Ricks' Ramblings

[scooter]

Now we know where Boeing got the idea for that X-32 abomination!   

But it's such a happy plane.  Think of the propaganda value of getting shot down by it.

[NARSES2]

Tremendous build   

Now we know where Boeing got the idea for that X-32 abomination!   

My views exactly

[PR19_Kit]

Magic build Rick. 

Who'd have thought it started with a J-29? 

[frank2056]

Great build, Rick! At first I thought you'd used a Special Hobby B&V P.215:



But it's a genius Frankenbuild with the Tunnan, Mig-15 and other bits.

[Rick Lowe]

Thanks, fellas.

Guy, I agree with the assessment of the Boing... Thing... 

Scoot - 'Happy', maybe... but also 'Stubby' and 'Portly'...

ISTR there was something in one of the old Trigan Empire stories where the Goodies' fighter had that sort of intake... can't find it, of course...

Frank - yea, I couldn't get one of those, or afford it if I could, but I had a few kits kicking around...

Don't worry, though - the Other Parts will get their 'time in the sun', as it were... watch this space. 

Kit - I seem to have been channelling Dizzy...

[Old Wombat]

ISTR there was something in one of the old Trigan Empire stories where the Goodies' fighter had that sort of intake... can't find it, of course...

I didn't know The Goodies were in the Trigan Empire stories! 

[Pellson]

Love the -395! 

[Rick Lowe]

ISTR there was something in one of the old Trigan Empire stories where the Goodies' fighter had that sort of intake... can't find it, of course...

I didn't know The Goodies were in the Trigan Empire stories! 

There's always one...   

They were likely in the forum entertaining Trigo and his family, in between their adventures...

Thanks, Pellson    - I'm glad I'm forgiven for mangling (most of) a SAAB... or is that assuming too much?   

[steelpillow]

Do like the BV295, only just discovered it.  A decent rendering of the BV batwing series, even if I have made a nerdy study of the things and it departs from their habitual practice in various minor ways (as any good Whiff should). Excellent kitbash recipe, too.   

[Rick Lowe]

Thanks, SP. 
Yeah, I decided fins as designed were a bit puny and enlarged my ones.

[Rick Lowe]

So Life has been getting in the way of time at the modelling bench; also forgetting to transfer photos from the camera to the laptop didn't help... 

On the positive side, I have sorted out a few kits ready for the ANZAC GB, so that's something.

But here's a little more progress on the Herk.

"I'm ready for my Soft-Focus Close-up, Dear."
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Open Wide
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The Load (missed that corner; it'll need a patch/repaint)
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[Rick Lowe]

So a little bit of progress was made on this.
And on another build yesterday I finished the markings, so just a clear coat on that and then final assembly... next weekend, hopefully.

You'd think that winter would allow more progress on things... it would, if I wasn't so easily distractable and there wasn't lots of other stuff that needed doing in the rare fine days we're still getting... sigh.

[NARSES2]

You'd think that winter would allow more progress on things... it would, if I wasn't so easily distractable and there wasn't lots of other stuff that needed doing in the rare fine days we're still getting... sigh.

Yup, and up North here it's been to darn'ed to model a lot of the time