SR-71 & Hustler, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[ericr]

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

A splendid example is inspired by this image I found somewhere :


I made a modest realization by combining a 1:72 Me262 and a blue shark (from Schleich, 1/32 I think)



I tried hybrids in both ways (this one with a 1/48 Me262)

[Weaver]

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

[dumaniac]

I like it - will have to look out for plastic sharks

[ericr]

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 ...

[ericr]

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? 

[pyro-manic]

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

[ericr]

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 :







and the ray with Mirage wings :






I am currently trying out a Manta-ray and B-2 crossing ...

[pyro-manic]

Hah, excellent! I'm not sure which I like better.....

[VickersVandal]

That is COMPLETELY ridiculous!!

I LOVE IT! 

[Weaver]

Heh - why does the phrase "bullet with butterfly wings" spring to mind.......


Nice one! 

[ericr]

That is COMPLETELY ridiculous!!

I LOVE IT! 

I take it as a compliment !  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 ...

[ericr]

Heh - why does the phrase "bullet with butterfly wings" spring to mind.......


Nice one! 

did you say "butterfly wings"? I tried those too ... on a Me163 or a B17

[McColm]

Very impressive !!

[NARSES2]

Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models 

[ericr]

Fantastic work but I especially like the two Pegasus models 

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 ... we shall see.