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Bell X-1 Diorama...

Started by Archibald, February 16, 2007, 09:15:43 AM

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Archibald

#15
February 17, 2007, 11:19:00 AM
1/72 scale (as usual with me, not enough room and lack of interest for details  explain I never built  1/48  :rolleyes:  )

I plan to use a big electric wire to make the refueling hose.

All in all, all I miss is a horse figure
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

matrixone

#16
February 17, 2007, 02:25:56 PM
Archibald,
Check out the Walthers model RR catalog, they have a lot of things that are useful in model dios including animals.

Matrixone

dragon

#17
February 17, 2007, 05:13:42 PM
Isn"t HO close to 1/72?  Also, didn"t someone manufacture 1/72 American West figures with horses?  
"As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefits of it?  It liberates you from convention."- from the novel WICKED by Gregory Maguire.
  
"I must really be crazy to be in a looney bin like this" - Jack Nicholson in the movie ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

cthulhu77

#18
February 17, 2007, 05:33:17 PM
Yep, Airfix and Imex both do.

Shasper

#19
February 17, 2007, 07:01:46 PM
ARch, drop me an email and I'll send you the screenshots I managed to get.

Shas B)
Take Care, Stay Cool & Remember to "Check-6"
- Bud S.

BlackOps

#20
February 17, 2007, 08:51:46 PM
Arch, great idea for a diorama. Can't wait to see it finished.

Not sure Liccorice is a good name for you cat, looks like someone took a bite out of her ear!  :blink:   Cats do love to lay right in the middle of the hobby area don't they?  :lol: Make sure you rub under her chin for me!
Jeff G.
Stumbling through life.

philp

#21
February 17, 2007, 11:08:47 PM
Arch,
The Hasagawa M-3 Stuart comes with a horse and rider.
If interested, I can send you mine.  Will need a repaint and some work on the rider.
PM me your snail mail and I will get them in the post (Pony Express, of course).
Phil Peterson

Vote for the Whiffies

Archibald

#22
February 18, 2007, 01:38:45 AM
QuoteArch, great idea for a diorama. Can't wait to see it finished.

Not sure Liccorice is a good name for you cat, looks like someone took a bite out of her ear!  :blink:   Cats do love to lay right in the middle of the hobby area don't they?  :lol: Make sure you rub under her chin for me!
Hmmm life is hard for cats where I live... over the years many of our cats simply vanished   :(  <_< after less than 3 years.
Pistache - Reglisse's mother- lived 11 years and left us 18 months ago  :(
Think she was the craziest cat which ever lived on earth...  :lol:  

Things are quieter now... even if  Reglisse lost a small part of its ears fighting against other cats.

I use to paint my models in the attic for a long time. Reglisse didn't give a damn about that... until some days ago. Every time I enter the attic now, she come and spread havoc on my workbench. Nothing nasty, she just need affection...  :lol:  
when I used the plaster yesterday, I chase her from the attic. It was quite easy - just said two words in loud voice and she was out-  :lol:  

Philp, I like your proposal - I PM you ASAP.

Hmmm don't know what happen, but this damned plaster don't dry... funnily, its looks like Black rocks desert after a heavy rain... a brown, cold mud.

:cheers:






King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#23
February 19, 2007, 06:23:02 AM
Project stalled until tomorrow - I ran out of paint again-  <_<  
I've nevertheless painted the X-1 in its nice orange sheme  :cheers:  
Truck and refueling tube are also ready. Maybe I'll post a first shot of them...  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Mossie

#24
February 19, 2007, 06:45:53 AM
Take your pick here Archie, plenty of horses in these sets:
http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php...&order_asc=code

Also these Cowboy sets, you woludn't need to sratch a rider then:
http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php...y&NUMPERPAGE=50
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Archibald

#25
February 19, 2007, 06:59:37 AM
Cowboy would be cool, as Yeager is more or less presented as one in the movie.
I know were to find some horse/ rider figures...  ;)  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#26
February 20, 2007, 01:14:17 PM
I've found a horse today !!!!! Some Napoleonic figures at the shop!!! I also bought some Humbrol cans to paint the plaster...
Project no longer stalled !!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Howard of Effingham

#27
February 21, 2007, 05:01:28 AM
well done archie! the desert photo of the X-1 [well it assume its a dry lake] and model are both excellent.
Keeper of George the Cat.

Archibald

#28
February 21, 2007, 06:47:01 AM
Wow, seems there's an understanding problem there. The first pic was a screen shot of the movie  :huh:

First shot of the true thing (the horse in drying, as the driver)





King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

ysi_maniac

#29
February 21, 2007, 07:05:05 AM
I like dioramas  :wub:  :wub:
IMHO the inclusion of figures give LIFE to models. B)  B)  
Will die without understanding this world.
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