time I took a photo of it..
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and now...
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Damn, didn't see it the first time, now I get to see the Rebirth! Looking awesome, Eddie!
^^^^
Agreed! :wub: :wub: :wub:
Do it Russian this time! Or Chinese! Or Indian! :wub:
Alright, the materials are coming together. I can't say that I've ever done what I'm getting ready to attempt..
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Looks like I'm affecting your creativity again Eddie, cant wait to see what you cook up!
Very cool!
Quote from: Shasper on December 11, 2009, 09:05:08 PM
Looks like I'm affecting your creativity again Eddie, cant wait to see what you cook up!
You have a funny way of doing that. Learn from the young or get eaten by them. ;-)
The booster design moves forward...
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Lookin' good! :wub:
Has a Proton feel to it!
Quote from: Shasper on December 17, 2009, 04:08:14 PM
Has a Proton feel to it!
I was think of an Atlas look, but it's coming out as a Proton. Good observation.
Here a change made to the outward appearance...
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Hells yah!!! ME LIKES
Damn that looks good, Eddie. Sheer wickedness.
:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
*breathless* :)
Freaky good stuff...and just when I could've sworn it couldn't possibly get any better... :thumbsup:
Amazing! It looks pretty convincing to me.. remember if it looks right, it is right! this is definately a beautiful a/c you've designed :thumbsup:
All photos are lost :(
Yup Photobucket :banghead: :banghead:
Who seem to be having a problem at the moment. My account with them takes me up until November this year, but some of mine are showing and some aren't ? And what is and what isn't is changing all the time :banghead:
That is because they are working up to another round of extortion.
"Well Mr Chris, at the level of service you currently have we can't guarantee one of our service desk operatives will be able to get round to looking into your issues before your account expires in November. Of course, if you were to upgrade to our super gold deluxe package..."
Seems to be o.k. today, but I have now sorted an alternative.
Interestingly PB are obviously panicking a bit as they keep bombarding me with offers and they have now notified me to expect a brand new, great product announcement latter this week.
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2018, 03:50:31 AM
Seems to be o.k. today, but I have now sorted an alternative.
Interestingly PB are obviously panicking a bit as they keep bombarding me with offers and they have now notified me to expect a brand new, great product announcement latter this week.
Same here but it's still too bloody expensive from what I can work out & they screwed the customer loyalty pooch badly.
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 04, 2018, 01:26:38 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2018, 03:50:31 AM
Seems to be o.k. today, but I have now sorted an alternative.
Interestingly PB are obviously panicking a bit as they keep bombarding me with offers and they have now notified me to expect a brand new, great product announcement latter this week.
Same here but it's still too bloody expensive from what I can work out & they screwed the customer loyalty pooch badly.
Absolutely and as said I think they now realise this and are panicking. Serves them right
Can't see the pics :-\
Quote from: Firefox on March 13, 2018, 02:24:42 AM
Can't see the pics :-\
Neither can anybody else since the Photobucket Greed Attack.