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Hot Research Topics => Aircraft, Armor, Weapons and Ships by Topic => Topic started by: ericr on April 21, 2013, 12:04:29 pm
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What about whiffing by building hybrid aircraft/animals?
I started another topic about aircraft & music intruments where it was mentioned :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37000.msg597525.html (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37000.msg597525.html)
A splendid example is inspired by this image I found somewhere :
(http://static.mygamecover.com/images/360/t/i/360-7173-tinti.jpg)
I made a modest realization by combining a 1:72 Me262 and a blue shark (from Schleich, 1/32 I think)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/requinBu2-s_zps4ebf1c77.jpg)
I tried hybrids in both ways (this one with a 1/48 Me262)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/requinMe262-s_zpsf23d8b5a.jpg)
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Alvis Pi has done a few along these lines:
HMCS Coho: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29762.0/highlight,alvis+fish.html
Toad Artillery: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29793.0.html (read the whole thread: there's another one in there too!)
Nils did an Me-262 shark sub too, this one from Tintin: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29688.0.html
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I like it - will have to look out for plastic sharks
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Alvis Pi has done a few along these lines:
HMCS Coho: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29762.0/highlight,alvis+fish.html
Toad Artillery: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29793.0.html (read the whole thread: there's another one in there too!)
Nils did an Me-262 shark sub too, this one from Tintin: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29688.0.html
these are impressive!
maybe the Revell X_Ray animal kits, with one half clear plastic, could be a good basis for such builds?
especially the half-clear shark, but they seem to have a toad as well : room for an internal structure and servants ...
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I like it - will have to look out for plastic sharks
there are some, in different sizes and brands, and qualities ... shop around!
and as I mentioned, Revel has a big one, with one half in clear plastic : inspiring peculiarity? :unsure:
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Sotoolslinger did an excellent shark-styled 262-based build a few years back (before he disappeared): http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,28077.75.html
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a crossing, in the two directions, between a Mirage III R and a sting ray : how whif is this?
the Mirage with ray wings : it gives a softer feeling to its shape :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/mirage48-s_zps737783e1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P7240332s_zps27b194ff.jpg)
and the ray with Mirage wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/raie-s_zpsbe7f2e41.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P7240339s_zpsd8a9a675.jpg)
I am currently trying out a Manta-ray and B-2 crossing ...
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Hah, excellent! ;D I'm not sure which I like better.....
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That is COMPLETELY ridiculous!!
I LOVE IT! ;D ;D :thumbsup:
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Heh - why does the phrase "bullet with butterfly wings" spring to mind.......
Nice one! :thumbsup:
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That is COMPLETELY ridiculous!!
I LOVE IT! ;D ;D :thumbsup:
I take it as a compliment ! ;D It is quite natural that there can be a feeing of ridiculous when you venture out of the conventional, but it doesn't kill ;)
Actually, the idea of hybrid aircraft/animals came to me through Pegasus, you know, the winged horse, looking quite good in all its classicallity. I tried it with aircraft wings, for example as below, and then saw beyond horses ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/cheval-beagle-s_zpsd671cfad.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/cheval-constellation-s_zpse8f0becd.jpg)
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Heh - why does the phrase "bullet with butterfly wings" spring to mind.......
Nice one! :thumbsup:
did you say "butterfly wings"? I tried those too ... on a Me163 or a B17
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/me163-papillon-s_zps2cf12645.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/b17-papillon-s_zpsedaaab6e.jpg)
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Very impressive !!
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Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models :thumbsup:
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Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models :thumbsup:
I am preparing a new one with wings from a Tornado : the trick is to keep the mechanism that makes them vary their geometry together ... I think I have found the way :rolleyes: ... we shall see.
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Bravo!! ;D :thumbsup:
The Me163 with butterfly wings looks particularly impressive.
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Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models :thumbsup:
I am preparing a new one with wings from a Tornado : the trick is to keep the mechanism that makes them vary their geometry together ... I think I have found the way :rolleyes: ... we shall see.
Look forward to that :thumbsup: Eons ago one of the Wargames magazines did a whole article on the Roman Armies "Pegasus" Cohort. The mobile balistas were the best bit. Think it was in a Christmas special.
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I'll post some more pegasus with aircraft wings ;
in the leantime, please consider this variant, replacing the classical horse with a giraffe
(could also be equipped aircraft wings ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/girafe-ailee_zpsa13a7b1f.jpg)
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Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models :thumbsup:
I am preparing a new one with wings from a Tornado : the trick is to keep the mechanism that makes them vary their geometry together ... I think I have found the way :rolleyes: ... we shall see.
Look forward to that :thumbsup: Eons ago one of the Wargames magazines did a whole article on the Roman Armies "Pegasus" Cohort. The mobile balistas were the best bit. Think it was in a Christmas special.
Here comes Pegasus Tornado ... (in the usual primaty colours : this time, red)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/cheval-tornado-s_zpsf97e6526.jpg)
wings folded ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P8170141s_zpsa268ed63.jpg)
and wings spread!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P8170142s_zpsd81b0ac7.jpg)
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in this hybrids series, here comes the crossing of a B-2 (Revell 1/144, simply) and ... a Manta ray (I think the brand is Safari Ltd.).
It gives some round smoothness to the B-2 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/b2-s_zps0cfe47a3.jpg)
and, reciprocally, a bit of angularity to the Manta, keeping its big teeth though :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/raiemanta-s_zpsf84c5857.jpg)
PS - actually, does anyone know whether there is a place / topic on this forum best suited for this kind of wild neo-whif?
Narses, you who seem to know it all, is this thread ok here?
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great lateral thinking
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PS - actually, does anyone know whether there is a place / topic on this forum best suited for this kind of wild neo-whif?
Narses, you who seem to know it all, is this thread ok here?
I'll take that in the spirit with which it's intended ;D ;D ;D
This is such a unique collection I personally think it's as good here as any where else on site. It could go in the finished projects section under "Figures, cars etc" or under "sci-fi". If you'd like me to move it then let me know. I'll post a redirection note so people know where it's gone.
I do like that B2Manta by the way :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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a new aircraft / animal crossing :
take :
a flying fish (baby size)
and :
an Airbus A380
there are two results of the crossing (in primary colors,as usual for me) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1150372s_zps68a01d2f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a380-s_zpse1fe418d.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1080355s_zps5bd81805.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poissonvolant1-s_zps65d77791.jpg)
from the following ingredients :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1230276s_zpsa7c8a25c.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9240195s_zps4de41e23.jpg)
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Love the 'fish' series ! Not sure which I like better....the rays or the actual fish ! The A380 fish is awesome !
:cheers:
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Love the flying fish :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thanks!
another crossing, between Killer Whale and a PZL-24
one way
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/orque-s_zps9614cdc4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260404s_zpsfbe66425.jpg)
and the other :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl24-s_zpsf38437e5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1260407s_zpsa3d00909.jpg)
starting from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140275s_zps0750762c.jpg)
and that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8090109s_zpsc7c1434f.jpg)
hope you enjoy it ;)
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Amazing imagination :thumbsup:
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Do you take requests?
I'd like to see you combine a sperm whale with a Hercules please.
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and, reciprocally, a bit of angularity to the Manta, keeping its big teeth though :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/raiemanta-s_zpsf84c5857.jpg)
That is superb, hadn't seen it before. Years ago I read a series of exceptional books called Necroscope by Brian Lumley. One of the best involved a Cold War situation where a giant manta like creature escapes from the Vampire World....this picture instantly recalled that. Have to read them again. Why no one has ever brought them to the big screen is beyond me :unsure:.
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thank you all for your appreciation!
Do you take requests?
I'd like to see you combine a sperm whale with a Hercules please.
great idea! I didn't think of it yet, but now you mention it ...
I did something no too far, with a Beriev Be-6 (1/72) and a whale plastic figurine :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/baleine-s_zps4f04eb54.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P9120158s_zps611ab7af.jpg)
but actually, if you are inspired by the Hercules, please have a try at it : my skills are only limited, I would really like seeing hybrids done in a different and possibly more skilled style.
The Hercules certainly has a distinct look, personality, or snout? I have it in my future plans ...
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I did something no too far, with a Beriev Be-6 (1/72) and a whale plastic figurine :
by the way here are the original ingerdients for this one :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P2260147s_zpsa2d38dee.jpg)
and
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/PC160126s_zps8175027e.jpg)
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Thanks Ericr, that looks great.
And I got to type sperm...snigger.
I must admit I have been eyeing my nephews collection of plastic animals and wondering which ones he wouldn't miss...
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I've never seen that Revell Madge before
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Its the same as the Playfix kit only reboxed.
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Love the big 'whale boats' !
And I had no idea that Beriev kit existed ! Is it new ?
:cheers:
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Love the big 'whale boats' !
And I had no idea that Beriev kit existed ! Is it new ?
:cheers:
Its the same as the Playfix kit only reboxed.
Beer & hockey Capt ?? :cheers: :party: ;D
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Thanks Ericr, that looks great.
And I got to type sperm...snigger.
I must admit I have been eyeing my nephews collection of plastic animals and wondering which ones he wouldn't miss...
;D
you can also go to the shop and make your own choice : actually the matching of scales and sizes is at the basis of such an hybrid, and requires some preparation work.
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Love the big 'whale boats' !
And I had no idea that Beriev kit existed ! Is it new ?
:cheers:
Its the same as the Playfix kit only reboxed.
Beer & hockey Capt ?? :cheers: :party: ;D
I think the kit was originally done by VEB in East Germany
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Its the same as the Playfix kit only reboxed.
Goes back further than that. It is based on the VEB/Plasticart one - http://www.scalemates.com/products/product.php?id=144103
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Thanks Ericr, that looks great.
And I got to type sperm...snigger.
I must admit I have been eyeing my nephews collection of plastic animals and wondering which ones he wouldn't miss...
;D
you can also go to the shop and make your own choice : actually the matching of scales and sizes is at the basis of such an hybrid, and requires some preparation work.
Point taken. I'm currently thinking about merging an elephant and a Wessex.
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I'm currently thinking about merging an elephant and a Wessex.
excellent idea! (all the more that I didn't have it ;) )
I want to see it!
helicopters are probably a good source of crossings : the banana come of course to mind, there have been car/helicopter trials, and recently I stumbled upon a picture of a hippo with chopper propeller on top ...
and about elephants, they even exist in 1/72, for scale accuracy, and injection plastic ;D (Zvevda or HAT)
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a new hybridization, from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P9200097s_zps3cb476b3.jpg)
with that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0434s_zps28b98abe.jpg)
which gives on the one hand this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/letovs16_zpsa065c30d.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230528_zps51195f01.jpg)
and on the other hand that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P2230519s_zps37bd2f1c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/poissonvolant2-s_zpsab5b10df.jpg)
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Wonderfull, both of them ;D
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Great work.
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Some very imaginative work there and very well finished to boot.... :thumbsup:
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Those two are splendid - it's interesting (and slightly disturbing) how well the bits go together.
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Those two are splendid - it's interesting (and slightly disturbing) how well the bits go together.
thank you all! I have more to come :rolleyes: even "worse" ;D
I am happy to be disturbing ;) : I consciously try to have matchings which fit well, and have something plausible to them : that makes the effect on th emind : impossible but still, somehow, not devoid of meaning ...
It involves asome preparatory study work in terms of size (that means choosing the roght scale for the kit, or size for the figurine) and also of general shape (that's a bit bit more delicate ... I was not sure about the letov,which is angulous, unlike fish, but it turned out not too bad it seems)
PS - how do these people do to have a changing subject in long running threads? I would like to make the current crossing visible in the title, when it appears in the forum pages
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I think the fish with the biplane wings looks sad.
Like it misses it's fins...
If you click on page 1 of the thread and open your very first post you can then use edit to change the title of that thread and that change will appear in the list of posts.
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I think the fish with the biplane wings looks sad.
Like it misses it's fins...
if you see feelings in the eye of a fish, then it means I succeeded in making an expressive build ;D
ok, it lost fins, but gained even more wings, no? :rolleyes:
If you click on page 1 of the thread and open your very first post you can then use edit to change the title of that thread and that change will appear in the list of posts.
ah, thanks for the tip!
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Impressive, got a sort of Harry Potter appeal to them. Something Hagrid and Arthur Weasley had a go at!!
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another hybridization, in the insect world this time, from this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/IMG_0436s_zpsac653722.jpg)
with that (I like the inverted gull wings of these PZLs):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7230036s_zps1d8210d4.jpg)
which gives on the one hand this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/libellule-s_zps88862d03.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080234s_zpse9f6029d.jpg)
and on the other hand that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/pzl7-s_zps5e72f289.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7080248s_zps70d85a8d.jpg)
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The world of insects in 2,000,000 years time ?
Echoing Weaver's thoughts they look quite spooky if you are concerned by genetic engineering. Amazing work
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Excellent.
They both look like they come right out of Lexx.
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thanks for your appreciation ; I dod'nt know Lexx, will take a look.
not only fish and insects, but also, of course, birds are preys of choice for crossings :
like, from this swan :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC160127s_zps52b98d35.jpg)
and a sopwith triplane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P5210356s_zpsc08a9fa8.jpg)
you can get this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/cygne-n_zps616650ce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7100170s_zpsda41b899.jpg)
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Lexx was a Sci Fi series. The spaceships were very insectile.
The Sopwith Swan is good. She looks proud of her wings and is pleased to show them off.
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Lexx was a Sci Fi series. The spaceships were very insectile.
The Sopwith Swan is good. She looks proud of her wings and is pleased to show them off.
pleasure is certainly the leading principle here ;D
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I must admit to 'not liking' these creations when I first saw them ....but now, well they've definitely grown on me. ;D where's the Sopwith with the swan's wings, or did I miss that?
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I must admit to 'not liking' these creations when I first saw them ....but now, well they've definitely grown on me. ;D where's the Sopwith with the swan's wings, or did I miss that?
thanks for changing your mind in this direction ;D
was it maybe the colors? or the modelling skill? I can admit improvability, for sure, and actually I encourage better technicians to do it better, I would be happy! Anyway, it is quite a but different from the rest, so acquiring the taste may well take time ;)
There is no Sopwith with swan's wings actually (well, not yet), I wonder where I put them? I will find back and report :rolleyes:
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the series started some time ago, and I didn't find the wings of the previous swan (strange, how could I forget?), but here is something else about swans : a couple, one resting and one extending wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC290238s_zpsd56de3e8.jpg)
and a couple of Widgeons (from Grumman, I mean) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC300251s_zpsf6a9ce8c.jpg)
they crossed into, on the one side, a resting Widgeon and one extending wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/widgeon-cygnes-s_zps5446156b.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1160342s_zps2fda66a9.jpg)
and, on the other side, swans doing the same with Widgeon wings ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygnes-widgeons-s_zps33b2ea15.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5010272s_zps198f18d9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4300264s_zps91301aea.jpg)
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I must admit to 'not liking' these creations when I first saw them ....but now, well they've definitely grown on me. ;D where's the Sopwith with the swan's wings, or did I miss that?
now I remember what I did with this swan's wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/siat-cygne-s_zpsf5df56b7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PC280226s_zps0ce41af0.jpg)
which is a crossing with a SIAT (1/48, one of those very cheap PM models, nice to work with)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9050133s_zpsaf33ec88.jpg)
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That Flamingo with swan wings looks nice
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thanks for your appreciation!
here is another bird/aircraft : I had a head left from a previous mix, coming from an american eagle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)
ans I had in mind a picture I saw somewhere on the net :
(http://s3.e-monsite.com/2011/02/02/05/1457Avion-oiseau.jpg)
so I picked a quadri-jet in my stash, of an appropriate scale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9140056s_zpsc8510f74.jpg)
and here is how it looks :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170153s_zps264c9c25.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3170156s_zpsa7afba05.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b747-s_zpsd972755b.jpg)
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This is some crazy stuff...but we like it !
I love that red fish from a few posts back, with the biplane wings.....awesome !
Then I see the yellow dragonfly, and I can't decide which I like better, the fish with aero wings, or the aero fuse with bug wings !
But, my favourite so far are the pair of Swans with gosseling wings. Now those are neat !
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thanks!
Someone told me the eagle-headed 747 could be made in an "Air Force One" style : excellent idea :thumbsup:
The geese with Gosling/Wodgeon wings do have some expression indeed ;)
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Someone told me the eagle-headed 747 could be made in an "Air Force One" style : excellent idea :thumbsup:
Oh yes that would look good
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I saw these and I thought of this thread.
(http://cdn0.mumbrella.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-Shot-2013-03-22-at-8.37.39-PM-468x329.png)
(http://cdn0.mumbrella.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-Shot-2013-03-22-at-9.24.13-PM-468x337.png)
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I saw these and I thought of this thread.
dramatic pictures indeed!
Given that it's Sea Shepherds who are making them, the message is rather pacific,
but the image is different from what I do, which is essentially unarmed ;D
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I am into something a bit wild I'm afraid ...
when I saw this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_0433s_zps25533631.jpg)
I thought of that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3060064s_zps75ad04a1.jpg)
we shall see what it becomes ...
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I can see where that thought is going to lead....I think :thumbsup:
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they had quite close wingspans : 23 - 25 cm ...
and they still have ;D
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That's gonna be a good one :thumbsup:
Love the whale and dolphin pics....oh my ! Especially the whale. The poor 'battle dolphin' wouldn't get anywhere near it !
:cheers:
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they had quite close wingspans : 23 - 25 cm ...
and they still have ;D
here is one :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160248s_zps3337ec59.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4160247s_zps3b6ac4e9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hibou-s_zps1108dbdc.jpg)
(I hope you appreciate the orientation of the wings, forward swept ... ;D )
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Almost looks as though an owl met a bat - very good :thumbsup:
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Almost looks as though an owl met a bat - very good :thumbsup:
yes indeed, I thought that too when I saw the result :unsure:
hybrid animals would be a whole other topic in itself ;)
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Reminiscent of Bubo from Clash of the Titans.
Very good, works really well.
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Almost looks as though an owl met a bat - very good :thumbsup:
yes indeed, I thought that too when I saw the result :unsure:
I think it's the way the owls wing attaches to the leading edge of the aircraft wing, makes them look like a bat's forelegs and the way they attach to it's wings
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we shall see what it becomes ...
here is one :
and here comes the other :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/berkut-s_zpsa1160770.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273s_zps05c51f9f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180274s_zps12e74fca.jpg)
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Now that is another nice one :thumbsup:
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thanks!
a larger picture :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4180273_zpse48a2f64.jpg)
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That works really well. Good job.
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a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6080220s_zpsa92c15a6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b17-200-s_zps951cdd6a.jpg)
this involves a small 1/200 B-17 I had bought cheap, not exactly knowing what to do with it, quite some time ago
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070263s_zpsc7e0631e.jpg)
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a new brid / aicraft hybrid (I still have an eagle head or two in my spare parts ... this is not over yet)
the eagle head comes form the Lindberg American eagle
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PB100269s_zps051642e5.jpg)
I used wings for other projects, like this one, where wings span was just the same as this 1/48 F-14
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tomcat-aigle-s_zps5f9b8cad.jpg)
of for a flying boat with Revell's tug
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/tug-s_zpsfffb126d.jpg)
and the bodies were also used in hydrid assemblies :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-tomcat-s_zps0e993dec.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aigle-h5-s_zps88166c05.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/PA170420s_zpsc4836b6e.jpg)
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Those bird like jets are just superb - sculpture is the only category that I can think of that suits them :bow:
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Superb :wub: :thumbsup: These really remind me of those wonderful designs by Kevin O'Neill in 2000AD comic years ago....Gooney Birds in Nemesis and the fantastic Metalzoic.
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thanx!
(but I have a weird feeling : I don't see the pictures in my post ... I hope you do? :-\)
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ericr, I see pictures, amazing use of parts, and imagination in them as well.
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Superb :wub: :thumbsup: These really remind me of those wonderful designs by Kevin O'Neill in 2000AD comic years ago....Gooney Birds in Nemesis and the fantastic Metalzoic.
I'd forgotten them. I've got scans of the complete Nemesis saga on my other computer. I'll have to dig the relevant pages out so Eric can see them.
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Those bird like jets are just superb - sculpture is the only category that I can think of that suits them :bow:
a new Whiffies category? ;)
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Superb :wub: :thumbsup: These really remind me of those wonderful designs by Kevin O'Neill in 2000AD comic years ago....Gooney Birds in Nemesis and the fantastic Metalzoic.
I'd forgotten them. I've got scans of the complete Nemesis saga on my other computer. I'll have to dig the relevant pages out so Eric can see them.
I'd be glad to see that, I don't know about it, and all sources of inspiration are welcome !
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Here you go Eric.
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/gavinmaillardet/GoonyBird01_zps2f82d222.jpg) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gavinmaillardet/media/GoonyBird01_zps2f82d222.jpg.html)
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/gavinmaillardet/GoonyBird02_zpscf4579f9.jpg) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gavinmaillardet/media/GoonyBird02_zpscf4579f9.jpg.html)
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Here you go Eric
argh!!!!!! :blink:
now I just have to find myself a Concorde somewhere !
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hi all,
a new one, in the aircraft / insect range :
crossing a SR71 fuselage I had left over from another hybridization :wacko:,
and the wings of a butterfly
(well, actually, these ones are sold as fairy wings ... :rolleyes:)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300484s_zpse3183366.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sr71papillon-s_zpsb7e6eea3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7300481s_zpsd1e85868.jpg)
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nice one Eric :thumbsup:
top work as ever
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Great build.
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Good job. The opacity of the wings adds something. Almost like they are force fields rather than solid objects.
Now let's see the caterpillar it chrysalised from.
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That is wonderfull.
For some reason my mind immediately wandered back to the late 60's :blink: ;D
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<sing (badly)> In a gadda da vida baby...
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<sing (badly)> In a gadda da vida baby...
aaaarrrggghhh ! how is it possible that I hadn't even thougt of this! :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:
ah, memories re-appear through the smoke ... :mellow: :drink: :blink:
I like my invention even better : thanks for giving it a musical background, most appropriate! :cheers:
and thanks all for the appreciation : it inclines me to do even more, or better, or ... :wacko:
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I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
(http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg)
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
Do you know any other such insect kits?
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I've seen the stag beetle before but not the others
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I just wanted to quote this here in this thread : it opens new perspectives ...
BTW, some ...artistic stuff - Dog mash-ups!
The Schnauzer fighter
(http://usvsth3m.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GvvDYkf.jpg)
The Golden retriever bomber
(http://usvsth3m.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/uq1thl6.jpg)
The Beagle Spitfire
(http://usvsth3m.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/XuyD4cf.jpg)
CG is one thing, but doing this in hardware form...? :rolleyes:
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another form of hybrids, still involving aircraft.
The story of how it came about is that I used an old 1/100 B727 from East-Germany I had to make a flying boat with a 1/72 hull, described elsewhere on this forum, and then I remembered I wanted to make a B727 in that scale (because it's the biggest available in injection plastic I think) with the famour Calder Branniff livery, so I had to find another one. And then on ebay I found a lot wih two of them, plus two Tu-20 Bear at the same 1/100 scale, quite large.
And I had been considering putting a water tap at the nose of an aircraft for quite some time (why? ... well ... I don't quite know ... but it does have a look, I think).
So here it is, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230267s_zpsa4c1c233.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/robinet-s_zpsb8543b93.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230263s_zpsfc513ee8.jpg)
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A new view on the 'Water Bomber' theme perhaps? ;D :lol:
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A new view on the 'Water Bomber' theme perhaps? ;D :lol:
;D ;D
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You're plumbing new depths...
...tapping into a rich vein of humour...
...and something about cracks that I can't quite put my finger on right now (eeeeeuuuuuughh!)
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I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
(http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg)
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
Do you know any other such insect kits?
here we go, I used the first one : crossed the coccinella with a 1/43 citroen 2cv like this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC040333s_zps0ba7c307.jpg)
the VW beetle would have been much too obvious a choice :wacko:
and like this it looks nice too, the scale-mix fits nicely :
Of course I did it both ways : the wheeled coccinella
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220454s_zps167da7c2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220444s_zps2cfb906f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/coccinelle2cv-s_zpsb54c33d5.jpg)
and the legged 2cv :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/2cvcoccinelle-s_zps8d20a3dc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220453s_zps887e3c06.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PC220449-s_zps8403eba0.jpg)
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So the original Beetle Bug ?
Genius sir :bow: You have such a creative mind
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Excellent. Shades of the Cat Bus in My Neighbour Totoro. Very good.
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thanks for your appreciation!
If there were a crazy/zany/wacky but with poetry category I'd be happy to go for it ;D
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Just discovered this wonderful thread.
This 1972 album cover by Roger Dean carries a drawing of an actual model made some years earlier. Possibly my favourite hybrid whiff ever. He did others, too. Collecting his album covers is something I do on those rare occasions when I have cash in hand.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Budgie_Squawk.jpg)
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Just discovered this wonderful thread.
This 1972 album cover by Roger Dean carries a drawing of an actual model made some years earlier. Possibly my favourite hybrid whiff ever. He did others, too. Collecting his album covers is something I do on those rare occasions when I have cash in hand.
a very inspiring image indeed : it would just need a bird skull, and then choose a SR71 kit of the appropriate scale.
I have to go and look for a bird head : I still have heads from the Lindberg American Eagle ...
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ahother kind of hybridization : giving wings to bottles :
this is a Sopwith Camel (1/32) upon a belgian beer bottle (I liked the top/cork) of the brand "Paix Dieu"
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel-s_zpsdd0faf00.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020063s_zpsfbcf5426.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1020068s_zps349bf3f8.jpg)
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The use of the stopper as the pilot is just artistic genius :bow:
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Cool, it could even be a giant tank for a CO2 engine ;)
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I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :
a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250096s_zps36fa0d83.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8250098s_zps9dd2efe6.jpg)
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Love the beetles. The one looks like a computer mouse while the other just looks creepy !
The bottles are just excellent. Love them both.
:cheers:
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and now ... the jet versions of the flying bottles :
you might remember I used a few F100 Supersabres cut in two :
backs for a Cadillac Ranch inspired alignment :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,39495.msg659454.html#msg659454 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,39495.msg659454.html#msg659454)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/supersabreranch-s_zps2158ae95.jpg)
and fronts coming out of the grey :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,39495.msg660815.html#msg660815 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,39495.msg660815.html#msg660815)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB110212s_zps2f14b2e6.jpg)
here come their wings, which were not lost for all :
with another soda bottle of a well known brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcoca-s_zps9908f6f3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020395s_zpsa72582df.jpg)
and with a can of yet another soda brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetcanette-s_zps22738429.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020404s_zpsbcbe2813.jpg)
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2020404s_zpsbcbe2813.jpg)
Now that's what I CALL an exhaust pipe! :o
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and soon I am going to try out wine bottles ...
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Are you having to empty them yourself? :wacko:
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Are you having to empty them yourself? :wacko:
it is indeed integral part of my approach to whiffing and modelling
:drink: :blink:
(but *not* the source of inspiration, mind you ! :mellow: )
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I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
(http://plamodel.up.seesaa.net/image/Heller20ORYCTES20NASICORNIS.jpg)
here we go again, I used this one crossed with a 1/76 M16 halftrack (Revell, ex-Matchbox, with diorama) like this :
(http://www.modelys.fr/img/produit/m16-halftrack-revell-03228-modelys.jpg)
And of course I did it both ways : the halftrack Oryctes Nasicornis :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/scarabeerhino-s_zps33ccc3e0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180244s_zps6d31320a.jpg)
(http://http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180242s_zpsc3b38074.jpg)
on the diorama (itself also red-yellow-blue-ed) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180245s_zpsb6172ab3.jpg)
and the legged M16 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/m16-s_zps5ff7844a.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180236s_zpse7db65b1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P2180237s_zps2a35de7a.jpg)
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The half-track with legs looks to have potential in the WWII walkers field (there are others).
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Neat stuff. Not sure which one I like better....probably the legged one.
:cheers:
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I like the half track bug best.
Good job Eric.
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I like the half track bug best.
Good job Eric.
Me as well :thumbsup:
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I can just see these being dug up by some future archaeologist in 1,000 or so years time and the ensuing tv (or whatever they have then) programme explaining the secret transport designs of the ancients ;D
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thanks all! I still have an ant and a big hirned bug in the insect stash : we'll see what they will cross with ...
meantimes, I think I haven't yet introduced to you thisMe262 (1/144) with wings of a cicada :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cigale-s_zps4fb11624.jpg)
I put it in a frame, to look like what insect collectors do, and hang it on my wall :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070082s_zps43e9303c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070096s_zpsbde4f0ce.jpg)
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I don't know about that one Eric. To me it looks like it needs either a tail of some sort or something to make it obvious which end is the front - maybe a couple of drop tanks on the mounts under the nose?
Or some night fighter radar aerials which would be a nod towards those big fringed moth antennae.
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I don't know about that one Eric. To me it looks like it needs either a tail of some sort or something to make it obvious which end is the front - maybe a couple of drop tanks on the mounts under the nose?
Or some night fighter radar aerials which would be a nod towards those big fringed moth antennae.
I see your point zenrat, thanks for the suggestion : I think the radar which sometimes goes with Me262 would look fine indeed, but I don't have that at hand in 1/144 ; I could try something with simpler antennas from the scrap box, even not to scale actually.
It is a bit schematic indeed : actually it was a fast reuse of that Me262 frame which was there, coming as spare from a twin-seat kit I used for something else, and without a tail fin. The cockpit does give a sense of orientation though, front/back as well as up/down.
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I can tell immediately which is the front because I know which way round a butterfly's wings go.
The radar antenna idea is spot on. It needn't be to precise scale, just something suggestive.
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great imagination - love the concepts and combinations
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Even just a couple of lengths of guitar string (top E would be about right) or other stiff wire would do the trick.
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indeed I can find simple antenna/mandibula things. I just have to think a bit about it, and then hang it off the wall and do it ...
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That's pretty neat. Makes an interesting wall hanging as well !
:cheers:
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this bottle of "vin de paille" from Jura got wings (and engines) from a BAE Trident (1/100) :
the sizes were fitting quite well ;)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tridentba-s_zpsuhhkroa4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010309s_zpsq35eabvd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010307s_zpsutbkaand.jpg)
and as an aside,I also tried this crossing between a Coke bottle and a 1/32 Piper Cub, with wheel from elsewhere ... :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010299s_zpscxpxiknw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010295s_zpskwprhi02.jpg)
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these are delightfully whimsical, and show an eye for shape and pattern matching that should be applauded . :thumbsup:
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Love the wine bottle...especially with the cork sticking out !
:tornado:
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You realise that if it's based in a Trident the nosewheel should be offset 2 ft. to the left I hope? ;D
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I think it is offset to the side, but after emptying the bottle of wine you can't tell. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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After looking at kitbasher's Comet I think it should have red wings, but that would upset ericr's 'single colour' philosophy. ;D
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I think it is offset to the side, but after emptying the bottle of wine you can't tell. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I also think it is offset to the side, but I am not completely sure it was on purpose ;D
The original kit (an old east-german one) featured a piece meant especially for this offset.
I would like to say, as I said in the past, that if anyone with modelling skill beter mastered than mine would like to take up one of these idea, I would welcome it, for sure :smiley:
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After looking at kitbasher's Comet I think it should have red wings, but that would upset ericr's 'single colour' philosophy. ;D
I sometimes do use more than one color at a time : I even go up to three actually.
Do you have a pointer to the Comet you mention?
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After looking at kitbasher's Comet I think it should have red wings, but that would upset ericr's 'single colour' philosophy. ;D
I sometimes do use more than one color at a time : I even go up to three actually.
Do you have a pointer to the Comet you mention?
This thread ericr :- http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,40287.msg675450/topicseen.html#new (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,40287.msg675450/topicseen.html#new)
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After looking at kitbasher's Comet I think it should have red wings, but that would upset ericr's 'single colour' philosophy. ;D
I sometimes do use more than one color at a time : I even go up to three actually.
Do you have a pointer to the Comet you mention?
This thread ericr :- http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,40287.msg675450/topicseen.html#new (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,40287.msg675450/topicseen.html#new)
ah yes, I had seen it, beautiful indeed : I don't know why I was imagining a Me163 Komet with red wings ... and a yellow fuselage
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I don't know why I was imagining a Me163 Komet with red wings ... and a yellow fuselage
Hehehe, the mind BOGGLES! ;D
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The Coke bottle/Piper Cub combination is just :bow:
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these are delightfully whimsical, and show an eye for shape and pattern matching that should be applauded . :thumbsup:
thanks! the matching of shapes and sizes is indeed a good part of the game!
finding the right bottle for the right wings, and reciprocally ;D
In the case of the Coke Cub I felt it looks quite fine, and when I was looking in ma scrao box for wheel, the large spats sprung to attention.
I use another Coke bottle earlier in this thread, with a 1/144 Space Shuttle ...
The building has been a bit shaky on this one, partly because the bottle plastic is not easy to work with, and glues dont't stick too well,and I work with very basic tools and skills.
But as I sometimes say, if anyone out here with better skills than mine wants to make a follow up or a cover version (event with non primary colors ;) ) please do so, I would be honored, and pleased as well.
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[...], but that would upset ericr's 'single colour' philosophy. ;D
Here comes an example of more-than-one-colour endeavour :
Considering the same BAE Trident (1/100) as before:
(http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/KVZ%20Trident.JPG)
I had a remaining fuselage, which has a diameter nearly perfectly fitting that of the Heller 1/125 Ariane 5 :
(http://static.oupsmodel.com/26545-thickbox_default/heller-espace-80441-ariane-5-1-125.jpg)
HENCE this hybrid, evoking space travel for the masses :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/f3ee1774-e68e-4289-adcd-d270e0643fe4_zpsiamqkkwc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010323s_zps5wl1r0vb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3010325s_zpsftofogki.jpg)
(and no i still have the back half of the fuselage left ... :unsure:)
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now that i realy like
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^^^^
What Lenny said, that's BRILLIANT ericr! :thumbsup: :bow:
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The building has been a bit shaky on this one, partly because the bottle plastic is not easy to work with, and glues dont't stick too well,and I work with very basic tools and skills.
But as I sometimes say, if anyone out here with better skills than mine wants to make a follow up or a cover version (event with non primary colors ;) ) please do so, I would be honored, and pleased as well.
One thing you might consider for future bottle projects is to drill holes in the plastic bottle, put wires or rods through them from one side to the other, and then superglue the kit parts to the wires. That way the load-bearing connection between the bottle and the kit parts is mechanical rather than chemical.
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Love the Triane! ;D
That needs putting in a diorama with a bunch of suitcase-carrying 1950s civvies waiting patiently to walk up a REALLY tall air-stairs truck... ;) ;D
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Love the Triane! ;D
That needs putting in a diorama with a bunch of suitcase-carrying 1950s civvies waiting patiently to walk up a REALLY tall air-stairs truck... ;) ;D
Hysterical laughter here at the PR19 Hangar! :lol:
Imagine the guys at AiM's looks when you place an order for TWENTY sets of airstairs! :o ;D
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thanks for your appreciation : it encourages me to go even further and higher ;D
the air-stairs truck better be an escalator, for not too sportive passengers ...
If someone would prefer a more "convincing" livery, it imagine doing this a bit like in 2001 Space Odyssey, with a PanAm style ...
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I had parts left from an Ar196 (the floats were used elsewhere), and a nice small can of Coke, and the fit looked nice, scalewise at least ; and I also had these wheels in spats, most probably from a Ar 95 (wheeled version), so here it goes :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsabprda6p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070340s_zpsqppdrxce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070342s_zpsbbwao1r6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070343s_zpsbpwd68uj.jpg)
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Excellent.
If you made one with a full can and shook it up enough it could really fly...
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:mellow: :lol: :thumbsup: ;)
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that's an interesting view at propulsion indeed ;)
but I tried another configuration with a Noorduyn Norseman, where it would be more about spraying the land :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocanorseman-s_zpselzoizbc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070348s_zpsrhnivbje.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3070350s_zps4k27s59u.jpg)
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You're about as fast building your hybrids as Dizzy is doing his stuff! :o
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You're about as fast building your hybrids as Dizzy is doing his stuff! :o
I had a few in the background actually, I don't post them as soon as they are done.
And those are not very long to build either ;D
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Love the Norseman "canoplane" :thumbsup:
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and now for a different kind of foam :
champagne!
with Supersabre wings, as in the other examples before
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/jetchamp-s_zpsgc5akye8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130379s_zpsyc8mmfgh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130380s_zpszjxoizce.jpg)
(well, kind of, actually a plastic fake champagne bottle, but the right size and scale)
Cheers!
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Shake that up and it'll REALLY go! ;D :lol:
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Shake that up and it'll REALLY go! ;D :lol:
Yup :thumbsup:
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indeed it would propel much more than the coke even ;D
but the direction woud be backwards ... :unsure:
which brings me back to an old topic, where I explored the musical crossing of a Chengdu F-7E and a flute
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38180.0.html (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38180.0.html)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/flute-s_zps37f2458f.jpg)
and one comment was that it was reversed w.r.t. airflow in the flute ...
So I had a new try, with another flute, and a 1/125 Heller B727 which has just the right length and quite the same diameter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flute-s_zpsjr4zvnt7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210461s_zpsl01kt6ub.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210462s_zpswemcm7op.jpg)
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great work. :thumbsup:
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You'd certainly get a different sounding sonic boom with those ;D :bow:
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thanks!
maybe I could try to upload a soud file documenting the sound produced?
It would be "what if music" ... :unsure: :wacko: :ph34r:
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That is so cool ! Almost looks like it would be flyable, especially in the rear 3/4 view.
:cheers:
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thanks! on that view it looks a bit like it is a tail-sitter, but no! I finely tuned the height of the front wheel for it to stand!
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indeed it would propel much more than the coke even ;D
but the direction woud be backwards ... :unsure:
which brings me back to an old topic, where I explored the musical crossing of a Chengdu F-7E and a flute
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38180.0.html (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38180.0.html)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/flute-s_zps37f2458f.jpg)
and one comment was that it was reversed w.r.t. airflow in the flute ...
So I had a new try, with another flute, and a 1/125 Heller B727 which has just the right length and quite the same diameter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flute-s_zpsjr4zvnt7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210461s_zpsl01kt6ub.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3210462s_zpswemcm7op.jpg)
Perfect for a whistle-stop tour!
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I might start an orchestra ...
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and now for something more in line with the original topic of this thread : aircraft/animals hybrids.
Most of the time I give wings to animals, this time I consider snout :
here is a lion (actually a kind of 3D jigsaw puzzle) with the face (cockpit and front) of a Noorduyn Norseman :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130369s_zpsbemkzr5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lion-s_zpss5uoxnmn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)
I have a few other fuselages in my spare heap, so I am looking for welcoming animals ... ideas are bubbling
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Very good Eric. He reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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That's delightful. I've said it before but I'll say it again. These works really do blur the lines between modelling and art/sculpture :thumbsup: I can just imagine some TV auction show in 60 years time auctioning these "rare examples of early 21st Century amalgamation sculpture" off ;D
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Or is it just a trained lion wearing a force-ventilated gas mask?
OTOH I can well imagine the CIA in its heyday giving the poor creature a water-ski, strapping a backpack bomb on it and launching it from a submarine to assassinate some hapless African communist.
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One of my favourites so far ! Love the way an aero cockpit can become a face...interesting indeed !
:cheers:
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thanks all for your appreciation, and ...
That's delightful. I've said it before but I'll say it again
... and each time you say it it encourages me to make a dozen others, and then show them here ! :ph34r: :wacko:
so you asked for it : be ready for more to come, very soon!
Or is it just a trained lion wearing a force-ventilated gas mask?
One of my favourites so far ! Love the way an aero cockpit can become a face...interesting indeed !
it is indeed true that it makes it visible how an aircraft has a face in fact : it is one of the strange revelations of this kind of exercise. Some time ago I showed on this forum a few small sized busts to which I gave a cockpit face (B24, FW189, Be6)
like this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/buste-be6-s_zpsfb8a4938.jpg)
I think I am going to continue animal hybrids on this line ...
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Still on the animal/aircraft side, but actually nearly plain OOB (but in my favorite and usual colors) :
from Hasegawa, the Shuttle and 747 in egg-form !
(when I saw it coming out, I just couldn't resist)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/egg747-s_zpsdpl5rceh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240418s_zpsydxddgo0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240417s_zpsskvhaacz.jpg)
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That is pretty neat indeed ! Love the shape of both of them.
:cheers:
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Oh yes Ericr, that's tremendous! :thumbsup:
I'm just amazed no-one's thought of that combo before, it'd even look good in a real world scale colour scheme.
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Oh yes Ericr, that's tremendous! :thumbsup:
I'm just amazed no-one's thought of that combo before, it'd even look good in a real world scale colour scheme.
The Hasegawa box does offre decals for "realistic" livery
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Oh yes Ericr, that's tremendous! :thumbsup:
I'm just amazed no-one's thought of that combo before, it'd even look good in a real world scale colour scheme.
The Hasegawa box does offre decals for "realistic" livery
Ooooooh! :thumbsup:
I've just re-read what you write in the intro and it looks like the WHOLE thing is a Hasegawa Egg Plane kit, I thought you'd added the Shuttle onto an Egg 747. I've never seen a kit of that in a model shop anywhere, I'll have to keep an eye out.
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Oh yes Ericr, that's tremendous! :thumbsup:
I'm just amazed no-one's thought of that combo before, it'd even look good in a real world scale colour scheme.
The Hasegawa box does offre decals for "realistic" livery
Ooooooh! :thumbsup:
I've just re-read what you write in the intro and it looks like the WHOLE thing is a Hasegawa Egg Plane kit, I thought you'd added the Shuttle onto an Egg 747. I've never seen a kit of that in a model shop anywhere, I'll have to keep an eye out.
yes indeed it does exist, possibly at your favorite dealer's e.g.,
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HA60507 (http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HA60507)
my modest whiffing is essentially the livery :rolleyes: (in several colors, polychromy, mind you ;D)
most of the whiffing is done by Hasegawa themselves, with a wolnderful japanese "kawai" approach ;)
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Being Hasegawa, the price is outrageous of course, but...........
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Being Hasegawa, the price is outrageous of course, but...........
Yikes, you guys really do get screwed over on Hasegawa.
1,980 yen about $16.62/£11.15 at http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10289554
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Being Hasegawa, the price is outrageous of course, but...........
Yikes, you guys really do get screwed over on Hasegawa.
1,980 yen about $16.62/£11.15 at http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10289554
We certainly do.
Corporate Greed Rules UK, and that includes the UK Customs and Post Office. :banghead: :banghead:
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speaking about Shuttles ... here is an hybridization of a 1/144 Shuttle and booster with a Revell 1/16 VW Beetle :
the sizes fit nicely, a trick was in keeping the doors openable ...
cheers,
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vw16-s_zps1xrxij9n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130387s_zpsbofr9s5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130392s_zpspb6ljnob.jpg)
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The VW Shuttle looks great :thumbsup: :cheers:
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Gives new meaning to the term 'rear engined'............ :o :thumbsup: :bow:
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Gives new meaning to the term 'rear engined'............ :o :thumbsup: :bow:
;D
If I did it again (or if anyone else wanted to have a try, e.g. with a Pan Am livery like in 2001 Space Oddissey),
I would try to have the rear engines a bit more horizontal
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Sweet. I think it looks fast ! I can just see it landing and the first astronaut getting out, folding down the seats to let the guys in the back out. Maybe they are aliens :thumbsup:
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Top Gear did something similar with a (1:1) Reliant Robin a few years back:
(http://cdn.instructables.com/FW6/CKBV/FMMD5LCZ/FW6CKBVFMMD5LCZ.LARGE.jpg)
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Top Gear did something similar with a (1:1) Reliant Robin a few years back:
I think I saw a picture of this : the flames are impressive, I hope the lift-off went fine ...
I also tried a 2cv Citroen in the past :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)
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Top Gear did something similar with a (1:1) Reliant Robin a few years back:
I think I saw a picture of this : the flames are impressive, I hope the lift-off went fine ...
The lift off was fine, landing not so much. It didn't separate from the main tank/booster and flew like a brick into the ground.
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Top Gear did something similar with a (1:1) Reliant Robin a few years back:
(http://cdn.instructables.com/FW6/CKBV/FMMD5LCZ/FW6CKBVFMMD5LCZ.LARGE.jpg)
hear is the vidio of the idea and the "flight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM#t=458
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and for something completely different :
in the series of bottle with wings, I stumbled upon this estonian beer, and its stunningly angulous bottle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3240412s_zpsunweozun.jpg)
and I found out that its length was quite the same as an 1/48 Ar234 I had (a sales at cheap price), and the fit was not bad : the rest of the Ar234 is used for another project, animal-wise, you will see it soon ... :wacko:
Also, in previous experiments with bottles, I received reactions about the propulsive potential of foam, although the bottle was turned forwards, so this time I am trying it out the other way around :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar234-s_zpsdxio7kav.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010438s_zpsi2exrlzr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4010441s_zpspbdkkayd.jpg)
cheers :cheers:
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and here comes the other half of the Arado Ar234 : it is the night version, with radar antenna.
And then I stumbled upon a plastic shell looking a bit like that of a snail
(a container for a puzzle figurine of a balloon fish ... this is bound to become something too, but what? :unsure: :wacko:)
So the building challenge was in scale-matching, kind of ... :rolleyes:
and here is the crossing :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille-s_zpsfyrxxlqd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040003s_zpskqjakume.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4040008s_zps5lorqd8w.jpg)
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That is so wonderfully disturbing. :bow:
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Top Gear did something similar with a (1:1) Reliant Robin a few years back:
(http://cdn.instructables.com/FW6/CKBV/FMMD5LCZ/FW6CKBVFMMD5LCZ.LARGE.jpg)
hear is the vidio of the idea and the "flight"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdrlWR-yFM#t=458
At least our Hobbes got it right, it's a RELIANT ROBIN, NOT a Robin Reliant!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Who started that reversed name stupidity anyway?
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That is so wonderfully disturbing. :bow:
well, whiffing is about disturbing things a tiny bit ;D
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remember this ?
I stumbled upon these :
(I didn't remember to have seen them anywhere)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQwWDEwNzg=/z/JX8AAOxy0NtTFlhJ/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
what a nice Whiffing material !
I don't know yet what I will do with them, but I'll keep you posted ...
I thought I would try out aircraft, but in the end inspiration was much more down to earth
(yes yes, I am down to earth indeed)
I hesitated a bit, but finally chose for this, though it was not cheap, but it has the good looks
(and, with scaling, exactly the right size too, which is part of the very subtle work here ;D) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3180436s_zpsxrxgkshg.jpg)
and so here is the hybridization, one way, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bulldozer-s_zpsvif5rzlz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080029s_zpsexry0dpp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4080034s_zpslqazge1o.jpg)
the other way will be posted soon, in red this time
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Cool :thumbsup:
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You want to patent some of these ideas before one of the Animation studios gets hold of them and I'm only half joking !
Wonderfully creative mind
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thanks!
maybe I could think of a patent, but the publication on this forum is a proofof anteriority in any case ;)
Actually, as i sometimes say, if anyone out there with more skills than me was inspired by my ideas, to build them with more elaborate quality, liveries etc, I would be pleased.
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thanks!
maybe I could think of a patent, but the publication on this forum is a proofof anteriority in any case ;)
Actually, as i sometimes say, if anyone out there with more skills than me was inspired by my ideas, to build them with more elaborate quality, liveries etc, I would be pleased.
I will try some things inspired by your creations sometime when I find objects to use. :thumbsup:
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thanks!
maybe I could think of a patent, but the publication on this forum is a proofof anteriority in any case ;)
Actually, as i sometimes say, if anyone out there with more skills than me was inspired by my ideas, to build them with more elaborate quality, liveries etc, I would be pleased.
I will try some things inspired by your creations sometime when I find objects to use. :thumbsup:
just look around you, it only takes a well-oriented look to find the objects ;-)
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now the other way around, also a bit creepy, necessarily :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes-s_zpshp2n32ti.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050017s_zpsgqaf5kr8.jpg)
the head lights give a sympathetic look, though, not?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4050013s_zpswh1byg5u.jpg)
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Awesome :thumbsup:
thanks!
maybe I could think of a patent, but the publication on this forum is a proofof anteriority in any case ;)
Actually, as i sometimes say, if anyone out there with more skills than me was inspired by my ideas, to build them with more elaborate quality, liveries etc, I would be pleased.
I will try some things inspired by your creations sometime when I find objects to use. :thumbsup:
just look around you, it only takes a well-oriented look to find the objects ;-)
Living very basic right now so there is not much laying around to use, when living in a more permanent location said objects will not be a problem. There is a second hand shop here that sell large mixed bags of toys for a few dollars so I will get a few of those next time I go in and see what I can do from that for now. :cheers:
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Gorgeous! I so hope JCB's chief designer is watching! :mellow:
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Awesome :thumbsup:
just look around you, it only takes a well-oriented look to find the objects ;-)
Living very basic right now so there is not much laying around to use, when living in a more permanent location said objects will not be a problem. There is a second hand shop here that sell large mixed bags of toys for a few dollars so I will get a few of those next time I go in and see what I can do from that for now. :cheers:
thanks!
toy shops are a source of inspiration indeed, and even if I sometimes buy on the internet, it can be useful to see what you get, especially the sizes (width, height, diameters ...) to get things right when mixing with other kits ...
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thanks again for your reactions!
Now that I begin to have quite some training in that sort of "kitbashing insight" :rolleyes:, the next thing will concern the ant kit which goes with these insects, and given its shape and size, I have long thought about it, and just recently bought what i think is a good match, in length (for width, it will require a bit pof imagination ...) : an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A : wait and see ... ... ...
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but before animalizing again, and to come back to aircraft, just a little adaptation of PM 1/72 F-5A kit (I found a few dozens very cheap some time ago) with the suction cup tips from arrows :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3flechesF5-s_zpsacfrjgvj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150062s_zpss4amz3xv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4150063s_zps8piel3vr.jpg)
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F-16s would have worked better as a Lawn Dart ;D
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Brilliant.
Have you tried throwing them at a window or mirror to see if they stick?
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F-16s would have worked better as a Lawn Dart ;D
f104 all the way :lol:
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Brilliant.
Have you tried throwing them at a window or mirror to see if they stick?
well, I kind of have, but precautiously, and the suction cups do not work very well, I have to admit :
next time maybe I should try to find better quality suction cups :
Whiffing sometimes brings quite technical issues that the "normal" modellers don't even think of : hence the greater merit we have ;D
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F-16s would have worked better as a Lawn Dart ;D
f104 all the way :lol:
right indeed, you are very welcome to make the exercise with these : I would say that the rule of thumb is that the length between nose and wings should be large ; delta aircraft should be doing well too (Daggers, Mirages, ... maybe even Hustler?)
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And obviously Delta Darts. ;D
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And obviously Delta Darts. ;D
ROTFL :lol:
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And obviously Delta Darts. ;D
ROTFL :lol:
o so obviously :thumbsup:
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you might remember this tribute to two of the great american contributions to the world culture :
I don't think I share this one with you, a bit older :
a 1/144 Space Shuttle crossed with a bottle form a well-known sweet soda brand :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttlecoca-s_zps7e99afa1.jpg)
and I thought it deserved to be appropriately boosted, so after some thinking and considering different possibilities, i finally opted for a bottle of Rivella (a delicious swiss lemonade, hard to find anywhere out of Switzerland and a bit of Germany) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190091s_zps2jmycu1f.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4190092s_zpswtsbu6vt.jpg)
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I finally got around to build something like a Tophe idea! :o
There was a discussion about a P-38 with sharkmouths, with a mention of cerberus three-headed dog :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20326.msg677250.html#msg677250 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20326.msg677250.html#msg677250)
and I found a cerberus figurine which seemed fine for such a treat :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4030448s_zps3cattt74.jpg)
and I used a HobbyBoss P-38, cheap but surprisingly clean, and funnily designed with two half-airframe, upper and lower ...
and here is the hybrid (in yellow ;D):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250122s_zpshhr4mye9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P4250121s_zpsky9eywc8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
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Awesome!
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:wub: The best dogfighter ever! :thumbsup: :bow:
Congratulations...
Well, uh... I hope this monster is on our side, threatening our enemy, not on the other side :-\ :blink: ;)
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Awesome!
Very! :thumbsup: :bow:
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Heh heh heh, Lockheed P-38 Fluffy. Personal aircraft of Squadron Leader Hagrid at RAF Hogwarts...
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:wub: The best dogfighter ever! :thumbsup: :bow:
Very much so ;D
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thanks all!
Heh heh heh, Lockheed P-38 Fluffy. Personal aircraft of Squadron Leader Hagrid at RAF Hogwarts...
right indeed!
apparently there exists a figurine of this particular one :
(http://images.eveiletjeux.net/Photo/IMG_FICHE_PRODUIT/Image/500x500/1/127620.jpg)
so there are possibilities for variations on the theme!
another possibility which came up in Tophe's thread is to consider cats ...
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Heh heh heh, Lockheed P-38 Fluffy. Personal aircraft of Squadron Leader Hagrid at RAF Hogwarts...
Or possibly of Charon the ferry pilot.
Oh, no, silly me. That would be a floatplane capable of landing on the River Styx. :wacko:
Seriously, I love this one, it has such rich resonances.
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...a floatplane capable of landing on the River Styx...
3 headed Catalina?
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...a floatplane capable of landing on the River Styx...
3 headed Catalina?
ouf !? :o
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...a floatplane capable of landing on the River Styx...
3 headed Catalina?
ouf !? :o
Reading "ouf!" (phew!, in our French language) in reverse makes "fou" (crazy, in our French language) and this provides the missing link: ;) ;D
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Triple-Catalina.JPG)
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A different triple-Catalina version:
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Triple-Catalina2.JPG)
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...a floatplane capable of landing on the River Styx...
3 headed Catalina?
ouf !? :o
Reading "ouf!" (phew!, in our French language) in reverse makes "fou" (crazy, in our French language) and this provides the missing link: ;) ;D
;D
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A different triple-Catalina version:
wah!
:thumbsup:
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I like the first one best.
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I was pointed to this recently : a nice bash indeed, on the topic of insect/car hybrids, in the pat of this thread there are several ones
https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageWagen/photos/pb.405283566157313.-2207520000.1431343751./1014324385253225/?type=3&theater)
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11143342_1014324385253225_2477627488530373311_n.jpg?oh=525e608c411c41b234858497744c1d2a&oe=55DA8E03)
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Oh, I had not looked at insects without enough attention (I thought they were animals...).
When there is no more petroleum (in 2079?), maybe no insect will fly anymore, ever... :-\ ;D
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Oh, I had not looked at insects without enough attention (I thought they were animals...).
When there is no more petroleum (in 2079?), maybe no insect will fly anymore, ever... :-\ ;D
on the topic of bugs and cars, I still have a kit for an ant, and I recently acquired an Airfix Triumph TR4A ... wait and see
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back to bottles, as the weather increases thirst ...
I had this kind of bottle of Grolsch
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg/397px-Grolsch_premium_lager_bottle_unopened.jpg)
for which I thought about an appropriate triplane :
(http://shop.revelstonemodels.com/ekmps/shops/revelstonemode/images/revell-1-28-scale-fokker-dr.i-triplane-04744--611-p%5Bekm%5D370x251%5Bekm%5D.jpg)
and here is the (yellow) baron of beer bottles :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/grolsch-s_zps6czoffvm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240142s_zps0zrin6s3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P5240145s_zpsvziwzvcd.jpg)
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The Flying Grolschman ! Nice one, to put it bluntly :thumbsup:
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The Flying Grolschman !
excellent nickname ! :drink: :cheers:
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I can see that "flying" above the bar in a certain bar in Prague.....The Wings Club :cheers:
Unfortunately I think the place may now be closed ?
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:thumbsup: :cheers:
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I can see that "flying" above the bar in a certain bar in Prague.....The Wings Club :cheers:
Unfortunately I think the place may now be closed ?
You could even fit a small motor and a prop, and make it circle on a leash...
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;D
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I am currently busy with another project involving the tail fin remaining of a Berviev Be-6 from my previous things : something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito ... wait and see
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/IMG_1982s_zpskjnlcyet.jpg)
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something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito
A 1/32 Mosquito would be less than 0.3mm long, must have good eyesight to use any parts off of it ;D
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Cool. Looks like a whale tail :thumbsup:
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something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito
A 1/32 Mosquito would be less than 0.3mm long, must have good eyesight to use any parts off of it ;D
you are slightly overrating my modelling skills ;D
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Cool. Looks like a whale tail :thumbsup:
hehe :wacko:
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the mystery of the Be-6 tail fins will have to last a bit more, because of paint layers issues ...
but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vin-s_zpsxcy8ccai.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140183s_zpsu0mvznyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140184s_zps3w593nyc.jpg)
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but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)
this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented ;D
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I love it, I swear I do! :wub:
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so here is the first half of the story between the 1/32 Mosquito and the whale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine-s_zpskeoju69n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210205s_zpswgqqtlk1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210206s_zpsglgipwjl.jpg)
this build had a few surprising difficulties : for example, we are all used to putting weights to avoid tail-sitting aircraft : here I had to put weights (two fo 50 grs each!) in the tail to avoid jaw-sitting !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1987s_zpsdcksen2k.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1988s_zpsuvn6qlmg.jpg)
that's what happes when you do whiffing : problems also turn upside down ... :D
speaking of which, I also realised, just after gluing the ead of the whale to the fuselage of the Mosquito, that I had turned in around ... but then it appeared to be the better way, because the door and structure are more visible on the back.
ah, and the wings come from a 1/72 F100 Supersabre by PM Models (I might have added the inflight refueling pipe? ;))
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:wub: Great! and seeing the final pictures, I thought this was a true animal-machine, with no thought of the hardwork put in it by its Creator...
Congratulations Lord ericr... :bow:
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Good one Eric. I prefer your animal/machine hybrids to your bottles to be honest.
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thanks Tophe!
and ...
Good one Eric.
thanks zenrat : I appreciate your appreciation, as I am often impressed by your inspiration and skills .
I prefer your animal/machine hybrids to your bottles to be honest.
ok, fair enough, I also have variable sensitivity w.r.t. what I see on the forum.
There will be a few more bottles though, as the thread still tickles me.
But just wait and see what I am doing with the spare parts from this whale and Mosquito ... :wacko:
and my stash recently grew with dolphins, a swan and a duck, another whale, horses ...
(maybe I should or could post that info on the "stash grew again" thread, it might stir a bit of surprise ;D)
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the reciprocal Mosquito and whale is busy drying (sometimes the paints react unusually with the different plastics) so in the meantime here is something completely different :
I crossed this Somua S-35 french tank with an elephant :I cautiously chose the Somua S-35 because its turret is much more to the front than is the case for most tanks, and it seemed appropriate here.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/somuaS35-s_zpssw2c4ewq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180191s_zpszqxp4g60.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6180192s_zpsc8nkxc32.jpg)
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Jumbo Somua!
Very good.
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Nice work on both of the latest. Love the tanks especially and the fuselage body of the whale is neat as well.
:cheers:
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That's just surreal :bow:
Can you imagine that coming over the field at you ? You wouldn't go back to that pub again, that's for sure :drink: ;D
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There will be a few more bottles though, as the thread still tickles me.
and my stash recently grew with dolphins, a swan and a duck, another whale, horses ...
The next bottle-planes will be welcome for me (and probably several of us). As far as I am concerned, this is not for celebrating to get drunk, but an absurd mix that I love. (And I saw on TV an old veteran soldier saying himself "me, a hero? not at all because we were completly drunk when sent to kill or be killed, otherwise we would have refused...". This bottle-warbirds make me think of that pacifist thinking and I clap my hands - even if this is not the meaning on your own side, dear ericr).
And horses... do you mean... Mustangs?!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thank you all ;)
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to go back to aircraft hybrids, while the whale gently dries :
an Arado 196 with a small bottle of Duvel (my very favorite beer) :
as you can see the bottom (or front, in the case of this potential aircraft) says "small is beautiful" ;D
and I gave it spats, for a nice 30s look
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvelmini-s_zpstnuyy2s6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280273s_zpssjv1oaba.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6280276s_zpsp5m85pqq.jpg)
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Far more beautiful than aerodynamic! :thumbsup: (all the radial-engined airplane are like that, with propeller or not) :lol:
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Far more beautiful than aerodynamic! :thumbsup: (all the radial-engined airplane are like that, with propeller or not) :lol:
thanks Tophe!
and, by the way, while you are there :
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG)
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010286s_zpsovceoikl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010288s_zpssmjxc6am.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg)
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
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Eric, that is just wonderful. My new favourite.
How about if you cut the notebook into the shape of insect or birds wings?
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Eric, that is just wonderful. My new favourite.
How about if you cut the notebook into the shape of insect or birds wings?
thanks zenrat !
the notebooks could indeed be cut in any shape : in this inspiration, sky is the limit ;D
I did in the past cut insect wings in see-through paper (how do you call that actually?) as below (haven't found the opportunity to add the whiskers you once mentioned) but not yet in these note books ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P1070096s_zpsbde4f0ce.jpg)
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See through (or opaque) paper could be tracing paper or greaseproof paper depending on what it was made for.
Having had time to think about it what makes the Arado so good is the contrast between the hard blue aircraft parts and the slightly fanned out delicate white pages.
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See through (or opaque) paper could be tracing paper or greaseproof paper depending on what it was made for.
Having had time to think about it what makes the Arado so good is the contrast between the hard blue aircraft parts and the slightly fanned out delicate white pages.
yes I meant tracing paper
the fanned out pages make me think of this image I found : an interesting possibility,
but aircraft are not supposed to flap their wings (or not for long anyway)
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z60/palacepuppy/PalacePuppyStuff3/BookOwl.jpg)
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Planes may not flap their wings for long but Ornithopters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter)do.
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Planes may not flap their wings for long but Ornithopters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter)do.
aha!
this opens up a new possible thread : ornithopterization of classic planes (Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mustangs(Tophe!!!) e.a.)
but then compared to this Ar196, the book edge should longitudinal against the fuselage, rather than lateral
many things to do (or to be added to the to-do-possibly list) :wacko:
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Eric, that is just wonderful. My new favourite.
I agree! Plainly wonderful! Say these are Bible pages and you get automatically a ticket for Heaven! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bow: :bow: :lol: ;D
(Ahem, uh, when I said "a ticket for Heaven", I don't mean "now", please don't die right now, we need you so much! for enjoyment at least... ;) )
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Planes may not flap their wings for long but Ornithopters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter)do.
Yes, and the Mustang ornithopter was a good example, thanks! (see what I made from this at http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.1275.html ). Thanks again!
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Planes may not flap their wings for long but Ornithopters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter)do.
Yes, and the Mustang ornithopter was a good example, thanks! (see what I made from this at http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.1275.html ). Thanks again!
I love ! :wub: If it was need, proof is made that technology and poetry are not paradoxical ! :cheers:
@+++
Tonton
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thanks ! I do think there is some poetry indeed in these chimeras ...
and now for something quite different :
the long promised mosquito and whale (with a Briev Be-6 tail) :
I particularly liked the glass nose (droop-like)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mosquito-s_zpspfgwdnot.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010294s_zpsevse9ne1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010295s_zps3ymazm22.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010298s_zpspybj6r5a.jpg)
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These whale hybrids remind me of the old SF story, "The Godwhale" by T.J. Bass: it was half whale, half cyber ship - it had a huge deck you could stomp up and down on.
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Lovely! If I were a male whale, I would ask her for marriage! :wub:
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That's great Eric. She makes me think of the Pines of Rome section of Fantasia 2000 where the Wales fly.
(http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/1200*711/Fantasia2000whales.JPG)
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thanks all ;D
whales are inspiring indeed ...
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Wow that certainly has a lot of personality ! Nice one, one of my favourites so far !
:cheers:
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thanks again!
to give an idea of the challenges encountered : the shapes of sections were quite different, so I added a cheek in transparent cellophane/plastic, which I then smoothed with mastic/putty (same for the other Mosquito and whale, but in the other direction)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_1983s_zps0brzuxx7.jpg)
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and now for something completely different
(I have quite a few things in stock in the pipeline actually)
the crossing of an elephant
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140159s_zpsmkyraa1f.jpg)
and an excavator
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6140164s_zpsiy2em2fm.jpg)
is quite naturally as follows
(with a pair of 1/18 tools) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant2-s_zps1o5glmuz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210211s_zpsl3ysutuk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210213s_zpsyuah5wu5.jpg)
and the other way around, the reciprocal is just as natural :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6210215s_zpsqivnsn6v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pelleteuse-s_zpsoohqmljf.jpg)
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Lovely!
The yellow one looks like some sort of dredger or sludge gulper.
I just wonder whether its tusks would look better curving down over the front of the tracks like mudguards?
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I'm pleased to see the elephant is CE approved......... ;D
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I'm pleased to see the elephant is CE approved......... ;D
I guess it means that when I cut it up to do my kitbashing I do not get poisoned too much ;D
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I like the trunked digger but I must admit I find the bucket nosed elephant slightly disturbing. Possibly because it's too close to what someone might think is a good idea IRL.
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I like the trunked digger but I must admit I find the bucket nosed elephant slightly disturbing. Possibly because it's too close to what someone might think is a good idea IRL.
not whiff enough ? :unsure:
but it remains hard to put into practice IRL, in that for anyway ;D
It looks quite natural indeed, which makes the chimera a bit stronger to my taste.
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No no, it's whiff level is satisfactory. I think it's just that it's a bit too close to what some people might try to do to a living elephant. Look at dolphins and seals trained to carry mines for example.
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ah you means like a lawn watering elephant would not be too surprising ...
I have another elephant coming, we'll see how you find it ;D
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cochon-s_zpsx61yyc4x.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00009s_zpsgd8l1jzl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg)
(wings and tail from a Sopwith Triplane)
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If only it was a Fokker, then it would be the Red Bacon....I thank you!
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This pic...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg)
...is excellent.
Babe 3: Pigs on the Wing
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thanks!
that picture, with its slight blur on the groin, has its refreshingly naive charm indeed ;D
Oh, and I forgot : I baptise it Porco Rosso, obviously
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and I do have a Fokker Dr.1 I used for something else ... wait and see
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Wonderfull, they really do make me smile ;D
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thanks all for your appreciation!
and now for something with no aircraft part, but another sort of chimera :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephant-s_zpsy0kpmnrp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00017s_zpsko9rchvv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00018s_zps5k421uft.jpg)
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by the way, note that ears are notebooks, the same kind as the wings of the Ar196 earlier in this thread
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Love the triplane pig :thumbsup:
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Now that's an elephant I like.
Good job.
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Elephantscavator.
Love it !
The flying pig is pretty funny as well.
:cheers:
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thanks all! I am about to open a farm, or a zoo ... ;D
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I got an idea for something you could make: UFO's in the shape of pancakes or waffles. ;D
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I try not to use food, because of conservation concerns ;
but I am up to something involving a banana : I had to look for a plastic one ...
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triplane wings somehow fit well on a steam locomotive of the appropriate diameter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/loco-s_zpsxb08sfoj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00035s_zpst4krmwhy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00037s_zps85bysr1g.jpg)
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Uhh... but what is the triplane fuselage to be mated to? A dozen railway carriages? ;)
P.S. If the propeller were mounted on the nose of your loco, it would look really steampunk convincing. :smiley:
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Uhh... but what is the triplane fuselage to be mated to? A dozen railway carriages? ;)
P.S. If the propeller were mounted on the nose of your loco, it would look really steampunk convincing. :smiley:
the fuselage will reappear soon :wacko:
thanks for the idea about the propeller : it would have made sense indeed in the global shape ;
but the steam engine is not working around that axe ...
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but the steam engine is not working around that axe ...
Well, if you are going to argue the mechanical niceties ... :o
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but the steam engine is not working around that axe ...
Well, if you are going to argue the mechanical niceties ... :o
oops no I won't, we're in whifff of course ;D
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I like that one eric. Reminds me of the car/plane in wacky races.
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Geniusly crazy :wub:
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thanks ;D ;D
and now for a musical intermede :
I recently travelled to Andalusia, and found this cute little souvenir :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5040456s_zpsce5z4v6l.jpg)
which reminded me instantly of this magnificent image, from a record cover :
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
and then a bit later my stash welcomed a cheap bi-motor of adequate size :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6250261s_zpsfibtzfxh.jpg)
and here is the result
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsugc79srl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00042s_zpsguh20ajp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00044s_zpstyufhnjz.jpg)
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The guitar plane looks cool, I really like the train/triplane combo tho, needs a face to become Thomas the triplane ;D :thumbsup:
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thanks!
anf for those who wondered what I did wth the rest of the two triplanes, here comes the solution to the mystery, which begins with the fact that in a recent travel i bought a last souvenir at the airport, with my remaining local currency :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P6040469s_zps9scd8ykr.jpg)
with the purposeful intention of exploring further the snail shell effect :
the third one in yellow, is a Saaski (of which the wings will find a destnity, undoubtdedly) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquillages-s_zpsoppnlxxl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00088s_zps1gzevans.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00090s_zpsl9ypzml4.jpg)
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triplane wings somehow fit well on a steam locomotive of the appropriate diameter :
How'd I miss this? Lovely! If you did it in green it would really be the Flying Scotsman ....
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Lovely builds, both the guitar plane and the shells ...
which reminded me instantly of this magnificent image, from a record cover :
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
And there I was thinking I was the only one who had that album !!!
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsugc79srl.jpg)
All right, somebody has to say it:
AIR GUITAR!
(groan!)
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triplane wings somehow fit well on a steam locomotive of the appropriate diameter :
How'd I miss this? Lovely! If you did it in green it would really be the Flying Scotsman ....
thanks!
as I sometimes say, if someone feels inspired to make similar whiffs wih more skills or different colours ;) or backup stories, please do, I would be delighted
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And there I was thinking I was the only one who had that album !!!
to be frank, I was attracted first by the cover illustration :wacko: but the music does rock
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All right, somebody has to say it:
AIR GUITAR!
(groan!)
;D
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with the purposeful intention of exploring further the snail shell effect :
the third one in yellow, is a Saaski (of which the wings will find a destnity, undoubtdedly) :
Yes, those shell airplanes are very safe, retracting home when there is danger, but what about retraction of the "propeller blades" inside? a folding bio-mechanism? Mother Nature is so inventive!
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following on an earlier Norseman and lion :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg678392.html#msg678392 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg678392.html#msg678392)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P3130370s_zpskmsutbyu.jpg)
there was a suggestion about a polar bear being fit for this, which I was happy to follow and adopt !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ours-s_zpsjgg2gedm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00096s_zpsl1qynejj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00098s_zpsug8sqpm6.jpg)
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:wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
Dear ericr,
I want to visit the planet you come from... it is impossible that the ticket would be free, but is a mental health certicate required?
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Love it ! The polar bear is perfect ! The train is cool, and the guitar is really neat too.
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thanks!
the planet is free entry, only a bit of curiosity about potentials is useful ;D
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Hmmmmm, it's a radial engine with a bear behind...
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Hmmmmm, it's a radial engine with a bear behind...
do you mean like : "put a tiger in your engine" ?
another idea for a hybrid whif ...
but well, I have a donkey propulsion project coming soon ...
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but well, I have a donkey propulsion project coming soon ...
here it comes!
inspired by Kuczynski :
(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-hkZK5J5/5/M/SYRIA2005.06-M.jpg)
this donkey powered airplane : I had to find a civil twin-engine, and the Rochelle 1/100 kit by Zvevda had the right size for the donkeys :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rochelle-s_zpsyybhblka.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00130s_zpsgpb9xsop.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00131s_zps1uonn7jb.jpg)
okay, I didn't do the carrots, which are the real source of power, but the idea is there I guess
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every time I think you cant come up with something better.... you do!!
you make me smile every time Bravo sir!! Bravo
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That is funny :wub: Reminds me of this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgdFSL2A02U
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Are we there yet?
;D
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thanks all !
and, hopefully, we're not there yet w.r.t. imagination :wacko:
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Lovely! What are you going to put with the galloping horses variant? That sleek little V-tailer is hard to beat.
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the last kit in the Heller insects series
(http://shop.kuschel-muschel.de/WebRoot/Store26/Shops/04dbb202-4f32-45ab-b8fe-7d9668cc4277/5436/CD53/89AC/922B/03BC/0A48/3574/5040/539197132927_ml.png)
shown earlier, like for example there :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg680360.html#msg680360 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg680360.html#msg680360)
is the ant, and I crossed it with an Airfix 1/32 Triumph TR4A, here one way (the other way will come soon) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tr4a-s_zpsvfj418z2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00173s_zpsmzrqxcvk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00178s_zpsm41wx72g.jpg)
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this donkey powered airplane
I like your insect car while I LOVE your donkey aircraft. Scale 1 you may have sold 5,000 copies to American cowboy horsemen ;)
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Love it. Looks good with the hood open as well !
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Not normally interested in cars at all (real or model, my opinion for a long time is "they are a good way to get to a airport") but the Antmobile looks too good not to comment on, and it looks like it would be a good transport for getting to bush strips. ;D
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thanks!
and now, hop !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fourmi-s_zpszfe6gb11.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00220s_zpsknfpytoy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00224s_zps8wsrqvhb.jpg)
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Now I can see a lot of small children having a lot of fun with that one :thumbsup:
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thanks!
and now let's go further into avionirics (a wordbash between avionics and oniric : why not calling it this?)
again inspired by Pavel KUCZYNSKI :
(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg (http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
this transformation of a B-727 :
(front part of the 1/125 heller kit, the wings of which are used there : http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg677759.html#msg677759 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg677759.html#msg677759))
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-125-s_zpsjpuklxlz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00135s_zpsdjzakbyz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00138s_zpsjeehnkj3.jpg)
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So that's where baby airplanes come from!!!
Love it!
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Mother Nature is really amazing! :thumbsup:
But say... is this the very first aircraft-fruit ever?? Or... well, I have read that God's Eden garden was full of fruits but were 727 of them: little airliners? :blink: ;)
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no one else has done it so
very a-peeling!!
top job as ever
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thanks !!!
very a-peeling!!
;D ;D ;D
part of the job was to find a usable "model" of a banana : that one is in expanded polystyrene :
I may buy a few more to test some other ideas ... :wacko:
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thanks!
and now let's go further into avionirics (a wordbash between avionics and oniric : why not calling it this?)
again inspired by Pavel KUCZYNSKI :
(http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg (http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
I wonder why the image doesn't always show when I use the "img" environment?
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http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg (http://www.bestcartoons.net/Cartoonists/Pavel-KUCZYNSKI-Poland/i-f2qd7TV/4/L/Pawel%20KUCZYNSKI%20Poland%2058-L.jpg)
I wonder why the image doesn't always show when I use the "img" environment?
ah now it does :banghead:
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That banana is too funny ! Great idea and nicely done.
:cheers:
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thanxalot! ;D
I have other ideas about bananas, I might buy a few other ones ... wait and see :wacko:
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I don't think I had the opportunity yet to introduce you to the
Twin Otter aerosled :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter-s_zpsmfiqaknx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00161s_zpsno3w3kt0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00162s_zps8dhlqwzo.jpg)
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Must admit I have a vision of an Aerosled with an elephant's head on the back end blowing through its trunk to propel it ;D
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Who knows how it looks inside...? ;D
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Who knows how it looks inside...? ;D
that is an excellent question indeed :wacko:
the title says "avionirics Re: hybrids aircraft/animals and others" so any hybridization fits my wits ;D
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
I sometimes have peaks of normality :wacko:
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Must admit I have a vision of an Aerosled with an elephant's head on the back end blowing through its trunk to propel it ;D
are you tempting me ? :blink:
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Oh I like that ! Looks great and certainly has potential as a RW build if you ask me. Twotters that land and have their wings and tails removed and then a pusher added to become a ground vehicle ? Oh yeah..... :wub:
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Oh I like that ! Looks great and certainly has potential as a RW build if you ask me. Twotters that land and have their wings and tails removed and then a pusher added to become a ground vehicle ? Oh yeah..... :wub:
thanks! your pseudo certainly makes you an expert in usability of this design in the Great North :thumbsup:
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Must admit I have a vision of an Aerosled with an elephant's head on the back end blowing through its trunk to propel it ;D
are you tempting me ? :blink:
Moi ? :rolleyes: ;D
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Given your propensity for mixing animals and aeroplanes, I was somewhat surprised (not to say relieved) that that's such a relatively sensible idea. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Must admit I have a vision of an Aerosled with an elephant's head on the back end blowing through its trunk to propel it ;D
are you tempting me ? :blink:
Moi ? :rolleyes: ;D
:wacko:
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in the same vein ...
(still no animal ;D although there is a Lynx)
a Westland Lynx based aerocar (it's the very old Frog Lynx)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lynx-s_zpsgawuzbfb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00085s_zpsd9ncvcvc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00082s_zps4owi7ixl.jpg)
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Nice ! And as a real vehicle that one could make even more sense than the Twotter....no removing wings, already has a shaft to drive the prop, and the naval version already has folding rotors. I like it !
:cheers:
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I like it !
Ahem, my feeling is very different: I LOVE it! :wub:
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How I would love to take that down to the beach and beat up on all those pretty little land yachts! :wacko:
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I like this new direction Eric but to me these seem a little sad and forlorn - as if they were missing their wings.
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thanks all
I like this new direction Eric but to me these seem a little sad and forlorn - as if they were missing their wings.
well, aero-sleds and -cars with wings would be ... aero-planes
and be assured that their wings (fixed or rotating) have anpther life of their own, somewhere ... ;D
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I think I didn't show this before : an experiment, quite basic building, but a
potentially rocket powered Seamew-based aerocar
(I have quite a few spare fuselages looking for usage ; and spats as well)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seamew-s_zpswv350dx2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050508s_zpsrappem7w.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P8050510s_zpsopbchyho.jpg)
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I like this new direction Eric but to me these seem a little sad and forlorn - as if they were missing their wings.
Could easily add a removable rogallo wing to them for a very large weightshift trike...
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These are Super Cool :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Feels like something You'd see in the Pages of The SHADOW comic Book or from an Issue of Blackhawks Comicbook! Keep up the Superb Work :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Dan
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These are Super Cool :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Feels like something You'd see in the Pages of The SHADOW comic Book or from an Issue of Blackhawks Comicbook! Keep up the Superb Work :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Dan
You are so right. The Seamew especially looks like it's straight out of the pages of The Trigan Empire.
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The Seamew is pretty funky ! Always loved that nose shape, and it looks great as a car...in red !
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Ahah, THAT kind of Seamew. :o
I thought it was going to be one of these.....
(http://img540.imageshack.us/img540/6162/gdY4qY.jpg)
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thanks all! I am particularly touched, because as I said, the building is a bit sketchy (but a draft of much potential ;D)
Kit, considering the other Seamew is certainly inspiring, esthetically :wacko: but I didn't have a kit at hand
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AFAIK there is only one kit of a Short Seamew and it's a Magna resin kit, not so easy to find these days.
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that Seamew can certainly lead to shocking Whiffs, given its provoking original look ;D
If I ever find a cheap one somewhere ...
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another relatie oldie, which I think I didn't post yet :
done with a shuttle fuselage with wheels probably from a 1/48 big plane (B-29?) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleroues-s_zpsxsx00kwm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080120s_zpsevoy00ks.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P9080121s_zpshctelroo.jpg)
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Golden cousins, one Air/Sea (Gloster VI) - the other Land (Segrave Napier), both powered by the Napier Lion W12 engine.
Note how the Land vehicle looks like an aircraft. ;D
(http://www.profil24-models.com/model-kits-modeles-reduits/modules/psblog/uploads/1394030123.jpg)
Profil24 kits in 1/24, I have the Segrave Napier Golden Arrow car model, very nice kit.
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Golden cousins, one Air/Sea (Gloster VI) - the other Land (Segrave Napier), both powered by the Napier Lion W12 engine.
Note how the Land vehicle looks like an aircraft. ;D
Profil24 kits in 1/24, I have the Segrave Napier Golden Arrow car model, very nice kit.
very beautiful indeed! I am especially sensitive to the seaplane ;D I didn't know that brand exists, it looks high quality stuff.
And the car is just stunning indeed!
My experiments are much more modest, skillwise, but if my ideas inspired a virtuoso I would be just happy.
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and now, back to animal hybrids :
a cow PZL7
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vache-j-s_zpsi2odkjod.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00966s_zpsxtypoous.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00968s_zps4yp4u0cq.jpg)
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That cow is hilarious. Gas powered as well.
The Golden Machines are gorgeous ! Love that cowling shape.
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That cow is hilarious. Gas powered as well.
;D ;D
So the Greeks had Pegasus, we have Daiseycus ?
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That cow is hilarious. Gas powered as well.
Oh, poor planet... Ecologists have yelled: "cows' farts gas are releasing more CO2 than all automobiles and aircraft together", this requires curation, not even more farts up to above the clouds, please... (for the Planet) ;)
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Golden cousins, one Air/Sea (Gloster VI) - the other Land (Segrave Napier), both powered by the Napier Lion W12 engine.
Note how the Land vehicle looks like an aircraft. ;D
(http://www.profil24-models.com/model-kits-modeles-reduits/modules/psblog/uploads/1394030123.jpg)
Profil24 kits in 1/24, I have the Segrave Napier Golden Arrow car model, very nice kit.
Those are gorgeous Jon.
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Not so much a whif or an animal, but if I made all the monetary decisions around here I might make a bad one with this :thumbsup:
http://duluth.craigslist.org/snw/5209917992.html
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Ahah, THAT kind of Seamew. :o
I thought it was going to be one of these.....
<Shorts Seamew>
LOL - I did exactly the same... :rolleyes:
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Not so much a whif or an animal, but if I made all the monetary decisions around here I might make a bad one with this :thumbsup:
http://duluth.craigslist.org/snw/5209917992.html
very lovely!
If you own land wide enough to go cruising around on the snow, then it can be a refreshing investment
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the yellow cow is not alone : her blue mate is grazing :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00969s_zpsqhpvbfgb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00975s_zpsvoctaqog.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00974s_zpsiewlevz7.jpg)
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What's next? A red bull with PZL wings? ;)
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What's next? A red bull with PZL wings? ;)
red? PZL wings? mmhhh ... wait and see :wacko:
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Haha they look great togather !
:cheers:
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who talked about a red PZL pegasus?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL11-s_zpsuptqeqsd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00991s_zpsua0skqyg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00992s_zpsrx5pngfm.jpg)
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(http://astecor.com.br/astecor/wp-includes/pomo/mobil-oil-pegasus-sign-762.jpg)
;D
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right, indeed !
I am not the only one fool enough to invent observe this kind of phenomena ! ;D
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Just need to add Mobil sponsor decals to this red trimmed beauty:
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/PZL11c_01.png)
;D
p.s. I actually did this version back in the '80s, the old Revell 1/72 kit with modified cowling and covered in cigarette packet foil.
Sadly, it is long gone. :-\
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Just need to add Mobil sponsor decals to this red trimmed beauty:
;D
p.s. I actually did this version back in the '80s, the old Revell 1/72 kit with modified cowling and covered in cigarette packet foil.
Sadly, it is long gone. :-\
this scheme might look good on a horse/Pegasus indeed ;D
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and he is not alone :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00999s_zpsfkpf2zwx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chevalPZL7-s_zpsho8ls2nc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00997s_zpselgr7ci6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00998s_zpsuucfqmti.jpg)
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I'd love to see those horses fly South when the winter is coming... like a PZL aerobatic team...
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They look great together ! Love the way the wings look....almost like they are ready to take off.
:cheers:
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A couple more like that - a Zebra and a Llama - and we'll know what PZL really stands for ;D
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Would they have orange foals?
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If they are true Pegasus-Zebra-Llama crosses, the foals could be yellow-and-red striped. And excellent pack animals for flying away on holiday.
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Imagine the mess on your car if you parked under a tree they were roosting in.
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Yes, trees would soon stop being planted too close to bus stops.
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A couple more like that - a Zebra and a Llama - and we'll know what PZL really stands for ;D
this is tempting ... but where do you find a llama figurine?
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A couple more like that - a Zebra and a Llama - and we'll know what PZL really stands for ;D
this is tempting ... but where do you find a llama figurine?
The British Museum of course
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/i/inca_gold_llama.aspx
Seriously, a quick google suggests that a resin-cast figure might be your best bet. Something like this perhaps at 4-5 ins. tall:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AF54-CON-Llama-Standard-Figurine-/271583618431?hash=item3f3ba5257f
BTW, in German a horse is ein Pferd, so you could drop the "Pegasus" bit and just go for Pferd-Zebra-Lama. Doesn't work in Polish though, which is a shame.
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A couple more like that - a Zebra and a Llama - and we'll know what PZL really stands for ;D
this is tempting ... but where do you find a llama figurine?
The British Museum of course
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/i/inca_gold_llama.aspx
obviously.
but, err, a bit out of my standard of linving
Seriously, a quick google suggests that a resin-cast figure might be your best bet. Something like this perhaps at 4-5 ins. tall:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AF54-CON-Llama-Standard-Figurine-/271583618431?hash=item3f3ba5257f
lovely!
but still a bit expensive, compraed to what I am used to.
Hey, but look here :
http://www.schleich-shop.eu/fr/animaux-de-la-ferme/371-schleich-13703-alpaga-male-lama-pacos-4005086137035.html (http://www.schleich-shop.eu/fr/animaux-de-la-ferme/371-schleich-13703-alpaga-male-lama-pacos-4005086137035.html)
that's more readily doable
BTW, in German a horse is ein Pferd, so you could drop the "Pegasus" bit and just go for Pferd-Zebra-Lama. Doesn't work in Polish though, which is a shame.
jawohl indeed ; I don't know polish though ...
regarding the zebra, for example this one :
http://www.schleich-shop.eu/fr/faune-afrique/165-schleich-14391-zebre-male-4005086143913.html?search_query=zebre&results=11 (http://www.schleich-shop.eu/fr/faune-afrique/165-schleich-14391-zebre-male-4005086143913.html?search_query=zebre&results=11)
I think this scheme, and possibly wings (from a 1/72 kit) could or even should be used :
(http://kenyacoastguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/D-ENTE-w400-h2511.jpg)
but then, this was your idea, so now we know where the (cheap) ingredients are, I will let you make it real ! :party:
;D
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You would have to wait at least five years, probably more. I have a long design-and-build programme for the historical novel I am working on. Amongst other things there are four different marks of Twinfire and a scratchbuilt fabric-winged machine. But this is going off-topic.
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You would have to wait at least five years, probably more. I have a long design-and-build programme for the historical novel I am working on. Amongst other things there are four different marks of Twinfire and a scratchbuilt fabric-winged machine. But this is going off-topic.
yes, the topic here is avionirics, let us not forget it.
But then, if your Twinfires e.a. involve aircraft and dreams it is relevant.
Ok, rendez-vous in five years then ; unless you try one or two of the small things as a recreation ;)
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yes, the topic here is avionirics, let us not forget it.
But then, if your Twinfires e.a. involve aircraft and dreams it is relevant.
Ok, rendez-vous in five years then ; unless you try one or two of the small things as a recreation ;)
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Two kinds of dream, even. dreams which merge into the visual reveries that all designers experience, and Dunne dreams which mix past, present and future. The J.W. Dunne who gave his name to such dreams also built the world's first certified stable aeroplane, so I hope you don't mind my mentioning him here.
In fact he was also an innovator and writer in the gentle art of fly-fishing. So a cross between a lure and a flying machine would not go amiss - an insect-aeroplane hybrid with a barbed hook curling beneath would be about right, perhaps a fish's tail for luck.
One reason my novel is so held up is because writing his biography has got in the way,
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Two kinds of dream, even. dreams which merge into the visual reveries that all designers experience, and Dunne dreams which mix past, present and future. The J.W. Dunne who gave his name to such dreams also built the world's first certified stable aeroplane, so I hope you don't mind my mentioning him here.
In fact he was also an innovator and writer in the gentle art of fly-fishing. So a cross between a lure and a flying machine would not go amiss - an insect-aeroplane hybrid with a barbed hook curling beneath would be about right, perhaps a fish's tail for luck.
One reason my novel is so held up is because writing his biography has got in the way,
ah yes Dunne aircraft have particulalry remarkable shapes, also flotplanes sometimes :
(http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/burgess_dunne_3_2vc_500.jpg)
and exploring hybrids involving fishing material is an interesting idea indeed ...
thanks for your contributions to the bubbling imagination! :thumbsup:
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This pic...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00013s_zpsk1uyj8bw.jpg)
...is excellent.
Babe 3: Pigs on the Wing
it's not just me seeing flying pigs around !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2303_zpsvo0xtzua.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01339_zpspd9ok8ut.jpg)
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aircraft are born from eggs :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2329_zpsjmqdwfeb.jpg)
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Weird! Just a question: when going out of their eggs, do the airplanes fly immediately or do they stay in the nest a few months like birds before trying...?
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Weird! Just a question: when going out of their eggs, do the airplanes fly immediately or do they stay in the nest a few months like birds before trying...?
your question is very legitimate : more scientific observations will be required to find answers, though.
Another astonishing crossing : a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2326_zpsq0jap90d.jpg)
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The Airbus Kinder eggs ? great idea. Wish they were around here !
:cheers:
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Another astonishing crossing : a building that tries to fly (propeller powered), and it seems to be a twin-boom! :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2326_zpsq0jap90d.jpg)
I guess for takeoff the propellers swivel up to act as lifting rotors for VTOL capability. In the photo they are pivoted down for servicing.
But the big question is - is this it, or is it just the tip of a giant spaceplane poking out of its underground launch silo?
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I guess for takeoff the propellers swivel up to act as lifting rotors for VTOL capability. In the photo they are pivoted down for servicing.
But the big question is - is this it, or is it just the tip of a giant spaceplane poking out of its underground launch silo?
yes indeed, it must be a tilt-rotor structure, like an Osprey : and by the way, here is a civil version, hence whiff !
(with a nice floatplane on the side, too)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_2328_zpsmq54bpwk.jpg)
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by the way, here is a civil version, hence whiff !
(with a nice floatplane on the side, too)
:)
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Looks like I'll need to hit up the toy store....who doesn't want bits to make a tilt-rotor in their lego stash !
:thumbsup:
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do you remeber this ?
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG)
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg)
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01805s_zpsk0uysie8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01807s_zpscbzp8eby.jpg)
next one might be a delta :)
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Or a Fokker Dr.I Trilogy?
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Or a Fokker Dr.I Trilogy?
argh, a triplane notebook aircraft! you are challenging me ! :o
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:thumbsup:
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:wub: (thanks again to make it Real)...
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Or a Fokker Dr.I Trilogy?
argh, a triplane notebook aircraft! you are challenging me ! :o
You are lucky I didn't suggest a Phillips Multiplane 21-volume encyclopaedia. ;D
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Or a Fokker Dr.I Trilogy?
argh, a triplane notebook aircraft! you are challenging me ! :o
You are lucky I didn't suggest a Phillips Multiplane 21-volume encyclopaedia. ;D
:o :o :o
that would be called "The Universalis" !
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:wub: (thanks again to make it Real)...
"real" in the sense of 3D, but stil not "realistic" luckily ;D
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"real" in the sense of 3D, but stil not "realistic" luckily ;D
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More realistic than you think. The Northrop XP-56 "Black Bullet" tailless fighter prototype had split elevons with a folded bellows arrangement sealing the gap in between. They split apart to provide differential drag for turning, in place of a conventional rudder, and were operated by the air blast coming in through a wingtip duct.
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More realistic than you think. The Northrop XP-56 "Black Bullet" tailless fighter prototype had split elevons with a folded bellows arrangement sealing the gap in between. They split apart to provide differential drag for turning, in place of a conventional rudder, and were operated by the air blast coming in through a wingtip duct.
astonishing! It feels a bit like I have reinvented something like the wheel!
which is matter to be proud of ;D
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IIRC the Horsa glider had its flaps/dive brakes operated by a similar system. They could only be used once as there was no way to get them back up again.
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and now for something completely different :
I always liked the shape of the 2cv, a bit like that of the Beetle, and thought about equipping it with the wing of a space shuttle ...
I had already tried a 1/43 one with 1/288 boosters, and a 1/16 Beetle with 1/144 Boosters
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg679216.html#msg679216 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg679216.html#msg679216)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P5070314s_zps5e4pligs.jpg)
and here comes the 1/24 2cv with 1/144 shuttle wings and tail, on top of the 747 SCA :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv-747-shuttle-s_zpsl3x7pbrp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01927s_zpso7lglgqn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01928s_zps2uahpl5p.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC01931s_zpsnzqudzoa.jpg)
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That is just flippin' awesome.
You've outdone yourself once again.
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thanks! I am particularly sensitive to your appreciation, given your inspiration and skills.
The 2cv is a red repainting of a die-cast, with opening hood and doors, so I had to adjust the wings so that doors could still open.
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so I had to adjust the wings so that doors could still open.
Thanks for your help so we can fully appreciate: there is a great amount of engineering in this compound aircraft! ;D ;)
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;D
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you may remember the P38 interpretation as a Cerberus I made earlier :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg682672.html#msg682672 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg682672.html#msg682672)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
Here is a kind of reverse experiment : a Cerberus with three PZL7 heads :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cerbere2-s_zpsxxeysjte.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02178s_zpsjgaq3pqb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02182s_zpsysxiyegh.jpg)
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Haw... I am so frightened by this Cerberus dog/wolf/plane that I will refuse going to its Hell... :-\ ;)
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Very cool ! Love the Lightning especially. The other one needs eyeballs or it will just make a mess of the hedges it's trimming lol
:thumbsup: :cheers:
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Haw... I am so frightened by this Cerberus dog/wolf/plane that I will refuse going to its Hell... :-\ ;)
Yo' cain't escape Hell. If you try, Cerberus will make mincemeat outta ya!
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Cyberus?
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actually, the cerberus is shown at rest :
normally there are three pilots seated in the cockpits, looking at what's happening ;D
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Saint Exupery was the author who wrote "Le Petit Prince", and he made drawings too ;
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
This hybrid mixes a P38 with pencils :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38-s_zpsxtpndr6z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02198s_zpst4ep3kn9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02197s_zpslsvuww3m.jpg)
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yet another hybrid, more animal this time :
a 1/144 shuttle and a whale :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/baleine2-s_zps0sl6walj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02245s_zpsyhunzwga.jpg)
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I just something curiously similar here :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894968@N07/7775597548/)
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ericr,
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p38-s_zpszpp7kx3i.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38-s_zpsxtpndr6z.jpg)
I like these
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I like these
:angry: My feeling is very different: I love them, all of them! ;D :lol:
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KJ_Lesnick
ericr,
I like these
thank you for your appreciation : my imagination is usually not too close to engineering precision, so I appreciate that you like it ;D
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Man, where do you get your inspiration? :unsure: :bow: :bow: Excellent!!! :thumbsup:
That 3 engine Cerberus is a damn scary thing but to me, that P-thirtyWolf is the one!! ;D
:cheers:
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Man, where do you get your inspiration? :unsure: :bow: :bow: Excellent!!! :thumbsup:
That 3 engine Cerberus is a damn scary thing but to me, that P-thirtyWolf is the one!! ;D
:cheers:
thanksalot!
well, i am mostly sensitive to shapes (that is why I paint mostly in a signle bright color, so that they come out best) and assembling shapes that can go together is a quite funny game to play ;D
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Saint Exupery was the author who wrote "Le Petit Prince", and he made drawings too ;
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
This hybrid mixes a P38 with pencils :
And with different pens also (thanks a lot for this idea!)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairM_acq.jpg)
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The pen is mightier than the....................er,............Lightning? ;D
Does the middle one have ink tanks instead of fuel tanks?
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the pen is mightier than all the rest ;-)
(well, depending what it's used for as usual, actually ;D )
thanks a lot Tophe for your re-interpretations : I am particularly happy to see my modest contribution suscitating new ones !
and I realize I didn't show you some of my older stuff involving pens : here are two of them, both involving 1/72 kits
a Halifax with a giant pen :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/halifax-s_zpsp67xylyk.jpg)
and a Blinder with a giant ballpen :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/blinder-s_zpsvvvkwjtd.jpg)
when you go that way, there are quite a lot of possibilities, I can tell you ...
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Wow! Now I love authors! (alas unpublished...) ;)
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whif authors ;D
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Of course, the one you really want is the Dornier Do 17 which was universally known as the "fliegender Bleistift" (flying pencil). This photograph from 1940 shows why:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1969-094-18%2C_Dornier_Do_17_und_Supermarine_Spitfire.jpg)
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A do 17E/F would be even better from the 'pencil' point of view.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img908/926/FnzvoS.jpg)
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indeed, I noticed the nickname : maybe some day I will get my hands on a Do17 ...
so many possible projects ;D
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indeed, I noticed the nickname : maybe some day I will get my hands on a Do17 ...
so many possible projects ;D
The original Airfix Do17 is an E/F Ericr.
It's ancient of course, but it's not a bad shape, and it sure is THIN!
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the previous whale on its boosters, Jaws-like :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02237s_zpsm70hkxak.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02235s_zpskmoe67o8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requinB-s_zps1evjyuj4.jpg)
made from a Pegasus Shark kit (which has two optional heads : I have one left for some other purpose ...)
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Surprising (nicely)...
Question: in outer space, what is the air-intake/mouth technical aim? (or, maybe, this booster is for low altitude start only) ;D
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maybe these boosters start from under the sea level ? :ph34r:
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Taking off from submarine/mother-fish (like nuclear missiles)? Yes, that would explain that all, thanks! :lol: ;D :thumbsup:
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the other way round, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02265s_zpsswsvsgdr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144baleine-s_zpsvl7ggavr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02266s_zpsgl6v8p2x.jpg)
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Wow! Great builds
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:tornado:
Want one! Want one! Mummy can I have a whale-tailed submarine for Christmas like I saw on What If, please Mummy plee-eese!
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thanks !
:tornado:
Want one! Want one! Mummy can I have a whale-tailed submarine for Christmas like I saw on What If, please Mummy plee-eese!
just do it ! ;D
I have thought of doing something with a submarine ... and a crossing with a plastic whale figurine is definitely doable
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I love the pen-fighters!
They are used by the CHAF (Charlie Hebdo Airforce), aren't they?
(Motto of the CHAF: The pen is sharper than the sword!)
Norbert
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here I am back again after days of being imprisoned outside ...
novelties here soon ...
I love the pen-fighters!
They are used by the CHAF (Charlie Hebdo Airforce), aren't they?
(Motto of the CHAF: The pen is sharper than the sword!)
Norbert
thanxalot !
yes the swords can be turned into pens !
(just another kind of plough after all ;D)
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as announced, back from being locked out
(something to do with the nickname/"position" that was given to me here? ;D
by the way I would prefer something more positive, JMNs should not be underestimated ... :unsure:)
but still zany after all these times :
another aircraft/animal hybrid, using an east-german kit of a "Tu-20", which seems to be a Tu-95 Bear variant, with a strange flattened nose, at 1/100, and a giant squid or calamar, in yellow :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu20-s_zpsj7c2gpwh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02383s_zpskmowznz8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02384s_zpsk1palf4h.jpg)
the reciprocal is drying, in red, but the humbrol enamel reacts bizarely with the squids tentacles plastic, and seems to take ages to dry, whereas the plastic of the head reacts better ...
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well at least I believe I couldn't have fit this calamar with longer wings, could I?
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I like the shape that the squid gives it, and i also believe the wings are big enough for PR19_Kit to like it... ;D
:cheers:
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I like the shape that the squid gives it, and i also believe the wings are big enough for PR19_Kit to like it... ;D
:cheers:
:) Yes indeed, that's a big 'ole kit there.
I have one of those Tu-20s too, and a Tu-114 from the same stable, VEB, and they're SUBSTANTIAL!
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yes, the old VEB kit indeed ! this is my second, for the forst I was also focussing on the nose becase ofits odd shape ...
(maybe I could try something with that B707 radar-nosed version ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/robinet-s_zpsb8543b93.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/PB230267s_zpsa4c1c233.jpg)
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and now the other way round, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamargeant-s_zpsymfg6uqt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02425s_zpsioh8pw3g.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02426s_zpsaewfyfcc.jpg)
the sheet of paper is there because the humbrol enamel red paint somehow refuses to dry on the tentacles plastic/rubber ... a chemistry issue, I guess
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Oh Lord, not only you create incredible new shapes but you chemist are also inventing new mixes like a paint matter impossible to dry... The Nobel Prize seems for you in a very soon future... ;) ;D
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Sometime ago I had tried a blend of a spanish guitar with the wings of a PZL39 :
this time it is an electric guitar with a S-21G (from PM, 1/72) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitare-s_zpsjx2aule7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02443s_zpsaorqw2pt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02442s_zpskz8o4tjd.jpg)
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The NATO code name for that would bound to be 'Fender'.............. ;D
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'Fender' indeed !
let's figure out a flying Stratocaster ! :ph34r:
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the bottle is a Duvel bier (my ever favorite brand, since my childhood)
and these wings and wheels seems to fit quite nicely
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/duvel-s_zpslzfrvvwm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02455s_zps8woqvpmn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02456s_zpsxoqntuyc.jpg)
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Landing tonight at a pub near you!
You could build another with the label still on. A flying ad sign!
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thanks !
a few more bottles coming, it is a funny game ;
I might try a twin boom someday (but I don't have one in my stash now)
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sometime ago, I made three small snail-shells with fuselages from WW1 aircraft,
visible above, higher up in this thread :
here is the jet age version, with a Sukhoi Su-21G :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02494s_zpsyylay8do.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02492s_zpsdhm97uxz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquille2-s_zpssyyapaey.jpg)
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Your imagination is limitless!
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Lovely! :wub:
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thanks !
my imagination follows certain patterns, I sometimes do variants around a theme :
for example dolphins crossed with aircraft : I once used a Corsair, here is a Letov S-328 fuselage :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin2-s_zps78zszigj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02502s_zpsnmqctgxl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02505s_zpste08nvce.jpg)
(the floats of which appeared recently in the primary seaplanes thread, and the wings are with a yellow bottle to come ... nothing gets lost, nearly)
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and here comes the bottle, right in time for seasonal festivities :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/letov328-s_zpsfri27oai.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02511s_zpsiotk2hs8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02513s_zpsvybz5juh.jpg)
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love the primary colours - some of these models will drive you to drink
Bernie
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thanks !
;)
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and here comes the bottle, right in time for seasonal festivities :
Nice! But if the bottle is uncorked in flight, the tail and rear wheel disappear and this is dangerous... (maybe that is why officials say that drinking is dangerous) ;)
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;D
I found this nice RWD-6 kit, cheap, and original :I hadnot heard before of that aircraft,
and here it is hybridized with a dolphin, and with a snail shell
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dauphin-s_zpswcfat8vp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02496s_zpsdsi0ralv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd6-s_zpsbxpgijxx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02483s_zpsvlvheyhh.jpg)
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Tee Hee ! Great stuff ! Love the Beer Otter ! Defo a CDN aero right there :thumbsup:
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thanks! you encourage me to do a bottle or two more ;D
in the meantime, here a a few more hybrids, all in blue ...
dolphin-based :
with a Saaski's wings (Dujin 1/72)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02528s_zpsranchpz4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saaski-s_zpszlvcsfru.jpg)
with an Ar 196 fuselage (Airfix 1/72)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ar196-s_zpsjpx0phm5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02532s_zps8bk97cp8.jpg)
plus a little shell, with a PZL-11 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pzl11-s_zpse3hq4neo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02521s_zpspx2h8mx0.jpg)
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thanks! you encourage me to do a bottle or two more ;D
in the meantime, here a a few more hybrids
Dear ericr, I encourage you to go on! (building/inventing/enjoying, not drinking alcoholic poison...) :-\ ;)
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don't worry, some of the bottle also contained soda ;D
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do you remeber this ?
sometime ago you had an idea which got into my mind : the Book-Airplane :
www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,4461.msg676207.html#msg676207)
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_P82-51C_aj.JPG)
and I liked so much that I had to try it out : using an Airfix Ar196, and a Clairefontaine notebook, cut to the shape of the wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P7010289s_zps6ireqtwi.jpg)
it could have been featured in a Tophe-inspired group build! ;D
I thought it worthwhile to continue the exploration with another, high-wing example, using a Do-27 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/do27carnet-s_zpsnyh4rcza.jpg)
next one might be a delta :)
and here comes the delta-winged Su-21G, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02545s_zpsm2dt2gg6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02546s_zps2txd16hi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/su21-s_zpsocikkoxv.jpg)
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A supersonic notebook, whatever next! ;D :lol: :thumbsup:
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A supersonic notebook, whatever next! ;D :lol: :thumbsup:
sky is the limit ;D
or ...
errr ...
space?
yes! a space shuttle notebook !
you are tempting me into eternal whiffin', PR19_Kit
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How about a couple of underwing pencils for the SU-21?
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a bit like this ?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P6110266s_zpsoyqmj4yi.jpg)
or like that ?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P6110259s_zpsqa0vpqcl.jpg)
or even like this here ?
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/P7090153s_zps2cvnk1d5.jpg)
that would make this note book more autonomous indeed, good idea! let me see what I can do ...
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Now that is sharp :rolleyes:
Gondor
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sharpness can be managed before take-off ;D
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I don't like military loads but I love your loads, ericr! :wub:
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But a true multi-role aircraft must include both pencil and paper, surely.
Mind you, a book-wing formating with a pencil-armed craft would give skywriting a whole new meaning!
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;D
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apparently I forgot to show you this when I did it, so I put it here as well, in addition to the pictures shown in another thread
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,27999.msg715138.html#msg715138 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,27999.msg715138.html#msg715138)
with one or two more here ;-)
an authentic "charentaise", the very traditional french slipper (preferrably worn with a moustache and a basque hat)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02392s_zpskge3noyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02391s_zpsi5a7dbau.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02390s_zpsrtgc3kh9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)
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two new small hybrids (especially the Kingfisher, 1/350 ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/p26-s_zpsrombusz6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02737s_zpstihfylgy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/kingcoq-s_zpsakivogwp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/DSC02742s_zpsush70egn.jpg)
(I still have the wings of the small kingfisher ... ... )
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two new small hybrids (especially the Kingfisher, 1/350 ...)
(I still have the wings of the small kingfisher ... ... )
Two new marvels, thanks for sharing...
And I am "afraid" of what you will do with those remaining wings... :-\ ;D (no I am kidding, this will probably be marvelous, again!) :thumbsup:
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thanks!
I will try to fnd something "appropriate" for the tiny wings ;D
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a 1/144 A-10 crossed with a falcon :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/faucon-s_zps4yz2wczr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02751s_zpsfdvn5ip0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02754s_zpsondtnrmy.jpg)
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Anyone done a Stuka and a Vulture?
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Stuka and vulture : that should look terrific!
especially, it might not be red, blue or yellow ;D
but a feathered Stuka, or a Luftwaffe camouflaged Vulture ...
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That A-10 falcon is straight from Marvel comics. I can just see the falcon shucking off its robo-suit, shaking its mussed-up wing feathers down and turning back into Falcon Girl just in time to pretend she'd never left her room.
I think I'm in love. :wub:
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thanks!
the reciprocal is coming soon ...
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That A-10 falcon is straight from Marvel comics
I think I'm in love. :wub:
So do I. Poor girl, with several lovers willing to get her heart... ;D :wub: :wub:
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I am rather nervous about meeting Reciprocalman. Will he be her welcoming brother or a threatening boyfriend?
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here it comes!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/a10144-s_zpsjmjf5jdc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02786s_zpss3jbciun.jpg)
I kept some of the original stripes, as a tribute to the work by someone in China
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02787s_zpswf29ythq.jpg)
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Is that a Gyr Falcon?
I once had an R/C glider that was modelled on a full size Gyr Falcon and it was black and white like yours.
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Aww, ain't he cute. Bet he gets up a REAL speed when he dives on his prey though. Reciprocalman sees all, knows all, kills all.
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Is that a Gyr Falcon?
I once had an R/C glider that was modelled on a full size Gyr Falcon and it was black and white like yours.
it is (was) a Papo figurine of a falcon, I don't know more, like this :
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zIvapoGYL.jpg)
the stripes under the wings seem quite specific
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Aww, ain't he cute. Bet he gets up a REAL speed when he dives on his prey though. Reciprocalman sees all, knows all, kills all.
;D
and when he lands, he has a front wheel to complete rear legs ... :blink:
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and when he lands, he has a front wheel to complete rear legs ... :blink:
That's because of the sheer weight of his streamlined augmented-vision cyber helmet.
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;D
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way cool, I like the red Falcon best of the pair :thumbsup:
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Wow!! :wub: I can see the Blue one picking up tanks and dropping them for the final blow... ;D
:cheers:
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thanks ! ;D
the duck got the Peashooter wings ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colvert-s_zpsiam3muny.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02776s_zpsxhgtuba4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02779s_zpsd0so96eg.jpg)
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That is a good combination, suits it well. :thumbsup:
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That is one seriously disturbing duck! I see it swinging around into the sun, diving down and strafing the enemy - be it duck-hunters, alligators or careless whiffers in the wrong story.
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Well balanced, I am almost sure this animal machine is Real, no? ;D
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That is so cute ! Great job, and thanks for the smile this morning !
:cheers: :wub:
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thanks ! ;D
I also had a figurine of a swan in my stash ...
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the Me262 is an old 1/32 one from Hasegawa, and the shark is by Pegasus
(I had already used part of it with Space Shuttle boosters earlier in this thread :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg710616.html#msg710616)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/me26232-s_zpsbpq5g82s.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02836s_zpsm08yvlyi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02837s_zpspj4mlncf.jpg)
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VERY apt, considering the 262's fuselage shape. :thumbsup: :bow:
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Brilliant.
Puts me in mind of Tintin.
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thanxalot ! your appreciation is particularly appreciated !
the shark is announced as 1/18, so there is some scale-o-rama here ;D
and Tintin definitely comes to mind indeed : there is even RW impact of this image ;)
(http://www.aeroweb-fr.net/uploads/media/large/2015/12/3472.jpg)
(any aftermarket decals available?)
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People have been developing robot fish that swim in the same way. That 262 shark is even the right colour for a research submersible. It just "looks right" to the point of sliding into the subconscious. Congratulations.
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thanks!
the Me262/shark combination has been around, and it is really a pleasure to make it in different scales and colors
(I have a "reciprocal" coming soon ... ;D)
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(I have a "reciprocal" coming soon ... ;D)
Wow, now that's what I call "sharkmouth" artwork!
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thanks!
and here comes the reciprocal : the Pegasus 1/18 shark equipped with the 1/32 Hasegawa Me262 wings and tail.
I did try to have it sit on its wheels, but failed to put the right weight in the head. It is possible (using really heavy fishing weights), but it might require strengthening the legs, because the shark body is already a bit heavy : if anyone out here tries it, be warned! but it would be worth it, really, I think.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/requin-s_zpsz3ftut0n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02841s_zpsbvcxeajx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02842s_zpsqckfjuvt.jpg)
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This:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/fotb5o19y0xxllw/sharkmouth.jpg?dl=1)
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Wow! :wub: (a shark is frightening but...)
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I can't decide which one is best - Sharkjet or Jetshark?
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thanks !
the photoshopping looks good : a version with retracted wheels would be nice too of course, and I realise that having something on the back, fin or cockpit, would be good-looking too : there still are interesting variants of this shark&jet match to be done!
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The red looks so intimidating
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It certainly has a demonic, hellish presence.
ericr, would you let me post the image on Facebook etc? If so, how should I credit the model?
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thanks!
sure you can post it ; w.r.t. reference, well, maybe give a pointer to here and say it's from ericr?
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thanks!
sure you can post it ; w.r.t. reference, well, maybe give a pointer to here and say it's from ericr?
Maybe do like I did, or use my picture at {http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/ericr262S.jpg}:
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/ericr262S.jpg)
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ericr I do not think that people can see this forum unless they are logged in. I can upload a copy to my dropbox and link to that, but then the model cannot be traced back to you unless I write something about you.
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ah indeed the forum is not visible without login, these times.
I don't have a web page showing this elsewhere, so maybe you can mention that it is the work of a guy called ericr, and that to see more stuff of that kind people can open an account here (or on BtS), and that it is the crossing of a Pegasus 1/18 shar and a Hasegawa 1/32 Me262?
or use the link to my photobucket
http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/ericr63/library/hyd/hybrids?sort=3&page=1
(which is visible in my posts ?
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a 1/144 DC-3, and a swan :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dc3-s_zps2xdxoyo8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02850s_zps97pvpxra.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02852s_zpskgiss2ih.jpg)
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Lovely "bird"... :wub:
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That's another great combination Eric.
Mrs z likes it also.
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Love the flying fish ! The Dak looks right as well.
:wub: :thumbsup: :tornado: :bow:
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thanks a lot!
I a deeply honored to please Mrs Z : the topics of this forum can only gain from appreciation by a significant half of (wo-)mankind.
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ah indeed the forum is not visible without login, these times.
I don't have a web page showing this elsewhere, so maybe you can mention that it is the work of a guy called ericr, and that to see more stuff of that kind people can open an account here (or on BtS), and that it is the crossing of a Pegasus 1/18 shar and a Hasegawa 1/32 Me262?
or use the link to my photobucket
http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/ericr63/library/hyd/hybrids?sort=3&page=1
(which is visible in my posts ?
Sadly not visible. I clicked through and OMG the cross-site scripts that infest Photobucket! No way am I going to enable that basket of e-snoopers to see if I can catch sight. I'll write the credits into the image and post it in a couple more places.
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or use the link to my photobucket
http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/ericr63/library/hyd/hybrids?sort=3&page=1
(which is visible in my posts ?
Sadly not visible. I clicked through and OMG the cross-site scripts that infest Photobucket! No way am I going to enable that basket of e-snoopers to see if I can catch sight. I'll write the credits into the image and post it in a couple more places.
I thought maybe photobucket would be visible ...
anyway, please tell me the links where you post it ;-)
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anyway, please tell me the links where you post it ;-)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1729985733900666&set=a.1723227021243204.1073741830.100006677671791&type=3&theater
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anyway, please tell me the links where you post it ;-)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1729985733900666&set=a.1723227021243204.1073741830.100006677671791&type=3&theater
oh? I can't access it :o but well, it is a form of reciprocity ;D
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the reciprocal, in yellow
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygne-s_zpsuam5srmo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02856s_zpsvcs9s4gm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02858s_zps9abr8mw9.jpg)
(still a bit difficult to obtain a well-covered yellow ...)
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Delicious! (but not to eat! just to admire...) :wub:
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The coverage on the body is good but its a bit patchy on the wings. The concept is great though.
Swans always remind me of a team building exercise where a colleague paddled a canoe right up close to a pair of mating swans and was surprised when the male attacked him. He capsized the canoe and we all laughed.
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thanks!
Some ytime ago I experimented with similar concepts using old-style Airfix 1/72 Grumman Widgeons (already the same is appropriate) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cygnes-widgeons-s_zps33b2ea15.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P4300264s_zps91301aea.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/widgeon-cygnes-s_zps5446156b.jpg)
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Quack quack waddle waddle quack quack ! Love them. Especially the ones shaking out their wings. Very cool.
:cheers: :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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thanks ! ;D
and now for something completely different :
and twin-boom twin neck guitar :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitareDouble-s_zpshgsfvbwk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02880s_zpsec1ud9hy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02881s_zpsrhkpm8eo.jpg)
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Talk about Flying Solo :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Great Work :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Dan
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Wonderful addition to the twin-boom family :wub: :wub:
:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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Too bad you couldn't build the guitar into the booms!
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You could play some great riffs on that, a 12 string and a 6 string all in one. :thumbsup: :bow:
So long as you kept your fingers out of the props mind you!
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thanks!
the idea of having booms in line with necks is nice : maybe next time ;) or please do try it out ;D
but they would then be very close to each other; whereas here I had to widen the distance, and make a new horizontal stabilizer.
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Maybe a tailless swept- or delta-wing air guitar? A B-2 stealth guitar springs to mind, or maybe a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird guitar with those necks as the forward chines.
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ouh la la, excellent ideas all of these ... Right now I am rather trying to reduce my stash, so maybe later ...
But if you fell inspired, please go ahead, I would be happy to see that !
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The flying H ? very cool
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ouh la la, excellent ideas all of these ... Right now I am rather trying to reduce my stash, so maybe later ...
But if you fell inspired, please go ahead, I would be happy to see that !
Moi? I am too busy working up my RAAF Twinfire "Mk.VV" knocked up for the defence of Darwin in 1943. But maybe one day, if you don't get there first....
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ouh la la, excellent ideas all of these ... Right now I am rather trying to reduce my stash, so maybe later ...
But if you fell inspired, please go ahead, I would be happy to see that !
Moi? I am too busy working up my RAAF Twinfire "Mk.VV" knocked up for the defence of Darwin in 1943. But maybe one day, if you don't get there first....
ok, I'll put it in my to-do list ;D
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I have a few small bottles ("mignonettes") in my stash, and I realized I haven't tried a twin-boom yet
so here is a Flying Boxcar (1/144) with Gentiane
(Tophe, don't be afraid, I didn't even drink it, so the bottle is still full actually ;D )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/boxcarMignonette-s_zpsl7nsexuk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02894s_zps25udvmeb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02889s_zpssg4ptw6d.jpg)
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Wonderful! And solid, the undercarriage holds it well!
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thanks!
it is not so heavy actually ;-) the Boxcar is 1/144
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Flying Bottlescar ?
:thumbsup:
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;D
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Well done :thumbsup:
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this plastic violin was supposed to play music with a bit of electronics inside, but it was broken when I found it : maybe for the best, after all, for my ears ;)
and I had a 1/72 Airfix wellington of the right size so I furthered my experiments in the spirit of this :
(http://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/imported/The-New-Commander-Cody-Band-Rock-And-Roll-Again-LP-Vinyl-Record-261460450113.jpg)
and here it is :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/violon-s_zpsmvbkntkm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02928s_zpsqnzomj5s.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02927s_zpstsdz9wa4.jpg)
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Wow! :wub:
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;D
I began a series of 2cv hybrids, with different kinds of aircraft : monoplane high wing or low wing, biplane, twin-boom, twin-motor, jet
here is the first one, a 1/43 2cv with a 1/72 Saab 21 (both Heller)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsfoq2sxgt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02937s_zpsxr654gzp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02935s_zpsfaa7r8hr.jpg)
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Amazing, I want to build one!
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I began a series of 2cv hybrids, with different kinds of aircraft : monoplane high wing or low wing, biplane, twin-boom, twin-motor, jet
here is the first one, a 1/43 2cv with a 1/72 Saab 21 (both Heller)
:wub: :wub: The first one of the series is the very best it seems: impossible to make better, no, impossible! :wub: :wub:
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Amazing, I want to build one!
thanks !
please do! the fit is nice, and you can try another kind of livery ;)
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:wub: :wub: The first one of the series is the very best it seems: impossible to make better, no, impossible! :wub: :wub:
wait and see ... ;D
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one of the 5 diecast 1/32 (? I guess) 2cv
(I bought the lot just to make shipping costs more optimized when buyig something else : you know what I mean, that's how you get a stash full of things you don't need, and didn't actually want ... but at some point it pops up again conveniently enough after all ;D tell me I am not the only one please :wacko:)
hybridized with the Alf floatplane from which came the yellow catapult I showed recently
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvAlf-s_zps8xwirkgr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02954s_zpsy20tg6we.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02955s_zps1wghtsd5.jpg)
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:wub: Lovely also! (for us in 2016, seeing a 2cv as old-style... while this would have been a shame in 1948, seeing a 2cv as very modern...) ;)
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:wub: Lovely also! (for us in 2016, seeing a 2cv as old-style... while this would have been a shame in 1948, seeing a 2cv as very modern...) ;)
Ahh, but that is a 'modern' 2CV. The original is so much simlpler. ;)
(http://3bv8x43y68hc448rg43goku7yq.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/media/2012/06/Citroen-2CV-Prototype-1939.jpg)
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it is a "modern" 2cv, with the square front lights, but still it is previous-century modernity ;)
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now a monoplane, with the Revell 1/72 Hurricane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvHurricane-s_zpshzjysywu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02973s_zpsxvgtaews.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02974s_zpspqmv0wiq.jpg)
(but I just forgot to paint the rear wheel tyre black)
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Nice!! :thumbsup: My sister-in-law had one of those, lots of fun! ;D It bounces around so much we called it frog. :lol:
If it had wings, it could become airborne in one of it's jumps off road bumps... :wacko:
:cheers:
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it is a "modern" 2cv, with the square front lights, but still it is previous-century modernity ;)
Yep, years ago I used to tool around in an early '64 with suicide doors. 'Twas always an interesting experience on a US freeway. ;D :thumbsup:
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I like the Saab 21 version the most. I do wish there was an injection-moulded Dunne biplane around - a tailless swept 2cv biplane would be a blast.
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thanks all !
driving a 2cv is indeed an experience : it feels actuallt quite close to flying
and I maybe should have the Saab21 for the end, as it is probably the most spectacular ...
but more others are coming ;D
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and now to the jet age, with a Mig-15 UTI (ok, the twin seat aspect is not quite visible here)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mig15uti-s_zpszhbkrtuh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02979s_zpscev0jqel.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02980s_zpsbxh0aj1b.jpg)
(the red reacted a bit with the background : uneasy to do a primer on a dark colored preassembled diecast)
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and now to the jet age, with a Mig-15 UTI (ok, the twin seat aspect is not quite visible here)
Well, i see a 4 man crew in that... maybe that's how they though of the EA-6B... And then looked at a school bus for the EA-6C... :wacko: ;D
http://www.vaq136.com/ea6bphotos/ea6b-312b.jpg
:cheers:
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Wow!!! :wub: :thumbsup: :bow: A transsonic 2cv...!!!
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the crew can be 4 indeed ;D
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Nice collection on 2Cvs ! Love the first one especially, looks like a real flying car !
:cheers:
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the crew can be 4 indeed ;D
..... and their chickens, complete with (unbroken) eggs too. ;D :lol:
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unbroken eggs of course, that is part of the design specification
;D
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for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/autruche-s_zps7b42oenz.jpg)
(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts :) )
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Giraffe comes first to my mind. How about a stork?
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simply GENIUS... :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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For some reason this is making me think of Dali.
You're weird Eric. And I mean that in a good way, as a compliment.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Love it.
Oh, alright, somebody has to say "propellorhead"
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thanks all!
giraffe come to mind indeed, especially as I have a kind of personal crush on them ...
I hadn't thout of stork : maybe a new series will come out of this ;D
I had tought of flamingos though
and yes, zenrat, I do take it as a compliment ;D ;D
this forum, and particularly your appreciation, make it all the more a pleasure
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Dear ericr, you fully deserve our love and clapping hands.
I know you were disappointed by visitors seeing your public displays and shrugging their shoulders or turning the finger on their temple, but many ones in the World just LOVE your inventive talent, yes. That is what is magic with Internet: a few abnormal ones, each one being rejected in his/her country, could gather and feel the same, appreciating each others. :thumbsup:
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thanks ;-)
another 2cv, this time twing-engined and twin-finned with a Breguet 693 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvBr693-s_zpsfdt05tut.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02999s_zps3772kugv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03004s_zpswqobxbau.jpg)
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Wow! :wub: :wub:
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Gilbert Shelton would just love these.
Brought back a fun memory of American treatment:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7gYNb3GSh4M/R1DOUfUMoeI/AAAAAAAACLY/DWpVywWPSeg/s1600-R/shel3.jpeg
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Gilbert Shelton would just love these.
Brought back a fun memory of American treatment:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7gYNb3GSh4M/R1DOUfUMoeI/AAAAAAAACLY/DWpVywWPSeg/s1600-R/shel3.jpeg
thanks a lot for sharing, I didn't know this : excellent ;D
and now the last one of the gang (my 2cv stash is now empty ... ;) )
with the wings of a PZL-11, high-wing seagull monoplane :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvPZL11-s_zpsw715vvnb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03016s_zpskz3z3qg7.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03017s_zps7ktj8aqv.jpg)
and all together now :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03019s_zpssvnh6azj.jpg)
I still have a few other cars in my stash though ... :rolleyes:
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Gilbert Shelton would just love these.
Brought back a fun memory of American treatment:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7gYNb3GSh4M/R1DOUfUMoeI/AAAAAAAACLY/DWpVywWPSeg/s1600-R/shel3.jpeg
Gilbert Shelton is one of my demi-gods, mainly for Fat Freddy's Cat (http://comicvine.gamespot.com/fat-freddys-cat/4005-11734/): I spent about twenty years wearing an FFC badge absolutely everywhere, especially to Society weddings and dinner parties ;D
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One more car for the road :
a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ambassador-s_zpso2zyzlem.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03010s_zpsuhelvvug.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03011s_zpsajsuojss.jpg)
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a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :
And originally a 'pearl of Oxford', as it was designed as the Morris MO in 1948.
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a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :
And originally a 'pearl of Oxford', as it was designed as the Morris MO in 1948.
of course, it is a bit like the Triumph motorbikes : once extinct on the european continent, they continued to live and spread on the indian subcontinent until very recently, like in a temporal bubble
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Even without 2-chevaux basis, this one is wonderful.
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ericr, don't know if you've ever seen this, i was looking for reference pics for my RW P-40B of the Flying Tigers, and this came up on the image search, i immediately thought of you... :thumbsup:
(http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq146/sojarinn/DSC06795.jpg) (http://s442.photobucket.com/user/sojarinn/media/DSC06795.jpg.html)
Hope you like it!
:cheers:
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:thumbsup:
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thanks a lot ! that is really grand !
especially the shark mouth on the beak !!! ;D ;D ;D
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a few more shells :
a tiny 1/200 Kingfisher :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/kingcoq2-s_zpsko2cxbpr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03036s_zpskkqamulm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03037s_zps7h18acpj.jpg)
and a RWD-5 : I left the shell in natural color for a change
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rwd5-s_zpsrhg8n4nv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03028s_zpscshqcwap.jpg)
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:o EXCELLENT!! That RWD-5 is a heck of an idea!! That looks so crazy... it's perfect! ;D :bow: :bow:
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thanks for the RWD ;D
the wings and tail were used elsewhere, wait and see ...
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Great stuff. Love the bird. That's an interesting piece for sure !
:cheers:
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:lol: These shell-planes are funny, not seaplanes with floating parts but airplanes related to the sea somehow... :thumbsup:
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:lol: These shell-planes are funny, not seaplanes with floating parts but airplanes related to the sea somehow... :thumbsup:
yes indeed, they are seaplanes in the sense of seafood ;D ;D
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a few more bottles :
the RWD-5 with a tiny bottle of anisette Gras :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mignonettes-s_zpshb8wxxnc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03039s_zpsfu3n7xox.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03044s_zpsbi1ofzsw.jpg)
and the LWS Czapla with a bottle of gin (Beefeater) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lws-s_zps7qwwn0zh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03051s_zpsksvk5gtg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03053s_zpsinpxqyuk.jpg)
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A new kind of aerodynamism is born! :thumbsup:
(This is very good for a cargo loading containers) :bow:
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;D
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a helicopter variant in the bottles series, using a 1/72 Huey Cobra, and a small spanish wine bottle from a flight on Iberia :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bouteillemini-s_zpsfzupp6af.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02995s_zpstotjst50.jpg)
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Now those are what i call strong skids!! ;D :thumbsup:
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Simply wonderful! :wub:
I admire mainly the perfect putty work you did on the connection bottle-canopy/fuselage, wow! :thumbsup:
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thanks!
I actually tried another technique, using very thin foil (actually : the kind that wraps flowers in bouquets),
because it can follow quite "natural" curves.
I also tried it on my ongoing Me262 flying boat as can be seen in another thread :
it seems that it is not magic though, you still have cases where it is uneasy ;)
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buccaneer with coke bottle for rear fuselage?
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oh I do have a Buccanerer in my stash : the Revell/Matchbox one, with engines and wings ready to be attached elsewhere ...
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a new musivcal endeavour, with a vietnamese Dan Nguyet miniature, combined with a HobyBoss Sabre :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/danNguyet-s_zps0dw2bxhy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03057s_zpsovjf6tqx.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03059s_zpshmybr4te.jpg)
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I'm tempted to say a Monty Python joke about a bloke with a big nose, but I wont, sure someone else will though....
Gondor
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with a vietnamese Dan Nguyet miniature, combined with a HobyBoss Sabre :
With such an opponent, the USA were sure to loose the Vietnam War. Glory to flying music in the air?
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it is the same idea as for my previous guitars : the nose is a bitlong indeed, but supports a wider range of notes ;)
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The bottles are making me thirsty ! The Sabre/ Dan Nguyet combo looks surprisingly good, especially from the side !
:cheers:
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The bottles are making me thirsty ! The Sabre/ Dan Nguyet combo looks surprisingly good, especially from the side !
:cheers:
thanks !
the landing gear indeed looks well-proportioned
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some of my previous experiments left me with a number of fuselages (that's what you get when you fit wings to everything). Particularly, some twin booms ...
And then I thought of turtles, bought three of them, and here we go :
P-38, blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p38ii-s_zps2jsvzxz2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03094s_zpspp2vddyf.jpg)
Saab-21, yellow :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/saab21-s_zpsibftswq5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03124s_zps4rmap84d.jpg)
Sabre, red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/sabreb-s_zpsntpwki1z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03127s_zpsjymkbj6o.jpg)
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:wub: :wub: :wub: I love those 3 turtles (especially the 2 "twin-boom" ones) ;) [I have imagination yes, and I plan to draw the missing link] :thumbsup:
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Here are the TU-38A, B, C that came before (but after... :-\ ) your delicious wing-less TU-38D... Darwin was right: evolution is the key!
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairN_abl.jpg)
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Here are the TU-38A, B, C that came before (but after... :-\ ) your delicious wing-less TU-38D... Darwin was right: evolution is the key!
Ah excellent ! thank you Tophe, this explains a lot indeed :bow:
However I would suggest that the evolution, chonologically, is from my turtles to yours,
with wings getting longer and longer, obviously (remember PR19_kit's Law, defining the Sense of History)
until the P38 with very very long wings you just showed in your thread ;D
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You are absolutely right!: my Lightning P-38 was coming "from nowhere" and that does not obey Darwin's laws. So the P-38 Lightning is PROVEN as the grand-grand-daughter of a turtle! (with dinosaurs as forefathers) :thumbsup: :bow:
(According to me, you deserve the Biology Nobel Prize for this brilliant discovery!) ;) :lol:
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All that's missing now is a twin-turtle design. Or maybe a giant turtle hung about with several smaller turtles. Or a giant twin-turtle hung ab....
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Thanks a lot steelpillow! (I needed a 3rd Lightning to complete my last batch of 3):
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairN_abs.jpg)
I am swearing this is your invention at the (temporary) end of my Lightning site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit
Thanks again!
Now let us come back to ericr creations...
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:cheers:
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so, with all those wings fit to different things and beasts, I had quite a few spare fuselages for which to find an appropriate destiny.
Here are some of them, grouped in such a way as to bring aeronautic light around us :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03135s_zpsidycv8h9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03134s_zpsyxmqdg0v.jpg)
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Or just spin the props for a nice cool breeze on a hot day. :)
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I had never imagined such a use of airplane models, congratulations :thumbsup:
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Should have used a candelabra with one less holder in my opinion :rolleyes:
Gondor
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thanks!
desinging a multi-propeller fan is an inspiring idea ;D ;D
Should have used a candelabra with one less holder in my opinion :rolleyes:
Gondor
??? ;D
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thanks!
desinging a multi-propeller fan is an inspiring idea ;D ;D
Should have used a candelabra with one less holder in my opinion :rolleyes:
Gondor
??? ;D
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGpaj2nHIo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGpaj2nHIo)
Gondor
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@ericr, did you get my personal message?
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oops just saw it today!
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another shell hybrid, with a nice 1/200 Blenheim :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/blenheim200-s_zps1fhp8ajo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03300_zpscyj1yjj4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coqblenheim-s_zpszxokelvd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03298s_zpsn2fkg8gi.jpg)
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Nice once more (twice more...).
I especially love the divergent engines, for probably some very good technical/Natural reason ;)
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Nice once more (twice more...).
I especially love the divergent engines, for probably some very good technical/Natural reason ;)
probably, indeed ;D
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two trucks from the Airfix recovery set (I used the crane on a 1/72 seaplane carrier ship ...), transformed into tank trucks, but with a twist :
the first with a spiral twist :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/citerneGidouille-s_zpsdrguif2m.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03072s_zpshpcjd9vz.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03071s_zpsvyedovwe.jpg)
the other with a knot twist :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/recovery-s_zpshiq4h7xw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03117s_zpsjbu5ep1x.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03116s_zpsel11bmxm.jpg)
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That last looks like the Readimix concrete trucks I used to see all overt he place when I was a kid, with their concrete-mixing hoppers turning away as they drove along. There was a news story once of one that tipped over in a road accident and the concrete spilled out and set before it could be recovered. :wacko:
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Your models, ericr, could be the best therapy for the syndrome of "technical over seriousness"... :lol: ;D :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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thanks ! ;D
That last looks like the Readimix concrete trucks
ah yes, I had not thought of it but the spinning concrete trucks do look a bit like that indeed.
;D
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I had bought this metal, handicraft tin Mini Traveller, bit didn't know just what to do with it, until I relalized that it could very well be repainted in the livery of the faous Clder BMW from the Le Mans race in 1976.
Mini travellers are so cute, and that livery is so bright, it could only work out well.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini-traveller-metal-s_zpsgamd4oot.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03313s_zpspejiz0bw.jpg)
Also, I have adapted the Calder schemes for the DC8 and B272 to 1/72 kits, nut these aircraft are not available in that scale so I transfered to, respectively, B707 and Tu 134. And here I do the same kind of transformation to a large scale car ;)
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I had a Morris Traveller once. Imagine the British Leyland main dealer service receptionist's reaction when a long-haired moustachoied freak in flared trousers and Jesus boots walks in and says his car has got dry rot and do they carry spares? :o
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you are lucky tohave driven one! did it have the lovely wooden structure at the back?
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All Morris Minor Travellers had the wood framing at the rear, it was an integral part of the structure.
That wasn't the case with the Mini Travellers, where the wood framing was just a styling add-on fastened over the top of what was essentially a Minivan structure with windows.
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you are lucky tohave driven one! did it have the lovely wooden structure at the back?
Luck is a relative thing on a journey from Worcester to Edinburgh with a baby and a toddler on board: two whole days of fun and games for all the family.
It is hard to find a car suffering from dry rot that does not have wooden parts. Yes, it was one of they. One of my favourite TV sketches was by a comedian pretending to be a lady tourist in a historic old town. Having commented on all the quaint old half-timbered houses he/she stumbles on a Moggie Traveller and points with delighted cries, "Look! A half-timbered car!"
Now, a cross between a Morris Minor kit and a Faller house, there's a thought.
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you are lucky tohave driven one! did it have the lovely wooden structure at the back?
Luck is a relative thing on a journey from Worcester to Edinburgh with a baby and a toddler on board: two whole days of fun and games for all the family.
It is hard to find a car suffering from dry rot that does not have wooden parts. Yes, it was one of they. One of my favourite TV sketches was by a comedian pretending to be a lady tourist in a historic old town. Having commented on all the quaint old half-timbered houses he/she stumbles on a Moggie Traveller and points with delighted cries, "Look! A half-timbered car!"
Now, a cross between a Morris Minor kit and a Faller house, there's a thought.
Dame Edna Everage perhaps?
Gondor
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Now, a cross between a Morris Minor kit and a Faller house, there's a thought.
yes :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
that would called a hybrid! just do it ;D
In another register, I had thought of a cross between a plane (à la FW189) and a Faller glasshouse.
And it remembers me of Kuski's church tank : I think some do use Faller or other brands HO churches :
(https://capturingcapacitydotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kris_kuksi_churchtank_trailer.png?w=486&h=347&crop=1)
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And it remembers me of Kuski's church tank : I think some do use Faller or other brands HO churches :
(https://capturingcapacitydotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kris_kuksi_churchtank_trailer.png?w=486&h=347&crop=1)
Puts a new spin on the Popemobile!
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Your model could perfectly embody the question "a modern cruisade?" :thumbsup: :lol:
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Kuski does incredible builds and sculptures indeed : his site gives much more
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another calderization :
I couldn't find a 1/72 B727 or tri-engine jetliner, so I settled for the Tu134, because it has a quite similar overall shape :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/tu134-s_zps5txewiih.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03289s_zpsrehpqy3z.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03291s_zpssyi189fq.jpg)
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Funny camo, perfect to be invisible in the museum...
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Funny camo, perfect to be invisible in the museum...
a bit like zebra camouflage ;D
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I did the Braniff Calder 727 a good many years ago, but in 1/144, like all my airliners. Are your Tu-134 markings decals or paintwork Ericr?
I have the decal sheet for the Calder DC8 too, one day I'll build it as well.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5459/wsUI4B.jpg)
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I did the Braniff Calder 727 a good many years ago, but in 1/144, like all my airliners. Are your Tu-134 markings decals or paintwork Ericr?
I have the decal sheet for the Calder DC8 too, one day I'll build it as well.
I painted the patterns, lookking at pictures of the real things and adapting to the actual shape of the Tu134
I have decals in 1/144 somwhere, but I like to paint in the mood of the original models used by Calder, less "clean" than the actual plane painting; some pictures can be found, like here
http://airwaysnews.com/html/museums/frontiers-of-flight-museum-at-dallas-love-airport/calder-boeing-727/975 (http://airwaysnews.com/html/museums/frontiers-of-flight-museum-at-dallas-love-airport/calder-boeing-727/975)
(http://airwaysnews.com/galleries/975.jpg)
(http://airwaysnews.com/html/museums/frontiers-of-flight-museum-at-dallas-love-airport/calder-boeing-727/975)
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That's EXCELLENT work then Ericr. :thumbsup:
The decals I have, for both Calder aircraft, are relatively 'rough', just as he painted the real thing. For the 727 I hand painted the #1 engine with the updated painting that Calder did on the real thing, with the multi-legged animal running along nacelle, which isn't provided with the decals, which I think were by Jet Set.
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thanks a lot!
Actually, I do like painting with a brush : my other hobby is painting (acrylic or oil, on canvas)
I just didn't attempt the manual painting of Calder on the engine, because at that scale it is a bit hard to render.
These details are exactly the help you would expect from decals, I would say?
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who told me something about the Buccaneeer associated with a Coke bottle?
it ran through my mind, and came out, when I extracted from my stash a Revell/Matchbox Buccaneer and a metal bottle of Coke, in the form of this hybrid :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/cocametal-s_zpstrbqhhqi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03614s_zpsg7lp5sf0.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03618s_zps2ztwzrev.jpg)
the cokckpit, by the way, is from a TA4 Skyhawk I floatplanized some time ago.
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Looks like a Bucc painted red to me................ ;) ;D :lol:
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Clearly, the hinged nose radome has been removed for maintenance. Brilliant! :tornado:
Consider also a coke-bottle Convair F-102A, which was modified as such after the original F-102 ran smack into the sound barrier.
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thanks! ;D
Clearly, the hinged nose radome has been removed for maintenance. Brilliant! :tornado:
Consider also a coke-bottle Convair F-102A, which was modified as such after the original F-102 ran smack into the sound barrier.
I kept the nose for another project to be seen soon ...
does the F102A have such a shape, with a narrow waist? it does not seem too obvious from the pictures I see ...
and I have no more Coke bottle in my stash ;D
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does the F102A have such a shape, with a narrow waist? it does not seem too obvious from the pictures I see ...
and I have no more Coke bottle in my stash ;D
Convair's F-102A was I think the very first aircraft to have the "area ruled" or coke-bottle fuselage. It was a bit of a bodge really, just some squeezing in of the waist aft of the air intake ducting, along with bulges literally bolted on either side of the basic F-102 tail section. The follow-up F-106 (originally designated F-102B) had it designed in from day one, so might be a better target, although once bottled the differences pretty much disappear: It's down to a choice of tail fin really. Meanwhile Republic got in with the F-105 "Thud" - it is well coked and has zany reverse-swept air intakes which would look cool.
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so the coke-bottle fuselage could become a GB after all, with al this variety ;D
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here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter
(I still have a fuselage to deal with ... ;D)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03622s_zpst01tgflo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03625s_zpsgjjwlt4j.jpg)
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Now that actually looks right :blink: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Now that actually looks right :blink: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
EXACTLY! I'm seriously impressed! :thumbsup: :bow:
Darned if I can think what its use would be, but it looks terrific. ;D
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yes it does. Paint it grey and add more aerials an it's a special ops snooping type.
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Hm yes.
The big flat fairings forward and aft of the wings are the SLAR fit of course.......... ;)
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Hm yes.
The big flat fairings forward and aft of the wings are the SLAR fit of course.......... ;)
Indeed - that's what clinched it for me, Kit.
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It sure does ! Like a COD or an ASW bird !
:cheers:
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thank you all!
the main purpose of this aircraft was until now secret, but you just revealed it :
it was meant to make you talk ;D in which it had some success :rolleyes:
Antoher purpose was of course fun ;
and a last purpose was to contribute to the decrease of my stash ;) this latter can bring you to funny ideas sometimes ...
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I think it's more like a firefighter with a **** big fuselage tank for water-bombing or dispensation of other fire retardants. Note too the rear clamshell dispenser for quadcopter observation drones to clear the retardant cloud, much as the RA-5 Vigilante dispensed its bomb load to clear the sonic shock waves. I mean, with those wings and engines, you aren't going to need air brakes.
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I'm sorely tempted to do that with some stuff from The Loft and paint it in 'proper' scheme, with due deference to Ericr's mono-colour original of course. ;D :lol:
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I Almost thought it was an Air Sea Rescue Plane for Canadian Coast Guard. Keep up the Superb Work :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Dan
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thanks again!
I'm sorely tempted to do that with some stuff from The Loft and paint it in 'proper' scheme, with due deference to Ericr's mono-colour original of course. ;D :lol:
please do !
I do realize that some of my choices are quite personal ;D
and there are obvious potential improvements, like for example having some putty on the sides to have them less flat
(by the way, the Matchbox/Revell kit is particularly nice for whiffing because the engines are with the wings),
or having wheel arrangements that would keep the payload bay openable.
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But the whole point about having the flats on the side of the fuselage is that they look JUST like Sideways Looking Airborne Radar panels. :thumbsup:
Which Buccaneer kit did you use pleas Ericr?
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But the whole point about having the flats on the side of the fuselage is that they look JUST like Sideways Looking Airborne Radar panels. :thumbsup:
Which Buccaneer kit did you use pleas Ericr?
it is the Revell 1/72 Buccaneer S Mk.2B, a reboxing of the Matchbox classic : there you will obtain extreme flatness indeed! ;D
(with just a few guides for the wings, to be arased)
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Thanks Ericr, I think I have an original M'box one in The Loft. :thumbsup:
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Thanks Ericr, I think I have an original M'box one in The Loft. :thumbsup:
please let me know what you will do with it : I am really curious to see other interpretations ! ;D
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Belated congratulations! :wub:
(I discover just today this marvelous invention/model of yours) :bow:
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I found this cheap Williams Renault and thought something could come out of it :
I improved it by fitting wings from a F-5 (ok, not very long ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/williams-s_zpsejikpssn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03665s_zpsdrp09i8c.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03661s_zpsu1coizid.jpg)
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Hehehe, Adrian Newey will be screaming.
He'd have put the wings on upside down to increase the downforce! ;D
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Deliciously crazy! :wub:
Is there a separate piston engine to make the wheels turn (like on the related formula 1)? that would provide STOL performance maybe, before the jets take in charge the rest of the flight!
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The original Renault piston engine could still be in place behind the driver/pilot, and the jets are right at the rear in a T-38/F-5 anyway. THREE engines should get it petty mobile. ;D
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red f5 ftw
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thanks all!
now you say it PR19_kit, I could indeed have fitted the wings upside-down,
but I had forgotten that the F1 need to be forced on the ground :
my idea was more to enable them to take a flight ;D
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Hey Ericr, saw this on Twitter and thought of you:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjD7la6WsAApBnf.jpg:large)
Painting by Jacek Yerka
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/readdanfrances/status/734363366156849153
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thanks ! beautiful, I didn't know that : it really is a hybrid, with bits and pieces of fish with tanks, aircraft and ships all at the same time :
I still have to learn ... ;D
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a firefighter's union : a 1/72 Bronco wings on a 1/43 Renault 4 fourgonette :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/4L43-s_zpspfawfmce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03670s_zpsfwhfbxsu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03673s_zpsckdhzcbp.jpg)
the Renault 4 deco is untouched from the original ;)
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That's my kind of whiff!!! Perfection in red. :wub:
Love the ladder. No doubt lofted to rest the far end on the tailplane, allowing you to hang your beer cooler on those nubbly bits in the middle. Or, of course, promptly withdrawn to leave an obstreperous colleague back there to sober up a bit. :lol:
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Hah! That looks very good. :thumbsup:
Don't open the door while the props are turning though.... :o
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I am in love of this red twin-boom hero... :wub: :wub:
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:wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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thanks you all very much !
the original 1/43 diecast had nice details which I was happy to keep, which was possible because the fit was simply very *natural* ;D
and even the red colour of the car fit well with my usual Humbrol 019 red gloss enamel
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a firefighter's union : a 1/72 Bronco wings on a 1/43 Renault 4 fourgonette :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/4L43-s_zpspfawfmce.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03670s_zpsfwhfbxsu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03673s_zpsckdhzcbp.jpg)
the Renault 4 deco is untouched from the original ;)
Skyvan?
:thumbsup:
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Skyvan?
:thumbsup:
You just made my day. It's a bit long to be a "Short" one though.
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Skyvan?
:thumbsup:
You just made my day. It's a bit long to be a "Short" one though.
Skyfourgonnette ! ;D
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Skyfourgonnette ! ;D
Maybe our English-speaking friends do not understand this word, but as I am French-speaking I love this "anglicisme" (the genuine French word being "Fourgonnette volante"=flying skyvan or "Fourgonnette du ciel"=skyvan of the sky)... ;D :lol:
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Skyfourgonnette ! ;D
Maybe our English-speaking friends do not understand this word, but as I am French-speaking I love this "anglicisme" (the genuine French word being "Fourgonnette volante"=flying skyvan or "Fourgonnette du ciel"=skyvan of the sky)... ;D :lol:
It makes perfect sense to me. ;D
There's a baker here who does his deliveries in a RenaultCitroenPeugot van thing which has 'Fourgonne' written on the back doors in big chrome letters.
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C'est magnifique!!.......and, I suppose, a "van rouge"
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C'est magnifique!!.......and, I suppose, a "van rouge"
Hehehe, VERY good! ;D :lol:
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;D
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nothing flying this time, but a hybrid indeed with a party blower :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t55-s_zpsuza1vldp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03687s_zps5qroj82j.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03693s_zpsxrsybo2u.jpg)
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A direct hit would definitely "blow" up the enemy!
A wind-up clockwork one would be the perfect filler for a Christmas cracker.
Better still, a boxful of crackers with different colours in so you can line them up and blow each other away.
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Funny caricature of a military machine. How do you say in English the (French) sound "Tuuuuut !"?
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Funny caricature of a military machine. How do you say in English the (French) sound "Tuuuuut !"?
Toooot? ;D
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thanks all !
there is a slight trick actually : the rolled and the extended ones are two different ones I can fit on the tank : there is no air supply ;D
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You could have installed a clear plastic tube leading into the bottom of the tank, up through the turret and thence to the 'gun'. Then just blow into the tube when you felt the need for a 'toot'. ;) ;D :lol:
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How do you say in English the (French) sound "Tuuuuut !"?
Toooot? ;D
Thanks! The sound is close, the letters match :thumbsup:
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Haha ! Those last two are awesome ! I especially like the Bronco Fire truck !
:wub: :cheers: :bow:
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thanks a lot ;D
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remember the psychedelic band Gong ?
(http://www.saluzzishrc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flying_teapot_front.jpg)
it was just too tempting for me, so I bought a teapot, and a fitting AS350 Écureuil from Heller, 1/48
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere-s_zpssegjajgl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03702s_zps4rksegi4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03704s_zpsykj1976z.jpg)
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Ah, the wonderful world of Gong and Daevid Allen.
Have you been smoking what they were smoking? ;D
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Wonderful! :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
and cheers :cheers:
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Definitely herbal tea :)
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thanks all !
there was definitely somthing herbal in the air around Gong, it is an historical fact ;)
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and now the other part of the helicopter, adapted as an aerosled (with a P38 propeller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ecureuil-s_zpsnwuyh0ea.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03724s_zpsbfxnqcru.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03725s_zpsxsxbmobf.jpg)
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a snow-car? delicious! :wub:
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That should be quite a ride! :thumbsup:
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That's WONDERFUL Ericr. :thumbsup: :bow:
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thanks all! I appreciate your appreciation !
another helicopter submitted to this transformation
(my stash is getting smaller and smaller ! ;D )
is a bit more sturdy-looking, and of russian origin :
the Mi-2
as a flying teapot (with an Aladdin-like style)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/theiere2-s_zps4ahxe2ca.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03711s_zpsq1bxkzpu.jpg)
and as an aerosled (with skis from a Twin Otter : my spares box is also getting smaller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi2-s_zpsvm8nq0lv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03718s_zpsqo60kjys.jpg)
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better and better! :wub: :wub:
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I'd call the flying teapot Russell's teapot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot :bow:
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Love aerosledges!!!
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thanks ;D
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more party blowers :
I have a stock of 1/72 PM Models F(S's and F5B/T38's, several tens, I got them for very cheap, and I distill them in various adventures ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/t38-s_zpsmmmhxcag.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03822s_zpswxpk09tt.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03821s_zpslqmwcisq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03825s_zpsitg8ingm.jpg)
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That looks like too much fun !
:cheers:
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LOVE 'EM! ;D :thumbsup: :bow:
I'm laughing fit to bust here and Mrs_PR19 is looking at me as if I'm nuts. :lol:
I hope you can blow into the jet exhausts to make them all TOOT! ;)
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I don't like parties but I like your party-models very much! So much more innocent than military killers... :-\ ;D
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There just has to be a video game here - fly down and "Wheee!" your opponent before they get you with the party poppers! Each thread wrapped round a wing slows you down. Too many and you fall out of the sky.
Level 2: blow the candles out - straight run down the middle with with the whizzer and your slipstream takes care of the rest. Can you blow them out in one? Of course the Ack-Ack poppers are all well dug in.... and watch out for the flying paper hat from the party cracker they just pulled!
:tornado:
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thanks all!
the idea of having an air supply is certainly excellent, but, as for the tank shown before in this thread, this is only a proptotype, not fully equipped : if anyone feels inspired by a "dynamic" version, please go ahead ! ;D
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another set of fuselages, taken from twin-engines, and assembled as a candelabre
Bronco, Br693, Boxcar, PZL37, Twin Otter
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03699s_zpsy4zc8a5n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/bronco-s_zpsol3wty6u.jpg)
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They look as if they are emerging like butterflies from a chrysalis. Any moment their wings will unfurl, their tails pop out and they will whirr off into the great wide world beyond. :)
Bit of a challenge for stop-frame animation, though. :(
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It is like a 5 fuselage aircraft! :wub:
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thanks ;)
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maybe you remember this one?
for a change, and to get back to the animal hybrids, here is a windmill ostrich :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02943s_zpsxrxghwkx.jpg)
(with a propeller coming from a 1/32 Ar196 : I have two more ... have to find long necked animals as hosts :) )
here is a companion : the flamingo :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamant-s_zpsrbqjpp35.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03875s_zpsr0hntsv8.jpg)
a giraffe is just following, most obviously
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I love the new one! :wub: With its palmed feet, do you count it in marine aircraft/birds?
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thanks!
yes, it is definitely an amphibious ;D
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This graphic now adorns the cover of my new book. It comes out a bit small in print, but it is still cool.
Print and ebook editions available at http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1222610 and steadily appearing elsewhere.
A copy is winging its way towards Ericr as I write this.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/fotb5o19y0xxllw/sharkmouth.jpg?dl=1)
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The cover is very pleasant, the subject might be interesting, but... reading 122 English pages when English is not our Mother language would not be easy, sorry. :-\
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This graphic now adorns the cover of my new book. It comes out a bit small in print, but it is still cool.
Print and ebook editions available at http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1222610 and steadily appearing elsewhere.
A copy is winging its way towards Ericr as I write this.
thanks a lot for choosing my model to illustrate your book!
and thanks for the copy, I'm eager to see it!
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I just bought an e-copy.
:thumbsup:
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I just bought an e-copy.
:thumbsup:
;D
If you like it, please review it on every web site where you can find it!
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:thumbsup:
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I just got my copy of the book in the mail today!
many thanks for this, and for choosing my model picture!
I'll read it in the summer
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here she comes :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/girafe-s_zpsmlzl7psu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03920s_zpsgbkhjrw8.jpg)
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among animals with propellers, is this lovely one :wub: counting as "high altitude"? ;D
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I think maybe she's a brush-cutter? ;D
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I think maybe she's a brush-cutter? ;D
ah yes, good idea, especially if you have acacias, and she can do that at quite high altiture ;D
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the propeller is from a tilt-rotor Osprey by the way
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the propeller is from a tilt-rotor Osprey by the way
Perfect! Brush-cutting at any angle.
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the propeller is from a tilt-rotor Osprey by the way
Perfect! Brush-cutting at any angle.
;D
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If she had wings she could produce the most amazing topiary from even the tallest tree.
I've now got a mental image of tiny Giraffe-Pegasus humming birds feeding from flowers that only they can get their long necks into.
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If she had wings she could produce the most amazing topiary from even the tallest tree.
I've now got a mental image of tiny Giraffe-Pegasus humming birds feeding from flowers that only they can get their long necks into.
ah, the giraffe pegasus, an inpriring symbol indeed !
I produced one a few years ago, and placed at my office at work
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/girafe-ailee-s_zpsbaxtbsvb.jpg)
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Very elegant, more elegant than credible alas... ;)
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If she had wings she could produce the most amazing topiary from even the tallest tree.
I've now got a mental image of tiny Giraffe-Pegasus humming birds feeding from flowers that only they can get their long necks into.
Like seahorses of the air except they are giraffes.
Sets me wondering - what could be hybridized with a plastic flower?
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Sets me wondering - what could be hybridized with a plastic flower?
Almost anything if you're Ericr. ;D :lol:
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Sets me wondering - what could be hybridized with a plastic flower?
Almost anything if you're Ericr. ;D :lol:
my mind has already started brainstorming ... ;D
actually, I already have an idea, for plastic plants in pots, along the line of my candlesticks with multiple branches ...
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a while ago I showed a knot in a tank truck :
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg725316.html#msg725316 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg725316.html#msg725316)
now it is the turn of a rocket :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ariane4-s_zpsqpxjtiez.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03957s_zps9mrfinzz.jpg)
from the Revell 1/144 kit, which was done OOB, nearly normally
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03948s_zpsuybvtpga.jpg)
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Cool stuff. The knot is an eye catcher !
:cheers:
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a while ago I showed a knot in a tank truck :
now it is the turn of a rocket :
Surprising & funny... like a nightmare of rocket engineer... :thumbsup:
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thanks a lot!
and now for something different :
a tribute to the DS featured in the Fantomas movie :
(http://www.avionslegendaires.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DS-Fantomas_IMDB.jpg)
done in yellow
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/ds-s_zpscjww92o8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03963s_zps9ahbeiys.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03964s_zpsgokym6ma.jpg)
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Hot rod! :thumbsup:
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thanks!
by the way, PR19, this is where I used the optoonal longer wings of the LS-8 glider
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Excellent! :thumbsup:
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thanks!
by the way, PR19, this is where I used the optoonal longer wings of the LS-8 glider
I can't think of a better use for them Ericr, the DS looks superb like that. :thumbsup:
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thanks a lot ! ;D
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Coming back from holidays, I discover this marvel, oh great! (but the icon for Love seems to have disappeared, sorry)
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thanks
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I stumbled upon this on the web somewhere :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)
and it gave me ideas, with other car kits :
the Peugeot 203, in red
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/203bateau-s_zpstcmya7bo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03994s_zpsdxsrygra.jpg)
and the Peugeot 403, in blue
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/403bateau-s_zps7bro8fsk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03989s_zpsukqcx9gh.jpg)
both 1/43, combined with a 1/35 pontoon (german, by Bronco Models IIRC)
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Nice! Surprisingly, since then this way has not been explored, so that looks both old-style and very-modern/future... ;)
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Hydroplane plus Dino Ferrari?
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thanks
can be tried with your favorite car indeed, luxury or not ;)
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Great idea ! Love the 'original' with the old micro-bus. These things look like family-invasion vehicles !
:thumbsup:
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if you remember the ostrich (yellow), flamingo (blue) and giraffe (red) previously featured here, here is, going back into history and even prehistory, the brachiosaurus windmill :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/brachiosaure-s_zpsfgg7tgla.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04208_zpscg310hww.jpg)
(and it is not finished :wacko: time travel continues ...)
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:wub: (you make me love paleontology...)
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I will soon travel even further in the past ;)
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miilions of years before the brachiousaurus, there were only bacteria (if what I heard is true): will we need a microscope to see your next model? ;)
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A nice, manageable size that. Could use it in water too. :o
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A nice, manageable size that. Could use it in water too. :o
good idea! It would be a fish-turbine?
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miilions of years before the brachiousaurus, there were only bacteria (if what I heard is true): will we need a microscope to see your next model? ;)
there were other worlds than the RW ;)
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so, long before dinosaurs, there were dragons, and hydras, with multiple propellers !
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04233s_zps52avbmo9.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2tetes-s_zpsymieyksi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/hydre-s_zpsgxevpc21.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04333s_zpspngbf55j.jpg)
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Talk about cutting your head off lol. The first one is my favourite. Make lots of little friends cutting off all the good leafy greens way up high for them !
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I guess something had to be around for Hamilton Standard and Dowty Rotol to stay in business all this time. ;D
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Great! (but I am scared, are they animals from Earth or monsters from Hell?) :-\ ;)
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I stumbled upon this on the web somewhere :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)
and it gave me ideas, with other car kits :
the Peugeot 203, in red
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/203bateau-s_zpstcmya7bo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03994s_zpsdxsrygra.jpg)
and the Peugeot 403, in blue
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/403bateau-s_zps7bro8fsk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC03989s_zpsukqcx9gh.jpg)
both 1/43, combined with a 1/35 pontoon (german, by Bronco Models IIRC)
Nice.
The boats are the Dragon German Army 'assault' boat, I have one in work at the moment converted
to inboard power with the White straight-6 from an old Bandai 1/48 M3 half-track.
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thanks !
I guess something had to be around for Hamilton Standard and Dowty Rotol to stay in business all this time. ;D
I learned something about the british propeller industry ;)
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both 1/43, combined with a 1/35 pontoon (german, by Bronco Models IIRC)
Nice.
The boats are the Dragon German Army 'assault' boat, I have one in work at the moment converted
to inboard power with the White straight-6 from an old Bandai 1/48 M3 half-track.
thanks !
indeed that boat comes from a Dragon box ;
please show us yours when you feel like it!
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with the remaining airframes of 1/350 Ro.43 and MB411, after stealing their floats for other purposes, I did something insect-like, like in the past with fly-tape or a glass, but this time with a flower (1:1, injection plastic, from Ikea):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04218s_zps9nhtayic.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/fleur-s_zpse4hmernm.jpg)
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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haha good one ! I like those pests :thumbsup:
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Funny, yes, thanks! :thumbsup:
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That's lovely. <_<
More, please.
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Wonderfull :bow:
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That's really cool right there! Like honey bees. ;D
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thanks all !
you want more ?
really ?
wait and see ;D
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you want more ?
really ?
wait and see ;D
I will wait, anxious... I hope this is even more of just the same (already so incredible...). Going further seems impossible :-\ ;)
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remember this ?
here is what the Buccaneer fuselage became, with wings from the spares box, coming from a Twin Otter
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer-s_zpshn4squb1.jpg)
I was so tempted to try the reciprocal, that I found cheap sales boxes of the former Matchbox, now Revell kits, and here is the
Twin Otter and Buccaneer wings, red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer2-s_zpsz3hh0b6n.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04401s_zpsqg2ec8ff.jpg)
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Very nice!! That candy coat.... :o ;D
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I had missed the yellow one. :rolleyes: They both look fantastic, hard to pick a favorite. :wub: :thumbsup:
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Oh man I love that Twotter/ Bucc ! Defo want one of those !
:thumbsup:
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The same for me: I love the new one! :wub:
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Twotter Bizjet! Love it.
:thumbsup:
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thanks all !
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I should say I love the original. I think that would make an excellent carrier-borne AEW and or ASW platform. The new one is pretty wild as well....great combo of the two, very interesting look to it !
:thumbsup:
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I should say I love the original. I think that would make an excellent carrier-borne AEW and or ASW platform. The new one is pretty wild as well....great combo of the two, very interesting look to it !
:thumbsup:
as I sometimes say, if anyone feels like trying these combinations in more "real world" liveries please do !
the second one could have some small airline colors, or, considering passenger comfort level, maybe a low cost like EasyJet ;-)
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both are clever and elegant, they look right in them selfs and the mono colours are such that you pay attention to the shape / style of the airframe :thumbsup:
brilliant as ever
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thanksalot !
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so I had this fuselage remaining, and had to think of a backing story :
here is a kind of salt lake racer, but not only meant for speed, but also for endurance : therefore
1 - it runs in wide circles (with fixed front wheels slightly turning), and
2 - a refueling device, so that from time to time it slows down a bit to enable a tanker to refuel it, before speeding up again.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer3-s_zpsackdoucn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04414s_zps9hhow1ei.jpg)
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the back story is just ace :thumbsup:
very clever use of the bits as well
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Wow great builds!
Got to have a rummage in my spares box :banghead:
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Wow :thumbsup: :wub:
(the World outside is so boring, I wish you will replace God above...) ;)
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Nutty! :o ;D
Could you imagine aliens watching from space?? ;D
"Those silly humans... they reach pinnacles of design and engineering and they choose to utilize it by going in circles in the desert...."
In other news, I think I know who has the largest decal collection..... . ;)
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That is crazy cool !
:thumbsup:
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Love that Ericr, but I want to see the tanker too.............. ;D ;)
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thanks all !
I am touched by the reactions on the backing story : maybe I should write more of them,
so that my builds, which seem all quite natural to me, would also look plausible to you ;D
Love that Ericr, but I want to see the tanker too.............. ;D ;)
argh ! I knew I was taking a risk when mentioning it :o
I wonder if I have a flying tanker tube somewhere in my spares box(es) ...
and yes, I do have a quite voluminous decals collection (nearly all in mint condition, unused !)
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and by the way, wheels are from the 403 and 203 above ...
(still have 2 of them left ...)
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in the same vein of rebuilding, from an aircraft fuselage, a wheeled vehicle that can roam about in deserts and the like :
this is a P-61 (1/48) with the wheels of a VW minibus (1/24) :
it still needs the ladders to climb in, and has a nice large trunk at the bottom (for smuggling?),
as well as an orientable observation turret on top, and shallow horizontal lateral window.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/P61bus-s_zpsb37q77rs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04419s_zpsqzo2gbzk.jpg)
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Uh? :-\
If I were president of the World, there would be death penalty for destroying a twin-boom model :angry:
but... ahem, you would be forgiven (but just you only!), as this derivative is so genius & funny... ;D
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^ Tophe loves his Twin Booms, I've learned. ;D
I like the contraption! That thing is sweet.. looks great and I love all the glass.
The pitot tube.... LOL! :o ;D
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thanks !
and dont worry about the booms, they will soon re-appear, transformed into something ...
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I just noticed the narrow panes of glass where the wings would hook into.... I love little touches like that. I can't explain it but "little panes of glass" appeal to me. If that makes sense....
Anyway, I have a question... do you mask your "glass" or do you free hand it?? I've instances where masking was such a huge pain in the butt... but...if the frame detail is sufficiently raised I can free hand it with moderate success.
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That is so cool ! Looks like she would make an awesome sight seeing tour bus, and an even better camper van !
:thumbsup: :wub: ;)
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I just noticed the narrow panes of glass where the wings would hook into.... I love little touches like that. I can't explain it but "little panes of glass" appeal to me. If that makes sense....
Anyway, I have a question... do you mask your "glass" or do you free hand it?? I've instances where masking was such a huge pain in the butt... but...if the frame detail is sufficiently raised I can free hand it with moderate success.
yes, instead of filling up the wing holders holes, I figured they would be nice shallow horizontal lateral window : maybe I could have given them a few vertical separations to make it more identifiable.
and I do hand-paint everything, I actually don't know how to do masking. My skills were formed quite a lot of years ago, and after stopping modelling for a while (my more rock'n'roll years) I started again from this state of skills, and never really upgraded them. I like to use basic techniques, it has something refreshing, maybe a bit like punk rock ? ;D
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I just noticed the narrow panes of glass where the wings would hook into.... I love little touches like that. I can't explain it but "little panes of glass" appeal to me. If that makes sense....
Anyway, I have a question... do you mask your "glass" or do you free hand it?? I've instances where masking was such a huge pain in the butt... but...if the frame detail is sufficiently raised I can free hand it with moderate success.
yes, instead of filling up the wing holders holes, I figured they would be nice shallow horizontal lateral window : maybe I could have given them a few vertical separations to make it more identifiable.
and I do hand-paint everything, I actually don't know how to do masking. My skills were formed quite a lot of years ago, and after stopping modelling for a while (my more rock'n'roll years) I started again from this state of skills, and never really upgraded them. I like to use basic techniques, it has something refreshing, maybe a bit like punk rock ? ;D
Works for me! And you ain't missin much; masking is a pain in the back side big time. Free handing it is definitely more refreshing than cursing at tape for an hour. ;D
It drives me nuts sometimes and even being careful you can still have runs even with good tape. I'm going to spring for some Tamiya narrow stuff that can do curves one of these days but for now I use 3m Scotch Blue painters which is good stuff but I still haven't mastered using it. I burnish the edges and all that mess and even taken to laying down another paint layer after masking before painting the second color. Still, I have stuff that runs under the tape. I've seen numerous people on modelling forums state that they love it and never had any problems so I tend to think what's wrong is my "technique."
Long story short, plan B is painting by hand and better believe I want to practice that as much as I can! No telling how long I can tolerate this tape mess then I'll NEED that skill. lol
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in the same vein of rebuilding, from an aircraft fuselage, a wheeled vehicle that can roam about in deserts and the like :
this is a P-61 (1/48) with the wheels of a VW minibus (1/24) :
it still needs the ladders to climb in, and has a nice large trunk at the bottom (for smuggling?),
as well as an orientable observation turret on top, and shallow horizontal lateral window.
Very nice. It has a convincing air about it and could easily have been created for some special scientific expedition. :thumbsup:
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thanks!
I like it to have a somehow plausible air indeed ;D
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still inspired by this picture I found by chance on the net :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/83e6c3db439254f66ce160af7379ad4d_zpsk25w75cp.jpg)
I grabbed a VW bus (1/24) and a "Power Boat" I bought ages ago for cheap, both from Revell
and here is the mix :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/VwBus-s_zps87kxjfzn.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04431s_zpsqeweb71f.jpg)
at the back there still is an access to the inside of the boat, with two side windows for maneuvering in harbours
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Hippy Level: 5000
;D ;D
I have to say I'm digging the break up of the primary color here. The chrome, the lights, the interior.... the harbour windows. ;) ;)
Your detail work is choice, dude.... I'm lookin at the interior.. the double bar rack thingy in the rear .. the door handles 'n stuff.. The windshield wipers....
Looks like a great craft with which to trawl some canals and partake a spliff. :mellow: :lol:
If I hadn't found this here.... I'd be running TO here to show you all.
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at the back there still is an access to the inside of the boat, with two side windows for maneuvering in harbours
It is wonderful to mix "good technical/marketing reasons" with absurdity smile... :thumbsup:
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That's got to have something more powerful than the VW flat four under the hood, looking at the size of those outdrives! :o
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That's got to have something more powerful than the VW flat four under the hood, looking at the size of those outdrives! :o
I hope so, the weight might help keep it in the water ! Looks a tad top heavy to me.
Lovely build though :thumbsup:
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thanks all !
the details are courtesy of Revell : chrome parts and inside railings are part of the kits, which builds very nicely and easily actually (at least the OOB part ;D )
and this whif also considers whiffed gravity and physics ;D
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Ahh good, I'll cancel the shipment of bricks!
Revell may have made the parts but you are the one that got them where they needed to be! I don't see puddles of glue and smears everywhere like on MY models. lmao ;D ;D :thumbsup: :mellow: :lol:
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so I found that cheap 1/48 black widow, nice kit, of which you saw the fuselage in red recently above,
(and I just bought anohter one, aha ...)
and I found nice 1/1 plastic/foam bananas, quite realistically shaped
(and I am tempted to buy another set, as ideas are flowing in ...)
and a twin-boom banana has something to it I should say
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61-s_zpseo92ijpu.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04520s_zpskokrfh3j.jpg)
I had to work quite a bit on the weight in the nose (i.e., babana tip) to avoid tail-sitting
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Marvelous twin-boom banana :thumbsup:
I would have used the icon "Love" if I were less afraid that my psychiatrist frown his eyes saying this raised up banana is a phallic symbol, awful... :-\
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This dude!!!!
I LOVE it! Always with the crazy unexpected.
With the access panel opened and all..
Tempted to put some clear piece at the tip of the banana with a gunner! ;D ;D
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Oh my word that's just surreal. :bow:
I'd love to see the reaction from people at Scale Model World on viewing these scultures ;D
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I have been inspired by this great P-61 banana, so a P-38 banana (Bananing) came to life also, together with derivatives. They are featured (with thanks to Ericr) at the temporary end of my Lightning site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairP_dl.jpg)
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thanks !
I have several of those bananas ... watch out
I'd love to see the reaction from people at Scale Model World on viewing these scultures ;D
I'd love to show them to that public, and surprise them by showing unexpected potential to plastic models, provided they would react positively ;D
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It would be interesting to see the reaction if they were shown at a local art show.
Our local art club/class has public shows twice a year and the public are invited to submit works. There's some very good pieces on display at most shows. A lot of good, local talent.
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And following on nicely from NARSES2's comment, but by complete coincidence, I just came across this and thought "oh that's right up Ericr's street"...
http://www.ohsosurreal.com/2015/04/interview-with-surreal-painter-and.html
Definite shades of Kris Kuksi in some of the darker ones... http://www.kuksi.com/
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Yes, our Ericr star is a true artist! :thumbsup:
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I missed the VN van boat ! That is incredible !
Love the banana as well. That is neat !
:wub: :thumbsup:
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thanks a lot for the links !
I knew Kuksi, and especially his "tank churches" are quite close to this forum, in that the sorce kits are quite recognizable (the tanks, but also some of the Faller (?) churches)
The other one has very strong hybrids too, some of them a bit darker than what I do though
And following on nicely from NARSES2's comment, but by complete coincidence, I just came across this and thought "oh that's right up Ericr's street"...
http://www.ohsosurreal.com/2015/04/interview-with-surreal-painter-and.html
Definite shades of Kris Kuksi in some of the darker ones... http://www.kuksi.com/
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another Twin Otter (it is a nice kit, cheap, and each time you get a nice pair of floats to whiff with)
and another banana (it was a set of five I bought, and I am actually tempted by a second one)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter2-s_zps2zik2puv.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04529s_zpsslsusfew.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04530s_zpsqlyt73yz.jpg)
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Bananoroma strikes again! ;D :mellow: :mellow:
I dig it.
Twin bananas next go round, perhaps?
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Let's go banana's! Does the H-21 qualify? :wub:
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Wonderful :wub:
and this is not delirium but a good improvement for loading/unloading performances!...
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Oh how I hope that these stay undisturbed in the ground for a couple of millennia. The ideas they will give future archaeologists :angel: ;D
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thanks all !
I am definitely working for long-term posterity ;D
and twin bananas requires a bit of thought ...
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and twin bananas requires a bit of thought ...
I would have used the icon "Love" if I were less afraid that my psychiatrist frown his eyes saying this raised up banana is a phallic symbol, awful... :-\
Yes, let us think about this. Well... in the other way, a banana going down would look like a penis at rest... :-\ ;)
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a banana in space!
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttle144-s_zpsuixlunjf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04552s_zpsevbo6fzl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04554s_zpsjk4vzgje.jpg)
I cheated a bit, by allowing for extended wheels and at the same time putting it on the booster ;-) because both views are nice
The shuttle is an Academy 1/144 (of which I had some cheap copies, still one left ...)
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;D ;D
:o ;D
You done gone bananas, bro! Love the primary colors rig!!! That shuttle worked out well, the scale seems perfect with the banana.
Odd that you posted this, I started a Shuttle back in 1991 and I was contemplating just minutes agou picking it up again to do more work.
You have to name your shuttle. Bananaprise? Dibananery? Something... ;)
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Shouldn't the banana bit be yellow? ;D ;D
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thanks for your appreciation !
Shouldn't the banana bit be yellow? ;D ;D
remember, this is whifffffff ;D
anyway, it is improved by fitting wings (might be some room for additional improvement though)
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Oh wow!! :bow: :bow:
This reminds me of BananaMan... :rolleyes: these would be sweet rides for him! ;D :thumbsup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovvKRRYB22Q
:cheers:
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cute, I didn't know bananaman :
I am designing a whole suite of aircraft for him across the ages (wait and see, more to come ;-) )
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there are not only bananas in life :
"this is not a pipe" (as Magritte once said) but made of one, with elements from a Mi-1 helicopter in 1/72 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/pipe-s_zpsnth8dxjp.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04559s_zpsuv2o2szj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04560s_zps5cldshxr.jpg)
as most of you will have promptly noticed, appropriate weighting in order to avoid tail-sitting
involved a quite delicate front wheel placement
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Nutty!!
What's up with the tail rotor?!
Looks great!! You have me wanting to try something like this... flowers and fruit and pipes 'n stuff.... man.. ;D Inspired.
In fact, I think I was half awake half asleep when I started dreaming up stapler mods....
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lovely... :wub:
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Another good one. :thumbsup:
Tell me Eric, do you go out with the specific intention of finding something specific for a model or is it a case of seeing something and thinking "oh, that will make a very good helicopter" (for example).
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thanxalot!
sorry for the tail rotor : I reperaired it after the pictures were taken
Another good one. :thumbsup:
Tell me Eric, do you go out with the specific intention of finding something specific for a model or is it a case of seeing something and thinking "oh, that will make a very good helicopter" (for example).
well it depends, there is some randomness, or serendipity in the process.
Sometimes I start from an aircraft, sometimes from an object, because I ilke their shape somehow,
and then I think "what could I do with it?"
For example in the case of the bananas, I first bought one fake plastic foam one in order to do this, inspired by a drawing by Kuczynski, which you might remember from there :
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg696592.html#msg696592 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,37003.msg696592.html#msg696592)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC00135s_zpsdjzakbyz.jpg)
and then I saw potentiel for banana fuselages, and then the series took shape (you noticed I like series, maybe?) with monoplanes, biplanes, jet, propeller, ...
And sometimes it the other way round : I bought several space shuttles with boosters (1/144, Academy, real cheap), and then saw what could take the place of the shuttle, or booster, or both ; and a series came out of that (still one or two to go , by the way : stay tuned)
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So good! (to see and enjoy, not to eat)...
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Thanks for the explanation Eric.
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Thanks for the explanation Eric.
you are welcome : it is mostly an inspiration thing actually.
Sometimes for particular cases I can say why and how some aspect of the shape of the one and of the other make me see a match, and sometimes I am indeed browsing catalogs for the kit that matches my needs, or conversely.
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Someone should whip up a poll containing a number of non-aircraft items. We all vote on the item we want and then Eric gets to build it how he sees fit. ;D
(I suspected that it was normal "wear and tear" on the rotor, had to bust yer chops a bit!! ;) :D )
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;)
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more bananas :
a 1/28 Sopwith Camel (I am busy lowering my stash level ...)
and a banana, because I wanted to see how it could look as a biplane
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/camel28-s_zpsu7wucaz1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04569s_zpszshx1eaf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04570s_zpsegkaahp2.jpg)
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Works for me, bud!
One heck of a hump on that Camel. :thumbsup:
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wow, the forefather of the family? nice....
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thanks !
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the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/vinci-s_zps61b8oyoc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04578s_zpsak8pdzwl.jpg)
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Now that's just INSPIRED! Well done Ericr. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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You are proving Da Vinci was an inventor not a dreamer, or is this the same? ;D
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It's making me think of Batman. Which is a good thing.
Do the wings flap - making it an ornithopter?
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thanks all!
it does look a bit like a Batman thing indeed ;)
but da Vinci's design predates the comics quite a bit ;D
There was a possibility of making the wings articulate, with rops and stuff, but I simplified that :
a more skilled modeller could have a try, with handles from the cockpit for the pilot to draw ;D
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Would make the corny "I just flew in from Italy and boy are my arms tired" joke more literal. :laugh:
Nice work, bro!!
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I had one B727 in 1/100 from VEB/Plasticart left, and I used the fuselage and wings for something else (coming soon), so here I was with the extremities ... and then I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?) and did this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727-s_zpslaxvfhur.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04607s_zpsdqzby63v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04610s_zpsa1vhu1bi.jpg)
the single wheel gives a certain impression of lightness, a bit like for a half P-38 (laterally) I did some years ago ...
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Banana-esque w/out the banana this time. :lol:
I dig it!!!
I think the wings need to be longer though.... (hahahah....because there are no wings... dont let PR19 see this!! ) :unsure: ;) ;) ;D ;D
Speaking of wings..I wonder what this would look like with a delta wing........ . . . ..
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Actually there is a (little) rear wing on this marvelous plane. And concerning the center of lift vs center of gravity, don't forget that the main rule in normal aircraft (without fly-by-wire) is having a nose-down tendency, this is normal! hehehe... ;D
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Somewhat reminiscent of my DC9-BJ, but sans wings. ;D
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4276/tx7h.jpg)
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I like both of those - Eric's and Kit's.
Good jobs both of you.
:thumbsup:
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Have a look at that!! :lol:
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I like both of those - Eric's and Kit's.
:thumbsup:
So do I!
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... and then I remembered about a picture seen on the internet (but where?)
Something like the Lippisch Aerodyne, perhaps?
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8DAL7gPYBiM/TAcPR6lwLKI/AAAAAAAAAXk/II6S1fWFS08/s1600/CollinsAerodyne.jpg)
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Wild stuff....Bananotter ! Love all the bananas....great stuff. The pipe I pretty funny as well. Love the batwing too.
:thumbsup:
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This one?
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/25/8d/db/258ddbad0da09e155b6ec3845c27fb70.jpg)
This looks to be in your area, found while looking for the above image, it's a Aeronca of some sort I think. ;D
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a7/19/1e/a7191edc068ef814cef8aba0313bf4b7.jpg)
And something similar to your DaVinchi Camel machine, airborne even!
(http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/52af73f66bb3f7507f65facc/the-wright-brothers-may-not-be-the-first-in-flight.jpg)
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thanks very much all !
it is a pleasure to give you pleasure ;D
PR19_kit yours is splendid
(better skills than mine, but as I sometimes say : anyone is welcome to reuse my stuff their own ways)
and thanks for the pictures ! and the winner is ...
in the sense that : yes! this was precisely the picture I had in mind, thanks for finding it
This one?
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/25/8d/db/258ddbad0da09e155b6ec3845c27fb70.jpg)
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the other half of the 1/28 Camel had to have a life, and in my qtash I had this Revell wooden kit of da Vinci designed wings for manned flight :
I just couldn't resist, because any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats (or a hull) :
the latter comes from an old three masted "Hamphitrite" by Heller, and the side floats are fuel barrels from two 1/48 P-61 from Revell.
And therefore this topic is **MOVED** to another appropriate thread of mine :
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg747177.html#msg747177 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg747177.html#msg747177)
wher you can see more of this :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/vinci-s_zpss41ku8lj.jpg)
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One more banana, airliner this time with the middle part of the previously shortened B727 (1/100 Plasticart/VEB) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b727banane-s_zpsb5baylrm.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04620s_zpssygyue4d.jpg)
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I can almost see all simian inside!
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;D
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Big banana !
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thanx!
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I like the shot looking forwad from the rear.. gives the term "heavy" some legitimacy. I know it's just a 727 but still, it has the LOOK. I love T-Tails so my only gripe is the absence of that, but, I imagine those bits found their way to some other craft.
::::waves to all the lil simians inside::::: :D
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I hesitated a bit about the T-tail indeed, but chose to keep for the shortened B727 shown earlier.
And the banana shape comes out all the more clearer that way ;)
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That's true! Don't want to go messing up those banana lines. lol :D
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I am very sure dear ericr is going to make a good/incredible use of this removed T-tail... ;D ;)
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the other half of the Amphitrite three-masted ship,
of which the hull was used for the da Vinci Camel here :
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg747177.html#msg747177 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg747177.html#msg747177)
has found its way to the other half of the pair of chartreuse slippers used a a Space Shuttle alternative shown here before:
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC02421s_zpsmhpyanv4.jpg)
and here is the result :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04640s_zpsrtwlkhan.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/3mats-s_zpshi6pp16u.jpg)
(travelling is fine, but you may prize to your comfort, wouldn't you?)
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The cabin looks comfortable! (maybe "smelly" but confortable) ;)
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All you need now is a bottle big enough for it to fit inside! :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
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;D
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not quite exactly a whif, since I was inspired by this, to which I just couldn't resist :
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/21/49/5521498a8ef430a165ad27850cf418a2.jpg)
and from a 1/43 2cv from Heller, and a diecast combi :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsvdaepjqr.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04660s_zpsobofdjzi.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04661s_zpsnnwkxk9n.jpg)
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Wonderful double-decker! :wub:
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Nice!! I imagine all the smoke gathers in the top. . . . ;) ;) :D :D
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"Sorry, Sir, standing room only.
"Pass along the bus, please."
>DING!< >DING!<
Ah, those were the days.
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thanks !
the red color has something of a bus undeed ;)
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Somewhat reminiscent of my DC9-BJ, but sans wings. ;D
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4276/tx7h.jpg)
I just found out of this, which is reminiscent too,no? :
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Njc4WDEyODA=/z/p-IAAOSwIwhWTuWn/$_58.JPG)
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House shoes!? Nutty!! :D :D I guess I missed those. lol
EDIT: Oh yeah, the "Jet Vtol" is cool, too. I bet that also has a nice section for smoke to gather.
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That is awesome ! I wonder what they do with the car part ? A bedroom ? A skylight ? Nice rendition of it too, but their paint is cooler lol
:thumbsup:
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Truth be told it might just be empty space to allow them to stand up in there . lol That, or a section made into a bed. Half open so one could crawl in there, and the forward section (or rear) a bunk. Thinking back to my days snoozing in a elevated bed section in an RV. :D ::shrug::: or not. hehe
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the upper level might be a panoramic dining room too ... ;)
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After the flying teapot helicopters shown previously in this thread, I try this oriental lamp, coupled with a Cobra :
a bit of magic ...
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/aladin-s_zpsxqumnmao.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04684s_zpsbn315vaw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04686s_zpsvop4i2vl.jpg)
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Just rub it......It's the cobra from the bottle..... :lol:
Your imagination is beyond any comparison! Really great fun......
David
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hehehe! like an updated version of this very old magic tool... :thumbsup:
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thanks ;)
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You have to select between air to air and air to ground wishes. :D
Too cool!!
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one more plastic foam banana, this time powered by a Buccaneer
(remember that the Matchbox/Revell one has engines and wings easy to detach and reuse elsewhere ;) )
the fit went very nicely and easily
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/buccaneer4-s_zpsxsqsmssk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04675s_zpsmxcowsat.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04678s_zpsyheyvxk0.jpg)
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That does look good, :thumbsup:
you can see why it was known as the Banana jet ;D (among other nome de plumes)
And my second thought was, that looks a bit portly, ought to be good for C.O.D aircraft,
although one might Want to refine the Tailplanes/fin a bit more aerodynamically. :rolleyes:
Regards
Keith
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thanks !
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Awesome! It's the Banananeer or Bucanana. ;D ;D
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;D :thumbsup:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovvKRRYB22Q
Don't know if you remember him but you sure have a fine collection of vehicles for that guy... ;D Cool bananas! :thumbsup:
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thanks for the link ;)
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one more banana, maybe the last? this time it deserves its name fully :
I bought especially a 1/72 H_21 fying banana from HobbyCraft, and used the rotors and wheels here
(the rest is under use in another project to be seen soon ;) )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/h21-s_zpsrlxwamqg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05076s_zpsmb7urmo2.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05078s_zps3m3nksr8.jpg)
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It is amazing: the flying banana H-21 was actually a banana! a true one: red, normal! :thumbsup:
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Who knew the "Chi" in "Chinook" was actually from Chiquita banannas?! ;D (I know it's not a Chinook but then the crappy joke wouldn't have worked... lol )
Quite glorious! The Simians will be pleased, I'm sure. :lol:
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thanks ;D
by the way I am of course not the first one ;-)
(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/01.jpg)
(http://aegistg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hook03.jpg)
(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/02.jpg)
or even :
(http://flyingnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/flying-banana-300x300.jpg)
so I am doing quite normal stuff after all
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(http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7072-H-21-Harr/02.jpg)
Hmmm, what's that blue/grey thing in the background? It has VERY long wings...... ;D
It looks like a U-2 winged F-104.
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I sent this one over to Telford a long long time ago.
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg.html)
There's just something fun aboot making them into aircraft.
Alvis Pi
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I sent this one over to Telford a long long time ago.
There's just something fun aboot making them into aircraft.
Alvis Pi
great ! thanks for sharing !
bananas have a lot of potential : right now I am out of bananas now in my stash,
but who knows? maybe some time in the future? :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:
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Funny stuff ! Love seeing all the different takes. I like the Buccnana as well.
:thumbsup:
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Funny stuff ! Love seeing all the different takes. I like the Buccnana as well.
:thumbsup:
thanks !
exploring possible declinations of an idea is fun in itself ;)
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in the series of propellers windmills hybrid animals,
I just had to try the push-pull twin-propeller :
the liliensternus seemed an appropriate candidate
for this peculiar evolutionary possibility :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/Liliensternus-s_zpsqendsmri.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04671s_zpsvrk7cc0q.jpg)
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I thought the push-pull layout was an invention of the 20th century, but obviously Mother Nature created it millions of years ago... :thumbsup:
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Here I am late to the bananair party, victim of Groucho Marx' famous epithet;
"Time flies like an arrow — fruit flies like a banana!"
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/Alvis3_1/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/Alvis3_1/media/H-21_zpsbyvvresq.jpg.html)
There's just something fun aboot making them into aircraft.
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By the way, love the push-pull dino. It somehow reaches into the subconscious. :wub:
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;)
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Something sinister about that Dino.... like a cross between something from Lovecraft and something from Salvadore Dali..or something. I like it! It conjures up images of one tearing through the jungle with the props spinning.. defense in the back and front.. offense in the back and front... chopping up vegetation and other creatures. :mellow: :mellow:
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thanks ! ;D
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The wings and booms of this P-61 are going to be used elsewhere ( ... teaser ... ;) ) here is the fuselage,
used by Northrop to test, with an existing airframe to make it simpler and cheaper, ideas about a space shuttle design :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Shuttle-s_zpsp6s5vgf3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05051s_zps77xcwgda.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05054s_zpsh7ls1vbf.jpg)
The P-61 is Revell 1/48, the Shuttle and Booster Academy 1/144
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Righteous, brotha!! That is super slick! Genius!!!
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:wub: Wonderful! I especially love the rear post for the flame-control crew... ;)
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:wub: Wonderful! I especially love the rear post for the flame-control crew... ;)
Brilliant!! This is flame control to major balm...
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:wub: Wonderful! I especially love the rear post for the flame-control crew... ;)
Is he the one with the long toasting fork and the bag of marshmallows?
This is great Eric. I hadn't though about using a P 61 Nacelle in such a way but I think I need to find a cheap one now.
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Pretty darned awesome there ericr, and the primary colours work really well with it too. :thumbsup:
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thank you all very much!
I really appreciate your appreciation, which gives me inspiration for more ;D
the idea came from the chance meeting of the two kits on my modelling table after cooliding in my stash.
And I found a source for a 1/48 Revell P-61 at less than 20 euros, and the Shuttle and boosters at 10 euros, some time ago ;)
The wings and booms will appear here in the coming weeks :wacko:
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This is great Eric. I hadn't though about using a P 61 Nacelle in such a way but I think I need to find a cheap one now.
and, as I sometimes say, please go ahead, and do that kind if stuff with your modelling skills, much sharper than mine <_<
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It looks very X wing-y. can picture R2D2 in the normal turret position
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It looks very X wing-y. can picture R2D2 in the normal turret position
right, the dorsal turret is a natural fit for a R2D2 !
I had to keep it shut though, to accomodate the shuttle fin.
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the flying banana fuselage (remaining from the above bananaification)
fits well with wings from the very versatile Twin Otter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter3-s_zpsied86qk6.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05090s_zps5n28rugw.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05087s_zps2fn4b1qr.jpg)
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Wonderfull :bow:
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Directional control looks like it would be a tad iffy :wacko: :wacko:
But I luv the look of it :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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lovely... :wub:
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Yeah that's pretty neat right there!!
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thanks all !
I agree that an additional fin would make the thing more reassuring, I hesitated but finally kept the shape of the H-21 :
in a whiff wirld, having a bit wild direction is fine ;)
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Pilot just has all the passengers pile from one side to the other depending on which way they want to go. ;D ;D
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Brilliant, just the sort of mad idea that someone would have tried out in the 1950s.
Not visible on the model is the thin vertical exhaust slit in the trailing edge of the fuselage. A third engine was mounted inside the fuselage and blew air out of the slit. This was intended to act as a tail fin. The slit was hinged to angle the jet sideways to act as a rudder. Needless to say, the stability and control authority were far less than theory predicted and the theoretician concerned was forcibly dunked in the pond outside the boss's mansion, before being awarded an MBE for services to agriculture.
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I was reminded by a helpful whiffer about the existence of a plausible (i.e., not quite realistic but why not ;)) and interesting reference, from Couzinet in the 30s :
(http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/cw1/couzinet10/couzinet10-8.jpg)
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given the colors, I jut had to do it
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/windRises-s_zpsmgniwjwq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05082s_zpsbnmlae2r.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05080s_zpspry7nzod.jpg)
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:drink: :cheers: :party:
Glorrrrrrious! That's what I'm talking about right there. :lol: :lol:
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Great bird!
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Very nice, I had no idea there was a kit of the plane. Was it a real design or the only whiff in the entire film?
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thanks !
it is a OOB Whif : the kit renders very nicely the plane that can be seen in the movie.
Even the colors were not chosen by me ;)
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Nice job Eric. And the Banana/otter.
:thumbsup:
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That's EXCEPTIONAL ericr! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Others obviously know what it's meant to be, but I don't. Please explain.
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really, I didn't do much ;)
the kit represents a plane seen in the last Myazaki anime movie, The Wind Rises, in a dream-like scene :
so it is an out-of-the-box whif.
The kits is in already colored plastic : I just had to paint the wing tips blue, and the wheels and nose cone yellow.
So all merit goes to Myazaki (and FineMolds) ;D
that being said, there would be kitbash potentials there ! ... ... ...
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Others obviously know what it's meant to be, but I don't. Please explain.
"The Wind Rises" is the last feature film made by the Japanese cartoonist Hayao Myazaki - think of him and his Studio Ghibli as a latter-day Disney of Japan. But this one is meant firmly for adults and tells the romanticised, semi-biographical story of Jiro Horikoshi, the guy who designed the Mitsubishi Zero. The whiff plane appears at the beginning of the film, as a dream by the young child. Visually and emotionally stunning, the whole thing.
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Wonderful :bow:
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with all these kitbashes, I had a Twin Otter fuselage left over, as well as long stored wings of a CAMS37
(the hull had been used in conjunction with a Bearcat ...
see http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,38998.msg648621.html#msg648621 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,38998.msg648621.html#msg648621))
and they happened to fit not too bad after all (complemented with a P-47 propeller) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinottercams-s_zpsfdkjccqq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05118s_zpsqc9w94pv.jpg)
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Awesome.... that's one nutty design and I dig it. There's so many elements from so many different places! ;D
This gives me all kinds of wild ideas about using long drive shafts to connect to propellers that are nowhere near engines. I'm so inspired I might go hit MSpaint and start designing stuff...
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Wonderful mix! And thanks for the sources explanation, so uneasy to guess... :thumbsup:
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thanks !
oh, and by the way, the landing gear is from a S-328
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a happy new year ! ;D
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05168s_zpsmccpe1qo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05177s_zpsyzvfzhk6.jpg)
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Love the banana Otter and the second Otter....both of those could work ! Cheers for the ideas :thumbsup:
The party blowers are too funny :wub:
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Who's been busy then ericr? ;D
A Happy a Creative New Year.
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The party blowers are too funny :wub:
Uh? But... in which part of the animals do you blow? :-\ :wacko: ;D ;)
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thanks ! ;)
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Uh? But... in which part of the animals do you blow? :-\ :wacko: ;D ;)
"Blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere"
— Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, ca. 1968. [ageing hippie smiley]
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Uh? But... in which part of the animals do you blow? :-\ :wacko: ;D ;)
"Blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere"
Oh?! (Sigh of relief)... I was thinking of a more dirty place, maybe this means I have a dirty mind, shame on me :-X :wacko: :angry: ;D
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Oh?! (Sigh of relief)... I was thinking of a more dirty place
You mean under their toenails? Hard to reach all twenty at the same time - if you don't, the air will just blow back out under the ones you missed.
I'll get my coat....
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Newyearsaurus is my fav! Perfect for the recent holiday. Also, the elephant one isn't far from the truth, when ya think about it... ;D
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thanks all !
the animals are just blowing themselves, actually, very simply ;)
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Excellent stuff, love those blowers!! ;D :thumbsup:
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I got these Heler insects kits, Oryctes nasicornis and Lucanis cervus, thanks to steelpillow,
and could practice some kitbash from them, using a Buccaneer fuselage :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/insectes2-s_zpsaxngaffe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05126-s_zpsgekhn3tj.jpg)
an Alouette helicopter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps3eiwxina.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05197-s_zpsgnawra2s.jpg)
and the other way too :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/nasicornis-s_zpsyhbkdtcq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05200s_zpsvuxkxlqa.jpg)
and a Flamingo aircfaft :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/lucanis-s_zpswidfxdcc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05208s_zps9jdke1fn.jpg)
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;D
Thank you, Eric. A worthy result indeed.
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Wow, probably efficient:: the opponent army will be scared to death... ;)
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Them are killer!!! :laugh:
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thanks ! ;D
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one more Buccaneer (that ex-Matchbox kit is very flexible)
and one more 1/48 P-61 (I afound a source at less than 18 euros ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/p61Buccaneer-s_zpsbqwjugr8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05220s_zpsjfhdmsig.jpg)
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Nice Black Wideer... not twin-boom BUT nice... :-\ ;D
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thanks Tophe,
just be patient : I have now *two* 1/48 P-61 twin-booms in stock : wait and see ... :wacko:
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Love the bugs ! Especially the first two red ones :wub:
And that Black Widow / Bucc combo is just too cool ! Love the look of that, especially from the front. Not sure what it would be used for, recon or sight seeing, but it sure looks right !
:bow:
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thanks !
sightseeing is a nice option, especially considering the rotating armchairs provided ;)
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Buccaneer/P 61 combination is amazing :bow:
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The rear crew member in the P-61/Bucc certainly won't be lacking for cockpit heating............. ;D
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Fantastic on the yellow-bird! You should so a side by side by side with the Space Shudow (Shuttle-Widow) you made a few pages back and the Red Widow car. ;D
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thanks for your appreciation ! ;D
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I liked this image's aerosled a lot :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/d2bcaa949dd858ca5e2bd40ea7c4e93f_zpsushpabjl.jpg)
and I also liked the bubbly canopy of the Flamingo, of which I had a 1/48 fuselage (from other build earlier in this thread), as well as skis from a 1/72 Twin Otter :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flamingo-s_zpsjrttq9s1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05189%20s_zpsbk2vnruo.jpg)
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This looks like what to do if you crash land in the arctic and bust the wings off your plane. A hack saw and duct tape and your on the road home.
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This looks like what to do if you crash land in the arctic and bust the wings off your plane.
It reminds me the film "flight of the phoenix", congratulations ericr! :thumbsup:
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CLASS job there ericr. :thumbsup:
If it snows any more here I may need one of them..... ;D
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Now that does look good :thumbsup:
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thanks all !
my home is under snow too, so it will be inspiring ;D
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Looks good... and should be a lot of fun to drive! :thumbsup:
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two headed dragons are having twice the fun :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/dragon2-s_zpsknixuuei.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05440s_zpsfkk1wohw.jpg)
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Excellent! I once started a story with a comedy two-headed dragon in, before I discovered how unoriginal I was. But I never saw one like these! :thumbsup:
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Are parties demoniac? It seems so... ;)
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Love the 2 headed dragon !
:wub:
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thanks all ! <_<
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Hey I just saw this and thought of you!
"a Royal regalia Flying Alouette, as Jumbo,"
(http://i.imgur.com/pDYys6h.jpg)
Awesome dragon!! Reminds me of something I saw at work...
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Hey I just saw this and thought of you!
"a Royal regalia Flying Alouette, as Jumbo,"
thanks a lot ! I didn't know thazt one, and it certainly is inspiring ! (wait and see ;) )
and I quite like the Real World backing story : only in Incredible India ... :thumbsup:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/40-years-ago-indian-air-forces-jumbo-danced-across-the-skies/articleshow/56789364.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/40-years-ago-indian-air-forces-jumbo-danced-across-the-skies/articleshow/56789364.cms)
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with all these Buccanneer-based stuff shown before, I had a fuselage left, and I also had in my stash a funny small fishing rod : hence this fishy combination :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/canne-s_zpsp6bdfbem.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05435s_zpsdquccrno.jpg)
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I think that takes the record for the longest model ever shown on here. ;D
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I think that takes the record for the longest model ever shown on here. ;D
thanks for the recognition of the record !
and sorry about the naught length of the wings ;D
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Lovely idea.
What species of fish? The bait was obviously one of J W Dunne's designs - he of the first swept-wing aircraft - from his book Sunshine and the Dry Fly.
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Very funny!
But... I hope you belong to the few fishermen not killing the fish (poor buccanish...) but letting it free after the joy of catching it, do you?
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Ha!!! Flippin' brilliant!! :bow: :bow: :party: :cheers: :party: This is glorious.. It could even be a "Tampa Bay Buccaneer" if it were a fish taken from that area! (American Football team in Florida). This is some great stuff, dude.
Glad you liked the Pachy-Helo. I saw another animal aircraft mash up last night too and set it aside to show you... It's a friggin crab tank..
(http://i.imgur.com/a0h3mlg.png) Not the normal fair but I figured I'd snag it anyway because things like this are great for inspiration!
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thanks all very much !
and also for the crab : I will think of it ;D
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I discovered the existence of this recently, apparently a not so rare exercise in 1/1 whiffing of french classic cars (2cv and "Traction")
(http://p0.storage.canalblog.com/00/75/568981/90970342.jpg)
and in my stash I had one of each in 1/43 by Heller ...
so here is one way, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvTraction-s_zpsmpeqti7d.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05460s_zpsn7rkgsby.jpg)
and the other way, blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/traction-s_zpskmgbjial.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05466s_zps4yijtxxr.jpg)
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Very lovely Citroen compounds... :wub: (usually I like only airplanes/seaplanes but here I clap my hands anyway) ;)
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thanks !
the kitbash is more obvious to french eyes ;)
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They both look good to my English eyes too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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They both look good to my English eyes too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
there must something similar to be done with british cars ...
or ... trans-channel? I still have a few 2cvs in my stash, as well as a mini Austin :wacko:
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They both look good to my English eyes too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
there must something similar to be done with british cars ...
or ... trans-channel? I still have a few 2cvs in my stash, as well as a mini Austin :wacko:
1/32 Airfix Monty's Humber (Humber Super Snipe) front-end on a Cortina? ;)
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Very funny!
But... I hope you belong to the few fishermen not killing the fish (poor buccanish...) but letting it free after the joy of catching it, do you?
Of course - I always let them off the hook. I also avoid barbs when trolling, such as on news forums.
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there is no time for feast : it is always time for party blowers :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/coquilleJ-s_zpsewwnqci5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/calamar-s_zpsxtmynnoc.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/octopus2-s_zpsrtrwoesf.jpg)
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Your planet seems fun! :thumbsup:
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Always a party going on!
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no limit to fun ;D
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I can see the octopus in my mind walking about with the blowers extending and retracting. ;D ;D ;D ;D :mellow: :thumbsup:
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;D
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The snail thought it would be fun to surprise her friend the insect car. She snuck up behind him with her party blower at the ready. Sadly, by the time she got there the party was over and he had scuttled off back to his garage.
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some time ago I showed you eralier in this thread a Buccaneer hooked at a fishing pole :
here are complementary variations :
a 1/48 MC 72 goldfish in a water ball :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mc72-48-s_zpsaepazghe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05524s_zpspidnn6ek.jpg)
and a Twin Otter fished in a net :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/epuisette-s_zpsmh5fcgas.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05489s_zpsqtmr0stv.jpg)
(and more fishy stuff is coming soon ... )
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Delicious! (to see, not to eat...) ;) Thanks! :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
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Most glorious fish!! :D :D :D
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thanks ;D
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The goldfish is just amazing :bow:
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Love both the fish. Ride the goldfish home, fry the Twin Otter in butter, lovely! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thanks a lot ! your appreciation fuels my imagination ;D
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continuing with fish, that one is quite big, so it is a bit monstruous (not only by size ;) ) :
the Harrier is Airfix's 1/24 (I got it for real cheap : 10 euros),
and the fish is a big rubbery thing, but sizes did fit well :
one way, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/harrier24-s_zpsiszrkdln.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05483s_zpsecnqfvs9.jpg)
and the other way, in blue :
(wheels were a bit hard to get straight, but hey, it does stand )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson-s_zpsw1daym0h.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05474s_zps1jnffaok.jpg)
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Glorious!! I love your fish series. 1/24?! That must be pretty big!!! Mount it on a wooden plaque I dare ya. ;D
Oh and the refuel probe!! looks like one of them lights on the deep sea fish that bioluminates. :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
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I love your flying fish with vertical take off! :wub: :thumbsup:
And the other one is very funny too, because normal fishes don't have a monotrace landing gear! :thumbsup:
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;D ;D ;D :thumbsup:
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thanks !
and yes, at 1/24, it is big ;D
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:wub:
Interesting parallel between the humble octopus and the VTOL flying fish, as both have side intakes, with side outlets to provide jet thrust.
The angler fish has it "refuelling probe" (aka illuminated fishing lure) dead centre not offset.
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:wub:
Interesting parallel between the humble octopus and the VTOL flying fish, as both have side intakes, with side outlets to provide jet thrust.
The angler fish has it "refuelling probe" (aka illuminated fishing lure) dead centre not offset.
thanks !
I hadn't thought of your remarks !
indeed both the Octopus and the Harrier-fish have side thrust outlets ! ;D
and I put the refueling pod on the fish-Hrrier after hesitating, essentially in order to balance the fish and Harrier elements,
but the luminous fish metaphor fits well !
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and I put the refueling pod on the fish-Hrrier after hesitating, essentially in order to balance the fish and Harrier elements,
but the luminous fish metaphor fits well !
It is often said in aircraft design circles that "what looks right, is right". You evidently have the eye. :mellow:
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thanks a lot !
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another fishy experiment : using the booms of the previously shown 1/48 P-61, and a resin fish replica
(Tophe, you were concerned about the booms : here they are, not lost, on the contrary ! )
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/poisson2-s_zpsq3ayfhfs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05583s_zps8ovp7znj.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05584s_zpsnonpfund.jpg)
this time I had to adopt a new kind of modelling tool :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/IMG_4805_zpsavwr2qas.jpg)
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A twin-boomed fish? :o
Whatever next........... ;D ;) :thumbsup:
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I love this P-61-fish! :wub: :wub:
Is it yellow because this is the color of gold (so gold-fish)? ;) in French we say "red fish" but here we speak English... ;D
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Glorious fish right there!
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Glorious fish right there!
Yup.
Looks like it could be a future star of Kid's TV
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thanks all !
Whatever next........... ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Who knows? :wacko: stay tuned, wait and see ...
your appreciation demultiplies my imagination ;D
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There seems to reign a kind of Yak frenzy around here, and it just happens I treated a few Yak-15s
(the 1/72 PM kit, a nice basis for this kind of exercice I would say ;), I once got half a dozen for very cheap)
I am still fascinated by this record cover
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
I even bought the LP, just to see it (the music is kind of fun too, actually)
so here is the trumpet Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/trompette-s_zpszc1wtqth.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05554s_zpswryku2qs.jpg)
and the guitar Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05535s_zpsieaeauut.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/guitarePetite-s_zpsgo58jmce.jpg)
and then, something completely different, the syringe Yak-15 (from an used anti-flu vaccine) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/seringue-s_zps5ghqtoc3.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05540s_zpsx7tmxvjq.jpg)
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Anti-'flew'? ;D ;)
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Yes, you really hit the jackpot for me on these! :wub:
My favorite is the Yak-15 Fender... or would it be Yak-15 Stratocaster? ;D :thumbsup:
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Is that Yak playing that Trumpet voluntarily? :unsure: :rolleyes: ;D
Gondor
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Anti-'flew'? ;D ;)
:-\ The smile of Kit doesn't show if everybody has understood. Flew is a mistyping for Flu (pronounced the same?), from the word Influenza ("grippe" in our French), we learn the word soon in English course in France but remembering its spelling is less easy (I thought it was "flue" before Google Translate corrected me today...).
Congratulations for the great models, very inspiring (I may draw a syringe Lightning from this idea, thanks). :thumbsup:
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Flue is also correct but only if you are talking about a kind of chimney.
Flew, flu, flue - all sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. isn't English a wonderfull language. ;D
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The syringe YAk-15 was the carrier-borne version. It was pushed closed in normal flight. On landing, the arrester wire pulled back on the tail and the syringe, a giant shock-absorber, extended to smooth the landing for the pilot. It was often used to ferry fresh eggs from shore.
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Thanks zenrat for the great explanation. Don't blame only English, our French may be even worse with the sound pwal for poil = hair, (feminine) poële= frying pan, (masculine) poële = stove. Sorry for the poor children and foreigners.... :-\
Thanks steelpillow for your hilarious explanation of the syringe plane Major advantage above all other design/construction ways! ;D
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My favorite is the Yak-15 Fender... or would it be Yak-15 Stratocaster? ;D :thumbsup:
Definitely not a Gibson (but how do I know?)
Now, this is crying out for a Boeing Stratocaster. :mellow: Such a smooth pun most folks won't even notice it. :wacko:
Spare parts would naturally come together for the Fender Stratocruiser. :lol:
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thanks all ! ;D
the explanation for the syringe thechnology is completely convincing :thumbsup:
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Congratulations for the great models, very inspiring (I may draw a syringe Lightning from this idea, thanks). :thumbsup:
I have done it! With another explanation for the syringe plane... at the (temporary) end of my site http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/#Sit (or ask = ctrl-f "Poison-38" later). Thanks again, Ericr! :thumbsup:
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excellent, Tophe 8
I don't think I have more syringes in my stash, but I may try to find some, because I do have a P38 or two ;D
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some flowers to celebrate the coming of spring :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/rose-s_zpsnvteke3v.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/plante-s_zpscni7kdcj.jpg)
another one, with seaplanes, is visible there :
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg760635.html#msg760635 (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,40517.msg760635.html#msg760635)
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We don't have any like that in our garden........... ;D ;)
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Are the aircraft there "seeds of flowers" or "bees insects"? (both answers would satisfy me) ;)
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Surely they are pollinating the flowers?
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We don't have any like that in our garden........... ;D ;)
it is whif ! ;D
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thanks !
maybe the title should be flower carrying planes?
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We're getting the band back together, then we're getting shots, and then we're getting flowers lol great stuff !
:thumbsup:
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thanks again !
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two more small hybrids :
wings from a dragon on a Yak-15 :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/yak15-s_zpsade1zjwg.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05504s_zpshlxk7wmy.jpg)
and a Mörser "equipped" like an elephant :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/morser-s_zpsh94jtpsy.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05544s_zpscpn4u1kn.jpg)
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I love the Yak-15 dragon! :wub: :thumbsup:
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thanks!
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Love the yakdragon, it is beautiful. Want a ride. A bunch of them suggests the new sport of aerial dancing to me, what a sight that would be.
Is the rest of the dragon suitable for the reverse beastie?
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Love the yakdragon, it is beautiful. Want a ride. A bunch of them suggests the new sport of aerial dancing to me, what a sight that would be.
Is the rest of the dragon suitable for the reverse beastie?
ah, it was used already for antoher hybrid earlier in the thread, so there is no dragyak coming ;)
unless a new dragon comes to my stash ? ;D
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Fantastic stuff all around! The flowers are very appealing... I might try doing the same at some point myself.
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thanks !
if you feel like reinterpreting some tof the things you see here please do, I am interested in seeing the result, don't forget to tell us
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I'll make a point of it. I'll have to find some nice small airplanes first though.
What size should I shoot for? 1/144 alright?? I imagine I'll stick with smaller piston plane type stuff. I might even try something and do crazy.... SECONDARY colors. ;D
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depending on the size of the flower you target, have a look at even smaller scales, like 1/200, 1/350 or 1/700 : there quite some choice available, at least in ship-carried planes but not only
and choose your favorite color !
I'll make a point of it. I'll have to find some nice small airplanes first though.
What size should I shoot for? 1/144 alright?? I imagine I'll stick with smaller piston plane type stuff. I might even try something and do crazy.... SECONDARY colors. ;D
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Cool will do. I remember many years ago making a whole carrier load of 1/700 I think Hellcats. So I'm familiar with 'em. In fact, I may have something already that might work in the form of those little plastic planes they made back in the 50s. :thumbsup:
I'm already getting ideas... I'd like to snag some sort of BLACK flower... if I could find one.. or hell grab one of another color then paint it black, and then stick some secondary color planes on it.
I think it would be interesting to see along side your primaries on white! Next time I hit Hobby Lobby I'll have a go at their plastic flowers. :mellow:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Very nice ! hard to pick a winner out of those 2. The dragon I guess. that's just too fun !
:wub:
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thanks a lot again !
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not quite hybrids, but a nice pair of kits I found lately, of the brand Renwal, of very early aircraft.
They were both composed of a plastic "squeleton" with a kind of fabric to be cut and pasted in order to finish the surfaces.
I chose to keep the Antoinette as a squeleton, because I liked the idea, in blue :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/antoinette-s_zps6tyyjtzd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC04500s_zpseaehl5e2.jpg)
and for the Voisin biplane, my motivation to find and build it came originally from a painting by Robert Delaunay in the 1910s where its simplified geometric shape appeared :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Robert_Delaunay_L%27%C3%89quipe_de_Cardiff_1913_Eindhoven.jpg)
and I did it in a more Mondrian-esque livery :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/voisin-s_zpsdn6iajmq.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05561s_zpsm2w7iray.jpg)
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:thumbsup:
Really like the Voindrian. ;D
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Blimey, Renwal kits, that takes me back.
At their time they were very advanced and well moulded too, and the 'fabric' covering was a clever idea, but perhaps a little too clever at the time. It'd be interesting to see if it would sell well again today.
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thanks !
yes, the kits are really refined, and the fabric thing is not too difficult, but might not appeal so much to modellers used to plastic only.
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I built a few Renwal kits as a kid. Mainly the armour and artillery they did. Did they do an Atomic canon ? I know I built one and it was huge. I think I attempted one of the biplanes but gave up. I was about 7 or 8 I think
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I built a few Renwal kits as a kid. Mainly the armour and artillery they did. Did they do an Atomic canon ? I know I built one and it was huge. I think I attempted one of the biplanes but gave up. I was about 7 or 8 I think
They sure did, and it was HUGE too! IIRC Revell re-popped it not that long ago as well. I still have one of their 'Big Six' SP guns with loads of internal detail up in The Loft.
I built their WWI Bristol F2B with the fabric 'skin' and it looked really good, but I chickened out at the rigging stage. That was a step too far for me back then. I've only ever built one rigged bi-plane and that was my Dad's Audax.
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and I did it in a more Mondrian-esque livery :
As I recall, the livery was was not by Mondrian but by Gerrit Rietveld, he of the Riteveld chair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Blue_Chair) and Schröder House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietveld_Schr%C3%B6der_House). In less whiffy mode I once found myself in Utrecht (from which hailed Dr. Strabismus, whom God preserve) and tracked down the house. It looked lovely, a 3D Mondrian part covered in green climbers. I still have a photo somewhere. Judging by the more recent image on Wikipedia (see link), some ignoramus has since painted it in shades of grey. Sacrilege!
In passing, the tailless Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Mk.I hangs in the Science Museum's flight hall and has one side fabric-covered with the other side just the exposed framework. The aircraft was designed after consulting the tailless aircraft pioneer J W Dunne, who sent Hill a drawing of the wing and, by some accounts, also a small flying model. The poster with the Voisin in it also has a link with Dunne - the Astra company, whose name features even more prominently, built his last and most successful monoplane, the D.7bis. I have just begun preliminary work on a whiff more directly based on Dunne's design for Hill, but as it has to be all of copied from the Museum archive, given a fuselage and scratchbuilt, please don't wait up.
All in all, a wonderful pair of whiffs, thank you ericr.
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and I did it in a more Mondrian-esque livery :
As I recall, the livery was was not by Mondrian but by Gerrit Rietveld, he of the Riteveld chair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Blue_Chair) and Schröder House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietveld_Schr%C3%B6der_House). In less whiffy mode I once found myself in Utrecht (from which hailed Dr. Strabismus, whom God preserve) and tracked down the house. It looked lovely, a 3D Mondrian part covered in green climbers. I still have a photo somewhere. Judging by the more recent image on Wikipedia (see link), some ignoramus has since painted it in shades of grey. Sacrilege!
In passing, the tailless Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Mk.I hangs in the Science Museum's flight hall and has one side fabric-covered with the other side just the exposed framework. The aircraft was designed after consulting the tailless aircraft pioneer J W Dunne, who sent Hill a drawing of the wing and, by some accounts, also a small flying model. The poster with the Voisin in it also has a link with Dunne - the Astra company, whose name features even more prominently, built his last and most successful monoplane, the D.7bis. I have just begun preliminary work on a whiff more directly based on Dunne's design for Hill, but as it has to be all of copied from the Museum archive, given a fuselage and scratchbuilt, please don't wait up.
All in all, a wonderful pair of whiffs, thank you ericr.
thanks a lot !
and thanks for your comments : you are right, Mondrian in 3D immediately leads to Rietveld : I saw his house in Utrecht long ago (25 years?), and his armchair is also worth looking at ;-)
Dunne's tailess airplanes are impressive, they would certainly form a beautiful basis for whiffs
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a cross-kit-bash, in 1/43 Heller : a bit sketchy but gives the idea
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mini43-s_zpseoznvuaa.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05731s_zps4vjpekqs.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cvmini-s_zpsdaojq0kh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05738s_zpsglf0jxlv.jpg)
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Usually I love planes and dislike cars, but your car mixes are delicious! :wub:
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The Citroen bonnet on the Mini rear certainly works well :thumbsup: The other way around looks like an emergency lash up on one of the very early Dakar rallies ;) Two teams combined into one after a smash ?
Fantastic work :thumbsup:
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thanks!
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a kitbash, from remains I had from previous projects ... nothing should get lost ! ;D
The Twin Otter is remarkably flexible and adaptable ; and I still have two more in my stash ... :o
And the Mi-1 parts were used with a pipe shown earlier in this very same thread.
And the top cockpit from some old Zero-like japanese plane.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/mi1twinotter-s_zps87zl3gml.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05776s_zpsqidijndz.jpg)
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That's awesome! ;D
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thanks !
the "upper deck" cockpit is in the place of the engine of the Mi-1 : I thought that oval hole deserved to be inhabited
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I like it alot. That was a good move and where I'd want to be....
Ya know, it kind of reminds me of them SpaceX planes and even the U-2 with the double cockpits. Very cooling looking yellow-bird you have there, if you were selling kits of it I'd buy a couple. ;D :thumbsup:
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I like it alot. That was a good move and where I'd want to be....
Ya know, it kind of reminds me of them SpaceX planes and even the U-2 with the double cockpits. Very cooling looking yellow-bird you have there, if you were selling kits of it I'd buy a couple. ;D :thumbsup:
I did a two-seat U-2 in red a while ago, not whiffing the kit more, because it was already good-looking ;-)
Maybe I could try a brand of kits which would assemble just the parts of sprues from several kits necessary for a given kitbash ;D but I don't know about the size of the market supporting that idea :-\
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some time ago I was given a link to this !
Hey I just saw this and thought of you!
"a Royal regalia Flying Alouette, as Jumbo,"
(http://i.imgur.com/pDYys6h.jpg)
and it was just irresistible, I did that :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/elephanteau-s_zpskvyohg7u.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05761s_zpscghxdixu.jpg)
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Ha!!!! Yeah buddy!!! Trunks of fun. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
That works really well and the elephant looks pretty happy to have rotary wings. ;D
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You know, 2 centuries ago, scientific experts were very sure "human beings will never be able to fly, as this is completely impossible with their weight, like elephants!" How wrong were they... ;) ;D
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thanks !
it could be called Dumbo, somehow, after all
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Can't help wondering whether one of those perspex bubble cockpits that helicopters have would fit over its head like a helmet and visor.
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Thats good Eric.
:thumbsup:
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thanks a lot !
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not exactly a whif, except for the livery of course
but that incredible twin-fuselage deserves attention
like other creations by Rutan
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/whiteKnightSS1-s_zpslffh3pab.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC05717s_zps34vvnqcg.jpg)
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It certainly looks more like a whiff than a reality!
For those who care, the space stage's boom-mounted split tail was the WWII invention of Richard Vogt, during his time as chief designer for the Blohm & Voss aircraft division, also known as Hamburger Flugzeugbau. The advantage of setting it back on booms, rather than the more "conventional" position flush with the main wing tips, is that it flies in the tip vortices, which enhance its action and allow smaller stabilising and control surfaces. Vogt was also a pioneer of the variable-incidence wing, another key feature of this spacecraft. The Bv 144 was a tiltwing airliner, built by Breguet in France because all German factories were only allowed to produce warplanes (It is said that after the war, de Gaulle used one as his private transport). So the Virgin spaceplane owes a double debt to Vogt. After the war he was hoovered up by the US in "project paperclip" and built a new career over there, which is probably how they stumbled on his ideas. Of course, the principles of stability, trim and control of the tailless swept wing were first described by Britain's own J.W. Dunne, back in his original patent of 1909 and its equivalence to "putting the tail on the end of the wing" was discussed at the RAeS in 1913. Vogt's many imaginative and unconventional design projects are a fertile source of whiffs, also including many asymmetric types, a bomber that looks like a Star Wars podracer, giant seaplanes and much else.
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not exactly a whif, except for the livery of course
Good model! :thumbsup: And even better with the asymmetric color! :wub:
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tanks a lot !
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Yeah buddy! Nicely done!
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thanks again !
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remainings of the day : a mixture of Alouette helicopter and P-38
(the latter was an old childishly built kit, so it is a buit nastily punkish ;
I think this "composition" would deserve to be re-tried from clean new kits,
even in some larger scale, someday maybe ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps63qpipjb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06066s_zpslbahw7gh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06067s_zpsd06zl6t7.jpg)
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Glorious!! That's fantastic, dude! :o :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
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:wub: Wonderful, yes, oh so lovely! :wub:
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Beautifully convincing! :thumbsup:
But I'd still love to see the "heliphant" wearing that Alouette bubble helmet... :mellow:
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mixture of Alouette helicopter and P-38
I am currently trying to draw it: is this Alouette II or Alouette III?
Thanks again!
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I am currently trying to draw it: is this Alouette II or Alouette III?
Thanks again!
Well, I have drawn according to your great photograph, this is enough, thanks!
PAL-38A airplane, PAL-38G autogyro, PAL-38H helicopter:
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairR_ch.jpg)
Thanks again Ericr! :thumbsup:
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P38 Alouette is very feasible. It's like the US wanted their own (faster) version of the FW 189.
Good one Eric. :thumbsup:
And Tophe, loving the PAL38 Autogiro.
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Ah, the very rare Abrams Explorer II. :thumbsup:
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thanks all !
But I'd still love to see the "heliphant" wearing that Alouette bubble helmet... :mellow:
excellent idea ! ;D I just have to get another elephant in my stash some day ;)
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I am currently trying to draw it: is this Alouette II or Alouette III?
Thanks again!
Well, I have drawn according to your great photograph, this is enough, thanks!
PAL-38A airplane, PAL-38G autogyro, PAL-38H helicopter:
Thanks again Ericr! :thumbsup:
thank you very much Tophe !
your drawing adds new dimensions to the idea ! ;D
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P38 Alouette is very feasible. It's like the US wanted their own (faster) version of the FW 189.
Good one Eric. :thumbsup:
thank you Zenrat, I appreciate your appreciation
again, this build is a bit shaky, but still it came out nicely
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Ah, the very rare Abrams Explorer II. :thumbsup:
thanks for the reference, a nice bird, interesting looks ;D
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I am currently trying to draw it: is this Alouette II or Alouette III?
Thanks again!
Well, I have drawn according to your great photograph, this is enough, thanks!
PAL-38A airplane, PAL-38G autogyro, PAL-38H helicopter:
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairR_ch.jpg)
Thanks again Ericr! :thumbsup:
Hi Tophe.
I think the second one could be a compound helicopter too, using the engines to provide forward thrust and, also, act as anti-torque devices.
Third one may need a counter-rotating rotor system. Either coaxial like the Kamov Ka 50:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Russian_Air_Force_Kamov_Ka-50.jpg/300px-Russian_Air_Force_Kamov_Ka-50.jpg)
Or inter-meshing like the Focke Achgelis Fa-223:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Fa_223_im_Hubschraubermuseum_B%C3%BCckeburg.jpg)
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Thanks I will complete/correct the collection, but maybe in my 1939-45 topic, as this is not very related anymore to the wonderful model of ericr... :-\ ;D
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creativity always goes different routes ;-)
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Thanks I will complete/correct the collection, but maybe in my 1939-45 topic
I have done it, at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,20326.3315.html
(but the best here is ericr's blue model/marvel at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,37003.1140.html )
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remainings of the day : a mixture of Alouette helicopter and P-38
(the latter was an old childishly built kit, so it is a buit nastily punkish ;
I think this "composition" would deserve to be re-tried from clean new kits,
even in some larger scale, someday maybe ...)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/alouette-s_zps63qpipjb.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06066s_zpslbahw7gh.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06067s_zpsd06zl6t7.jpg)
That looks pretty cool.
Looks like a more powerful version of an Fw 189 battlefield recon aircraft. Maybe good for some artillery spotting.
Or, for Tophe, good as a plane for shuttling tourists around with an expansive view of the countryside.
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For tourism or for military observation, are the 2 bubbles (top and rear of the pod/nacelle) made for crew heads? or is it non-human for electronic devices or else?
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For tourism or for military observation, are the 2 bubbles (top and rear of the pod/nacelle) made for crew heads? or is it non-human for electronic devices or else?
Must be for human heads.
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You could've sold one to Idi Amin, he could put his favourite heads on display in the bubbles, for showing off on his countryside tours..
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I like that :thumbsup:
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That Lightning looks good ! Great views for sure.
:thumbsup:
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thansk all !
and thanks Tophe for the variants
(by the way, I do have a FW189 in my stash ... and one or two P38 as well :o)
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Sometime ago I showed in this thread a space shuttle with a P-61 fuselage, in blue :
here is the reverse, a twin boomed propeller shuttle, in red :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/shuttleP61-s_zpsraa3gff8.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06070s_zpskirdlcqm.jpg)
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Now that is interesting :thumbsup:
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Now that is interesting :thumbsup:
....and remarkably plausible too. :thumbsup: ;D
NASA used an old P-61 with a scaled Shuttle fuselage to check the crew's viewpoints at low airspeeds? ;)
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Wow! :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
I just have a question, as the windows look small compared to the engine: what is the scale of the P-61 and of the Shuttle? Are they huge radial engines bigger than R-4360?
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I like it a lot! Looks legit to me. Cargo hauler FO SHO.
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Realizing the need for a larger bomb load and to use bigger bombs the USAAF set about to design their own, using the P-61 airframe.
The program proceeded quickly with the help of Northrop who, for some reason, was not willing to point out the glaring error the USAAF had made....
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Realizing the need for a larger bomb load and to use bigger bombs the USAAF set about to design their own, using the P-61 airframe.
The program proceeded quickly with the help of Northrop who, for some reason, was not willing to point out the glaring error the USAAF had made....
;D ;D ;D
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thanks all !
it is a scalebash indeed : 144 shuttle and 48 widow
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Thanks for your scale explanation.
As 144/48=3, these radial engines are 3 times bigger than the R-2000 of the P-61, wow! Great! :thumbsup:
And 3 times in dimensions, in a 3-D world, that makes 3x3= 9 times more volume, about 10 times more power! Wonderful! :thumbsup:
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Realizing the need for a larger bomb load and to use bigger bombs the USAAF set about to design their own, using the P-61 airframe.
The program proceeded quickly with the help of Northrop who, for some reason, was not willing to point out the glaring error the USAAF had made....
Au contraire, Northrop were never told the true secret. ZCR, Zoom-Climb-Roll, was a new toss-bombing strategy developed to overcome the problem of carrying a bomb too heavy to allow a fast enough zoom climb. On struggling to the top of the climb, the craft executed a full 360 degree snap roll. Attitude sensors opened the bomb doors briefly and released the payload when the craft was half way through. The centrifugal force generated by the roll augmented the effect of gravity to help eject the bomb smoothly and quickly.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/yipwly99pbvghv2/ZCR-drop.jpg?dl=1)
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Realizing the need for a larger bomb load and to use bigger bombs the USAAF set about to design their own, using the P-61 airframe.
The program proceeded quickly with the help of Northrop who, for some reason, was not willing to point out the glaring error the USAAF had made....
Au contraire, Northrop were never told the true secret. ZCR, Zoom-Climb-Roll, was a new toss-bombing strategy developed to overcome the problem of carrying a bomb too heavy to allow a fast enough zoom climb. On struggling to the top of the climb, the craft executed a full 360 degree snap roll. Attitude sensors opened the bomb doors briefly and released the payload when the craft was half way through. The centrifugal force generated by the roll augmented the effect of gravity to help eject the bomb smoothly and quickly.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/yipwly99pbvghv2/ZCR-drop.jpg?dl=1)
;D :thumbsup:
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I've got another project for you Eric. Space Shuttle sea plane.
;D
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I've got another project for you Eric. Space Shuttle sea plane.
;D
excellent idea ! done ;D quite a few years back, in 1/288 (to be re-tried some day as flying boat? or in 1/72? :o)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/shuttle-288-s_zpshx6yf2wo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/P7140232s_zpsm1ptdbxs.jpg)
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That's very good although I must admit I was thinking more of a flying boat.
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That's very good although I must admit I was thinking more of a flying boat.
right, I have to think of a hull ...
only, I don't have any more complete 1/144 shuttles in my stash
(wings were used elsewhere, but I still have a fuselage or two ...)
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:-\ To avoid flame on the water (with huge amount of vapor), it is better to be high above water, so I think Engineer ericr was right choosing a floatplane layout. :thumbsup:
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One day I stumbled upon this :
(http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4965/683/1600/325296/Y%20Y%20101.jpg)
and liked it so I have a turn using a pair of 1/43 2cv's :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/2cv43-s_zpsbjukvte1.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06147s_zpsvcbcewrn.jpg)
and only a bit too late I thought of the yin yang possibility :I might try and find a pair of Beetles after all someday ...
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Wonderful! :wub: :wub:
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;D ;D :mellow:
Trying to think of a practical application for this..... like.... maybe put belt on the tire and use it as a big generator or something? ;D
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thanks !
practicality might be slightly suboptimal here indeed ;D
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thanks !
practicality might be slightly suboptimal here indeed ;D
Setting one engine in forward gear and the other in reverse, otherwise it won't spin. Or, maybe that's it! Competition time, can Red hammer Yellow into going backwards or will Yellow's secret but untried tweak win the day? What a great TV show, what can we call it? 2CV Wars? Wheels of Fury? Would we see a yin-yang coupling of 2CV (front wheel drive) and VW Beetle (rear wheel drive) tussle it out?
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That's pretty wild !
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I think I mentioned this LP cover to you come time ago :
(https://images.recordsale.de/600/600/cdpix/u/uriahheep-highandmighty(13).jpg)
I like this kind of chance meetings, so I had a try at it with a plastic gun, and wings from a Vigilante kit wreck :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/flingues-s_zpsdddwlozd.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06082s_zpszpobpdwy.jpg)
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I like this in some abnormal way, sorry.
Instead of clapping my hands for this great killer, I see this as a medicine to caricature my tendency to love killing machines, which is a problem for a pacifist like me. Thanks psy doctor! :thumbsup: :-\ ;D
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Some of your works are going to be worth a fair bit in a few years time. They really are interesting Pop art reflecting the 60's/70's. Fascinating sphere of work :thumbsup:
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Interesting...
I would have liked it to have the grip and mag on the bottom of the airplane, like ordnance, instead of on top. That said, that would be contradictory to the original artwork and aim of the project. Just an observation! I know the handle/grip served as the fin in the painting but yours had one already, so it looks "upside down" to me. :wacko:
This is great; it gets one to thinking, and I'm not sure what, entirely, to make of it. :thumbsup:
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thanks all !
the fact is I wanted to build a remake of the model on the LP cover,
but with the difference of the bullets carrier (a bit Kalashnikov-like)
it has a different look, maybe less clear than the original :unsure:
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I like that Eric but think maybe it should have a cork in the end of the barrel or maybe a flower sticking out?
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I like that Eric but think maybe it should have a cork in the end of the barrel or maybe a flower sticking out?
or something like this :
(https://previews.123rf.com/images/koya79/koya791503/koya79150300423/37385495-toy-gun-with-bang-flag-Stock-Photo.jpg)
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I recently discovered the existence of the quite extraordinary Bleriot 125 :
(https://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/3/2/8/2/a8386405-186-bleriot%20-125-00%20from%20popular%20mechanics.jpg)
and was driven to try out a canadian version (as if the backup story was that the Bleriot inc. engineer responsible for that design had emigrated to Canada, joined DHC, and reactivated the concept using material existing there) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/twinotter4-s_zpslzlkum3a.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06176s_zpsp1tlybit.jpg)
note the slight nose asymetry ase well :wacko:
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Tophe will LOVE it!
Twin fuselages and asymmetry too!
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Tophe will LOVE it!
Yes I do love this one very much! :wub: :wub:
Twin fuselages and asymmetry too!
Where is the asymmetry? I have searched for it but in vain... :-\
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Tophe will LOVE it!
Yes I do love this one very much! :wub: :wub:
Twin fuselages and asymmetry too!
Where is the asymmetry? I have searched for it but in vain... :-\
The noses are different. The original M'box kit came with two lengths of nose, very handy as Ericr has used one one on side and the other on the other.... ;D
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Thanks Kit, this is obvious now that you told us! :thumbsup:
And thanks ericr for this piece of genius! :thumbsup:
EDIT: once more, ericr enters the History of Asymmetric Aircraft, see today's post at (the temporary end of) http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm
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Tophe will LOVE it!
Yes I do love this one very much! :wub: :wub:
Twin fuselages and asymmetry too!
Where is the asymmetry? I have searched for it but in vain... :-\
The noses are different. The original M'box kit came with two lengths of nose, very handy as Ericr has used one one on side and the other on the other.... ;D
The Revell re-pop still has them both.
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thanks all !
yes, the Revell reboxes (including the newest one) has the same sprues as Matchbox, but in single color.
That means each has a pair of floats, useable for other projects ... ;D (mmhhhh ... an Anson? an 1/48 Lysander? ...)
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How bout that!! I like the lil clubhouse in the middle. :lol:
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How bout that!! I like the lil clubhouse in the middle. :lol:
V.I.P. area... :mellow: Very cool idea! :thumbsup:
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Heeeey I missed that,interesting machine Eric,I like it ! :thumbsup:
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thanks again ! ;D
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more LP-cover inspiration from the 70s :
I showed you that one already in the past
(http://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/08-20-12-LPs1/37257.JPG)
it was haunting me for some time, because there are ideas there that are just too beautiful not to try them ;
and I finally got the ingredients together, and then found the guts to go at it ;) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/piano-s_zpstlne96z5.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06159s_zpskqjalcac.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06161s_zpsqgnsmfls.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
:bow: :bow: :party: :drink:
Wow, look at that! Fantastic!!!
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Good one (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/41.gif)
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Funny! :thumbsup: :wub:
And useful for Gulliver in his travel to Lilliput tiny people country... :thumbsup:
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Freakin brilliant. I love it.
:wub:
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Freakin brilliant. I love it.
:wub:
One cannot but agree :bow:
Your imagination sir is outstanding :thumbsup:
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O my you have done it! :mellow: :wub:
But I want the whole orchestra.... :wacko:
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thanks all ;D
you may have noticed that I had to cheat a bit, but then, they did cheat too :
the LP cover has front and rear wheels touching the ground, which would require some bending of the rear fuselage ...
but well : the challenge for all of you with better skills than mine is to go closer to the model ;)
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:o Wow! I'm always impressed with your builds but this one really takes whiffing a step beyond... :bow:
Now, i have a complaint, and i believe Tophe will agree with me, that piano is very limited in octave range so i suggest a twin-boom variant to have space in the middle for the pianist... :wacko:
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Now, i have a complaint, and i believe Tophe will agree with me, that piano is very limited in octave range so i suggest a twin-boom variant to have space in the middle for the pianist... :wacko:
I agree that a twin-fuselage/double-piano layout would be "even better", but not as a complaint, just another dream, suggested by this marvel... :thumbsup:
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a double piano !
that can take us to new heights ;D
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another kitbash : Antonov Colt (of which the floats were used for a Wyvern seaplane)
with Twin Otter wings (of which the floats will be used in the near future ... and the fuselage is in the Blériot-125 / DHC remake):
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/colt2-s_zpsptyqppwe.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06166s_zpsivbl8kaj.jpg)
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Nice yellow mix! :thumbsup:
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Great stuff ! Love the TwoTwo Otter and this yellow one is too cool ! Love the stance. Saving that idea cheers !
:thumbsup:
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thanks a lot !
ideas are made to be reused ;)
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another kitbash, with another part of the An-2 : I had a Wellington fuselage (minus the tail, used with the wings for a violin experiment earlier in this thread) and a Halifax tail in my reserves,
so here are the remainings of the day
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/wellington-s_zps6kghovh4.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06220s_zps0uxsjuxf.jpg)
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Now that works, front end looks very Savio Marchetti or similar Italian tri-motor types
I'm now thinking of a tri-motor Wellington ?
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Even Barnes Wallis would be impressed. :thumbsup:
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Superb! :wub:
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Even Barnes Wallis would be impressed. :thumbsup:
Quite. :thumbsup:
Reminiscent of the Vickers 253 (their biplane contender to G.4/31) in some ways.
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thanks !
and thanks for the reference to the Vickers, I didn't know that one.
well, proportions look a bit strange, but with the 30s/spats look it can be reminiscent of a period with a bit ugly designs ;D
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Glorious!! That is so cool!
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thanks !
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That fuselage from a chinese kit was in my remainings since long ago I used the wings for a flute, and it met a recently bought B57B (the Revell box-scale one) : the encounter produced a Trident-like jet plane
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chengdu-s_zps8bsl2b6q.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06228s_zps53fibqdz.jpg)
and then what to do with the B57B fuselage? well, let's try for a dragster-like road vehicle :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/b57b-s_zpshzxoopri.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06236s_zpscdkwcjvo.jpg)
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Niiice! I like em both!
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That B.57/Mig 21 hybrid is probably stirring all sorts of thoughts in fellow wiffers who build jets at this very moment ;)
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I like em both!
So do I... :wub:
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That B.57/Mig 21 hybrid is probably stirring all sorts of thoughts in fellow wiffers who build jets at this very moment ;)
YUUUUUUP. I don't even kitbash (yet) but I have an old hasegawa MiG 21 and I'm scheming like crazy all of a sudden because of this build. In fact I was thinking about at work today while I was mowing grass. Quite a bit of time to ruminate on things when you get to just doing typewriter strips.
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thanks !
the Mig/Chengdu is 1/48 by the way, so not mnly kitbash but scalemash ;D
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thanks !
the Mig/Chengdu is 1/48 by the way, so not mnly kitbash but scalemash ;D
Glorious!! I was thinking the other direction... 1/72 MiG and 1/144 B-57. Now that I know the truth, a thought occurred... maybe I have a use for my 1/48 stash kits after all! :mellow: (was planning on getting rid of 'em all but maybe I'll keep a couple now) <_<
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That Chengdu /B-57 Combo looks like it would Be Used in an Episode of Stingray,Thundertbirds,Captain Scarlet,or Joe 90! Keep up the Superb Work! Dan
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thanks again !
1/48 kits can be a good source of multiscale mashup ;)
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Another great thumbs-up for the trident plane. :thumbsup:
Hey, it's good enough for a back story.
This was a Chinese quarter-scale aerodynamic prototype for a proposed nuclear bomber, ca. 1963.
The central duct was intended to feed a single giant, nuclear-heated gas turbine in normal cruise. For supersonic dash capability the two conventionally-fuelled auxiliary wing-mounted engines would be fired up. The initial production version would be for all three engines to be pure jet turbines. A Mk II was planned with a two-spool bypass turbofan for the nuclear engine and ramjets for the auxiliaries, technologies which were not mature enough to include in the Mk. I. The new main engine would allow a smaller, lighter reactor (also too advanced for the initial service date) without loss of thrust and hence increased payload, while the ramjets would increase maximum dash speed to Mach 2.4 plus.
The prototype (depicted) had a single conventional jet for its main powerplant. For supersonic tests its wing installations were fitted with liquid-fuelled rocket engines developed from the Walter HWK series used in the Me 163 Komet. It achieved all its test objectives, validating flight characteristics at both low and high speeds. It reached an unintended maximum speed of Mach 1.7, comfortably above its design objective of Mach 1.5, while still accelerating under rocket boost. The crew had been distracted by a complicated cooling issue with the main engine and the pilot lost mental orientation and failed to shut down the rockets at the scheduled moment.
In the process he accidentally validated at this high speed the directional stability and control provided by the large tailfin in the single-engine-out condition, when one of the rockets ran out of fuel three seconds before the other one. The aerodynamic forces experienced on this occasion were so severe that they exceeded the design limits and the airframe was visibly distorted. It was deemed unsafe to fly again.
The nuclear bomber programme was already under review due to the lack of Chinese expertise on high-temperature alloys and consequent weight growth and performance shortfalls of engine components on the test bench. When the test vehicle was grounded, development staff were reallocated to more urgent work and the bomber project cancelled.
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thanks you for th estory !
I must say I am impressed that my modest build is so inspirational ;D
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Quick question,
Where do you get your dragon wings from?
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Quick question,
Where do you get your dragon wings from?
One suspects one would cut them off a dragon (might be best to ensure the aforementioned dragon is dead first)
Regards
Keith (sorry couldn't resist) :rolleyes: ;D ;D
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indeed, cut them off a dragon, preferably in palstic (easier to work with ;D)
for example one like this (two heads for the price of one)
https://www.amazon.com/Bullyland-DRAGON-Heads-Action-Figure/dp/B001UJ4A7E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498497997&sr=8-2&keywords=dragon+figurine+two+heads (https://www.amazon.com/Bullyland-DRAGON-Heads-Action-Figure/dp/B001UJ4A7E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498497997&sr=8-2&keywords=dragon+figurine+two+heads)
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some aircraft have a snoot, nearly a face of a cat or a dog, and I had to try that ;
plus, it helps me finally using bits and pieces in my stash/scrap box
The space shuttle with a cat
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06295s_zpsuwaxeonf.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat19-s_zpslhv49ygo.jpg)
the same shuttle (same scale, that is), but with a dog :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chienpapier-s_zps7x6et8vl.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06257s_zpsm4kvo3qc.jpg)
or another cat with a B-17 (1/48) :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chat27-s_zpsssi3emmo.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06262s_zpsunjmnvef.jpg)
or yet another cat, a bit bigger, with a Victor :
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/chatpapier-s_zpstlpnb4dk.jpg)
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y435/ericr63/hyd/hybrids/DSC06289s_zpsi2yzap99.jpg)
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Thanks :thumbsup:
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Cute! :wub:
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I am now desperately trying to think of the art-deco period potter/sculptor who did something similar ? Although not using aircraft parts obviously ;)
They are outstanding creations and really do cross over and become art. :bow: I can see them as ceramics, sitting in the window of a fashionable home decorations shop selling for £30 to £50, if not more.
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thanks !
if you know interested parties, please contact me ;)
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A door hatch in the side of a cat's face? Weird. Who is going in and out here, and why? The vet? And that, ericr, is what keeps me coming back. :wub:
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A door hatch in the side of a cat's face? Weird. Who is going in and out here, and why? The vet? And that, ericr, is what keeps me coming back. :wub:
But it doesn't have a mouth, so it has to eat SOMEhow.... ;D
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Reminds me of something I saw on Doctor Who once. . . . . ;D
Pretty cool!! I like blue kitty best.. the next on after (red kitty) reminds me of a cyborg something or other!
Now... to place these out in the front yard and let's see what the neighbors think!
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any cat has to have a pilot and co-pilot, as well as a cre to handle the sensors and probes, olfactive, visual, auditive, sensitive, ...
I considered attaching the ladder : it would look nice on a cat lying down.
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I am now desperately trying to think of the art-deco period potter/sculptor who did something similar ? Although not using aircraft parts obviously
BTW there is a modern time French artist (just a few years younger than I) called Edouard Martinet (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/04/edouard-martinet-assembled-creatures/) who's the author of amazing "deco"-sculptures, kind of a "kitbash deluxe". His works can be an inspiration for many of us.
(http://www.featherofme.com/wp-content/uploads/Edouard-Martinet-sculpture-art.jpeg)(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/22/3c/80/223c80792927061ab975fe198d5921c8--metal-artwork-assemblage-art.jpg)
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5615b175e4b0ecd479d26230/565c95b0e4b02fbb0a51ff37/571e7c231bbee03901eadce5/1464466556234/Insect.png?format=1500w)
More of his works here (http://www.sladmore.com/Martinet-Edouard-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=45&artistid=97699).
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Fantastic, thanks for the link CANSO :thumbsup:
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beautiful indeed !
it looks very crafty, and inspirational
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Or, ... balloons ?
These by Masayoshi Matsumoto:
(http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fly.jpg)
(http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Masayoshi_spider2.jpg)
(http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/balloons-1.jpg)
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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KIT! Don't look...
...oh, too late.
:unsure:
Those are great balloon animals.
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Incredible :o :bow:
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photobucket just changed its behavior, and does not show my pictures any more.
Maybe I missed an annoucement but I am surprised.
Another problem is that I don't manage to access my account : even when I ask for a password change I don't get the email, even in my spam.
I am looking for alternative solutions to continue posting pictures.
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All of us have this photobucket problem for several days, even myself registered as paying customer by Photobucket. We discussed in Glenn's topic about the flickr/yahoo alternative, and it succeeded while not directly, I needed help, and I am unable to apply the recipe, my screen being different to the announced one... :-\
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Eric, they changed their 3rd party image hosting policy on the 1st of July, they're now asking for 400€ a year to provide that service.
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thanks for the feedback ; 400 is quite expensive : one can buy a lot of kits for such a price ...
I find it suprising that they change so abruptly, without an intermediate solution : a brutal service.
I will think about alternatives ... but I'm afraid the past posts will not be dcoming back.
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yup, it was a greedy move... try imgur, flickr, postimage... i use imgur and the others also seem to be good and free services. :thumbsup:
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thanks for the replies, I'll reorganize myself soon
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I found that my google mail account has 3rd party facility at no cost.
So, i'll use that until they start charging I guess
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so, let's go back to business, now that imgur has offered hospitality
still under the impression of this record cover :
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51brAL5EW-L.jpg)
I had a try at a clarinet, with a 1/72 B-17 this time :
(http://i.imgur.com/mGLek00.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/wnVsCid.jpg)
in yellow (from a spray can : smoother result)
oh, and the (toy) clarinet still is functional
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Now that is totally AWESOME! Well done indeed Ericr. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I'm just amazed you can still play the clarinet :bow:
Do it with a trombone and B.17 or B.24 and say it was Glen Miller's ;)
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thanks !
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Excellent. :thumbsup:
It would not be Commander Cody, but if a wind instrument were to fly mouthpiece first then it could play music as it flies.
For some reason this immediately brings a pile of sax riffs into my head, which would look a bit like an airborne seahorse...
...and should it perhaps be crossed with a rotorcraft?
So many possibilities, so little time.
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That's good!!!! Pretty awesome ware. Gives new meaning to "get on the horn." ;D
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thanks again !
on the question of the orientation, I indeed followed the model of the LP cover,
whereas the other direction would make sense for producing sound.
I had the case in the past, with a flute, and I consequently tried both sides,
one with a F7E (chinese Mig 21), the other with a B727 :
(http://i.imgur.com/1Xofuvj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5HOYwWs.jpg)
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:bow: Those are the coolest, man!!! I take you have a whole display section for instruments. :lol:
I like the 727. 727s are one of my favorite aircraft; I've only ridden on two: a Cessna 177 (Cardinal.. oooh yeah... kinda limited..this ride was scary as hell at first) and when I was a kid... say... 8 years old or so.. a 727.
(not scary at all) ;)
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If I may say so, I think the "cockpit" sound hole and the "exhaust nozzle" bell end would look better for a fast jet. probably the other way for a prop aircraft where the bell end might substitute for a propeller.
By the way, this instrument is called a recorder not a flute. I still can't play either of them.
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If I may say so, I think the "cockpit" sound hole and the "exhaust nozzle" bell end would look better for a fast jet. probably the other way for a prop aircraft where the bell end might substitute for a propeller.
By the way, this instrument is called a recorder not a flute. I still can't play either of them.
A recorder is a type of flute.
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A recorder is a type of flute.
I still can't play it.
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thanks !
A recorder is a type of flute.
I still can't play it.
neither do I, but the difference does not notably influence flyability ;D
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a kitbash, which fitted surprisingly well
(http://i.imgur.com/QOAdhT6.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/dIqYSz2.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/i4KRtYX.jpg)
the wings and tail of the Blinder had been used long ago for a flying pencil build ;
the Victor nose appeared on cat more recently
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And is freaking awesome !!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great job there ! :wub:
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And is freaking awesome !!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It's certainly got a "look" all of it's own :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:bow: :bow: :cheers: :party:
I love it!
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That's amazing Ericr, it really looks the part. :thumbsup:
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thank all !
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Yes, a really nice one. Very convincing. Put squadron livery on it and 99% of the world would never dream it was a whiff. :mellow:
Thank you for cheering me up at the end of a hard day. :)
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Designed by the Handley-Page OKB and built at the Home Counties Aircraft Factory Number 1 for the People's Democratic Republic of Britain?
;D
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thanks !
it looks surprisingly believable indeed : nearly nromal ;D
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Designed by the Handley-Page OKB and built at the Home Counties Aircraft Factory Number 1 for the People's Democratic Republic of Britain?
I thought it was the TU-22 HP, built following a successful espionage operation to steal the blueprints of the HP Victor. It increased the TU-22's range, payload and handling characteristics at the expense of maximum speed. The bright yellow colour was calculated to instil fear of the "golden dragon" in the peoples of Central and Eastern Asia, although it was said to have more effect on their horses....
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A recorder is a type of flute.
I still can't play it.
Give me two and I can rub them together to make fire...
Blictor looks amazing Eric.
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thanks zenrat!
and thanks steelpillow for the back-up story, especially the psychological/mythical/chromatic warfare bit :thumbsup:
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Designed by the Handley-Page OKB and built at the Home Counties Aircraft Factory Number 1 for the People's Democratic Republic of Britain?
I thought it was the TU-22 HP, built following a successful espionage operation to steal the blueprints of the HP Victor. It increased the TU-22's range, payload and handling characteristics at the expense of maximum speed. The bright yellow colour was calculated to instil fear of the "golden dragon" in the peoples of Central and Eastern Asia, although it was said to have more effect on their horses....
All depends on which universe you're in. ;D
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Got to build that one :banghead:
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please do, mine was just a blue (err ..., no, yellow) print
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this was inspired by images that can be seen here and there, of whales with sails, and a Heller kit for a Corsair boat :
(http://i.imgur.com/NhxXTQr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bbQ5Z29.jpg)
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Wonderful :bow:
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"Furl the sails, Pinocchio, we are sounding!"
"Aye aye, Cap'n Jonah, Sir!"
;D
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That's glorious!!!
"All I need is a tall whale. . . "
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That's glorious!!!
"All I need is a tall whale. . . "
"... and a carp to sail her by."
;D
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this was inspired by images that can be seen here and there, of whales with sails, and a Heller kit for a Corsair boat :
And you just happened to have a model whale handy of a matching scale, eh? ;D ;D ;D
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thanks all ! ;D
this was inspired by images that can be seen here and there, of whales with sails, and a Heller kit for a Corsair boat :
And you just happened to have a model whale handy of a matching scale, eh? ;D ;D ;D
there are a few Whales figurines around, of various sizes ...
I just happened to "treat" another one recently : wait and see ;)
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the other whale figurine happened to cross a Type XXIII U-boot (Revell, 1/144) in a chance meeting;
and, as any decent submarine, it had to go yellow :
(http://i.imgur.com/Df2Kd2u.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/sGFQU2I.jpg)
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Fantastic.
Puts me in mind of The Penguin's submarine in the sixties Batman movie.
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Oh yeah,another inspirational model ! :thumbsup: :wub:
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Lovin the sea creatures!
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Fantastic.
Puts me in mind of The Penguin's submarine in the sixties Batman movie.
Totally agree :thumbsup:
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"The Godwhale" by T.J. Bass (I kid you not) was an old Sci-Fi novel based pretty much on this scenario. I like ericr's better.
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thanks all !
your appreciation feeds my inspiration ;D
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"The Godwhale" by T.J. Bass (I kid you not) was an old Sci-Fi novel based pretty much on this scenario. I like ericr's better.
That rings a bell. I think I may have that in an anthology somewhere.
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remainings of the day :
so what do we have today :
- the landing gear and struts if the Spirit of Saint Louis, which have an interesting shape
- the wings and tail surfaces of a MC 72 (1/48)
- a crocodile (probably bought together with an elephant, in order to combine postage, and then you get that kind of stuff in your stash without knowing what to do with it, I guess you know what I mean ...)
and all that fits and lives together quite well actually, in red :
(http://i.imgur.com/GCCmqAL.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bvfpLv6.jpg)
and now I still have four crocodile legs in the spare parts box ...
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Crikey! 'Ave a go this beauty!
(http://i.imgur.com/Msevkt3.jpg)
;D
Great!!
Put the legs on a Flying Pancake or ....... An Mi 24? :wacko: ;) ;)
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Very nice model! Do you have a third picture to see if there is tail wheel or how the tail stands on the runway/river/ground ;) ?
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thanks ;D
the tail is just laying on the ground indeed (there might have been a wheel there)
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the tail is just laying on the ground indeed (there might have been a wheel there)
A true "taildragger", then! ;D
Seriously good-looking model this one (and I don't mean the blonde pretty boy!). It has that archetype quality, I feel I should know the film you took it from.
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thanks again, unexpected archetypes are a kind of grail ;D
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quite some time ago I was shown (by zenrat?) a picture out of a comics with a Concorde-like aircraft with claws and head of an eagle ...
Remembering that, it took me a while to find an appropriate plastic bird to build that with a Tu-144 (1/144 scale) :
(http://i.imgur.com/FVVMNq8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/pf8Q2Yr.jpg)
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That's SUPERB Ericr. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Brilliant work
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Yes!
Excellent. It was a strip from 2000AD called Terror Tube (which became Nemesis The Warlock).
Good job Eric.
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thanks a lot all !
and thanks again for the reference : a bit of googling gave me this :
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55d9a2ebe4b090d1642480e9/t/57dfd08a5016e1d637292fb3/1474285878294/?format=1000w)
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and now, what to do with the rest of the plastic crow?
I happened to have the nose of a 1/72 Halifax available ...
(http://i.imgur.com/fhoykj6.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/SuAeUFa.jpg)
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Looks all too believable.
In a bionics lab somewhere near you...
But what is it being trained to do? Jam a malicious drone's comms link so it falls out of the sky? Being a bird, it is immune from its own jamming. Maybe even ELINT/EW, able to pwn the drone and turn it back on its owners. We've all heard of the WILD WEASEL kit on the F-111's during the Vietnam war, how about a WILD WIDGEON for the 21st century?
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thanks !
the mission seems to be observation, mainly ...
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the mission seems to be observation, mainly ...
A whole new meaning to "looking down your nose" at someone!
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;D
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after the photobucket black-out, I still have a backlog of things to show
Sometime ago I was pointed at this picture, which I found startling :
(http://cdn.wallpaperjam.com/static/images/m/a6/a7/a6a713b1c52da205f0b07cbf6f2d4255357505e8.jpg)
so I finally got to fetch (i) a rhino (ii) a F-16 (Academy 1/72, simply) :
(http://imgur.com/7OR78xC.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/Yk13kqp.jpg)
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Wow! :wub:
(I clap my hands but at a far distance: the "thing" looks dangerous...) :-\ ;)
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;D
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I love the yella-bird!
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thanks !
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back on the musical theater :
this mini-flute is now self-propelled by a M108
(http://imgur.com/TVV04Ag.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/vdopIHn.jpg)
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This could cure my dislike for tank models. Thanks for this psychological assistance, doctor! ;)
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;D
That is COOL. :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
I'd pay real money to hear rounds going through the barrel. .. ..
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thanks !
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The Wehrmacht's crack Panzer divisions approach Stalingrad They line up ominously and on the command they blast out Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries at 110 dB. But as they lurch forward, the Soviet tanks break cover and reply with Stravinsky's Rites of Spring. A dissonant pitched battle ensues....
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;D ;D very good Mr 'Pillow :thumbsup:
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this backing story sounds Jericho-like, in a reciprocal way ;D
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^^ ^ ^ Excellent... ;D :mellow: :mellow:
If only all battles could be waged in such a fasion!
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thanks ! ;D
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so, a hippo has that paticular charm, that made it a perfect addition to this series,
end the Revell (ex-Matchbox) Kiowa is very flexible for this kind of endeavour :
(https://imgur.com/UgYAkxC.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HHZDroQ.jpg)
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I'm not surprised he looks a little startled considering what's coming out of his rear end ;) ;D
Excellent work and imagination
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Wonderful... :wub:
Maybe a little dangerous (the animal should wait the rotor stopping to open its mouth...) ;D
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thanks !
the hippo knows quite well that he has to wait for the rotor to stop before yawning ;D
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Awwww, a Hippocoptor. How cute.
:thumbsup:
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Awwww, a Hippocoptor. How cute.
Clearly operating from a nearby hippodrome. ;D
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;D
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Awwww, a Hippocoptor. How cute.
Clearly operating from a nearby hippodrome. ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You'll be joining Mr Zenrat on the "list" if you are not careful ;) :angel:
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I've been a bit out of form lately as regards "The List". I must remedy that... ;D
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to continue on the musical thread, especially with flutes, here are a gun and a rifle joining the orchestra :
(https://imgur.com/DH7SHpQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/9J4J83R.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PDsfGAi.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/APC3pXM.jpg)
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I suppose those would be the opposite of silencers?
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I suppose those would be the opposite of silencers?
kind of, less loud than just guns, but flutes do get noisy
;D
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Love the fit of the mouthpiece. It's just the way most shotguns look, where they break at the base of the barrel for reloading.
Which puts me in mind of a double-barrelled recorder: side-by-side or over-and-under to choice.
Or even the devastatingly effective Gatling pipes. :)
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Vacuum cleaner falls in love with mouth organ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwanoifjIk
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Vacuum cleaner falls in love with mouth organ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwanoifjIk
That's just weird. Love it.
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Vacuum cleaner falls in love with mouth organ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwanoifjIk
Thank you for that, LMAO! ;D :thumbsup:
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Vacuum cleaner falls in love with mouth organ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WwanoifjIk
Thank you for that, LMAO! ;D :thumbsup:
:o :thumbsup:
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did I show you this one yet?
I had this bike kit for some years, and Ineed to / wish to reduce my stash, so I thought about this boat side car ...
(https://imgur.com/FFHaYVo.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/TuqBq8G.jpg)
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Just in case you come across a deep puddle while out on a ride of course. ;D ;D ;D
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Nice use of Heller's Sinagot lugger kit. :thumbsup:
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funny and well done! :wub: :thumbsup:
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What scale is that and what's the second boat for?
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thanks !
the smaller boat is for ... hem ... the baby-seat? ;D
and you are right, you recognized the Sinagot by Heller,
which is 1/60 while the bike is 1/12, so a 1/5 scalemix.
Now I have to use the masts and sails : I am thinking of a sail-cart made from some aircraft fuselage ...
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........ and what's the second boat for?
That'll be in case the first one sinks. I'll bet the second one has an inflatable life raft stashed aboard somewhere too. ;D
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Niiiiice!!
Sure would be handy for all the people on Youtube ramping off into lakes and such. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2016/06/01/floating-urals-whatever-is-neeeded-leavinghomefunction/
(https://2yrh403fk8vd1hz9ro2n46dd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-floating-ural-russia-leavinghomefunctional-1.jpg)
(https://2yrh403fk8vd1hz9ro2n46dd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-floating-ural-russia-leavinghomefunctional-2.jpg)
(https://2yrh403fk8vd1hz9ro2n46dd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-floating-ural-russia-leavinghomefunctional-3.jpg)
;D ;D :thumbsup:
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So... ericr's one was not a joke but a prototype... an asymmetric one! :thumbsup:
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So... ericr's one was not a joke but a prototype... an asymmetric one! :thumbsup:
With helium-filled tyres to keep it balanced! :o ;D
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The lads from Top Gear needed one of those when they visited Vietnam!
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thanks for hte pictures : it is a beautiful case of plagiarism by anticipation ;D
w.r.t. Vietnam, I recently had a look at "Apocalypse now" again, it might have fit in the global picture
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I saw the picture with VWs, but thought 2cvs would fit as nicely :
(https://imgur.com/1uKxykm.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/CMTUm7K.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/e81vjp9.jpg)
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Nice treatment!! Ol' boy who made the original would be proud. :mellow:
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It has a dark side and a light side! Who'd have thought of a Jedi 2cv
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A Sithtroen?
;D
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:rolleyes: :rolleyes: ;D ;D ;D
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Super job that, ericr. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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It looks like the symbol of Buddhist ying-yang, no? :thumbsup: :wub:
EDIT: sorry it was in the new title, confirmed, thanks (I came from a web link notification, without reading the title).
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thanks !
and keep zen ;D
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Love the subtle yin-yang paint job. :thumbsup:
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thanks,
there was even some building involved : I had to close the sides of the engine, empty in the kit,
in ordert to have a background behind the wheels, to paint appropriately complementarily.
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so with all these builds, I had a few fuselages in stock,
and also a few snakes plastic figurines in my stash,
and the hybrids are there, with a yellow F-5A, a red Kiowa, a blue F-16 :
(https://imgur.com/O7yMaO3.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/YxRUIxd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nTcFSt2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/MEXmQKq.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vGuYe2c.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qiu92v3.jpg)
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Hah! Excellent Eric.
But this one I like best.
(https://imgur.com/nTcFSt2.jpg)
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I have to agree with Fred that the red one is superb :bow:
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Ooooer, snakes! I'm outa here!!!
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Ooooer, snakes! I'm outa here!!!
Kit ! come back ! Kit ! they're fake, I mean ... Whiff !
thanks all, the red one has a little tongue and horns indeed ;D
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Lovely set of memes, especially the Kiowa's antennae and tongue.
Personally, I'd have mated a Northrop YF-17 to the cobra - see why at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-17 :mellow:
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Lovely! :wub:
Uh... I mean: frightening and inventive, but I know this is a joke, so I am not scared ;)
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thanks !
I didn't know about that lovely YF-17, don't have it on my stash ;) does it exist in 1/72?
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Planes on a Snake!
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does it exist in 1/72?
Only a ridiculously expensive one by Anigrand it seems, sadly.
Still, you could use an Airfix F-5E or similar and make your own "Northrop Cobra!" ;D
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Planes on a Snake!
Hehehe, nice one. :thumbsup: ;D
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;D ;D ;D
Fantastic!
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Fantastic!
Thanks for this word. I almost never clap my hands so loud, but I am happy that some do so. I remember our dear Ericr telling us of his presentation of models in a big city, with nobody interested, no question, poor modeller... genius and disliked, this is unjust. Maybe we are rare among the public of modellers, but together (even only one per county), we cheer each others, and this is marvelous. Thanks again, Chronic1, Ericr deserves that, so much... ;)
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You bet. Sometimes I'm a man of few words, but I try to choose them well.
Eric's stuff is really cool... some people just "don't get it." People here, do, though, and that's why this is a good community. :lol: :lol:
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thanks again !
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Eric really needs a proper exhibition in an art gallery. If the darned manche weren't in the way...
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thanks, I am not sure art galleries would be much more positive than non-whif modellers, but I like navigating here and there ;)
if you know an interested gallery north of the Manche, maybe I could travel a bit to go and see ;D
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another part of the snake, with anoter part of the F5 :
(https://imgur.com/Z4USd2x.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/aJg3cSJ.jpg)
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I can see some of these creations starring in children's books
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Frightening, but in a lovely way... Thanks!
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Frightening, but in a lovely way... Thanks!
Precisely! :o
I wonder if it swallows Mig-21s whole?
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thanks all !
I haven't evaluated its gobbling capacity yet : it is sitting in the cupboard with others : I guess I should check for disappearing neighbours but it is a bit slim, as a F5A, so I don't expect it to be a big eater ;D
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thanks, I am not sure art galleries would be much more positive than non-whif modellers, but I like navigating here and there ;)
if you know an interested gallery north of the Manche, maybe I could travel a bit to go and see ;D
One thing you could try is ello, a social media site for artists and creatives, There is all kinds of stuff on there, along with the open-minded bunch who post it all. Might be worth posting your best work there and see if it gets a reaction. Ello is also nice because it doesn't harvest your details or throw advertising at you or anything like that. You can find me as @steelpillow but I don't do much on it because I have so little time to spare. It is at: https://ello.co/ (NB, not ello.com, that is something very different).
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I can see some of these creations starring in children's books
Some, but I can see others giving children nightmares. The propeller faced giraffe for example. It scares the heck out of me...
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The propeller faced giraffe for example. It scares the heck out of me...
A flock of them taking off over the savannah and flying into the setting African sun would be more lyrical than scary.
OTOH a herd of them charging down on you with necks lowered might not!
More than mere beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
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F-5Sssssssss "Freedom Biter" .
;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :mellow: :lol:
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F-5Sssssssss "Freedom Biter" .
:bow:
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The propeller faced giraffe for example. It scares the heck out of me...
A flock of them taking off over the savannah and flying into the setting African sun would be more lyrical than scary.
OTOH a herd of them charging down on you with necks lowered might not!
More than mere beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
I think it's the lack of eyes and the rotating blades. HR Giger meets Dr Moreau.
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thanks, I am not sure art galleries would be much more positive than non-whif modellers, but I like navigating here and there ;)
if you know an interested gallery north of the Manche, maybe I could travel a bit to go and see ;D
One thing you could try is ello, a social media site for artists and creatives, There is all kinds of stuff on there, along with the open-minded bunch who post it all. Might be worth posting your best work there and see if it gets a reaction. Ello is also nice because it doesn't harvest your details or throw advertising at you or anything like that. You can find me as @steelpillow but I don't do much on it because I have so little time to spare. It is at: https://ello.co/ (NB, not ello.com, that is something very different).
thanks for the link, I will have a look : if the atmosphere is as benevolent as here, it certainly is interesting
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The propeller faced giraffe for example. It scares the heck out of me...
A flock of them taking off over the savannah and flying into the setting African sun would be more lyrical than scary.
OTOH a herd of them charging down on you with necks lowered might not!
More than mere beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
I think it's the lack of eyes and the rotating blades. HR Giger meets Dr Moreau.
it is often a surprise and always interesting to see how people project themselves on a modest creation ;)
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remains of the day again, always the same principle but always different results ...
so, in my stash/spares box, remaining from previous projects, I had a BK117 fuselage, and crocodile legs :
(https://imgur.com/9ogOZWE.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NiGtfEH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/c0FILe4.jpg)
funny to see how things fit by themselves (nearly, when helped a bit)
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:bow: :drink: :cheers: :laugh: :laugh:
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Very cool.
I call shotgun! ;D
One of these in the Jurassic Park livery would be interesting.
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Hehehe, that looks great, you can almost see it waddling across the ramp. :thumbsup: ;D
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I adore it! :wub: :wub:
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Love the third photo, really looks like a still from a video. I think it's about to stick its snout into the camera lens and get goo all over it. Aircraft grade, of course!
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;D
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Hey Ericr, here's a thought : why not do something with dinosaurs? There are loads of figures about, both 'proper' models (Tamiya, Lindberg, Revell, Aurora just off the top of my head) and toy figures.
(Apologies if you've already done this: havn't got time to review the whole thread).
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It wouldn't do you any good if had the time H, all ericr's early stuff has vanished into the 'Pit of Photobucket' sad to say.
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That's so cute Eric.
Do you have any wings for it? Dragonfly or dragon/bat would look good.
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thanks again !
I did do a few things with dinosaur figurines, including a push-pull variant (with no eyes ...) :
the PB black hole is a pity indeed, I uploaded a few pictures of them on my new propagation medium :
(https://imgur.com/rtakTAh.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/koPQSSk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/qqBFWrN.jpg)
zenrat : I didn't plan wings on this, because it looked so cute indeed as a crawler, but who knows, may some time ?
I have had a figurine of a dragonfly, which once met a kit of a PZL7A :
(https://imgur.com/uRfpi4a.jpg)
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:wub: your Dragonfly PZL is marvelous, and is the living proof that Charles Darwin was
right wrong right!
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:wub: your Dragonfly PZL is marvelous, and is the living proof that Charles Darwin was right wrong right!
+1 for the PZL dragonfly. When's my ride? :thumbsup:
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thanks !
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Ok... I'll admit some of these creep me out a bit... but in a primary colours binding an unholy alliance of animal and machine sort of way. ;)
But man... that Dragonfly has it going on. Makes me wish for a ringside seat at the battle between ericr and sykotik's creations!
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;D
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wasn't the FW189 nicknamed the flying glasshouse?
(https://imgur.com/ssUdqA6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/PhnXk2x.jpg)
(the glasshouse is from Faller in 1/87, so it is a scalorama)
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Hehehe, VERY hi-viz, both its colour and it's capability. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Good!
I think this is the Fw-189 version which is powered by solar energy!
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Heh heh heh. You got any scale plants to put in it?
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;D
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Wonderfull :thumbsup: ;D ;D
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thanks !
now I am looking for a BV 141, obviously ...
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Hehheh, like that! But what's growing in the glasshouse?? mind widening mushrooms? absinthious tomatoes?
I'm from Holland so anything goes :o
David
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love the concept
love the colour
no sure about the practical uses
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Great for growing tomatoes as it gets them up nearer the Sun, but it costs a bit in fuel keeping them airborne all that time. ;D ;)
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:o :bow: :bow: :bow: :drink: :cheers: :party: :party: :wub: :wub: :wub:
Glorrrrrrrrious!! I love it. :mellow:
What did you use for the green house?
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Hehheh, like that! But what's growing in the glasshouse?? mind widening mushrooms? absinthious tomatoes?
I'm from Holland so anything goes :o
The father of a friend of mine did work in a mushroom plantation, and it was in a cave because darkness was required for best grow rate... This is opposite to such a sun-plane, so my opinion is: this is a glasshouse for cultivating flowers, like tulips yes, your national ones! ;)
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ow, yeah....your right about the mushrooms.....keep forgetting :rolleyes:
Tulips would be great along with some Hyacinths and daffodils (fits the color of the FW-189)... :thumbsup:
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thanks again all !
absinthious tomatoes?
:o ;D :lol: :thumbsup:
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What did you use for the green house?
oops, by the way :
the Faller gardener center, https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.17.89/agid.1128.1195.1252/atid.7912/lg.en/ecm.at/G%C3%A4rtnerei.html (https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.17.89/agid.1128.1195.1252/atid.7912/lg.en/ecm.at/G%C3%A4rtnerei.html)
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What did you use for the green house?
oops, by the way :
the Faller gardener center, https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.17.89/agid.1128.1195.1252/atid.7912/lg.en/ecm.at/G%C3%A4rtnerei.html (https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.17.89/agid.1128.1195.1252/atid.7912/lg.en/ecm.at/G%C3%A4rtnerei.html)
What a neat kit, holy smokes! Thanks....
Man, you wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit if you did more stuff with glass house!!!!! :wub: :wub:
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Man, you wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit if you did more stuff with glass house!!!!! :wub: :wub:
Well, I only used a part of it, hardly 1/4, so I have more plans ... wait an see ;)
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Glorrrrrrious! :lol: :lol:
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the helicopter is a BK117 (another part of the Crocodile case seen earlier)
(https://imgur.com/XUmO6H1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2ZNykwd.jpg)
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Ohhh!!! It's so cute! :wub: :wub: :wub: :laugh: :laugh:
:lol: :thumbsup:
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It seems this is just a flying fish, but oh... so different! :wub:
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It transitions into a huge blimp from time to time, but don't fly too close!
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;D
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Ohhh!!! It's so cute!
It is ;D
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thanks
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some time ago I was proposed this image as an inspiration :
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5595584ae4b0651388a33f71/t/5595b1d9e4b02838d125fda1/1435873765875/IMG_4592.JPG?format=300w)
and I finally came up with this, using a 1/144 Tomcat nose :
(https://imgur.com/Y4r8eQZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/NykPzzc.jpg)
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The mind BOGGLES at what you'll be doing with the rest of the Tomcat. :o
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The mind BOGGLES at what you'll be doing with the rest of the Tomcat. :o
:wacko:
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I knew the catfish but Grumman was right, cats are birds, this is the great proof of it! :wub: :thumbsup:
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;)
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Nice!! "CAC-CAW!!!" "CAC-CAW!!!"
Mixin' up birds and airplanes just seems right somehow. ;D
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thanks !
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the other half of the 1/144 Tomcat :
I had this idea (who knows wherefrom or why?) that a swept-wing aircraft should match well with a saxophone ;
in reality (if I dare say so) it came less obviously, but I somehow managed, for my series in music instruments
(https://imgur.com/16eU3S6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/3FYyAgt.jpg)
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Hmmm, a Saxocat. ;D
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Obviously, this is THE explanation why the jets of the Tomcat are so distant laterally: to keep room for the saxo part of the airframe! Thanks! :thumbsup: ;D
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Kenny Loggins meets Kenny G. :lol:
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Somehow, it reminds me of the Lippisch Aerodyne:
(http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/VTOL-pict/Aerodyne-Lippisch-01.jpg)
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thanks all !
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it was tempting, and I had this remainder from earlier projects, a Victor fuselage, which deserved its moment of glory, even without the cockpit, but even older I had this head of Ariane 5 rocket which fit just naturally, like all the rest : and when nature fits, why resist?
(https://imgur.com/OQMF9qy.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ex2zcpd.jpg)
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it was tempting, and I had this remainder from earlier projects, a Victor fuselage, which deserved its moment of glory, even without the cockpit, but even older I had this head of Ariane 5 rocket which fit just naturally, like all the rest : and when nature fits, why resist?
You'll have to keep it in a giant cupboard, as you obviously can't store a hanger in a hangar...
... I'll get my coat.
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"Why a coathanger above the clouds??!!!", I have heard... Hey, damned atheists :angry:, this is for the Lord to hang His coat! ;D
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;D
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"I have heard of skyhooks, but this is ridiculous!"
— The Angel Gabriel
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some time ago I discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv-2 (with some other influence as well) :
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_dk.jpg)
and it fired me to get a kit of the F_82 (well, actually, several : wait and see ...)
and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51 :
(https://imgur.com/4HrznRc.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/osfng9e.jpg)
the nose is a bit short, it comes from a He-59 ...
and I had to cheat a bit with the rear wheel, in order to have enough height for the pushing propeller ;)
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Wonderful, there's SO much scope in a P-82 kit. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup: :wub: :bow:
So marvelous!
Drawing was easy, but all the merit (of building it actually) is yours, congratulations!
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This is awesome!!!!
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thanks !
let us all buy P-82s and build along ! ;D
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let us all buy P-82s and build along ! ;D
I've done three already! :o
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I realize I already did some too ...
from my archive, and to compensate the PB loss, here is a little recall :
(https://imgur.com/Bf1T2LY.jpg)
and another one, also Tophe inspired at the time :
(https://imgur.com/9tBY9xH.jpg)
and I have made another one which I will show soon, and still have one on my stash ...
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Thanks for posting again these marvels, that seemed lost for Humanity :-\ ;)
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;D
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hi all, after being away from internet for a moment I'm back again.
So, some time ago I also discovered Tophe's P-51 Bv :
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P82-51C5_di.jpg)
and it fired me to fetch another kit of the F_82 (I still have one left after that ...)
and make an imaginary interpretation, where the whiffing consists of going to the D version of the P-51, and augmenting visibility (it is a 3-seater) :
(https://imgur.com/FmBe701.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/ZR1QVnz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/81PGEQF.jpg)
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:wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
Lovely! Delicious! Much better than the source (of inspiration)... :thumbsup: :bow:
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Wow!! That is so cool!! Reminds me of a motorbike with the sidecar. :mellow: :mellow: :mellow:
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Cracking job that Ericr. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I'm trying to figure out what that clear nose piece is from. .. . .. . :mellow: Fits and looks right.... right shape and everything. :unsure: :mellow: :mellow:
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thanks all !
I'm trying to figure out what that clear nose piece is from. .. . .. . :mellow: Fits and looks right.... right shape and everything. :unsure: :mellow: :mellow:
excellent fitting indeed, and quite unexpectedly, as it is the rear glass of a 1/48 P-61 (!)
the rest of which was used in other projects, involving jets at the rear :
(https://imgur.com/1eczSqo.jpg)
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Cool!! I remember those. And yeah, it's always nice when things like that work out so well. It's like a EUREKA moment.
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Once more, the name Ericr stands in gold letters in the History of Asymmetric aircraft, see my site
http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/Asymm_addition.htm (at the temporary end of it).
Tell me if the date is wrong or something.
Thanks again! :thumbsup:
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;D :thumbsup:
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that model was so tempting ...
(https://imgur.com/XXm8HPJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/HJKBsZk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/oSBNkLQ.jpg)
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oh... my!
Now THAT would be terrifying to come swooping out of a cloud bank. It's like the Big Bird of air pirates!
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thanks !
it is simply the Finemolds kit, which has even the bay for flappsters :
(https://imgur.com/7O6PAQQ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/suRB8pH.jpg)
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And belated congratulations for your P-61 blue space shuttle, so nice (even if not twin-boom anymore...) ;) :-\ ;D
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;D
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remainings of the day :
a Type XXIII Uboot hull, with the canopy of a 1/48 Rufe : I considered adding wings, but the fit is nice already like that ...
(https://imgur.com/a9mjdG1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/7jq1nAg.jpg)
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Looks almost like the Hydra sub from Captain America
(http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/captain-america-subamrine-821312551.jpg)
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I can see that as a Japanese Imperial Navy Kamikaze type
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I can see that as a Japanese Imperial Navy Kamikaze type
Yes, there is a family look with the Yokosuka Ohka/Baka Kamikaze plane. ;D
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thanks !
maybe I could have tried to attach a jet engine or two ... next time, maybe ;D
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... or an entry in an underwater race series.
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I never heard of underwater races : a whole new range of creativity for whifs! :thumbsup:
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Suspect this may be up your street Ericr: http://www.ellenjewettsculpture.com/
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd6d99e4b0d331152daf2a/5963cdfe8419c21f61b06ee2/5963ce07440243f90040c180/1499713213208/iguana.jpg?format=750w)
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd6d99e4b0d331152daf2a/55992d78e4b0d1b573f11906/55992d79e4b07172a30a7eec/1436102009594/tort1.jpg?format=750w)
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dd6d99e4b0d331152daf2a/563839abe4b0924367e7636f/56383a3be4b07bcac2c69e38/1446525500214/1.jpg?format=750w)
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Tortoise is good, but I particularly like the fox/wolf/coyote whatever at the bottom
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thanks Weaver for the link !
very inspired hybrids, animal/vegetal it seems ;D
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a two-way mash-up :
one way : a sawfish head on a F5
(https://imgur.com/Wvqwa8z.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Wgos9Z6.jpg)
the other way : a F5 nose on a sawfish
(https://imgur.com/pYLRiAw.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/QthHGQy.jpg)
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Wonderful! Both! :wub: :wub:
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:thumbsup:
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You never waste ANY parts at all do you? :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thanks ;)
I like the idea of using as much as I can, which comes together with the idea of modifying only minimally the ingredients
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Both wonderful, keep 'em coming! :thumbsup:
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Awesome!! I like the red one. :wacko:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Are you going to do a Fiona Banner style christmas tree for the holiday? ;D
(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/12/10/1291991552760/2007-Tate-tree-created-by-006.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=da7c994ff84b2be7e5a60f32e1bbaa1d)
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;D
I once saw a Harrier with painted feathers, and a chromed Jaguar upside-down by Fiona Banner,
and I quite like to see airplane coming into art (independently of making reasonable realistic sense, which is reasonable in whif world)
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another crossing :
in one direction
(https://imgur.com/yfYQutd.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nly37hp.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2MWGVEv.jpg)
and in the other
(https://imgur.com/d0h4Z1c.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BHKd0xZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/zXZTpTX.jpg)
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Heh heh heh - Hammerhead Beagle. :thumbsup:
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Now they are neat :thumbsup:
The Hammerhead Beagle could almost be fitted with sideways looking radar ? I'll get my coat :angel: ;)
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Lovely, once again!
At first, I thought the red one has a special nose for electronic devices...
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;D
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The red one is technically a "three-surface" wing design: efficient, manoeuvrable, and capable of mowing my lawn from almost a metre up. ;D
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;)
I was guided mainly by the fact the section was approximately the same between the two of them ...
and the Beagle nose has a quite smart look on a shark body, has it not?
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;)
I was guided mainly by the fact the section was approximately the same between the two of them ...
and the Beagle nose has a quite smart look on a shark body, has it not?
Yes indeed, but while its flat oval window gives it a rather wonderful bottom-scanning quality, I don't think it would give my lawn quite such a smooth and consistent cut. :wacko:
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It would make a jolly good mini sub though, modern efficient propulsion system (I believe there is current research/trials in the use of flippers/fins for propulsion) and you'd be able to up close with the fishes!
Regards
Keith
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It would make a jolly good mini sub though, modern efficient propulsion system (I believe there is current research/trials in the use of flippers/fins for propulsion) and you'd be able to up close with the fishes!
Regards
Keith
Like this?
(http://78.media.tumblr.com/9bcdc2c0003aa031231630ab835b79d9/tumblr_n0bmumAWJP1rgcqrbo1_400.gif)
Penguin Sub from the Adam West Batman Movie.
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;D
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I couldn't resist on trying something out of this :
(http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=22.0;attach=16964;image)
and I did have three Mirage 2000 in my stash ...
(https://imgur.com/Yw4XgdP.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/IPwNECz.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/B4AL2us.jpg)
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:wub:
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That's AWESOME! Well done. :thumbsup:
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Ahhh yeah!!!! Looks like something that could go right up into space.... Just need a Space Tanker to come with. ;D
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thanks !
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That is brilliant :bow: and also looks like it could have been a real French late 50's early 60's project :thumbsup:
Top of your form sir :thumbsup:
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After the French cancelled the SNCASE SO.9000 "Trident II" research aircraft, the programme never went away. It continued under secret contracts to different manufacturers and this, the Dassault Mirage 2003, was in effect the "Trident VII". The Trident III was of course the SNCASE proposal for a production version, but versions IV, V and VI still await discovery!
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Love it.
:thumbsup:
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:o :bow: :cheers:
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;D
and thanks again to Tophe for the inspiration !
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nearly stricly OOB, in the sense that the plastic was a very nice (to my taste ;)) yellow,
so I left it unpainted, with just a touch of blue and of red
(https://imgur.com/LEmJo26.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/StyYgHT.jpg)
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Great build :thumbsup:
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:wub: What a lovely little plane (looks wise anyway). I really should build one of mine.
:thumbsup:
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Ohhh!! Yes, very nice! Kind of one of those rare instances where I think NOT painting the whole thing makes it cooler because of the color of the plastic. ;D What you did paint was just enough.. I like how you alternated the colors.
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thanks !
the work is modest, but I liked to leave the kit in its natural state ;)
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I had done in the recent past a FW189 with a glasshouse, litterally that is and not just as a nickname, in yellow :
I just had to try the BV141 which, on top of all the rest, is asymetric too !
(https://imgur.com/scFOIKM.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/kawMUlU.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h70jEGy.jpg)
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Should be able to grow some SERIOUS tomatoes in there. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
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Love it! More glass the merrier. :lol:
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Should be able to grow some SERIOUS tomatoes in there. ;D ;) :thumbsup:
Beat me to it Kit ;D
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thanks ;D
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Very nice. gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "climbing plants". ;D
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;D
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an Airfix Dinah, old kit but nice, with a skull from Revell
I hesitated about keeping the nose or not : both versions here,
making it a Pinocchio
(https://imgur.com/MtWKwm7.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/gDxH9b2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/clGpUMr.jpg)
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The first two look as if the skull is more interested in the whirling propellers than the wings.
The through job looks like an landing overshoot...
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Stop giving Radish ideas ;D :thumbsup:
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;D
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Sinister!! Quite unexpected but I think it's cool!
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Great build :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:
I vote no nose, but then if you had something Farman
sitting about ... ;D
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thanks ! ;D
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it was a kit with a skull and its accompanying brain :
the latter fitted nicely with the wings and booms of a Sea Venom from my stash :
(https://imgur.com/ZguLmB1.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/oOrVJGy.jpg)
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100 years from now whoever finds all your models after cleaning up from WWIV is going to be one confused pup. ;D :thumbsup:
Looks good... like some sort of living plane or something. If Krang from TMNT "got down" he'd look like this. :mellow:
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Looks as if it skims silently along just above the ground like an owl and then drops on its prey, kerplonk! Lovely! :thumbsup:
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;D
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... If Krang from TMNT "got down" he'd look like this. :mellow:
Indeed.
Very good Eric.
:thumbsup:
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So 1950's artificial intelligence for drones ? :rolleyes:
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thanks a lot !
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This is in a display case at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook.
I immediately thought of Eric...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4604/39246042084_049a6b720f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22N3e11)RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 15 (https://flic.kr/p/22N3e11) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4650/39924266762_4abf380b3e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23PYiyW)RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 13 (https://flic.kr/p/23PYiyW) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
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Cracking job that, right up Ericr's street. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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thanks a lot for the link !
this is indeed very inspirational : now I have to fetch a kangaroo figurin, and a scale-matching F111 ...
;D
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I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ... it required a special peak in inspiration, which fell upon this PZL39
(https://imgur.com/aXjOP96.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EfImd2o.jpg)
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Brings new meaning to the term 'droop snoot'. ;D ;)
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;D ;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Beware World, the Cult of Cthulhu has an air force. ;D
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This is in a display case at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook.
I immediately thought of Eric...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4604/39246042084_049a6b720f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22N3e11)RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 15 (https://flic.kr/p/22N3e11) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4650/39924266762_4abf380b3e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23PYiyW)RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 13 (https://flic.kr/p/23PYiyW) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
Does it shoot flames out of its keister? ;D :wacko:
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It'll be in some Japanese anime porn by the end of the year, make sure you secure your royalties! ;D
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The Kango-vark is very cool!! One of the most Straya things I've seen! :mellow: :mellow:
I'm going to have to snag that and show some of my Aussie pals on facebook.
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;D
thanks ! "droop snoot" comes to mind indeed ;)
please note that I had to put weight in the tail, in order to avoir nose-sitting :
that's what happens when you do whiff : you try out imaginary solutions, you get imaginary problems ;D
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;D ;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Beware World, the Cult of Cthulhu has an air force. ;D
Flying in from beyond the Mountains of Madness...
You beat me to it.
Again.
This looks excellent Eric. Your best so far this year. ;D It's not often anyone has to weight the tail of an aircraft build.
So how many more of those tentacles do you have? Another seven?
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I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ...
As one does ;D :thumbsup:
I've now got an image in my brain of that 39 tangling with a Do 17 over the skies of Poland and shaking it to pieces ;)
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Congratulations for the PZL-animal, so nice! :wub:
that's what happens when you do whiff : you try out imaginary solutions, you get imaginary problems ;D
Ahem, sometimes what-if models does not provide problems at all, this is "in the world of dreams"... but it is impossible to share these ones with friends alas. :-\ ;D
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;D
the year is only beginning, and my stash still holds some stuff ...
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The Kango-vark is very cool!!
But how Aardv-aroo can it be? ;D
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This one is now my desktop picture.
(https://imgur.com/EfImd2o.jpg)
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This ones now my desktop picture.
;D
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The Kango-vark is very cool!!
But how Aardv-aroo can it be? ;D
;D ;D ;D
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another potential nose-sitter, which I had to add weight in the tail :
the other part of the Sea Venom, with the legs of a mygale spider :
(https://imgur.com/SOK0K9C.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/2RmolkJ.jpg)
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Wow! Is this the (poisonous) Blue Widow?
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Even has the spinnerette at the back for the spider silk. Imaging waking up to that hanging down from the ceiling lampshade one morning!
You know, a CGI animation of some of eric's critters going about their daily business would be rather wonderful.
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;D
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the other side of the mygale, with many eyes, and parts from a Kiowa helicopter :
(https://imgur.com/T7gnMjH.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/nTAztgk.jpg)
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Lovely!
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Weird!
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I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ... it required a special peak in inspiration, which fell upon this PZL39
(https://imgur.com/aXjOP96.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EfImd2o.jpg)
Should have been a shade of green... :wacko:
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I had this tentacle in my stash for some time ... it required a special peak in inspiration, which fell upon this PZL39
Should have been a shade of green... :wacko:
Well, really it should adapt to the background colour and texture to camouflage itself. Shame they don't make active paint.
Clearly a predator that cruises low above the sea floor, looking for prey to attack.
The male is called a "fighter" while the female, a "bomber", lays eggs. Sadly, like all cephalopods, once monopodus Wilkus has reproduced, it dies.
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camouflage is common for aircraft but more rare among animals, sometimes animals wear bright colours to seduce, you know.
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green is not in my vocabulary, alas ... ;D
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something else : remainders of the day
from older projects, I had a fuselage of an An-2, and sails from a Sinagot
(as well as bits for the front and tail, and wheel from a Fokker Dr.1 and a Me262 ...)
They do fit together into a sailing car :
(https://imgur.com/OoEhDB2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/EaqLSXQ.jpg)
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TRULY WONDERFUL! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Very cool!
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I love it! :wub:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Ready to race.
(http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/photos/landyacht/yandy105694.jpg)
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Love it Eric.
:thumbsup:
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thanks all ! ;D
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Should be a fun contraption to ride, nice one, Eric! :thumbsup:
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I can imagine an outboard motor arrangement for windless days - with a wheel instead of a propeller.
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I can imagine an outboard motor arrangement for windless days - with a wheel instead of a propeller.
:o
do you mean with a kind of motor like this for example ?
(https://imgur.com/ma2iGRB.jpg)
but ... wait a moment ... [rumble rumble ...] ... oh, how lovely, I just happen to find one in my spares box ...
now I just need to see how to fit a wheel ...
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delicious boat-car! :wub:
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TRULY WONDERFUL! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Spot on :thumbsup:
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I can imagine an outboard motor arrangement for windless days - with a wheel instead of a propeller.
:o
do you mean with a kind of motor like this for example ?
(https://imgur.com/ma2iGRB.jpg)
but ... wait a moment ... [rumble rumble ...] ... oh, how lovely, I just happen to find one in my spares box ...
now I just need to see how to fit a wheel ...
That's it. Just put a 90 degree gearbox on the end where the prop is and then attach a wheel. Sorted.
:thumbsup:
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here we go
(https://imgur.com/5gCub4p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Pr4m22o.jpg)
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Lovely. All-weather land yachting!
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amazing! :wub: :thumbsup:
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here we go
(https://imgur.com/5gCub4p.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Pr4m22o.jpg)
That's it. Perfect. :wub:
I am saving these pictures as this rivals the tentacle plane for position as your best ever build.
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That's it. Perfect. :wub:
I am saving these pictures as this rivals the tentacle plane for position as your best ever build.
thanks again for the suggestion : additionaly to being so relevant, it enabled me to make use of this motorboat engine which was desperately hoping for it.
And you are welcome to save any picture you like of course, and even to try and remake or reinterpret any of these contraptions :
you skills would obviously go much further.
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I don't know about that. Your imagination is certainly much more fertile than mine.
I do have more than 3 colours of paint though.
;D
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a 100% organic proposal this time,
no mechanical device (e.g., aircraft) was harmed during the making of this build
I still have brains in my stash :
(https://imgur.com/nCuUrrA.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/AI34lV5.jpg)
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Are you aware of the character Krang in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoons?
I have nightmares about things like this.
Very good.
:thumbsup:
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Incredible!
Fortunately, the bright yellow color means this is a toy, not a real animal/brain!
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Fortunately, the bright yellow color means this is a toy, not a real animal/brain!
That's only what it wants you to think! :o
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thanks all !
I didn't know Krang, but there might be a similarity ;D
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more scorpions ...
this time with a Revell 1/72 Kiowa helicopter fuselage
(https://imgur.com/FVkxiXk.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/h9KvLQ4.jpg)
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Wow! This makes me dream of a similar (twin-tail) Lightning, thanks!
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Wow! This makes me dream of a similar (twin-tail) Lightning, thanks!
LOL ;D
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;D
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Northrop F-89 Scorpion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion), anybody?
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Wow! This makes me dream of a similar (twin-tail) Lightning, thanks!
LOL ;D
I was not laughing but very serious! Thanks again! :thumbsup:
(http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/P38eclairT_bd.jpg)
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aaaarrghhhhh ! :o :o :o
now I have to buy more scorpion figurines !!!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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the third one is particularly smart ;)
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the third one is particularly smart ;)
Yes and given how popular "walker thingies" are nowadays you could have an aircraft with "walker" landing gear :o Wouldn't like to be the test pilot, but....... I'd take out a patent on that Tophe ;)
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but....... I'd take out a patent on that Tophe ;)
Depositing a patent, and keeping it alive, everywhere, is very expensive, you know. I will not do it. If you do, feel free to do so, and the day you will receive the Nobel prize, just say "and I thank Tophe&Ericr-the-dreamers, that are somehow at the source of my invention!". Thanks! ;D
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;D
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this rubber crow lost its head elsewhere :
(https://imgur.com/VQZPfXr.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/4U4gUIb.jpg)
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That rubber moulding line looks like a panel join - I really want to open it up and see all the works inside! :o :thumbsup:
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Lovely! and so perfectly built that it looks "done by Mother Nature"! :thumbsup:
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thanks !
the inside of the rubber I could see, because I had to cut off the head : essentially bits and pieces of synthetic foam, not very nice ;)
but you can of course imagine cyberbird machinery ;-)
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the other way round, with a 1/48 Tornado (the nose of which you probably saw a while ago)
(https://imgur.com/hDZG4CJ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/p2j0lI5.jpg)
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;D :lol: :mellow: :mellow: :thumbsup:
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Lovely! :wub:
And the proof that it is an animal: its wing are moving! :thumbsup:
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thnaks !
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There's one around my bird feeder now, strafing the ground with 500 microgramme guano bomblets... ;D
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;D
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more tentacles ...
(https://imgur.com/kdEgYVj.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/BQ07pn3.jpg)
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I would not say this one is lovely, but my feeling is not indifference at all! I would that "this is the enemy, obviously", even if civilian (monster)... ;)
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Ooh I like that one.
Octocopter. :thumbsup:
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Scary!
I thought monsters under the bed were all I had to worry about until I saw this!
Like any good octopus, it changes colour to match its surroundings, so at night it turns shades of black and you never see it coming. Just an ominous whirring sound (the fan in the loo sounds awfully loud) and a draft of cold air (must have left the washroom door and window open from the after-effects of beer and curry...) and then — WHOMP! >SLURP!< whirrr...
...The whirr soon becoming a little erratic as the alcohol works its way through. And the curry of course... have you ever wondered why the after-effects of a night out can end up in such strange Godforsaken places and with bits in that look nothing like what was on the plate?
Sweet dreams tonight, all. :wacko:
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Cthulhucopter?
:o
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;D
I am very impressed by the impact of my modest contraptions on the conscious as well as unconcious of my fellow whiffers ;)
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Cthulhucopter?
:o
Bringing madness and insanity from the skies as well as the deep
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speaking about Sopwith Camels : a whiff idea from the world of LP record covers (subsection californian psychedelia, if I am not wrong)
(just have to fetch a camel figurine, and a Sopwith in appropriate scale)
(https://img.discogs.com/G24AyV5uzUuB0Vm5HkfmBm8SRiM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7563280-1444088779-6515.jpeg.jpg)
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The Sopwith Snipe is an easy follow-up album. Struggling to visualise the cover for Sopwith one-and-a-half-strutter, though.
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Sopwith Pup is also an easy one.
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Sopwith Salamander would be the coolest. How about it, ericr? <_<
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Sopwith Salamander would be the coolest. How about it, ericr? <_<
;D I just have to find a salamander figurine somewhere (at the appropriate scale, that is)
and one of a pup, and one of a snipe ...
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the other way round
(please, oh please, you all tentacle counters, don't be too harsh, this is whif world after all, so don't criticize the mere fact that there are only four)
(https://imgur.com/CPXcaPZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/iwOYSHu.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/hI8LeVw.jpg)
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OK, it's a quadropus then. ;D
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Moreover, I have counted the number of suction cups on each tentacle and it is perfectly matching the Real World, so this is very true! ;)
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;D
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Fantastic. It could go almost anywhere.
Beats the heck out of most walking machines.
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thanks ;D
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the other side of the Camel (1/28), with a tractor (1/32), and still red this time (usually I change colors when I swap stuff into chimeras)
(https://imgur.com/B6QS4tD.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/MT75FoE.jpg)
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The Tractel is great. It really works quite well. :thumbsup: And the colour is not that far from one of the Massey Fergusons we had back on the farm way back when. Well when it was new at least. ;D
Would have made it much quicker to get to some of the "back runs" as well.
Squizz
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Love the tractor configuration! :thumbsup:
Now all we need is one with some poor soul pushing it from behind!
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I love your new style of Flying Farmers! :wub: :thumbsup:
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Ag. to the bone!! (Ag....riculture) ;D ;D
One of my favorite sounds of Spring, along with a mower off in the distance, is the sounds of a cropduster off in the distance. :mellow:
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thanks all ! ;D
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The octo-500 would be handy for picking things upon the fly ! The tractor looks like a neat idea as well.
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thanks again !
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a Mirage 2000 nose in my stash ...
and a scorpion !
(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/FwxVT50.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D That's cool!
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Unnerving but beautiful.
Shoves its snout in the dust and litter, scuttles along sniffing about until it impales some hapless creature or other. Never step on it in bare feet!
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I am sure Sir Charles Darwin will agree: scorpions of the future will be like that for sure! Great! :wub:
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a Mirage 2000 nose in my stash ...
and a scorpion !
(https://imgur.com/lg7L93P.jpg)
Its good, but I feel it needs bigger claws. You don't happen to have a crab or a preying mantis lying about do you?
;D