i found this awesome looking machine on the Dutch "Modelbrouwers" forum (or as i like to call it, the dutch JMN hub (no offence)
1/48 Bulowski Bulgari prototype
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=35272
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opschaal.net%2Fcoppermine%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10007%2FIMG_1092.jpg&hash=a311fe65b2e41d0fc3d79caa017451e2abb1e0ad)
Genius :thumbsup:
Quote from: Nils on January 23, 2012, 09:06:40 AM(or as i like to call it, the dutch JMN hub (no offence)
;D
found these 2 on the dutch modelling forum, a RAF F-22 Raptor and a Royal Navy CV-22 Osprey
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=35628
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=35627
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(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1238.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff488%2FGerald23367%2FCV4.jpg&hash=c19a75704ac5a7eeed7b3af573000269483ab23b)
That Raptor is AMAZING! :o :o
Osprey is nice as well
Nice Twin-Mosquito here on BM: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234913952
Quote from: pyro-manic on March 06, 2012, 04:45:30 PM
Nice Twin-Mosquito here on BM: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234913952
Twin booms, Merlins AND asymmetry? Tophe will LOVE it! ;D
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/bb/hms/M2-700-ij/index.htm
An RN battleship, a design concept predecessor to the N3 that (d)evolved into Nelson and Rodney.
An aft engined battleship? That's a new one on me. :o
Interesting battleship. But why are the X & Y turrets amidships? It seems an odd way to do it.
Quote from: lancer on April 01, 2012, 03:26:56 PM
Interesting battleship. But why are the X & Y turrets amidships? It seems an odd way to do it.
Mass distribution - given the aft-engine lay-out.
Also, she wouldn't be the first battleship with at least 1 mid-ship turret (I just can't remember which ship, just now).
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 01, 2012, 08:02:39 PM
Quote from: lancer on April 01, 2012, 03:26:56 PM
Interesting battleship. But why are the X & Y turrets amidships? It seems an odd way to do it.
Mass distribution - given the aft-engine lay-out.
Also, she wouldn't be the first battleship with at least 1 mid-ship turret (I just can't remember which ship, just now).
Quite a few of the earlier era ships from 1910 to 1923 had this. A few from Japan that spring to mind are Ise, Hyuga, Yamashiro and Fuso. In those last two there was a turret on each side of the funnel, and both paired and lowered to the weather deck on the first two.
I do remember seeing this on RN, American and Russian ships as built.
One thing about this British design with aft engine is that you can consider what is going on below decks, this design would be very simplified as it is also like a freighter. The engineering section is all compact in one place and so is all of the turret machinery and ammunition magazines, making each area easier to protect to the degree needed with less steel. It seems to be a design made for mass production, almost on a par with the Kaiser Liberty and Victory class merchantmen. The ship would be lighter and faster than contemporaries. Also, you group all of your gunnery squarely under the optical aiming devices in the conning tower, a big thing when dealing with parallax errors of turrets sited 400 or more feet aft of the telescopic range finders.
try the HMS Agincourt (Battleship) (1918) has two midship turrets as well as 2 in the bows and 3 on the stern
Nice one! All the designs from that sequence (and the battlecruiser sequence too) are really interesting, as are the Japanese and American equivalents. I wish some had been built, though in truth nobody could afford them.
Russ: They certainly wouldn't have been light - these designs were all enormous. You are right though, in that the design aimed to minimise the length of the armoured compartments (magazines and machinery spaces) to make the armour layout as efficient as possible.
Kit: Nelson and Rodney both had engines at the stern. They are the only battleships actually built with such a configuration though. They were (seriously) watered-down versions of the ~1922 designs, of which the above M2 is one.
As for middle-mounted turrets, see any British class prior to the Queen Elizabeths, which gave up the space to fit in more engine, as did all subsequent designs. It was felt a broadside of eight 15" guns was at least as good as ten 13.5" as seen on previous ships (the Iron Dukes, the "splendid cats" battlecruisers etc). Japanese ships of the era share many of the same traits, as up until Kongo the IJN fleet had been built by the British. Agincourt was actually built for Brazil (intended to be as impressive as possible, hence the seven main turrets), but then sold to the Ottomans and seized by the Royal Navy (while still in Britain) at the outbreak of war.
Here's something you don't see every day: a radio-controlled rubber duck:
http://www.wicksteedparkmbc.com/flash-power-duck.html
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ;D
Powered by a Speed 500? :o
Gulp, I'l bet that goes like crazy!
Here is one a guy is working on in a group of mine about model vehicles. It started as a drawing and went from there.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi189.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz102%2Fliverite102%2F1SteamPunkhotrod.jpg&hash=0bff0584cbb18440b42bbb3711701840db810bca)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi189.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz102%2Fliverite102%2F1SteamHotrod.jpg&hash=023c30808a898160fc19e334d6732308638a77cb)
This is not at all an over-the-top WHIF is it?
Its definitely a Steampunk Roadster.
He has drawn all sorts of aircraft too. He stirred up The Evil Flying Monkey Warrior in me as far as models. :wacko:
Nice idea how to revamp a "Corsair" here (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=45146).
Quote from: CANSO on May 07, 2012, 08:59:01 AM
Nice idea how to revamp a "Corsair" here (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=45146).
the sea Fury spinner certainly makes the Corsair look meaner don't it???
Quote from: lancer on May 07, 2012, 12:31:42 PM
Quote from: CANSO on May 07, 2012, 08:59:01 AM
Nice idea how to revamp a "Corsair" here (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=45146).
the sea Fury spinner certainly makes the Corsair look meaner don't it???
And cleaner :thumbsup:
Been done here, at least twice - both Kitbasher and myself. Dave's was first and then I did it a different way as I didn't think his was "right".
Kitbasher's:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi240.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff90%2Fkitbasher_2007%2FCorsair%2520V%2520whiff%2F1946-CorsairV-1.jpg&hash=356bb0602c8c1aafa7b95f118141dae539d0976b)
Mine:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff47%2Ffalcon2-photos%2FModel%2520Shows%2FNorth%25202010%2FDSCF0080.jpg&hash=30777802cd4320e4b399fbbf6f31118e2797c0e8)
Almost makes the Corsair attractive. Almost.
I think yours has the better lines Lee
Gondor
Red Arrows/Blue Angels drunken arrangment......., apparently. :thumbsup:
http://z15.invisionfree.com/Mainly_Military/index.php?showtopic=2263
Quote from: tc2324 on May 11, 2012, 01:15:24 PM
Red Arrows/Blue Angels drunken arrangment......., apparently. :thumbsup:
http://z15.invisionfree.com/Mainly_Military/index.php?showtopic=2263
Oh yes, they're BRILLIANT! ;D
Quote from: The Wooksta! on May 08, 2012, 06:03:38 AM
Been done here, at least twice - both Kitbasher and myself. Dave's was first and then I did it a different way as I didn't think his was "right".
Kitbasher's:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi240.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff90%2Fkitbasher_2007%2FCorsair%2520V%2520whiff%2F1946-CorsairV-1.jpg&hash=356bb0602c8c1aafa7b95f118141dae539d0976b)
Mine:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ff47%2Ffalcon2-photos%2FModel%2520Shows%2FNorth%25202010%2FDSCF0080.jpg&hash=30777802cd4320e4b399fbbf6f31118e2797c0e8)
You know, that first one really looks like a Firebrand...
Move the fin forward and take the crank out of the wing and it IS a Firebrand! ;D
a few Alt Arrows & retro yellow-wings here ....
http://wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com/Misc/WolfsDen/Planes.htm
Some great stuff there! :thumbsup:
The 'Soviet Arrow' is a blinder! ;D
(Yeah, yeah, I KNOW a Blinder is a Tupolev high speed bomber, but you know what I mean.....)
http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=453 (http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=453)
F-108 Rapier and Bell F-109
Some shiny stuff there. I've got the kit of that Su-12 in the stash, first one I've seen made up
These anigrand models are great for whiffing ideas, but they would need some serious landing gear / exhaust / cockpit upgrade etc etc....
I'm having both on my bench, but not really moving forward with it. Lots of sanding :rolleyes:
General Melchet was also busy working on the Rapier, but don't know how far he is right now.
But maybe he's reading those lines now and could tell us ;)
Re Su-12.... Came quite late (aka 1947). What-if they retrofitted it with jet engines?... :wacko:
Texan Interceptor
Here's one I saw on a R/C modeling forum. The guy got a slightly crashed Texan model from an owner who didn't feel like fixing it. The new owner thought that it would look cooler as a fighter. Wing span is a bit over 2 meters.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi939.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fad235%2FJariVasarainen%2FWP_000232.jpg&hash=69ea10a114383f50c938fbd107a4aad568f9930e)
A couple of more photos at http://lennokit.net/showthread.php?t=53466
I hadn't seen this one before: F-51-R Interceptor, to counter the "Amerika bombers".
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.staticflickr.com%2F4128%2F5090039001_82037784be_b.jpg&hash=22d8595653dac4e243a4b04e2b863fc282c9574b)
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1723.0
F-51 is lovely
Contraprops!
My mistake, sorry....
actually that F-51 was on Hyperscale &/or ARC last year, so is simply a "share" re-post.
I still believe that here & BtS have different whiffings to offer. This site certainly has more appreciation for my British side, where-as (due to me going "off" physical modelling) BtS is more "profiles" inspiration for me at present -- but then so are the effects of my meds on my brain :rolleyes:
Give it time & I think the two sites will even out - most guys seem to post on both :thumbsup:
Both those last 2 are awesome !
Love the collander engine housing too :thumbsup:
Over at Matt Swann's site, there's a superb B und V on the way...
http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/28#28 (http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/28#28)
...Mmmmm, digi-camo :wub:
And an eye-popping S6B from a Canadistani builder !!
http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1339935471/26#26 (http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1339935471/26#26)
Ian
Both of them are REALLY good Ian, well spotted.
I can't imagine why the RAF camo S6B hasn't been done before, it's so damned obvious!
It's actually Royal Navy.
The work on the Bv is good but I just can't believe it.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on August 14, 2012, 03:31:19 AMbut I just can't believe it.
"Free your mind and the rest will follow..."
LA Story
Ian
That's a pretty one, and looks very plausible!
Quote from: Ian the Kiwi Herder on August 14, 2012, 02:53:15 AM
Over at Matt Swann's site, there's a superb B und V on the way...
http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/28#28 (http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/28#28)...Mmmmm, digi-camo :wub:
Ian
Folks, go back and check-out Michels' update - astonishing talent.
Ian
:o Recently saw an Indian combat helicopter prototype in a similar livery. Sexy.
Haha! Teutonic Pixels. Enough to incapacitate Luft 46' JMN's. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheers:
What to do with a 1:144 scale model...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pienoismallit.net%2Fmedia%2Fkuvat%2F06%2F18%2F02%2F061802.jpg&hash=ab73b5a83233eed8283b4eee2bc32b34eb8f8a5b)
http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/malli_6996/
Oh that is nice! Revell 1/144 Typhoon/Eurofighter I think, but is the figure scratch built? But its imaginatively delightful, I work with a chap who flies RC models like that. I have seen footage on You Tube of such an model.
The article says he is from the Tamiya Mustang. From the size I am thinking the 48th scale kit.
Yep, it says 1:144 Revell Eurofighter and Tamiya Mustang pilot. No word about the pilot's scale. The builder says it is his first "large" human figure and turned out looking a bit gloomy: perhaps contemplating the price of jet fuel or a switch from MHz to GHz radio gear... :lol:
Me-163 on S-100 Schnellboot: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Gatow2012/Bilder/slides/Gatow2012_AW_09.html
Martin
Hope this works...
"Vickers-Armstrong Twin Spitfire NF XIVVIX-E, a secret project from 1947"
"Scale documentation" actually used for a sticks and tissue indoor free-flight plane.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.rcgroups.net%2Fforums%2Fattachments%2F4%2F5%2F9%2F8%2F2%2Fa5172950-119-twin_spitfire.png&hash=d7091bc30451688947abbf84cb0a72877414c9dc)
Found at http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_plans/index.php where download and upload privileges are for members only.
Neat design, should probably have a centimetre wavelength radar of that era versus AI mk4 (1941) antenna.
Lots of guns! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
WOW! So a Twin Spit was almost a reality?! What prevented it from leaving the paper, end of the war? Those would have looked so cool flying alongside Twin Mustangs in Korea :wub:
As far as I can tell, the Twin Spitfire is totally imaginary.
... I had no clue what that is under the center wing ...
hmmm, there's a few other slightly unusual spitfires at:
http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/spitfire/secret/spitproject.htm
And then there's the Hushkit twin...
http://hushkit.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/the-ultimate-what-if-siamese-supermarine-the-twin-spitfire/
Do 335:
http://crazeekitz.forumactif.org/t2150-dornier-do335-b-2-what-if-tamiya-1-48-ref-88
Hotte
Quote from: perttime on September 21, 2012, 09:22:49 AM
As far as I can tell, the Twin Spitfire is totally imaginary.
Not here it isn't.......... ;)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg89.imageshack.us%2Fimg89%2F16%2Fspitfiremkxxxiia.jpg&hash=3c88a8cdfb1d0163f6b6b1f851f1c7ef7406882d)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg31.imageshack.us%2Fimg31%2F4530%2Fspitfiremkxxxiib.jpg&hash=abad72edaec71eecb212ce51aff22e2c03c52a12)
thanks for the pic of the Do 335 - its a cracker
That Dornier is very, very good. Like that !!
Ian
The BV194 I posted a couple of weeks back is finished. Check it out: http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/45#56 (http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1342000444/45#56) - Personally I think it's bl**dy marvellous :thumbsup:
Ian
Mmm that's nice :thumbsup:
Although I'm not sure about continuing the Digital Camouflage on to the
Theater markings, but that's a personal thing :o
Regards
Keith
wow, now thats what i call "Luft Fortysexy :wub:"
A very nice Luftwaffe 46 diorama.
Actually one of the most "real" scene looking Arado to me.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgr56.com%2Fzen%2Falbums%2FSalons%2FLorient%2F112012%2FLorient-18112012-111-800600.JPG&hash=c9f712fbb1d45c79219a76163e0c37bbe29530bc)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgr56.com%2Fzen%2Falbums%2FSalons%2FLorient%2F112012%2FLorient-18112012-112-800600.JPG&hash=462d32301bbc08b0bbc6ca457c404c47711e2917)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgr56.com%2Fzen%2Falbums%2FSalons%2FLorient%2F112012%2FLorient-18112012-113-800600.JPG&hash=fe9c0f064a270444b9dac07d84c9c4e3b8aff266)
Other whifs can be found here too:
http://fighters.forumactif.com/t56306-photo-lorient-2012
Real looking it is indeed, but there's no way that engine on the trolley is going to fit into those tiny engine nacelles!
I do wish Revell would bite the bullet and re-mould the nacelles the proper size. After all, they re-moulded the entire FUSELAGE of their 1/144 747-400!
Er, no, this isn't a Skype no. it's an aeroplane! :banghead:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 26, 2012, 07:19:07 AM
Real looking it is indeed, but there's no way that engine on the trolley is going to fit into those tiny engine nacelles!
Um... isn't that thing on the trolley a Bomb; bang, Skyscrapers for the flattening of? :unsure:
I hadn't realized that the Arado's Engine nacelle were undersized, is it by much?
Regards
Keith
Quote from: TallEng on November 26, 2012, 07:35:35 AM
Um... isn't that thing on the trolley a Bomb; bang, Skyscrapers for the flattening of? :unsure:
Regards
Keith
It is Keith
Ah right, the guy delving into the inside is setting the fuses I suppose? I just saw this black tubular shape with narrower ends and thought 'engine!' :banghead:
I think the engine size on the E-555 has been raised more than once. Compare the diameter of the ones on the model with the ones in the first piccie on the Luft 46 page here :-
http://www.luft46.com/arado/are555s.html (http://www.luft46.com/arado/are555s.html)
and you'll see what I mean. There's some terrific other ideas for that kit on there too, even a TWIN BOOM one for Tophe! ;D
Swedish Hawker Hurricane (J20)
http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2033
Hotte
Quote from: Hotte on November 26, 2012, 10:34:26 AM
Swedish Hawker Hurricane (J20)
http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2033
Hotte
Learned something new again :mellow:
Sweden didn't use national insignia on top the wings from 1940 to 1944
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi155.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs283%2Fbjorn_jf%2FDSC_0551-1.jpg&hash=1fc437513685a53570e9a27b8a4c1c74add61f04)
Swedish Hurricane looks good
Israeli J 29 Tunnan :lol:
http://www.gaetanmarie.com/en/j29.htm
Hotte
Haven't seen this Apache on whatifmodelers yet..... :blink: :blink: :blink: ;D
http://www.aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=features&file=view&artid=2896
Awesome work!
love it, that paint job is worth displaying on its own!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, that looks epic :wub:
A steampunked La-7 from moi....
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2075.0
:rolleyes:
My BIGGLES steampunked Corsair......
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1944.0
More Biggles steampunk is on the way....
Quote from: Radish on January 17, 2013, 01:50:29 AM
My BIGGLES steampunked Corsair......
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2075.0
Sorry to bother you, but I guess the above is for the "Soviet" again, not for the "Corso"... :-\...or at least I don't see it there.
Apologies.....I've altered the link in the post now. :banghead:
Cannot see them :(
On Beyond the Sprues, you need to be a member to view attachments.
Ya can't see them either
Great USAF f-29 here on 72 Scale site:
http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=3100&hl= (http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?showtopic=3100&hl=)
David
That is gorgeous ! Almost looks like one of those flawless models done for the Tamiya baxes/ catalog. But, why are they delivering bread to it ?
:banghead: :thumbsup:
Oh, and I think his serial number is wrong, as they wouldn't have been operational in '78 :wacko:
:lol:
Thx chaps! This is actually one of mine....
And I posted the whole building story (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,34236.60.html) a while ago in this forum too.
@ Cpt Canada: You caught me! :banghead: That will be very difficult to explain, even in whifland.... :rolleyes:
Cheers
bearmatt
LOL ! I was just kidding tho. I never bother with details like that, just couldn't resist this time. I only noticed as I gave it a really good once over....I just love the F-5 and this one just looks sooo nice.
:cheers:
From "The Operational History of the F-29: Backwards into the Fight!" Published April, 2015
Many plane spotters were immediate to claim something was wrong with the tail numbers on certain F-29s deployed overseas. They claimed that the numbers assigned indicated the planes had been taken on force in the late 70s, which was obviously not correct. The USAF for many years refused to comment on the matter, often casting aspersions onto the claimants that they were "delusional UFO watchers and not relevant", but the reality was that the USAF deliberately used a block of serials completely out of sequence for very spcific reasons. Only after the F-29s had been replaced with the F-37s did the truth finally come out.
Funding for the F-29 had been difficult at times, with many in the USAF procurement system actively attacking its' capability and usefulness. One way to get planes into service without calling attention to them was to use numbers previously assigned to older planes, like the F-15 or F-16, and claim it was "an upgrade". Presumably, nobody would notice, especially if the planes were based overseas. Once the F-29 had been in service and shown that it was a capable aircraft, then it would be too late to kill the program, which is exactly what the USAF did. An accounting nightmare was to follow, however, as F-16s were being withdrawn from service, and some of the F-29s were recalled back the the US, and placed in the disposal system. None were scrapped, but it did cause some embarrasment to the USAF to have to go retreive said planes from the boneyard and restore them to operational duties.
:lol:
Alvis Pi
:lol: Nice !
:drink:
http://z15.invisionfree.com/Mainly_Military/index.php?showtopic=1356
some nice builds there
Thunderstuka:
http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=24886
Hotte
Quote from: Hotte on February 20, 2013, 12:32:24 PM
Thunderstuka:
http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=24886
Hotte
Kinda similar but not (sort of) http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17867.msg251631.html#msg251631
Here's a Whiff from eBay! - Check the title :banghead:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARFIX-SUBMARINE-SPITFIRE-F-MK-21-1-48-SCALE-MODEL-KIT-/261168042762?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3cced4130a (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARFIX-SUBMARINE-SPITFIRE-F-MK-21-1-48-SCALE-MODEL-KIT-/261168042762?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3cced4130a)
Laughter inducing, JMN warding, and now this! Is there no end to the utility of these things?? :lol: :rolleyes: :lol:
Quote from: deathjester on February 20, 2013, 01:02:53 PM
Here's a Whiff from eBay! - Check the title :banghead:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARFIX-SUBMARINE-SPITFIRE-F-MK-21-1-48-SCALE-MODEL-KIT-/261168042762?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3cced4130a (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STARFIX-SUBMARINE-SPITFIRE-F-MK-21-1-48-SCALE-MODEL-KIT-/261168042762?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3cced4130a)
Laughter inducing, JMN warding, and now this! Is there no end to the utility of these things?? :lol: :rolleyes: :lol:
What's even more scary is someone actually bid and PAID for it!!!! And it cost them more than ยฃ5 with the postage. Madness........ :o
I was just saying to the missus that it was almost worth getting it, just for a laugh....well I did say 'Almost'!! Maybe whoever bought it is a model show regular, repleneshing their stocks of JMN countermeasures... :lol:
Maybe the seller forgot to put their glasses on when they wrote the discription. Or blame it on spellchecker. I worked with an engineer on a highway project once who wrote an e-mail to the Illinois Dept. of Transportation. Its abbreviated IDOT. Spellcheck changed every use of IDOT in the letter to idiot. The engineer discovered this about 10 seconds after hitting send.
What a great job on that Thunderstuka ! I love the word 'Thunder' before an a/c name.....it's fly as heck, but the modeller sure knows his stuff !
Didn't we see something similar a few years back re: the Submarine Spitfire ?
And I love that story Kerick....too funny !
Always poopread what ever you write!
Netherlands Air Force RQ-9 Reaper :mellow:
http://www.modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38359&start=20#.US_D-VfRqkw
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv248%2FMadviper%2Fmodels%2FMQ9_Reaper%2FMQ-9_022.jpg&hash=b099c7a0141c0f10ec1c107d331a26da5c2b5b37)
Dutch Hawker Hurricane Mk.II (Euro'41)
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38159&view=unread#p780630
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodelbrouwers.nl%2Fmedia%2Falbums%2F302%2F4896%2Fmini-hurricane%2520%28286%29.jpg&hash=d0e77a39e8aa1ac20715da87ed6ef27d35141442)
Nice Dutch Hurricane. I've always liked that scheme
I could say bella, bella, even say wunderbar!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd288%2Fdeanflyer%2Fblue34-1.jpg&hash=2d2528149e75512a136b798298892ae59a890605)
Here (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234930158-bluebird-cn8a/page-2)
Ta 235 :thumbsup:
http://www.peter-lepold.de/arado235.html
Hotte
Quote from: CANSO on March 26, 2013, 01:32:02 PM
I could say bella, bella, even say wunderbar!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi224.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd288%2Fdeanflyer%2Fblue34-1.jpg&hash=2d2528149e75512a136b798298892ae59a890605)
Here (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234930158-bluebird-cn8a/page-2)
That's a gorgeous job - well done Dean! (Anyone sent him an invite?)
QuoteTa 235 :thumbsup:
Truly Amazing! :wub:
That Ta235 is a cracker! :wub:
Paul Harrison
TA235 = Flipping gorgeous....
Found on the swiss ipms forum
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipms.ch%2Ffiles%2Fpublic%2F1366656394_60_FT0__dsc8241_.jpg&hash=cc39a20fcddf2cf83eab4bc031322aaf7fb520cc)
and this very nice splinter camo tsr.2 :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipms.ch%2Ffiles%2Fpublic%2F1366911085_60_FT2523__dsc8237_.jpg&hash=7356cfc42df695cc39d276cc34d38ce84550aa20)
This "the hole" diorama looks like being out from a movie?! Has somebody perhaps more information about it?
Khemedi Spitfire, from the Dutch modeling forum
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=39999&view=unread#p787954
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodelbrouwers.nl%2Fmedia%2Falbums%2F399%2F8296%2FDSC02347.jpg&hash=4ac88012654fa682a670cb4b30b56cb36c90a5ba)
How nice! :thumbsup:
It is isn't it. Stand makes a lot of difference :thumbsup:
The spinning prop is great!
Those Khemedi roundels look like smiley faces for Cyclops... ;D
Quote from: Weaver on May 04, 2013, 01:29:38 AM
The spinning prop is great!
You get these as aftermarket parts, casted in white metal. also available AFAIK for heicopters.
This is a further development of the current " Sabrecat" mayhem, from fellow user franclab (from Canada) on flickr.com who saw my build and suggested a Mk. III with a Fw 190D fuselage extension to counter stability issues. Who's going to build THIS one now... :rolleyes:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3800%2F8968463193_2222b09834_c.jpg&hash=a63ac10ee6fcf2b69b39389f47e994479dad4555) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franclab/8968463193/)
Sabrecat Mk III (http://www.flickr.com/photos/franclab/8968463193/) by Franclab (http://www.flickr.com/people/franclab/), on Flickr
Lovely but look even better in British PF colours :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
From www.phoxim.de, a German SF modelers' forum: "Road Train" with a twist... :rolleyes:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi598.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt70%2FM-REX%2FRoadtrains%25201zu87%2FImg_1872_zps6d482712.jpg&hash=4479ce6bef102d1fa7d89e8b3a0d6dd24827bbe2)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi598.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt70%2FM-REX%2FRoadtrains%25201zu87%2FImg_1869_zps2981edaf.jpg&hash=539ec19cde616f7c2863edbfa273ab60b4cd7e2a)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi598.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt70%2FM-REX%2FRoadtrains%25201zu87%2FImg_1882_zps2e4b7757.jpg&hash=a611670f499ac07259ca77c9b28c8d144f85b355)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi598.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt70%2FM-REX%2FRoadtrains%25201zu87%2FImg_1881_zpsba89931d.jpg&hash=2746b56edc661384ca5e96cfbc950f481d5b117c)
;D :bow:
Guy
They are nice :thumbsup:
Wuppertal Schwebebahn eat your heart out. ;D
Zum Teufel!! A super danglebahn!
Found at FlickR.com:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2885%2F9075116059_be87c6d501_c.jpg&hash=5cd82f6021ef86a73767e4a6d41f629167a85bf8) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33483111@N03/9075116059/)
models 082 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33483111@N03/9075116059/) by YetiRob (http://www.flickr.com/people/33483111@N03/), on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33483111@N03/9075116059/
OK. What is The Stig up to now?
;D
Quote from: perttime on June 25, 2013, 08:41:03 AM
OK. What is The Stig up to now?
;D
That was my first thought, too... ;)
love the Ta 235
and the road train
and the bus
top stuff
Check this...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-dewline%2Fassets_c%2F2013%2F06%2FAMRDEChelos-thumb-560x336-178431.jpg&hash=0c194c2a013f847e180cb2d697ae3a080e2f5841)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-dewline%2Fassets_c%2F2013%2F06%2FAMRDECweirdtiltrotor-thumb-560x278-178419.jpg&hash=f43882a53fe9d78778087f96b1f1e6fe13cdcc0c)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-dewline%2Fassets_c%2F2013%2F06%2FWierdAvatarlookingArmycontraption-thumb-560x231-178422.jpg&hash=1ff54f7595dd9aa3c54437b902a48643de7fc5b6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fblogs%2Fthe-dewline%2Fassets_c%2F2013%2F06%2Ftri-rotor-army-drone-contraption-thumb-560x273-178425.jpg&hash=f2b32b49bd88d4be8c2e555ff701b1a38775b8de)
More, incl. a video, here: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/06/us-army-aviation-into-the-2050.html
Found this here on flickr... carpet scale dioramas!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8226%2F8465057411_189faccb1d_z.jpg&hash=1e367b079b1ce6dec3a1c8426be3b38027506894) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42270887@N03/8465057411/)
A11 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42270887@N03/8465057411/) by G.EREWHON (http://www.flickr.com/people/42270887@N03/), on Flickr
And it's just one of many shots and arrangements - too many to post here.
Take a look at THIS (scroll down and enjoy) :o:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42270887@N03/with/8465057411/
WOW!
Some really nice stuff there :thumbsup:
1/144 AH-64D in DHL colors over on a Dutch modelling forum :thumbsup:
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=40735
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodelbrouwers.nl%2Fmedia%2Falbums%2F20%2F8641%2Fdhl02.jpg&hash=489006b96f9f0db28b596963278ded9531f850a6)
Found these on the Shipbucket Forum:
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1510&start=310
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Fuploads%2Fpost-1981-0-45132900-1365622646.jpg&hash=36f158cfbc527d262766c0cafd2372765875dc25)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Fuploads%2Fpost-1981-0-93683500-1370307361.jpg&hash=0a8c81024d8d7f82043aa54e1d0782c7abfaf060)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Fuploads%2Fpost-1981-0-50128000-1366938046.jpg&hash=5e8b8aae1d461412584729cb924ef7f2cc52c721)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Fuploads%2Fpost-1981-0-50909400-1362291320.jpg&hash=ed2e74facfb6ac9a9f28a63ced1f1bb0223bb347)
The beautiful but mighty Hawker P.1211!!! :wub:
at first I thought they were by Spinner - would like to see this type from better angles.
Any interest here for FD scale armour profiles ? the "moderators" on Shipbucket are too anal for my liking :-\
Quote from: raafif on July 15, 2013, 01:32:11 PM
at first I thought they were by Spinner - would like to see this type from better angles.
Any interest here for FD scale armour profiles ? the "moderators" on Shipbucket are too anal for my liking :-\
Sorry not sure what FD means ?
Chris
Quote from: NARSES2 on July 16, 2013, 07:27:19 AM
Sorry not sure what FD means ?
Chris
well, to be truthful no-one knows what "FD" stands for ! ;D
ShipBucket drawings (SB scale) are to a scale of 2 pixels to 1 foot. ShipBucket's FD scale is 22.093 pixels to 1 meter. Both scales are really too small for aircraft & tanks, "accurate" scaling is almost impossible, but its an enjoyable challenge to draw something that looks like the real thing with passable detail. I've mostly done real vehicles but also several whifs.
The SB guys seem to get caught up in enforcing the size of the blank page you start with, black outlines to everything even when inappropiate etc rather than the design or the art.
Quote from: raafif on July 16, 2013, 02:35:49 PM
The SB guys seem to get caught up in enforcing the size of the blank page you start with, black outlines to everything even when inappropiate etc rather than the design or the art.
I'd love to have a go but having spent a significant amount of time on there admiring the work as well as looking for ship profiles for my alt history, some of the people on there seem to be, quite frankly, rude (sometimes, quite insulting to people). I know some things might be lost in translation, but those who seem to be the worse have English as their mother tongue.
Quote from: raafif on July 16, 2013, 02:35:49 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on July 16, 2013, 07:27:19 AM
Sorry not sure what FD means ?
Chris
well, to be truthful no-one knows what "FD" stands for ! ;D
;D ;D
Quote from: James on July 17, 2013, 02:13:57 AM
Quote from: raafif on July 16, 2013, 02:35:49 PM
The SB guys seem to get caught up in enforcing the size of the blank page you start with, black outlines to everything even when inappropiate etc rather than the design or the art.
I'd love to have a go but having spent a significant amount of time on there admiring the work as well as looking for ship profiles for my alt history, some of the people on there seem to be, quite frankly, rude (sometimes, quite insulting to people). I know some things might be lost in translation, but those who seem to be the worse have English as their mother tongue.
agreed, seems quite a few people post there once or twice & then leave .. appears to be a need for an alternative site that caters for that stuff.
A VTOL Starfighter...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fbilder%2F5%2F6%2F3%2F10563-3151130.jpg&hash=a6a2a27cc2769bf6d38f31dfb6ad731d9797cc52)
More here (in German, though): http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/10563-cl-704-vtol-starfighter-matchbox.html
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2013, 05:57:02 AM
A VTOL Starfighter...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fbilder%2F5%2F6%2F3%2F10563-3151130.jpg&hash=a6a2a27cc2769bf6d38f31dfb6ad731d9797cc52)
More here (in German, though): http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/10563-cl-704-vtol-starfighter-matchbox.html
Now that's what I call SERIOUS wing loading!!! :o
That's nice :thumbsup:
Those lift jets will snap the bloody wing off the damm thing. Then it really WILL be just a bloody big dart
Quote from: raafif on July 15, 2013, 01:32:11 PM
at first I thought they were by Spinner - would like to see this type from better angles.
Any interest here for FD scale armour profiles ? the "moderators" on Shipbucket are too anal for my liking :-\
I am one of those moderators. And we are not anal, just strict, we have a set of rules, period.
Looks like Scale Model Addict had a post-apocalyptic GB last year, which produced this lovely zombie-apocalypse VW Bug by "Jeeves":
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modelersalliance.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10783%2F001%7E32.jpg&hash=b14be083cdc42bd06ab42aeabfc505c4645d30e8)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modelersalliance.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10783%2F003%7E33.jpg&hash=52e862d3cebee151e8550b267b423366870722b1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modelersalliance.com%2Fgallery%2Falbums%2Fuserpics%2F10783%2F005%7E31.jpg&hash=ad4e335a1c78b85b8941386723c5d6a6d3db9ad6)
Build thread here: http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/topic,6879.0.html
GB thread here (lots of other good stuff :thumbsup: ): http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/board,123.0.html
A nice reworking of the UFO Skydiver from Rafael Estrada:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Fi%2F2013%2F223%2F5%2Fc%2Fskydiver13_by_raf_mx-d6hqy23.jpg&hash=f26830306b610319b7c6b030eaf7c4251152f638)
His gallery:
http://raf-mx.deviantart.com/gallery/ (http://raf-mx.deviantart.com/gallery/)
(edited with new visible links. Mods - do you want to move this to "Whifs found on deviantART"?)
Quote from: Merv_P on September 06, 2013, 11:01:00 AM
A nice reworking of the UFO Skydiver from Rafael Estrada:
http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11820&d=1372607101 (http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11820&d=1372607101)
(not sure how to grab the direct URL for the image)
More at:
http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155175 (http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155175)
Can't view the images unless you're a member. Try getting the images up on your screen, then right click on the image. Then select "properties" and that will show you the address. Copy all of the address into your post on here, and put image tags around it, which look like this:
[img]address[/img] .
Quote from: Weaver on August 04, 2013, 09:48:15 AM
Looks like Scale Model Addict had a post-apocalyptic GB last year, which produced this lovely zombie-apocalypse VW Bug by "Jeeves":
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Build thread here: http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/topic,6879.0.html
GB thread here (lots of other good stuff :thumbsup: ): http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php/board,123.0.html
I love the sign, "be prepared", Most of the stuff you would need to "be prepared" would get you arrested!!
Nice Skydiver! :thumbsup:
Pity about the grey. ;)
The VW could do with some proper anti-zombie weapons - missiles wont do much, a few lost limbs & some shrapnel wounds (which wont stop a Z), & the (flamethrower?) would be more distressing to the driver than the Z's, who will just become flaming Z's as they rip your Beetle apart & pull you out to eat you.
Good looking build, though. <_<
:cheers:
Guy
Quote from: Merv_P on September 06, 2013, 11:01:00 AM
A nice reworking of the UFO Skydiver from Rafael Estrada:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc02.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Fi%2F2013%2F223%2F5%2Fc%2Fskydiver13_by_raf_mx-d6hqy23.jpg&hash=f26830306b610319b7c6b030eaf7c4251152f638)
His gallery:
http://raf-mx.deviantart.com/gallery/ (http://raf-mx.deviantart.com/gallery/)
(edited with new visible links. Mods - do you want to move this to "Whifs found on deviantART"?)
Can see it now - good find! :thumbsup:
Yes it does look good. Has he produced any info on how it works, i.e. what the separation of the sub and plane looks like?
I think you've solved a mystery for me. In the late Seventies when I lived in Caracas I watched a series called OVNI, and loved it. Never knew where it came from. It was obviously UFO...I'm going to have to source some DVDs. Thanks.
Quote from: Librarian on September 07, 2013, 01:45:05 AM
I think you've solved a mystery for me. In the late Seventies when I lived in Caracas I watched a series called OVNI, and loved it. Never knew where it came from. It was obviously UFO...I'm going to have to source some DVDs. Thanks.
You can watch a lot of the episodes complete on youtube. Not sure if they're all on there but a lot are.
I haven't seen this bird before
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi900.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac206%2FHpics1kits%2FAircraft%2FJet%2520Corsair%2FJetCorsair33_zps8b9c07e5.jpg&hash=d479d96c51f34f5c01c3a7d47c249786ba469919)
but now I really love it!
More pictures here (http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=376196).
Woah ! Now that's pretty wild ! Looks like it would lose a lot of it's oomph with the radial's cooling vents open tho :thumbsup: :wacko:
Just found this F-104 based U-2 precursor design (long wing Starfighter alert for Kit!): http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/10724-lockheed-cl-282b-eigenbau.html
Martin
This longed wing Starfighter will please our PR19_Kit expert of long wings...
I guess that's one way to build that crappy Minicraft kit ! I never realized how much the conopy does look U-2ish.....
Not bad at all, but that's pretty much what Kelly Johnson did to make the U-2 anyway. :thumbsup: :bow:
That canopy looks a lot better that the rubbish Minicraft U-2 canopy. For some reason that one's about half the correct height!
cool looking Dutch Hawker Hurricane Mk.II over on the dutch modlling forum ;D
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38159&view=unread#p780630
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodelbrouwers.nl%2Fmedia%2Falbums%2F302%2F4896%2Fmini-hurricane%2520%28286%29.jpg&hash=d0e77a39e8aa1ac20715da87ed6ef27d35141442)
That Hurricane looks nice - the Netherland's paint scheme is very unique, gotta try/use it sometime, too...
That is nice Nils, thanks for posting. I've done a Dutch Hurri but it was in standard RAF markings and had the Orange Triangles so I may well "copy" this one
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 14, 2013, 01:55:39 AM
- the Netherland's paint scheme is very unique, gotta try/use it sometime, too...
It is isn't it, especially the undersides ? I like it and have used it on a couple of Dutch What If's. I think that the big model shop at/near Schipol had White Ensign make up Dutch camouflage colours for them but you can only get them from Holland ?
The new Airfix Mk I, when released, may well release an lot of late 30's wifs from me. Already plan a Greek one
The cammo can be easily "replicted" with Humbrol enamels - already did some research/trials. My bet is 168 (the glorious RAF "Hemp"), 195 (Chromeoxide Green) and simple 10 (Gloss Brown, might be slightly tinted with some black). I have a Fokker XXIII in my stash that will end up this way, and also consider this livery for a Dutch whif conversion - even though the latter should be located in the East Indies, so that an Jongblad/Oudeblad livery would be more appropriate. But the three tones and the brown undersides just look SO cool... :ph34r:
Nice prop driven version of the Ar-234 (well, as far as anything with props can be called 'nice'... ;D): http://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/73546-Arado-Ar-Ta-235-N-0-Stachel
Martin
Quote from: martinbayer on November 20, 2013, 08:13:28 AM
Nice prop driven version of the Ar-234 (well, as far as anything with props can be called 'nice'... ;D): http://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/73546-Arado-Ar-Ta-235-N-0-Stachel
Can't see the pics unless you sign up, in German presumably. ;D
They wouldn't let me in unless I spelt my surname with two 'n's at the end I bet. ;)
That's right, Flugzeugforum.de won't let you see their attachments unless you're signed in. You can see the pics of the (rather cool) whif on the builder's personal homepage, though. :thumbsup: LINK! (http://www.peter-lepold.de/arado235.html)
Wow is that ever nice ! You have to be in awe of some peoples talent.....
:wub:
As the Cap'n says it's SUPERB! I like the way it has the take-off rockets under the wings outboard of the engines too. :thumbsup: :bow:
The only possible improvement he could make would be to mount it on a trolley like the A model. ;) ;D
Lovely build, how about that instead of the Ta 154 ?
A recent build of a friend of mine - had to post it here, as it looks SO natural... :party:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72918618@N04/10887342004/
Is too bad this did not happen. It would have made the William Tell completion the "Wilhelm Tell".
The inboard F-4 pylons with sidewinders are inspirational. 1/72 or 1/48 scale?
That is gorgeous and looks so right :bow:
African Do-335? Why not! :)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1192.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa324%2Fskusz%2FAfryka43%2FHB08_zpsee29ec74.jpg&hash=6a794b7c9d8d16988f9271e547d925418a969cc2)
the kit is Hobby Boss 1:72 kit.
http://www.pwm.org.pl/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=50491
Quote from: The Big Gimper on November 25, 2013, 03:14:26 AM
Is too bad this did not happen. It would have made the William Tell completion the "Wilhelm Tell".
The inboard F-4 pylons with sidewinders are inspirational. 1/72 or 1/48 scale?
AFAIK, everything 1:72. It's the Revell Voodoo, with some Phantom parts/add-ons, new resin seats, and a paintjob in authentic Luftwaffe colors. I love it, and it looks SO natural... :wub:
Oh my.....that Voodoo is just perfect !
:tornado:
Nice 335 and looks a much prettier aeroplane in those colours - if ever a 335 can be called pretty :blink:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 26, 2013, 02:10:56 AM
Quote from: The Big Gimper on November 25, 2013, 03:14:26 AM
Is too bad this did not happen. It would have made the William Tell completion the "Wilhelm Tell".
The inboard F-4 pylons with sidewinders are inspirational. 1/72 or 1/48 scale?
AFAIK, everything 1:72. It's the Revell Voodoo, with some Phantom parts/add-ons, new resin seats, and a paintjob in authentic Luftwaffe colors. I love it, and it looks SO natural... :wub:
Cool. I worked on CAF Voodoo's so for example the ladders are not the ones I used but they look good anyways. The detailing and paint finish are amazing.
Thank you, I'll pas the compliments. Not certain where the ladders come from; IIRC, these are photo-etched pieces, maybe then freely assembled to fit onto the Voodoo. I remember that it was hard to find the appropriate hardware at a decent price, so I assume that they were scratched.
Another "why didn't I think of that?" moments! Awesome the way it looks like a real aircraft and not a whif.
Stumbled across this collection of car designs on FlickR, through a comment on my works:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54664152@N02/
Some lovely things among them, e .g. this:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7339%2F10866582384_8c90054f65_z.jpg&hash=d00fe881ae77307ffd1ae485fe5a7e8d6d394eae) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54664152@N02/10866582384/)
Cadillac Cadillac V-16--- VERSION II -with trim- based on an early 60s Chuck Jordan design -for my friend,GlenH (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54664152@N02/10866582384/) by HarborIndiana (http://www.flickr.com/people/54664152@N02/), on Flickr
or this:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3825%2F10613292356_1ecbcda78e_z.jpg&hash=7e1a2fe0939aafedfffec79593e4a37070b63325) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54664152@N02/10613292356/)
Packard Saved! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54664152@N02/10613292356/) by HarborIndiana (http://www.flickr.com/people/54664152@N02/), on Flickr
A lot to discover!
Nice link Dizzy. Cadillac's!!! Love/Hate situation with both of mine at the moment! Gearbox 'imploded' on the DeVille, and, total brake failure on the Seville (Luckily i was only doing about 30mph, and used the back of a mates car to stop!) I do feel the grinder beckoning after seeing these!
Cheers... Ray
Didn't the Matchbox RF Voodoo come with ladders ?
Yes, but these are clumsy, to say the least. :-\
Some fuel for thoughts, as the Independent Scottish Air Force has been an issue here recently:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/12/scotland-asking-right-fighter/
Found this Gazelle on Galeria de Maquetismo
http://galeriademaquetismo.forumotion.net/t365-aerospatial-gazelle-heller-1-50-terminado
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi137.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq201%2Faircav14%2FCasi1_zps4e8e0ca9.jpg&hash=fba58a504db212b6ab124e3aa7b6d7cae6a58127) (http://s137.photobucket.com/user/aircav14/media/Casi1_zps4e8e0ca9.jpg.html)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi137.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq201%2Faircav14%2FGazfin3_zps7f67f1ba.jpg&hash=1b3fbefd18cbd40e8809069ed3a57a319d285629) (http://s137.photobucket.com/user/aircav14/media/Gazfin3_zps7f67f1ba.jpg.html)
Pretty plain, but nice nonetheless !
:cheers:
Uh, stumbled across this one from IPMS Stockholm...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipmsstockholm.org%2Fmagazine%2F2008%2F06%2Fimages%2Fstellan_bro_04.jpg&hash=7b2cd8dbb9a239c7e35e074653e00a6d6ae33522)
More here:
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2008/06/road-to-hell.htm
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20061218191640%2Fde.uncyclopedia%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fb6%2FBf2.jpg&hash=45ecb0a33767239dac2f79387b487f0a60a86b12)
I'd like to see that built and shown at a show. You'd have to have the photographic backup that's for sure :blink:
ok lest try and id the car and i will try a build it up
i think its a 1980 eara ford station wagon
Quote from: lenny100 on January 02, 2014, 11:34:13 AM
ok lest try and id the car and i will try a build it up
i think its a 1980 eara ford station wagon
looks more like a coupe than a station wagon to me.
what was the mad max car? falcon?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 14, 2013, 07:36:10 AM
The cammo can be easily "replicted" with Humbrol enamels - already did some research/trials. My bet is 168 (the glorious RAF "Hemp"), 195 (Chromeoxide Green) and simple 10 (Gloss Brown, might be slightly tinted with some black). I have a Fokker XXIII in my stash that will end up this way, and also consider this livery for a Dutch whif conversion - even though the latter should be located in the East Indies, so that an Jongblad/Oudeblad livery would be more appropriate. But the three tones and the brown undersides just look SO cool... :ph34r:
I've read that Humbrol's Hu-113 Rust is a good match for the brown.
IMHO: no. Humbrol 113 is very reddish and too light - the Netherland's Brown is a deep chocolate tone, AFAIK, and Humbrol 10 is a very good match. It's also recommended by IPMS Sweden.
That tank bridge-layer is just awesome ! Look at all that detail !
:wub:
Nice find
:cheers:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 02, 2014, 11:59:53 PM
IMHO: no. Humbrol 113 is very reddish and too light - the Netherland's Brown is a deep chocolate tone, AFAIK, and Humbrol 10 is a very good match. It's also recommended by IPMS Sweden.
Yup the brown used by the Dutch was very dark. I've used a White Ensign French colour in the past - Chocolate (good film as well :wacko:) The model shop near Amsterdam airport does (or did) specific Dutch colours which were made by White Ensign for them. Unfortunately I'd retired and stopped traveling to Ijmuiden on a regular basis before they stocked it :banghead:
Just stumbled across this lovely Hawker Hunter abuse... The Hawker Huntsman C Mk.1
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0101.jpg&hash=aa873856586f67963b5f164598e600f1291340f5)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0102.jpg&hash=7f5ae5c2d47b6777f28777731e2ce0948ed19ce6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0103.jpg&hash=eb37d2a342a3e908716e203384192da484b2d195)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0104.jpg&hash=423f7e78aa75bfe44c7f6e53f9b0e7d155d20b7d)
Linked from/found at http://gregers.fr.yuku.com/topic/2661/Finished-build-gallery-Hunter#.UtP_nfvfmmE
Lovely! :wub:
Isn't it? Never thought about such a scale-a-rama conversion, but with the Hunter basis it just looks great. :wub:
BTW, another (wild) one, from a German SF modeler forum - inspired by "Iron Sky":
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13763b976ej.jpg&hash=f3da3131230530cdceabc483ea96cc23ee044f9b)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13764bctesi.jpg&hash=466938caf91ab7809c3424e488942e730efebcaf)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13765bep6vq.jpg&hash=cb162c8b764a2f783ef6fbad00dd59218bb9c62a)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13766bq7h4s.jpg&hash=2e26a33c1e354c726dd90fd1f91754b23fd916ea)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13767bz5x16.jpg&hash=d4ae5ba36476f8a4ddc757e9ff4aaced0c1173a7)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13768bvq0z5.jpg%255Bimg%255D&hash=88ca9066c191bcbe943b0ea6f4cd3c3937847a3a)http://www.phoximages.de/images-i13769b7wcm6.jpg[/img]
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13770beur83.jpg&hash=62b305ff0f43ee5e6845ad26ca7bc4d6aee1b221)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13771bp8twl.jpg&hash=24b251fe9f4cea11296f6e87c0b034f15c39cdda)
More here (in German, though): http://www.phoxim.de/forum/index.php?topic=9734.0
Totally sick: a tailsitter, bashed from two Revell Ar.555 bombers and lots of spares... :party:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 13, 2014, 07:01:33 AM
Just stumbled across this lovely Hawker Hunter abuse... The Hawker Huntsman C Mk.1
There's more than one Huntsman knocking around the UK WhatIf SIG, not the least because TSRJoe did the original moulds for it. ;D
I've got an unbuilt one in my stock of 'Usefull Bits' but it'll be a while before I figure out what variant to build.
Ditto !
Although I have one of the very rare ones that Joe moulded in Plastic, not resin. :wacko:
I have a couple of Huntsman's in my stash as well. Will probably do one in IDFAF colours not 100% sure what to do the other in but Canadian would be nice.
Gondor
nice camo
How about this one...?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fimages-i13984bcg7pp.jpg&hash=5a56bba5290797f6f3d725efe6cd65ec007ec59e)
That's as bad as the old Land Rover that used to be seen in the Hexham area. He/She had the following "score" (all recognisable) painted on the nearside wing :-two Me110s, a TIE fighter, a camel (Sopwith) a camel (bactrian) three VW beetles and what looked like a B47. Given the way it was driven, I'm inclined to believe that several of these were genuine "kill" markings. I've a photo......somewhere.......
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 13, 2014, 07:01:33 AM
Just stumbled across this lovely Hawker Hunter abuse... The Hawker Huntsman C Mk.1
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0101.jpg&hash=aa873856586f67963b5f164598e600f1291340f5)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0102.jpg&hash=7f5ae5c2d47b6777f28777731e2ce0948ed19ce6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0103.jpg&hash=eb37d2a342a3e908716e203384192da484b2d195)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi54.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg113%2Ffalcon1_photos%2FHunters%2FDSCF0104.jpg&hash=423f7e78aa75bfe44c7f6e53f9b0e7d155d20b7d)
Linked from/found at http://gregers.fr.yuku.com/topic/2661/Finished-build-gallery-Hunter#.UtP_nfvfmmE
Seen that one somewhere before.......... ah yes, on my model shelf. ;D
So: congratulations to you... This transformation is gorgeous! :wub:
I've a set of resin P.1083 wings that I was given some years back - before the Silvercloud ones came out - which were intended for the Airfix Hunter and which also fit the Huntsman. Add some afterburner cans and a swept tailplane...
Only ever finished a pair of Huntsmen and both suffered u/c failures.
Quote from: lenny100 on January 02, 2014, 11:34:13 AM
ok lest try and id the car and i will try a build it up
i think its a 1980 eara ford station wagon
It's a 1966 (1967?) Chevrolet Impala 2 door with the rear fenders (Wings) extended.
Makes me want to do a Hunter with pylon mounted engines like the Skyfox.
That space thing is pretty neat ! Love the way it sits on the ground...and all the weapons !
:cheers:
nice one-to-one scale whif car - you may not like the car but he sure has style !
How about this...?
(https://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/files/2014/01/trans-dew-1024x605.jpg)
And the most frightening thing is: it's real and called the "Black Hawk Transformer"!
More here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2014/01/transformers-age-extraction/
I bet that thing makes one god awful noise!
Just saw the car with r2d2! Great find :lol: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I wonder what the technical check up team would state about this one... :unsure:
Maybe sth like: "Sir, your left laser gun needs to be fixed... :wacko:"
That transformer was posted in the 'links' section awhile back....
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38274.0.html
Just a tiny whiffing "success": there were just some very serious(?) guys falling for a picture of my Ta183 build some time ago... :party:
Check this:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/104922-prototypes-vs-imported-jets-for-germanyjapana-poll/page-3
As I always put it: reading helps, and DON'T beleive anything you see in the WWW! :wacko:
:thumbsup: He seemed very convinced of himself. A job well done ;D
LOL....good one ! I guess alot of historians missed it. Probably too busy watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
:thumbsup:
Found this lot on militaryphotos.net
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?220875-Concept-Canceled-Proposed-Rumored-Military-amp-Civilian-Projects
;D
The AEW Viking is nice! :thumbsup:
Now that's a mother lode of whiffery and concepts !
I see Comrade Anatoli's F-15 in there too !
:cheers:
Just found this nice factory model on Secretprojects: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,21594.0.html
Martin
Quote from: martinbayer on March 04, 2014, 08:46:54 AM
Just found this nice factory model on Secretprojects: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,21594.0.html
Martin
And i thought i had a nice 'original' idea, using the decals i got off Mr kit :banghead:
Oh well, may as well finish it anyway!
Cheers... Ray
A Blue Angels F-5 just seems weird.....
Cool yes, but weird.
:cheers:
But how about a T-45?
Got one in my stash, as well as some Blue Angels decals... :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 06, 2014, 06:41:41 AM
But how about a T-45?
Got one in my stash, as well as some Blue Angels decals... :rolleyes:
That was plan B!!!!!
Cheers... Ray
Sounds like a plan ! For the Snowbirds too...then the RAF, the USN, and the RCAF can all share them. Paint them a generic colour, and have stickers made up for each team and rotate airshows ;-)
Check out this awesome 1/144 Polish F/A-18F Superbug i found at KG144 :thumbsup:
http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3135
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk76%2FWoit%2F2014-03-09_16_zps692b8283.jpg&hash=08c6d992033dc079bb50fde0afe94a0eed08e15b)
Nice one - could not believe that this was 1:144 kit at first, great idea and work. :thumbsup:
Is that ever nice ! Those little Dragon Superbugs are gorgeous little kits, that's for sure. Weapons load looks different from the ones I got tho....
:cheers:
Very neat. Makes me wonder if he saw my profile from over 5 years ago.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv132%2Floganov%2FProfiles%2FSuper%2520Hornet%2F900px%2FPolishBoeingRhino1.jpg&hash=8d4f62728f28139839d6f4f1b4e7c8d8a03e6386) (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20962.msg341182.html#msg341182)
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20962.msg341182.html#msg341182 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20962.msg341182.html#msg341182)
Cheers,
Logan
Doing that in 1/144th would kill my eyes! Very nivcely done (you too Logan!).
Paul Harrison
While browsing I found this pretty 1:72 Iranian Saegeh derivative:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi570.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss150%2Ftigereye1-72%2FsaeghehS4img1-2.jpg&hash=0489edd73a33eeda47c89e25cc6d94d09b0711c4)
I think it is based on this:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg89.imageshack.us%2Fimg89%2F9682%2Fjf17topview3yd.jpg&hash=35a4f75e81aeb8bcd339124b768547c0c266ad33)
A nice Polish PZL-230 modellversium. ;)
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/11130-pzl-230-skorpion-.html
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 27, 2014, 02:16:18 AM
While browsing I found this pretty 1:72 Iranian Saegeh derivative:
I think it is based on this:
Those are 2 totally different planes no ? Or do you just mean the prototype scheme ?
That scorpion is pretty neat. Ugly tho ! Needs modern weapons and paint.
:cheers:
Think dizzy meant they have a similar wing shape with those leading edge extensions Cap'n.
Paul Harrison
How about this Pontiac TransSport mutation...?
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/13606693504_c3417faae5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mJnRVS)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 07, 2014, 05:09:59 AM
How about this Pontiac TransSport mutation...?
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/13606693504_c3417faae5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/mJnRVS)
Scale-O-Rama!
Looks like something from space !
:cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on April 04, 2014, 01:19:24 PM
That scorpion is pretty neat. Ugly tho ! Needs modern weapons and paint.
:cheers:
Needs longer wings and a recon nose job. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Captain Canada on April 07, 2014, 08:20:15 AM
Looks like something from space !
:cheers:
Yes she does, but what is that silly vehicle doing behind her. :wacko: :wacko:
Just stumbled across this beauty... :wub:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightsim.com%2Fvbfs%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D68361%26amp%3Bd%3D1275873520&hash=c596afb7aa79c311ac57bd29d5eb3a7598b5665a)
Really like the idea, and it's simple to realize, too!
American SAAB J.21? Nice...
The marking look a bit post WWII - but I like the overall idea! I might give it a try, I especially like the NMF finish on the Saab, suits the aircraft pretty well. Maybe with some colorful USAF Pacific theatre markings...? Could be the aircraft that eventually made it into service when XP-54, 55 and 56 failed for several reasons!?
I have a SAAB J21 slowly being built to be an American aircraft, different finish though
Gondor
Very pretty! :thumbsup:
Another option might be to do one in RAF markings with the exhausts higher (indicating a Merlin) and 12 x .303 Brownings in the nose: there was a Gloster proposal to F18/37 that was pretty much like that.
Very nice ! Thanks for digging that one up for us !
:cheers: :tornado:
You may have already seen this one. Interesting possibility
http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Plastic-kits/Profipack/Aircraft/MiG-15-1-72.html
A nice whif based on the premise that the German reunification had gone the other way round: http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/22-militaer-fahrzeuge/11151-leopard-2a5-revell.html
Martin
I have to admit, I have always loved the NVA 3-color camo with that frosty gray. Lovely.
Cheers,
Logan
Quote from: Logan Hartke on April 11, 2014, 09:25:34 AM
I have to admit, I have always loved the NVA 3-color camo with that frosty gray. Lovely.
Cheers,
Logan
I see what you mean Logan, it looks superb doesn't it!
Funny thing is that these are almost the same colors as the German Bundeswehr used - just with different names! The green is called Olivgrรผn 2425 (the same as RAL 6003 Olivgrรผn), the Black is a very dark grey (Schwarzgrau 2042 = RAL 7021 Schwarzgrau) and the Western brown (RAL 8027 Lederbraun) was replaced by a tone called "Dรคmmergrau 2403", which is close to Western RAL 7000 Grau.
But why I actually opened this post: just found THIS in a creative forum in the Ukraine where obviously some of my Soviet creations (after the Yak-35 now the Mi-62, too!) found new friends, and I stumbled across THIS :wub::
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.org.ua%2Ffiles%2F150310_AltSU_03.jpg&hash=b86bf59f6168b874fa70530a98574d2932b03478)
http://alternathistory.org.ua/alternativnyi-istrebitel-okb-sukhogo-mira-bez-reaktivnoi-tekhniki
Reminds me of my Japanese Ki-121 "Shoufou" pusher whif, but this thing is more modern and larger - but I like the concept and the schemes!
BTW: in the context of "my" Mi-62, THIS here was posted (http://alternathistory.org.ua/alternativnyi-shturmovoi-vertolet-mi-62-rossiya), too... :rolleyes:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gosniias.ru%2Fpages%2Fissues%2Fti%2F2003%2Fp13-1.jpg&hash=eeb74fc6183bc95504b527932683d34b07436248)
Not certain if THIS has already been posted here? Stumbled across this creation on FlickR:
https://flic.kr/p/kSk8RM
https://flic.kr/p/kSmZBL
https://flic.kr/p/kSkS88
https://flic.kr/p/kSmYNG
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I like the paint on the Leopard !
The Transall Herc Helicopter thing looks pretty good too !
Not sure about the flying German shed tho....neat but weird.
:cheers:
This one here popped up on FlickR as a response to my recent "XP-47H-wth-bubble-canopy" build, created by modeler and illustrator FrancLab from Canada:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/14069857414_b7b37f16c1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nriGqw)Jet Thunderbolt (https://flic.kr/p/nriGqw) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
Now that's a neat one ! Love the look of it. I like how the Razorback version gives it the early war look. If I ever built one ( or drew one, or dreamt one ) it would have a diferent nose profile and nose gear, just to step away from the Me262.
Still very nice tho ! Thanks for finding it and definetley saving the idea.
:cheers:
Yeah, Me 262 immediately spings to mind, but according to Francois it was not really intended - just the way the thing turned out. On a real model the nose will probably be much less triangular than on a Me 262 - but I like the idea, too. I'd give it two small jet engines, though, side by side. And moving the man landing gear backwards would be tricky, too, but feasiblym, did something similar before.
The nose gear looks good where it is, I'd just like to see it less 'German' I guess.
And I see what you mean by the triangular nose, just because the profile looks Me262 doesn't mean the overall shape would have to be the same.
:cheers:
Another one from FrancLab - a patriotic one ;)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/10558615336_94bb7dd948_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/h62Eu1)Dassault Rafale C Queฬbec (https://flic.kr/p/h62Eu1) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
That plus both the FOD creation of the gear right in front of the intake as well as the airflow disruption to the engine as the nosegear cycles.
Still though, it looks hellacool!
Madoc
Quote from: Captain Canada on April 30, 2014, 07:12:36 PM
The nose gear looks good where it is, I'd just like to see it less 'German' I guess.
And I see what you mean by the triangular nose, just because the profile looks Me262 doesn't mean the overall shape would have to be the same.
:cheers:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 01, 2014, 01:41:16 AM
Another one from FrancLab - a patriotic one ;)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/10558615336_94bb7dd948_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/h62Eu1)Dassault Rafale C Queฬbec (https://flic.kr/p/h62Eu1) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
Very nice, now build one! Please!
Some interesting stuff on the page of the West Middlesex Scale Modellers (http://www.westmiddlesexmodellers.co.uk/Model%20Gallery/index.html)
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they had the airbus on the Farnborough stand at last years Hendon show
Quote from: The Rat on May 03, 2014, 01:32:48 PM
Some interesting stuff on the page of the West Middlesex Scale Modellers (http://www.westmiddlesexmodellers.co.uk/Model%20Gallery/index.html)
excellent vautour wingless, and teletubbies !!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
the Ju52 is hardly a whiff, I think it existed for "real"? but anyways, it is so beautiful it deserves being considered a whiff of course
Once it was up to speed and the stabilisers were raised I guess the Vautour would be classed as a motorcycle.
This has been posted on the Australian Automotive Model Builders forum by Blatdriver. I have given him directions to find this place and links to Stan Mott art.
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Reminds of the old "Car Wars" tabletop days... :rolleyes:
Love the artwork on the 190 wings - a "wolf" in sheep's clothing ? ;D
An asymmetric Ki-61: Ki-177 is presented at
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=38672.0
and
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,38685.msg430501.html#msg430501
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That is VERY well thought out and executed, well spotted Tophe. :thumbsup:
I like the French Canadian Rafale !
The other stuff is just crazy :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 04, 2014, 07:47:22 AM
Love the artwork on the 190 wings - a "wolf" in sheep's clothing ? ;D
Camouflage for the invasion of New Zealand!
;D
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/14105333041_d96f19c6b6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nurw6g)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/nurw6g) by ed.perello (https://www.flickr.com/people/11733941@N05/), on Flickr
Now that would be neat to C :thumbsup:
How about this Yak-23 conversion?
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Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 12, 2014, 02:44:22 AM
How about this Yak-23 conversion?
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A nice conversion done here a while ago.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=30560.0
Nice one, was not aware of that! :thumbsup:
Jet version of the Porco Rosso S.21 made by "P-taka" and posted on a French forum:
http://fighters.forumactif.com/t48519-savoia-s21-jet-version
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"My hair is making me hot "
Vote for Pedro :thumbsup:
...and flying for the Frecce Tricolori? :unsure:
I like that. Wonder what he did with the piston engine?
Quote from: zenrat on May 16, 2014, 06:41:43 AM
I like that. Wonder what he did with the piston engine?
Use it for a piston-engined He-162 ? ;D
A nice, converted AZ Models Gotha G.60 night fighter, from fellow modeler The Chaos at phoxim.de:
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Great images - love the camo. Looks like the salt technique to get that peeled or worn paint effect.
Quote from: dumaniac on May 22, 2014, 02:56:35 AM
Great images - love the camo. Looks like the salt technique to get that peeled or worn paint effect.
I'd guess it's more likely to be the hairspray technique.
I haven't tried it myself, yet, but the effect looks more like this on large areas.
Nice work but, that exhaust position is just a might bit too close to the pilot's head. Rather... inhibiting... that.
Quote from: Weaver on May 16, 2014, 04:00:14 AM
Jet version of the Porco Rosso S.21 made by "P-taka" and posted on a French forum:
Nicely done!
And a sensible repositioning of the engines. Yeah, the thrust line is asymmetric in that they're now both above the centerline of the aircraft. Plenty of other birds fly that way without issue. And this setup avoids the FOD issues that the original seemed tailor made for.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 22, 2014, 02:27:39 AM
A nice, converted AZ Models Gotha G.60 night fighter, from fellow modeler The Chaos at phoxim.de:
Another Vanship interpretation, found on Pinterest:
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Cries for hardware! Even though the entry hatch is a bit small? Maybe it's "Hobbit Airlines"?
Beautifull
The more I look at that the more I find myself ticking off the kits I would need to bash that! I think I would add a fin at the rear, rounded off of course, just because.
I think a DH88 comet would be a good donor?
LOve that Gotha ! Has that dirty and well used look to her.
:cheers:
Quote from: Caveman on May 25, 2014, 10:25:03 AM
I think a DH88 comet would be a good donor?
I was thinking of a 1930s car to make the "engines" at the wing tips from. Cut the front fenders off and glue them together with the one head light in the front. It would take two kits to do it. Definitely need to wait for a sale some where.
30's cars tend to not have the lights in the mudguards. You'd want a late 40's or 50's car.
This is good as there is more choice.
I'm sure you are right. I'll know the car I want when I see it.
Found on FlickR, made by fellow model kit builder and illustrator FrancLab from Canada:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/14007319177_97be95348f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nkMaZ4)Aviation bizarre / Weird designs 6 (https://flic.kr/p/nkMaZ4) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14170790366_db60876fa5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nAe1gQ)Aviation bizarre / Weird designs 5 (https://flic.kr/p/nAe1gQ) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
;D
There's some SERIOUS mixing and matching going on there! :o
I'd hate to try and build most of them in plastic, I'd need about a TON of putty to meld the bits together!
As drawings of new silhouettes, they are very wonderful, thanks a lot! :wub: :wub:
Several of those would look realistic. I bet they would fool many members of the public.
Interesting :thumbsup:
I particularly like the Lightvampire.
Looks almost doable :drink:
Regards
Keith
Quote from: TallEng on May 27, 2014, 12:28:01 PM
Interesting :thumbsup:
I particularly like the Lightvampire.
Looks almost doable :drink:
Regards
Keith
I was just thinking that: there was a Miles proposal for a twin-boom, long-range naval patrol fighter with a jet in the back of the nacelle and a piston engine in the front. You could do the Lightvampire and claim that it's twin pistons instead, or that it was originally all-piston and this is a late version designed to boost performance.
You could probably do the same with a Flitzer and a Fw-189 and pass it off as genuine Luft '46.... :wacko:
On another tack, that Starfightwulf looks like a good basis for a sci-fi space fighter.
There's loads more on Franclab's page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/franclab/sets/72157632431596523/
Some of those need building ASAP.... :wub:
More stufff from Canada. The Vampire is so simple, but feasible, and i love the P-80 derivate... :wub:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/14122617859_260b6899a2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nvY7gn)Multiprop (https://flic.kr/p/nvY7gn) by Franclab (https://www.flickr.com/people/86452472@N02/), on Flickr
Some are pretty cool, while others are just goofy....
:cheers:
It's NOT a serious proposal, rather for the fun (or weridness) of the idea... ;)
Quote from: Captain Canada on June 02, 2014, 04:42:32 AM
Some are pretty cool, while others are just goofy....
:cheers:
Dunno..the Blackprop seems kind of inspiring.
Like the Vampire, and I have a Heller one in the stash... :wacko:
Some superb ideas there and I feel somewhat prophetic, especially the Sukhoi. I just hanker for a return to a simpler form of aviation where there's space in the fuselage for something that is not an engine/fuel tank/electronics (yes, I know certain modern planes have bays for bombs and missiles but you get my gist). How about it Dizzy....that Sukhoi is crying out to be built :thumbsup:.
But with long, straight wings!!!! :thumbsup:
Interesting, although in the Real World Gloster did something similar to one of its jets.
The Lightning with a contra rotating prop,ellers. Jet fighters with prop engines, could work.
Already started on a prop driven Sabredog years ago, just have to get it finished one day..
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The French already did the Vampireprop: SNCASO SO-8000/02 Narval (http://www.amv83.fr/Sigaero/SO8000%20narval.htm).
The "Turbo Dog" looks great! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Mr.Creak on June 02, 2014, 05:25:11 PM
The French already did the Vampireprop: SNCASO SO-8000/02 Narval (http://www.amv83.fr/Sigaero/SO8000%20narval.htm).
Similar outline, but totally different airframe.
Splendid diorama by Paul Helfrich, posted on Modelwarships .com:
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Thread with more pics here: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=153234
...they say he's got to go,
go go Godzilla...
Nice.
Nice Godzilla but you do wonder what that destroyer/frigate actually thinks it can do :banghead:
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 06, 2014, 06:53:46 AM
Nice Godzilla but you do wonder what that destroyer/frigate actually thinks it can do :banghead:
Probably about as much as HMS
Thunderchild? :-\
The entire crew are busy wetting themselves, I suspect. ;D
Here I go off topic, but I always wondered what kind of coral those spearpoints on his back consisted of.
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 06, 2014, 06:53:46 AM
Nice Godzilla but you do wonder what that destroyer/frigate actually thinks it can do :banghead:
Hatsuyuki class anti-submarine frigate, so they probably got a really good sonar contact, felt terribly pleased with themselves as they fired an ASROC at it, and said something like "watch this...."
Oops.
Quote from: Weaver on June 06, 2014, 10:50:06 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 06, 2014, 06:53:46 AM
Nice Godzilla but you do wonder what that destroyer/frigate actually thinks it can do :banghead:
Hatsuyuki class anti-submarine frigate, so they probably got a really good sonar contact, felt terribly pleased with themselves as they fired an ASROC at it, and said something like "watch this...."
Oops.
;D ;D
Posted somewhere else here, too, but I think this one deserves general mentioning?
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From "my" other forum, phoxim.de in Germany (SF), local fellow member joeydee
So...instead of bleeping, he whistles?
Yes, and somewhere' there's a hot water tap hidden... ;)
Now that looks like what Dr Nefarious would come up with if Grue asked for a robot minion.
Really stunning IJN Amagi from Model Warships. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=96775
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Quote from: proditor on July 02, 2014, 04:37:57 AM
Really stunning IJN Amagi from Model Warships. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=96775
Impressive...:twitch:
AR2 Steam2 !
:cheers:
The flying boat looks pretty wild as well....some very nice touches of realism on that one !
:cheers:
Just found THIS Ma.K.-esque scratch-built thing...
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2374/1547715777_d9e6c737da_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/3mLrYM)Kitbash scratchbuild sci-fi model (https://flic.kr/p/3mLrYM) by Jpl3k - Jipple28 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
If I see it correctly and interpret the info the original poster, this once was a 1:32 P-61, flipped upside down, and after several mutations... Cool thing, though. :ph34r:
;D
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It's Princess Leia! ;D
Dizzy,
That's awesome! Props to the parents for that one!
Germans HAVE humor... ;)
The pic was recently taken on a convention in Grรผnstadt, where some more children in full costume lured - e .g. a 1:1 Jawa(!) or a pair of 4' Boba Fetts... :blink:
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That's neat, cute, and cool ! Going to be a whole new wave of them once the new movies come out !
:cheers:
Found this in an Iranian(!) forum...
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You can find that image on this forum 4 years ago.
Scorchio's Profile Thread (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30352.msg471248.html#msg471248)
Cheers,
Logan
Hmmm...? :rolleyes:
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Sadly, it lacks a hook?
And... (even though I am not certain if that ahd already been posted - I think so):
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Russian Tornado looks superb :thumbsup: and the Seabolt is interesting
Stukabolt?
Perhaps it's an intercooler rather than a radiator?
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WOW This Ho Looks Good.
I Love the camouflage
Did someone write "This Ho looks good"???? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Must be my mind..... :drink: :drink: :party: :blink:
Quote from: Radish on August 18, 2014, 01:05:56 PM
Did someone write "This Ho looks good"???? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Must be my mind..... :drink: :drink: :party: :blink:
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Yeah - I like the 229. How did you do the centre camo? the squiggle pattern is fairly common at comps - that centre camo is so different
cheers
Bernie
Looks like it's masked with netting.
How would you do the squiggles? Freehand with an airbrush? Texter?
I'd assume that the center pattern was done with masking tape or a mesh fibre (maybe stockings?), and the swirls on the wings with window painting color as removable masks?
Glen Quagmire! He's a @#&%#
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234964179-kinetic-148-mirage-2000/
(http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234964179-kinetic-148-mirage-2000/)
How about some "Luft 2046"?
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39001.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39005.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39007.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39008.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39009.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39011.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39013.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79838265/FW39017.jpg)
Found at http://www.phoxim.de/forum/index.php?topic=10622.0
Wow that's quite the machine ( and dio ) ! The pics are waaaay too big tho.
:blink:
Quote from: Captain Canada on September 02, 2014, 08:53:08 AM
Wow that's quite the machine ( and dio ) ! The pics are waaaay too big tho.
:blink:
I Second that.
I'm sure I've seen that diorama scene before somewhere. Was it at Telford one year with a Horton displayed on it?
Uh, sorry for the large pics - not certain how to re-size themm at phoxim.de they are just 640x480 px and I thought this would appear the same way here, too. Yeah, I think the diorama scene has been part of one of the 2013 Whiffies submissions, with Luft '46 pusher in NMF.
Some forums resize pictures automatically to fit screen. One thing I've seen is forum tags that specify size.
Like:
img width=544 height=768]pic URL[/img]
(I left out the first bracket)
It might work here too.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 02, 2014, 10:48:16 AM
I'm sure I've seen that diorama scene before somewhere. Was it at Telford one year with a Horton displayed on it?
Don't know about a Horton but yes the diorama has hosted another Luft 46 subject.
Are you thinking of slava_trudu's "Gustloffwerke" dio, perhaps? More pics here on whatifmodelers: LINK! (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,37498.msg607881.html#msg607881)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1096998_568506459878050_1029304594_o.jpg)
That's the one - I stand corrected.
Yes, that's the one I remember.
It is tailless, so close counts in my case. ;D
Thanks for the link - great model and I love the shark mouth on the air intake
thanks
Bernier
:blink:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8417/10266307356_1a211bcda7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gDcvvf)041_IMG_0966 (https://flic.kr/p/gDcvvf) by julajp (https://www.flickr.com/people/28942269@N05/), on Flickr
Looks like a 1:1 scale Insecticon Bombshell...
Where does it belong? Computer strategy game? :unsure:
... Hitoshi Takahashi, who decided that once he turned 50 he was old enough to do whatever he wanted, and took steps to realize his dream... of building a giant robot....
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/04/67-year-old-man-singlehandedly-builds-giant-robot-inspiresterrifies-us/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoigOJzf9x4
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 03, 2014, 11:26:47 AM
Where does it belong? Computer strategy game? :unsure:
Anime. Or terrorizing your neighborhood.
WOW Looks great
Quote from: perttime on September 03, 2014, 11:36:28 AM
... Hitoshi Takahashi, who decided that once he turned 50 he was old enough to do whatever he wanted, and took steps to realize his dream... of building a giant robot....
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/04/67-year-old-man-singlehandedly-builds-giant-robot-inspiresterrifies-us/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoigOJzf9x4
Wow - thanks a lot! :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg189.imageshack.us%2Fimg189%2F7315%2F51019189.jpg&hash=dc55a93e02969e388827b482a74410623c4a51ab)
And it eventually entered mock-up stage:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg100.imageshack.us%2Fimg100%2F7329%2F15973468.jpg&hash=bdab70420d2aba1c9ca0d1aaf430bcb076525aa3)
Did they ever fly it?
No. They built a full-scale model for RCS tests and a 3/4 scale windtunnel model which 'flew' (tethered) in the NLR wind tunnel at Emmeloord. Last year I exhibited my Lampyridae model at a show and had a brief conversation with a former NLR employee who recognized the model and told me they had some problems during the test; apparently the model wasn't very stable at some speeds and came crashing though the side of the tunnel at one point.
This was never a full-works airplane development project, just an investigation into stealth. They spent some $10M proving the idea and the design method worked.
Quote from: Hobbes on September 17, 2014, 05:18:46 AM
No. They built a full-scale model for RCS tests and a 3/4 scale windtunnel model which 'flew' (tethered) in the NLR wind tunnel at Emmeloord. Last year I exhibited my Lampyridae model at a show and had a brief conversation with a former NLR employee who recognized the model and told me they had some problems during the test; apparently the model wasn't very stable at some speeds and came crashing though the side of the tunnel at one point.
Ohh, I know the NLR tunnel very well!
NLR were one of my customers and I've spent many a happy hour on the Noord Oost Polder. ;D That tunnel is HUGE, the largest in Europe at one time, and maybe still is. Must have been some serious instability to hit the tunnel wall hard enough to break it.
IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).
Quote from: Hobbes on September 17, 2014, 12:18:09 PM
IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).
Ah yes, that's a pretty big piece of glass and it's right alongside the working section of course. I'm glad I wasn' there then! :o
Quote from: Hobbes on September 17, 2014, 12:18:09 PM
IIRC it went through a window (into the control room?).
Reminds me of the wind screen/frozen chicken joke ;D
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent-10.foto.my.mail.ru%2Fmail%2Fpdm1976%2F44%2Fs-910.jpg&hash=28f72654bde62d5f1870dbe1be745c34ca535443)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 18, 2014, 06:44:49 AM
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent-10.foto.my.mail.ru%2Fmail%2Fpdm1976%2F44%2Fs-910.jpg&hash=28f72654bde62d5f1870dbe1be745c34ca535443)
how many aircraft can you mash together? i count at least 5
^ Neat! :thumbsup:
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Some cool sci-fi stuff from scalemodels.ru! :thumbsup:
Mi-RAC "SVAROG" dropship - LINK (http://scalemodels.ru/articles/7262-desantnyjj-chelnok-mi-rsk-klassa-svarog.html) to more pics
The overall design reminds me a lot of these "Killzone" concepts (LINK! (http://conceptships.blogspot.de/2014/02/killzone-ships-by-mike-hill.html)). Good stuff!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscalemodels.ru%2Fimages%2F2014%2F04%2F1396324467_3.jpg&hash=f803fc17a6dcdc7e5c2aa37ce4361e2635bf7b06)
Mi-850 Titan - LINK (http://scalemodels.ru/articles/7631-mi-850-titan.html) to more pics
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscalemodels.ru%2Fimages%2F2014%2F08%2F1408254829_2.jpg&hash=6066ed846da6ca35b25e39cab5a5b2199ac56a4f)
ROK-27 Thunderbolt - LINK (http://scalemodels.ru/articles/6872-konversija-zvezda-1-72-rok-27-gromobojj---ajerokosmicheskijj-istrebitel.html) to more pics
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscalemodels.ru%2Fimages%2F2013%2F12%2F1386571563_IMG_85941.jpg&hash=ba8daa7e9d0ecf93fed79c0312ff9b40817e7caa)
PR19_kit will certainly like this one... ;D
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11981617836_86ed95f0b3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jfLVxS)Luft 46 Hutter Fernzerstorer 'Ostmark' 049 (https://flic.kr/p/jfLVxS) by Mark`Stevens ModelCrafter (https://www.flickr.com/people/58036975@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/11981102503_faffbaaca7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jfJhmP)Luft 46 Hutter Fernzerstorer 'Ostmark' 051 (https://flic.kr/p/jfJhmP) by Mark`Stevens ModelCrafter (https://www.flickr.com/people/58036975@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/11981072203_999e78a899_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jfJ8mp)Luft 46 Hutter Fernzerstorer 'Ostmark' 046 (https://flic.kr/p/jfJ8mp) by Mark`Stevens ModelCrafter (https://www.flickr.com/people/58036975@N00/), on Flickr
Fernzerstรถrer?
Long Range Heavy Fighter?
But what kind of missiles are those, with the whiskers? Or are they missiles?
Those are "Hagelkorn" glide bombs, intended against ship targets.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 27, 2014, 05:23:33 AM
PR19_kit will certainly like this one... ;D
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/11981617836_86ed95f0b3_z.jpg)[/url
(https://flic.kr/p/jfLVxS)
You're not wrong! :thumbsup:
What is it?
Always a treat to check in here.....and it was not disappointing this time ! Love that Armee de l'air bird.
:cheers:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 27, 2014, 08:58:16 AMWhat is it?
It's hard to put in a single photograph, I can tell you that much ;D
And, having quickly read the write-up @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/makfreak/sets/72157639833654245/ it's no wonder at 1/32!
edit:
I knew I'd heard that name before, and when I checked his other builds and came across his love for classic roadbikes I thought, this must be that man who made those great Scifi and Whif builds, too: Mark Stevens!
Yup!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/makfreak/sets/72157628621496341/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/makfreak/sets/72157628621496341/
How about a "Germanized" D.H. Venom...?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.arcor.de%2Ffliegerchen%2Fengland%2Fdehavill%2Fvenom66.jpg&hash=747fa4abafcb5714266585f41fc5288f020c5846)
...and a beautiful Danish Su-27:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fth04.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2FPRE%2Ff%2F2013%2F324%2Fa%2F5%2Fsukhoi_su_27_royal_danish_air_force_dcs__fc3_skin__by_rbdk-d6uycvb.png&hash=e4e6dc9be29b66b348dec30d49aebc189c3fe8a8)
LOVE the Danish SU27...WAY better than thier bloody F16's at any rate.....
The camo scheme of that Danish Flanker is particularly nice. :thumbsup: Would've looked great on their Drakens and Starfighters as well!
Both are very nice. I like the Venom, and really like the colours on that Danish bird !
:cheers:
Danish Su is excellent :thumbsup:
An interesting, if not beautiful MiG15UTI/Saab J 29 kitbash:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.imodeler.com%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2Fopen_2013-001.jpg&hash=d02450bacb24917e4594d8d7152c62cbebca056f)
An tons more of Tunnan whifs to be found here: http://imodeler.com/2013/04/flying-barrel-what-if-part-1/
That is very well done
...and finally I got an idea of what to make from a Hobby Boss P-39 that has been grinning at me from my stash for such a long time!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisUS.jpg&hash=7e17a0fc0a6abc13e016017daae4762202656b24)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisGB.jpg&hash=b76cc08d20f10d71426d3318fa361bf906c64a98)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisRU.jpg&hash=6123db4ebc0027217149ea175185a0a4589b53f2)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisGE.jpg&hash=a3be207c90eeef1132f04100a6a4652032ccf5af)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisIT.jpg&hash=7aaeb7d79d2cc4a91d1284cec012c6e9bfb17935)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisJA.jpg&hash=7ce79574625ca4d31d87e6009e368e677074012e)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisDesert.jpg&hash=1587253b103449aa1abe595a101c917519a481d5)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjurzysta.com%2Fpaulus%2FFM_ModAct_Planes%2FDragonfly39bisWinter.jpg&hash=e45f24889af60d72f44062a2cb5d9b60d6266a66)
So simple... :wub:
I think the Japanese one may be walking to the target ? :blink: Looks slightly overloaded
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 20, 2014, 07:31:07 AM
...and finally I got an idea of what to make from a Hobby Boss P-39 that has been grinning at me from my stash for such a long time!
So simple... :wub:
Almost tempted to join you. Fascinating machine. Placing the vertical stabs over the wing without interfering with the flaps could be interesting....maybe placed further out. Might use a Me509, got a couple in the stash.
Here's one I found this morning. The USS Kentucky (Whiff part 1) built as a FACES II modification (Whiff part 2!)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modelwarships.com%2Ffeatures%2Fshows%2FRegion-5-2014%2Fimages%2FP1280730.jpg&hash=ab6103177bb87e7884735ded4f73b95d8b997801)
From over at Model Warships.
More pics here: http://www.modelwarships.com/features/shows/Region-5-2014/index.htm
At least with the reversed P-39 the pilot DOESN'T have to straddle that spinning prop shaft!
That Mig/ Tunnan thing is awesome ! And such a neat little diorama as well. Nice find !
:cheers:
Wow....those other Tunnans are awesome ! Saved a bunch for future reference. Love the 104 winged one and the VTOL one and the transport !
Then I come back from that and find the BB-66 and the link to more and more great ships ! Love the whif on board the whif on that battleship. Very nice !
:cheers:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 20, 2014, 09:45:22 AM
At least with the reversed P-39 the pilot DOESN'T have to straddle that spinning prop shaft!
Why not keep the spinning shaft and have a prop at each end?
Check this out, it's about the J-21 (F-60) White Owl
http://www.rcpowers.com/community/threads/shenyang-j-21-f-60-white-owl-in-5easy-pieces.14125/page-2
Now that loos like fun ! In the one vid she really looks good !
:cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on October 21, 2014, 06:14:48 PM
Now that loos like fun ! In the one vid she really looks good !
:cheers:
Indeed :cheers:
cool 262
http://www.scaleknights.ch/index.php/262-gallerie
Hotte
Quote from: Hotte on October 22, 2014, 10:57:17 PM
cool 262
http://www.scaleknights.ch/index.php/262-gallerie
Hotte
excellent!
I especially like the Manatee
Why does that Me-262 U-2 look familiar? ;D
Some excellent work there for sure.
Woah...that's some nice work there ! Love the US one, and the dio for the DHC one ? Wow....the water looks real !
:cheers:
great 262's - thanks for the link
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgmu180sx81jza8/dh88ameteor1.jpg?dl=1)
The MacRobertson Interceptor (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969577-the-macrobertson-interceptor/)
Quote from: rickshaw on October 28, 2014, 02:06:46 AM
The MacRobertson Interceptor (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969577-the-macrobertson-interceptor/)
I DO like that! :thumbsup:
Very well thought out and it looks terrific.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 28, 2014, 02:46:28 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on October 28, 2014, 02:06:46 AM
The MacRobertson Interceptor (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969577-the-macrobertson-interceptor/)
I DO like that! :thumbsup:
Very well thought out and it looks terrific.
Second that. Love the clean lines, looks very natural! :thumbsup:
Very nice. Clean and absolutely believable.
That's very nice! Love those wings! :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 28, 2014, 02:46:28 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on October 28, 2014, 02:06:46 AM
The MacRobertson Interceptor (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969577-the-macrobertson-interceptor/)
I DO like that! :thumbsup:
Very well thought out and it looks terrific.
Agree with your thoughts completely
What a beauty. Very slick. Love the intakes on the wings...must be the radiators ? I can't view the link tho, my company's security protocols won't allow the viewing of such whiffery !
:blink: :drink:
Quote from: Captain Canada on October 28, 2014, 08:23:24 AM
What a beauty. Very slick. Love the intakes on the wings...must be the radiators ? I can't view the link tho, my company's security protocols won't allow the viewing of such whiffery !
:blink: :drink:
Actually, I think it would have looked even better with the engine nacelle fairings sanded away? The look a bit pointless to me. I just wonder what the landing gear wells look like? The kit's wings are massive, IMHO.
After I converted an Airfix Comet some time ago (into a two engine machine with a donation fuselage, though) I wondered about using the fuselage for a jet - but
this one is
really pretty. Got some Merlins with chin radiators from a Lancaster somewhere...
The linked item mentions forward retracting undercarriage so I assume the retained engine nacelle fairings are there because they contain the new wheel wells.
It's very good. Wish i'd thought of it.
Quote from: zenrat on October 29, 2014, 01:44:04 AM
It's very good. Wish i'd thought of it.
Says the man who's building a TRI-PLANE Heyford! :o :o
;D
Check this forum I found
http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/361439/Design-Challenge-F14-Tomcat-Reimagined-For-Today#.VFFJLRaHPjZ
Quote from: Jesse220 on October 29, 2014, 01:12:18 PM
Check this forum I found
http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/361439/Design-Challenge-F14-Tomcat-Reimagined-For-Today#.VFFJLRaHPjZ
Two sides with equally strongly held opinions, neither willing to give their opponent one JOT of agreement. A big waste of Net space if you ask me.....
Love the carrier approach shot, don't think I've seen that one before. That's about all I paid attention to tho, was the pics :thumbsup:
Another CG skin transplantation - but a REALLY nice one! :wub:
(https://i.imgur.com/5EFnQhP.jpg)
Quote from: rickshaw on October 28, 2014, 02:06:46 AM
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgmu180sx81jza8/dh88ameteor1.jpg?dl=1)
The MacRobertson Interceptor (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969577-the-macrobertson-interceptor/)
Very smart. My own single-engined Comet: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36086.0.html
Another red one - from Canada, AFAIK:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-f3-aor--kzk%2FTWwQnMX3MoI%2FAAAAAAAAAs8%2FjTKCyyxylgc%2Fs1600%2FVampire.jpg&hash=588425a877dc5c3319a050c8c6503fbcacbd632d)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 31, 2014, 06:32:04 AM
Another red one - from Canada, AFAIK:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-f3-aor--kzk%2FTWwQnMX3MoI%2FAAAAAAAAAs8%2FjTKCyyxylgc%2Fs1600%2FVampire.jpg&hash=588425a877dc5c3319a050c8c6503fbcacbd632d)
Oh, that sure is pretty!
Here's an interesting fellow:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dio/other/Runner-700-km/index.htm
Quote from: JoeP on November 11, 2014, 09:37:49 AM
Here's an interesting fellow:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dio/other/Runner-700-km/index.htm
Reminds me of-
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MKr7CNOwfSQ/VGJL5wZEJwI/AAAAAAAAC6A/wYu8jHxQlPc/w816-h602-no/wursts.png)
(Full comic here (http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/504/))
:o
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2Ftheplasticsurgeon%2FModelPlanes%2FEE_Lightnings%2FAirfix_LightningFSW_FS.jpg&hash=2714c97e8a8753ab55d4fb714a3b59fe47a7ca50)
Isn't that 'One of Ours'? It looks familiar, but VERY good! :thumbsup:
Looks vaguley familiar.....but still nice to see again ! Love that idea....
:cheers:
How come they never thought about that? :rolleyes:
Did wer already have THIS...? How ever this could be explained?
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8142/7461952000_1af3ebbd79_z.jpg)
The same goes for this beauty(?):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sim-outhouse.com%2Fsoh_ftp%2Fuploads%2Fimageuploads%2F142213598912259679.jpg&hash=59a48abfdfcc432a6d2dbdd0a67da27ce16ec066)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 13, 2014, 07:02:38 AM
:o
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2Ftheplasticsurgeon%2FModelPlanes%2FEE_Lightnings%2FAirfix_LightningFSW_FS.jpg&hash=2714c97e8a8753ab55d4fb714a3b59fe47a7ca50)
very creative tank you for posting.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 17, 2014, 07:59:28 AM
Did wer already have THIS...? How ever this could be explained?
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8142/7461952000_1af3ebbd79_z.jpg)
Yup! Right here on this site: LINK! (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=35413) :thumbsup:
That Emirates bird looks awesome ! Man I'd love to see ( and hear ! ) one of those fly by.
:cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on November 17, 2014, 09:01:52 AM
That Emirates bird looks awesome ! Man I'd love to see ( and hear ! ) one of those fly by.
:cheers:
Yeah, that aircraft would look good in anything!
The Tu-114 is ALWAYS beautiful! :wub:
And the RoKAF Do-335 is intriguing. Not bad at all in NMF. I had missed it when posted.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 17, 2014, 07:59:28 AM
Did wer already have THIS...? How ever this could be explained?
They don't need to be 'explained' Thomas, this is WhiffWorld........ ;D :lol:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 17, 2014, 12:55:59 PM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 17, 2014, 07:59:28 AM
Did wer already have THIS...? How ever this could be explained?
They don't need to be 'explained' Thomas, this is WhiffWorld........ ;D :lol:
I know... but the combo is rather "exotic". :lol:
:blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellingbay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMAG0094web.jpg&hash=5a3c2a5da2e9413af5b08e0d68cb48690580ed30)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellingbay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMAG0106web.jpg&hash=6ff2fcbe2215295f7a2dd2279b3f5c8f4826dba8)
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From Greece, AFAIK...
Quote from: Flyer on November 18, 2014, 07:13:29 AM
Love the (nightfighter?) A-10. Guessing it has four Jumo's?.
Needs a Schrรคge Musik installation.... ;D
Quote from: perttime on November 18, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Quote from: Flyer on November 18, 2014, 07:13:29 AM
Love the (nightfighter?) A-10. Guessing it has four Jumo's?.
Needs a Schrรคge Musik installation.... ;D
My thoughts exactly. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 18, 2014, 10:21:04 AM
Quote from: perttime on November 18, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Needs a Schrรคge Musik installation.... ;D
My thoughts exactly. :thumbsup:
Why do I get weird, wonderful .....and frightening thoughts of a 30mm Avenger cannon Schrage Musik installation :o Firing it doesn't bear thinking about :o :o
Quote from: Knightflyer on November 18, 2014, 11:06:24 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 18, 2014, 10:21:04 AM
Quote from: perttime on November 18, 2014, 08:59:34 AM
Needs a Schrรคge Musik installation.... ;D
My thoughts exactly. :thumbsup:
Why do I get weird, wonderful .....and frightening thoughts of a 30mm Avenger cannon Schrage Musik installation :o Firing it doesn't bear thinking about :o :o
Would the tail and the engines remain attached to the airframe? I suspect not.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 18, 2014, 11:25:17 AM
Quote from: Knightflyer on November 18, 2014, 11:06:24 AM
Why do I get weird, wonderful .....and frightening thoughts of a 30mm Avenger cannon Schrage Musik installation :o Firing it doesn't bear thinking about :o :o
Would the tail and the engines remain attached to the airframe? I suspect not.
I know, it'd be a 'one-shot' wonder....but think what it'd do to the target! :o
I love that A-10 Vortboar! I can see that thing hunting WW II Russian tanks! :o
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 13, 2014, 07:02:38 AM
:o
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2Ftheplasticsurgeon%2FModelPlanes%2FEE_Lightnings%2FAirfix_LightningFSW_FS.jpg&hash=2714c97e8a8753ab55d4fb714a3b59fe47a7ca50)
I think thats from one of the IPMS Brampton boys.
The quad engine layout on that A-10 is just inspired! :wub:
Seeing the little turret at the tail... has anyone thought about scale-orama'ing a 1/48 A-10 into a 1/72 medium bomber? Or, given the size of that thing (the A-10 is about as long as a B-25!), probably more of a heavy bomber? Side-by-side cockpit, engines as per this night-fighter whif, tail gunner (B-25-style), turret on top of the fuselage, depending on scale either a B-25-style gun nose or, if it's to be bigger, even a nose turret,....
I propose a tail gunner laying down and a lot of framing on the canopy to make it look more German.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 18, 2014, 06:50:31 AM
:blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellingbay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMAG0094web.jpg&hash=5a3c2a5da2e9413af5b08e0d68cb48690580ed30)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellingbay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMAG0106web.jpg&hash=6ff2fcbe2215295f7a2dd2279b3f5c8f4826dba8)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellingbay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F07%2FIMAG0091web.jpg&hash=112c8ffc784347222b9f4fc94ab5632c26bb6db0)
From Greece, AFAIK...
Just awesome!
I'm figuring that my visualised cockpit may be too wide in the same scale (although I don't know for sure), so what about a 1/48th A-10 scale-o-rama'd to 1/72nd, with a 1/72nd Ju.188 cockpit? If it doesn't need to be scale-o-rama'd, even better!
From the Ju.188 cockpit: Delete the ventral gun & gunner's position, delete the cockpit-rear dorsal & nose guns, make the upper turret a remote station (like the rear turret on the above) &, perhaps, move it to just behind the cockpit. The radar can be fitted to either side of the cockpit. Crew can consist of; pilot, bomb-aimer, engineer-gunner & R/O-gunner.
Edit: Oh, & maybe flip the tail turret to under the tail, rather than above ('coz that'd be covered by the dorsal turret).
Either that or fit the He.219 cockpit with pilot & R/O-gunner, which could probably work in the same scale (1/48-1/48, 1/72-1/72, etc.).
:cheers:
That is neat ! Makes you think eh ? Seems to suit the A-10 just fine !
:cheers:
Really got a kick (and some inspiration) from this one:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/hms/Eagle-700-ch/index.htm
HMS Eagle converted from an Invincible class. Good stuff!
Two beauties! :wub: Actually two renditions of the same idea: a F-5 fuselage, mated with Saab Draken wings. But the results coul not be more different... :blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FStingray%2FIMG_2681.jpg&hash=72a2186dbb33a76dc388eb057d7e2f215b158355)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FStingray%2FIMG_2683.jpg&hash=33087ba2cd506f6ebc690f8527ef6c96bddda184)
Lovely work, the area-ruled fuselage looks wonderful and I feel an itch to pull out the saw...
But then, there's THIS gorgeous thing :wub: - a spaceship!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FAlphan%2FIMG_1671.jpg&hash=25708cf65755e68e62e38fffc5a2b9f5b602b448)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FAlphan%2FIMG_1670.jpg&hash=7609e080b7fa2c5759abaf58eefab5fba9ffa9f8)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FAlphan%2FIMG_1714.jpg&hash=e8431c158216e33ef6429f6e3cb38e73dd30832b)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FAlphan%2FIMG_1677.jpg&hash=121adfff7481ce03a8c7d37d4acb511c5d03de6e)
What's even more impressive: it's based on an original artwork, from Stewart Cowley's "Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD". There is only one illustration in the book:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi253.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh50%2Fsotoolslinger%2FAlphan%2FIMG_1759.jpg&hash=8745296de2254f41015fd62bb22e68e874ffff4c)
I'm in awe! :bow: :blink: :party:
In space no one can hear you go "Oh wow man, it's groovy"!
Oh my :o :o :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 19, 2014, 07:10:46 AM
Two beauties! :wub: Actually two renditions of the same idea: a F-5 fuselage, mated with Saab Draken wings.
Those were both done by Ron aka Sotoolslinger who used to post on here and BTS.
He did quite a few more, all equally impressive:
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4401.msg72841#msg72841
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30323.45.html
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21952.15.html (build article for the F5/J35)
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30165.0/highlight,sotoolslinger.html (build article for the Alphan Stingray)
Loads more: go looking on here and BTS.
Cool - was not aware of the relation. Excellent work, anyway - love the space ship!!!
There are more Draken wings on models that AREN'T Drakens than there are on models of Drakens! ;D :lol:
Super work on both of those for sure. :thumbsup:
:party:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi117.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo73%2Fnamnoitca7%2FDSC08378.jpg&hash=4d66be655695fcdc083958f61b92863b39791620)
Wowee, a Spitquito, or, as the back half is backwards, a Spitotiuq? ;D :lol:
Who in all the Gods did that. They should be invited to join us.
Quote from: JayBee on November 20, 2014, 07:42:40 AM
Who in all the Gods did that. They should be invited to join us.
What JeyBee said, it's inspired. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 20, 2014, 05:40:48 AM
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This is one of
Vostoc7's builds (one of us) ...
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23254.0.html
So it is!
And I even commented on it back then too. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Desert Storm TSR.2, found on the dutch modeling forum :thumbsup:
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=44411
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1152.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fp483%2FRedArrows%2FHerschaaldekopievanDSC025152.jpg&hash=79c1e42758d2eef5e4145a039ee23ee136ccc3c1)
I love that TSR2, it's spectacular...
There's a very similar Gulf War TSR2 (in 1/48) been appearing on the Gulf War SIG's stand at recent shows. The darn thing look SO plausible that your glance just washes right over them! :o
Love the Eagle....pretty funny story to start it all as well. Lovely little profile of the Hornet at the bottom of the photo strip as well. But, is it just me or does the Sea King on deck say FOOL NAVY on the boom ? A little joke perhaps ?
:cheers:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/14671034614_28fcae1b97_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/omqTsE)A-10 Model Starboard Side (https://flic.kr/p/omqTsE) by Dusty_73 (https://www.flickr.com/people/9243200@N04/), on Flickr
Didn't our own Army of One do an IDF A-10 in 1/144 a little while ago?
You can't help but wonder why it didn't happen in the RW.
From our very own genius FAR148 ...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv236%2Flewis148%2FIAF_A10I_1.jpg&hash=166f8665f30a8fbc71159d2b7466c3c7d6132595)
Build thread here ...
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23670.msg344085.html#msg344085
I've been sniffing around on the Finescale Modeller forum.
What's with all the "campaign medals" some of them seem to award themselves?
Quote from: Zero-Sen on November 28, 2014, 11:31:07 AM
From our very own genius FAR148 ...
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Build thread here ...
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23670.msg344085.html#msg344085
That is absolutely gorgeous :wub: :wub: :wub:. Short of a sales ban I've never understood why this photo isn't based on reality.
Love A-10s. Hate Far's work :thumbsup:
Both look lovely
:cheers:
Did we already have this CG creation?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fflyawaysimulation.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages5%2Fimages%2Fss-4p-small-agile-battlefield-aircraft-fsx1.jpg&hash=4e1f20ad374aaddb90a87be8c7499fe92426dfcd)
"SS-4P Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft.
Though 'fictional', the SS-4P looks like some of the design studies performed by BAe in the early 1980's for a project known as SABA - Small Agile Battlefield Aircraft- a simple turboprop powered, conventional structure (aluminium) battlefield CAS/ anti-armour/ anti-helicopter aircraft armed with a 25mm gun, ASRAAM's and Hellfire/Brimstone missiles. "
I like it much!
Cracking looking device. :bow:
And it's 4 (AC) Sqdn. too. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 11, 2014, 09:53:10 AM
Cracking looking device. :bow:
And it's 4 (AC) Sqdn. too. :thumbsup:
I wholeheartedly agree to both remarks!! :thumbsup:
I like it very much, too - especially the side-by-side seating. Maybe I find (another) Matchbox Provost, and I have Cessna O-2A without a plan in the stash... maybe both could be mixed to achieve "something like this"?
BTW: another one from the SABA family:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq14%2Frafaelgonzalez65%2FSABA%2520BAe%2520P1233%2520Solid%2520Model%2FSABABAeP1233IMG_4142.jpg&hash=b5d0d65ea57d988b0624427f7e648d4307473b64)
A poor man's A-10 ?
Actually, yes. The conceptual predecessors for the A-10 were similar, BTW.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 12, 2014, 01:26:42 AM
BTW: another one from the SABA family:
A shameless plug and walk down Memory Lane : http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,21919.0.html
Quote from: Captain Canada on December 15, 2014, 08:33:59 AM
A poor man's A-10 ?
More shameless plugs. This one would fit the bill more nicely. : http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,22183.0.html
Saludos,
Rafa
Not a whif in this website's sense, but I love the subversive idea behind it! :wacko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4
Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but I just found the following tonight:
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=214353
P1000 Ratte Landkreuzer
Somebody is actually making one in 1/35 scale. :blink: :blink: :blink: I'll admit, I also had plans for a 1/35 scale Ratte for the future. But mine would've been a long way off. For now, I'll be watching the thread and taking notes. Damn interesting for sure. :thumbsup:
Actually Takom have announced the Ratte the more sensible in 1/144 scale - I had a whiffgasm when I saw it. More details at
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/01/takom-have-let-loose-tiny-ratte-maus-in.html#more For $62 odd US I want one especially as it has a Maus to accompany it.
William in Oz
A Land Leviathan! Cool!
Quote from: luft46models on January 08, 2015, 12:37:54 AM
Actually Takom have announced the Ratte the more sensible in 1/144 scale - I had a whiffgasm when I saw it. More details at
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/01/takom-have-let-loose-tiny-ratte-maus-in.html#more For $62 odd US I want one especially as it has a Maus to accompany it.
William in Oz
"Whiffgasm" ;D. That needs to go viral and someone contact Collins Dictionary.
I cannot believe that tank was ever conceived. Didn't anyone think "well we have battleships and THEY got sunk". Whiff-up....a super-gun carrying mega-anti-armor aircraft for dealing with it. Boeing AB-29 anyone?
Wouldn't you just drop a Tallboy or Grand Slam on it? Its a big enough target.
Or just flood the ground. I'd love to see this thing fail on anything than solid ground, or trying to climb just a minor slope... :rolleyes:
Or cross a river.
Bigger tank = bigger target
Over here in Yank Land I think it would be stuck to the Interstate highways, one track set in the southbound lanes, one in the northbound lanes.
Quote from: zenrat on January 08, 2015, 01:55:36 AM
Wouldn't you just drop a Tallboy on it? Its a big enough target.
Basically, yes. After the war, the Tallboy was the RAF's main weapon against capital ships, they even experimented with a TV guide version.
Still pretty darn cool tho !
Spider dog istoo funny as well
:ph34r:
From Russia:
http://www.dishmodels.ru/gshow.htm?p=14197
Hotte
The mind boggles :blink:. Good find, thanks for sharing.
I like that. Some good ideas there...
Love that one. Lots of good stuff rolled into one
Now that is a great find ! I've got a Greif that has always gave me grief, in the form of how to build the ugly bugger. But after seeing this one.....wow !
:cheers:
Look what I found, it's about the concept stealth planes.
http://forums.yojoe.com/toys-1982-1998/12678-where-x-19-x-wing-came.html
Not certain if this one popped up here - but that jet Whirlwind from IPMS NL is rather pretty! :wub:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-UVWoZhIKAVM%2FU2rBmmPiJiI%2FAAAAAAAAAoE%2F8EJpMM54H9s%2Fs1600%2FDSCN5050.JPG&hash=af0d33f1efbee1f68706ec499152be73a1d27d2b)
And the I found this (simulated) A-10 in USN livery on Pinterest:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/23/2c/a9/232ca91428d60d9fb853a955e507bb2a.jpg)
It'd look better in an attack squadron markings instead of VF-41/103
Cool jet whirlwind. Really changes the look of it.
:cheers:
I could take or leave the A-10. Nice looker, but as Scooter says not really the livery or squadron for a ground pounder.
:cheers:
"Realistically", USMC markings would be more appropriate? But the overall look ain't bad.
Love the jet Whirlwind :cheers:
The warthog looks great in that navy scheme! :wub:
Check out this F-20 TigerShark in Portuguese markings by Jaime Vinha. :thumbsup:
http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24095
Great work on the Tigershark! Thanks for finding that.
Read a story about how the Jet Whirlwind was the RAF's surprise weapon in the Battle of Britain. Darned if I can remember where ??
Lovely little Tigershark for sure ! I was kind of hoping it would have been tan brown and green tho
:thumbsup:
Quote from: kerick on January 23, 2015, 12:56:37 AM
Great work on the Tigershark! Thanks for finding that.
It looks good, doesn't it? The back story's pretty plausible too. :cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on January 23, 2015, 01:38:53 PM
Lovely little Tigershark for sure ! I was kind of hoping it would have been tan brown and green tho
:thumbsup:
That might very well be what i'll do on my F-5E that was sitting on the stalled builds pile and was screaming for completion for about a year untill i dug it up yesterday... ;D :thumbsup:
Sounds like a plan, Stan !
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Captain Canada on January 23, 2015, 01:38:53 PM
Lovely little Tigershark for sure ! I was kind of hoping it would have been tan brown and green tho
:thumbsup:
Me too... ;D
Just stumbled across this CG mash-up - nice, I must say! :wub:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fflyawaysimulation.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages10%2Fimages%2FSP-2-Acceleration-Saab-J-21-fsx1.jpg&hash=61e9fb3229ab5e23bb25a265228d76f18716c88e)
That is nice. Simple yet the anti-glare demarcation makes it look quite modern.
:cheers:
Spanish SAAB looks pretty good :thumbsup:
I think it's cool - the same scheme might also look good on a D.H. Venom or Vampire? Almost sounds like a Whif project for the looooong list... :wacko:
found on the dutch modeling forum :lol:
http://modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=45064
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"Double Trouble"! ;)
Corner X.OP-1A ;D
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/23-flugzeuge-ww1/11720-corner-xop-1a-eigenbau.html
Hotte
Fantasy Floatplane: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1422556601/Fantasy+Floatplane
Martin
Very good mash-up!
Well built, too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That guy used a bit of every thing and came up with a beautiful piece of work... :bow:
Outstanding work and great imagination!!!!!
Super. Beauty job on that one. There sure are a lot of talented builders out there !
:cheers:
This one is also a how to! Converting USS Wisconsin into a 1980's Battlecarrier!
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/users/Don-Joy/user-index.html (Top article)
Nice one. Would certainly be a big boat !
:cheers:
I just found this
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=33.30
That double bubble trouble is just bizarre ! I cod see
A
Scale o Rama into a double
Deck transport
Quote from: Captain Canada on February 20, 2015, 09:21:53 PM
That double bubble trouble is just bizarre ! I cod see
A
Scale o Rama into a double
Deck transport
Hee hee hee :rolleyes:
nice float plane - thanks
Check this forum out
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?376646-Paolo-Parente-s-Dust-WWII-Alternate-History-mod-proposal
Check out those jet Spitfire things !
:wub: :cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on February 25, 2015, 03:00:41 PM
Check out those jet Spitfire things !
:wub: :cheers:
You like them don't ya? :thumbsup: :cheers: :cheers:
Oh yeah. The wings, the camo, the rockets...very cool !
:cheers:
Indeed :cheers:
Hmmm...?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg111.imageshack.us%2Fimg111%2F3081%2Fdo335ijacammo114qn.jpg&hash=549726edd299a2273e96a3ca7880d205d7aa39d5)
They look super fast in that scheme ! Great formation shot as well.
:cheers:
If you changed the engine cowling on that Do 335 it would look right. Looks slightly odd in that scheme with that nose IMHO. Give it a big radial ?
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Found another, VERY subtle IJA whif...
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5045/5276582801_f145bc0045.jpg)
Heh, sometimes you guys forget how much we've got right here at home.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057)
Cheers,
Logan
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 05, 2015, 06:51:58 AM
Hmmm...?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg111.imageshack.us%2Fimg111%2F3081%2Fdo335ijacammo114qn.jpg&hash=549726edd299a2273e96a3ca7880d205d7aa39d5)
That is beautiful, and so do-able. Maybe stick a B6N2 cowling on the front for that muscle look.
Quote from: Logan Hartke on March 06, 2015, 07:34:10 AM
Heh, sometimes you guys forget how much we've got right here at home.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057)
Cheers,
Logan
..and a
GREAT BIG Thank you to Logan for that.
I never saw that before. :wub:
Quote from: Logan Hartke on March 06, 2015, 07:34:10 AM
Heh, sometimes you guys forget how much we've got right here at home.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30709.msg473057.html#msg473057)
Cheers,
Logan
Oh!? Wasn't aware of that, but it's a VERY nice combo that makes me try to get hands on a Parc or Amodel kit... :cheers:
Mind you, where is the US Navy IAR-80 ?
I always thought it look rather like the F4U Corsair, maybe it is the canopy and a radial engine.
Jim
Quote from: Logan Hartke on March 06, 2015, 07:34:10 AM
Heh, sometimes you guys forget how much we've got right here at home.
I'd forgotten all about that thread, that is, assuming I knew it even existed ! 09-10 was when I went off the radar for awhile....
:cheers:
Nice looking profile tho !
How about this skin transplantation...? Now we know what came before the Hunter.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fu.jimdo.com%2Fwww72%2Fo%2Fsa8558cdc1f1049a4%2Fimg%2Fi5db554efc92917a8%2F1404869741%2Fstd%2Fimage.jpg&hash=2a272ac63dfb651becec11b067b3904e78013e12)
And then I found this pretty variant...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2Ff2%2F8a5d88ee9635031fe7c37d36b0877acefee262_mq%2FJA-30_what_if_F-80.jpg&hash=722e5cb469ee174c6daebfff8207f4e77eb45afb)
Oh my, that last one is to die for ! What a beauty.
The first one looks funny, like it's missing a wing or the one wing is taking place of the two ?
:drink:
Found at the Warbird Information eXchange in a thread about the Walter Soplata collection, prompted by a board member's diorama build of some of the aircraft: a Zwillinged big-cockpit Skyraider!!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi97.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl218%2Fsuperbryce69%2FDSCN0266.jpg&hash=c2a55c2c3ad238ee7ac0ae09c79437becf9bb89b)
He had posted a pic of a PA-48 based on a (singled) P-82 and said "some leftover parts went into my "twin-skyraider". must fight temptation to "twin" everything."
Cool Skyraider. Looks like a treasure trove behind and all around it ! Wonder what it's mission is ? SAR ? Nav trainer ? It has the big center pod.
:cheers:
Austrian Avia :
http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=254&t=93885
Hotte
Quote from: Hotte on April 27, 2015, 09:51:23 AM
Austrian Avia :
http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=254&t=93885
Hotte
Interesting. I've got a couple of the Eduard 1/72 kits on order. One will be real and I was wondering what to do with the other. Now I know :thumbsup:
Two whifs from a recent German convention:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F04%2Fi27791brhszd.jpg&hash=544f25cc62335e65c67ca48c06a2e8c01f032840)
Yes, this once was an aircraft! ;)
And then this sleek kitbash:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F04%2Fi27792bs5b0n.jpg&hash=8bd5bb3354ef27c65225b2ee699fe93cee0a0825)
Quote from: Flyer on April 29, 2015, 08:50:03 AM
Had to take a second look at the sub, and I'm not even going to attempt a guess at what the guppy was made from. :blink:
The Guppy once was
such a thing... :o
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.wp.scn.ru%2Fcamms%2Far%2F414%2Fpics%2F59_2.jpg&hash=80f5ca50d2538dd5af14e1e1537a9c071d432b4b)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 29, 2015, 08:55:17 AM
Quote from: Flyer on April 29, 2015, 08:50:03 AM
Had to take a second look at the sub, and I'm not even going to attempt a guess at what the guppy was made from. :blink:
The Guppy once was such a thing... :o
admirable hybrids! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
thanks for sharing!
the first one I absolutely support of course, as an aircraft/animal hybrid of great elegance (even if the aircraft origin is indeed quite hidden) (the clear plastic support is an indication that it might have been an Airfix kit?)
and the second one is very cleverly done too
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 29, 2015, 08:47:13 AM
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F04%2Fi27792bs5b0n.jpg&hash=8bd5bb3354ef27c65225b2ee699fe93cee0a0825)
Voyage to the Bottom of the .....what?
Neat stuff. Love the 747 sub !
:cheers:
Stumbled across this one... I am in awe just because of the sheer size of it. Where do you leave such a thing? :blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi274.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj261%2Fson-altesse%2Fluft46%2FBv222Z3.jpg&hash=a54953e6831d56c3555ecaf967be145de0431177)
Heheheh, the Ultimate Zwilling! :thumbsup: :bow:
Tophe will just ADORE it!
But as you say Thomas where would you put it once it's been built? It will have needed a mega work bench to build it on as well.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 04, 2015, 07:09:04 AM
Stumbled across this one... I am in awe just because of the sheer size of it. Where do you leave such a thing? :blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi274.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj261%2Fson-altesse%2Fluft46%2FBv222Z3.jpg&hash=a54953e6831d56c3555ecaf967be145de0431177)
Look at the joints at the wing roots. I think it might be dismantled for transport and storage.
wow - what a monster - nice build
Quote from: zenrat on May 05, 2015, 03:25:40 AM
Look at the joints at the wing roots. I think it might be dismantled for transport and storage.
I do that too sometimes for large builds : it remains a bit visible, but facilitates storage a lot indeed ;D
Simple, but IMHO pretty sexy...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLJZkoMW.jpg&hash=85fb2950a78ecfa1d289da05301561afeaf53dcf)
Seeing that B&V reminds me of a comment I saw in a review when it first came out. "After you've built it then you could always use it as a hamster cage"
That Tigercat looks awesome.
Almost looks like two Skyraiders put together........Tophe????
AFAIK, it's a Skyraider skin placed on a Tigercat. But it works and the result looks nice! :wub:
Nice Tigercat ! Would looks really good with inlines or Turbines and modern armament.
:cheers:
There are some Soviet experiments I've found
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/9344-Secret-soviet-aircraft-designs
The saucer looks pretty wild !
Quote from: Captain Canada on May 31, 2015, 05:58:26 PM
The saucer looks pretty wild !
Yeah I can't believe the Soviets designed that
Yes the saucer looks cool. :thumbsup:
Must be the Fw-500. (http://www.luft46.com/dsart/ds500.html) Though I must say the Soviet one has better camo.
There's even a resin kit available...
How about this Hikoki '46 creation?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2Fc5%2Faac104bbc84c4d4d2e95ae0cf26646053620ba_mq%2FA7MTwinBoomWhiffs-3ViewIJAAF2.jpg&hash=b42a7af3612212595773144558866a093e54a794)
And then there's THIS diorama idea... :thumbsup:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F26%2Fc4d47b725514cdc427225a3c2a93975efc6550_mq%2F11064617_10206403632793646_6693528095332427490_n.jpg&hash=92d5670627891b7b81bab90a4b97198d4e574f4a)
double wow!
And staying Japanese:
(https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/satoshi-araki-dioramas-artist-16.jpg?w=800&h=600)
By master builder Satoshi Araki.
That Hikoki plane looks nice
Quote from: Sticky Fingers on June 03, 2015, 12:58:08 PM
double wow!
And staying Japanese:
(https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/satoshi-araki-dioramas-artist-16.jpg?w=800&h=600)
By master builder Satoshi Araki.
Well...that carrier's
definitely got a pagoda superstructure... :wacko:
Love the temple carrier.
That is too cool and would fit in great with the current GB !
:cheers:
Quote from: philp on June 03, 2015, 03:07:44 PM
Love the temple carrier.
Castle rather than temple.
Quote from: Sticky Fingers on June 03, 2015, 12:58:08 PM
double wow!
And staying Japanese:
(https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/satoshi-araki-dioramas-artist-16.jpg?w=800&h=600)
By master builder Satoshi Araki.
Flippin' awesome! :o ;D ;D :thumbsup: :cheers:
Quote from: Jesse220 on June 03, 2015, 01:15:32 PM
That Hikoki plane looks nice
Agreed. The 'plane in the jar needs a goldfish and then you could call it an art installation and flog it for a fortune ;D
Those last 3 are all great.
On one of the automotive model forums I frequent there was a long debate about the practicalities of submerging a model car in a fish tank.
General consensus was IIRC that you could do it if you used the right paint or sealed the paint under the right clear. The problem was you'd really want to weather it with one of the proprietary rusting treatments and all the ones that contain iron also involve acid.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 04, 2015, 08:39:19 AM
Heheheh, the Ultimate Zwilling! :thumbsup: :bow:
Tophe will just ADORE it!
But as you say Thomas where would you put it once it's been built? It will have needed a mega work bench to build it on as well.
Ups, the Notify tool from here did not work and I just see this Bv222Z. I knew this one:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristofmeunier.fr%2FBlohmVoss%2520bv222z.JPG&hash=cc46301d6f8ee1db05d5630f17136c86c05df7d8)
But the Skyraider Zwilling is a discovery, pleasant, thanks! (I will just have to turn it from a plane of the 1950s into a 1944 project).
How about this modified (supersonic) L-159? :wub:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randalf.cz%2Fsw%2Fother%2Fimg%2FL-59_tunel.jpg&hash=bf63756013e947a5e694ed0058572e0f90f0e310)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hitechweb.genezis.eu%2Faero4_soubory%2FL-159_Sokol.jpg&hash=a295a8bfdbf961da41a5305bc795824348d665be)
Woah ! How cool is that ? Be a scale-o-rama possibility as well. Nice shape to be sure.
:wub:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 12, 2015, 02:53:26 AM
How about this modified (supersonic) L-159? :wub:
Supersonic L-159 Sokol was real project from late sixties. Decades before L-159 ALCA.
Hmmm, I could see doing something similar with an F-5.
:thumbsup:
Ya the first pic, the black model, sure looks like an F-5 ! That's probably why I like it so much :cheers:
;D
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F06%2Fi29245bwi0s1.jpg&hash=52a3b3bee02c26e5a9b78071a1272ec71832a2c1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoximages.de%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F06%2Fi29242b38wzl.jpg&hash=9024da9cb5d116c8ec68b2807535f80628c7ad6b)
So that's where those little AT-STs come from...
That tankpache looks neat. I know it's not realistic but I really do like the look of it !
:cheers:
Hey guys, check out this build of a Dehavilland Dh88 Comet from a Portuguese modeling forum:
http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24670
:cheers:
Wow, that Comet is superb. :bow:
Those engine nacelles may not be aerodynamically wonderful but they sure look good! :thumbsup:
Very good work although IMO the wings are too far forward.
That's pretty wild !
:cheers:
Comet is amazing
Reminds me a bit of a Focke-Wulf 283.
Nicely done!
Quote from: Madoc on June 27, 2015, 09:59:08 PM
Reminds me a bit of a Focke-Wulf 283.
I know where you are coming from :thumbsup:
Quote from: JayBee on June 26, 2015, 11:22:26 PM
Wow, that Comet is superb. :bow:
Second that. VERY nice, looks like straight from a Hergรฉ comic book! :thumbsup:
Found this beautiful RN P-63 skin transplant. While the KingCobra was no naval aircraft, this might be a motivation to change that - looks wonderful!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGE6j0UX.jpg&hash=68894adfe063211703d336603d26fda87ed3f44c)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGE6j0UX.jpg&hash=68894adfe063211703d336603d26fda87ed3f44c)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FypE1vgL.jpg&hash=66eeaad81628d2b7bac6b5960c2032798249c56c)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flive.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F32%2F5a6a49719ebd1a9e64e4335224f348a30f72ce_mq%2Fshot_2015.06.18_21.14.48.jpg&hash=85e7003fb8982a396e7a24a776070a5d84b9d65a)
I've never seen a Kingcobra look so good! Is that a screen shot from a game? The detail is amazing. I thought it was a real photo at first.
wow, that looks amazingly good, the last photo almost seems real :thumbsup:
Yes, it's a skin/template for a flight simulator; found it here:
http://live.warthunder.com/post/198765/
If you browse that forum, you find amazing pieces of work, with very realistic weathering and damage on the skins. And you find weird ideas, too!
Found another beauty:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flive.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2Fe8%2F0928f27c448df1496dd514d40012e9ca6a9072_mq%2FS_beste.png&hash=e5aa6f47f2585b32c9efc7bb50fa1bc17cba2f70)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffs1.directupload.net%2Fimages%2F150419%2F5cqhl2bm.png&hash=5897fd34bf55389ae0149bdc591441ca2d2eed3e)
Download here: http://live.warthunder.com/post/160456/
...and as a side note, enjoy this discussion - someone took the bait from my Hรผ 324:
http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/251544-h%C3%BCtter-h%C3%BC-324/
I would not mind seeing a CG version of it, though, the virtual version of my Ki-202 looks great. ;)
I like the fact that "There's not even a Wikipedia article on this plane" is now taken as proof of fakery.
It's nearly as solid, surefire logic as "it must be real, it has a US nick-name".
Well done Dizz. You rock.
I hope the person who posted your work without references is suitably embarrassed.
Just read the whole post, he got bashed up a lot... ;D
Another cool statement "Never heard of Hรผtter, must be fake."
Interesting attitudes there.
Here are a bunch of guys (I assume their gender) who are 'fighting' an 'air war' on computers and they're complaining that someone else invents a aircraft that isn't 'real'??? :-\
I think a sense of proportion is called for here!
Quote from: zenrat on July 03, 2015, 02:03:26 AM
I like the fact that "There's not even a Wikipedia article on this plane" is now taken as proof of fakery.
I think I better post a PR19 page on Wikipedia right away. ;D :lol:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 03, 2015, 03:30:51 AM
Interesting attitudes there.
Here are a bunch of guys (I assume their gender) who are 'fighting' an 'air war' on computers and they're complaining that someone else invents a aircraft that isn't 'real'??? :-\
I think a sense of proportion is called for here!
Quote from: zenrat on July 03, 2015, 02:03:26 AM
I like the fact that "There's not even a Wikipedia article on this plane" is now taken as proof of fakery.
I think I better post a PR19 page on Wikipedia right away. ;D :lol:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on July 03, 2015, 03:59:48 AM
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Gondor
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It is amazing how quickly common sense and a sceptical attitude towards "facts" deteriorate in this age of digitalism. I am afraid only a few people actually realize the power of companies like google - because they determine our reality, more than we are aware of. And those funny discussions about "real/fake" things is just amusing, esp. when you try to fathom the arguments.
Is there a Whiffing entry on wikipedia, BTW? Just in order to establish our art as "something real"... ;)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 03, 2015, 04:14:21 AM
Quote from: Gondor on July 03, 2015, 03:59:48 AM
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Gondor
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It is amazing how quickly common sense and a sceptical attitude towards "facts" deteriorate in this age of digitalism. I am afraid only a few people actually realize the power of companies like google - because they determine our reality, more than we are aware of. And those funny discussions about "real/fake" things is just amusing, esp. when you try to fathom the arguments.
Is there a Whiffing entry on wikipedia, BTW? Just in order to establish our art as "something real"... ;)
Whiff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiff) which is apparently a baseball term :blink:
Gondor
Having had a snoop around the WarT hunder forum I was pleased to see that when it comes to quibbles over specifications the developers say:
Wikipedia is an unacceptable source and simply quoting their references is also unacceptable...provide Engineering Documents. Engineering Drawings, Flight/Pilot Manual or Maintenance Manuals. Or books that reference those sources and have pictures of the OEM Engineering Source documents.
The King Cobra looks good ! Good visibility for deck handling as well.
:cheers:
Quote from: Gondor on July 03, 2015, 04:19:39 AM
Whiff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiff) which is apparently a baseball term :blink:
Gondor
(https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/298397_10150329889366814_898013320_n.jpg?oh=dcad116942785b930515d07fb653df3b&oe=562EE039)
Quote from: zenrat on July 03, 2015, 04:35:37 AM
Having had a snoop around the WarT hunder forum I was pleased to see that when it comes to quibbles over specifications the developers say:
Wikipedia is an unacceptable source and simply quoting their references is also unacceptable...provide Engineering Documents. Engineering Drawings, Flight/Pilot Manual or Maintenance Manuals. Or books that reference those sources and have pictures of the OEM Engineering Source documents.
They HAVE to be kidding! Where do they think that such detailed information is going to come from in this day and age? They're 'simming' WWII aircraft for goodness sake!
Or a flatfish!
It is also means to smell or sniff. I still don't understand why people have to add an extra F to "IF" anyway.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 03, 2015, 06:18:10 AM
Quote from: zenrat on July 03, 2015, 04:35:37 AM
Having had a snoop around the WarT hunder forum I was pleased to see that when it comes to quibbles over specifications the developers say:
Wikipedia is an unacceptable source and simply quoting their references is also unacceptable...provide Engineering Documents. Engineering Drawings, Flight/Pilot Manual or Maintenance Manuals. Or books that reference those sources and have pictures of the OEM Engineering Source documents.
They HAVE to be kidding! Where do they think that such detailed information is going to come from in this day and age? They're 'simming' WWII aircraft for goodness sake!
The internet. ;D
Another virtual tribute to a "local hero" - after I have built a 1:72 Airfix Hurricane in this peculiar pre WWII schem there turned up a CG version...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F90%2F62f5071d7efba3d2a6e43051436950974882a4_mq%2Fcollage_hurricane_mkIIb.png&hash=327c6292588832ed8b7000c5b102c9b4354050ff)
Wow! :o
Someone's stalking you for ideas, mate! :blink:
Which is ok if they give credit where it's due, but lifting it and portraying it as their own work is not on.
Though I guess they could claim some originality, as they reversed the Squadron marking... :rolleyes:
Cool. Love that scheme.
:cheers:
Actually, looking closer at it, isn't that a PantherG profile they've used top right? :blink:
Was yours based on PantherG's profile or did he base the profile on your build, Dizzy? :-\
Either way, he's stalking one of you. :rolleyes:
Both correct. The profile was the original idea/concept from Wenzel, and I did a 1:72 "Policane" based on it. And now it's flying in simulators...
Stumbled across this misplaced Vulcan...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimagizer.imageshack.us%2Fv2%2F800x600q90%2F547%2Fvtg9.jpg&hash=293ae76028363966d9c64fc5df19f2dae84eefcd)
Vulcan looks good. I wonder what a TSR2 would look like with that camo?
What do you mean, misplaced? Looks absolutely right to me. :thumbsup:
Looks great in that camo and meatball scheme !
:cheers:
That Japanese Vulcan was on the stand next to us at the MK show this year, and very impressive it was too. I posted a pic of it on here somewhere.
The same guy built a turbo-prop Sunderland with a refuelling probe above the nose........... :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 14, 2015, 08:05:12 AMThe same guy built a turbo-prop Sunderland with a refuelling probe above the cockpit........... :o
I want to see that. NOW! I don't care who has to get rubbed out in that quest!
Here's the Vulcan again...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg537.imageshack.us%2Fimg537%2F8769%2FKtndoA.jpg&hash=d75afd5f1fc4350ffc0c2f56079e4622335387c8)
....and here's the Sunderland.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg673.imageshack.us%2Fimg673%2F8454%2F3ZYozM.jpg&hash=b25a2c340955a92dc395c8beb580b9e0024cbfb1)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 14, 2015, 08:19:30 AM
....and here's the Sunderland.
excellent variation!
long live flying boats! (and seaplanes in general)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 14, 2015, 08:19:30 AM
....and here's the Sunderland.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg673.imageshack.us%2Fimg673%2F8454%2F3ZYozM.jpg&hash=b25a2c340955a92dc395c8beb580b9e0024cbfb1)
Oh YEAH! :thumbsup:
Almost looks like C-130 engines. Perfect idea!
Wonder what's there on the left with that desert scheme...? A Bombay with Centaurus engines? :blink:
For a decade I've had plans for a turbo Sunderland, but a bit different from that one. Allison T-56 engines, like a C-130, but the extra power might require a major tweak to the wings, so I would give them 0ยฐ of sweepback. Why? Attend: when the Sunderland first flew, there was no sweepback to the wings. But when the four-gun Fraser-Nash tail turret was fitted, the C of G shifted aft, leading to handling troubles. In order to correct this, the wings were given 4ยฐ of sweep. This in turn led to another handling quirk: when power was reduced quickly, the nose pitched up, instead of down. I figured that with the increase in power it might increase that idiosyncrasy, so the wings would be moved back to 0ยฐ, and various internal arrangements reconfigured to correct the C of G problems. (Bigger stove in the galley? Bar fridge? More luxurious head?) Maybe I'm wrong, I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but MFM! Also square off the wing tips and empennage tips, add a large radome to the nose, and a searchlight under one wing. MAD boom out of the tail, and Bob's yer uncle!
Quote from: The Rat on July 15, 2015, 04:06:36 AMAlso square off the wing tips and empennage tips, add a large radome to the nose, and a searchlight under one wing. MAD boom out of the tail, and Bob's yer uncle!
So...C-130 wings and empennage then?
Quote from: scooter on July 15, 2015, 04:25:21 AM
Quote from: The Rat on July 15, 2015, 04:06:36 AMAlso square off the wing tips and empennage tips, add a large radome to the nose, and a searchlight under one wing. MAD boom out of the tail, and Bob's yer uncle!
So...C-130 wings and empennage then?
Nah, just get out the hacksaw and putty! ;D
Great looking Sunderland. I like the desert camo on the Freighter as well.
:cheers:
A whif from a totally different genre...
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7505/16102161277_e58a2054cf_b.jpg)
PR19_Kit & all,
Wow! The Sunderland and Vulcan are nicely done! I could just imagine the backstory for those two. Say, something on the order of the UK and Imperial Japan not just remaining close like they were through WWI but actually increasing their alliances. So, come the 40s Japan is not part of the Axis and, in fact, continues with the UK against Germany's imperialist ambitions.
The UK would have to tolerate at least some degree of Japanese expansionism in mainland Asia and that would be at the expense of China only somewhat as that'd aggravate the US too much. So.... that means the Soviet Far East would be a prime target. And with British help in terms of armaments through the 30s, the Japanese might've fared better at Khalkhyn Gol and thus have more of an uncontested claim to Manchuko. That, in turn would force the Soviets to keep more of their military stationed out in Siberia than otherwise and that would have dire consequences as the Wehrmacht marched in.
The end result though is that Japan has a lot of newly acquired coastal property to defend against the remnants of the Soviet Union and to face off against the US allied Nationalist China. So... Not only does the UK keep its flying boats in service well past WWII it upgrades them / renovates them to be able to keep up with things. Hence the turbo powered Sunderland. And, as part of an increasing and deepening relationship between the two imperial powers, the UK sells Imperial Japan some of its brand new strategic bombers...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 15, 2015, 05:37:39 AM
A whif from a totally different genre...
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7505/16102161277_e58a2054cf_b.jpg)
Totally is right! :thumbsup:
That's a V-200 diesel hydraulic, isn't it? BR's Western Region had two classes based on the V-200, the Class 43 and 43 Warships.
It is, and the fake DSB livery suits it well!
I remember the British cousins - more slender and lower, due to the narrower BR tunnel profiles.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 17, 2015, 02:22:10 AM
It is, and the fake DSB livery suits it well!
I remember the British cousins - more slender and lower, due to the narrower BR tunnel profiles.
We had one of them at the Tech Centre, for use as a transmission test vehicle for the APT-P, but it never actually happened and now it's running again in BR green under its proper name and number as 832 'Onslaught'.
My signature is still in its log book as I happened to be the senior grade there when they delivered it. ;D
Do any of the DB V-200s still exist/run?
Not in service. IIRC, there's a museum V200 from the first series still running, kept by the DB as historic vehicle. Some went to southern Europe to building companies, and so0me served a while in Switzerland. And there are some static specimen in museums, e. g. in Berlin in the Technische Museum (worth a visit if you are there, as well as the Luftwaffe Musuem in Gatow, erven the though the latter is hard to reach without a car)
Thanks for that Thomas, nice to know DB treasure their heritage. :thumbsup:
I've been to both the Technische Museum and the Luftwaffe Museum, both super places. I think Gatow must be the only museum in the world where you can see an Il-28 standing next to a Canberra and a Mig-21 next to a Lightning! :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 18, 2015, 11:11:19 AM
Thanks for that Thomas, nice to know DB treasure their heritage. :thumbsup:
I've been to both the Technische Museum and the Luftwaffe Museum, both super places. I think Gatow must be the only museum in the world where you can see an Il-28 standing next to a Canberra and a Mig-21 next to a Lightning! :o
Well, if you visit the Bruxelles Musรฉe de l'armรฉe, besides everything that has flown in Belgium (and allied countries), you'll find also some foreigners - and in the CENTER of Bruxelles, not in an airport :o
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and in the reserves of the french Le Bourget museum, besides all sort of french prototypes, there are also strange bedfellows:
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But also the Sinsheim and Speyer museums are quite crowded with varied offerings :lol: :
http://speyer.technik-museum.de/de/flugzeuge
http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/
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Shhh....I'm a shrubbery
Is that a Nike or something Soviet?
Quote from: kerick on July 18, 2015, 03:03:31 PM
Is that a Nike or something Soviet?
Its not a Nike (at least it doesn't look like one), and nor does it look like an SA-whatever. I'm thinking French SAM or SSM
I'm pretty sure it's a Nike Hercules. I think some party pooper might've taken the nuclear warhead and put it away, though.
Cheers,
Logan
Quote from: Logan Hartke on July 18, 2015, 07:24:36 PM
I'm pretty sure it's a Nike Hercules. I think some party pooper might've taken the nuclear warhead and put it away, though.
Cheers,
Logan
Yes, t's a Nike Hercules. Maybe the head is stored somewhere nearby... ;D
Now I know what to get Mrs z for the garden. One of them would look great poking up above the roof of my shed.
Cool looking train....looks kind of CN
:cheers:
:o
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Found here: http://cdn-live.warthunder.com
Quote from: Flyer on July 29, 2015, 08:58:35 AM
403 Forbidden :banghead:
Dutch XP-55 looks good tho :thumbsup:
Likewise.
But Crivens it does look good. :thumbsup:
Sorry for the dead link - WarThunder works with strange pop-ups, and I haven't found a way to link there directly. :-\
The link to the artwork is this: http://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/81/686cbe5d1033cd3c5187d4ca425b2c49b28015_mq/p55_nzf_1.jpg
Yup that X-55 looks at home in those markings - idea's are forming ;D Thanks
Does look good ! Almost the same colours as the current RCAF CH-146 Griffon chopper. Only lighter.
:cheers:
Nice F-80 here: http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1127 (http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1127)
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That is a nice P-80
Yes what a beauty. Love that aeroplane and she looks good in those colours with all the kill markings :thumbsup:
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http://migrantswanderings.blogspot.de/2013/09/amms-contest-2013.html
Ooh that does look good!
The Boulton Paul Defiant MK.III AWAT
http://americanscalemodel.freeforums.org/airfix-1-72-boulton-paul-defiant-mk-iii-awat-what-if-build-t962.html (http://americanscalemodel.freeforums.org/airfix-1-72-boulton-paul-defiant-mk-iii-awat-what-if-build-t962.html)
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Stumbled upon this 1:32 creation:
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"This is a `WHAT IF`plane in 32nd scale. Because itยดs a Swiss aircraft I called it Neuenrhein TT-1 Target Tug.
The model is a kit-bash, mating a slightly converted Hasegawa P-51 fuselage with a Trumpeter wing section of a MiG-15. The canopy comes from a 1:48 AMT/ESCI A-10."
Sadly, there's no planview of the thing - should look interesting! :thumbsup:
More pics here: http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=20648
Quote from: The Rat on August 10, 2015, 07:22:49 PM
The Boulton Paul Defiant MK.III AWAT
http://americanscalemodel.freeforums.org/airfix-1-72-boulton-paul-defiant-mk-iii-awat-what-if-build-t962.html (http://americanscalemodel.freeforums.org/airfix-1-72-boulton-paul-defiant-mk-iii-awat-what-if-build-t962.html)
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the backstory on that is well worth reading.
Woe...some gorgeous stuff here since my last visit ! Love that last one, looking forward to checking that out.
:cheers:
Wouldn't be surprised if some of the chaps on this forum had a contribution on this page of lovelies:
http://panzercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=45546 (http://panzercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=45546)
This might be my favourite:
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Nice finds Ratty ! I like the twin Fulmar. The Napier Firefly seems kind of silly as it looks identical to a mk.1 if you ask me.
:cheers:
That Canuckistani Foxhound is drop-dead gorgeous!
At Aussie Modeller International I found a handsome Gnat done up in the colours of a real-world "admiral's barge"-type RAAF Macchi MB.326: http://www.aussiemodeller.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10894
Odd. I saw the Defiant and replied to it, but that was only 10 days after my big head injury and to be honest, I don't remember it ! I recall the Canuckistan bird ( I think ). Anyway, I clicked on the link and read the article, good stuff ! I love the look of that and it would make an excellent conversation piece. I'm certain people would believe it.
:cheers:
While searchuing the WWW, I stumbled across this 'placeholder'. Neat idea:
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Lovely. Great scenery to boot !
:cheers:
Saw this on the Modelwarships forum. :blink: Damn, this would definately give the HMS Habakkuk a run for it's money.
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=160895
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51029168/12232793_1650446105233565_6565190833593731125_o.jpg
just a bit, that would be one hell of a broadside to to be on the receiving end of
But would it remain right side up after the first such broadside? :o
and what would be left of those flight decks even if they went off one at a time?
Still pretty wild ! I like the Russian land battleship as well !
:cheers:
Simple, but effective. And nice:
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That is just superb, so understated and yet so right.
Of course having a Sharkmouth always does it for me as well. :rolleyes:
Must be the smallest sharkmouth on the planet! :o
OK so the Vampire has a big one, but this one is still a Sharkmouth. :wacko:
Very nice. The colours and markings suite her so well. And great job on that tiny little bird as well.
:cheers:
A nice Il-28 alternative... Simple, but looks very cool. :thumbsup:
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It is ! Does look good like that, and that is a nice shot of her :thumbsup:
:thumbsup:
BAe Hawk 100 in Nigel Mansell F1 colours.
Model by 'The Migrant'.
Posted on the official Airfix forum here: http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/forum/post/view/topic_id/12904/?p=1
Based on a profile by Claveworks Graphics here:
http://www.clavework-graphics.co.uk/aircraft/fantasy_racing_teams/fantasy_FR017.html
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That is cracking :thumbsup:
Regards
Keith
Red 5 Rules! :thumbsup: :bow:
I bet Piquet would have got out of the way pretty sharpish with that 30 mm. Aden behind him at Silverstone in 1987. ;D :lol:
This is fun:
http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/images/18SFP27_Warhawk.jpg
Quote from: Weaver on January 08, 2016, 08:56:06 PM
BAe Hawk 100 in Nigel Mansell F1 colours.
Model by 'The Migrant'.
Mike Grant's models (yes that is the same Mike Grant who does the decals) are some of the very best you can find anywhere, his work is superb.
And I just love that Red 5
Quote from: Librarian on January 09, 2016, 05:13:54 AM
This is fun:http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/images/18SFP27_Warhawk.jpg
Librarian, check
my posts (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30511.msg681188.html#msg681188) about the Viper from "Caprica".
Quote from: CANSO on January 09, 2016, 02:35:02 PM
Quote from: Librarian on January 09, 2016, 05:13:54 AM
This is fun:http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/images/18SFP27_Warhawk.jpg
Librarian, check my posts (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,30511.msg681188.html#msg681188) about the Viper from "Caprica".
Must have missed that. Nice to see those other angles, thanks :thumbsup:
Quote from: Librarian on January 09, 2016, 03:02:47 PM
Must have missed that. Nice to see those other angles, thanks :thumbsup:
You are welcome! :cheers:
Found this beauty on FlickR:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1621/24066281475_a3e188af5f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CEDZ2v)Porsche 917 6 wheel racer (https://flic.kr/p/CEDZ2v) by Robert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ragtag04/), on Flickr
LOVE it! :thumbsup:
Add more turbos Dr. Porsche! ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 11, 2016, 10:55:07 AM
LOVE it! :thumbsup:
Add more turbos Dr. Porsche! ;D
Yeah, P-38 style in the extended body work above the dual rear axles. :wacko:
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The Hawk pilots look tiny ! Cool build tho.
Love the Porsche.
:cheers:
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on January 11, 2016, 12:28:09 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 11, 2016, 10:55:07 AM
LOVE it! :thumbsup:
Add more turbos Dr. Porsche! ;D
Yeah, P-38 style in the extended body work above the dual rear axles. :wacko:
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If I were a rich man........
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 11, 2016, 05:02:22 AM
Found this beauty on FlickR:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1621/24066281475_a3e188af5f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CEDZ2v)Porsche 917 6 wheel racer (https://flic.kr/p/CEDZ2v) by Robert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ragtag04/), on Flickr
I had to look twice at this.
I'm obviously losing it...
:banghead:
An UBERLangheck 917. ;D
Another find on FlickR - 1/72nd Academy F6F-3/5 built as a Canadian Vickers FV-1 Hellcat F Mk III with Dutch Triangle decals. I must admit that the all dark blue machine with Dutch markings looks pretty sexy, and the F4U canopy and prop donations suit the Hellcat well, too. :wub:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6573599137_865bb409be_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/b1Tq1a)CARL'S "what if" PIC!: 1/72nd Academy F6F-3/5 built as a Canadian Vickers FV-1 Hellcat F Mk III with Dutch Triangle decals. (https://flic.kr/p/b1Tq1a) by Ottawa Irregular Modelers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/49080696@N08/), on Flickr
Nice one. He's a member here recognize lots of his work. There is defo some nice stuff in that link....and bikes too !
:cheers:
Yep, found out the membership, too, when I browsed the photostream. But this neat Hellcat was not posted here, IIRC? I really like the idea of a Pacific Dutch squadron on board of a US carrier. The orange triangles on the dark blue background look very nice. :wub:
Earmarked for a tribute build, IIRC I have a Hellcat without a plan in the stash somewhere...
Another FlickR find:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/9570299967_0d334e3693_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fzGhKR)Futuristic International Medical Mobile Unit : A Cardboard Model Made From Recycled Materials - 5 Of 95 (https://flic.kr/p/fzGhKR) by Kelvin64 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/28773898@N04/), on Flickr
From here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28773898@N04/9570299967/in/photolist-4LWYt1-8ALRpC-fzGhKR-b9PTmx-ij3zsZ-dPsSYN-a2wpsT-dhyQFD-98EKz2-d99UFu-4CoX6h-fzGUpZ-4Cu9fG-fzWsVS-6EknDz-BAFvFw-dYA7Zp-nXvWMu-aoF1Rg-qNiLnC
"The year Is 2834, medicines are far more advanced, many cures have been discovered, Cancer, Diabetes, Alzheimer's, AIDS HIV are Illness's of the past. The medicinal properties In plants and the continued work of the world Governmental protected honey bee, but sadly plants are scarce, and many are man made In special Government Laboratories, they don't have the same medicinal properties of the real plant growth that are still found on parts of Earth. So now the world Government have built these Mobile Units and placed them on habitable planets with plant life, the scientists collect as much plants as possible to find If they have any properties that can be used In medicines."
I made this model completely from recycled materials, the wheels are from Heinz tomato plastic sauce bottles, all the little detailed bits are bits and pieces I've saved through the years. I added a little battery operated motor to It that I got from a little toy plastic car. What ever lid I use for the wheels, I glue them to the axles of the motor and add the motor to the back of the model, I feel It goes better at the back pushing the model rather than pulling from the front. I painted the whole model with emulsion paints by Dulux paints. The little figures are made In China, they are copies of Marx figures. I also made a little vehicle to go along with the little figures, It's a little screen style gadget, the screen Is from the back of a little jotter, the wheels are lids, and the base are two holders from contact lenses kit, just glued together to make a chassis. I also painted that and the little figures with emulsion paint. The model Is 31 Inches long. I also added lights to the front and the rear. I made a wooden cart to carry this and future models to the near by waste ground to take pictures and a video of my models.
That is just FAB! :thumbsup:
Another FlickR find: :lol:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/659/20620531202_893f7b6faa_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3)Su-30MKI RAF Red Arrows (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3) by Andrew Evans (https://www.flickr.com/photos/evansaviography/), on Flickr
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 21, 2016, 05:05:56 AM
Another FlickR find: :lol:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/659/20620531202_893f7b6faa_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3)Su-30MKI RAF Red Arrows (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3) by Andrew Evans (https://www.flickr.com/photos/evansaviography/), on Flickr
Hmm! RAF Leuchars, Sept. 1991.
Well done that photoshopper, it does look good.
Where's the smoke oil tank then? ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 21, 2016, 09:22:50 AM
Where's the smoke oil tank then? ;D
Not needed, smoke is a built-in feature of the engines. ;D
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on January 21, 2016, 10:06:03 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 21, 2016, 09:22:50 AM
Where's the smoke oil tank then? ;D
Not needed, smoke is a built-in feature of the engines. ;D
Yeah, but can the pilot select red, white or blue smoke on demand?
NO only Glorious RED smoke is needed comrades! :blink:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 14, 2016, 04:28:57 AM
Another FlickR find:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/9570299967_0d334e3693_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fzGhKR)Futuristic International Medical Mobile Unit : A Cardboard Model Made From Recycled Materials - 5 Of 95 (https://flic.kr/p/fzGhKR) by Kelvin64 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/28773898@N04/), on Flickr
From here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28773898@N04/9570299967/in/photolist-4LWYt1-8ALRpC-fzGhKR-b9PTmx-ij3zsZ-dPsSYN-a2wpsT-dhyQFD-98EKz2-d99UFu-4CoX6h-fzGUpZ-4Cu9fG-fzWsVS-6EknDz-BAFvFw-dYA7Zp-nXvWMu-aoF1Rg-qNiLnC
Gerry Anderson would be proud!!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 21, 2016, 05:05:56 AM
Another FlickR find: :lol:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/659/20620531202_893f7b6faa_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3)Su-30MKI RAF Red Arrows (https://flic.kr/p/xqaBw3) by Andrew Evans (https://www.flickr.com/photos/evansaviography/), on Flickr
Fantastic!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I'd love to see that 9 ship display !
:cheers:
Hmmm...?
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/15257383476_7746e9d292_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pff5xN)Aeroflot DC-8-53 (https://flic.kr/p/pff5xN) by Howard J Curtis (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hjcurtisuk/), on Flickr
How about this tiltrotor Mi-24? :wub:
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More here: https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
Me likey.
The DC-8 looks great in those colours.
The tilt-rotor is pretty wild as well ! Doesn't look like it would be in the same class as an Osprey tho. :thumbsup:
I don't think that's a tilt rotor. If you tried rotating those nacelles the blades would either shatter themselves on the fuselage or they'd slide the cockpits right off. Not to mention ripping apart those over-wing intakes.
Came across this interesting virtual Draken :wub::
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dgallery%26amp%3Bmodule%3Dimages%26amp%3Bsection%3Dimg_ctrl%26amp%3Bimg%3D27257%26amp%3Bfile%3Dmax&hash=39a72c7abda822b4c8e14cb39b4d715a147f2e96)
That's a great looking scheme on that one ! Nice find and thanks for sharing
:cheers:
That looks great! Such a sleek aircraft in a beautiful scheme! :thumbsup:
Not certain if THIS creation has already popped up here? :blink:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmodellgbg.myspot.se%2Fbilder07%2FBild25.jpg&hash=9d837f542acf84cafe8b68dfa4a1c460b3e4efb5)
Very cool. I've never seen it before. Opens all sorts of ideas, scale-o-rama, move the intakes, etc etc !
:drink:
Double Draken :o
WOW Cool. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 13, 2016, 06:43:54 AM
Yep, found out the membership, too, when I browsed the photostream. But this neat Hellcat was not posted here, IIRC? I really like the idea of a Pacific Dutch squadron on board of a US carrier. The orange triangles on the dark blue background look very nice. :wub:
Earmarked for a tribute build, IIRC I have a Hellcat without a plan in the stash somewhere...
Yes. This is my build. A local modeler and friend setup this website to share the finished kits of those who enjoy modeling for the sake of modeling. It does not matter if you are a weekend builder, IPMS winner or crazy fringe lunatic like me. Everyone is welcome. Hence the title: Ottawa Irregular Modelers.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 25, 2016, 08:19:43 AM
Not certain if THIS creation has already popped up here? :blink:
Belated thanks for the lovely Twin-Draken :wub:
I knew you'd like it. ;D
Great Twin-Draken!! :bow: :bow:
Armoured mouse tanks .....
http://www.maketarstvo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28120
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(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi798.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy261%2FBescec%2FPICT0008_1.jpg&hash=a08503a9075ae39e4d99a605421090982bffbf35)
Now that is really nice :thumbsup: Great find
Found some nice South African F-104s (with more other stuff):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi250.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg268%2Fgregair2000%2FSAAF%2520Forum%2FF-104SSAAF4Sqd_zpsadff2852.jpg&hash=cc48b09525974e99eabbc254cfed51738476b200)
More here: http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2343&start=120
There's, for instance, also this pretty P-38 turboprop evolution:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TPTFDCOverberg_zpsdd221dca.jpg&hash=2a5105b5209d8ceb0461905dac7b3e3eed1fc258)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-T-5Sqdn_zps35ca4bd9.jpg&hash=f300aa6ffa4fa085fe6f762b997d1c15b42dab42)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-8Sqdn_zps2d090af5.jpg&hash=9f441de652f41002b7afff40b82c101d431948e7)
Cool stuff! :thumbsup:
Nice! :thumbsup: But that 2nd F-104 and the 3rd P-38 take it for me. The camo on the 104 looks great.
:cheers:
Turbo Lightning looks like something the Hughes Aircraft Corp would have built ?
Funny, but those Lightnings were originally posted here in 2009 by Bladerunner. The link to the image is broken, but I think we might've been the first place he posted those, certainly well before that thread.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23675.msg393356/topicseen/highlight,lightning.html#msg393356 (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23675.msg393356/topicseen/highlight,lightning.html#msg393356)
Cheers,
Logan
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 10, 2016, 06:22:36 AM
Turbo Lightning looks like something the Hughes Aircraft Corp would have built ?
They probably did, but the USAF have had it hidden away at Area 51 for the last 60 odd years. ;D ;) :lol:
Nice mouse tanks !
I like the Lightning's as well, don't recall seeing them before so it's nice to see them this time !
:cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on March 10, 2016, 10:36:50 AM
Nice mouse tanks !
indeed !
feels like trying something in that direction ...
mouses might fit helicopters nicely as well?
A whif of a different kind:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/26415285391_b4190d1a2b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42)No swimming... (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42) by John Howe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingswayjohn/), on Flickr
A Draconian approach taken by the authorities in the Buxton Pavilion Gardens ... or just a sense of humour in the local model boat club?
Quote from: ericr on March 10, 2016, 11:45:52 AM
Quote from: Captain Canada on March 10, 2016, 10:36:50 AM
Nice mouse tanks !
indeed !
feels like trying something in that direction ...
mouses might fit helicopters nicely as well?
Or cars.
I threw this together for a show. It's since been reduced to its components so the mouse is somewhere in a box ready to be used again...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi70.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi82%2Fgavinmaillardet%2FMouse%2520Rod%2FMouseRod01.jpg&hash=44da530663f68d65efe0462831f6d4a9c4443cca) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gavinmaillardet/media/Mouse%20Rod/MouseRod01.jpg.html)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi70.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi82%2Fgavinmaillardet%2FMouse%2520Rod%2FMouseRod02.jpg&hash=c7a57c6589620933c6954cc4f14fc37c5e8d2539) (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/gavinmaillardet/media/Mouse%20Rod/MouseRod02.jpg.html)
A yummy Gundam interpretation from the the Shizuoka Hobby Show:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstevethefish.net%2Flife%2Fhobbyshow12%2Fhobby080.jpg&hash=869b9ccacd837adb49d08b664a0f2e2b9227f7f4)
Is that after the Hygogg Crab Dinner?
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Tophe will certainly like this one (note the mix of radial and in-line engines!), it has potential:
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Found in the Ukrainian "Alternative History" Forum: https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
That is very cool, very Crimson Skies.
Cheers,
Logan
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 18, 2016, 06:24:26 AM
A whif of a different kind:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/26415285391_b4190d1a2b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42)No swimming... (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42) by John Howe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingswayjohn/), on Flickr
A Draconian approach taken by the authorities in the Buxton Pavilion Gardens ... or just a sense of humour in the local model boat club?
The latter: I know somebody who knows somebody who built that. Last I heard he was building an RC iceberg because somebody else in the club was doing the Titanic.... :wacko:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 10, 2016, 03:32:41 AM
There's, for instance, also this pretty P-38 turboprop evolution:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TPTFDCOverberg_zpsdd221dca.jpg&hash=2a5105b5209d8ceb0461905dac7b3e3eed1fc258)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-T-5Sqdn_zps35ca4bd9.jpg&hash=f300aa6ffa4fa085fe6f762b997d1c15b42dab42)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-8Sqdn_zps2d090af5.jpg&hash=9f441de652f41002b7afff40b82c101d431948e7)
Cool stuff! :thumbsup:
Didn't somebody on here make a model like this using T-33 parts?
I kept thinking about doing one of those with a kit I had a while back, and seeing those pics of the P-38 with turbo props, has made me want to do one now. I have a turbo P-47 and A-26, so why not eh. They look awesome too.
Chris.
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:05:27 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 18, 2016, 06:24:26 AM
A whif of a different kind:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1718/26415285391_b4190d1a2b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42)No swimming... (https://flic.kr/p/Gfef42) by John Howe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingswayjohn/), on Flickr
A Draconian approach taken by the authorities in the Buxton Pavilion Gardens ... or just a sense of humour in the local model boat club?
The latter: I know somebody who knows somebody who built that. Last I heard he was building an RC iceberg because somebody else in the club was doing the Titanic.... :wacko:
I hope that fin has a speaker in it playing the music. Der dum. Der dum. Der dum der dum der dum der dum etc.
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:05:27 AM
<...> Last I heard he was building an RC iceberg because somebody else in the club was doing the Titanic.... :wacko:
Now that's just hilarious! ;D :lol: ;D
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:05:27 AM
<...> Last I heard he was building an RC iceberg because somebody else in the club was doing the Titanic.... :wacko:
There's even a video proof of this popular "encounter": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WZNx5Fww40
Love the idea! :lol:
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:05:27 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 18, 2016, 06:24:26 AM
A whif of a different kind:
A Draconian approach taken by the authorities in the Buxton Pavilion Gardens ... or just a sense of humour in the local model boat club?
The latter: I know somebody who knows somebody who built that. Last I heard he was building an RC iceberg because somebody else in the club was doing the Titanic.... :wacko:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I can only cheer loudly ;D
More Titanic stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9w5bgtJC8#t=9676.6308089 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9w5bgtJC8#t=9676.6308089)
An incredible piece of CGI of the Titanic sinking in REAL time, so it goes on for 2 hrs and 40 mins! The sound effects are awesome, are very eery toward the end too. And even weirder, there are no people in the entire vid, although you can hear them.
[Later] Try as I might I CAN'T get this to load at the start of the vid, so you'll have to slide the marker to the left and then hit Play. :banghead:
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:08:02 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 10, 2016, 03:32:41 AM
There's, for instance, also this pretty P-38 turboprop evolution:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TPTFDCOverberg_zpsdd221dca.jpg&hash=2a5105b5209d8ceb0461905dac7b3e3eed1fc258)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-T-5Sqdn_zps35ca4bd9.jpg&hash=f300aa6ffa4fa085fe6f762b997d1c15b42dab42)
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Cool stuff! :thumbsup:
You know I find the P-38 Evolution amusing
Didn't somebody on here make a model like this using T-33 parts?
Someone's gotta build that ---- :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Stumbled across this interesting Cold War interpretation of MiG-29 satellite images:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hermanos.org%2Fpix%2Fhar092.jpg&hash=f8094c56f6bb7cef66795f01a329520b3ccb76bc)
Interesting aircraft, if not pretty, nevertheless - a creative mix of MiG-23, -25 and -29 elements. :thumbsup:
^ Looks like someone wanted to build a YF-17 Cobra out of a Foxbat kit. ;D
Quote from: Jesse220 on April 22, 2016, 02:24:06 PM
Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2016, 02:08:02 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 10, 2016, 03:32:41 AM
There's, for instance, also this pretty P-38 turboprop evolution:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TPTFDCOverberg_zpsdd221dca.jpg&hash=2a5105b5209d8ceb0461905dac7b3e3eed1fc258)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-T-5Sqdn_zps35ca4bd9.jpg&hash=f300aa6ffa4fa085fe6f762b997d1c15b42dab42)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi589.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss337%2FScaleWorx%2FP-38TP-8Sqdn_zps2d090af5.jpg&hash=9f441de652f41002b7afff40b82c101d431948e7)
Cool stuff! :thumbsup:
You know I find the P-38 Evolution amusing
Didn't somebody on here make a model like this using T-33 parts?
I need some PT6 engines! Quick!
I was looking at a CL-215T kit by Heller.
Quote from: kerick on April 28, 2016, 06:15:05 PM
I was looking at a CL-215T kit by Heller.
I've just been looking at the CL-415 in my stash. They only changed one sprue and added a small extra one to the CL-215 kit, so there's a spare set of radial engines and cowlings in the box, but you only get the turboprop nacelles.
If you want a pair of turboprops and arn't fussy about which type, the Airfix Skyvan comes with a pair of Garret TPE-331s, and you can always convert the rest of the kit to a piston-job/helicopter/glider.
Also, Airfix Tucanos have been so cheap recently that you could chop two of them up for their TPE-331s.
Love those turbo Lightnings.
:cheers:
I wonder what Bronco wings & booms would look like with a P38 Nacelle?
Quote from: zenrat on April 29, 2016, 02:13:55 AM
I wonder what Bronco wings & booms would look like with a P38 Nacelle?
Weird, but very acceptable in these parts. :thumbsup:
Conversely, you could use the P-38 booms and engine on the OV-10 nacelle......... ;)
And I could see something like that actually happening.
This, much like that tale about the same axe that had been handed down from generation to generation. Yes, the handled had been replaced several times over the decades and the axe head had too - but it was the same axe that belonged to the family's great-great-grandfather...
So, a buncha surplus P-38s sitting out in a desert boneyard get a second life when turbo-prop engines get mounted in place of the Allisons. And as the turbo-props don't need a turbo charger and as the North American production lines were already turning out tail boom assemblies for their OV-10, it was deemed cost effective just to slot in Bronco tail booms in their entirety.
And then the central nacelle got a revamping to accommodate more ordnance and avionics. And then it really made sense to rework the wings to install hard points and a different airfoil to make best use of the increased power from the turbo-props.
But it's still the same P-38s as fought in the war!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 28, 2016, 02:08:20 AM
Stumbled across this interesting Cold War interpretation of MiG-29 satellite images:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hermanos.org%2Fpix%2Fhar092.jpg&hash=f8094c56f6bb7cef66795f01a329520b3ccb76bc)
Interesting aircraft, if not pretty, nevertheless - a creative mix of MiG-23, -25 and -29 elements. :thumbsup:
I had the idea to build this for some time too!
Perhaps 1/72 F-18 + 1/100 Foxbat :unsure:
Quote from: Weaver on April 28, 2016, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: kerick on April 28, 2016, 06:15:05 PM
I was looking at a CL-215T kit by Heller.
I've just been looking at the CL-415 in my stash. They only changed one sprue and added a small extra one to the CL-215 kit, so there's a spare set of radial engines and cowlings in the box, but you only get the turboprop nacelles.
If you want a pair of turboprops and arn't fussy about which type, the Airfix Skyvan comes with a pair of Garret TPE-331s, and you can always convert the rest of the kit to a piston-job/helicopter/glider.
Also, Airfix Tucanos have been so cheap recently that you could chop two of them up for their TPE-331s.
Thanks!
I'll have to see if anything is on sale. I was thinking of the CL-215/415 as those engines have nearly the same horsepower as the P-38's Allisons. The Tucano engines were half that. However, I don't think there is a great difference in size of these modern turbo prop engines.
The important thing to remember, make sure you move the seating up a smidge, and add a larger canopy, like the Seastar had, or your peelots will be able to see forward and up, and not at all down or to the sides, as the wings block a lot of the sightline.
That's what happened in the Turbo Lightning I did a couple years back.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal11/10401-10500/gal10452-Lightning-Petrie/00.shtm
Alvis 3.1
Quote from: Alvis 3.14159 on April 29, 2016, 07:49:59 PM
...the Turbo Lightning I did a couple years back.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal11/10401-10500/gal10452-Lightning-Petrie/00.shtm
Alvis 3.1
Are you sure it has enough bombs? I think you could have squeezed another dozen or so onto it... :lol:
That's gorgeous Alvis. So many parts of so many cool aeroplanes ! Love it. An epic piece of whiffery, and defo believable !
:bow: :wub: :cheers:
Quote from: zenrat on April 30, 2016, 02:03:52 AM
Quote from: Alvis 3.14159 on April 29, 2016, 07:49:59 PM
...the Turbo Lightning I did a couple years back.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal11/10401-10500/gal10452-Lightning-Petrie/00.shtm
Alvis 3.1
Are you sure it has enough bombs? I think you could have squeezed another dozen or so onto it... :lol:
Should have gone with MERs instead of the fuel tanks next to the pod.
:wacko:
Alvis Pi
Booms look like they are from a C-119.
I used just the tail surfaces from the C-119, the P-38 booms stayed intact all the way back.
I killed off 11 kits to make that one, so far, that's a record for me.
Alvis Pi
That means the spare parts box is refilled!
I'll have to look around for some more turbo engine options. I looked on line but no luck on resin parts, any suggestions?
HP Herald
1/72 scale Airfix Fokker Friendship, or the Esci one.
Alvis Pi
OZMods do a set of four for the Hercules in 1/72 - replacements for the too-short Italeri units:
http://www.ozmods-kits.com/ozmods-conversions-upgrades-accessories-172
...OR, you could ask someone who has used this set if you can get the nacelles they haven't used, which are wrong for a Herk but ideal for a Whiff...
HTH
The Herc nacelles are pretty large, do not underestimate their size. They will hardly fit onto a P-38 tail boom - the are actually large enough (esp. their height) to replace a Hawker Fury's nose.
Oops, my bad... ;D
Cheers
How about Mohawk engines? If working in 1/72 you should be able to get an old Hasegawa kit cheap.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 03, 2016, 12:31:59 AM
The Herc nacelles are pretty large, do not underestimate their size. They will hardly fit onto a P-38 tail boom - the are actually large enough (esp. their height) to replace a Hawker Fury's nose.
Scale-o-rama 72d Herk nacelles on to a 48th scale P-38? ::schemes::
Scale-o-rama was the best O-rama ever. Defo could use another one around here !
:wacko:
Two days ago, my scratched Suchoj I-2M-107 build found its way into the Ukrainian "Alternathistory" forum and inspired this...
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
BTW, lots of interesting stuff to be found there in various categories,
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 10, 2016, 11:42:47 PM
Two days ago, my scratched Suchoj I-2M-107 build found its way into the Ukrainian "Alternathistory" forum and inspired this...
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
BTW, lots of interesting stuff to be found there in various categories,
That link is to Google translate
not the web site unfortunately
Gondor
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 10, 2016, 11:42:47 PM
Two days ago, my scratched Suchoj I-2M-107 build found its way into the Ukrainian "Alternathistory" forum and inspired this...
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
BTW, lots of interesting stuff to be found there in various categories,
I love the translations :lol: but what I love more is that they're finally giving you the recognition you deserve! :thumbsup:
Oh, not finally - users "conquered" several of my models/pics from FlickR and tweaked their own background around them - but always with proper credit in the post's header and with functional links to the orginal, web-based picture. That's what I call correct instead of bluntly downloading 3rd party material and re-posting the stuff on another platform and without any source given. I even have a "fan page" in this forum... :o
OK, got it now.
I do like this line before the first picture
"It is edible, although variegated and rude" ;D
They do pay you credit for the work you have done Dizzy, which is of course well deserved.
Gondor
Well, beauty is in the ye of the beholder. Or lost in translation... ;)
alternathistory.com struck again, this time they made a "cover version" of my Su-21 build:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ftaxonomy%2Fdizzyfugu&edit-text=
Looks as if they have gone through your flicker album Dizzy
Gondor
I note that several (all?) of them give credit to redstar72 for assisting them in their editing.
I, also, note that redstar72 is an active member on this site (well, his profile has his last activity/log-on as being "April 02, 2016, 12:47:23 PM").
:cheers:
I assume it's the same person, though. I am just amused to watch how things get to start a "life on their own", and as long as the artwork source is given I am fine. I am just surprised that noone ever asked or made a comment at FlickR - after all, I can see there who visits what picture, that how I became aware of the whif's "second life". :blink:
Look what I've just found
http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/aircraft-design-aerodynamics-new-technology/19723-design-quick-sketch-twin-screw-flying-wing-ala-vought-xf5u-1-a.html
Alternathistory.com was active again - this time an alternative take on the Avro Swallow from the BoB GB:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Fbritanskie-lastochki-alternativnye-istrebiteli-avro-675-swallow-velikobritaniya&edit-text=
Nice one !
:cheers:
That looks odd! :blink:
Quote from: Flyer on May 23, 2016, 05:41:12 PM
Quote from: Jesse220 on May 17, 2016, 02:29:38 PM
Look what I've just found
http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/aircraft-design-aerodynamics-new-technology/19723-design-quick-sketch-twin-screw-flying-wing-ala-vought-xf5u-1-a.html
I love the look of that, great find Jesse! :thumbsup:
Thanks :cheers:
Alternathistory.com had my Kampfadler on there, too, some time ago. I sent them an email, explaining that they had not asked for permission to use the image. The page now has the same story they had come up with, but instead of my photo they have a link: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,32859.0.html
:rolleyes:
While googling I stumbled across this here...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F9a%2F77af077824a00d257b162d156bcbfad6218037_mq%2FSpitfire%2BFMK24%2BNCAF.png&hash=c7c048923ef4ae6e1da7b05d617128191e595e42)
I should feel flattered, because it was inspired by this: :rolleyes:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3757/10921750705_64b3b3d68e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hD7PYD)1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24, aircraft "65" (s/n 50-0751) of 21st FS, 4th FG, Chinese Nationalist Air Force (CNAF); Formosa, ca. 1952 (Whif/Special Hobby Boss kit) (https://flic.kr/p/hD7PYD) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
At least, the inspirational source was quoted. More (incl. pics) here: http://live.warthunder.com/post/434919/en/
It's a bit scary that people are actually flying around with a whif creation in a simulator? :party:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 03, 2016, 03:15:21 AM
It's a bit scary that people are actually flying around with a whif creation in a simulator? :party:
I'd class it as an honour actually. :thumbsup:
An FS friend of mine in the US has been building an FSX version of the PR19 for some years now, but the M$ flight model makes it very difficult to get up to the correct 75000 ft max. altitude. ;D
Lurking over at ifunny in today's featured-
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.ifcdn.com%2Fimages%2F58073e42cc50dc84c0e518484e4d35589cdab39a22ae5d50ffb76b826023eaa5_1.jpg&hash=8c2a86ccd8f00ef18ab81a5d01bda0c5a9561c32)
Quote from: scooter on June 03, 2016, 08:39:56 AM
Lurking over at ifunny in today's featured-
I do approve this :drink: :cheers: :party:
beetle on a pin - superb !
Quote from: dumaniac on June 03, 2016, 05:41:29 PM
beetle on a pin - superb !
Wonderfull. ;D :bow: I wonder how many notice ?
Reminds me of the telescope set at 5 year old height in the Greenwich Royal Observatory. Has (or had) a sign which said" look through here and see the farthest planet out in the Solar System". If you looked through it, yes I did get down on my knees, you saw cartoon Pluto ;D ;D Kids were walking away with smiles a mile wide :thumbsup:
alternathistory.com struck again... they seem to run out of their own ideas? :blink:
This time, an alternative look at the/my F-109:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 06, 2016, 02:12:12 AM
alternathistory.com struck again... they seem to run out of their own ideas? :blink:
This time, an alternative look at the/my F-109:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
Well, ya gotta admit, it's kinda hard for most imaginations to keep up with just your model out-put, let alone exceed it &/or keep up with the whiff fermentation going on in your skull! ;D
That's pretty wild Dizzy !
And the beetle on the pin is too funny
:cheers:
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 06, 2016, 08:54:18 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 06, 2016, 02:12:12 AM
alternathistory.com struck again... they seem to run out of their own ideas? :blink:
This time, an alternative look at the/my F-109:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffantastik-plastik&edit-text=
Well, ya gotta admit, it's kinda hard for most imaginations to keep up with just your model out-put, let alone exceed it &/or keep up with the whiff fermentation going on in your skull! ;D
I guess they feel as if they had struck gold... the forum ain't bad, lots of sinpirational stuff - both fictional and real. It's just fun to see what becomes of my own ideas, and as long as the source is quoted, everything is fine. Wonder what comes next, the F-109 was rather unexpected!
Everything? :-\
Yes? In fact, the authors at alternathistory.org do not copy/paste, they make up a different story. I could quibble about having the pics downloaded and re-hosted on a different server, but I like the spirit of their work and quoting several relevant sources, including those of pics and illustrations. There are worse cases. ;)
Say, Redstar72 is also active at Secret Projects where they have the need to support their word with proof. I doubt they would claim ownership. The only downfall of that site is that machine-translation wrecks so many good ideas and they do not have enough topics.
Yup, the google translater certainly has its limits.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 08, 2016, 01:23:45 AM
Yup, the google translater certainly has its limits.
Yeah, what worries me is the word "edible" in the same post as Dizzy. I hope nodoby arrives at Dizzy's home with a larg ketchup pot... :o ;D
You might want to take a look at this.
http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-need-for-speed-technology-thread.224728/page-5
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/77/9f/f0779f0abb1c0dbf89cbe0b597844927.jpg)
Superb build, but I wonder how it lands and takes off...........
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 16, 2016, 06:48:34 AM
Superb build, but I wonder how it lands and takes off...........
You're right, Kit! :o
It needs floats! ;D
Very cool for sure. No room on either end for a tricycle arrangement, I guess it would need floats !
:cheers:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 16, 2016, 06:48:34 AM
Superb build, but I wonder how it lands and takes off...........
Taking off is easy- fling it off the bow of a ship on a catapult. Landing? Hope the pilot can swim :wacko:
Nah, no need for wheels or floats. That's obviously a zeppelin-borne fighter. :wacko: There's some arrestor gear stowed ahead of the canopy to catch a trapeze on the belly of the zeppelin.
Have a look at this video containing footage from the Crimson Skies PC game (from around 9:00 onward): LINK! (https://youtu.be/ZRI745wh2EY?t=9m)
Can't find a video of the start. Basically, they just let them drop through a hatch and let gravity do the rest. ;D
Cool video looks like a neat game !
:cheers:
Quote from: Captain Canada on June 20, 2016, 04:26:26 PM
Cool video looks like a neat game !
:cheers:
Crimson Skies is great fun, even just using the keyboard for control. A good joystick should help with situational awareness and precision...
I used to have that game on the X box about 12 years ago, the only game I could play without making me suffer from Nausea. Plus I was bed bound at the time, with a broken back, leg and hip., so made it fun just being able to see the screen properly.
Chris.
Geez, serious injuries. What happened?
Ouch !
:cheers:
Quote from: zenrat on June 22, 2016, 02:10:19 AM
Geez, serious injuries. What happened?
I was stationary in a filter lane on my motorbike, when an elderly woman veered into me and hit me head on at over 35 mph. I have ridden all over the world, and in some pretty hairy places, with not a scathe, and I got splatted right outside my house. :rolleyes:
Chris
Don't they say most accidents happen code to home?
All OK now? Do you still ride?
Quote from: zenrat on June 23, 2016, 02:53:07 AM
Don't they say most accidents happen code to home?
All OK now? Do you still ride?
I still suffer the consequences of the accident, I am not as ambulant as I should be and I can't ride a bicycle anymore which has gutted me. But, I still ride my motorbike, people ask me that and I tell them it wasn't my fault or the bikes fault so I carry on riding.It's in the blood.
Chris.
:thumbsup:
:blink:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7587/17199047942_950f79903f_b.jpg)
Now that looks good ! Somehow makes it look like a big powerful beast. Or more powerful :thumbsup:
Quote from: Captain Canada on July 15, 2016, 06:33:43 AM
Somehow makes it look like a big powerful beast. Or more powerful :thumbsup:
I know what you mean Capt and the scheme is not to far off either, see the Stuka in my blog post
Great Paint! :wub:
That is beautiful!
The Ukraine struck again and re-interpreted my Mustang PR.VI...
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
;D
Whif in a Hollywood B grade movie. :o
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=163087
That does look pretty cool !
Found this alternative to the Mirage III in South African Service:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dgallery%26amp%3Bmodule%3Dimages%26amp%3Bsection%3Dimg_ctrl%26amp%3Bimg%3D29228%26amp%3Bfile%3Dmax&hash=760ae8fbfef7158d77fcc6eaeb882bad661c5864)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dgallery%26amp%3Bmodule%3Dimages%26amp%3Bsection%3Dimg_ctrl%26amp%3Bimg%3D29229%26amp%3Bfile%3Dmax&hash=8fd5b4dd7fd33e0456fb5409b3139fc9351e3d13)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcombatace.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dgallery%26amp%3Bmodule%3Dimages%26amp%3Bsection%3Dimg_ctrl%26amp%3Bimg%3D29230%26amp%3Bfile%3Dmax&hash=94b726629cf1c06516f7ce900bc2ad449dc3fa20)
Nice! The Sparrows might be a little over-ambitious, but the desert cammo looks very good on the Saab 35.
For what Dizzyfugu has just posted I'm only getting the little picture icons :banghead:
Quote from: seadude on August 02, 2016, 06:38:57 AM
Whif in a Hollywood B grade movie. :o
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=163087
Looks like they've been raiding my dA page... ;D
Now that`s cool. Well armed to boot ! That`s an aero I`ve yet to build, but one of these days !
:thumbsup:
In South Africa they'd need the belly mounted drop tanks I reckon, it's a BIG place!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 05, 2016, 02:45:16 AM
Found this alternative to the Mirage III in South African Service:
Nice! The Sparrows might be a little over-ambitious, but the desert cammo looks very good on the Saab 35.
The F, J, and XS models could fire the SARH version of Falcon missile (Rb 27, based on the AIM-26B), so the radar was capable of continuous illumination and Sparrow
might have been doable, at least in theory.
This would certainly not stop us from developing an advanced version that could deploy AIM-7, wouldn't it? ;)
I actually wonder if a two-seater with a bigger radome (maybe with the F-104S' NASARR F-15-A?) and the long tail of the late fighters would be an option?
I have a Heller kit stashed away somewhere... I like the South Africa idea very much - and with PRU Blue undersides and fin this could look really odd. :wacko:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 05, 2016, 09:03:09 AM
In South Africa they'd need the belly mounted drop tanks I reckon, it's a BIG place!
I know somewhere bigger, with longer stretches of bugger-all between fuel stops, too.
They didn't buy the Draken, either.
Possibly because they'd have needed belly, wing, wing-tip & conformal fuselage-top tanks for them to be deployable (if they really require belly tanks to operate in South Africa).
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 06, 2016, 03:52:45 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 05, 2016, 09:03:09 AM
In South Africa they'd need the belly mounted drop tanks I reckon, it's a BIG place!
I know somewhere bigger, with longer stretches of bugger-all between fuel stops, too.
They didn't buy the Draken, either.
Was the Mirage any better in that regard ?
from http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234927170-gallery/
I found a Bisquito (Twin-Mosquito with jets):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristofmeunier.fr%2FBisquito_.jpg&hash=ba10b46dee20355739b7186bf5aeed57426bca83)
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 06, 2016, 05:25:31 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 06, 2016, 03:52:45 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 05, 2016, 09:03:09 AM
In South Africa they'd need the belly mounted drop tanks I reckon, it's a BIG place!
I know somewhere bigger, with longer stretches of bugger-all between fuel stops, too.
They didn't buy the Draken, either.
Was the Mirage any better in that regard ?
Not really. ;)
Right. I thought I was missing something but thought I'd check ;D Getting old you know :angel:
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 07, 2016, 07:19:15 AM
Right. I thought I was missing something but thought I'd check ;D Getting old you know :angel:
None of us are getting any younger
Gondor
Quote from: Tophe on August 06, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
from http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234927170-gallery/
I found a Bisquito (Twin-Mosquito with jets):
waah ! :thumbsup:
Love it !
:wub:
The Ukraine took notice of the Folland Fo-150 project - and the "In the Navy" GB is not over yet!
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 09, 2016, 11:50:06 PM
The Ukraine took notice of the Folland Fo-150 project - and the "In the Navy" GB is not over yet!
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
At least they mention you as source... :rolleyes:
They sure love your stuff over there eh ?
You should make the name of your next build translate into something very obscene in Ukrainian. :mellow:
Quote from: loupgarou on August 10, 2016, 03:52:33 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 09, 2016, 11:50:06 PM
The Ukraine took notice of the Folland Fo-150 project - and the "In the Navy" GB is not over yet!
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
At least they mention you as source... :rolleyes:
Yup - I just stumbled upon a blog where another pic of mine was used (the Starfighter-style MiG-21), without source.
Quote from: zenrat on August 10, 2016, 04:04:26 AM
You should make the name of your next build translate into something very obscene in Ukrainian. :mellow:
I second that! ;D
Ukraine struck again, now there's interest in the recent Hs 165 torpedo bomber (also from the In the Navy GB):
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ftaxonomy%2Fdizzyfugu&edit-text=
Wonder if I should ask for license fees? :rolleyes:
But the article is funny. "My" Go 146 (the Germanized Ki-46) also turns up adds some details to the Hs 165's service life in the Mediterranean, e.g. hitting "HMS Centurion" and "HMS Cleopatra". Pretty creative, and not just blind copy/paste without quoting.
They seem to have an entire thread dedicated to your work, now! :o
That's severe "man-crush" territory, that is! ;D
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2016, 02:26:24 AM
They seem to have an entire thread dedicated to your work, now! :o
That's severe "man-crush" territory, that is! ;D
Well deserved if you ask me! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2016, 02:26:24 AM
They seem to have an entire thread dedicated to your work, now! :o
That's severe "man-crush" territory, that is! ;D
Quote from: DogfighterZen on August 14, 2016, 04:59:12 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2016, 02:26:24 AM
They seem to have an entire thread dedicated to your work, now! :o
That's severe "man-crush" territory, that is! ;D
Well deserved if you ask me! :thumbsup:
i'm thinking we need something similar on here.
Perhaps when we moved servers we should have renamed it "Dizzyfugu's What If Modellers"?
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
:wacko:
Should I have said that publicly? Is that a black helicopter? Who's that knocking at my door...
Dizz - do we need to worry about increasing the bandwidth to fit your ego?
;D ;D ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on August 14, 2016, 02:26:24 AM
They seem to have an entire thread dedicated to your work, now! :o
That's severe "man-crush" territory, that is! ;D
AFAIK it's only a tag - but when you click on it, all the "borrowed" works turn up. :mellow:
Interesting function of that forum platform, though.
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
It starts to become scary... now the radial-engined "Aussiecane":
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
Quote from: zenrat on August 16, 2016, 04:03:32 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
If you heard him then it wasn't one of
my our boys :mellow:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 16, 2016, 01:42:51 AM
It starts to become scary...
Have you contacted them, if the worry is not a joke but actual? Overscan here is the owner of the Secret Projects forum, he could certainly draw the attention of forum members over there. It may simply be a lack of interest in what iffing or something with a decrease in new "amazing" projects afterall.
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 16, 2016, 06:06:27 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 16, 2016, 04:03:32 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
If you heard him then it wasn't one of my our boys :mellow:
OK. And the black dog that appeared at my back door thisarvo? That one of yours?
Quote from: zenrat on August 17, 2016, 03:13:40 AM
OK. And the black dog that appeared at my back door thisarvo? That one of yours?
Nah, dogs are far to friendly. Now that ginger tabby you may have seen lurking about on the other hand :mellow:
Inspirational find for the "In the Navy" GB - a navalized La-15 model:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2Fe8%2Ffaa49d732594ec79a3f0f609d3bd5a0c6b77b9_mq%2Flacombela15aa.jpg&hash=782ce6bae9c394d3e7f7a1f6a4c8e94ab5e66e87)
I like that. Undercarriage looks a little "stalky" for deck landings to me but I'm not a technical man.
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 16, 2016, 06:06:27 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 16, 2016, 04:03:32 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
If you heard him then it wasn't one of my our boys :mellow:
Good to see the lads display of loyalty :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Regards the gentleman from down under. The hunter killer satalites have been primed................... ;D ;D
Quote from: Martin H on August 19, 2016, 08:27:42 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 16, 2016, 06:06:27 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 16, 2016, 04:03:32 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
If you heard him then it wasn't one of my our boys :mellow:
Good to see the lads display of loyalty :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Regards the gentleman from down under. The hunter killer satalites have been primed................... ;D ;D
Looks like i'd better upgrade to the mirrored helmet with the heavy duty tinfoil liner...
Quote from: zenrat on August 19, 2016, 08:48:26 PM
Quote from: Martin H on August 19, 2016, 08:27:42 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 16, 2016, 06:06:27 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 16, 2016, 04:03:32 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 15, 2016, 06:29:09 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 15, 2016, 02:10:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2016, 06:08:16 PM
How do we go about unseating Martin as OGL and replacing him with Dizz?
You like living dangerously, don't you Fred?
It's a good thing you're 12000 miles away from where OGL lives.......
Don't be so sure the Praetorian Guard are aware of the statement and have the address :mellow:
So that wasn't a meter reader I heard walk past the bedroom window early this morning then?
If you heard him then it wasn't one of my our boys :mellow:
Good to see the lads display of loyalty :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Regards the gentleman from down under. The hunter killer satalites have been primed................... ;D ;D
Looks like i'd better upgrade to the mirrored helmet with the heavy duty tinfoil liner...
Pointless. Agent Tibbles has already been informed of the availability of Sodium Hydroxide and other strong chemicals :mellow:
U/C does look a little wonky ! Cool looking little aero tho.
:thumbsup:
Ukrainina whif fans struck again, this time a different take on the Jรคgermeister He 100 Reno Racer:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
That's pretty cool. I used to drink that stuff.
...and another Ukrainian take on a whif, this time the recent SAAB J27:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Wonder where the line drawings come from, esp. the one with the butterfly tail?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 06, 2016, 01:21:58 AM
...and another Ukrainian take on a whif, this time the recent SAAB J27:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Wonder where the line drawings come from, esp. the one with the butterfly tail?
Obviously, from the book in the Secret Projects series dedicated to you! It's a special limited ukrainian edition. ;D
Dizzy, only when I try to open your latest links, I get a Google window that wants me to accept all sort of things in order to view your links. It only happens with you, otherwise google translate works normally.
I refuse to give google permission to send my sons to work in an uranium mine and things like that, so I am cut away from your ukrainian "friends". <_<
Hmm, I am sorry for that - I am uncertain where the problem lies, though, since I just copy the Google Translater link (and for me anything works fine?).
Maybe you have high(er) local security standards in your browser (which is never a bad thing...)?
Anyone else get error or security messages? :unsure:
I cross-checked the phenomenon - I use Firefox, and when I load alternathistory.org through the google translator I get a small popup message at the top of the screen that the website has not been accessed thrrugh the original URL - that makes sense, since phishing websites use this trick to lure visitors astray. But it's just a safety message, not a true error or a security risk, as far as I can tell.
Therefore I assume that the bigger issues are the result of a certain browser software and/or a local security setting or firewall issue, so that the translated website cannot be properly displayed.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 06, 2016, 06:09:31 AM
I cross-checked the phenomenon - I use Firefox, and when I load alternathistory.org through the google translator I get a small popup message at the top of the screen that the website has not been accessed thrrugh the original URL - that makes sense, since phishing websites use this trick to lure visitors astray. But it's just a safety message, not a true error or a security risk, as far as I can tell.
Therefore I assume that the bigger issues are the result of a certain browser software and/or a local security setting or firewall issue, so that the translated website cannot be properly displayed.
No, what I get is a GOOGLE pup-up, that blocks the site till/if I accept their conditions:
"Bevor Sie fortfahren
Gemรคร den geltenden Datenschutzgesetzen bitten wir Sie, sich kurz Zeit zu nehmen und die wichtigsten Punkte der Datenschutzerklรคrung von Google durchzulesen. Dabei geht es nicht um von uns vorgenommene รnderungen, sondern darum, dass Sie sich mit den wichtigsten Punkten vertraut machen sollten. Sie kรถnnen Ihre Einwilligung jederzeit mit Wirkung fรผr die Zukunft widerrufen.
Dieser Schritt ist erforderlich, damit Sie auf die Google-Dienste zugreifen kรถnnen." und blah und blah etc
:unsure:
Noch nie gesehen...
Quote from: loupgarou on September 06, 2016, 01:10:40 PM
... und blah und blah etc
And this much I understood! :blink:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 06, 2016, 11:39:50 PM
:unsure:
Noch nie gesehen...
Pushed from having seen Kit's use of screengrabbing, I looked up how to do it.
Here is what I get rom Dizzy's links: :banghead:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi235.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee209%2Floupgarousocialclub%2Fwhif%2Fgoogle%2520problem.jpg&hash=7410f6f4df01b16d1b8df2c92bfc55c168a2cf9f) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/loupgarousocialclub/media/whif/google%20problem.jpg.html)
Quote from: loupgarou on September 08, 2016, 06:45:25 AM
Pushed from having seen Kit's use of screengrabbing, I looked up how to do it.
Here is what I get rom Dizzy's links: :banghead:
Google asking you to read the main points of their privacy statement. They sometimes do that. There seems to be a language selection in the popup.
Quote from: perttime on September 08, 2016, 08:02:15 AM
Quote from: loupgarou on September 08, 2016, 06:45:25 AM
Pushed from having seen Kit's use of screengrabbing, I looked up how to do it.
Here is what I get rom Dizzy's links: :banghead:
Google asking you to read the main points of their privacy statement. They sometimes do that. There seems to be a language selection in the popup.
Yes, I know. I can read german and had seen the language button. It's just I don't want to authorize Google do do anything. :angry:
Profiles of a Brewster Buffalo with a Merlin and what looks like Malcolm Hood, and Napier Heston Racer with a Griffon ... and its fighter development Heston Razor.
http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-no-hawker-hurricane.360676/page-5
Neat stuff ! I like the Wolverine !
:wub:
I like the concept of an up-engined Buffalo but marrying a Merlin to that airframe would be some kinda special trick. The Buffalo was set to fit a Wright R-1820 which was about 54 inches wide. A Merlin was all of 30 inches. Perhaps instead of the chin radiator scoop the airscoops could be placed on either side of the engine to make up that two foot difference...
Good point, and somat ( I for sure ) not thought of when looking at a side profile.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Madoc on September 09, 2016, 01:31:37 PM
I like the concept of an up-engined Buffalo but marrying a Merlin to that airframe would be some kinda special trick. The Buffalo was set to fit a Wright R-1820 which was about 54 inches wide. A Merlin was all of 30 inches. Perhaps instead of the chin radiator scoop the airscoops could be placed on either side of the engine to make up that two foot difference...
Wikipedia has a 3-view, including an SVG file which should make editing easy. The engine is the widest spot but the rest doesn't look exactly skinny either.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brewster_F2A-1_Buffalo_fighter.svg
Quote from: loupgarou on September 08, 2016, 10:24:18 AM
Quote from: perttime on September 08, 2016, 08:02:15 AM
Quote from: loupgarou on September 08, 2016, 06:45:25 AM
Pushed from having seen Kit's use of screengrabbing, I looked up how to do it.
Here is what I get rom Dizzy's links: :banghead:
Google asking you to read the main points of their privacy statement. They sometimes do that. There seems to be a language selection in the popup.
Yes, I know. I can read german and had seen the language button. It's just I don't want to authorize Google do do anything. :angry:
That popup doesn't ask you to authorize anything. It asks you to
read their privacy statement. Clicking OK doesn't change any settings, it doesn't change how Google handles your information.
Quote from: Madoc on September 09, 2016, 01:31:37 PM
I like the concept of an up-engined Buffalo but marrying a Merlin to that airframe would be some kinda special trick. The Buffalo was set to fit a Wright R-1820 which was about 54 inches wide. A Merlin was all of 30 inches. Perhaps instead of the chin radiator scoop the airscoops could be placed on either side of the engine to make up that two foot difference...
So what you are saying is that the front of a Buffalo is almost wide enough for a pair of Merlins mounted side by side and geared to a single prop... :wacko:
Quote from: Hobbes on September 10, 2016, 01:38:28 AM
That popup doesn't ask you to authorize anything. It asks you to read their privacy statement. Clicking OK doesn't change any settings, it doesn't change how Google handles your information.
There are ALWAYS hidden small-font clauses in insurance contracts, Google statements and suchlike from other criminal organizations. :wacko:
My secret Ukraine fan club struck again, twice in the meantime, with a new interpretation of my kitbashed Hรผtter Hรผ 324 bomber and the modernized Vickers Wellesley GR.IV (both links go through the g00gle-translator page):
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ftaxonomy%2Fdizzyfugu&edit-text=
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ftaxonomy%2Fdizzyfugu&edit-text=
Somebody really likes your stuff! At least I saw your name.
It looks like the site is based on your builds, Dizzy! ;D
"alternativschinoy" :lol: ;D ;D
Is that anything like 'Alternative + Shiny!'??
Gotta luv anything 'Shiny'...
Quote from: kerick on October 01, 2016, 08:06:34 AM
Somebody really likes your stuff! At least I saw your name.
Got the impression, too, and I keep them monitored. So far, 25(!) of my builds/photo series found their way there. ;)
You have a fan club!
Do they know about this site I wonder?
I am not certain - but the focus of alternathistory.org is rather bended reality and history than modelling.
I think the fascination for my builds comes with the additional background stories, and not the models themselves.
Could be a religion forming.
A study of the historical documentary "Life of Brian" will show you the signs to watch out for.
But I do not wear sandals...?
Are you a very naughty boy? ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on October 04, 2016, 10:25:29 AM
Are you a very naughty boy? ;)
No he's a very, very naughty boy :rolleyes:
Hmm, I am not the only one the Eastern Block is interested in. Familiar...?
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
And #26 of my builds just popped up, too:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Stumbled across this forum while plodding around the internet, got some great Nazi whiffs here; http://www.master194.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=36499
WOW,
A lot of very nice stuff there :mellow:
Chris
Nice find ! That's a lot of Luftwhiffa :thumbsup:
LOL, Luftwhiffa. ;D :thumbsup:
Permission to steal that word and use it at will ;D
Quote from: RAFF-35 on October 05, 2016, 12:18:07 PM
Stumbled across this forum while plodding around the internet, got some great Nazi whiffs here; http://www.master194.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=36499
...and they also found (besides my Macross VF-1s) my recent Aรฉronavele A-4 from the "In the Navy" GB:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaster194.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D3%26t%3D94651&edit-text=
:rolleyes:
Anyway, the Germanized B-36 is somewhat cool, as well as the Fisher P-75.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 05, 2016, 07:12:02 AM
Hmm, I am not the only one the Eastern Block is interested in. Familiar...?
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
And #26 of my builds just popped up, too:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Sorry, Dizzy, but the links are the same and link to just a generic overview on their page, not some specific content.
Oh, I see - somehow the second URL I pasted was still the old one, and the Google Translator does not renew the URL when you move inside of the website! :-\
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/alternativnye-istrebiteli-dewoitine-d401d410-j-5-j-5a-frantsiya&usg=ALkJrhjk90L3T671MOZ0yqa7i1Tw72Kyew
#27 went online, this time an interpretation of the Bv 316 tailless fighter:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/alternativnye-istrebiteli-blohm-und-voss-bv-316-1-germaniya&usg=ALkJrhgyz405otWyJERIUwc6PpP0YzCRMg
(I hope I fetched the proper URL this time that actually ends on the automatically translated page? Works for me, but you never know...)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 21, 2016, 01:13:17 AM
#27 went online, this time an interpretation of the Bv 316 tailless fighter:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.de&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/alternativnye-istrebiteli-blohm-und-voss-bv-316-1-germaniya&usg=ALkJrhgyz405otWyJERIUwc6PpP0YzCRMg
(I hope I fetched the proper URL this time that actually ends on the automatically translated page? Works for me, but you never know...)
Link is good, bro! ;)
That things is killer. Looks really good and the picture taking/shopping skills are appreciated, as well.
I see Sabre in there... :mellow: You do excellent stuff!
Just found this. It is glorious. By member 575 (Carsten) :
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561414%2F409497405.jpg&hash=6a2e04055c2c66c728086160918be042d4b7a676)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561414%2F409497407.jpg&hash=e2d068769524adc741147da81cf9d886c5380004)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561414%2F409497408.jpg&hash=5de147f156c8bd81e42226d5d8c01346c2974ad6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561414%2F409497410.jpg&hash=ed991b5c07781ae279d4e3ee3655517f4134c03f)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561414%2F409497404.jpg&hash=4c445c16f7339ba15b428957c5c170d41bab7131)
Source and write-up here:
http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/Airfix_1_72_MDD_F_18A_Hornet_04032__about15194.html&start=20
And another from David Womby on britmodeler:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr296%2Fdwomby%2FModels%2FDSCN2908.jpg&hash=aaf89b78f12e7739f6aed0de287d6d64fe5dd1c7)
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/31310-which-f-111e-and-f-111f-kits/
Quote from: Flyer on October 22, 2016, 10:18:49 AM
F-18 looks fantastic. Love the asymmetric load. :wub: :thumbsup:
As it's Swedish it HAS to carry some variant of an Rb04 somewhere. ;D
That Hornet is just gorgeous....love the colours. Looks so right on that bird. The F-111 is a beauty as well.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Captain Canada on October 22, 2016, 09:07:27 PM
That Hornet is just gorgeous....love the colours. Looks so right on that bird. The F-111 is a beauty as well.
:thumbsup:
"Fields & MEadoes" looks great on anything... ;)
Besides, a nice alternative development of the MiG-23 (from alternathistory.com):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2Fusers%2Fuser6327%2Fmig-23-viggen-02-03-680x609.jpg&hash=149f1601055d8e36912638d2c110c2590c260b99)
I like the concept a lot!
Wonderful, thanks Dizzy! :thumbsup:
Could also be a Chinese design, e. g. the mysterious J-9 fighter. AFAIK, there were canard designs for a Chinese Mach 2 fighter, also "things" that resemble the MiG-25 (also as pure delta wing). Bears a lot of potential, though, and looks (beyond the wacky landing gear and the long tail - probably inspired by the early MiG-23 prototype with along afterburner) pretty conclusive.
A pure delta wing with the same idea ...
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi349.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq377%2Ff110%2F2011%2FMiG-24STOL-Foxtrot_zpsifmqamcs.png&hash=9ab3db3c8dac8a999ae4d05046eaa872fc81ab26)
Nice also, thanks! :wub:
Oh yeah...those are nice mash-ups ! Big too !
:wub:
Stumbled across this weird (but pretty!) combo on FlickR. New Rogue One merchandising, maybe? Will product placement finally take over the Dark Side?
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5333/30610851430_f2ac916633_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NCYBEw)FB_IMG_1477647458708 (https://flic.kr/p/NCYBEw) by Jan Calleja (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30677525@N07/), on Flickr
Note the nice chrome trim on the solar panels. :thumbsup:
Retro funky cool ! Excellent model to be sure. Nice piece !
:thumbsup:
Fascinating!! I think Zenrat would appreciate that. Kinda reminds me of his navy cruiser hover car. :mellow: :mellow:
I do, I do.
Like it that is.
Is that a Mini? One of the "non canon" BMW ones?
Whatever it is, chrome and racing stripes on a TIE fighter is a great idea. An improvement IMO.
Now where's the accompanying Alfa Romeo Spider X Wing and Ford Transit Millennium Falcon?
An interesting virtual hybrid VTOL aircraft:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs10.postimg.org%2F539hblemx%2F7520146.jpg&hash=a080b1459cb9c9040effc2daa1a5414e6630eba6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.org%2Ftr9kzpzgj%2F7500689.jpg&hash=3eea46a3efc75580ec2c8ff2990f959ad191d5ae)
Found (with more variants) here: http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=49860.0
Woah ! I like it ! Nice find cheers :thumbsup:
The Ukrainian fans from alternathistory.com struck again, this time they got hands on my F-94E:
http://alternathistory.com/alternativnyi-istrebitel-perekhvatchik-lockheed-f-94e-super-starfire-ssha (original post, since using a link from the google translator seems to link to the service itseklf, not the trabnslated result).
But maybwe this works: https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Falternativnyi-istrebitel-perekhvatchik-lockheed-f-94e-super-starfire-ssha&edit-text=
Also found that I have a stalker at shipbucket.com...
http://shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7423&view=unread&sid=9958c1fe98902944ca3efdc7873c83a6
Things become a bit scary (and it's not me posting there)! :unsure:
Get a good lawyer and negotiate some licensing agreements, you'd make a fortune ;D
kreamyfugu? :unsure:
I'd be worried, too! :o
Quote from: Old Wombat on December 01, 2016, 07:48:10 AM
kreamyfugu? :unsure:
I'd be worried, too! :o
A bit scary... :o
Anyway, another find on alternathistory.org: a jet-powered Fw 190 conversion.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2Fusers%2Fuser3492%2Ffoker2-600x273.jpg&hash=3fa814b7474efa9c1c6c18e1ea70ee0fceeb950f)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2Fusers%2Fuser3492%2Ffoker1-600x161.jpg&hash=d1582597984a118e302ebfb71f18d56207eed16f)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2Fusers%2Fuser3492%2Ffoker3-600x398.jpg&hash=b3eb41f83c4ea405cc64c0a7d17f14e4687b2607)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fimagecache%2FTeaser_image%2Fusers%2Fuser3492%2Fteaser%2Ffoker.jpg&hash=b4056c110691f5f8335c752d94ecf67ee1748561)
The landing gear appears a bit fishy (the length is a little inconsistent...) and I'd have doubt concerning the stabilizers durability in this overall layout, but I like the concept a lot.
Man thats ugly.
But in a good way.
Yup. That thing has the appeal of a car accident - you cannot take your eyes of of it, and once it's out of sight you're happy you were not involved. But it has a certain wicked charm. ;)
I really like it! :thumbsup:
Noticed the one in the art looks like it has a standard 190 wing, not like the 3 view.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 03, 2016, 03:29:13 AM
another find on alternathistory.org: a jet-powered Fw 190 conversion.
Great! It would make a great square: Fw-190TL/Fw-190D + Bf-109TL/Bf-109G... :thumbsup:
Love the FW190/jumo version
Stumbled across this neat Canadian Nimrod... Very nice! :wub:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi182.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx311%2Fthobin76%2F2010-2-22_22-46-4-880.jpg&hash=ca3e23432fabb352cf5d174c8133553a234fb7f4)
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I think I know that FS2004 Nimrod model, and it flies pretty well too. :thumbsup:
Pretty cool, I like it! I want to do something similar on an H-4 Herc (Spruce Goose). I figure that big boy would make one hell of a fire bomber.
Speaking of firebombers, we know from ST IV:The Voyage Home that a Klingon Bird of Prey can carry enough water to house a Humpback whale. That give you any ideas Brad?
;D
Quote from: zenrat on December 08, 2016, 12:29:47 AM
Speaking of firebombers, we know from ST IV:The Voyage Home that a Klingon Bird of Prey can carry enough water to house a Humpback whale. That give you any ideas Brad?
;D
HO-LEE-CHIT... Hmmmmmm... That it does, now! As my Atomic Coffee kicks in the the gears start to smoke.. . . ;D :o ;D
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"Thar be Whifs, here!"
And no need for complicated scoop systems. Just beam the water you need into the holding tanks (made from transparent aluminium, at 1" thick)
Quote from: scooter on December 08, 2016, 09:12:24 AM
And no need for complicated scoop systems. Just beam the water you need into the holding tanks (made from transparent aluminium, at 1" thick)
And no need for any doors or other holes... beam the water in a lump over the hot bit/s...
Quote from: Flyer on December 09, 2016, 12:54:31 PM
Quote from: TheChronicOne on December 07, 2016, 10:34:03 AM
Pretty cool, I like it! I want to do something similar on an H-4 Herc (Spruce Goose). I figure that big boy would make one hell of a fire bomber.
Something about a wooden firebomber flying through flames doesn't fill me with confidence. ;D
MINOR DETAIL. lmao
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Stumbled across this... interesting combo:
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Cool Nimrod ! I guess we could get some SAR coverage out of that girl !
:wub:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 15, 2016, 04:37:57 AM
Stumbled across this... interesting combo:
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That looks just like something you'd build Thomas. ;D ;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
My though, exactly! :o :thumbsup:
It does, doesn't it! ;D And...... is really cool. That camo is super neat..
I'm not used to seeing jet powered craft sitting like that, this one is new to me and I really dig it. I need to get my hands on a kit of this, I'll make that scheme! :lol:
Tailwheel jets are pretty rare, the Supermarine Attacker was the only one to ever see service in the UK forces AFAIK.
I wonder just how many there were? Surely a prototype or two here or there. I think I'll have a google!
Wasn't the universal(or mostly, whatever, as soon as I use an absolute someone will tell me North Korea just launched a mach 3 fighter with a tail wheel) switch to bicycle gear because that set up made it easier for taxiing and take off and such? I seem to remember reading something about a year ago that made mention of pilots not used to tail wheel craft having troubles operating them because it was more technical somehow than nose gear stuff.
Seeing over the nose is a problem and ground loops are not uncommon. A matter of training but if you were trained on tricycle gear then tail draggers are a big switch.
The BoB Memorial Flight keep a couple of Chipmunks on their fleet to convert current RAF pilots to tailwheel stuff before they let them loose on the Spitfires and Hurricanes.
Oh hey I recognize that one. Neat little airplane. The Airfix blister pack has been on my wish list for some time now. I want one to build, and one to keep. :lol:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUSp8tAd.jpg&hash=2952969ccb4bd13bbed73fdb964e299a7d611e3b)
That Attacker gave me a whiffgasm!
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Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 15, 2016, 09:38:00 AM
Tailwheel jets are pretty rare, the Supermarine Attacker was the only one to ever see service in the UK forces AFAIK.
AFAIK, the Yak-15/17 was the only other type in service - and both were more or less hastily conversions of piston-driven fighter designs. The Yak-15 is more obvious, but the Attacker was based on the Spiteful - even though just the wings were the only visible remnants.
Besides, Polish Navy paint schemes are highly recommended if you want a colorful whif. As sick as the Attacker looks, this is authentic, and only one of the possible color combos. Did a MiG-19 in such a guise some time a go, and it looks great! ;)
Prototype Me 262 was a taildragger. I had thought it was just the piston engined version that was configured this way but then I was watching Nazi Megastructures - Hitlers Jet Caves and they used footage of a tail dragging 262 with Jumo 004s.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2016, 12:32:05 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 15, 2016, 09:38:00 AM
Tailwheel jets are pretty rare, the Supermarine Attacker was the only one to ever see service in the UK forces AFAIK.
AFAIK, the Yak-15/17 was the only other type in service - and both were more or less hastily conversions of piston-driven fighter designs. The Yak-15 is more obvious, but the Attacker was based on the Spiteful - even though just the wings were the only visible remnants.
Besides, Polish Navy paint schemes are highly recommended if you want a colorful whif. As sick as the Attacker looks, this is authentic, and only one of the possible color combos. Did a MiG-19 in such a guise some time a go, and it looks great! ;)
Ah yes, I'd forgotten the two Yaks. Stupid of me as I'd built the twinned Yak-15Db some years ago. :banghead:
I've always fought shy of doing an Attacker, probably because one tried its best to kill me and its pilot when I was a lad, and when it failed in the attempt it went and landed all by itself in a huff. ;D
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2016, 01:06:14 AM
Prototype Me 262 was a taildragger. I had thought it was just the piston engined version that was configured this way but then I was watching Nazi Megastructures - Hitlers Jet Caves and they used footage of a tail dragging 262 with Jumo 004s.
The earlier He 178 was a tail-dragger, too, but just a prototype. IIRC there was also a Soviet tail-dragger rocktplane (also only a prototype).
Go4fun,
QuoteHere is one a guy is working on in a group of mine about model vehicles. It started as a drawing and went from there.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi189.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz102%2Fliverite102%2F1SteamPunkhotrod.jpg&hash=0bff0584cbb18440b42bbb3711701840db810bca)
That's a really good drawing, you got skills.
Dizzyfugu,
QuoteStumbled across this interesting Cold War interpretation of MiG-29 satellite images:
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I actually like this design a lot!
Wow... that's glorious! I like it, too. :lol:
And of course the Me 163 was a taildragger. At least on takeoff.
Nice to see that the Arawasi blog appreciates the idea of Hikoki '46 whifs, and this one here just turned up: a Mitsubishi G4M2-E "Kamo" (Duck)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FoNiRK7WV9k/WGTk4cT0wEI/AAAAAAAAPcw/roHnKY03z3U5TzBP_3ej3jT10fCl9vq4wCLcB/s1600/GeorgeEleftheriouG4M-E2.jpg)
More pics and backgorund info here: http://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.de/2016/12/mitsubishi-g4m2-e-kamo-duck-by-george.html
I like that!!
Quote from: TheChronicOne on December 29, 2016, 08:19:54 AM
I like that!!
I feel different sorry... I love that :wub: :thumbsup: :bow:
Haha, duck, I get it!
Cool build. And it almost looks as if they had an R2 unit aboard?! ;D
I was thinking the same thing! Bloop beep bloop.
My fans from the Ukraine got hold of the recent Gladiator floatplane from the Old Kit GB:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Falternativnye-gidrosamolety-istrebiteli-gloster-gladiator-mkii-hidro-velikobritaniyaportugaliya&edit-text=
Alternatively, the original link to the post:
http://alternathistory.com/alternativnye-gidrosamolety-istrebiteli-gloster-gladiator-mkii-hidro-velikobritaniyaportugaliya
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 31, 2016, 03:03:17 AM
My fans from the Ukraine got hold of the recent Gladiator floatplane from the Old Kit GB:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Falternativnye-gidrosamolety-istrebiteli-gloster-gladiator-mkii-hidro-velikobritaniyaportugaliya&edit-text=
Alternatively, the original link to the post:
http://alternathistory.com/alternativnye-gidrosamolety-istrebiteli-gloster-gladiator-mkii-hidro-velikobritaniyaportugaliya
Are they taking your pics and writing all they text? At least I saw they give you credit.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 29, 2016, 10:02:25 AM
Cool build. And it almost looks as if they had an R2 unit aboard?! ;D
Yes, shades of Y-Wing.
Quote from: kerick on December 31, 2016, 09:29:08 AM
Are they taking your pics and writing all they text? At least I saw they give you credit.
As far as I can tell, it's a completely newly written or at least highly edited and sometimes also modified text - even though some facts from my description are taken over.
It would be nice if they asked before using your photos but at least its a compliment that they find your work inspiring.
Same opinion here. I also considered adding a water sign or some source comment on the pics, but they are public, after all. Asking beforehand would be better, though, as well as linking the live pics, so that the original source is clear - but the pics are copied and re-uploaded elsewhere, so that it's not kosher. At least, the origin is mentioned, and I like the style and what those guys make from found stuff.
Y'know, www.shipbucket.com/forums has a tonne of whiff fodder in our Alternate Universe threads. :P
An accidental find while digging through alternathistory.org: the proposed (real) Mi-32. And I had thought the Mi-12 was already a bit larga and wacky... :blink:
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Yes, it's triangular! And it was to be powered by three Mi-26 engine/rotor units!
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Maybe a plan for the upcoming Soviet GB? ;)
Having seen how big a Mi-26 is, that thing must be GINORMOUS! :o
You'd need one heck of a model shelf to display, and it'd fill up an entire Whiff SIG stand on its own!
But you could fit everything else inside the triangle
That's wild ! That Japanese one is pretty cool as well !
:thumbsup:
Mi-32 looks a bit like a Cierva Air Horse from the late 1940s.
Quote from: rickshaw on January 04, 2017, 01:24:50 AM
Mi-32 looks a bit like a Cierva Air Horse from the late 1940s.
But only from the side. ;D
And it's about five times as big too. :o
From the Lead Adventure Forum:http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=96776.0;topicseen (http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=96776.0;topicseen)
Pulp models by Amalric
Lone Star to the rescue
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Warhawk takes New Rocket Plane to Shaing Kong!
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The Red Baroness and her X-163 Rocketplane!
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I will add that Lead adventure has lots of other good stuff on it, that may well amuse and entertain folks from round here.
Quote from: dadlamassu on January 06, 2017, 10:51:57 AM
Lone Star to the rescue
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But it's not a flying Winnebago...
Anyone know the book the MiG-29 is from?
Neat stuff. Love the X-163 especially !
Me, too. Would also look good on a Luft '46 table with German markings, as an alternative layout for the Komet. Hmmm... :rolleyes:
One of Lippisch early designs had endplate fins, so it's not as daft as it seems.
Came across this nice two engine Fairey Fulmar:
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Found here: http://s373.photobucket.com/user/janissarius/media/World%20War%20II/FaireyFulmar.jpg.html
I like the sleek look, even though the artist somehow lost the radiators along the way...? Maybe in the ing roots, Mosquito-ish?
There was to have been a twin engined Battle, so it's not too much of a stretch.
That's pretty neat. The side profile looks good but the top looks way too Beau.
Yes, the stubby nose is pretty Beaufighter-ish. But the concept is nice, even if there were radiators under the engines (Lancaster style).
Didn't our own Kitbasher build a Fulmar twin a while ago?
It was all over black and appeared at a Telford a few years ago, VERY impressive. :thumbsup:
That would be cool to see, as I don't recall. Off to look !
Actually I think he converted a Battle to a twin, not a Fulmar sorry.
Found another one of my creations - this time from the country to which the whif "belongs to"!
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indian-navy-yakovlev-yak-38m.75281/
At last, someone who's adding a reference. India rules. :thumbsup:
As you wrote, AT LAST a polite re-poster! :thumbsup:
I like the note at the end....funny !
:wacko:
I couldn't find a way to copy a pic so i'll just leave the link to the finished pics page of the build thread on the Portuguese forum, Modelismo na Net. Just scroll down the page.
Antรณnio Sobral's latest work, the Grumman J2FC "Daffy" Duck : http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26786
This guy is almost finishing another one, a Fokker Dr.I DD, of which i'll share the thread link too, once it's finished.
:cheers:
Weirdly attractive.
And similar in style to Loupgarou's Walrus swamp skimmer.
I like it a lot. Got a Duck in the stash (who hasn't!).
Quote from: DogfighterZen on May 25, 2017, 01:59:02 AMThis guy is almost finishing another one, a Fokker Dr.I DD, of which i'll share the thread link too, once it's finished.
Antonio is active on "Beyond the Sprues" - some time ago he did this bird which is amazing:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi823.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz158%2FAARSOBRAL%2FHammerhead%2Fhammerhead-111.jpg%3Aoriginal&hash=36943425d6f7165b8b1a25d05352c238ce2fcd9c)
More here (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6275.30).
Crazy cool right there !
yup, just one of the many i haven't shared here yet, he's a very good modeller and has got a very fertile imagination. :thumbsup:
Great concept - great model
Weird. But very creative - whiffing as an artform? :thumbsup:
Interesting F-16/Kfir bash from South Africa:
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Interesting for sure! I find that nose a bit too ugly for my taste but it is a very good build. :cheers:
Ohhh spectre camo :wub: :thumbsup:
Quote from: DogfighterZen on May 29, 2017, 11:44:59 AM
Interesting for sure! I find that nose a bit too ugly for my taste but it is a very good build. :cheers:
I have the same feeling about that nose...
It's neat, but for sure it's ugly ! I think if the nose was blended in a little different it would look a little better. But then again, maybe not lol
I find that nose so ugly that even the F-16 with the bulged nose for the F/A-18's radar is pretty compared to that... ;D
The nose is reminding me of someone...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Aardvarkant.jpg)
Haha I'd forgotten about that guy !
;D
But the nose is "in style" - certainly a Cheetah transplant:
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Better be thankful that this is not a two seater conversion! ;)
(https://dncache-mauganscorp.netdna-ssl.com/thumbseg/1194/1194503-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 30, 2017, 01:27:29 AM
...(https://dncache-mauganscorp.netdna-ssl.com/thumbseg/1194/1194503-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Wow, has that been beaten with the ugly stick or what?!
Nah, it fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Eheheh, that twin seat should be called Pinocchio... ;D
The F-16 is very well built and it looks like the nose is spot on for a Cheetah transplant, but it still looks ugly anyway... ;D I do like the single seat Cheetah though, it doesn't look out of proportion, just the right size. I've always preferred a longer nose on the Mirage family, even on the F.1, which is one of my future projects, an F.1 with a larger nose, from something like the Super Etendard... ;) I still have to buy the SE but i'll get there... :rolleyes:
Quote from: zenrat on May 30, 2017, 01:57:39 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 30, 2017, 01:27:29 AM
...(https://dncache-mauganscorp.netdna-ssl.com/thumbseg/1194/1194503-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Wow, has that been beaten with the ugly stick or what?!
Have you ever seen a Recce Kfir...? :rolleyes:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spyflight.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fjpgs%2Fmirage%2520recce%2520noses%2F458%2520with%2520nose.jpg&hash=8a043a8c7e078434e738f524556fae8438637a54)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 30, 2017, 05:18:21 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 30, 2017, 01:57:39 AM
Wow, has that been beaten with the ugly stick or what?!
Have you ever seen a Recce Kfir...? :rolleyes:
Now there's a challenge -
twin-seater Recce Kfir! :wacko:
Is that a Kfir ? I don't see the Kinards :mellow:
That Kfir... :rolleyes: ;D
Quote from: Captain Canada on May 30, 2017, 05:32:19 AM
Is that a Kfir ? I don't see the Kinards :mellow:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXnuyzUL.gif&hash=a0363358df7ade1500e777ae76a85d0e90771296)
Quote from: Captain Canada on May 30, 2017, 05:32:19 AM
Is that a Kfir ? I don't see the Kinards :mellow:
;D ;D ;D ;D
Kilarious.
Ouch. You guys are just as bad as me lol
;D
Stumbled across this creative and whiffy Academy 1:48 HA-1112:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee518%2Fvmarsanic%2FHA-1112%2520Buchon%2520what%2520if%2FIMG_1893.jpg&hash=d8be9c3bdd9c4407116df3ecdab4a2f18909122b)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee518%2Fvmarsanic%2FHA-1112%2520Buchon%2520what%2520if%2FIMG_1890.jpg&hash=3cd792d9cb13ea5cb67bd8b152fcd7f717487bcc)
More pics here: http://vajled.com/wsm/index.php?topic=1118.0
Great build ! Thanks for sharing it.
:thumbsup:
Wow... that looks very good and it's an excellent build as well! :thumbsup:
I do like that!!
Wow, cool! P-40B front end and Bf-109G rear end, NICE!
That doesn't look like the P-40B's front end to me... The B has guns on top of the engine cowling and that intake looks way too small... :unsure:
It's an Ha-1112 so it has a Merlin in front as standard.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 06, 2017, 04:17:52 PM
It's an Ha-1112 so it has a Merlin in front as standard.
Like this
http://www.czechairspotters.com/photos/2010/709.jpg
Yup, and there's no mention of a P-40 in the build thread.
It's an OOB build, no conversion. Just a whiffy paint scheme.
Okay, even though this isn't a P-40 nose on a 109 airframe, the idea of that sounds quite interesting. Could make for a cool conversion, regardless of which P-40 version's nose is used.
EDIT: Come to think of it - and vice versa. Emil or Gustaf nose on a P-40..... :wacko:
Quote from: Captain Canada on May 30, 2017, 05:32:19 AM
Is that a Kfir ? I don't see the Kinards :mellow:
Are ya sure it ain't a Koak?
After Ukrainian/Georgian alternate history fans found interest in my FlickR galleries, Reddit from the USA now follows suit. Somebody already posted the MiG-33 (Single engine MiG-29) for discussion, and now a P6M SeaMaster discussion is fuelled by whiffy material of mine, too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/2wkdeq/p6m_seamaster_strategic_flying_boat_ca_195560_14/
Wonder what's next. Maybe some Luft '46 stuff? :rolleyes:
At least tehy are quoting you. ;)
I am intrigued by theit address: warshipPorn ! :rolleyes:
They also have a section with "Warplaneporn". Another build of mine can be found there... ;)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarplanePorn/comments/6f9vud/mig33_cancelled_soviet_aircraft_based_heavily_on/
Another of my builds (the Hรผ 324) in a different context, causing wet dreams, it seems...? :rolleyes:
http://live.warthunder.com/post/620053/en/
The Ukraine guys at alternathistory.com re-interpreted one of my builds (and the respective RW background), the Saab J 19B:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Wonder if the more recently built J 19D (the silver one with the Mustang engine/nose) will pop up there, too?
They also seem to have recognized that they are "under observation"... ;)
A nice "skin" for a well known a/c from the Airfix Tribute Forum:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi888.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac85%2Fmac1677%2F1-72%2520Airfix%2520EE%2520Lightning%2520F2a%2520USAF%2F17_zpsrpbxeptx.jpg%7Eoriginal&hash=45bf58e10277c2461ef673615917691361311685)
More here (http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=591&t=50110&start=20).
The scheme suits the aircraft surprisingly well - Nice presentation of the Lightning. Would maybe even be better if the main wheels were semi-retracted, too? The lone nose wheel looks a bit lost under the nose?
Noice. :thumbsup:
The only thing I'd change would be to use Sparrow missiles.
Early models with the pointed nose should look good! :lol:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2017, 10:34:38 AM
The scheme suits the aircraft surprisingly well -
My thoughts as well and for some reason I think it looks better in the right hand pic ? Probably the slight reflections on the left hand pic ?
Oh yeah that looks so right !
:wub:
Don't know if we had this one?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3792/33670520371_ff960614c0_c.jpg)
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020448-172-saab-a-36-broplan-vacform/ (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235020448-172-saab-a-36-broplan-vacform/)
Oh, lovely subject an build! :wub: Thanks for sharing this one. :thumbsup:
Two maritime ones found earlier this evening:
Titanic completes her maiden voyage
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg06.deviantart.net%2F8929%2Fi%2F2012%2F334%2F8%2Fb%2Ftitanic_by_kipfox32-d5mmy69.jpg&hash=403603e8fa3934abf029d404ad320f97)
Titanic departing New York as Oceanic* arrives on her maiden voyage circa 1930ish
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/11373524_1013498958683297_306069183_n-jpg.329883/)
Oceanic was to have been White Star's answer to the Queen Mary, but the Depression put paid to her. AFAIK, her keel was laid at Harland and Wolf but never progressed much further and was scrapped when Cunard and White Star merged.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on June 24, 2017, 06:06:10 PM
Two maritime ones found earlier this evening:
Titanic completes her maiden voyage
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg06.deviantart.net%2F8929%2Fi%2F2012%2F334%2F8%2Fb%2Ftitanic_by_kipfox32-d5mmy69.jpg&hash=403603e8fa3934abf029d404ad320f97)
Broken link, but found the image-
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg06.deviantart.net%2F8929%2Fi%2F2012%2F334%2F8%2Fb%2Ftitanic_by_kipfox32-d5mmy69.jpg&hash=583499fed1da9b0396f0a44354e973f24f5f81d4)
Oceanic is a nice looking ship, and I do like that Titanic print :thumbsup:
Wow, that SAAB 36 is hot ! Love the second last shot from the front. Excellent stuff.
And what an evocative painting. Nice one !
:wub:
Another subtle find at warthunder.com (a 1:32 model):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F08%2Ff5%2Fdd%2Fab96f760ae0bc65385006d8ec7d845b41f_mq%2F2533-1.jpg&hash=e124aebc56c1c7e5f6283e1249a0847898903307)
And then THIS pretty skin transplantation (from an Argus):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F1d%2Fe4012ba55d790c37a50fc1b38f7a03c4de5740_mq%2F20170313160547_1.jpg&hash=cb18af84512244dfbce8ed4a88431099db755004)
Oh yes, both of them look good. :thumbsup:
Almost anything looks good with maple leaves of course. ;D
Both great !
My rendition of the former
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv729%2Fbuzzhemply%2Fm1-1.jpg&hash=0672caae1030d429fd489549831e2b0ec1da8196)
I love that Cap'n, it looks like a CF-100 with the engines spaced further out. :thumbsup:
Doesn't it just Kit.
Nice one Cap'n.
Quote from: Captain Canada on July 05, 2017, 06:10:53 AM
Both great !
My rendition of the former
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv729%2Fbuzzhemply%2Fm1-1.jpg&hash=0672caae1030d429fd489549831e2b0ec1da8196)
That looks sweet - in fact, I like the night/all weather fighter even more. :wub:
Yeah buddy, that's killer!
Aye, Captain! Very good indeed, the scheme looks very nice! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Captain Canada on July 05, 2017, 06:10:53 AM
My rendition of the former
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv729%2Fbuzzhemply%2Fm1-1.jpg&hash=0672caae1030d429fd489549831e2b0ec1da8196)
Cor! I like that Todd, :wub: :wub: :wub: looks a lot like how my Twin Fury will end up like.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2017, 06:25:49 AM
The Ukraine guys at alternathistory.com re-interpreted one of my builds (and the respective RW background), the Saab J 19B:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Wonder if the more recently built J 19D (the silver one with the Mustang engine/nose) will pop up there, too?
They also seem to have recognized that they are "under observation"... ;)
After the Saab 19B, the (more recently built) 19D was added to the Ukaine's alternative reality forum:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Falternativnye-istrebiteli-saab-j-19-d-shvetsiya&edit-text=
Most interestingly, this time whatifmodelers.com was quoted as the inspirational source!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 13, 2017, 12:14:49 AM
Most interestingly, this time whatifmodelers.com was quoted as the inspirational source!
At last, our fame is spreading. ;D ;)
Another accidental find:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F29%2Fcb%2F7b%2F71af4293ee1d4fa81de7fead9a54fc04de_mq%2FHe100%2520cover.jpg&hash=b96e2da57361678f000c2c6f987066718ae95908)
More pics/in-flight scenes here: http://live.warthunder.com/post/544456/en/
This one is based on a profile at FlickR, created by Canadian modeler and artist FrancLab; as per usual, no original source/credits were quoted.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/9485705184_fdaf01c5ce_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fsdHF7)
Heinkel He-100 G2 1944 (https://flic.kr/p/fsdHF7) by Franรงois (https://www.flickr.com/photos/franclab/), on Flickr
...which was, in turn and as a kind of tribute work, turned into model hardware, too:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/10242387673_a958dec438_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gB5V1V)
1:72 Heinkel He 100 G-2; aircraft "10+ Red" of 2. Gruppe, I./JG 4, mount of Unteroffizier ("Uffz.") Helmut Behringer; Mizil, Romania; September 1944 (Whif/Special Hobby kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/gB5V1V) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Good ideas seem to wander... :rolleyes:
They didn't even bother to change the side number!
Yes, it's very true to the original. What I find sad is, though, that the skin was grafted onto a stock He 100, and that the cockpit section of the CG model was not changed. Either lack of attention, know how, or skill?
Another interesting whif from the ATF (Airfix Tribute Forum) revamping "Queen Elizabeth 2":
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davecov.net%2Fmodelling%2Fmodels%2Fpictures%2Fships%2FQE2_What_If_GB%2FQE2_What_If_GB_078.JPG&hash=0534e8abd5c58a8257262958f6a022eecb55c03e)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davecov.net%2Fmodelling%2Fmodels%2Fpictures%2Fships%2FQE2_What_If_GB%2FQE2_What_If_GB_080.JPG&hash=660285a6ff3f3b1a2f18c3895d0782233a394a61)
More details about this project here (http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=591&t=50109).
Quote from: CANSO on July 14, 2017, 08:23:37 AM
Another interesting whif from the ATF (Airfix Tribute Forum) revamping "Queen Elizabeth 2"
More details about this project here (http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=591&t=50109).
Also found on the boards here (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,43401.0.html)
Quote from: scooter on July 14, 2017, 08:39:06 AMAlso found on the boards here (http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,43401.0.html)
Oh my, I totally missed it here :banghead:! Thank you for the reminder!
At least the link I posted brings you to the complete building process.
A build by Claymore over on Beyond the Sprues - one of the best, I wish I could nominate it for a Whiffy!
Quote from: Claymore on July 23, 2017, 02:17:21 PM
Tracked Land Speed Record:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGq3Yx0l.jpg&hash=88db564f93a01b1203fb3ba64ee3bfc3b93c1ccb)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmNenNHd.jpg&hash=75b70437f0b1d69d8beb46a42184cbd23f808100)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FvMx81vv.jpg&hash=b2598391da74bbe8437cbee33ff7374ea62ba851)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBQjpASN.jpg&hash=bc34a89d4367f76bcb344f716b4e48f5a9f4b294)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhL7RyNX.jpg&hash=21a5f9281d4d4c0ef8eec68e2285a4d40c511472)
Build & Back Story here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7249.30 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7249.30)
And here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6695.210 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6695.210)
(Interesting to see that a "Quote" from there works here ... Cool! ;D )
Sometimes, the Warthunder.com forum really amazes me - e. g. with things like this:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn-live.warthunder.com%2Fuploads%2F19%2F132cfb2bff47bbf754650a8366b1316afafff8_mq%2Fshot%25202017.03.10%252010.36.17.jpg&hash=6d67e71fbf034589eb8610da61e4dd2c3f0f47b1)
Looks like an alternative to the Spearfish - but it's "only" an Aichi B7A2 with a post WWII RN skin grafted onto it. Lovely! :wub:
I thought it WAS a Spearfish, it's very good indeed. :thumbsup:
That's cool! Looks gorgeous.
Speaking of Warthunder.... I created my own "whif" the other day when made my Pe-8 bomber into a Slovakian Air Force bird. ;D
Even without mods the stock customization tools in-game allow for creating some really neat stuff. They "nerfed" it a bit on one of the recent updates, however. Used to be you could put a decoration on the plane and make it way oversize which in turn allowed for creating some really unique liveries. I couldn't get it to work last time. Maybe they didn't nerf it and maybe I was just doing it wrong but it didn't work any more, at least on the Pe-8.
Also, the land speed tracked vehicle is brilliant... a masterpiece I'd say!
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 04, 2017, 08:52:43 AM
I thought it WAS a Spearfish, it's very good indeed. :thumbsup:
So did I first off
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 04, 2017, 08:52:43 AM
I thought it WAS a Spearfish, it's very good indeed. :thumbsup:
What he said. Look closely, the torpedo gives it away, as the Spearfish carried it internally.
Found on one of the forums I was surfing earlier. Whence it came from originally, I do not know...
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/starwars-fandoms-star-trek-tv-shows-2428785-jpeg.337606/)
No pic for me. :-\
Ditto. You have to be logged into that forum to see the pics.
He he, some "serious" German historians stumbled upon my Me 205 build...
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forum-der-wehrmacht.de%2Findex.php%2FThread%2F51299-Me-205-Wirbelwind%2F%3FpostID%3D544371&edit-text=
I hope the link through the translator works. "Hobbyists", eh? ;)
Oi. :o
Quote from: The Wooksta! on August 10, 2017, 03:25:45 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 04, 2017, 08:52:43 AM
I thought it WAS a Spearfish, it's very good indeed. :thumbsup:
What he said. Look closely, the torpedo gives it away, as the Spearfish carried it internally.
Good lord somebody needs to build that!
These whifs are from another forum, but not for modelers. I'm curious to know if the authorOld Overholt is posting in our forum too or if somebody here knows him? :rolleyes:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1099.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg392%2FBri2k%2FSPAD%2520Spaticus%2FSpaticus_007.jpg&hash=840bb2b696e1872550f7f87e195c0631905313f6)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1099.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg392%2FBri2k%2FCAN-1%2FCAN-1_01.jpg&hash=951840612a9cd2be274a699bba86da164a4e6ef3)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1099.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg392%2FBri2k%2FDH%2520Dromedary%2FDH_Dromedary_0012.jpg&hash=8888fd856c563192585a34a63f030e2eb2972f37)
For more see here (https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=29882). The backstories are very interesting as well! :thumbsup:
They're the work of the modeller known as Brian da Basher, who now appears over on Beyond the Sprues (he is still a registered member here but hasn't been active since January 2012).
Thanks! :thumbsup:
Super cool. #78. :wub: :wub:
War Thunder fell again for one of my builds, the The Arsenal VB.31 "Requin" (converted from a Bv 155):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/669384/en/
:wacko:
Heh heh heh.
:wacko: :thumbsup:
;D :thumbsup:
Bwahahahahaa!
Sorry if this is old news but the airfix tribute forum is doing a what-if group build.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/2017-airfix-what-if-group-build-f622/ (https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/2017-airfix-what-if-group-build-f622/)
TomZ
Quote from: TomZ on December 04, 2017, 11:37:22 AM
Sorry if this is old news but the airfix tribute forum is doing a what-if group build.
Shouldn't they have a licence from us before doing that? ;)
Oh goody!! A whole new batch of stuff to look at. "Watch this space.. "
A weird one - again, it'sone of my whifs, the Su-18 naval fighter bomber (a Su-17 with a radome and side air intakes), procured by a fictional Arab state... :unsure:
Check this out - I feel honored to be the only fictional item on the shopping list:
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=jazirat_al-arab/detail=factbook/id=955914
Thankfully, the author quoted the source! :lol:
Another accidental find, and another (uncredited) hi-jacking of one of my builds/pics - this time the Me 205 (twin-engined Bf 109):
https://twitter.com/DownedWarbirds/status/895074725961097216
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 24, 2018, 03:10:05 AM
Another accidental find, and another (uncredited) hi-jacking of one of my builds/pics - this time the Me 205 (twin-engined Bf 109):
https://twitter.com/DownedWarbirds/status/895074725961097216
(https://i.imgur.com/KaVad3m.png)
This jackwagon must be a rivet counting JMN... :angry:
Yes, but he only has 10 followers. The person who posted it has over 7,000.
I'm not sure what that proves but it must prove something.
Another proof for things taken out of their original context go awry.
Mind you, there were a couple of positive reactions. Pity they had no idea who they were aiming the kudos at. :-\
There was (in the past it seems) a twin-engined Bf-109 kit at Unicraft models (called Bf-110 but very different from the final well-known 110).
I butchered 2 of them into a compound at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,37924.0.html
Sorry... :-\ ;)
Found another one of my builds in a Korean forum - with source quotes. ;D
http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=sierra2906&logNo=220946164320&redirect=Dlog&widgetTypeCall=true&topReferer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.naver.com%2FPostListByTagName.nhn%3Futf8%3Dtrue%26blogId%3Dsierra2906%26logType%3D0%26cpage%3D2%26tagName%3D%25EA%25B3%25B5%25EA%25B2%25A9%25ED%2597%25AC%25EA%25B8%25B0&directAccess=false
Wouldn't ya know it - I got one of those on the bench as well
combining the 109 fuselage and the two engines of the 110 seems a natural progression
Personally I want to try one with 210 or 410 wings.
Modding a Bf 109 to two engines is anot as simple as it sounds. It's a VERY small aircraft, and bigger wings easily kill the proportions. I tried to keep mine as compact as possible (just adding ing root extensions that allow the propellers not to cross each other...), and I still had to stretch the fuselage - in my case a Me 262 tail was a very good donor part.
Personally I consider a two engine A6M some day, but I think it might just look like a Ki-46!
Three is better. ;D
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.smugmug.com%2FBTS-2%2Fi-NJXsxfP%2F0%2F4672f3c4%2FO%2Fbf-109_110TRI.jpg&hash=92cb2c840928ea93ab0a661c2c0c2e51ccc8f681)
Does that have THREE engines?
The outer ones look quite a bit smaller than the centre one if so.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 09, 2018, 09:12:50 PM
Does that have THREE engines?
The outer ones look quite a bit smaller than the centre one if so.
It was a windtunnel model used during Me 110 development, it was most likely simply
a matter of reusing an existing model.
Having recently built something similar, I stumbled across this nice Danish He 70 on floats in Danish service (from 2006):
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561412%2F407966250.jpg&hash=af8dbd33d05bb51a5a4fcadd175f76a1)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 12, 2018, 11:50:44 PM
Having recently built something similar, I stumbled across this nice Danish He 70 on floats in Danish service (from 2006):
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561412%2F407966250.jpg&hash=af8dbd33d05bb51a5a4fcadd175f76a1)
Broken link.
Hmm, apparently the server where the original pic was/is hosted has problems. I found the pic here (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-he-70-based-military-a-c.436676/), and there the posted image is gone, too. Maybe it returns with its host server? Pretty aircraft, in typical Danish pre-war sand/brown livery. <_<
Maybe this linked picture lasts longer?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1569%2F13657831%2F24561412%2F407966250.jpg&hash=2a59666354f66a8ec124c631c52189880604c4e5)
Stumbled upon this 1:32 double (sort of) build: a twin P-38 with an unmanned drone.
(https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/images/2054/2054-2.jpg)
(https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/images/2054/2054-1.jpg)
dazzling !
Wasn't that built by 'one of us'? :-\
Both the model and the colour scheme rang bells for me, but it was a long time ago now.
I am not certain, either. I remember a recent P-38 in orange with yellow and black trim, but it was smaller and not the above build in 1:32.
It does look familiar to me.
Its very good though.
Quote from: ericr on April 11, 2018, 06:20:10 AM
dazzling !
I need to go and lie down in a darkened room after looking at that :o
From HomebuiltAirplanes.com a real life kitbash :) presenting the SpitSairWulfStang!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homebuiltairplanes.com%2Fforums%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D27837%26amp%3Bd%3D1382917219&hash=483553b6d1cf09e0f53c743b938c803ec69340b0)
Follow the build here http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16831 (http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16831)
;D
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/872/41808629341_5b86e68772_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26Gu9UV)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/26Gu9UV) by Ed Perello (https://www.flickr.com/photos/11733941@N05/), on Flickr
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 11, 2018, 06:36:56 AM
I am not certain, either. I remember a recent P-38 in orange with yellow and black trim, but it was smaller and not the above build in 1:32.
CSMO posted this model 2 years ago:
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,42513.msg735234.html#msg735234
I answered with some more information about the modeler. ;)
The Ukraine connection struck again, but this time not one of my whifs, but rather a build from TomZ (posted here some time ago, too):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2Fusers%2Fuser35179%2FlocustO64-4-680x454.JPG&hash=9f90eb0fe49a188ae6b694013b07998c72efa02a)
More here: https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
:blink:
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NeijvSqE_zY/WwKi0lGTY5I/AAAAAAAASiw/6OfMn4o7ScYazz7MQX4K9SzfaOz_cmzjwCLcBGAs/s1600/2018Shizuoka182.jpg)
Cool!!
Paging Tophe...
Good! Is this the Avro Slip-plane? (from the book Project Cancelled) :wub: :wub: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bow: :bow:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 22, 2018, 05:35:21 AM
The Ukraine connection struck again, but this time not one of my whifs, but rather a build from TomZ (posted here some time ago, too):
Well, at least he made a reference to the original post.
TomZ
Found one of my builds as reference in a Star Wars forum (the converted Venator Class cruise ship):
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/133398-legacy-class-battlecruiser/
What worries me is that somebody "approved" it, or at least what the post's author made from it...? :o
Found this one, a movie prop, on FlickR, obviously taken from a book? Looks neat, though!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4027/35573951222_7e21e13415_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WcxNjA)mmp_polish_wings_20_page_87 (https://flic.kr/p/WcxNjA) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
Another one of my whifs popped up at warthunder.com (the Ki-202, a modded Ta 183):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/760574/en/
At least with source credits.
And another one (w/o credits):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/762764/en/
Makes you wonder why the masses get so attracted by fictional aircraft?
I think you're the WHIF Star and your stuff "gets around" because it's so good!! :mellow:
I would looooooove to hop into a Dizzy plane in Warthunder and fly it around. ;D
Well, there's actually a Taiwanese Spitfire that actually made it from a model to a downloadable skin...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 14, 2018, 07:34:57 AM
Well, there's actually a Taiwanese Spitfire that actually made it from a model to a downloadable skin...
;D ;D ;D That's great!! What game? Please tell me you went and played it and flew around in your own plane. ;D ;D ;D
https://live.warthunder.com/post/434919/en/
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/2c/d6663e2dd9d67c235146e5ab9ee95969501aee_mq/shot+2016.06.01+22.120.png)
:mellow: :mellow: :mellow: :mellow: :wub:
I have nothing to do with this digital remake, though, and not into computer games at all. But it's funny to imagine that someone is virtually flying around in one of my creations...
Here's the "original", BTW:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/10921750705_64b3b3d68e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/hD7PYD)
1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24, aircraft "65" (s/n 50-0751) of 21st FS, 4th FG, Chinese Nationalist Air Force (CNAF); Formosa, ca. 1952 (Whif/Special Hobby Boss kit) (https://flic.kr/p/hD7PYD) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
That's the opposite way round to my CMC Leopard. I built the model from a virtual aircraft that I flew in FS9. ;D
That's a tempting scheme for the Airfix 1/48 late marks kit, I have the Grand Phoenix Seafire boxing
with all of the resin etc. bits included in the box, for which IIRC I paid the princely sum of $15 as it
was on clearance.
:thumbsup:
I also have the Barracudacals corrected 5-blade and contra-props, so I could do the Seafire as a
Mk. 24.
:thumbsup:
Another build of mine popped up in India:
https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indian-navy-yakovlev-yak-38m.75281/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 18, 2018, 02:02:37 AM
Another build of mine popped up in India:
https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/indian-navy-yakovlev-yak-38m.75281/
At least they gave you credit. I reckon this case is just your fan club enthusing about one of your builds. :) Well,
we do that, if not to quite the same extent, so ... no crime, no foul? Besides, on this forum we get to see your builds from the source - you! :) I'm guessing you're not on all these other forums where your builds are popping up ... maybe, at least for those that attribute your work, it's all part of DizzyNationFugu? ;)
It's funny to see where the stuff pops up in the world, and in which context! I guess that's the subversive and inspiring power of whiffing... ;)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 18, 2018, 03:20:09 AM
It's funny to see where the stuff pops up in the world, and in which context! I guess that's the subversive and inspiring power of whiffing... ;)
Yup and it also shows we are all "peas out of the same pod" as well :thumbsup:
Not a true whif, but potentially a nice subject - a delivery paint job for Cathay Pacific gone slightly wrong:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnbTTF1VYAACQAi.jpg)
https://twitter.com/cathaypacific/status/1042252802917953536/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1042252802917953536&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-online.de%2Fleben%2Freisen%2Freisetipps%2Fid_84481878%2Ffluggesellschaft-cathay-pacific-fliegt-unter-falschem-namen.html
Another of my creations was taken for real by an over-enthusiastic aircraft nerd at warthunder:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/669384/en/
Better read the imprint first... ;D
;) ;D ;D
Instead of aircraft nerds, I'd call them idiotic kids that don't know anything outside of what's on internet, real or fake makes no difference! :banghead:
Quote from: loupgarou on September 29, 2018, 03:55:14 AM
Instead of aircraft nerds, I'd call them idiotic kids that don't know anything outside of what's on internet, real or fake makes no difference! :banghead:
If its on the Internet, it must be true!
Quote from: scooter on September 29, 2018, 04:02:35 AM
If its on the Internet, it must be true!
That's true - and the problem, too. And reading would help, too... It's amusing as well as disturbing how many request posts I receive at FlickR concerning building details, which are plainly explained in the (well, exhaustive) description. There's no patience, just a "feed me" attitude. Sad, and I am afraid that it won't get better. :-\
I've just been reading a thread on another forum, the subject of which was Forgotten WW2 Planes. It was about 25 pages long and it was amazing* how many repeats there were. People were just not bothering to go through what had already been posted before putting up their suggestion.
It was also obvious a lot of them were not modellers as I would have said that if there was a readilly available 1/72 injection styrene kit of an aircraft then it wasn't forgotten.
*wrong choice of word. "believable" might have been better. :-\
Any actual, good, forgotten birds though?
I see this all the time on Facebook.
What time does such and such open? Check back hours later and the 248th person still, even with hours to do it, manages to miss the 247 times prior where everyone else answered.
I sometimes like to bust people out for their shithouse attention span and inability to actual digest the information before them. I'll post something like a meme, or video, that LOOKS like one thing, but is another. Often, satire, and sure enough, I'll always hook one or two dummies that didn't bother reading past the first sentence or watched 15 seconds of a 4 minute video. Hell, sometimes I'm not even trying and I'll write out a post, no longer than this paragraph, and people will ask me questions or completely miss somehow the very things clearly spelled out in it. Sometimes I can understand if there's a huge wall of text, thousands of words, and long winded bloviating but people can't even manage to work their way through 2-3 sentence short paragraphs. :banghead:
I blame the internet and today's news media. Everything is what I call postage stamp content.
Seems right to me. And makes sense. Everything is so speedy these days, and people want their information that way. Twitter capitalized on it by making it the entire basis for their platform. 144 characters or whatever it was. I think they added more or something but still....
I can take it or leave it. Just depends. Sometimes I'm in the mood to sit down and read tons of material and really take it in and other times I just want a synopsis or someone to get on with their point. Sometimes I enjoy a good news story, like the things I might hear on NPR or something, and other times I become annoyed when a reporter or news story goes into too much, perhaps superfluous detail.
But, boy.... when people try to have it both ways? That's when it hits the fan. I mean... hell, if you're not going to bother reading the material, don't comment on it. If you don't want to take 5 minutes to watch the video, don't pretend like you did. Pick one and go with it. Short attention spans... "gotta have it now" attitude. Also, wanting something without working for it type of mindset. People want to talk about things, but they don't want to invest time in learning about them.
I'm sure if I scoured my past I could find that I've done it myself a time or two but I really do avoid it. If I can't be arsed to read some diatribe on social media, I'll move along instead of start blabbering as if I knew what I was talking about.
Yeah, it comes down to having to inflict your opinion on everyone, just so's you don't miss out on any attention.
(although I could be/have been accused of that in the past, too... ;D)
Ya just gotta wade in with your .02 now, don'tcha?
And checking out your facts beforehand? Waaay too much trouble...
Quote from: TheChronicOne on September 29, 2018, 07:18:45 AM
Any actual, good, forgotten birds though? ...
DC5 was one I wasn't aware of.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodall.com.au%2Faustralian-aviation%2Fdc-5%2Fimages%2Fimg26.jpeg&hash=e49f8bf060ff90ad12a54837c3a306ee40f85bf7)
12 built. Four went to KLM in the Dutch East Indies. Three of those escaped the Japanese to Australia.
It's a handsome aircraft. Has a large cargo door on the port side of the rear fuselage.
Interesting - start with a -4 or -6, shorten the wings and put them higher; B-24 or similar landing gear; reshape wingtips and tail if needed - job done.
Any takers? ;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 20, 2018, 02:06:29 AM
Not a true whif, but potentially a nice subject - a delivery paint job for Cathay Pacific gone slightly wrong:
I'm still mostly-convinced that it deliberate; seems like a cheap and easily-fixed way of getting attention on today's Internet. Certainly got wider coverage than if they'd launched a new livery or received a new type.
Oh nurse is here, time for my anti-cynicism pills!
Quote from: AS.12 on September 29, 2018, 11:47:49 PM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 20, 2018, 02:06:29 AM
Not a true whif, but potentially a nice subject - a delivery paint job for Cathay Pacific gone slightly wrong:
I'm still mostly-convinced that it deliberate; seems like a cheap and easily-fixed way of getting attention on today's Internet. Certainly got wider coverage than if they'd launched a new livery or received a new type.
Oh nurse is here, time for my anti-cynicism pills!
Tell her to go away, we like you as you are.
Quote from: AS.12 on September 29, 2018, 11:47:49 PM
Oh nurse is here, time for my anti-cynicism pills!
;D ;D
I've been on those for years, indeed before that I was on regular injections. Don't seem to work though ;)
That DC.5 reminds me of another type, but I can't remember what ?
Interestingly there was a version of it schemed with 4 Ranger 600hp engines. Also a DB.5 - bomber or military transport.
Planet Models did the DC-5 in 1/72nd and F-Rsin do it in1/144th, I think Execuform did one too?
Paul Harrison
Found another one of my creations here - and it was even abused for a video (check 0:32, looks really menacing!)!
https://warfareweb.com/2018/02/23/russias-new-high-speed-combat-helicopter-prototype-to-perform-debut-flight-in-2019/
(https://warfareweb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/02/hqdefault-1674-480x300.jpg)
*sigh* :banghead: Just filed a copyright infringement issue at YouTube.
Boy they sure know who to go to when they want something unusual!!
Of course they also had a headline about a time traveler warning about ww3 :o
Youtube was quick - the video has been deleted in less than 24 hours!
Found another one of my creations, this time at reddit in a Warthunder forum:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/9sphvd/please_can_i_have/
The best comment comes from Italy: "At least this photo is clear Photoshop. You can see some American markings on left corner of this "photo"
Plus quality is too astonishing" None of these statements is ...true. ;)
LOL!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 31, 2018, 04:20:44 AM
The best comment comes from Italy: "At least this photo is clear Photoshop. You can see some American markings on left corner of this "photo"
I love it! :thumbsup:
It's a sort of double-whammy when you've managed to fool them TWICE! ;D
It gets even weirder: for some time you could actually order the Fw 190 Z-17 as a large-scale wood replica(!!!), based on my (stolen) artwork, from South-East Asia via ebay... :unsure:
Polish Heinkel He-112
more at:
http://modelwork.pl/viewtopic.php?p=706992
That's pretty cool!
Quote from: Dingg on November 06, 2018, 12:15:06 AM
Polish Heinkel He-112
more at:
http://modelwork.pl/viewtopic.php?p=706992
The radiator looks much like a P-51 radiator - but not quite. I wonder what was used. In a googleated version of the linked thread, the guy says that he considered several radiator positions and wasn't really thinking of P-51 when he made it.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages55.fotosik.pl%2F671%2Ff804ac4569d2b875.jpg&hash=bd144cc688c353b6ec601e2334a1bb817da42a13)
Interesting thread on potential USN Lynx on Professional Pilot's Rumor Network
https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/616086-lynx-put-forward-usn-lamps-competition.html (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/616086-lynx-put-forward-usn-lamps-competition.html)
Another one of my creations has become (virtually) airborne: the lend-lease F4U in Soviet markings - pretty close to the "original":
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/65/6c/10/72cdb98bdc0d20f7dd229efbaaa01eb6ab_mq/Russian+Corsair.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/796237/en/
Thankfully with a source quote! :thumbsup:
Nice to see some people, at least, are willing to acknowledge your efforts, and not just rip them off.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2018, 01:05:15 AM
Another one of my creations has become (virtually) airborne: the lend-lease F4U in Soviet markings - pretty close to the "original":
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/65/6c/10/72cdb98bdc0d20f7dd229efbaaa01eb6ab_mq/Russian+Corsair.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/796237/en/
Thankfully with a source quote! :thumbsup:
Ha!!! That's kickarse man!
...and the Blackburn Barghest from the RAF Centennary build found its way into the Ukrainian alternathistory.com forum:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ftaxonomy%2Fdizzyfugu&edit-text=
Even with a link to the original source - highly appreciated. :thumbsup:
Another build of mine that took a kind of independent life at tapatalk:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-any-decals-sheet-to--t501431.html
The most disturbing info is "I stumbled across this from a model show picture of a over seas show". WTF...? :unsure:
Not certain if the dudes yet realized that it is a whif?
He should have, it's clearly stated in the pop-up info from FlickR when you run your mouse over the image. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 03, 2019, 11:39:20 PM
Another build of mine that took a kind of independent life at tapatalk:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-any-decals-sheet-to--t501431.html
The most disturbing info is "I stumbled across this from a model show picture of a over seas show". WTF...? :unsure:
Not certain if the dudes yet realized that it is a whif?
"If its on the Internet, it must be true."
Quote from: scooter on January 04, 2019, 12:24:18 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 03, 2019, 11:39:20 PM
Another build of mine that took a kind of independent life at tapatalk:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/does-anyone-know-if-there-are-any-decals-sheet-to--t501431.html
The most disturbing info is "I stumbled across this from a model show picture of a over seas show". WTF...? :unsure:
Not certain if the dudes yet realized that it is a whif?
"If its on the Internet, it must be true."
C'mon, now - Abraham Lincoln debunked that. ;)
I have to say I'm a bit ashamed of the current crop of Hyperscalers, if this lack of RTFM is anything to go by... :banghead: probably why I haven't logged on there in a few years.
Dizzy, that's a neat design and works as well as the 262-winged and -engined version does. :thumbsup:
Is this the earlier version of the jet one that you mentioned in the build article?
Yes, it is. And there's the vague plan to build a late Go 146 on the basis of an Arii Ki-46 III (the one with the sleek nose) and powered by DB 603 engines from a Me 410, as a late war/Luft '46 high speed recce aircraft.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 04, 2019, 03:32:11 AM
Yes, it is. And there's the vague plan to build a late Go 146 on the basis of an Arii Ki-46 III (the one with the sleek nose) and powered by DB 603 engines from a Me 410, as a late war/Luft '46 high speed recce aircraft.
Cool, that would be interesting, too.
Any thoughts as yet on why they'd go from jets back to props? Or would it be an interim design, with jets being fitted in time, like the Shinden?
Y'know, thinking about it, I think I prefer this one, over the jet. Don't ask me why, I'm not sure. ::shrug::
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 20, 2018, 02:06:29 AM
Not a true whif, but potentially a nice subject - a delivery paint job for Cathay Pacific gone slightly wrong:
"Who the F forgot the F ?" lol
On the Fine Scale Modeler gallery page, this interesting kitbash:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcs.finescale.com%2Fresized-image.ashx%2F__size%2F1000x0%2F__key%2Ftelligent-evolution-components-attachments%2F13-49-00-00-01-58-10-86%2F01.jpg&hash=25fef63483fcb90b6b761267fb0bdc4ece0de6be)
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/m/online/1581086.aspx (http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/m/online/1581086.aspx)
:o :o
I love it!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐
Lovely finish on it that's for sure :thumbsup:
Yes - very nice I indeed
thanks for sharing
IIRC that's part of a Tunnan GB - there was even an Enterprise(!) with three J29s "hidden" in the engines and the central fuselage.
Someone's had an early start on the 'Swedishised GB'. ;D
Found one of my models as an illustration of Iran's warfare power among "real life" documents in a Brasilian forum:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Festrategiaglobal.blog.br%2F2018%2F11%2Fbrasil-esta-em-14o-lugar-em-ranking-de-poderio-militar.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1o8zExIxw_Ob8s1uBntoUQqeu55y_JjDcKLwZs42n2OD5YrWbcNKbKS2A
Weird?! Lets the editors stand in a rather doubtful light... :unsure:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 08, 2019, 12:55:26 AM
Found one of my models as an illustration of Iran's warfare power among "real life" documents in a Brasilian forum:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Festrategiaglobal.blog.br%2F2018%2F11%2Fbrasil-esta-em-14o-lugar-em-ranking-de-poderio-militar.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1o8zExIxw_Ob8s1uBntoUQqeu55y_JjDcKLwZs42n2OD5YrWbcNKbKS2A
Weird?! Lets the editors stand in a rather doubtful light... :unsure:
Not showing up for me. Did they at least give you credit?
No (around rank #13, IIRC). At least, the link to the original FlickR source works.
Now it says 'This photos is no longer available'.
Perhaps the light finally dawned? ;D ;D ;) ;)
See, this is when I start to worry about us screwing up actual history. 80 years from now or something ... perhaps something like this may be all they find and BAM all of a sudden we've altered the timeline. :o ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 08, 2019, 10:41:31 AM
See, this is when I start to worry about us screwing up actual history. 80 years from now or something ... perhaps something like this may be all they find and BAM all of a sudden we've altered the timeline. :o ;D ;D ;D
That can only be a good thing Brad
;D
I doubt it would be the first or last time!
Here's another one I think about: The differing ways in which we keep dates. America is backwards to most others I do believe. Today is 1/08/2019. Elsewhere it's 08/01/2019. Think about, say, 300 years from now. Historians have a document, with a date, but lacking any other information they might not be able to determine whether "01/08/2019" is in January or August. Something like a receipt... if it doesn't have "snow tires" or something on it, there would be no good way to tell. Going to wreak some fair havoc in the future I suspect.
So uhhh... yeah.... the future's spoiled anyway so WHIF on!!! :wacko: :wacko:
Mr Spackman HAS altered the Real World (aviation) time line! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on January 08, 2019, 01:30:43 PM
Mr Spackman HAS altered the Real World (aviation) time line! :thumbsup:
(Blush)
Well now, y'all ain't gettin' outta here that easy.... ;D
Regale us of this magnificent feat!
The hint is in his nom de guerre.
'Twas before my return to modelling & the World of WhIf but apparently our mate Kit built a model of a long-winged Meteor he called the PR.19 along with comprehensive backstory which had sufficient modellers &, I believe, some genuine researchers (& publications??) convinced that it was real enough for it to BE real ... for a short time.
Kit & others in the know can clarify as needed.
That will suffice, thank you! ;D ;D
Ask the CIA, they phoned me to get more details of the PR19 once, and I had to tell them the awful truth. ;D ;) :wacko:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 08, 2019, 04:55:01 PM
Ask the CIA, they phoned me to get more details of the PR19 once, and I had to tell them the awful truth. ;D ;) :wacko:
That's nuts!! I love it!
That is the greatest Whif story EVER!
Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on January 08, 2019, 08:41:50 PM
That is the greatest Whif story EVER!
And, like the best stories, it's true! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
All Hail! the Meteor-Whiffer Extraordinaire!! ::NotWorthy::
Quote from: TheChronicOne on January 08, 2019, 12:00:17 PM
I doubt it would be the first or last time!
Here's another one I think about: The differing ways in which we keep dates. America is backwards to most others I do believe. Today is 1/08/2019. Elsewhere it's 08/01/2019. Think about, say, 300 years from now. Historians have a document, with a date, but lacking any other information they might not be able to determine whether "01/08/2019" is in January or August. Something like a receipt... if it doesn't have "snow tires" or something on it, there would be no good way to tell. Going to wreak some fair havoc in the future I suspect.
So uhhh... yeah.... the future's spoiled anyway so WHIF on!!! :wacko: :wacko:
O Chronic One, I write my dates "9 Jan 2019" precisely because of that disconnect. I did get used to only putting the last two digits of the year, although I always thought that practice sloppy - the so-called "millennium bug" proved me right on that. :) When I was in the Navy the way I wrote my dates drove my superiors nuts - pointing out that my way lessened confusion did nothing to comfort them.
Now, my work is arguably even more important and accuracy correspondingly more crucial - and I'm still driving my supervisors nuts. So far they've gone along with me because I'm demonstrably correct - they just don't like it. :)
Because everything nowadays must be written in block capitals, I write them the way the Navy taught to lessen the chances of confusion - zeros are oblique-stroked to differentiate from "O"s; 7s are crossed so they're not 1s; 1s are just a vertical stroke - they don't have the hook at the top nor the foot; and so on.
I used to oblique stroke my zeros but had to stop doing so (and lost the habit) when marking levels on the ground for earthmoving.
A zero with a stroke through it means the level is correct and needs neither to be cut nor filled. You don't use a slashed zero to mark twenty (say) so if the two gets accidentally removed it is obvious something is missing rather than being on level.
In my current job I do a lot of writing out parcel tracking numbers but these avoid the risk of confusing zeros and O's by never using O (or I for that matter).
I still cross my sevens and my Z's.
My concern in so far as altering the perception of history goes concerns the burial of pets ;D
On my family's farm/small holding they have a small area where dogs and favourite horses/ponies have been buried after they have passed on. Now we always bury them with their favourite blankets/bowls/toys etc and I have a vision of an archaeological dig discovering these graves in a millennium or so and coming to the conclusion that the local inhabitants worshipped their animals.....oh, but I suppose we do in a small way ;)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 08, 2019, 04:55:01 PM
Ask the CIA, they phoned me to get more details of the PR19 once, and I had to tell them the awful truth. ;D ;) :wacko:
I assume they got your No from the local directory or was it a little more "darker" than that ? :angel:
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 09, 2019, 05:50:37 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 08, 2019, 04:55:01 PM
Ask the CIA, they phoned me to get more details of the PR19 once, and I had to tell them the awful truth. ;D ;) :wacko:
I assume they got your No from the local directory or was it a little more "darker" than that ? :angel:
I wondered that myself at the time, but I'm in the local phone book and I suppose they have EVERY phone book in the whole world on file at Langley.
And they may have got clues via my employers, who were an American company, and I'd done a job at the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground for them prior to that, so maybe I was already 'on their books'.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 09, 2019, 08:20:29 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 09, 2019, 05:50:37 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 08, 2019, 04:55:01 PM
Ask the CIA, they phoned me to get more details of the PR19 once, and I had to tell them the awful truth. ;D ;) :wacko:
I assume they got your No from the local directory or was it a little more "darker" than that ? :angel:
I wondered that myself at the time, but I'm in the local phone book and I suppose they have EVERY phone book in the whole world on file at Langley.
And they may have got clues via my employers, who were an American company, and I'd done a job at the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground for them prior to that, so maybe I was already 'on their books'.
I'd lean more in that direction, assuming you'd already had a cursory background investigation. But I'm sure Aberdeen was still an open base then, like most Army installations were until after 9/11
It's the CIA, they'd never do something as common-sense as look in the phone book, they'd have to do the whole super-spy rigmarole just 'coz they could ... & 'coz it'd keep the expenditure up, so they could claim more when it was budget appropriations' time.
Quote from: Old Wombat on January 09, 2019, 05:43:09 PM
It's the CIA, they'd never do something as common-sense as look in the phone book, they'd have to do the whole super-spy rigmarole just 'coz they could ... & 'coz it'd keep the expenditure up, so they could claim more when it was budget appropriations' time.
Who is a cynical Old Wombat then!..........but I agree with your reasoning.
CIA? The Chepstow & Ingst Advertiser - the local paper?
:o
Quote from: zenrat on January 10, 2019, 02:07:55 AM
CIA? The Chepstow & Ingst Advertiser - the local paper?
:o
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The truth is even stranger than you think. It may well be that several of this community are actually working for M I nine and three quarters, or MOD, or possibly even NATO, deliberately spreading disinformation and confusion. Some of our more unlikely whiffs could well be true and other apparently OOB creations actually Whiffs. I have cleared this suggestion with UNESCO, the UK government Department of Drains, Holes and Sewers, the local rector and an unnamed but senior individual at the GCHQ in order not to commit a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
On the other hand, this might all be fiction and Whiffworld has triumphed yet again.
Quote from: Rheged on January 10, 2019, 06:40:12 AM
The truth is even stranger than you think. It may well be that several of this community are actually working for M I nine and three quarters, or MOD, or possibly even NATO, deliberately spreading disinformation and confusion. Some of our more unlikely whiffs could well be true and other apparently OOB creations actually Whiffs. I have cleared this suggestion with UNESCO, the UK government Department of Drains, Holes and Sewers, the local rector and an unnamed but senior individual at the GCHQ in order not to commit a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
Curses, I've been rumbled..................... ;D ;)
"MI nine and 3/4"
LMAO!!! :wacko:
Quote from: Rheged on January 10, 2019, 06:40:12 AM
The truth is even stranger than you think. It may well be that several of this community are actually working for M I nine and three quarters, or MOD, or possibly even NATO, deliberately spreading disinformation and confusion. Some of our more unlikely whiffs could well be true and other apparently OOB creations actually Whiffs. I have cleared this suggestion with UNESCO, the UK government Department of Drains, Holes and Sewers, the local rector and an unnamed but senior individual at the GCHQ in order not to commit a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
On the other hand, this might all be fiction and Whiffworld has triumphed yet again.
Yeah - the 'Whif model' is the thing that comes up first in a Goggle search, the Real version is buried in later pages... ;D
And if I seem to disappear at any time later, you know what's happened... or you may think you do... ;D ;D
Quote from: Rheged on January 10, 2019, 06:40:12 AM
the local rector and an unnamed but senior individual at the GCHQ in order not to commit a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
Every time I see the vicar of our local "High *" Anglican church he is hiding in some dark corner furtively using his mobile phone, so could well be one and the same ?
* We have two local Anglican churches ; this High one built in the late Victorian era which is a red brick, Jerry built monstrosity and another stone church built in the 1750's which is gorgeous
There are some noteworthy Whifs in the annual Silly Week postings at http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/, such as a GAF Corsair II, a Supermarine Stiletto F1e, a twin engined MiG-15 OPLR, a jet engined DC-3, and an Osprey Skycrane, and a What If Saab Tunnan was posted at http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/m/online/1581086.aspx. With his prolific output, which dates back several years, Kees Kuyper on the Aircraft Resource Center site might IMHO be worthy of being invited to this forum.
Martin
Some creations there have been presented here, like the asymmetric Bristol at
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal16/15001-16100/gal15045-Bristol-63CPE/00.shtm
by our dear friend 63cpe
see here at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,45266.60.html
Check this out.
http://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/thread/3374/flying-wing-papercraft
From what I could see before the Anti Ad-Blocker pop-up caused me to close the window it looks pretty good.
Although I have to question with the statement that 1/72 is pretty close to 1/50 (but I suppose it's all relative innit).
Interesting development: a photographer/illustrator stumbled upon my works on Flickr, and created his own interpretation(s) based on on a mecha pic.
(https://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/92c464259d645cc8f5ab52931c1cdc33/5CE77823/t51.2885-15/e35/50107741_2223257651325352_1775791101283989042_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com&se=7&ig_cache_key=MTk3NjU1MDM1NjYxMjg2ODYzOA%3D%3D.2)
(https://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/2948f64810e24787097509090c7fd8b5/5CE9B7D3/t51.2885-15/e35/50703218_2271167943135975_3526626125273083861_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram.com&se=7&ig_cache_key=MTk3NjU1MDM1NjU4NzY5Nzc4MQ%3D%3D.2)
More variants here (incl. source reference, highly appreciated) http://hotsta.net/media/1976550360521934010_8213729941
And here's the original:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4705/39988722491_bd599320c5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23VEE1B)
(Fang of the Sun) Dougram +++ 1:72 Soltic H8 "Roundfacer" (revamped Takara kit/Revell re-boxing) (https://flic.kr/p/23VEE1B) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
The Ukrainian fan club took again some inspiration in my works, twice:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 04, 2019, 12:29:32 AM
The Ukrainian fan club took again some inspiration in my works, twice:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
I love how you have your own tag for them :thumbsup:
And it is not meant derogatively. As far as I can tell, whiffing just fits the forum's bill and the authors there modify the content - but as long as the source is quoted, I am fine with that. Who am I to judge other people's imagination?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 04, 2019, 02:37:44 AM
And it is not meant derogatively. As far as I can tell, whiffing just fits the forum's bill and the authors there modify the content - but as long as the source is quoted, I am fine with that.
Exactly. I once got metaphorically yelled at on dA for
over-crediting. But then, I've got one of those social science degrees, and its always better to oversource than undersource.
Another fan, this time in Japan on Twitter ;D:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmonkitty551%2Fstatus%2F1113385000320139264
I do like that MIG -SPB, one of my favorite builds of yours Dizzy.
Chris
Must have missed that Lastochka Dizzy, it's a cracker! Looks like the old Esci Whiftastic Ka50 with Me262 engines but not sure what the wings and tail are from though?
Paul Harrison
Wings and tail came from an Airfix A-1 Skyraider... ;) Built it several years ago.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7855/33665561808_93b9be814e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ThUNCQ)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/ThUNCQ) by Ed Perello (https://www.flickr.com/photos/11733941@N05/), on Flickr
;D ;D
Steam punk jule-box ?? ;D
Built a few Airfix Skyraiders over the years so I should have recognized them!
Paul Harrison
Edward Lodewijk (Eddie) Van Halen might be a familiar name for those who follow(ed) rock music, especially in 1980s. A pretty handy guy with a guitar and played some famous solos. He started modifying his Stratocaster guitars because none was quite what he wanted, out of the box. So he made what became known as the "Frankenstein" guitar, or Frankenstrat.
On the Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue forum (tdpri.com), member fasteddie455 has just released his What-If version, based on the premise that Eddie Van Halen took his screwdrivers, soldering iron, tape and paint to a Telecaster guitar, instead ( http://www.tdpri.com/threads/copy-of-eddie-van-halens-tele.950801/ ). The guitar is reproduced with appropriate weathering (termed relicing in guitar circles), down to dings, scratches and some burn marks.
For reference: a real iteration of the Frankenstrat:
(https://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/images/content/2014-10/Blogs/Frankenstein_WEB.jpg)
fasteddie455's Frankentele:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47822960892_cf7e67512b_c.jpg)
A magazine cover that proves the Frankentele is real:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47822960572_776b451bf9_c.jpg)
That's a rather neat camo scheme on that guitar. Just swap the colours for something appropriate to the region whatever you want to have camouflaged is operating in. :thumbsup:
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on May 20, 2019, 05:19:51 PM
That's a rather neat camo scheme on that guitar. Just swap the colours for something appropriate to the region whatever you want to have camouflaged is operating in. :thumbsup:
How about on stage, in a Rock Concert? ;D ;D
Yeah yeah, I'll get my coat... :rolleyes:
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on May 20, 2019, 05:19:51 PM
That's a rather neat camo scheme on that guitar. Just swap the colours for something appropriate to the region whatever you want to have camouflaged is operating in. :thumbsup:
I have a Robotech model on the shelf - IIRC, the 'recommended' camouflage is purple and red ... I bet it'd look just as 'good' dressed as that guitar. :)
Great looking C-130 :thumbsup:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/mainly_military/italeri-72-scale-c-130j-what-if-t11130.html#p130851
Quote from: tc2324 on May 22, 2019, 03:36:11 PM
Great looking C-130 :thumbsup:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/mainly_military/italeri-72-scale-c-130j-what-if-t11130.html#p130851
It sure is, and the builder raises a good point. Why DON'T the BBMF have their own transport aircraft? What's good enough for the Blue Angels and the T'Birds.............
That is brilliant!!! I love it.
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on May 20, 2019, 05:19:51 PM
That's a rather neat camo scheme on that guitar. Just swap the colours for something appropriate to the region whatever you want to have camouflaged is operating in. :thumbsup:
There's also a version that is white with black stripes: winter camo for wooded areas.
"
A Telecaster is a damn good club" - Keith Richards
Herky-Bird looks great! :thumbsup:
Nice find from a German forum, passed on to me from a friend:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fbilder%2F3%2F4%2F7%2F14347-3242830.jpg&hash=c8d4c9853136b24eae13ce378904984e0d1ea092)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fimg%2F3%2F4%2F7%2F14347%2F3242851%2Fconvair-cv-258-1-pm-modell.jpg&hash=91abc43b386f0a875cccae84b31f5dd7d413a763)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fbilder%2F3%2F4%2F7%2F14347-0.jpg&hash=7163ef8a8f80c6c790ef880a766f5189ca8b32ea)
More here: http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/8-flugzeuge-modern/14347-convair-cv-258-1-pm-modell.html
Cool. I like that.
Far out!!
Yeah, the whole "Luft '46 as captured and in EAA/RAE/NACA schemes"-thing is a cool idea. I plan a few.
Came upon this neat Tu-110 airliner profile:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fusers%2Fuser34290%2FTu-110BOAC_0.png&hash=b6eada8532324cbe8115107256b3a79b4607c409)
Made me wonder about a Comet in Aeroflot colors?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 28, 2019, 02:43:41 AM
Came upon this neat Tu-110 airliner profile:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Ffiles%2Fusers%2Fuser34290%2FTu-110BOAC_0.png&hash=b6eada8532324cbe8115107256b3a79b4607c409)
Made me wonder about a Comet in Aeroflot colors?
Nice. Any one kit the 110? They only built two IRL.
There's an 1:144 resin kit from AWM, IIRC, but I am not aware of an IP kit?
Tupolev, a model firm, not the full size one, did a Tu-104 in 1/144 rather appropriately, & I've got one too. That would be a good basis for a Tu-110 conversion I guess.
As for a Comet in an Aeroflot scheme, I LOVE it! :thumbsup:
There was an Aeroflot Comet in an old 1960's spy movie. the plane was called the Dove Of Peace I think.
Paul Harrison
Edit:- Might have been Where The Spies Are from 1966?
I'd at least give it a glass nose for the navigator. ;)
Interestingly enough, there was a Tu-114 in JAL service for a bit. It's certainly a bit unfamiliar to see a Soviet plane in some non-Soviet Bloc markings.
(https://wildabouttravel.boardingarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05653abcdda02226a48c44298da74beb-commercial-aircraft-vintage-airline.jpg)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 28, 2019, 02:26:07 PM
Tupolev, a model firm, not the full size one, did a Tu-104 in 1/144 rather appropriately, & I've got one too. That would be a good basis for a Tu-110 conversion I guess....
I don't have the book to hand right now but IIRC the first 110 was a 104 with two extra engines while the second one was stretched with broader chord wings.
Quote from: zenrat on May 29, 2019, 05:29:14 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 28, 2019, 02:26:07 PM
Tupolev, a model firm, not the full size one, did a Tu-104 in 1/144 rather appropriately, & I've got one too. That would be a good basis for a Tu-110 conversion I guess....
I don't have the book to hand right now but IIRC the first 110 was a 104 with two extra engines while the second one was stretched with broader chord wings.
The conversions both had a new wing center section, the number one was based on the Tu-104A,
number two had the stretched fuselage and increased chord flaps of the Tu-104B.
I saw this over at Britmodeller, a 1/72 Convair Model 200 V/STOL. Great scratch build.
(https://i.imgur.com/F5xAeyRh.jpg)
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235056712-172-convair-model-200-vstol-scratchbuilt/ (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235056712-172-convair-model-200-vstol-scratchbuilt/)
Nice work. Although it's missing the moveable rear exhaust.
That's nutty! Like a hover-rocket or something.
That does look good
Quote from: Medjoe on May 29, 2019, 05:02:40 AM
Interestingly enough, there was a Tu-114 in JAL service for a bit. It's certainly a bit unfamiliar to see a Soviet plane in some non-Soviet Bloc markings.
(https://wildabouttravel.boardingarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05653abcdda02226a48c44298da74beb-commercial-aircraft-vintage-airline.jpg)
It still was an Aeroflot aircraft, after all. JAL was forced to use Aeroflot aircraft as carriers for their flights into the Soviet Union, there were other airlines that had to follow a similar scheme, e .g. KLM, IIRC.
KLM used to fly joint ops with VIASA I think, with the aircraft painted in different schemes on each side. Sadly I can't find a pic of it anywhere. :banghead:
The most famous aircraft like that must surely have been the BA Concorde G-BOAD, which was painted in BA on one side and Singapore Airlines on the other. I liked it so much I made a model of it. ;D
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/4345/FJprYy.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/7383/Xbn7iu.jpg)
It would have been even better if they'd re-done the BA side in the Landor scheme, and I might Whiff that one day too.
Here is a KLM Il-62:
(https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/4/0305429.jpg?v=v40)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 17, 2019, 07:24:24 AM
Here is a KLM Il-62:
(https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/4/0305429.jpg?v=v40)
Obviously, Airliners.net hates hot-linking (unless its already in your cache), so I moved a copy into my Imgur file:
(https://i.imgur.com/TznTaTq.jpg)
Drat! I was hoping it would be in the glorious two-tone blue stuff. :angry: ;D
Quote from: TheChronicOne on June 17, 2019, 12:13:27 PM
Drat! I was hoping it would be in the glorious two-tone blue stuff. :angry: ;D
It could be, all you have to do is build it. ;D
Huh!! That's a great idea... I bet a KLM multi-blue-62 would look fantastic. :wub: I've 3-4 of the things floating around, too. 2 or 3 Zvesda ones and one ICM one. :wacko:
The Ukrainian fan club struck again - someone has found my MiG 7.12. Even though I have the impression, that reading more than just a (fake) headline might be helpful in order to interpret the pictures:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Fmig-321-giperzvukovoj-ubijtsa-avianostsev-70-h%2F
Found another evolution of one of my builds - apparently, a model (an updated post-WWII F6F) inspired a flight simulator fan:
http://www.simpleplanes.com/a/N66P1L/F6F-7N-Super-Hellcat
At least he gives you credit (by attaching the link, if not in words). :thumbsup:
The Ukrainian fans from alternathistory.org found my recent Austrian T-34 update (incl. credits, highly appreciated! :lol:):
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Amusing that you are referred to as "our western colleague"
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/1c/06/c3/06ade25c767c217b9c4cb12ece2eb8b7bd_mq/alzMxNZj_700w_0.jpg)
:rolleyes:
And then this...
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/b9/cc/4c/f2ff5675a38f55833f7f5af4049bd8b492_mq/A-1000.jpg)
Cool but so ugly lol. Great finds guys !
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 28, 2019, 08:05:41 AM
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/1c/06/c3/06ade25c767c217b9c4cb12ece2eb8b7bd_mq/alzMxNZj_700w_0.jpg)
:rolleyes:
I hadn't realised Tesla also puts guns in those....
It could serve as an additional speed brake...
Quote from: martinbayer on November 29, 2019, 12:27:37 AM
It could serve as an additional speed brake...
Maybe it was the recoil or ejecting cartridge that caused the problems ? :angel:
Love it, great find Dizzy :thumbsup:
Some interesting 1st Gen jet fighter ideas here (scroll down for pics):
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9729
Yes that Potez one is pretty neat. Looks so clunky with the gear down but pretty slick cleaned up ! The Russian ones just look like Russian ones ;D
Found mention of my Yak-49 (heavily modded Italeri X-32) build here:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/aircraft.htm
Seems to be realistic enough that it is actually mentioned as "fake" in the lists! :mellow:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 06, 2020, 02:09:38 AM
Found mention of my Yak-49 (heavily modded Italeri X-32) build here:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/aircraft.htm
Seems to be realistic enough that it is actually mentioned as "fake" in the lists! :mellow:
I tried to read that but got buried in a BLIZZARD of adverts that populate that blasted site!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 06, 2020, 02:09:38 AM
Found mention of my Yak-49 (heavily modded Italeri X-32) build here:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/aircraft.htm
Seems to be realistic enough that it is actually mentioned as "fake" in the lists! :mellow:
Also saw your Argentine Pirate on a Quora post about the Vought Pirate. I'll post the link when I get home tonight
Stumbled upon this nice skin version for a "Canadized" PB4Y-2 Privateer:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/d3/96/08/4500efa261204e8575f1f0642f1a609c62_mq/20170605160000_1.jpg)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/4d/34/79/144f720069330aaeb89b8471464369dd19_mq/20170605160258_1.jpg)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/3f/ee/d5/40d942c4265f80ca267189b99e485276f3_mq/20170605160137_1.jpg)
That does look nice :thumbsup:
The Privateer looks awesome ! Alot of guns for that era of paint, but still awesome !
Nice looking Privateer Dizzy! Great find and thanks for sharing.
David aka 63cpe
Accidently came across a Belgian Firefly at warthunder, inspired by one of my builds:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/841459/en/
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/6d/e9/f5/a3d1c1bb5c113fbfa6c552b59dcbc0be8e_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2019.06.25+-+11.29.33.91.png)
...and the inspiring "original":
(https://live.staticflickr.com/671/22408226076_3738da197f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/A991Vs)
1:72 Grumman G-36A, aircraft 'R-17' of 3/II Groupe de Chasse ('Cocottes Rouges') de l' Aeronautique Militaire Belge; Brustem (Belgium), May 1940 (Whif/Hobby Boss kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/A991Vs) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Same tail code even. That's funny! ;D
Found another virtual clone inspired by one of my builds, this time a Bf 109F, based on an Italianized He 112:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/880594/en/
(https://live.warthunder.com/uploads/49/b2/ea/2e657afbb3fb848e6f933634587d2abb15_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.01.29+-+17.25.49.58.png)
...vs. the "original":
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4347/36087525633_e84e8c0c91_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WYW16P)
1:72 Heinkel He 112 E-1; '110' of the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) 162ยฐ Squadriglia, 161ยฐ Gruppo Caccia; Dodecanese (Aegean Sea), summer 1940 (Whif/modified Heller kit) (https://flic.kr/p/WYW16P) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Again, even the tactical code has been faithfully copied? :unsure: At least, there's a reference link.
;D ;D ;D
My Hรผtter Hรผ 324 bomber found its way into the Ukraine:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
Even though, IIRC, this is the second time that it resurfaced there. And it's funny to read the "experts" discussion below. ;D
Another one from here that popped up in the Ukraine, but this time it's jalles' MiG-41:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com&edit-text=
"Original" here:
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44902.msg799711.html
Quote from: scooter on January 06, 2020, 07:55:31 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 06, 2020, 02:09:38 AM
Found mention of my Yak-49 (heavily modded Italeri X-32) build here:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/aircraft.htm
Seems to be realistic enough that it is actually mentioned as "fake" in the lists! :mellow:
Also saw your Argentine Pirate on a Quora post about the Vought Pirate. I'll post the link when I get home tonight
Finally got around to it. And not only your Argie Pirate (https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-much-of-the-production-run-of-Vought-F6U-Pirate-naval-fighters-were-flown-straight-from-the-factory-to-long-term-storage-and-finally-used-as-static-targets/answer/Victor-Rameau), but your Heinkel He-100 (https://www.quora.com/Why-did-the-excellent-Heinkel-He-100-fighter-not-go-into-mass-production-like-the-later-Fw-190/answer/Ben-Hardy-31)
Oops! And, once more, no credit. :-\
Found my MiG-33 build in a Brasilian forum:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cavok.com.br%2Fblog%2Faeronaves-quase-famosas-izdeliye-33-o-mig-29-monomotor%2F
Quote+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
I like that bit in the comments below the piece! ;D :thumbsup:
...and another of my model creations has made it into flight simulation: a Saab 32 A "Lansen", which was built OOB but according to an obscure paint scheme which I had found in a magazine without any comment, assuming that it was a camouflage trial (before the green/blue cammo was chosen):
(https://live.warthunder.com/uploads/ca/5e/0b/a906015e36b2489c61f420a8b7650819b1_mq/shot+2020.03.03+15.15.25.jpg)
vs.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5669/30699653351_891629cb85_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NLPKo8)
1:72 Saab A 32A ,,Lansen", aircraft ,29' (s/n 32209) of the Swedish Air Force Fรถrsรถkscentralen during camouflage trials; Malmslรคtt, Sweden, 1970 (Quasi-whif/Heller kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/NLPKo8) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr :lol:
More here, there's even a screen caption of "FC/29" in flight!:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/886614/en/
Hmmm, the Universe is doing peculiar things again: first Dizzy's mention of his MiG-33 showing up on a Brazilian forum, then his Lansen showing up in a flight simulator. The thing the Universe wants to tell us is that Dizzy's Lansen in trialled camouflage would look absolutely spectacular when adorned with Brazilian markings. :wub:
The Lansen is such a handsome aircraft.
Quote from: zenrat on March 07, 2020, 02:15:30 AM
The Lansen is such a handsome aircraft.
Yes, it would deserve a folding wing version for a swedish, or maybe Lichtenstein, aircraft carrier.
I was reading a while ago, that the Lansen's design is based on the F-86, just made a bit bigger. I can see the design elements when looking at the photo above. It occurred to me, if anyone was planning a tandem two-seat F-86, much of the Lansen cockpit and canopy could be used --- could even use the side intakes too --- much like the XP-93 ---- Now having just written that and then looking at photos of the XP-93, I'd say the Lansen came from that ---
Quote from: salt6 on March 07, 2020, 08:05:12 AM
(https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/88180754_10218321211241738_839933657060737024_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=qzA3tZP_UHgAX8QsOoP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=4c0e9f1c5c89f3c7c4f1f80892cbd8ad&oe=5E9006D2)
I DO like that! :thumbsup:
A P-51M, with a Griffon engine perhaps?
Built from a Red Baron kit I reckon.
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
I'm pretty sure I've seen that Griffon Mustang photo before. Here?
edit:
found some kit box photos that should work:
(https://www.aviationmegastore.com/img/prod/max/6/5/36527_0.gif)
(https://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3100/41ee3/products/165/images/884/HPR072005_BX_revB__88565.1368601429.1280.1280.jpg?c=2)
(https://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3100/41ee3/products/149/images/872/HPR072007_BX_revB__84235.1367547822.1280.1280.jpg?c=2)
Quote from: chrisonord on March 07, 2020, 11:23:19 AM
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
It does. But imagine how much more sinister it would look with an Armstrong Sideley Python powering it.
Quote from: zenrat on March 08, 2020, 03:06:19 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 07, 2020, 11:23:19 AM
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
It does. But imagine how much more sinister it would look with an Armstrong Sideley Python powering it.
I shall have to look that one up Fred :wacko:
Chris
I doubt you could shoehorn a Python into a Mustang. P-47 on t'other hand...
Quote from: chrisonord on March 08, 2020, 12:25:38 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 08, 2020, 03:06:19 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 07, 2020, 11:23:19 AM
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
It does. But imagine how much more sinister it would look with an Armstrong Sideley Python powering it.
I shall have to look that one up Fred :wacko:
Chris
It's the turboprop that powered the Wyvern.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on March 08, 2020, 05:07:46 PM
I doubt you could shoehorn a Python into a Mustang. P-47 on t'other hand...
Hmmmmm, now that's an idea...
I had a look at my frog wyvern and the airfix mustang and I think it would look ridiculous. Watch this space. :wacko:
Chris
:thumbsup:
Of course originally the Wyvern had a R.R. Eagle engine. 9 foot long sans prop shaft, and then there was the very elegant prototype of the Mk 2 fitted with the Clyde engine.
Just thoughts :angel:
Quote from: zenrat on March 09, 2020, 03:06:47 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 08, 2020, 12:25:38 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 08, 2020, 03:06:19 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 07, 2020, 11:23:19 AM
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
It does. But imagine how much more sinister it would look with an Armstrong Sideley Python powering it.
I shall have to look that one up Fred :wacko:
Chris
It's the turboprop that powered the Wyvern.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on March 08, 2020, 05:07:46 PM
I doubt you could shoehorn a Python into a Mustang. P-47 on t'other hand...
Hmmmmm, now that's an idea...
Douglas Skyraider or Boeing F8B would be my choice ---
I've got the 1/72 Reno Griffon Mustang close by, so I'll dig out my Python nacelle pod I've built for a Lancaster FTB build, should give a very good comparison, the nacelle is about as long as the Mustang ----
I have put double mambas on two skyraiders, they look the part, think they would look a bit too far fetched on a mustang though......ish.
Chris
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 09, 2020, 07:35:23 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 09, 2020, 03:06:47 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 08, 2020, 12:25:38 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 08, 2020, 03:06:19 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on March 07, 2020, 11:23:19 AM
I do like that mustang too, looks very sinister
It does. But imagine how much more sinister it would look with an Armstrong Sideley Python powering it.
I shall have to look that one up Fred :wacko:
Chris
It's the turboprop that powered the Wyvern.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on March 08, 2020, 05:07:46 PM
I doubt you could shoehorn a Python into a Mustang. P-47 on t'other hand...
Hmmmmm, now that's an idea...
Douglas Skyraider or Boeing F8B would be my choice ---
I've got the 1/72 Reno Griffon Mustang close by, so I'll dig out my Python nacelle pod I've built for a Lancaster FTB build, should give a very good comparison, the nacelle is about as long as the Mustang ----
OK, some comparison pics.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F915664f9-7094-4884-8eba-9a0b65364838.JPG&hash=9f2bfde98603dd6fec07974add1940b326cad445)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F459338bd-c64a-4350-8897-f23ce9cd9754.JPG&hash=169d2b2e3667d06ebf9f7bbdcfaa596d0d263bee)
The nacelle fitted under the Lancaster wing in leu of the outer Merlin
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2Ffdcbb1e9-40d9-4b3c-b3ce-1018ec92aa8b.jpg&hash=e71dfb72cb463ede9815a6a128606a73ff1eb705)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F66188dad-c577-418f-aed8-d9220ae2ec9e.jpg&hash=3f250eb7d3414b8836ff1912e3c95e1fe496274e)
And the engine took up most of that nacelle
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2Fc07635b6-5636-4d81-85b2-7b57fe4c5360.jpg&hash=0957656d2048302a2955cb9105df2d0e3999fc75)
The Wyvern is a MUCH bigger aeroplane than you usually imagine! :o
The one at Yeovilton, admittedly with an Eagle piston engine, TOWERS over everything in sight, and that includes the nearby Sea Harrier.
I was very impressed by it when I visited the museum in 2002 Kit.
I'm contemplating joining the 'In the Navy' GB by building one of the Wyvern TF.1 kits I have, only the plan is to build it as one of the other concepts Westland offered, the mid-engine version.
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 09, 2020, 09:43:30 AM
OK, some comparison pics.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F915664f9-7094-4884-8eba-9a0b65364838.JPG&hash=9f2bfde98603dd6fec07974add1940b326cad445)
It would fit. You'd just have to show an Ewok or Gremlin how to fly it.
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 09, 2020, 09:57:54 AM
I'm contemplating joining the 'In the Navy' GB by building one of the Wyvern TF.1 kits I have,
I've the CMR one in the stash and that's earmarked for the B.P.F. at some time in the future. Is that the one you have ?
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 10, 2020, 06:59:45 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 09, 2020, 09:57:54 AM
I'm contemplating joining the 'In the Navy' GB by building one of the Wyvern TF.1 kits I have,
I've the CMR one in the stash and that's earmarked for the B.P.F. at some time in the future. Is that the one you have ?
Yeah, I've got three of them --- One will be as the TF.1, another I'll try to make a Clyde forward fuselage (it has the right looking tail group for it) and the last one I'm making into the forward cockpit/mid-engine variant. I've got it on my night table as I'm figuring out what I have to do with it. At first I thought it looked a bit small for a 1/72 Wyvern, that was until I got my Frog Wyvern out to compare. Wings are practically identical, just got some better details to it, and the fuselage is the same length but of course, a bit different. What I'm planning though it would need a modified top line to the fuselage and it looks like I need to add a fuselage plug in the front end, to get it to look like the 3-View in Tony Butler's BSP book.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 09, 2020, 09:51:31 AM
The Wyvern is a MUCH bigger aeroplane than you usually imagine! :o
The one at Yeovilton, admittedly with an Eagle piston engine, TOWERS over everything in sight, and that includes the nearby Sea Harrier.
Yeah, I have the Wyvern sitting on the shelf alongside my Seafires & Seafang, it's HUGE!
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 10, 2020, 10:30:49 AM
and the last one I'm making into the forward cockpit/mid-engine variant.
That ones certainly an interesting looking aircraft. None of the Wyvern's are particularly blessed in the looks department, but that one ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 10, 2020, 01:24:58 PM
Quote from: kitnut617 on March 10, 2020, 10:30:49 AM
and the last one I'm making into the forward cockpit/mid-engine variant.
That ones certainly an interesting looking aircraft. None of the Wyvern's are particularly blessed in the looks department, but that one ;)
Well I think I'll throw my hat into the ring again, I'll post a new thread in 'In the Navy' GB soon.
Found my kitbashed Saab 23 (or: a picture of it) at reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/fjiufm/saab_j23b_fighter_in_rank_3_at_30/
And my Aรฉronavale Skyhawk made it to the War Thunder forum:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/889359/en/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 19, 2020, 12:17:44 AM
And my Aรฉronavale Skyhawk made it to the War Thunder forum:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/889359/en/
Wow - those guys are brutal. I'm glad they're not on this forum.
The guy even said he has sight problems ... but more than that, maybe I do too, because to me it looked real enough. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen leading edge slats open in level flight, but I I know some a/c have automatic slats that pop out whenever airspeed is low enough.
Well, maybe the Skyhawk was stabilizing at low speed for a good shot from the photo ship...? :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 19, 2020, 12:51:48 AM
Well, maybe the Skyhawk was stabilizing at low speed for a good shot from the photo ship...? :rolleyes:
Good call. :) :thumbsup:
There was this stunner on there today:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/889360/en/
The colors a quite off, but the Lightning looks great with the Norm 81 scheme, it works well on the airframe. I did a MiG-21 in that scheme many moons ago, and this worked disturbingly well, too.
There's also a Polish Lightning in a late MiG-21 livery around from the same artist.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 19, 2020, 12:17:44 AM
And my Aรฉronavale Skyhawk made it to the War Thunder forum:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/889359/en/
Quite the slagfest going on over there! ;D
I seem to recall seeing these before, but I may be thinking of the twin-engined Fairey Battle that... someone did. Anyway, these from Aussie Modeller International look very nice:
http://www.aussiemodeller.com.au/pages/Gallery/Aircraft_E-H/Hubrisko_CA-4.html (http://www.aussiemodeller.com.au/pages/Gallery/Aircraft_E-H/Hubrisko_CA-4.html)
http://www.aussiemodeller.com.au/pages/Gallery/Aircraft_E-H/Hubrisko_CA-11.html (http://www.aussiemodeller.com.au/pages/Gallery/Aircraft_E-H/Hubrisko_CA-11.html)
The Woomera's a great looking aeroplane, and that Whiffy torpedo bomber is really good. :thumbsup:
A pity the RW aircraft was never produced in numbers, it looks a mean machine.
Ya I really like the look of that Woomera ! I want one !
Kit will certainly like this concept:
(https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92583442_10221658502307456_4683133151583666176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=mSJ9ZPTWjx8AX8zcVhy&_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.xx&oh=13ec9b6717d74243ae46b485e7ea73d8&oe=5EBBC169)
;D
Lightning Mk.U-2? ;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 14, 2020, 01:29:56 AM
Kit will certainly like this concept:
(https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92583442_10221658502307456_4683133151583666176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=mSJ9ZPTWjx8AX8zcVhy&_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.xx&oh=13ec9b6717d74243ae46b485e7ea73d8&oe=5EBBC169)
;D
Oh YES! :thumbsup:
I just wish I'd have thought of it, a great idea. ;D
Which Forum was that from please Thomas?
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 14, 2020, 06:22:10 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 14, 2020, 01:29:56 AM
Kit will certainly like this concept:
(https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/92583442_10221658502307456_4683133151583666176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=mSJ9ZPTWjx8AX8zcVhy&_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.xx&oh=13ec9b6717d74243ae46b485e7ea73d8&oe=5EBBC169)
;D
Oh YES! :thumbsup:
I just wish I'd have thought of it, a great idea. ;D
Which Forum was that from please Thomas?
I've no idea of which forum Thomas saw it on but i saw it on facebook earlier today and thought of you right away. No need to share it on the the fb thread. ;) :thumbsup:
Found it accidently via google search that led me to facebook and opened the posted pic there through the "show picture" back door; since I do not have facebook access, I am not certain to which group/chat/whatever it actualyl belongs, or if it has been re-posted there from an external source. :-\
Another proof that online users seem to miss the cultural technique of "reading" (involving one of my builds):
https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedWarplanes/comments/fsnzro/bf_109_with_bubble_canopy_and_4_bladed_prop_can/
They don't let few facts get in the way of their interpretation of any old pic they see............. <sigh>
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 16, 2020, 09:39:08 AM
They don't let few facts get in the way of their interpretation of any old pic they see............. <sigh>
But if its on the Internet, it
MUST be true
(https://i.imgur.com/XnuyzUL.gif)
LOL I checked that website out a bit - they don't have a lot, but I think they're further round the bend than we are!
They have this, which is just weird:
(https://preview.redd.it/72d47v9z33t41.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d61b3dfcedb50a9aa567c7814064ab7ab83bd188)
I do like this, though:
(https://i.redd.it/bcxv2cfmexp41.png)
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IL-2M: main body
BF-110: tail
Spitfire MKIX LF: wings
P-51 D-5: engine
Quote from: Scotaidh on April 16, 2020, 12:11:11 PM
They have this, which is just weird:
(https://preview.redd.it/72d47v9z33t41.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d61b3dfcedb50a9aa567c7814064ab7ab83bd188)
IIRC that's a RW engine test bed, I've seen pics of it elsewhere.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 16, 2020, 12:38:47 PM
Quote from: Scotaidh on April 16, 2020, 12:11:11 PM
They have this, which is just weird:
(https://preview.redd.it/72d47v9z33t41.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d61b3dfcedb50a9aa567c7814064ab7ab83bd188)
IIRC that's a RW engine test bed, I've seen pics of it elsewhere.
Yes, it's real world
Quote from: kitnut617 on April 16, 2020, 02:04:29 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 16, 2020, 12:38:47 PM
Quote from: Scotaidh on April 16, 2020, 12:11:11 PM
They have this, which is just weird:
(https://preview.redd.it/72d47v9z33t41.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d61b3dfcedb50a9aa567c7814064ab7ab83bd188)
IIRC that's a RW engine test bed, I've seen pics of it elsewhere.
Yes, it's real world
And yet, still weird.
I have a B17 in the stash earmarked to get a setback cockpit like that. I think it really improves the look of the Fortress.
Mine won't have a fifth engine though. I'll come up with another reason. Maybe they needed to make room for the first class lounge and piano bar?
Quote from: zenrat on April 17, 2020, 05:22:21 AM
I have a B17 in the stash earmarked to get a setback cockpit like that. I think it really improves the look of the Fortress.
Mine won't have a fifth engine though. I'll come up with another reason. Maybe they needed to make room for the first class lounge and piano bar?
SAS markings?
Quote from: zenrat on April 17, 2020, 05:22:21 AM
Mine won't have a fifth engine though. I'll come up with another reason. Maybe they needed to make room for the first class lounge and piano bar?
Perhaps a 15" naval gun would fit in there? ;)
Although the forward fuselage was greatly extended ----
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F8f6e70dd-bb70-43ca-91ab-a012e50b6abc.jpg&hash=907828fe1bba3b27b791e316bc010d00cd8c24bf)
Which engine was that they were testing? It looks a real MONSTER for sure. :o
Quote from: scooter on April 17, 2020, 06:23:37 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 17, 2020, 05:22:21 AM
I have a B17 in the stash earmarked to get a setback cockpit like that. I think it really improves the look of the Fortress.
Mine won't have a fifth engine though. I'll come up with another reason. Maybe they needed to make room for the first class lounge and piano bar?
SAS markings?
Maybe TAA as I worked up a set in powerpoint for the Rotodyne 2.0.
Quote from: kitnut617 on April 17, 2020, 06:58:08 AM
Although the forward fuselage was greatly extended ----
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvillage.photos%2Fimages%2Fuser%2F8f3973c9-3f0e-4b54-80e2-017121c0bf9f%2F8f6e70dd-bb70-43ca-91ab-a012e50b6abc.jpg&hash=907828fe1bba3b27b791e316bc010d00cd8c24bf)
Excellent photo.
If I extended the nose enough I could give it a tricycle undercarriage.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 17, 2020, 07:17:32 AM
Which engine was that they were testing? It looks a real MONSTER for sure. :o
It was the Wright XT-35-W-1 Typhoon intended for the XB-52 when Boeing had it with a straight wing. They were going to use six Typhoon turboprops but lowered this to four when Wright said the production engines would be more powerful. The single Typhoon produced more power than all four of the B-17's engines. Boeing changed the B-52 to swept wing with jets and so the Typhhon was cancelled.
Hope that helps Kit.
Paul Harrison
I does indeed Paul, thanks very much.
[Later] I just looked the XT-35 up. It really WAS a monster engine, 8000 bhp, about twice that of a Python. :o
But only half that of a Kuznetsov NK-12, the Tu-95's engine, but that came later on.
That looks so cool like that !
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 19, 2020, 07:08:12 AM
But only half that of a Kuznetsov NK-12, the Tu-95's engine, but that came later on.
..and it's actually composed of two engines coupled together, much like the Allison XT-40.
Quote from: salt6 on April 20, 2020, 08:45:43 AM
...In my youth, I grafted a B26 front fuselage onto the front of a B17 and got a tricycle undercarriage. Looked pretty good at the time.
Sounds like it would look pretty good now.
I'm going to have to pull out that B17 kit and have a grokking session.
More "smart" people, this time at the War Thunder forum who celebrate my obvious model as a real thing (?). Post is from 2017, but I have not been aware of it yet.
https://live.warthunder.com/post/669384/en/?comment=2593233
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 22, 2020, 12:08:37 AM
More "smart" people, this time at the War Thunder forum who celebrate my obvious model as a real thing (?). Post is from 2017, but I have not been aware of it yet.
https://live.warthunder.com/post/669384/en/?comment=2593233
Gave you done a Google Image search for Alpha Jet MS2 - there's a few blogs that feature your straight winged Alpha Jet as if it's real.
I like the way one guy points out that it IS a Whiff, and then others totally ignore him and carry on commenting. ;D
Perhaps they're well aware that it's a whif but are having fun treating it as if it's real? :unsure:
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 23, 2020, 12:28:20 AM
Perhaps they're well aware that it's a whif but are having fun treating it as if it's real? :unsure:
Life's complicated enough at the moment without things like that going on :-\
More likely it's because most people are retards...
Quote from: The Wooksta! on April 23, 2020, 05:52:11 AM
More likely it's because most people are retards...
Well, there is that, too. ;D ;)
The Ukrainian fan club struck again:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Fopytnyj-istrebitel-s-turboreaktivnym-dvigatelem-focke-wulf-fw-260-a-1%2F
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 02, 2020, 03:54:02 AM
The Ukrainian fan club struck again:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Fopytnyj-istrebitel-s-turboreaktivnym-dvigatelem-focke-wulf-fw-260-a-1%2F
:thumbsup:
At least the Ukrainian fan club is kind enough to identify the source of their post.
Yes, they have style, and I am quite fine with what they make of the pics and stories. It's always funny to read the comments, though - I cannot fathom what some people consider relevant or impartant, better not think about it too much... :rolleyes:
The inspiring Italian He 112 of mine already made it, in a slightly different interpretation, to War Thunder, but this time the paint scheme has been very truthfully adapted to a Bf-109, which looks very good with it:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/67/fa/07/dc0048738d198879ba24d4633546eaf5e2_mq/War%2BThunder%2BScreenshot%2B2020.01.29%2B-%2B17.25.49.58.png)
https://live.warthunder.com/post/880594/en/ Even with source credits! :lol:
Did Tophe have a hand (or more) in this? :o
https://aircombat.fandom.com/wiki/YF-12X_The_Fallen
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aircombat/images/5/56/YF-12X_The_Fallen.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20190701102810)
:o :o :o :thumbsup:
(do-able in plastic ...)
Nice twin F-12, thanks! :thumbsup:
I already saw a Photoshop SR-71Z double Blackbird, but this related one was unknown to me. <_<
;D
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49929135991_ab3d9fdc81_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j54SCg)
Ok...ok. Shush. Hello Kitty Gunpla. #plasticoddities #2020plasticodditieskits (https://flic.kr/p/2j54SCg) by Tristan Forsyth (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanforsyth/), on Flickr
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 24, 2020, 01:53:40 AM
;D
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49929135991_ab3d9fdc81_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j54SCg)
Ok...ok. Shush. Hello Kitty Gunpla. #plasticoddities #2020plasticodditieskits (https://flic.kr/p/2j54SCg) by Tristan Forsyth (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanforsyth/), on Flickr
:bow: :bow:
This is a Bandai kit. I'm very very tempted...
Found this at warthunder.com - and this USAF Demon does not look bad at all!
(https://i.imgur.com/0CCBCjC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UuEa0fV.jpg)
I am certain that the printing house of this book has a Trump affiliation? No fake.
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104431814_1117819565266616_1846145541576299619_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=gbz6KZ54WsMAX8u_wnW&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=211ae484ae074f2c19a7eb102a4bd1f5&oe=5F116977)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2020, 12:08:19 AM
I am certain that the printing house of this book has a Trump affiliation? No fake.
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104431814_1117819565266616_1846145541576299619_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=gbz6KZ54WsMAX8u_wnW&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=211ae484ae074f2c19a7eb102a4bd1f5&oe=5F116977)
WOW!!!
Only if that was real. They would have prevented so many bloody tank battles, and nipped Hitler's blitzkrieg in the bud. I am sure it will be an "interesting" read :o
Chris
Quote from: chrisonord on June 19, 2020, 05:00:09 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2020, 12:08:19 AM
I am certain that the printing house of this book has a Trump affiliation? No fake.
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104431814_1117819565266616_1846145541576299619_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=gbz6KZ54WsMAX8u_wnW&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=211ae484ae074f2c19a7eb102a4bd1f5&oe=5F116977)
WOW!!!
Only if that was real. They would have prevented so many bloody tank battles, and nipped Hitler's blitzkrieg in the bud. I am sure it will be an "interesting" read :o
Chris
Not to mention successfully escorting the bomber waves into
Festung Europa
Everybody knows A-10 descends from He-219...
https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/84969-f-116-what-if/
Love that Viper.
I am not a Space Shuttle fan, but in this case the combo looks very convincing! Very keen eye for vehicles' lines! :thumbsup:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/51/a7/9a/90d5c2a873936b1033167abe05e57fd734_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.26.09.png)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/3b/64/70/e3ac8b563ebf161d289fb90b2aab5f8f45_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.40.72.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/913990/en/
A-4444 Spacehawk! ;D
VERY clever, that. :thumbsup:
Immediately my brain was producing views of one of them refuelling in orbit, close up behind a Shuttle trailing hoses from its wing pods. ;D ;)
That really works, weirdly
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2020, 12:08:19 AM
I am certain that the printing house of this book has a Trump affiliation? No fake.
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104431814_1117819565266616_1846145541576299619_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=gbz6KZ54WsMAX8u_wnW&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=211ae484ae074f2c19a7eb102a4bd1f5&oe=5F116977)
Is it really real? Who is the publisher?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 29, 2020, 07:23:33 AM
I am not a Space Shuttle fan, but in this case the combo looks very convincing! Very keen eye for vehicles' lines! :thumbsup:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/51/a7/9a/90d5c2a873936b1033167abe05e57fd734_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.26.09.png)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/3b/64/70/e3ac8b563ebf161d289fb90b2aab5f8f45_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.40.72.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/913990/en/
I wonder how that would look on an F-106?
Quote from: kerick on June 29, 2020, 06:57:54 PM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 29, 2020, 07:23:33 AM
I am not a Space Shuttle fan, but in this case the combo looks very convincing! Very keen eye for vehicles' lines! :thumbsup:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/51/a7/9a/90d5c2a873936b1033167abe05e57fd734_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.26.09.png)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/3b/64/70/e3ac8b563ebf161d289fb90b2aab5f8f45_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.06.26+-+23.33.40.72.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/913990/en/
I wonder how that would look on an F-106?
I was thinking F4D Skyray. ;)
Definitely!
Quote from: kerick on June 30, 2020, 05:51:24 AM
Quote from: scooter on June 30, 2020, 04:57:31 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 29, 2020, 07:19:24 PM
Quote from: kerick on June 29, 2020, 06:57:54 PM
I wonder how that would look on an F-106?
I was thinking F4D Skyray. ;)
Why not both? :wacko:
United States Space Force!
(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/04/08/USAT/5ec46f1c-b6c6-4db0-9561-14a39e11d219-Netflix_Spaceforce_02.JPG?crop=3599,2024,x1,y265&width=3200&height=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Quote from: Weaver on June 29, 2020, 06:25:24 PM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 19, 2020, 12:08:19 AM
I am certain that the printing house of this book has a Trump affiliation? No fake.
(https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/104431814_1117819565266616_1846145541576299619_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=gbz6KZ54WsMAX8u_wnW&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=211ae484ae074f2c19a7eb102a4bd1f5&oe=5F116977)
Is it really real? Who is the publisher?
Foundit Om, Books International:
https://www.ombooksinternational.com/World-War-II--History-Encyclopedia_1554.html
Movie poster for The Final Countdown 2???
Actually do not laugh too much, Jack Broughton has it somewhere that when he was commanding the USAF flight demonstration team he was asked by Republic to become a "test" pilot and he was briefed by Kartveli. On the A-10 Seems a rather odd thing to claim as it would have to be around 1958.
Hey, Dizzy - just found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9CeVMVsP6Q
Nice shots of your model, but - as usual - no credit...
That Demon looks great ! Such a sexy aeroplane. The jury is out on the Space Shuttle, looks pretty goodm but why lol.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 22, 2020, 05:59:48 AM
I like the way one guy points out that it IS a Whiff, and then others totally ignore him and carry on commenting. ;D
Ah, Irony - how I've missed you...! :rolleyes:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 31, 2020, 03:47:40 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 22, 2020, 05:59:48 AM
I like the way one guy points out that it IS a Whiff, and then others totally ignore him and carry on commenting. ;D
Ah, Irony - how I've missed you...! :rolleyes:
Blackadder:
Baldrick, have you no idea what "irony" is?
Baldrick:
Yes, it's like "goldy" and "bronzy" only it's made out of iron.
Quote from: Scotaidh on August 01, 2020, 07:57:55 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 31, 2020, 03:47:40 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 22, 2020, 05:59:48 AM
I like the way one guy points out that it IS a Whiff, and then others totally ignore him and carry on commenting. ;D
Ah, Irony - how I've missed you...! :rolleyes:
Blackadder:
Baldrick, have you no idea what "irony" is?
Baldrick:
Yes, it's like "goldy" and "bronzy" only it's made out of iron.
Yeah, what he said! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 31, 2020, 01:50:08 AM
Hey, Dizzy - just found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9CeVMVsP6Q
Nice shots of your model, but - as usual - no credit...
Ooops! Thanks for the hint - I was not aware of this one.
There has been a Luft '46 film of similar style that abused some of my German WWII models, I'll file an official complaint.
YouTube was quick to respond, and the guy (self-porclaimed "seeker of truth" through idea theft...) also got stirred up:
Hello, I am the creator of the video about the ''Supersonic Heavy Super-Interceptor MiG-701''. Please tell me why you filed a copyright infringement claim? If I did use your material in my video, then please accept my apologies. Could you withdraw your complaint? Please withdraw your request to remove the video. You can monetize this video and track its statistics. I'll give my permission to do it with pleasure. Hope for your soon response. Best regards
Some people only seek the truth for financial gain. This is obviously one of them.
Typical of this sort is assuming monetary recompense will compensate for stealing your work.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 03, 2020, 11:55:27 PM
" Please tell me why you filed a copyright infringement claim?"
WHAT? If he can't figure that out he must be as thick as two short planks! :o
His offer to allow Dizz to monetise the video is an admission of guilt.
That whole statement goes from denial to apology to admission in seven sentences. A good example of why lawyers tell you to say nothing.
It's amazing how dumb people are, isn't it?
You could laugh all day if you weren't affected by it... :rolleyes:
Quote from: zenrat on August 04, 2020, 04:19:52 AM
That whole statement goes from denial to apology to admission in seven sentences. A good example of why lawyers tell you to say nothing.
Reminds me of someone being interviewed by the police and gradually changing his story as more and more evidence is piled up on the table in front of him ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 04, 2020, 06:36:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 04, 2020, 04:19:52 AM
That whole statement goes from denial to apology to admission in seven sentences. A good example of why lawyers tell you to say nothing.
Reminds me of someone being interviewed by the police and gradually changing his story as more and more evidence is piled up on the table in front of him ;)
You've been watching 'Vera' ;)
Quote from: kitnut617 on August 04, 2020, 06:43:09 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 04, 2020, 06:36:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 04, 2020, 04:19:52 AM
That whole statement goes from denial to apology to admission in seven sentences. A good example of why lawyers tell you to say nothing.
Reminds me of someone being interviewed by the police and gradually changing his story as more and more evidence is piled up on the table in front of him ;)
You've been watching 'Vera' ;)
Of course, although I prefer Lewis ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 04, 2020, 06:50:37 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on August 04, 2020, 06:43:09 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 04, 2020, 06:36:02 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 04, 2020, 04:19:52 AM
That whole statement goes from denial to apology to admission in seven sentences. A good example of why lawyers tell you to say nothing.
Reminds me of someone being interviewed by the police and gradually changing his story as more and more evidence is piled up on the table in front of him ;)
You've been watching 'Vera' ;)
Of course, although I prefer Lewis ;D
Yes, the Morse/Lewis series are very good. PBS has just broadcast the final Lewis series which I watched avidly. I've got into Endeavour too ----
Must admit I like the early Endeavours, 60's set ones. They lost their way a little in the series set just after the old station was closed and Endeavour has a tash :o, but found their way again latter. But it's all subjective.
^ As you say, its subjective. I thought the 1969 Endeavour (the one with the tash) season finale was fairly epic with the tower collapse and when the old crew all turned up at that quarry.
The more recent season with the Italian(?) femme fatale and all the artificial angst 'twixt Thursday and Morse? Yawn.
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 04, 2020, 07:12:24 AM
Must admit I like the early Endeavours, 60's set ones. They lost their way a little in the series set just after the old station was closed and Endeavour has a tash :o, but found their way again latter. But it's all subjective.
I keep looking at the early Endeavour shows and looking out for me! :o
I was living and working there during that period and it's pretty nostalgic, except for the bits where they show buses and coaches. Back then in the RW all the bus and coach services went from the vast Gloucester Green bus station with its 'Tug and Barge' layout of bus platforms, but the whole place was changed radically in 1987 and only long distance coaches go frim there now. In the Endeavour series they go from a mythical bus station in Merton St!
Stumbled upon this pretty Captain Scarlet Sea Harrier:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL1320%2F13570723%2F24830786%2F414156818.jpg&hash=9dda3c85e42877d9daa93ab799339afba3bdd16f)
More pics here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/airfix-1-72-frs1-sea-harrier-what-if-interceptor-a-t53322.html
I can't help thinking what that would look like with an Angel Interceptor nose...
Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 04:24:41 AM
I can't help thinking what that would look like with an Angel Interceptor nose...
Well within your capabilities I'm sure Fred. ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 06, 2020, 04:57:30 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 04:24:41 AM
I can't help thinking what that would look like with an Angel Interceptor nose...
Well within your capabilities I'm sure Fred. ;D
Dear Mr Airfix, please could you re-pop the Angel Interceptor as part of your vintage classics range...
Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 05:06:07 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 06, 2020, 04:57:30 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 04:24:41 AM
I can't help thinking what that would look like with an Angel Interceptor nose...
Well within your capabilities I'm sure Fred. ;D
Dear Mr Airfix, please could you re-pop the Angel Interceptor as part of your vintage classics range...
If you want one I've got three of them.
But they're 120 miles away from me at the moment I'm afraid.:(
I'm afraid I'm not a great fan of Capt Scarlet, but that Sea Harrier looks very good in that mainly white scheme.
A Mirage III in USAF markings is not really a new idea, but I am always amazed how good this combo looks . In this case, an F-106 skin has been stuck onto a Mirage III frame:
(https://i.imgur.com/xpLUI1z.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/911108/en/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 07, 2020, 02:25:18 AM
A Mirage III in USAF markings is not really a new idea, but I am always amazed how good this combo looks . In this case, an F-106 skin has been stuck onto a Mirage III frame:
(https://i.imgur.com/xpLUI1z.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/911108/en/
And a 119th FIS skin at that.
That does look good
That tears it, I'm getting another 1/72 Mirage III and putting it in 318th FIS
That looks really good. :wub:
With AIM-4 Falcons? Perhaps with combined fuel/rocket pods?
Falcons on combined fuel/rocket pods? For that F-89-ish flavour... :wacko:
I like the Harrier and Mirage both. At first, before I read the description I was like, "F-106!?"
Found another CG/flight simulator version of one of my builds (as per usual, without credits...) - you can fly my Dutch FJ-4B, it even has the same tactical codes as my build!
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/4f/62/52/ecb51be0db825ee1b3b0610e93c19d2ab0_mq/screen+2.jpg)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/f7/56/fb/cc41b817bf6da5b3f0a350ab490d881a01_mq/screen+1.jpg)
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/d0/79/cc/1241b1d7358f05f957695f8e1498d18538_mq/screen+3.jpg)
https://live.warthunder.com/post/747663/en/
Here's the "real" one:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/8440969855_89edae73ed_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dRUbg2)
1:72 North American FJ-4B 'Fury'; aircraft '202', 860th Squadron, Netherlands Marine-Luchtvaartdienst/MLD; on board of HNLMS Karel Doorman R81, New Guinea/Indonesia region, 1960 (Whif) (https://flic.kr/p/dRUbg2) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/8440965111_a8c96c7742_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dRU9Re)
1:72 North American FJ-4B 'Fury'; aircraft '202', 860th Squadron, Netherlands Marine-Luchtvaartdienst/MLD; on board of HNLMS Karel Doorman R81, New Guinea/Indonesia region, 1960 (Whif) (https://flic.kr/p/dRU9Re) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 03, 2020, 11:55:27 PM
YouTube was quick to respond, and the guy (self-porclaimed "seeker of truth" through idea theft...) also got stirred up:
Hello, I am the creator of the video about the ''Supersonic Heavy Super-Interceptor MiG-701''. Please tell me why you filed a copyright infringement claim? If I did use your material in my video, then please accept my apologies. Could you withdraw your complaint? Please withdraw your request to remove the video. You can monetize this video and track its statistics. I'll give my permission to do it with pleasure. Hope for your soon response. Best regards
The original video has been taken down, but another one has popped up in the last month. It uses both your model shots and some artwork that looks derived from, but different to, your work. It's in Russian, so I don't know what it says about the images it uses.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUeCdULpULw
It links to this site, which seems to be the source of the artwork: https://terrnews-com.turbopages.org/s/terrnews.com/exclusives/261975-sverhzvukovoj-tjazhelyj-superperehvatchik-mig-701.html?utm_source=aab&platform=desktop
Just filed another copyright complaint. BTW, I have never heard anything again from the former post of that video. But I suppose it's like a fight against a hydra... :-\
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 11, 2020, 02:25:07 AM
Just filed another copyright complaint. BTW, I have never heard anything again from the former post of that video. But I suppose it's like a fight against a hydra... :-\
A very good comparison Dizzy. Sad but true
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 11, 2020, 05:46:42 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 11, 2020, 02:25:07 AM
Just filed another copyright complaint. BTW, I have never heard anything again from the former post of that video. But I suppose it's like a fight against a hydra... :-\
A very good comparison Dizzy. Sad but true
Yep - the reason I went looking was to see if the first video maker had re-uploaded it to their own channel or to a different channel in the hope of not being found again. Both quite common practices.
I actually found another video with a search for 'MiG-701' but they only used the artwork I mentioned for a thumbnail, not in the actual video and since there is apparently a real Russian project called I-701 I let that one pass.
It seems to be a common, and infuriating, trend in these sort of videos to use some exotic sci-fi concept art in the thumbnail, that turns out to appear nowhere in the video and have no relevence to the shoddy collection of stock footage with a voiceover therein... :banghead:
I had this case with a Luft '46 video, in which my canard He 162 (or better, a picture of it from FlickR) was/is used as a thumbnail, but it does not appear in the video itself. Did not take action in this case, even though it's still theft of intellectual property, and apparently not for artictic but rather commercial use, what makes it worse.
The word "intellectual property" is the legal word involved, all right, but I find it pretentious, when this is just a game playing with toys of which we create fantasy versions for fun.
If you had the idea to make a canard He-162 after me in 2005 (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,6469.0.html ), I will not say you are a damned bandit, I feel honoured if I inspired you to make it better, or I will just smile that you had the same idea independently.
I understand this is different about using the photo of someone else to get money for oneself, however, but I blame mainly Windows for it: when one download a picture, the source address should appear automatically, this is badly programmed and users are not to blame for that, I think. It is hard to use printscreen then cut with a software to make it properly, I make it now but I understand most people just do Download (than post it later from their computer not remembering where it comes from as source).
Yeah, but that's just lazy - at best - research. (which I freely admit to being guilty of... though I don't post my stuff for all to see.)
I agree the system should make some sort of automatic watermark, but they probably decided it wasn't worth the extra development time, especially as we'd all have to use their product anyway.
(sorry if that's a little close to being political... ;))
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery they say, but not for commercial gain, and not without at least a 'shout out'.
I think I understand your point of view.
However, no need of complicated watermark to keep the adress of each downloaded picture, Windows could do automatically and easilly what I do with Corel Photopaint, exemple below:
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kristofmeunier.fr%2Fdreamer%252000e.JPG&hash=ff0156a683629243ba6a95c0dfed9fa90e01da50)
True, and as you say very easy to do automatically.
Quote from: Tophe on August 12, 2020, 12:01:40 AM
The word "intellectual property" is the legal word involved, all right, but I find it pretentious, when this is just a game playing with toys of which we create fantasy versions for fun.
If you had the idea to make a canard He-162 after me in 2005 (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,6469.0.html ), I will not say you are a damned bandit, I feel honoured if I inspired you to make it better, or I will just smile that you had the same idea independently.
I understand this is different about using the photo of someone else to get money for oneself, however, but I blame mainly Windows for it: when one download a picture, the source address should appear automatically, this is badly programmed and users are not to blame for that, I think. It is hard to use printscreen then cut with a software to make it properly, I make it now but I understand most people just do Download (than post it later from their computer not remembering where it comes from as source).
Well, I think the "problem" is not taking up someone's ideas and create something along this concept. It is about copying material/media and using it without request/permission for commercial use or in a doubtful context. I have come across several cases when I built something, just to find that someone else already had that idea (without my knowledge at that time). There have also been cases in which I took direct inspiration from someone else's build or idea (e.g. a profile drawing), and I try to give credit, if possible. But I do not find this case critical.
I even have the case that someone (also a member here) copies my pictures and and backgrounds and uploads them to deviantart - but with my full consent, since there's a link to the original post and no claim that this was the user's own work. That's clean and fair, yet a little strange: https://www.deviantart.com/sport16ing
Adding watermarks to the pics would be a solution, and I could do it myself before I upload them to FlickR - but I simply do not want to foozle them in the first place. However, I frequently stumble across "my artwork", and when I have a bad feeling, I try to intervene. Just because something is public in the WWW, it does not mean that it is free of rights. And, thankfully, platforms like YouTube offer a way to file a complaint, so I use them.
Courtesy costs nothing, and most folk would probably be flattered to be asked and that someone wanted to use their image/artwork/model.
But it's always nice/better to ask.
Sadly, trying to stop all the pilfering is like a game of Whack-a-Mole... :banghead:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 12, 2020, 02:31:12 AM
Courtesy costs nothing, and most folk would probably be flattered to be asked and that someone wanted to use their image/artwork/model.
But it's always nice/better to ask.
Sadly, trying to stop all the pilfering is like a game of Whack-a-Mole... :banghead:
That's why my Star Trek 3-views all have attribution of parts on their respective dA page. And, sadly, I had one of my ships outright stolen and "slightly" modified. And how do I know it they stole my ship? I put the name in the ribbon along the secondary hull and they didn't see fit to remove it, or they didn't see it.
I think it is a very complicated subject:
A/ a friend of us, not posting in what-if modellers anymore but on deviant art, was modifying true aircraft pictures into funny what-if for joke, without earning a single penny/cent from this, and sometimes the photographers sent him words of hate and so he stopped sadly, saying "normally: if someone put a picture on the public web, this becomes public property, not personal property anymore". If this is (for instance) a picture of North-American F-100, the photographer Mr X did not put a word to thank North American designers, so the what-if designer thinks he doesn't need to thank Mr X, and he signed just Y. Who is right? just X not Y nor North Am designers? This may be the legal answer but it is very questionable, not obvious fairness. It is the same for 3-view designers using many works not saying it, and shouting if you transform their 3-view. Or for this Star Trek ship: where are the names of the creators having invented the Star Trek things? Not easy, not simple.
B/ the principle of public web was free sharing, but when some ones deposit a legal copyright on things, it seems opposite to the web principle. Like the one putting its name on the smiley and requiring $ billions because nobody ever put a personal name on it. Maybe this is a way to play with laws, but my opinion: this is bad.
C/ when I want to transform a realist picture with a signature into a fantasy joke, adding "source:" before the signature, and if the man/woman involved shouts I have not required his/her official approbation, I feel bad, because this is not professional robbery to make money at all, just a hobby celebrating what I found, and most often the source had no link to click : "if you want to use this picture, ask permission clicking here", so I cannot invest in employing a private detective to find how to ask this permission.
D/ If you buy a book, are you allowed to modify a (scanned) drawing of this book? If this is personal property, why did the seller rob your money for you to have it? I have heard that 20 years after publication, the content becomes public, but this is artificial decided by laws of different countries differently, as there is no evidence at all. Mozart music is pretended public while Elvis Presley's music may be copyrighted for inheritors, why? This is absolutely counter-intuitive, this is the kingdom of lawyer tigers I think.
And alas even more:
E/ For a 1/72 what-if model, you may write Heinkel Luftwaffe He-962, the words Heinkel being a tribute to Heinkel designers all right, Luftwaffe being a tribute to the ones inventing the roundels, but why don't you write on the picture ยซ thanks to Frog for the kit (and authorization to show this picture), thanks to Humbrol for the paint (and...), thanks to Tamiya for the varnish (and...), thanks to Microscale for the decals (and...), thanks to IPMS for the show it was displayed in (and...), thanks to the cleaning crew X-Y-Z that made comfortable this area (and...), ยป and so on. Ignoring this by will, would you say this is stealing intellectual property? Like for a book, you have paid for having these tools but some lawyers/states may pretend this is not enough for them to be yours, "creators" having a property lasting forever.
F/ For a a scale 1 in flight picture from another plane, you may write Lockheed USAF F-16, the words Lockheed being a tribute to designers and manufacturers and painters, the words USAF being a tribute to the pilots, mechanics, refuelers and so on, but why don't you write ยซ thanks to Canon for the camera (and authorization to show this picture), thanks to Sony for the memory card (and...), thanks to Samsung for the computer handling the picture (and...), thanks to Microsoft for the operating system (and...), thanks to X for the wi-fi helping me to post it (and...), thanks to Y for the battery making it possible (and...), thanks to Z for the electricity without which nothing could be done (and...), ยป and so on?
G/ Even for a famous painting like Mona Lisa in Paris Museum, the artist only is signing, without writing the name of those that made the paint matter, the brushes, the board, the frame, the preservation, the transportation, the police protection, the cleaning, the food to feed the painter, and so on (and keeping the written authorisation of them to show the result).
H/ When a journalist is checking a news, he/she considers this checking is his/her own merit, deserving wages, he/she does not share this with the consulted sources. Is this robbery? That may be the same somehow for a YouTube film creator gathering sources and thinking ยซ what I found on the web is my discovery, all the merit of it belongs to me ยป.
Somehow, legal property could be everywhere and claiming your own ignoring the one of others is questionable, like over selfish or something. This is my opinion, I mean, I do not pretend this is The Truth that everyone must admit. But remember in the Profile section of this site there is a topic (now locked for years) that was hardly discussing these problems of property/rights, without simple solution at all, and that is why the Profiles section is not available for guests/public (but for members only).
New developments from the YouTube front. After filing the second complaint I was contacted via Flickr about being allowed to use my pictures in a YouTube video about the MiG 7.12. Why not asking in the first place???
I replied that I have no problem as long as the original source is quoted, visibly and legibly. We'll see what becomes of this...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 12, 2020, 11:38:03 PM
New developments from the YouTube front. After filing the second complaint I was contacted via Flickr about being allowed to use my pictures in a YouTube video about the MiG 7.12. Why not asking in the first place???
I replied that I have no problem as long as the original source is quoted, visibly and legibly. We'll see what becomes of this...
Precisely!
It will be interesting to see, as you say.
:blink:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbC8WS5X0AAQXKf?format=jpg&name=large)
I like it!
Found this (pretty) F11F model at warthunder.com:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/f9/d9/4c/1da8e6afa0da8cfce84f452c5a6fab0080_mq/unnamed+%281%29.jpg)
Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 04:24:41 AM
I can't help thinking what that would look like with an Angel Interceptor nose...
Plus a T-tail.
Found another of my builds on an apparently not-so-trustworthy news website:
https://infotrustng.com/israeli-war-jets-strike-gaza/
I wonder how a fictional Danish(!!!) Kfir comes to strike targets in gaza? :-\
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 14, 2020, 04:55:30 AM
Found another of my builds on an apparently not-so-trustworthy news website:
https://infotrustng.com/israeli-war-jets-strike-gaza/
I wonder how a fictional Danish(!!!) Kfir comes to strike targets in gaza? :-\
Don't worry, Tayo Adelaja is coming to the rescue...
:o
That is ridiculous... it's easy to see the markings on the plane... :banghead:
Dizzy, i found another youtube video which has a thumbnail pic that looks very much like the pics you take of your models. The plane shown in the thumbnail is an Heinkel He 162. The video is a History channel doc of the weapons the Nazis could have had if the war went on into 1946.
Search for for: LUFTWAFEE 1946 (Would Have Happened if ...) and you'll see the thumbnail.
The link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uJgUXnD8B8
Sea Raptor
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal16/15901-16000/gal15997-F-22-Clero/00.shtm (http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal16/15901-16000/gal15997-F-22-Clero/00.shtm)
David
I think that has been on here by one of our members if I remember correctly. Nice looking bird though David.
Found that a build of mine inspired a Belgian Fairy Firefly (originally a Grumman Wildact, and even the tactical code was copied/transferred): https://live.warthunder.com/post/841459/en/
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/6d/e9/f5/a3d1c1bb5c113fbfa6c552b59dcbc0be8e_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2019.06.25+-+11.29.33.91.png)
Well, at least he did attribute your work, Dizzy. Did he copy that red squiggle in the middle, and if so, what's it in aid of?
You mean the paper dove? That's a real Belgian 8 squadron emblem, very old and traditional.
Firefly suits that scheme
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 11, 2020, 05:51:59 AM
You mean the paper dove? That's a real Belgian 8 squadron emblem, very old and traditional.
Very much so and is included on a lot of kit's transfer sheets
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 11, 2020, 05:54:53 AM
Firefly suits that scheme
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 11, 2020, 05:51:59 AM
You mean the paper dove? That's a real Belgian 8 squadron emblem, very old and traditional.
Very much so and is included on a lot of kit's transfer sheets
Oh! I didn't know - sorry if I offended anyone. I've never built anything for Belgium - never really had a reason.
I don't think so. But the emblem is really very old (existed before WWII) and quite common on Belgian aircraft models or respective sheets.
(https://www.shopofphantoms.com/rhino/vfs-public/Wingman_Models_Webseite/Boxart_WMK48014.png)
(https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/fvdfdvd.jpg)
Another find at War Thunder: somebody did a virtual copy/skin of my JG71 MiG-21G - including the background and naturally without any credits. Even the tactical code and the ordnance have been faithfully copied.
Original:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8454/7895310732_7b6143ffc6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/d2FwP7)1:72 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21G; "24+17", JG 71 'Richthofen', Deutsche Bundesluftwaffe; Wittmundhafen, 1995 (Whif) (https://flic.kr/p/d2FwP7) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Copy:
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/d31/4b4/3c901d8408c4d9581baed758945f352d2c_mq.png)
https://live.warthunder.com/post/942033/en/
...and another of my builds (the Panver IV-based "mini-KV-2") made it to the Ukraine - with references :thumbsup::
http://alternathistory.com/alternativnaya-shturmovaya-sau-sdkfz-161-5-spritzenwagen-germaniya/
or, in Englisch but w/o pics:
https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Falternathistory.com%2Falternativnaya-shturmovaya-sau-sdkfz-161-5-spritzenwagen-germaniya%2F
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 19, 2020, 01:23:18 AM
...and another of my builds (the Panver IV-based "mini-KV-2") made it to the Ukraine - with references :thumbsup::
http://alternathistory.com/alternativnaya-shturmovaya-sau-sdkfz-161-5-spritzenwagen-germaniya/
All I got was a nice pic of a very lovely Olga, who's apparently '...looking for a friend...' ;D
Oops? :unsure: Ukrainian pleasures, probably...
I'm intrigued that they call you their "colleague". ;)
I didn't see Olga ... Unfortunately! :(
Quote from: Old Wombat on November 19, 2020, 05:47:04 AM
I didn't see Olga ... Unfortunately! :(
Nor did I, more's the pity
At risk of incurring the wrath of the Forum Morals Police, here's (IMPRESSIVE!) Olga for those of you who didn't see her. ;D
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/571/Zc44Ez.jpg)
Well we've had 'Sabrinas' on aircraft in the past, it appears the modern equivalents could be 'Olgas' ?!? :o
Hmm, never met Olga before... :o
However - thansk to Corona lockdowns, people seem to have lots of time at their hands. I found another War thunder skin based on one of my builds - and this time with a reference.
https://live.warthunder.com/post/941134/en/
Original:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/23867958425_db65e24b2a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Cn8wuz)
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf 94 A-1; aircraft "A-334" of No. 5 Eskadrilia, II Nailintuva Grupe, Lithuanian Air Force; ล iauliai, late 1937 (Whif/Heller kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/Cn8wuz) by dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Copy (even the tactical code was taken over, but adding the fixed landing gear and open cockpit seems to be too much for the WT forgers?):
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/f7/51/ef/ac43e57ce44ac163ec9ec3c87d62843431_mq/War+Thunder+Screenshot+2020.11.13+-+15.33.59.08.png)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 19, 2020, 07:01:21 AM
At risk of incurring the wrath of the Forum Morals Police, here's (IMPRESSIVE!) Olga for those of you who didn't see her. ;D
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/571/Zc44Ez.jpg)
Nice plumage ;) ;) know what I mean ;) ;)
;D ;D ;D
Meh, never been a fan of over-sized milk sacs.
But she's pretty too. ;D
As a petite former colleague remarked "It must have been a bad accident, both the front air bags have deployed"
I have two female friends who have had breast reductions because of perpetual back ache and a third who is contemplating it. It's not easy walking around carrying that sort of weight.
Facially looks a little like a young Meryl Streep ?
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 20, 2020, 06:09:34 AM
Facially looks a little like a young Meryl Streep ?
For me this is not a positive appreciation. ;D
Nver liked Streep's face.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 19, 2020, 07:01:21 AM
At risk of incurring the wrath of the Forum Morals Police, here's (IMPRESSIVE!) Olga for those of you who didn't see her. ;D
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/571/Zc44Ez.jpg)
Well, I wouldn't say "No!", if she asked me nicely. :wacko:
Weapons of mass distraction :wacko:
Quote from: loupgarou on November 20, 2020, 06:55:25 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 20, 2020, 06:09:34 AM
Facially looks a little like a young Meryl Streep ?
For me this is not a positive appreciation. ;D
Nver liked Streep's face.
I must admit she does remind me of a very strict Akela (pack leader) we had in the cub scouts.
Are those real or whiffed ? I'll get me coat.....
I think they might be aftermarket parts.
They look original to me. :mellow:
Quote from: zenrat on November 23, 2020, 02:19:53 AM
I think they might be aftermarket parts.
Rather resin than PE, though...
(Expanded) polystyrene
My Su-19 popped up in the UK, in the secret projects forum. Funny thing is, that the model is based on a real (paper) design, apparently taken for real and then talked down by someone else as fiction... People are strange. :unsure:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/various-sukhoi-projects-and-unknown-designs.11508/page-3
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2020, 02:28:46 AM
My Su-19 popped up in the UK, in the secret projects forum. Funny thing is, that the model is based on a real (paper) design, apparently taken for real and then talked down by someone else as fiction... People are strange. :unsure:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/various-sukhoi-projects-and-unknown-designs.11508/page-3
What do they mean "
just" a model?
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2020, 02:36:25 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2020, 02:28:46 AM
My Su-19 popped up in the UK, in the secret projects forum. Funny thing is, that the model is based on a real (paper) design, apparently taken for real and then talked down by someone else as fiction... People are strange. :unsure:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/various-sukhoi-projects-and-unknown-designs.11508/page-3
What do they mean "just" a model?
(https://i.imgur.com/QPz1hjm.gif)
As far as we actually know :wacko:
Over on secretprojects, they are quite fastidious that posts in that particular sub-forum concern real projects. They do have a sub-forum for more creative outlets so the Su-19 post is frankly in the wrong place and ultimately that isn't what that site is about, that is what this site is about.
Dizzy's Su-19 is a fictional rendition, a great one but it isn't a real aircraft photo or official documentation from the manufacturer etc. I think stating such is fair enough. I did take the trouble of directing credit to where credit is due, i.e. here!
But they, above all people on this scene, shouldn't be using the word 'just'. :(
Well, there's only one circumstance in which I would call something just a model. If I owned a real one. Fingers crossed for a B-58!
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 16, 2020, 03:42:29 AM
But they, above all people on this scene, shouldn't be using the word 'just'. :(
That's a very good and wise point!
A model is a model. Period. About "good" and "bad" there might be wide opinion differences, but it remains a model, a simplified representation of a (more) complex issue. And in this case it is (just ;)) the abstract representation of a project.
They or at least a goodly part of them are authors of books, which should be "documented" to let them become documents. As such the Su-19 is just a model because there was no real plane like that, it is not a depiction of a plane that was real and actually anyone but the Secret Projects Forum would know the actual Su-19 "is" a fighting Fencer. (Which died with Bill Gunston.) With all due respect to SPF ... the owner of which should have been a moderator here as well. They become "bad" only when they get a feeling that they should fight trolls who unjustly attack Western projects, even if after years of harsh words that there would be no export variants with all the allusions of the term "downgraded", America still has to spend some actually unspecified money to "upgrade" confiscated F-35s just off the line with 0 hours on them.
Although bad-mouthing the....protracted....bumpy entry into service of the F-35 is very tempting, I shall refrain. Doh!
Dizzyfugu, can I suggest re-posting your Su-19 post from here in the User Artwork and Models sub-forum over on secretprojects:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forums/user-artwork-and-models.14/
You'll note the 2 sticky threads there recommend both here & BtS, right at the top. I think you'll find your models quite welcome there, in the proper context. There, it won't be in danger of being confused with something actually-historic and dare I say it, thoroughly enjoyed. Think of it like a filing project you've spent years on, making it just how you like it and then someone comes along and files something in the wrong place. I really don't think anyone needs to read anything more into it than that.
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on December 16, 2020, 05:32:36 AM
Dizzyfugu, can I suggest re-posting your Su-19 post from here in the User Artwork and Models sub-forum over on secretprojects:
I think part of the point is that Dizzy didn't post it, someone else did ? Thus whilst your point about having the filing just right and then someone puts something in the wrong place is very valid it wasn't Dizzy who miss-filed it ? I think that's the situation anyway. It's an "internal" Secret Projects Forum issue.
As for the use of just ? It could be used to say that it was never an actual prototype just a model of the project.
^I know someone else posted it, I posted over on secretprojects to direct them to the relevant thread here when I saw it yesterday, prior to any mention on here. Post 86 on that thread.
What I was suggesting is that if Dizzy was to post the entire shebang in the correct sub-forum, he would find quite a receptive and appreciative audience, despite the picture being painted here. The only "issue" I can see is that some people seem to resent attempts at categorization ??? I though I could act as a bridge betwixt sites because there is, believe it or not, a huge degree of overlap but its just getting a bit too much like effort...
Seriously, this place just went a bit cliquey....
The next time someone's work from here comes up uncredited, I'll just STFU (you wish!).
Quote from: NARSES2 on December 16, 2020, 06:04:38 AM
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on December 16, 2020, 05:32:36 AM
Dizzyfugu, can I suggest re-posting your Su-19 post from here in the User Artwork and Models sub-forum over on secretprojects:
I think part of the point is that Dizzy didn't post it, someone else did ? Thus whilst your point about having the filing just right and then someone puts something in the wrong place is very valid it wasn't Dizzy who miss-filed it ? I think that's the situation anyway. It's an "internal" Secret Projects Forum issue.
As for the use of just ? It could be used to say that it was never an actual prototype just a model of the project.
That's right, the picture has been fetched by someone from that forum - and things develop as they do. I have no influence on this, but got aware of the posting through FlickR's traffic stats - and I love to see what happens when 3rd parties use my material as reference for their own findings and the battle that normally ensues... ;) Besides, I keep spreading my material rather tight, this forum here is one of the few places where I post my stuff beyond the FlickR basis, because the audience is liberal and tasteful. I also do not use Facebook or Instagram, because I like the picture-oriented format of FlickR, which is rather a gallery than a blog.
Ok, Ok, I was going to use the am-dram device I posted above to illustrate a point on overblowing reactions to perceived slights (with the melodrama wacked up to 11) but now I'm going to have to blow my cover because:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2020, 07:04:20 AM
this forum here is one of the few places where I post my stuff beyond the FlickR basis, because the audience is.... tasteful.
Tasteful? Really? :o
Seriously, though Dizzy, I do think you are perhaps taking this a bit too personally. I think Narses has got it right, don't let the use of one of those "multi-contextual" words like
just get you down.
For what it is worth, I'll happily confess to being really quite jealous of your skill and more than once have not bothered with a group build entry "cos Dizzyfugu's gonna win it anyway" (that and my glacial pace). I genuinely think that if you posted in the "correct" place over there, you'd make yet more fans, I'm not saying it cos I get air-miles over there! I certainly can understand your reluctance to spread far and wide though.
l take real pride in knowing Bill Gunston's work better than "experts"; and everybody in this thing is right. Dizzyfugu might see a slight in a reference, people on SFC (as long as they are not on an anti-troll crusade in which they merely come out trolls of other companies) get bothered by those who fake things as if real. What if is certainly aware of people who want us to believe things, the "real UFOs" being the most innocent of ideas peddled. And ฤฑ agree if it was taken to the modelling section it would get two or three people admiring and a general notification that Dizzyfugu is JUST a talented modeller who doesn't peddle things. Should be satisfactory for everyone concerned...
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on December 16, 2020, 08:28:14 AM
..For what it is worth, I'll happily confess to being really quite jealous of your skill..
Me too. But I am very well aware that I just can't be arsed to put down that effort, and so be it. I build for my own pleasure.
I love your stuff, Dizzy, and if someone steals a pic, I'd see it as concealed admiration, methinks.
Now - let's go back to looking at the stash we ought to be building.. ;)
LOL, now the discussion is starting here! Just to avoid confusion: I post my picture ina public space, so I cannot prevent others from using them. If I wanted to prevent that, I'd either have to stay offline or marr them with watermarks and similar ugly stuff. I do not mind re-posting them, and it is in many cases funny to see in which context they appear. In most cases the "thieves" take what I post VERY seriously, despite the attempt to make it clear that this is a model and more or less FICTION. The funny thing about the Su-19 post was/is, that the pictures a) apparently taken for real and b) that an "expert" dismisses is as pure fiction - which it is not (but "just" a model of a real concept). Collateral damage of some sort. ;) Please do not interpret too much into this, it is just that I frequently stumble upon such cases, and watch them with personal amusement.
I am just p!ssed when people use them commercially (without asking beforehand or at least credits - this IS theft) or in a context which I do not support, e.g. many Luft 46 nerds who seem to have a certain affection for (dead) guys with tiny mustaches and certain dreams of world domination.
Please do not take me too seriously!
what could have been, a Luftwaffe CH-47F Chinook :mellow:
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/1-hubschrauber/15568-ch-47f-chinook-sth-revell.html
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modellversium.de%2Fgalerie%2Fimg%2F5%2F6%2F8%2F15568%2F0%2Fch-47f-chinook-sth-revell.jpg&hash=a87794957e56a1961846305dee2ff7ac93afa433)
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on December 16, 2020, 06:28:52 AM
^I know someone else posted it, I posted over on secretprojects to direct them to the relevant thread here when I saw it yesterday, prior to any mention on here. Post 86 on that thread.
Right apologies, I got the wrong end of the stick I'm afraid.
Quote from: Pellson on December 16, 2020, 09:37:18 AM
Now - let's go back to looking at the stash we ought to be building.. ;)
Yup I'll second that :thumbsup:
I like that Chinook !
One of my builds popped up again in the Ukraine, the sdKfz. 163 (a Brummbรคr turned into a tank hunter):
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/jagdpanzer-iv-43-mashina-tak-i-ne-perelomivshaya-hrebet-sovetskim-tankovym-vojskam/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 23, 2020, 02:19:27 AM
One of my builds popped up again in the Ukraine, the sdKfz. 163 (a Brummbรคr turned into a tank hunter):
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/jagdpanzer-iv-43-mashina-tak-i-ne-perelomivshaya-hrebet-sovetskim-tankovym-vojskam/
At least you were acknowledged and the site states it's not real. I agree that once posted anywhere it's effectively in the public domain and uncontrollable.
It's a very good build and concept worthy of attention.
Quote from: Captain Canada on December 17, 2020, 12:12:05 PM
I like that Chinook !
I do too. Very effective and subtle too.
Quote from: tahsin on December 16, 2020, 08:37:50 AM
l take real pride in knowing Bill Gunston's work better than "experts"; and everybody in this thing is right. Dizzyfugu might see a slight in a reference, people on SFC (as long as they are not on an anti-troll crusade in which they merely come out trolls of other companies) get bothered by those who fake things as if real. What if is certainly aware of people who want us to believe things, the "real UFOs" being the most innocent of ideas peddled. And ฤฑ agree if it was taken to the modelling section it would get two or three people admiring and a general notification that Dizzyfugu is JUST a talented modeller who doesn't peddle things. Should be satisfactory for everyone concerned...
That's my view as well. I'm a recent convert to the cause and it is just another type of model-making that's all. If it's to be plausible then it needs a bit more thought than many realise. However if another puts a 17pdr in a Crusader tank turret and does a good job then that's fine too. Another thing I've found is that finding out how the He-280 developed has led me to think of What-If? early jet aircraft from elsewhere. Which leads to learning a bit more about the subject. Knowledge can't be bad.
An nice example how one of my pictures - "stolen" and posted elsewhere in an unrelated context - causes confusion and headaches...
https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/l09y7t/tomt_an_artistic_rendering_of_an_old_soviet/
Wow, there is certainly a lot of "experts" ( said in weapons grade sarcaslium) out there. I think some people just like to big themselves up, and think they know everything about everything, when the reality is the total opposite. I think that you should have you very own thread for these occurrences Thomas, as they are consistent if nothing else. ;D
Chris
Quote from: chrisonord on January 19, 2021, 09:31:30 AM
Wow, there is certainly a lot of "experts" ( said in weapons grade sarcaslium) out there. I think some people just like to big themselves up, and think they know everything about everything, when the reality is the total opposite. I think that you should have you very own thread for these occurrences Thomas, as they are consistent if nothing else. ;D
Chris
At least his own Ukrainian fan club acknowledges that what Thomas builds is purely speculative fiction. Its a shame, however, that everyone else has fallen into the "If its on t'Interwebz, it must be true" mindset.
Quote from: scooter on January 19, 2021, 10:06:43 AM
Its a shame, however, that everyone else has fallen into the "If its on t'Interwebz, it must be true" mindset.
As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet."
:rolleyes: ;)
Yup. But there are real d!ickheads out there. Recently had a "discussion" at FlickR with somebody from Brazil who was bickering about my BAF P-38J (based on a profile from PantherG here). Things started with "The aircraft has wrong colors, the BAF never used them." and showed me a BAF MB.326 trainer in USAF SEA colors (even though the aircraft was operated 30 years later than my whif... :rolleyes:). He did not get that my build carried WWII USAAF colors. Next complain was about the tactical markings, which were/are a blue fuselage band (with the Southern Cross on it in white) and blue spinners. Comment: "This looks like an Argentinian aircraft. We Brazilians do not like the Argentinians. This is wrong." My comment, that these markings were based on real post-WWII BAF markings was ignored, too, and I finally added that person to my FlickR "Ignore" list, a very useful function.
As an experienced bowler once said: "Never argue with an idiot - outsiders won't tell the difference." :-\
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 19, 2021, 11:29:45 PM
Yup. But there are real d!ickheads out there.
So very, very true! :banghead:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 19, 2021, 11:29:45 PM
As an experienced bowler once said: "Never argue with an idiot - outsiders won't tell the difference." :-\
Another quote says 'Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!' ;D
That's true, too.
And I just saw that my Yak-35M made it to facebook at the "Great planes that never were" thread (thankfully with source info/credits :thumbsup:): https://www.facebook.com/groups/34366349783/?ref=direct
I saw that one, too! I was thinking, "That's my homie!!" ;D :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 19, 2021, 11:29:45 PM
Yup. But there are real d!ickheads out there. Recently had a "discussion" at FlickR with somebody from Brazil who was bickering about my BAF P-38J (based on a profile from PantherG here). Things started with "The aircraft has wrong colors, the BAF never used them." and showed me a BAF MB.326 trainer in USAF SEA colors (even though the aircraft was operated 30 years later than my whif... :rolleyes:). He did not get that my build carried WWII USAAF colors. Next complain was about the tactical markings, which were/are a blue fuselage band (with the Southern Cross on it in white) and blue spinners. Comment: "This looks like an Argentinian aircraft. We Brazilians do not like the Argentinians. This is wrong." My comment, that these markings were based on real post-WWII BAF markings was ignored, too, and I finally added that person to my FlickR "Ignore" list, a very useful function.
As an experienced bowler once said: "Never argue with an idiot - outsiders won't tell the difference." :-\
My Adblockers prevent any comments on my Flickr being visible. Which is a good thing IMO.
It happens in real life as well as virtually on the interweb. I think I've previously told the story of the restored military vehicle show near Hereford where three guys turned up with a pink LWB Landrover. They were told by the concours judges that it was all wrong......SAS Landrovers looked nothing like that. Odd, said the senior bloke of the three.................I'm the regiment's adjutant and I signed this vehicle out from our transport shed this morning!
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2021, 02:55:52 AM
It happens in real life as well as virtually on the interweb. I think I've previously told the story of the restored military vehicle show near Hereford where three guys turned up with a pink LWB Landrover. They were told by the concours judges that it was all wrong......SAS Landrovers looked nothing like that. Odd, said the senior bloke of the three.................I'm the regiment's adjutant and I signed this vehicle out from our transport shed this morning!
Hehehehe, LOVE it! :wub:
I've had a few 'up-and-downers' with concours judges in the past, and my final comments to them are usually 'I AM the President of the owners club!' ;D
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2021, 02:55:52 AM
It happens in real life as well as virtually on the interweb. I think I've previously told the story of the restored military vehicle show near Hereford where three guys turned up with a pink LWB Landrover. They were told by the concours judges that it was all wrong......SAS Landrovers looked nothing like that. Odd, said the senior bloke of the three.................I'm the regiment's adjutant and I signed this vehicle out from our transport shed this morning!
Hahaha! That's great! ;D
Another accidental and excellent find, in a Russian model builder forum: a FSW Trident thing, with a Yak-40 nose and in wacky SAS markings(!):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscalemodels.ru%2Fimages%2F2020%2F07%2F1593956307_IMG_20200705_141354.jpg&hash=bba86229497bbe6d71b21ade2a6daad88e44b092)
I love it, esp. because of the re-sculpted wing profile! :wub:
More from the building phase here: http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74943&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
There's also a very nice remake (at least conceptually) of my "Sabrecat" build from a coupel of years ago, called "Bearpest" ;):
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscalemodels.ru%2Fimages%2F2021%2F01%2F1610911532_1606843538_235B2236.jpg&hash=0991a256ffdbc893328224125dbc9c49778f5de3)
From a train group on Facebook
(https://cdn01.hobbyphotohost.com/p?i=83ad547423e00552344bac5a8cba3b54)
I think that's a touch out of gauge.
Interesting though. One could use N gauge buildings on OO gauge rolling stock.
Quote from: zenrat on January 21, 2021, 02:42:56 AM
I think that's a touch out of gauge.
Interesting though. One could use N gauge buildings on OO gauge rolling stock.
yes, in scale-o-rama !
tempting ...
On 20+' wide tracks?
Brooooooaaaaaaaaaad gauge.
;)
Brunel would have approved. ;D
You would never have to pack your bags! And bring the whole village along for fun......
Is this a 'Snowpiercer' prequel? ;D I love stuff like this......
Found my "Object 511" SPAAG from the Prototypes GB in a Russian blog, with credits and reference to whatifmodellers.com :lol::
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5bfae45c2524ba00aa55f259/obekt-511-on-je-zsu-376-lena-nemnogo-alternativnoi-istorii-5faabac71261131085da02be
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 26, 2021, 05:54:57 AM
Found my "Object 511" SPAAG from the Prototypes GB in a Russian blog, with credits and reference to whatifmodellers.com :lol::
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5bfae45c2524ba00aa55f259/obekt-511-on-je-zsu-376-lena-nemnogo-alternativnoi-istorii-5faabac71261131085da02be
Gotta love this "Hate whiffery? Bugger off!" paragraph:
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This piece of equipment is a fictional machine based on an alternative history of the development of the Soviet military-industrial complex, so it has nothing to do with real history.
If you don't like alternate history, then skip this post. Well, if you don't mind plunging into the world of fantasy and large-scale modeling, welcome to watch." :wacko:
'...LARGE scale modelling....'? :-\
It's 1/72 scale, for crying out loud!
Quote from: scooter on January 26, 2021, 07:33:01 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 26, 2021, 05:54:57 AM
Found my "Object 511" SPAAG from the Prototypes GB in a Russian blog, with credits and reference to whatifmodellers.com :lol::
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5bfae45c2524ba00aa55f259/obekt-511-on-je-zsu-376-lena-nemnogo-alternativnoi-istorii-5faabac71261131085da02be
Gotta love this "Hate whiffery? Bugger off!" paragraph:
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This piece of equipment is a fictional machine based on an alternative history of the development of the Soviet military-industrial complex, so it has nothing to do with real history. If you don't like alternate history, then skip this post. Well, if you don't mind plunging into the world of fantasy and large-scale modeling, welcome to watch." :wacko:
Yes, there's hope! :lol:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 26, 2021, 08:17:49 AM
Quote from: scooter on January 26, 2021, 07:33:01 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 26, 2021, 05:54:57 AM
Found my "Object 511" SPAAG from the Prototypes GB in a Russian blog, with credits and reference to whatifmodellers.com :lol::
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5bfae45c2524ba00aa55f259/obekt-511-on-je-zsu-376-lena-nemnogo-alternativnoi-istorii-5faabac71261131085da02be
Gotta love this "Hate whiffery? Bugger off!" paragraph:
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This piece of equipment is a fictional machine based on an alternative history of the development of the Soviet military-industrial complex, so it has nothing to do with real history. If you don't like alternate history, then skip this post. Well, if you don't mind plunging into the world of fantasy and large-scale modeling, welcome to watch." :wacko:
Yes, there's hope! :lol:
Hurrah!! How very restrained, all considered.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 26, 2021, 07:43:11 AM
'...LARGE scale modelling....'? :-\
It's 1/72 scale, for crying out loud!
Isn't the term "Braille Scale" derived from describing the size of 1/72? I suppose if you build an aircraft carrier the "thing" would be large but in general 1/72 sure ain't what I'd call "large scale." :unsure: :angel:
There is, or was, a 1/72 scale model of the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier, not the starship...) in the Smithsonian Annexe, complete with an F-14 era airwing.
As it's almost 16 feet long it's pretty darned impressive! :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 26, 2021, 12:25:22 PM
There is, or was, a 1/72 scale model of the USS Enterprise (the aircraft carrier, not the starship...) in the Smithsonian Annexe, complete with an F-14 era airwing.
As it's almost 16 feet long it's pretty darned impressive! :o
I remember the article in FineScale Modeler about that. It had a couple of in-progress shots, including (IIRC) one of the hull perched on a couple of chairs and the builder standing on it.
To show it's structural strength, presumably... and 'just because'!
They even had to have a fold-out in that issue to show it's entire length in one decent-sized photo.
Impressive stuff, as you said.
I've seen the pictures! That's a nutty level of enthusiasm for sure. Imagine dragging it around to shows......
IIRC the air wing was a group effort of his local model group.
I think there is also a WW2-era flat-top model in 1/72, also with a group-effort air wing.
Again, ISTR it featured in FSM a while back.
But with the sheer size, it's no surprise the completed model is in a museum.
Though I think the WW2 one is in a specially-constructed room of the owner's house...
There was a 1/72 HMS Ark Royal (c1970) at the Model Engineers show in Alexandra Palace a few years back. I believe the owner used a horse box to move it around. :o
It had working lights, turning props, rotors, moving radar and elevators of course!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885129902_d8a2af11e0_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885024161_28aedce9b2_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885126647_a77632583e_c.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885022876_6c1ab66600_c.jpg)
That same model of the Ark was at the International Model Boat Show a couple of years ago too.
It stole the show, if only because it was the very first model you saw coming through the barriers. ;D
It's why my RC ships are at 1/144th scale ๐
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 28, 2021, 09:25:08 AM
That same model of the Ark was at the International Model Boat Show a couple of years ago too.
It stole the show, if only because it was the very first model you saw coming through the barriers. ;D
Did you see the 1/24th scale Invincible at the Greenwich show about 25 years ago? It had a bunch of converted Airfix SHARs on board and was driven by a guy seated midships with his head sticking out of the flight deck. At Greenwich it was on a trailer, the only way they could have sailed it was on the Thames! If memory serves, the guy lived on the shores of Loch Ness and operated there.
The model was converted from a Royal Navy recruitment display piece, originally waterline he added the lower hull and an outboard motor (in board).
The Palm Springs Air Museum has a few 1/72 scale ships on display, including an aircraft carrier with a full air wing on board.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Palm+Springs+Air+Museum+model+ships&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiJobinuL_uAhUNtJ4KHQQdDqMQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Palm+Springs+Air+Museum+model+ships&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoCCAA6BAgAEB46BAgAEBhQ1R1YoTVg4kRoAHAAeACAAb8BiAHFCpIBAzMuOZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=4RoTYMmsKY3o-gSEuriYCg&bih=726&biw=1280
Oh yes, I've been there and seen that carrier, most impressive. :thumbsup:
One of the other ship models they have there, a cruiser or battleship, is made of METAL! Awe inspiring work. ;D
One one wall of the hangar they have a mural (the ENTIRE size of the wall!) showing a Corsair (bent wing version...) on approach to a carrier deck, and the artists point of view is about 20 ft behind the aircraft, so it's pretty much life size. The carrier is tiny of course, and some distance away.
In my 20's I built an R/C U-25 submarine, it is approx 1/48th scale. I still have it and it resides in my living room. I built it from obechi laminates and carved it. It dives on its planes.
Chris
Its been many years since I've been there, but the Intrepid had (and might still have) the filming model of the Nevada IIRC from Tora, Tora, Tora.
Seems like there is or was one at the EAA museum? I'm picturing Hellcats and Avengers.
Quote from: reddfoxx on January 28, 2021, 06:50:19 PM
Seems like there is or was one at the EAA museum? I'm picturing Hellcats and Avengers.
Correct!
https://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-exhibits/eagle-hangar-a-tribute-to-the-greatest-generation
"The Eagle Hangar also contains a temporary exhibit gallery, a Ready Room "immersion theater"
plus an extraordinary scale model of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6). Constructed by 45 modelers from across the nation, it features 58 aircraft, over 500 scratch-built figures and remarkable detailing."
Quote from: Nick on January 28, 2021, 09:20:03 AM
...(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885022876_6c1ab66600_c.jpg)
Love this pic. Dad in the middle is loving the model but his two kids are thoroughly underwhelmed.
;D
Stumbled upon this one, and the outlines looked so familiar to me, esp. the turret and the radar pod. Turns out to be inspired by a build of mine:
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5f6aaf81-3726-44fe-8d48-2991a9a2a154/ddxevei-2c421d24-5777-47b3-baab-42b17fdc84b9.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1354,q_75,strp/arsenal_vb_38_espadon_by_beignetbison_ddxevei-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMzU0IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNWY2YWFmODEtMzcyNi00NGZlLThkNDgtMjk5MWE5YTJhMTU0XC9kZHhldmVpLTJjNDIxZDI0LTU3NzctNDdiMy1iYWFiLTQyYjE3ZmRjODRiOS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.OMdypieMcsUtEEcfZm4pukGhOl0rHbSLe1lAcTnaCdY)
vs.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/43668592982_122853b133_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29wQXiy)
1:72 Cunliffe-Owen "Marlin" SR.2; aircraft "235-R (s/n WB266)" of the Fleet Air Arm 812 Squadron, HMS Glory during the Korea War, 1951 (Whif/converted Fujimi Aichi B7A) (https://flic.kr/p/29wQXiy) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
And then I found another one, a more faithful rendition:
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5f6aaf81-3726-44fe-8d48-2991a9a2a154/ddxychi-d42a1054-4f93-43ff-9b9d-461c485f8d0b.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1354,q_75,strp/arsenal_vb_31_requin_by_beignetbison_ddxychi-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMzU0IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNWY2YWFmODEtMzcyNi00NGZlLThkNDgtMjk5MWE5YTJhMTU0XC9kZHh5Y2hpLWQ0MmExMDU0LTRmOTMtNDNmZi05YjlkLTQ2MWM0ODVmOGQwYi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.ZAfsCga6-vNCWpbV9V0xxeCNwQaSYPN3HbGc_AwPC8I)
vs.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8053/8349948970_9094b05878_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dHREVq)
1:72 Arsenal VB 31 "Requin", '8 White', Flotille 12F, Aรฉronavale; Arromanches/Haiphong, October 1952 (Whif) (https://flic.kr/p/dHREVq) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Nice work! :lol:
And another "Aeronavalized" one:
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5f6aaf81-3726-44fe-8d48-2991a9a2a154/ddxy18g-d1d9f17d-0159-44d9-8c5d-e1f1ad259055.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1358,q_75,strp/arsenal_vb_33_epaulard_by_beignetbison_ddxy18g-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMzU4IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNWY2YWFmODEtMzcyNi00NGZlLThkNDgtMjk5MWE5YTJhMTU0XC9kZHh5MThnLWQxZDlmMTdkLTAxNTktNDRkOS04YzVkLWUxZjFhZDI1OTA1NS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.jLy1c90GfeQz7wyZsllHrLnOQseJXdnQ8Z_h1s1T1mE)
vs.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5828/22883544111_6864c47c29_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/AS99pZ)
1:72 Vought A3U-2 "Sea Scorpion", aircraft '(ME) 197/BuNo 143556' of VMA-133 'Dragons', U.S. Marine Corps (Marine Aircraft Group 42, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing), based at NAS Alameda, summer 1958 (Whif/Kitbashing) (https://flic.kr/p/AS99pZ) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Amazing, must of taken him ages to build that aircraft carrier!
Quote from: zenrat on January 29, 2021, 02:56:21 AM
Quote from: Nick on January 28, 2021, 09:20:03 AM
...(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50885022876_6c1ab66600_c.jpg)
Love this pic. Dad in the middle is loving the model but his two kids are thoroughly underwhelmed.
The thing about that model of the Ark is it actually floats and sails via R/C too. :thumbsup:
The sailed it every day at the IMBC event, and watching them launch it was wonderful to behold! But its turning circle was so large that it couldn't make a complete turn in the width of the rather small, temporary pool there, and had to do a '3 point turn'. ;D
Quote from: zenrat on January 29, 2021, 02:56:21 AM
Love this pic. Dad in the middle is loving the model but his two kids are thoroughly underwhelmed.
My thoughts as well ;D
Back in the day most Royal Navy Recruitment offices had large scale ship models in the windows. Wonder what happened to them all ?
It's getting better... The recreated stuff is apparently to be featured in a book of some sort. Unfortunately without credits (unlike in the other artwork postings)... :-\
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5f6aaf81-3726-44fe-8d48-2991a9a2a154/ddywocx-e939d612-ac1a-4f19-9eaf-bc07f1f6b940.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1358,q_75,strp/arsenal_vb_31_requin___alternate_history_design_by_beignetbison_ddywocx-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMzU4IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNWY2YWFmODEtMzcyNi00NGZlLThkNDgtMjk5MWE5YTJhMTU0XC9kZHl3b2N4LWU5MzlkNjEyLWFjMWEtNGYxOS05ZWFmLWJjMDdmMWY2Yjk0MC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTkyMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.vfBtX6OzwBznUinGTaHu9OiJrf1tFLu33EI_4nRqAj8)
More here: https://www.deviantart.com/beignetbison/art/Arsenal-VB-31-Requin-Alternate-History-Design-844691793
You might get a credit in the book's endpapers rather than individual ones Dizzy ?
I hope so, but the way the "artist" is selling the aircraft design with great implicitness leaves me in doubt...
Drop the publishers an email ? Professional publishers would almost certainly want to cover themselves. If it's being privately published then even then the publisher might think it's safer to give credit where it's due ?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 29, 2021, 06:32:19 AM
I hope so, but the way the "artist" is selling the aircraft design with great implicitness leaves me in doubt...
I was a d!ck and went ahead and did this. And compared him to Disney and their love of stealing fanon SW designs
(https://i.imgur.com/E3K4VYi.png)
Quote from: scooter on January 29, 2021, 06:39:41 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 29, 2021, 06:32:19 AM
I hope so, but the way the "artist" is selling the aircraft design with great implicitness leaves me in doubt...
I was a d!ck and went ahead and did this. And compared him to Disney and their love of stealing fanon SW designs
(https://i.imgur.com/E3K4VYi.png)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :mellow: :wub: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good on you, Scooter - at least you've called him on it, and maybe it'll make him do the right thing. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 28, 2021, 12:33:02 PM
One one wall of the hangar they have a mural (the ENTIRE size of the wall!) showing a Corsair (bent wing version...) on approach to a carrier deck, and the artists point of view is about 20 ft behind the aircraft, so it's pretty much life size. The carrier is tint of course, and some distance away.
That'd be this one:
(https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/436/452/938/military-aircrafts-vought-f4u-corsair-aircraft-museum-wallpaper-preview.jpg)
I'd suggest "small", not
quite "tiny". ;)
That sure looks like it yes, but I recalled it was a lot larger, taking up the entire end wall of the hangar.
After a lot of thought I figured out why.
Many of the exhibits at Palm Springs originally came from the museum at Anoka County Airport in Minneapolis, and the guy who did the mural did some there too, so maybe he did a new one for the Palm Springs Museum? IIRC the Museum was owned by Bob Pond, him of the Pond Racer aircraft, and he moved the whole collection to sunnier climes. Hardly surprising with the winters that Minnesota has! :o
Quote from: scooter on January 29, 2021, 06:39:41 AM
I was a d!ck and went ahead and did this. And compared him to Disney and their love of stealing fanon SW designs
(https://i.imgur.com/E3K4VYi.png)
Good man! :thumbsup:
Yeah, power to Scooter!! :thumbsup: :bow: :cheers:
Thanks a lot - I was about to report the pages, but this is only possible when you register to deviantart (great [non] user service...), and that was IMHO not worth it.'
Curious about the reaction, though. :rolleyes:
His reply, and perttime's call out-
(https://i.imgur.com/Sv6fvtw.png)
At this point, I say we keep an eye on his page, and if/when they've completed their "book" and sent it for publishing, bring up the issues of art-theft to the publisher.
Quote...diz is credited in the illustration here...
Not readably, all you can see is a stylised 'DZ'. :(
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 30, 2021, 09:48:40 AM
Quote...diz is credited in the illustration here...
Not readably, all you can see is a stylised 'DZ'. :(
Now I see it: the image in the comment is a link to the Arsenal VB.31 Requin illustration, and that one has adequate credit:"Designe inspired by the awesome what if modeler dizzyfugu: www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/ "
Yes, which is more or less fine. But the derivative, then "book page" yields no reference to the original sources at all. This might lead to commercial used of stolen intellectual property for commercial uses (without consent or any consultation), and that's what REALLY p!sses me of. I feel flattered when my work inspires others, but sometimes these things go strange ways. I had the case of a similar "author" from the USA who was into Luft '46 aircraft, and he asked me for a grainy Ta 183 picture for a publication. I agreed, happily, and asked for a source credit in the publication, and everythingh was fine. But this one here... I cannot judge the scope of it. :-\ But at least he's aware that there are eyes on the issue. Again, many thanks for chiming in!
He has made a couple of responses:
"Yep, I've added the credit here as well.
Initialy I wanted to contat him but the Flickr I've created in order to message him never worked and I never got an answer from support. I've not found any other way to contact him.
I can understand how annoyed he gets when people use his photos. I initially found his picture on Pinterest and the link pointed to a forum (nationstate or something quite similar), I took the time to do a reverse search to find the original author. That's when I created my Flickr account that never worked.
If you have his mail address or something feel free to it to me in PM."
And
"I also want to make it clear that even if I made these drawings to illustrate a short story, it is just a text on a forum and not a commercial text.
In fact, I changed the description, because in retrospect it could have made people think that I was going to make a commercial use of this image. The "Alternate Hisotry design" is just an idea for a book in which I would have gathered uchronic concepts that I draw (vehicle, technology...). The pages are just quick mock-ups and if this project was ever to see the light of day it wouldn't be for years, probably a decade or so. It's obvious that if by then I hadn't found a way to contact dizzyfugu to ask his permission, I wouldn't have made any commercial use of the illustrations inspired by his photos.
I have therefore edited the description to remove all references to this arlesian project and avoid any misunderstanding.
PS: sorry if my English is difficult, it's not my native language."
edit:
I mentioned, in a comment, that you post here frequently.
Quote from: perttime on January 31, 2021, 04:47:21 AM
He has made a couple of responses:
"Yep, I've added the credit here as well.
Initialy I wanted to contat him but the Flickr I've created in order to message him never worked and I never got an answer from support. I've not found any other way to contact him.
I can understand how annoyed he gets when people use his photos. I initially found his picture on Pinterest and the link pointed to a forum (nationstate or something quite similar), I took the time to do a reverse search to find the original author. That's when I created my Flickr account that never worked.
If you have his mail address or something feel free to it to me in PM."
And
"I also want to make it clear that even if I made these drawings to illustrate a short story, it is just a text on a forum and not a commercial text.
In fact, I changed the description, because in retrospect it could have made people think that I was going to make a commercial use of this image. The "Alternate Hisotry design" is just an idea for a book in which I would have gathered uchronic concepts that I draw (vehicle, technology...). The pages are just quick mock-ups and if this project was ever to see the light of day it wouldn't be for years, probably a decade or so. It's obvious that if by then I hadn't found a way to contact dizzyfugu to ask his permission, I wouldn't have made any commercial use of the illustrations inspired by his photos.
I have therefore edited the description to remove all references to this arlesian project and avoid any misunderstanding.
PS: sorry if my English is difficult, it's not my native language."
edit:
I mentioned, in a comment, that you post here frequently.
There seems to be some willingness to correct, doesn't it?
Quote...I initially found his picture on Pinterest...
What have that load of shifties done to have one of Ziggy's pics on their site? :banghead: :banghead:
Quote from: Pellson on January 31, 2021, 04:58:55 AM
There seems to be some willingness to correct, doesn't it?
There does indeed :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 31, 2021, 05:59:00 AM
Quote from: Pellson on January 31, 2021, 04:58:55 AM
There seems to be some willingness to correct, doesn't it?
There does indeed :thumbsup:
And good on him too, for the willingness. :thumbsup:
Yup, at least some remorse and not the Russian style of "Found it on net, mine".
BTW: Pinterest is a horrible thing, because people "pin" whatever they find there, and my stuff ends up in sometimes doubtful collections. For instance, my Me 262/Ki 46 nightfighter kitbash shows up in MANY themed photo panels, even in a rather glorifyiung 3rd Reich context, but I cannot prevent it. Even deleting pics does not halp, because the Pinterest pics seem to be copies. It's a fight gainst windwills... :-\
I despise Pinterest. It jealously guards the right to download a copy of something the pinner has already pinched from elsewhere forcing one to search further to find the original full size image.
Quote from: zenrat on February 01, 2021, 01:30:27 AM
I despise Pinterest. It jealously guards the right to download a copy of something the pinner has already pinched from elsewhere forcing one to search further to find the original full size image.
Couldn't agree more.
Quote from: Pellson on February 01, 2021, 02:02:10 AM
Couldn't agree more.
Quote from: zenrat on February 01, 2021, 01:30:27 AM
I despise Pinterest. It jealously guards the right to download a copy of something the pinner has already pinched from elsewhere forcing one to search further to find the original full size image.
Another reason I hate it is the stress it causes my Privacy Blocker. How many trackers!! :o
Something completely different: an accidental real-world whif find at FlickR:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395579568_8fe58c032e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jMhw3U)
A BMW-fied Suzuki Lapin kei car (https://flic.kr/p/2jMhw3U) by 48PRODUCT Jr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/48product_jp/), on Flickr. Looks retro and Nineties, but I like it! :lol:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 02, 2021, 06:36:28 AM
Something completely different: an accidental real-world whif find at FlickR:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395579568_8fe58c032e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jMhw3U)
A BMW-fied Suzuki Lapin kei car (https://flic.kr/p/2jMhw3U) by 48PRODUCT Jr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/48product_jp/), on Flickr. Looks retro and Nineties, but I like it! :lol:
When your heart says "Beemer," but your wallet says "Suzuki!"
Similar to a VW'ed Geo Metro I saw once while working, lol
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on January 30, 2021, 08:19:20 AM
Quote from: scooter on January 29, 2021, 06:39:41 AM
I was a d!ck and went ahead and did this. And compared him to Disney and their love of stealing fanon SW designs
(https://i.imgur.com/E3K4VYi.png)
Good man! :thumbsup:
News at this "frontline": a credit source has been added in the description by the author, but the comments from the whatifmodellers.com mates have been deleted. Still not credits in/on the artwork, though, but it had an effect. :thumbsup:
https://www.deviantart.com/beignetbison/art/Arsenal-VB-31-Requin-Alternate-History-Design-844691793?comment=1%3A844691793%3A4883908003
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 04, 2021, 01:47:38 AM
News at this "frontline": a credit source has been added in the description by the author, but the comments from the whatifmodellers.com mates have been deleted. Still not credits in/on the artwork, though, but it had an effect. :thumbsup:
https://www.deviantart.com/beignetbison/art/Arsenal-VB-31-Requin-Alternate-History-Design-844691793?comment=1%3A844691793%3A4883908003
He says that he has been trying to join the forum, perhaps to contact dizzy, but has not been approved yet.
FlickR would be an option, too. After all, that's the original source.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 05, 2021, 06:05:28 AM
FlickR would be an option, too. After all, that's the original source.
Before, he said something about trying through Flickr but running into some trouble with his account.
Found this nice RN F6U at Twitter (https://twitter.com/zhongbo_wang/status/1235743833192882176):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESY-auOWAAE9a3z?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESY-auIWkAMiufK?format=jpg&name=large)
That's a really nice whiff and great work!
Quote from: kerick on March 18, 2021, 08:50:02 AM
That's a really nice whiff and great work!
It is isn't it :thumbsup:
It is very good but the panel lines are too heavily emphasised for my taste.
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 19, 2021, 06:49:34 AM
It is very good but the panel lines are too heavily emphasised for my taste.
I know where your coming from and they are probably about as far as I want to see them go if I'm honest, but it's a very personal area.
Panel lines are completely over done IMO.
I doubt the Royal navy would let one of it's aircraft get into that condition in peacetime.
But maybe the modeller was short of paint and had to stretch what he (or she) had finding he (or she) didn't have enough Sky to get a decent coverage.
Perhaps we should have a whip round and send them a bottle for their next model?
:wacko:
In a spanish model railways forum, I found a topic about railways posters. Apart from a lot of very nice vintage posters, on page 4, down one third of the page, there is a series of steampunk, dieselpunk whateverpunk posters:
https://www.forotrenes.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=86240&start=60
Another series near at the end of the page.
Amazing! Some are really beautiful
Quote from: kerick on May 20, 2021, 03:13:12 PM
Amazing! Some are really beautiful
And then there's this one, that reminds me of a certain ZZ Top song (https://youtu.be/eUDcTLaWJuo)
Stolen original post (https://www.forotrenes.com/foro/download/file.php?id=527583&sid=ac5dfc15fe3c075d6d77c71263aee680) into Imgur:
(https://i.imgur.com/L0yZxRa.jpg)
I might be able to replicate this one...somewhat.
A Santa Fe red warbonnet! What's not to like! :thumbsup:
And that'd be 'Gimme All Your Lovin', yes? My FAVE ZZ TOP track, if only for her in the black and white dress! :wub: :wub:
The word 'in' is used in its widest possible sense here! :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 20, 2021, 05:11:43 PM
A Santa Fe red warbonnet! What's not to like! :thumbsup:
I still have the Lionel watbonnet my parents gave me when I was 3. Of course, it ain't mint, and the original boxes have long since been tossed...
I may have just missed it and this has been posted already but nice looking operational Pancake on ARC.
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/317052-chance-vought-xf5u-1-kitty-hawk/ (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/317052-chance-vought-xf5u-1-kitty-hawk/)
Oh that is an extremely nice rendition of what I've always thought of as an interesting aircraft :thumbsup:
I didn't know there WAS a 1/48 kit of the Pancake!
That looks pretty darn smart. :thumbsup:
From a French forum called 1-72.forumgratuit (I think...), here we have a splendid post-apocalyptic take on Revell's 108ft Sunseeker luxury yacht:
More pics here: https://1-72.forumgratuit.org/t189-revell-rabiot-yacht-predator-apres-l-apocalypse
(https://2img.net/r/hpimg15/pics/960559Predator43.jpg)
(https://2img.net/r/hpimg15/pics/896428Predator46.jpg)
For reference, this is what it's supposed to look like:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iHNHAsGG-_8/WHtHsaXd38I/AAAAAAAAcW0/-GZ62ZqoIR8Aq1WXrHZkHjRR7ZbhjDp3QCLcB/s1600/Revell%2BLuxury%2BYacht%2Bg.JPG)
Looks like a prop from "Waterworld" (it's missing somehow a quad 0.5" AA position)? Well done, and cool subject.
They fire that sternchaser, they're going to find it in either the saloon or cockpit if its not tied down.
Fabulous. That's one for the pirate GB.
Love the post-apocalyptic yacht. But not sire fiberglass would rust quite so much. ๐
Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on July 22, 2021, 10:46:14 AM
Love the post-apocalyptic yacht. But not sire fiberglass would rust quite so much. ๐
Yeah I was thinking that. It's all fibreglass, stainless steel and teak: it's more likely to fade, yellow and get marine growth than rust...
Mind you, since it's "obviously" a Hollywood post-apocalyptic prop, we can put that down to set builders following movie tropes. "Everyone knows" that the post apocalyptic future is rusty, right? ;) ;D
Quote from: zenrat on July 20, 2021, 04:12:59 AM
Fabulous. That's one for the pirate GB.
If you want to try it then you can still find the kit, although the ones I saw were going for silly money. It has upsides and downsides. On the upside, the seating 'pods' fore and aft are separate pieces, so you could leave them off to get more deck space. On the downside, all of the saloon fittings, chairs, bars, etc.., are moulded to the floor in one piece, so changing them would be a major PITA.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 20, 2021, 03:25:50 AM
Looks like a prop from "Waterworld" (it's missing somehow a quad 0.5" AA position)? Well done, and cool subject.
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Another honk "stealing" artwork without reference and probably clue...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/993452/en/
Quote from: Weaver on July 22, 2021, 11:59:48 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 20, 2021, 03:25:50 AM
Looks like a prop from "Waterworld" (it's missing somehow a quad 0.5" AA position)? Well done, and cool subject.
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Have to watch the backblast on the rocket pods. Fiberglass ain't to fond of heat either.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 05, 2021, 06:39:26 AM
Another honk "stealing" artwork without reference and probably clue...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/993452/en/
You should probably start watermarking your model photos.
That's probably right, but UGLY! And you'd never get this kind of great expert conversations:
"I found stuff for models but no information on any actual prototypes."
"It's highly likely just a model made out of other models, put before a printed backdrop :)"
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 05, 2021, 11:59:18 PM
"It's highly likely just a model made out of other models, put before a printed backdrop :)"[/i]
And that's bad because......? :-\
It's what we DO here! :thumbsup:
I might have written something to this effect previously, but I still think the mentally soundest way to deal with pic nicking morons is to comment something along the lines of "my build, my pic. Cool you liked it" and then don't bother. They say that 75% of the world are twats, and considering that all people here are great.. Just saying.. ;)
Quote from: Pellson on August 06, 2021, 02:08:55 AM
They say that 75% of the world are twats,
Depending on the circumstances that figure can increase considerably ;)
Mind you I cannot deny I've slipped comfortably into that description at times, especially in my miss-spent youth :angel:
Quote from: Weaver on July 22, 2021, 11:59:48 AM
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Depends on the structure underneath, and you can always use doublers and other reinforcements
when adding the mounts. The fwd. gun would require extensive shoring and strengthening below
the deck and the added weight of gun and reinforcements would mean a reduction in top speed.
Trying to go as fast as the stock boat with all that added weight fwd. would over stress a hull not
designed to carry that much weight in that position. Reduced buoyancy fwd. is never a good thing,
and it would make it more difficult to get up on plane and you wouldn't want to get it pounding.
Boat design is a careful balancing of desires, requirements, role and the realities of the chosen
construction type. A boat is a collection of compromises.
A fibreglass boat can get that manky if not cleaned regularly, however it'd be streaks of grime
and general filth, in a cooler wet climate it could even have algae or moss growing in the nooks
and crannies of the superstructure and deck. Boats go to hell in short order if not constantly
maintained.
Quote from: Pellson on August 06, 2021, 02:08:55 AM
I might have written something to this effect previously, but I still think the mentally soundest way to deal with pic nicking morons is to comment something along the lines of "my build, my pic. Cool you liked it" and then don't bother. They say that 75% of the world are twats, and considering that all people here are great.. Just saying.. ;)
Only 75%?
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 06, 2021, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 22, 2021, 11:59:48 AM
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Depends on the structure underneath, and you can always use doublers and other reinforcements
when adding the mounts. The fwd. gun would require extensive shoring and strengthening below
the deck and the added weight of gun and reinforcements would mean a reduction in top speed.
Trying to go as fast as the stock boat with all that added weight fwd. would over stress a hull not
designed to carry that much weight in that position. Reduced buoyancy fwd. is never a good thing,
and it would make it more difficult to get up on plane and you wouldn't want to get it pounding.
Boat design is a careful balancing of desires, requirements, role and the realities of the chosen
construction type. A boat is a collection of compromises.
A fibreglass boat can get that manky if not cleaned regularly, however it'd be streaks of grime
and general filth, in a cooler wet climate it could even have algae or moss growing in the nooks
and crannies of the superstructure and deck. Boats go to hell in short order if not constantly
maintained.
Yep, hence my idea with the RRs or RPs: it's easier to add heat shields to the outside after the fact than start screwing about with the structure after it's built, especially after it's in the water: what do you think the chances are of these guys having a dry dock?
Is it an appropriate craft for it's new role? Probably not, but post-apocalyptica is usually a matter of Hobson's Choice: you Mad Max what you can get your hands on, not what you'd choose in a ideal world. If it t was an ideal world, you wouldn't be making these kind of choices in the first place...
Dead right about the weathering: it'd be mostly green algae, UV fading and patterns of micro-cracking in the gel coat, which would look pale grey in this scale. I can walk down the canal near my home and see all of these on boats that have been tied up unmoving for years, and that's only in an inland waterways environment. You sometimes see rust streaks from metal fittings like cleats, but IIRC, all the hardware on the yacht is stainless steel. You'd get rust streaks from some of the 'unauthorised additions', of course.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 05, 2021, 11:59:18 PM
That's probably right, but UGLY! And you'd never get this kind of great expert conversations:
"I found stuff for models but no information on any actual prototypes."
"It's highly likely just a model made out of other models, put before a printed backdrop :)"
Someone's added a link to your Flickr now.
Quote from: scooter on August 05, 2021, 11:30:17 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 22, 2021, 11:59:48 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 20, 2021, 03:25:50 AM
Looks like a prop from "Waterworld" (it's missing somehow a quad 0.5" AA position)? Well done, and cool subject.
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Have to watch the backblast on the rocket pods. Fiberglass ain't to fond of heat either.
True, but then rocket blast isn't around for more than a second either, so it's not like the heat's sustained or concentrated. You could probably get away with some aluminium sheet as blast deflectors if you can find it, and if you've got a source of aircraft rocket pods, chances are some aluminium will be around too. If the panels were scavenged from an abandoned aircraft, they might still have some of the original paint on them, which would be a cool detail and give a subtle clue about where the yacht got it's post-apocalypse conversion.
Quote from: Weaver on August 06, 2021, 09:10:46 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 06, 2021, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 22, 2021, 11:59:48 AM
Since the fibreglass probably can't take much recoil, my thought was to use one of those Maxxon quad mountings, but replace the machine-guns with a pair of recoilless rifles or a pair of aircraft rocket pods. :wacko:
Depends on the structure underneath, and you can always use doublers and other reinforcements
when adding the mounts. The fwd. gun would require extensive shoring and strengthening below
the deck and the added weight of gun and reinforcements would mean a reduction in top speed.
Trying to go as fast as the stock boat with all that added weight fwd. would over stress a hull not
designed to carry that much weight in that position. Reduced buoyancy fwd. is never a good thing,
and it would make it more difficult to get up on plane and you wouldn't want to get it pounding.
Boat design is a careful balancing of desires, requirements, role and the realities of the chosen
construction type. A boat is a collection of compromises.
A fibreglass boat can get that manky if not cleaned regularly, however it'd be streaks of grime
and general filth, in a cooler wet climate it could even have algae or moss growing in the nooks
and crannies of the superstructure and deck. Boats go to hell in short order if not constantly
maintained.
Yep, hence my idea with the RRs or RPs: it's easier to add heat shields to the outside after the fact than start screwing about with the structure after it's built, especially after it's in the water: what do you think the chances are of these guys having a dry dock?
Is it an appropriate craft for it's new role? Probably not, but post-apocalyptica is usually a matter of Hobson's Choice: you Mad Max what you can get your hands on, not what you'd choose in a ideal world. If it t was an ideal world, you wouldn't be making these kind of choices in the first place...
Dead right about the weathering: it'd be mostly green algae, UV fading and patterns of micro-cracking in the gel coat, which would look pale grey in this scale. I can walk down the canal near my home and see all of these on boats that have been tied up unmoving for years, and that's only in an inland waterways environment. You sometimes see rust streaks from metal fittings like cleats, but IIRC, all the hardware on the yacht is stainless steel. You'd get rust streaks from some of the 'unauthorised additions', of course.
A 'drydock' wouldn't be needed, the structural reinforcements would be in the form of additions,
a couple of sheets of heavy plywood on deck, bolted through to beams under the deck and then
posts transferring the loads to the keel.
No haulout required. ;D ;)
Keeping the 11,000 liter fuel tanks full and the engines/drives maintained would be the tough part. ;)
This one had a major refit in 2019 for a mere โฌ1.2 million.
https://www.breezeyachting.swiss/sunseeker-predator-108-thank-you-page
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 07, 2021, 12:08:16 AM
This one had a major refit in 2019 for a mere โฌ1.2 million.
https://www.breezeyachting.swiss/sunseeker-predator-108-thank-you-page
Cheapskates! :o
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 07, 2021, 12:08:16 AM
Keeping the 11,000 liter fuel tanks full and the engines/drives maintained would be the tough part. ;)
Well that goes for any of these post-apocalyptic scenarios: how many times do vehicles get imobilised today because they need a consumable part that has to be ordered from a city 200 miles away? If the city's a cinder and the post office but a memory, then you're screwed....
Quote from: Weaver on August 08, 2021, 02:12:04 PM
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 07, 2021, 12:08:16 AM
Keeping the 11,000 liter fuel tanks full and the engines/drives maintained would be the tough part. ;)
Well that goes for any of these post-apocalyptic scenarios: how many times do vehicles get imobilised today because they need a consumable part that has to be ordered from a city 200 miles away? If the city's a cinder and the post office but a memory, then you're screwed....
Yup, because the J bracket for the battery hold down on SWMBO's Scion xB twisted off at the rusted and crossthreaded nut...and no one carries the part online or locally (Pepboys, Napa, Autozone, etc.), and our local Toyota dealer's parts department is closed on the weekend.
Not a Whif, but it does generate ideas. ;D
How to upcycle an old SeaDoo. ;)
(https://smallboatsmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BrevikRBB1114web.jpg)
https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/brevick-jet-ski/
Be surprised what you could do with a decent collection of tools and some know how. Probably be easier to maintain something old compared with the computerized vehicles out there today.
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on August 09, 2021, 08:13:31 PM
Not a Whif, but it does generate ideas. ;D
How to upcycle an old SeaDoo. ;)
(https://smallboatsmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BrevikRBB1114web.jpg)
https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/brevick-jet-ski/
You know Mobius M. Mobius is drooling over that one! Lol! Maybe even Loki too!
Quote from: kerick on August 09, 2021, 08:30:34 PM
Be surprised what you could do with a decent collection of tools and some know how. Probably be easier to maintain something old compared with the computerized vehicles out there today.
The SeaDoo under the new wood skin is a 2002 model and it has the period engine control
electronics etc., so
old is relative term.
;)
The Ukrainian fan club struck again, this time (and unexpectedly) with an article converning my upgunned Matilda II:
http://alternathistory.com/pehotnyj-tank-a-12-mk-vi-matilda-vershina-evolyutsii-znamenitoj-anglijskoj-mashiny/
or in translation:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/pehotnyj-tank-a-12-mk-vi-matilda-vershina-evolyutsii-znamenitoj-anglijskoj-mashiny/
:lol:
They sure have your number! At least they gave you some credit at the end of the article this time.
That's the way it should be, and I find it interesting that in some cases (and as far as I can tell through Ki translation :rolleyes:) the background is modified. But that's fine, it's the inspiration that counts.
What's also funny are the discussions at the end of some articles - different culural "goggles" can lead to amazing arguments, and sometimes it's almost absurd what people start picking upon. I just remember my Lend-Lease Soviet Navy F4U which was criticized for the depiction of the leaky oil tank in front of the cockpit, recognizing a conspiracy to depict Russia in a poor light... Don't ask. :-\
Another whif of mine surfaced, this time on the other side of the globe at reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CursedWarplanes/comments/fsnzro/bf_109_with_bubble_canopy_and_4_bladed_prop_can/
Well, Thomas, you're too good at both building and picturing your builds. Lose quality or see it continue.
(Or see it as the compliment it is) ;)
Another find where one of my builds aroused attention:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/532098-imam-ro70/
"Fictional as hell. This looks like a Ki-61 fuselage with an Alfa Romeo RA.1000 and the control surfaces of a P-51. I'm a tosser and ridiculous." LOL! ;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 17, 2021, 04:11:20 AM
Another find where one of my builds aroused attention:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/532098-imam-ro70/
"Fictional as hell. This looks like a Ki-61 fuselage with an Alfa Romeo RA.1000 and the control surfaces of a P-51. I'm a tosser and ridiculous." LOL! ;D
Ridiculous people that only knows what is on internet... And one of them even sporting Italo Balbo as avatar. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 17, 2021, 04:11:20 AM
Another find where one of my builds aroused attention:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/532098-imam-ro70/
"Fictional as hell. This looks like a Ki-61 fuselage with an Alfa Romeo RA.1000 and the control surfaces of a P-51. I'm a tosser and ridiculous." LOL! ;D
"I'm a joyless, unimaginative numpty who plays a computer
game simulatior
loaded with paper equipment"
.....and who never EVER reads anything that may be a little bit fictional.
Bah, humbug! :banghead:
And speaking of paper weapons of war, World of Warships released their latest update last week - now with American and German subs...in a trial basis that you have to earn the rentals of (for the time being). Included, at Tier X are the GUPPY (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Underwater_Propulsion_Power_Program) Balao and Type XXI\U-2501-class.
I wonder, if and when they roll out lower tiers for other nations, they'll include the K-class boats of World War 1 infamy fame
My recent "Flakhetzer" model popped up in the Ukraine:
http://alternathistory.com/zenitnyj-hettser-ili-flakpanzer-38-t-germaniya/
:lol:
And they did give you the credit this time. :thumbsup:
They always do, and it's perfectly fine!
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 17, 2021, 08:56:14 AM
.....and who never EVER reads anything that may be a little bit fictional.
Bah, humbug! :banghead:
Picked up a copy of 'The Foresight War - Anthony G Williams' a very interesting read so far (at 330 pages it's about a month's reading for me). Unlike many it's all small changes that could have occurred, well mostly. Plenty of What-If ideas already and the shooting hasn't really started yet.
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
'The Foresight War' is one of my fave books, I've read it 3-4 times already and it never fails to fascinate. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 27, 2021, 11:30:39 AM
'The Foresight War' is one of my fave books, I've read it 3-4 times already and it never fails to fascinate. :thumbsup:
Since my post above I've found the glossary. I'm now looking at the HB 1/48 not-quite-a-Whirlwind and thinking about Merlin engine pods...
I'm quite enjoying it and so far it's been quite believable.
Quote from: SleeperService on August 27, 2021, 10:00:29 AM
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
The usual Government excuses for missing files are:-
1) Bomb damage to the Records Office during the 1940-41 Blitz
2) An unfortunate fire at the (unspecified) military depot where material was stored in the late 1970's
3) The material has been mis-filed and the error has not yet been rectified
4) The floods of 2005 resulted in document loss/damage..............and for decent documentation.........
5) The material exists, but has not yet been catalogued due to COVID safe working procedures
That ought to cover most eventualities.
Sort of a whif...?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51406615904_54325c993f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mjCkVS)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2mjCkVS) by Ed Perello (https://www.flickr.com/photos/11733941@N05/), on Flickr
;D ;D
:o... ;D ;D ;D
That is an excellent toy, to get the creative juices flowing in the minds of children of all ages... :wacko: just forgot to mention on the package that it contains 1% of toy and that 99% of imagination is needed to play with it. ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Rheged on August 28, 2021, 01:06:44 AM
Quote from: SleeperService on August 27, 2021, 10:00:29 AM
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
The usual Government excuses for missing files are:-
1) Bomb damage to the Records Office during the 1940-41 Blitz
2) An unfortunate fire at the (unspecified) military depot where material was stored in the late 1970's
3) The material has been mis-filed and the error has not yet been rectified
4) The floods of 2005 resulted in document loss/damage..............and for decent documentation.........
5) The material exists, but has not yet been catalogued due to COVID safe working procedures
That ought to cover most eventualities.
Yes, I believe bureaucracies worldwide are finding Covid extremely convenient...
;D
Quote from: zenrat on August 28, 2021, 05:03:26 AM
Quote from: Rheged on August 28, 2021, 01:06:44 AM
Quote from: SleeperService on August 27, 2021, 10:00:29 AM
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
The usual Government excuses for missing files are:-
1) Bomb damage to the Records Office during the 1940-41 Blitz
2) An unfortunate fire at the (unspecified) military depot where material was stored in the late 1970's
3) The material has been mis-filed and the error has not yet been rectified
4) The floods of 2005 resulted in document loss/damage..............and for decent documentation.........
5) The material exists, but has not yet been catalogued due to COVID safe working procedures
That ought to cover most eventualities.
Yes, I believe bureaucracies worldwide are finding Covid extremely convenient...
;D
"Never let a good crisis go to waste? "
(I believe Winston Churchill did not originate that)
Quote from: perttime on August 28, 2021, 05:11:30 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 28, 2021, 05:03:26 AM
Quote from: Rheged on August 28, 2021, 01:06:44 AM
Quote from: SleeperService on August 27, 2021, 10:00:29 AM
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
The usual Government excuses for missing files are:-
1) Bomb damage to the Records Office during the 1940-41 Blitz
2) An unfortunate fire at the (unspecified) military depot where material was stored in the late 1970's
3) The material has been mis-filed and the error has not yet been rectified
4) The floods of 2005 resulted in document loss/damage..............and for decent documentation.........
5) The material exists, but has not yet been catalogued due to COVID safe working procedures
That ought to cover most eventualities.
Yes, I believe bureaucracies worldwide are finding Covid extremely convenient...
;D
"Never let a good crisis go to waste? "
(I believe Winston Churchill did not originate that)
Sir Humphrey Applegate?
Quote from: zenrat on August 28, 2021, 05:24:53 AM
Quote from: perttime on August 28, 2021, 05:11:30 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 28, 2021, 05:03:26 AM
Quote from: Rheged on August 28, 2021, 01:06:44 AM
Quote from: SleeperService on August 27, 2021, 10:00:29 AM
You should be safe about the PR.19 leak now BTW, apparently the file went missing when it was removed with a bunch of files 'lost' by Theresa May that were on the same shelf. Apparently. I doubt there's any trace of it now. Nudge nudge wink wink.
The usual Government excuses for missing files are:-
1) Bomb damage to the Records Office during the 1940-41 Blitz
2) An unfortunate fire at the (unspecified) military depot where material was stored in the late 1970's
3) The material has been mis-filed and the error has not yet been rectified
4) The floods of 2005 resulted in document loss/damage..............and for decent documentation.........
5) The material exists, but has not yet been catalogued due to COVID safe working procedures
That ought to cover most eventualities.
Yes, I believe bureaucracies worldwide are finding Covid extremely convenient...
;D
"Never let a good crisis go to waste? "
(I believe Winston Churchill did not originate that)
Sir Humphrey Applegate?
Yes, Prime Minister.
It's Appleby isn't it. Not Applegate.
But you got the point.
The skin based on my whiffy Saab J32A model seems to be quite popular at warthunder.com, screenshots of it in action frequently pop up, like this:
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/fe/89/3c/2ed376b8917ae4ace00666332c79c7d493_mq/shot+2021.09.12+16.54.58.jpg)
BTW, in the meantime I have come to believe that the cammo on the model was misinterpreted by me - it was originally based on a profile drawing, with rather odd colors (due to printing, I guess), but I think now that it is just the standard olive green/dark blue Lansen scheme with the sand brown added on top. :o
Still looks quite good, even in virtual form. ;D
That was a test camouflage painted by the RSwAF's trials and test centre (FรถrsรถksCentralen, hence the FC wing code) I have only managed to find a b/w photo and the text only says that the colours are undefined. Official records state that several different schemes were tried in the late fifties but only two are described in text. This is not one of them. Hence we don't know whether the pictured one just added brown or if it was something else entirely
(https://i.imgur.com/Gq1rFov.jpg)
Oh, a cool find/picture of "SC/29", I did not know this one (until now ;D). I'd love to see a color shot of that aircraft, though.
One interesting thing to note is that the colours of the Swedish rounded appears reversed, but that is due to the kind of b/w film used, and a known issue during the 1920's - 1950's. Right now I can't remember why exactly, but it should be noted as is could mean that the lighter fields of the camp wasn't lighter at all.
Note also the band just behind the radome on the nose. That band is bright orange, which is the colour of the FC. It doesn't come out that bright here.
On nose bands in general - those were mostly division/squadron colours. Each wing flew normally three but on a few occasions up to five sqns, coloured as follows:
1st: red
2nd: blue
3rd: yellow
4th: green
5th: black
White was for a period used for aircraft allocated to the Air Staff to maintain the flying skills of the generals.
Orange as said used by the FC, but also by the Air Force Rescue Service, flying helicopters.
These colours could be repeated on tactical code letters on the aircraft, but also on silk scarves used by aircrew. I have a blue one myself.. ;)
Ah, yes the SEA Swedes!
Something completely different - but well researched and presented (and immediately trolled and rejected by a certain audience): fictional tanks in an anime/manga series, namely from Full Metal Alchemist:
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/tanks-of-fullmetal-alchemist/
There's also an intersting article about the rhomboid tank from the 3rd Indiana Jones film a.k.a. "The Last Crusade Tank":
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/fictional-tanks-hatay-heavy-tank/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 14, 2021, 06:53:14 AM
There's also an intersting article about the rhomboid tank from the 3rd Indiana Jones film a.k.a. "The Last Crusade Tank":
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/fictional-tanks-hatay-heavy-tank/
Gotta love how the props department built a fully armed and operational
battlestation modified Mark VIII
International. The Tank Encyclopedia's video <<HERE!>> (https://youtu.be/FcmlxMip8tI)
Anyone fancy flying my fictional Iraqi F-86 in a digital flight simulator?
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/3318385/?sphrase_id=7539681
Nice CG rendition, though, and some proper credit.
(https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/upload/iblock/a51/k3zd9w8ou4juos1e5082jtx52g0neet5/86.png)
This part in the Hatay tank story cracks me up:
QuoteThe inset image of the interior shows just how much room there is inside the vehicle with the driver in the foreground and the turret platform behind.
;D ;D
The writer doesn't seem to grasp that the dimensions of
interior sets of movie vehicles like
this one do not match with the external dimensions of the vehicle. The
Aliens APC being one
of the most hilariously out of line. Film FX and set design folks evidently have Tardis tech.
;D
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on September 21, 2021, 11:16:21 AM
This part in the Hatay tank story cracks me up:
QuoteThe inset image of the interior shows just how much room there is inside the vehicle with the driver in the foreground and the turret platform behind.
;D ;D
The writer doesn't seem to grasp that the dimensions of interior sets of movie vehicles like
this one do not much with the external dimensions of the vehicle. The Aliens APC being one
of the most hilariously out of line. Film FX and set design folks evidently have Tardis tech.
;D
;D ;D ;D
http://alternathistory.com/zsu-e-50-41-einheits-flakpanzer-e-50-88-mm-angel-hranitel-nemetskih-tankovyh-divizij/
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on September 21, 2021, 11:16:21 AM
This part in the Hatay tank story cracks me up:
QuoteThe inset image of the interior shows just how much room there is inside the vehicle with the driver in the foreground and the turret platform behind.
The writer doesn't seem to grasp that the dimensions of interior sets of movie vehicles like this one do not match with the external dimensions of the vehicle. The Aliens APC being one of the most hilariously out of line. Film FX and set design folks evidently have Tardis tech.
That seems unfair. That caption/comment is found under the section that starts with "The Film Representation". He's clearly commenting on the aspects of the vehicle as depicted in the film, as though it was depicting reality, understanding full well that it does not.
Later in the article, under the heading "Building the Tank", the same writer says:
QuoteThe only real part of the interior was the driver's seat. The rest of the interior scenes were filmed in a studio. The tank was driven in the film by special effects technician Brian Lince.
Like most of us, he splits his brain into the "alternate history" for the first half of the article, then the "real world" for the second half. In fact, many of those captions read to me like the author is pointing out things that don't quite jive with realism while trying to maintain that illusion and I think that's exactly what Mark Nash is doing here. He's pointing out how cavernous the interior is on screen when we all know it would be more cramped if it really existed and wasn't just a set in a studio.
(https://i.imgur.com/J9CrBmG.png)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 26, 2021, 11:08:54 PM
http://alternathistory.com/zsu-e-50-41-einheits-flakpanzer-e-50-88-mm-angel-hranitel-nemetskih-tankovyh-divizij/
That's pretty neat, Dizzy. You should try something like that. ;) ;D
In fairness, at least they give you credit and link to your work at the end!
Cheers,
Logan
That is pretty much the same as when I had a walk-through an He.111 (CASA 2.111) and a B-17 quite a few years ago. I couldn't believe just how cramped it was in them. My walk-through was more like a crawl-through in the CASA
Quote from: kitnut617 on September 27, 2021, 10:57:01 AM
That is pretty much the same as when I had a walk-through an He.111 (CASA 2.111) and a B-17 quite a few years ago. I couldn't believe just how cramped it was in them. My walk-through was more like a crawl-through in the CASA
In comparison a B-29 cockpit is spacious! There would be no need for an enlarged studio version.
Having viewed movies such as Operation Petticoat many times I was shocked to find out how cramped the interior of the USS Bowfin was when I went through her at Pearl Harbor.
Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2021, 04:48:16 AM
Having viewed movies such as Operation Petticoat many times I was shocked to find out how cramped the interior of the USS Bowfin was when I went through her at Pearl Harbor.
Yup. I crawled through the USS Ling when I was a wee cub scout, and it was cramped to me then. And much later, I toured the USS Growler (SSG), and it was *still* cramped.
Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2021, 04:48:16 AM
Having viewed movies such as Operation Petticoat many times I was shocked to find out how cramped the interior of the USS Bowfin was when I went through her at Pearl Harbor.
I never connected the film and boat on my visits. Thanks for enlightening me :thumbsup:
My squadron got a tour of the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor when she was still active. It was not nearly as tight as a sub but add several hundred sailors and things would fill up fast.
From iModeler, a rather fetching USAF Clunk https://imodeler.com/2020/06/hobbycraft-1-72-cf-100-hypothetical/ (https://imodeler.com/2020/06/hobbycraft-1-72-cf-100-hypothetical/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2020/06/g/gblair_200614_5ee6a129374dd-1600x1200.jpg?17170)
Another from iModeler https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/ (https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2014/08/lys14.jpg?v=1407899950)
Instead of posting all the ones on iModeler, here is a link to their What If? page. Lots to see here. https://imodeler.com/tag/what-if/ (https://imodeler.com/tag/what-if/)
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 28, 2021, 06:09:17 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2021, 04:48:16 AM
Having viewed movies such as Operation Petticoat many times I was shocked to find out how cramped the interior of the USS Bowfin was when I went through her at Pearl Harbor.
I never connected the film and boat on my visits. Thanks for enlightening me :thumbsup:
I didn't at the time. Bowfin wasn't used in the movie but three other Balao class boats were for external shots.
Quote from: The Rat on October 02, 2021, 08:21:03 PM
Another from iModeler https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/ (https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2014/08/lys14.jpg?v=1407899950)
That really works well
Quote from: zenrat on October 03, 2021, 02:32:00 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 28, 2021, 06:09:17 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2021, 04:48:16 AM
Having viewed movies such as Operation Petticoat many times I was shocked to find out how cramped the interior of the USS Bowfin was when I went through her at Pearl Harbor.
I never connected the film and boat on my visits. Thanks for enlightening me :thumbsup:
I didn't at the time. Bowfin wasn't used in the movie but three other Balao class boats were for external shots.
Ah right :thumbsup:
Quote from: Doug K on October 03, 2021, 04:59:46 AM
Quote from: The Rat on October 02, 2021, 08:21:03 PM
Another from iModeler https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/ (https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2014/08/lys14.jpg?v=1407899950)
That really works well
Yup. Perhaps as a FAA Fleet spotter on board the KG V class ?
That "Clunk" looks very good as well :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on October 03, 2021, 05:40:10 AM
Quote from: Doug K on October 03, 2021, 04:59:46 AM
Quote from: The Rat on October 02, 2021, 08:21:03 PM
Another from iModeler https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/ (https://imodeler.com/2014/08/westland-lysander-on-floats-now-this-is-how-i-would-have-done-it/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2014/08/lys14.jpg?v=1407899950)
That really works well
Yup. Perhaps as a FAA Fleet spotter on board the KG V class ?
Change the roundels and flash to SEAC and you've got yourself a SOE infiltrator for Burma\French Indochina
Quote from: scooter on October 03, 2021, 06:02:29 AM
Change the roundels and flash to SEAC and you've got yourself a SOE infiltrator for Burma\French Indochina
Indeed :thumbsup:
No markings at all, and it becomes an agent-placing machine operating from Norway/Sweden/Finland into northern USSR in the early 1950's
See Gavin Lyall's "Most Dangerous Game" for more details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(novel) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(novel))
Quote from: The Rat on October 02, 2021, 07:51:55 PM
From iModeler, a rather fetching USAF Clunk https://imodeler.com/2020/06/hobbycraft-1-72-cf-100-hypothetical/ (https://imodeler.com/2020/06/hobbycraft-1-72-cf-100-hypothetical/)
(https://imodeler.com/uploads/2020/06/g/gblair_200614_5ee6a129374dd-1600x1200.jpg?17170)
That is SWEET! :wub:
Falcons, Sidewinders, Sparrows would be nice. :mellow:
BIG tanks on the wingtips with Falcons inside. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rheged on October 03, 2021, 07:18:32 AM
No markings at all, and it becomes an agent-placing machine operating from Norway/Sweden/Finland into northern USSR in the early 1950's
See Gavin Lyall's "Most Dangerous Game" for more details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(novel) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(novel))
I find the ones of his I have been able to track down are usually good reads (whether or not I am happy with how they end up is a different matter, of course...)
Even though they're of about the same era, they always seemed a bit more 'grown up'* than the Alister MacLeans I grew up reading.
The Desmond Bagley novels are the same.
*Not sure how else to put that, but you get what I mean.
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2014, 09:36:10 AM
That's as bad as the old Land Rover that used to be seen in the Hexham area. He/She had the following "score" (all recognisable) painted on the nearside wing :-two Me110s, a TIE fighter, a camel (Sopwith) a camel (bactrian) three VW beetles and what looked like a B47. Given the way it was driven, I'm inclined to believe that several of these were genuine "kill" markings. I've a photo......somewhere.......
I saw this venerable machine in Carlisle last week. Extra kill markings had been added.......two Badgers (Russian) one badger (animal) a Renault Espace, a Fireball XL5 and a Typhoon class Russian submarine. Having met the driver, she claims that the Espace tried to impale itself on the towbar and the submarine was an unfortunate mishap with a heavy duty sea fishing net.
Quote from: Rheged on November 29, 2021, 10:57:16 AM
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2014, 09:36:10 AM
That's as bad as the old Land Rover that used to be seen in the Hexham area. He/She had the following "score" (all recognisable) painted on the nearside wing :-two Me110s, a TIE fighter, a camel (Sopwith) a camel (bactrian) three VW beetles and what looked like a B47. Given the way it was driven, I'm inclined to believe that several of these were genuine "kill" markings. I've a photo......somewhere.......
I saw this venerable machine in Carlisle last week. Extra kill markings had been added.......two Badgers (Russian) one badger (animal) a Renault Espace, a Fireball XL5 and a Typhoon class Russian submarine. Having met the driver, she claims that the Espace tried to impale itself on the towbar and the submarine was an unfortunate mishap with a heavy duty sea fishing net.
;D :thumbsup:
Sounds like a lady with our kind of sense of humour.
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 29, 2021, 08:02:45 PM
Quote from: Rheged on November 29, 2021, 10:57:16 AM
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2014, 09:36:10 AM
That's as bad as the old Land Rover that used to be seen in the Hexham area. He/She had the following "score" (all recognisable) painted on the nearside wing :-two Me110s, a TIE fighter, a camel (Sopwith) a camel (bactrian) three VW beetles and what looked like a B47. Given the way it was driven, I'm inclined to believe that several of these were genuine "kill" markings. I've a photo......somewhere.......
I saw this venerable machine in Carlisle last week. Extra kill markings had been added.......two Badgers (Russian) one badger (animal) a Renault Espace, a Fireball XL5 and a Typhoon class Russian submarine. Having met the driver, she claims that the Espace tried to impale itself on the towbar and the submarine was an unfortunate mishap with a heavy duty sea fishing net.
;D :thumbsup:
Sounds like a lady with our kind of sense of humour.
(https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/oih82w8/20130215_ThisThreadIsUselessWithoutPics.jpg)
Quote from: Pellson on November 30, 2021, 03:40:36 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 29, 2021, 08:02:45 PM
Quote from: Rheged on November 29, 2021, 10:57:16 AM
Quote from: Rheged on January 20, 2014, 09:36:10 AM
That's as bad as the old Land Rover that used to be seen in the Hexham area. He/She had the following "score" (all recognisable) painted on the nearside wing :-two Me110s, a TIE fighter, a camel (Sopwith) a camel (bactrian) three VW beetles and what looked like a B47. Given the way it was driven, I'm inclined to believe that several of these were genuine "kill" markings. I've a photo......somewhere.......
I saw this venerable machine in Carlisle last week. Extra kill markings had been added.......two Badgers (Russian) one badger (animal) a Renault Espace, a Fireball XL5 and a Typhoon class Russian submarine. Having met the driver, she claims that the Espace tried to impale itself on the towbar and the submarine was an unfortunate mishap with a heavy duty sea fishing net.
;D :thumbsup:
Sounds like a lady with our kind of sense of humour.
(https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/oih82w8/20130215_ThisThreadIsUselessWithoutPics.jpg)
Sorry! Having just managed to get my digital camera to talk to the imperial laptop, said camera has now gone PHUT!! and until I buy a new one AND persuade it to talk to the laptop, the picture problem remains
I have to e mail pics to myself as my phone won't talk to the laptop either.
Quote from: kerick on November 30, 2021, 12:16:58 PM
I have to e mail pics to myself as my phone won't talk to the laptop either.
Same here :-\
Just one reason why I use a proper camera to take my pics.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 01, 2021, 11:20:32 AM
Just one reason why I use a proper camera to take my pics.
Being a real luddite, a real camera to me is my old Nikon F1 with proper film in it! Slow speed black and white film gives me the equivalent of at least a couple of hundred megapix. But then, of course, even if I do my own processing and printing the pictures have to be sent by Royal Mail in order to get the end-user quality.
Quote from: Rheged on December 01, 2021, 01:37:29 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 01, 2021, 11:20:32 AM
Just one reason why I use a proper camera to take my pics.
Being a real luddite, a real camera to me is my old Nikon F1 with proper film in it! Slow speed black and white film gives me the equivalent of at least a couple of hundred megapix. But then, of course, even if I do my own processing and printing the pictures have to be sent by Royal Mail in order to get the end-user quality.
This end user would be a very happy such, though. ;)
Quote from: Rheged on December 01, 2021, 01:37:29 PM
Being a real luddite, a real camera to me is my old Nikon F1 with proper film in it! Slow speed black and white film gives me the equivalent of at least a couple of hundred megapix. But then, of course, even if I do my own processing and printing the pictures have to be sent by Royal Mail in order to get the end-user quality.
When I bought my Sony NEX-6, one goal was to use some of the excellent old lenses in place of the kit lens, using cheap adapters. I went on ebay and bought several of the lenses I'd lusted after in my youth. I got a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.4, Kiron (Nikon) 35-135 Macro, Minolta Auto Rokkor-PF 58mm f1.4 and a Minolta MD Zoom 35-105mm f 3.5-4.5 macro - for the last one, the seller was selling it with an old Minolta SRT 102, but I told him to keep the camera (I alredy have one). The lenses were as good (or better) than the kit lens, although the two f1.4s were a bit disappointing in terms of sharpness (to be expected). I also got an old solid 500mm f8 mirror lens, and they're as bad as their reputation.
Now if I could only take better pictures...
Quote from: frank2056 on December 01, 2021, 02:11:36 PM
Quote from: Rheged on December 01, 2021, 01:37:29 PM
Being a real luddite, a real camera to me is my old Nikon F1 with proper film in it! Slow speed black and white film gives me the equivalent of at least a couple of hundred megapix. But then, of course, even if I do my own processing and printing the pictures have to be sent by Royal Mail in order to get the end-user quality.
When I bought my Sony NEX-6, one goal was to use some of the excellent old lenses in place of the kit lens, using cheap adapters. I went on ebay and bought several of the lenses I'd lusted after in my youth. I got a Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.4, Kiron (Nikon) 35-135 Macro, Minolta Auto Rokkor-PF 58mm f1.4 and a Minolta MD Zoom 35-105mm f 3.5-4.5 macro - for the last one, the seller was selling it with an old Minolta SRT 102, but I told him to keep the camera (I alredy have one). The lenses were as good (or better) than the kit lens, although the two f1.4s were a bit disappointing in terms of sharpness (to be expected). I also got an old solid 500mm f8 mirror lens, and they're as bad as their reputation.
Now if I could only take better pictures...
Aaah...the joys of adapters and weird combos... :thumbsup:
I always loved to experiment with those. Fot theater and concert photos I used (in the seventies) a Leica III body (no noise and movement from the mirror) with a canon adapter and 135/2.5 reflex lens, and a russian external sight. Took some very good photos with that outfit...
Should one be proud or expect others to need glasses when they call your model "(...)a very well done 3D render."? :rolleyes: Found my maritime recce Wellesley elsewhere:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/picture-of-the-day.39445/page-1009#post-1646359
Most entertaining comment: "I agree about the Wellesley. Flaps down and flying at what looks like 35000 feet. Gotta be a fake.".
And the most sensible comment follows soon thereafter: "Michael (and anybody who copied or posted the above or similar photos by a modeller known as D i z z y f u g u - I can recognize his models from miles), be careful with posting his creations without giving him credit or not mentioning his name . Even if you do it for fun, make a joke or else he'll come (sooner or later) after you, looking for his copyrights.
You've been warned!;););)
Cheers!"
;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 04, 2021, 03:37:40 AM
Most entertaining comment: "I agree about the Wellesley. Flaps down and flying at what looks like 35000 feet. Gotta be a fake.".
How does he think it GOT to 35000 ft? :-\
Of course the flaps are down!
Don't ask. Such posts are like car accidents: you see them, cannot turn your eyes off of them, and later you are happy that you were not directly involved. :rolleyes:
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Presumably such people never, ever read fiction as it isn't real. :(
Quote from: The Rat on December 04, 2021, 09:15:20 AM
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
"Wait, you made a MiG-15, gave it UK roundels, camo and serial numbers? How
very dare you! Also, those serial numbers are clearly USN WWII. You shouldn't be allowed to build kits."
Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2021, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: The Rat on December 04, 2021, 09:15:20 AM
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
"Wait, you made a MiG-15, gave it UK roundels, camo and serial numbers? How very dare you! Also, those serial numbers are clearly USN WWII. You shouldn't be allowed to build kits."
"And on top of everything, those are USAF colors, Gunship gray and Dark Green. The US Navy serials belong to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, made in 1944 *snort*.
Quote from: nighthunter on December 04, 2021, 11:12:23 AM
Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2021, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: The Rat on December 04, 2021, 09:15:20 AM
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
"Wait, you made a MiG-15, gave it UK roundels, camo and serial numbers? How very dare you! Also, those serial numbers are clearly USN WWII. You shouldn't be allowed to build kits."
"And on top of everything, those are USAF colors, Gunship gray and Dark Green. The US Navy serials belong to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, made in 1944 *snort*.
And the sad thing is, that's not very far from the truth - probably almost a direct quote...
Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 07, 2021, 01:51:54 PM
Quote from: nighthunter on December 04, 2021, 11:12:23 AM
Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2021, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: The Rat on December 04, 2021, 09:15:20 AM
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
"Wait, you made a MiG-15, gave it UK roundels, camo and serial numbers? How very dare you! Also, those serial numbers are clearly USN WWII. You shouldn't be allowed to build kits."
"And on top of everything, those are USAF colors, Gunship gray and Dark Green. The US Navy serials belong to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, made in 1944 *snort*.
And the sad thing is, that's not very far from the truth - probably almost a direct quote...
;D :rolleyes: :laugh: :wacko: :banghead:
Not like I've "Not" heard that bullpucky before, LOL!
When doing your best to replicate a specific thing, like the "Enola Gay" the day she dropped The Bomb, or USS Washington BB-56 in November of 1942 during the 2nd Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, for examples, yes, discussing "rivet counting" is critical preferably before the model is completed to make it the most accurate, but for fun whiffs, just makes that person sound like the rectal area of a leech.
JMN nitpickers are a pain in the tonsils (or possibly much further down the digestive tract). However, not all modellers who strive for TOTAL accuracy are JMNs. A friend of mine makes O gauge locomotives, to a staggering level of accuracy. When I showed him a Garrett 2-6-4--4-6-2 in DRS livery, he looked at it closely and said "IF they'd built those engines, that's exactly what they would have looked like". He understood whiffery, even if he didn't want to participate himself.
Quote from: Rheged on December 10, 2021, 10:29:56 AM
JMN nitpickers are a pain in the tonsils (or possibly much further down the digestive tract). However, not all modellers who strive for TOTAL accuracy are JMNs. A friend of mine makes O gauge locomotives, to a staggering level of accuracy. When I showed him a Garrett 2-6-4--4-6-2 in DRS livery, he looked at it closely and said "IF they'd built those engines, that's exactly what they would have looked like". He understood whiffery, even if he didn't want to participate himself.
Thats about the best compliment I think a whif can get.
Drooling crowd at War Thunder...:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/search/&q=dizzyfugu&quick=1
:rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 15, 2021, 12:19:32 AM
Drooling crowd at War Thunder...:
https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/search/&q=dizzyfugu&quick=1
:rolleyes:
Buncha window lickers over there, I swear.
Quote from: The Rat on December 04, 2021, 09:15:20 AM
It amazes me that there are people who don't seem to even know that the whiff world exists. They have some sort of idea that it's impossible to do anything other than real world. Sad, so sad. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
They work for model magazines and write kit reviews containing comments like "the fact it served with many airforces allows us to paint it a number of different ways. Some of them quite colourfull..."
I'm too lazy to strive for complete accuracy. Sometimes I start off down that path but always give up when research is involved.
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2021, 03:39:58 AM
I'm too lazy to strive for complete accuracy. Sometimes I start off down that path but always give up when research is involved.
This was my way into whif as well. I'm just too lazy (and cheap!) to superdetail or super-research something that I do for my own relaxation. It's a lot funnier just allowing yourself some wiggleroom towards reality, bending a few rules and cutting some corners, and as we see daily here - the result is much generally more rewarding than just depicting someone elses designs.
Quote from: Pellson on December 16, 2021, 04:26:10 AM
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2021, 03:39:58 AM
I'm too lazy to strive for complete accuracy. Sometimes I start off down that path but always give up when research is involved.
This was my way into whif as well. I'm just too lazy (and cheap!) to superdetail or super-research something that I do for my own relaxation. It's a lot funnier just allowing yourself some wiggleroom towards reality, bending a few rules and cutting some corners, and as we see daily here - the result is much generally more rewarding than just depicting someone elses designs.
This is one of the immutable laws of Whiffworld.........and we don't have very many rules!
Quote from: Rheged on December 16, 2021, 07:12:36 AM
This is one of the immutable laws of Whiffworld.........and we don't have very many rules!
I can think of a couple more................... ;) ;D
The Ukrainian fan club expands its range of admiration/prey - this somehow looks like one of TomZ's creations? :o
http://alternathistory.com/ta-800-adler-reaktivnye-sverhzvukovye-lajnery-tretego-rejha/
https://alternathistory-com.translate.goog/ta-800-adler-reaktivnye-sverhzvukovye-lajnery-tretego-rejha/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=uk&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de
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Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 30, 2021, 01:15:37 AM
The Ukrainian fan club expands its range of admiration/prey - this somehow looks like one of TomZ's creations? :o
Ahh, I'm getting famous! No wait, they don't mention my name... :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
Well, they started with a very old one, so if they work their way forward on my sitre they still have a way to go.....
TomZ
;D
They appear to be omnivores... I guess that it found fascination through its markings.
Did you use round podded engines on that one, instead of the squared-off Olympuses? [Olympi? Olympux?]
Quote from: Scotaidh on December 30, 2021, 04:10:02 AM
Did you use round podded engines on that one, instead of the squared-off Olympuses? [Olympi? Olympux?]
"An Olympus, with another one (or more) also."
Quote from: Scotaidh on December 30, 2021, 04:10:02 AM
Did you use round podded engines on that one, instead of the squared-off Olympuses? [Olympi? Olympux?]
I didn't change the kit in any way. Just a standard Airfix Concorde
TomZ
Quote from: TomZ on December 31, 2021, 11:37:45 AM
Quote from: Scotaidh on December 30, 2021, 04:10:02 AM
Did you use round podded engines on that one, instead of the squared-off Olympuses? [Olympi? Olympux?]
I didn't change the kit in any way. Just a standard Airfix Concorde
TomZ
:) I only asked because all the Luft '46 jet designs I've seen had round-pod engines, and I thought that would be a cool '
vive la difference' for a Nazi "Discorde" ... :)
If anyone fancies flying a whiffy Iraqi F-86 in a simulator - based on the design of a model of mine... :rolleyes:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/3318385/?sphrase_id=10647245
The (already) second time I have found a virtual remake of my Norm '81 MiG-21 at War Thunder:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1027721/en/
Note that even the tactical code 24+17 was taken over from my model, even though the camouflage on the wings leaves a lot to be desired.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 30, 2022, 06:07:01 AM
If anyone fancies flying a whiffy Iraqi F-86 in a simulator - based on the design of a model of mine... :rolleyes:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/3318385/?sphrase_id=10647245
At least they credit the source.
You are an inspiration!
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 14, 2022, 04:32:01 AM
The (already) second time I have found a virtual remake of my Norm '81 MiG-21 at War Thunder:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1027721/en/
Note that even the tactical code 24+17 was taken over from my model, even though the camouflage on the wings leaves a lot to be desired.
And it looks like they might have also lifted the text straight off your Flickr page
https://live.warthunder.com/post/942033/en/
Quote from: scooter on March 14, 2022, 06:12:23 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on March 14, 2022, 04:32:01 AM
The (already) second time I have found a virtual remake of my Norm '81 MiG-21 at War Thunder:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1027721/en/
Note that even the tactical code 24+17 was taken over from my model, even though the camouflage on the wings leaves a lot to be desired.
And it looks like they might have also lifted the text straight off your Flickr page
https://live.warthunder.com/post/942033/en/
Sigh... That's the first "capture" of 24+17, IMHO the better result.
A real beauty over on MM
https://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/us/usn/fighter/pen18.htm (https://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/us/usn/fighter/pen18.htm)
(https://modelingmadness.com/review/mod/us/usn/fighter/pen18b.jpg)
Nice. Looks like a cross between the F-15 prototype paint scheme and the "Ferris schemes" the USN trialled.
Another Dizzyfugu moment:
From Flickr https://flic.kr/p/Q1tuBp (https://flic.kr/p/Q1tuBp)
to Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcPITI4jClX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
(https://www.instagram.com/p/CcPITI4jClX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Another great wiff idea from the design studio that is Dizzys mind ;D
A nice find at warthunder.com; only virtual, but it has potential:
(https://live.warthunder.com/uploads/ce/cf/e4/9ea21cd4384b93576442eb49b7326f1856_mq/cor2.jpg)
(https://live.warthunder.com/uploads/29/00/9f/d50241cf62db6e7588f7949e4c4be533f4_mq/cor1.jpg)
Quote from: comrade harps on April 13, 2022, 03:39:49 AM
Another Dizzyfugu moment:
From Flickr https://flic.kr/p/Q1tuBp (https://flic.kr/p/Q1tuBp)
to Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcPITI4jClX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
(https://www.instagram.com/p/CcPITI4jClX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
There are
so many of my pics on Instagram... :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 05, 2022, 12:07:33 AM
A nice find at warthunder.com; only virtual, but it has potential:
(https://live.warthunder.com/uploads/ce/cf/e4/9ea21cd4384b93576442eb49b7326f1856_mq/cor2.jpg)
Funny, I'm building exactly that at the moment in 1/72.
If I have the courage (and the time) it will come with a 1/72 US submarine with deck hangar. Just like the Japanese I-400 sub.
However at the moment time for modelling is very limited for me :-\ :-\
TomZ
That looks like a Rufe float set to me, but it'd need up-sizing a bit to take a Corsair's weight I reckon. It looks GREAT though.
The production version would obviously lose the gull wing and have a simpler and lighter wing structure.
That Corsair floatplane should be in either RAAF or RNZAF SW Pacific Theatre markings :thumbsup:
Quote from: zenrat on May 05, 2022, 04:59:21 AM
The production version would obviously lose the gull wing and have a simpler and lighter wing structure.
Or just two floats on the standard landing gear's attachment points, with relatively short struts. Would probably be the more sensible layout than the central float with supports, anyway?
But the single central float looks WAY cooler. ;D
(I almost can't believe I just wrote that. :o)
Interesting concept, but totally inadequate. A Rufe max TOW 6350lbs, F4U, 15,000lbs.
Coincidently, over the last couple of weeks I've been having a running conversation with Lars Opland, owner of Khee Kha Productions. He's known for all the floats he makes for the various model aircraft, among other things. I've been learning all about floats and how to size them correctly, and how to make a good replica float.
I have been thinking about a float plane as i had a few of Italeri's ones over the yrs but its the building part and design and as Kitnut said..size ..thats gotta be right ..ive got a pretty good plan for a set used on a russian An2 colt...wouldnt be hard to lengthen them for what ever plane they go on.
Love the RNZAF idea Chris :lol:..Aussie would be ok too :wacko:
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on May 05, 2022, 12:36:23 PM
...wouldnt be hard to lengthen them for what ever plane they go on.
I did that for a pair of floats for a 1/72 C-47C floatplane. I started with the largest vacform floats done by Aeroclub, and added 1.5 inch to their length and a centre spline of 40 thou to widen them. Worked pretty well.
Quote from: kitnut617 on May 05, 2022, 12:28:52 PM
Interesting concept, but totally inadequate. A Rufe max TOW 6350lbs, F4U, 15,000lbs.
The charm of those 3D editors/simulators is the vector grafics that allow you to freely scale an object like the main float. With a 1:1 Rufe float the F4U would look ridiculous... Maybe a pair could work for the whole thing. Nevertheless, the floaty Corsair looks nice, esp. in the Fifties RN scheme.
I looked at building a Wyvern on floats.
Due to it's immense (and legendary) weight a single float version in 1/72 would require to be mounted on an Airfix Vosper MTB hull.
Quote from: zenrat on May 05, 2022, 04:59:21 AM
The production version would obviously lose the gull wing and have a simpler and lighter wing structure.
http://voughtworks.blogspot.com/2013/12/f4u-low-drag-wing-study.html
;)
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Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 05, 2022, 02:59:05 PM
I did that for a pair of floats for a 1/72 C-47C floatplane. I started with the largest vacform floats done by Aeroclub, and added 1.5 inch to their length and a centre spline of 40 thou to widen them. Worked pretty well.
Thanks, Kit - that is useful.
I was going to use Ju-52 units for mine, but it's good to have options.
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on May 06, 2022, 11:14:12 AM
http://voughtworks.blogspot.com/2013/12/f4u-low-drag-wing-study.html
;)
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Oh, cool - so basically F6F style wings.
Quote from: zenrat on May 06, 2022, 03:54:01 AM
I looked at building a Wyvern on floats.
Due to it's immense (and legendary) weight a single float version in 1/72 would require to be mounted on an Airfix Vosper MTB hull.
;D ;D ;D
I'm using some of those XC-47C floats on this project.
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Mind you the biggest floats I've used on a 1/72 were these 1/24 Spitfire floats.
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Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 06, 2022, 03:34:52 PM
Thanks, Kit - that is useful.
I was going to use Ju-52 units for mine, but it's good to have options.
Theoretically.
Aeroclub having closed down some years ago the vacform floats are no longer being made, so you'd have to search for some. :(
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 06, 2022, 10:19:00 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 06, 2022, 03:34:52 PM
Thanks, Kit - that is useful.
I was going to use Ju-52 units for mine, but it's good to have options.
Theoretically.
Aeroclub having closed down some years ago the vacform floats are no longer being made, so you'd have to search for some. :(
alas ...
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 06, 2022, 10:19:00 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 06, 2022, 03:34:52 PM
Thanks, Kit - that is useful.
I was going to use Ju-52 units for mine, but it's good to have options.
Theoretically.
Aeroclub having closed down some years ago the vacform floats are no longer being made, so you'd have to search for some. :(
Yeah, I was gutted to hear that - thankfully, I have 2X sets squirrelled away...
Years ago I used Matchbox Twin Otter floats to create 1/72 Vought O-64 & CSR-103 'Corsaviours'. Airfix Ju-52 floats worked for the Fairey 'Courier'.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52063898547_7338ebb944_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2njH6ae)P1240677c R (https://flic.kr/p/2njH6ae) by Glenn Gilbertson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/188827820@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52063898552_eb3cd1a613_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2njH6aj)CorsaviourRockiesFloatplaneFlipR (https://flic.kr/p/2njH6aj) by Glenn Gilbertson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/188827820@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52065172984_7c577a5834_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2njPC1h)P1240682c R (https://flic.kr/p/2njPC1h) by Glenn Gilbertson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/188827820@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52064943326_ae226173fc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2njNrJE)P1240683ce R (https://flic.kr/p/2njNrJE) by Glenn Gilbertson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/188827820@N06/), on Flickr
:thumbsup:
Great float-Corsairs! :thumbsup:
and, surprisingly, what I prefer is not the floats but the weird windows for passengers in the back :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice color choices ;)
Those are great! I really like the "Fairey Courier" - to me that's more of a "should-have'been" than a "Whiff", for the Lakes District, or any other 'near water' rescue service world-wide. :)
Uh, a very nice floaty trio! The Gannet is cool. :thumbsup:
Reminds me of some projects of this type on my agenda... :rolleyes:
Really neat Glenn :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Oh, they're fantastic! I may 'borrow' the Gannet idea for an 'alternative Harbour Air' machine.
Just need a cheap NOVO Gannet, now (best possible use for one, too).
Good work Glenn, those are great.
Thanks, kind people.
The Courier was a RW project (but not amphibian). To my surprise I found that the Gannet's fuselage was as wide as a DH Heron!
Quote from: Glenn Gilbertson on May 11, 2022, 10:13:07 AM
To my surprise I found that the Gannet's fuselage was as wide as a DH Heron!
Now there is a thought. :rolleyes:
The AEW variant housed two radar operators side by side in there. You needed to be friendly though........ ;D
I flew in one once, a VERY long time ago, and it's pretty small.
Sign o' the times...
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/v4365x/3000_f16_of_zelensky/
... and also found this one of mine under "expert debate":
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/v4fyqr/f3d3_the_skyknight_that_almost_was_credit_to/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 05, 2022, 02:29:04 AM
... and also found this one of mine under "expert debate":
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/v4fyqr/f3d3_the_skyknight_that_almost_was_credit_to/
And they DIDN'T credit you in the title, only some DeviantArt guy! :banghead:
Of course. Reminds me of some first graders at school crying "ME ME ME, lokk what I found" for the teacher's attention. :unsure:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 05, 2022, 03:24:41 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 05, 2022, 02:29:04 AM
... and also found this one of mine under "expert debate":
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/v4fyqr/f3d3_the_skyknight_that_almost_was_credit_to/
And they DIDN'T credit you in the title, only some DeviantArt guy! :banghead:
At least the guy on DeviantArt has been including correct credit in his posts, and states "This is NOT my art" in his profile.
https://www.deviantart.com/sport16ing
Sport16ng is a member on here. It seems like the guy who posted it on reddit probably didn't notice that and assumed it was Sport16ng's.
P.S.: Looking at Sport16ng's profile, i guess it's easy to see... :unsure:
At last, some credit...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1039886/en/
About time too!
There's a short discussion on FBabout a kit that comes with fictional markings. What-if seemed to be a strange concept to some, so I put a dizzyfugu model there as an example. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilmailu/posts/2246616122170491/ (with credit of course).
A response had a somewhat similar model:
(https://pienoismallit.net/media/kuvat/16/22/63/162263.jpg)
https://pienoismallit.net/galleria/malli_16730/
Quote from: JayBee on May 11, 2022, 11:00:21 AM
Quote from: Glenn Gilbertson on May 11, 2022, 10:13:07 AM
To my surprise I found that the Gannet's fuselage was as wide as a DH Heron!
Now there is a thought. :rolleyes:
Many years ago, the British Embassy had either a Dove or a Heron known as "Snow White"........steady on there, you have probably already guessed why..........
It could only cope with seven dwarfs!!
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Hij7UkcNI0w%2FT5AoQdNllAI%2FAAAAAAAAAtI%2F3HqGuxL6d4E%2Fs1600%2Fba-dum-tss-animated.gif&hash=11cf4d24bcd085268322bdec1a1c5a3d61cbd03e)
He'll be here all week folks, don't forget to try the veal.
Quote from: perttime on June 16, 2022, 09:35:50 AM
There's a short discussion on FBabout a kit that comes with fictional markings. What-if seemed to be a strange concept to some, so I put a dizzyfugu model there as an example. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ilmailu/posts/2246616122170491/ (with credit of course).
A response had a somewhat similar model:
(https://pienoismallit.net/media/kuvat/16/22/63/162263.jpg)
https://pienoismallit.net/galleria/malli_16730/
I did a very similar thing a while back - the "Salama", also a HUMA Me 209 V4 in Finnish markings, just with a green/black livery. It looks so natural, and this one here in Luftwaffe colors and with racer markings does the job well, too. :thumbsup:
:rolleyes:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1043928/en/
Guess where it came from...?
A-and no bloody credit to you, either! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Quote from: Old Wombat on July 12, 2022, 02:22:09 AM
A-and no bloody credit to you, either! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Situation normal. :(
Whatever... :banghead:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/yak-49.htm
What's the timeframe? How long it has been up in that site? Because there are people who are burning to know what happened to give a certain Ukranian cargo plane an engine malfunction.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 11, 2022, 11:13:19 PM
:rolleyes:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1043928/en/
Guess where it came from...?
Either the page timed out or what ever but is not there now..its gone.
And whats the point of that Yak page..saying something is fake when we all know its fake is pointless.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 18, 2022, 11:19:24 PM
Whatever... :banghead:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/yak-49.htm
The Wayback Machine shows October 23, 2020 as the oldest instance of the page.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201023085855/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/yak-49.htm
Took'em a while, you published your Yak-49M story here back on January 1, 2016. ;D
Good, apparently they no longer think it is a possible format for the NGAD prototype that was done within a year. Even if it is probably too early even for that.
I'm an admin over at the ww1aircraftmodels forum and Brad Cancian (a fellow admin) has done a superb 1/48 Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker seaplane with two-row radial engine (https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13225.0)!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52240967883_1fcbedcf49_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nAmBGP)Brad Cancian's Dreidecker zur see (https://flic.kr/p/2nAmBGP) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
Quote from: KiwiZac on July 25, 2022, 12:32:39 PM
I'm an admin over at the ww1aircraftmodels forum and Brad Cancian (a fellow admin) has done a superb 1/48 Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker seaplane with two-row radial engine (https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13225.0)!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52240967883_1fcbedcf49_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nAmBGP)Brad Cancian's Dreidecker zur see (https://flic.kr/p/2nAmBGP) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
Also shared in the Facebook thread
Quote from: perttime on July 24, 2022, 03:26:17 AM
Fokker Triplane on floats:
(https://scontent.fqlf1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/294666544_10158784879168461_4964009871252658892_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=P4JdbuJZq9AAX-mewsh&_nc_ht=scontent.fqlf1-2.fna&oh=00_AT_169W40MrGP5lAiOlGFwWjPEBfgfJFpk8qBcHnwrb0Lg&oe=62E28FFE)
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158784879173461&set=pcb.4790907744344668
That's really nice :thumbsup:
Quote from: KiwiZac on July 25, 2022, 12:32:39 PM
I'm an admin over at the ww1aircraftmodels forum and Brad Cancian (a fellow admin) has done a superb 1/48 Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker seaplane with two-row radial engine (https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13225.0)
That's a beautiful idea executed very well indeed. Won't be long before that's in certain on-line games I think. ;D
I love that.
I have a 1/72 Eduard Dr 1 and those floats have no compound curves...
;D
Oh that is impressive ..small too..48th WW1 aircraft are so small as i found out with my Spad ;D
Tell Daniel Zac that planes a cracker mate :thumbsup:
The full build thread is here (https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=12812.0).
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on July 27, 2022, 06:17:56 PM
Tell Daniel Zac that planes a cracker mate :thumbsup:
His name's Brad, but I will!
Well ill rewrite that :lol:
Its a cracker Brad :thumbsup: ..there all porper now ;D
Found one of my model creations as a War Thunder skin; as usual, no credits, it's a very faithful copy except for the (Chinese) ordnance, even the tactical code and the yellow walkway markings from an F-4 are the same...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1057124/en/
"Fake":
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/bb4/a32/33d669c93e3b2ae8d98e4b2edd2ae2006f_mq.png)
"Original":
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3815/11924923824_e448aacd32_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jaLmoU)
1:72 Hawker Harpy F.1A; aircraft 'XL196/J' of 43rd Squadron, Royal Air Force; RAF Leuchars, 1969 (Whif/Kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/jaLmoU) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Is nothing sacred? :-\
I don't think that's the first time you've had your creations copied is it, Dizzy?
I wonder what else Wart Thunder has stolen from this forum?
There have been various virtual renditions of my builds at WT; I remember my first Saab 32 (which was a 100% copy, too), and there were surely others, too. I feel somehow honored, when my creation motivates others to become creative, too, but it's almost always without consent or credit. I recently had a request via Flickr, and it turned out that my build was too fictional to become part of a MiG-21 family article.
But at least they asked you.
Yes, I was amazed - even though the pics were not used then, but that's what asking and talking beforehand is good for...
Due to the nature of image sharing on the web, social media in particular, the person doing the copying may not be aware of the origin of the image.
Of course, if they do their due diligence it wouldn't be that difficult to find the original source.
:rolleyes:
Yes, the only option would be to add watermarks, but that's a measure I find counter-productive. :banghead:
TinEye Reverse Image Search is a good tool for finding where an image is being used.
It'll show dead as well as active links and similar images. You can sort and filter the
results in various ways, including oldest which can show the first instance of an open
posting.
https://tineye.com/
A somewhat local guy who builds and flies R/C aircraft has been doing some cutting, shaping, etc. of insulation foam. He is calling it Corsbolt.
corsbolt 04.jpg
https://lennokit.net/showthread.php?t=73054
Not quite done yet - but almost ready for a test flight. If it flies, he might start adding details.
Looks rather cool :thumbsup:
It looks a bit like &, yet, completely unlike either the Jug or the Corsair but it looks cool! :mellow: :thumbsup:
Quote from: perttime on December 15, 2022, 09:29:16 PM[url="https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=68446;type=preview;file"]corsbolt 04.jpg[/url]
Odd, but I like it, esp. the modified RAF roundels on the wings.
Funny thing is that I have been think about the exact opposite kitbashing: a land-based F4U with P-47 wings! ;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2022, 06:09:10 AMOdd, but I like it, esp. the modified RAF roundels on the wings.
Funny thing is that I have been think about the exact opposite kitbashing: a land-based F4U with P-47 wings! ;D
Double kitbash then?
Not directly a whif, but food for thought about future warfare (after Russia is rumored to deploy unmanned vehicles to "seek and destroy Leopard 2 tanks"):
https://designtaxi.com/news/422057/US-Marines-Hid-From-AI-Cameras-By-Concealing-Themselves-In-Cardboard-Boxes/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 02, 2023, 04:02:19 AMNot directly a whif, but food for thought about future warfare (after Russia is rumored to deploy unmanned vehicles to "seek and destroy Leopard 2 tanks"):
https://designtaxi.com/news/422057/US-Marines-Hid-From-AI-Cameras-By-Concealing-Themselves-In-Cardboard-Boxes/
I recall news about Ukrainian troops concealing themselves during an operation by holding "sleeping pads" / "roll mats" above themselves, to prevent detection by thermal imaging.
Clear glass is the best for shielding you thermal imaging...not great against bullets tho ;D
Stunner over on Britmodeller, a Ukraine Tornado (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235109040-panavia-%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE/) by Lightningboy2000
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51999453488_b11a64fdab_k.jpg)
If that is paint work, rather than a repurposed decal set from a Ukrainian MiG-29 or Su-27, then the builder has my profound respect (even if they used one of the pre-cut masking sets). :thumbsup: :bow:
Noice! :thumbsup:
It's painted on that camo ..just behind the closest intake you can see in the blue where his template wasn't pushed down hard enough and there's some paint bleeding.
Other than that it's bloody beautiful..one hell of a build.
There are masking sets around for this type of pixel cammo, e.g. for Ukrainian Su-25s and -24s, IIRC.
AWESOME finish however they did it. :thumbsup:
I don't have enough spare time for something like that.
But well done whoever did it.
It's pretty easy, actually... just get two or three colors of digital camo paint and paint away, as illustrated here:
https://youtu.be/Jm_HUhHKWC0?t=193
Oh I know it's easy Frank mate ..ive done it a grand total of three times now :lol:
The next one im gonna do is going to be a hard one ..a ton of tape work and I'm really looking forward to it.
Fun one over on Britmodeller. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235122342-snecma-coleoptere-diorama-desert-warfare-and-the-call-of-nature/ (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235122342-snecma-coleoptere-diorama-desert-warfare-and-the-call-of-nature/)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sWWsaa08WbNWO-a8E65kpS7twKYu1XnWp8xbc1t4I2sWpcbsFJsiAVlxMx85pp9pUaMLEEI8lu_sCsVJ0CgQMU0lv0i3Dos9o2A84qoJJFT6xxKyql0BXGgfpA8AIxutS3VIsdlj6Q=w2400)
Another one on Britmodeller, a SciFi kitbash in progress: PEACH (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235121405-peach-planetary-exploration-and-combat-hover-mouse-scrap-scratch/)
That is some fantastic scratch-bashing going on there! :thumbsup:
Nice work on that! :thumbsup:
Virtual Indian Air Force Scimitar (scheme from IAF MiG-21):
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/7cc/9f6/fa9c27d5fb7064f9a293c74fdcde0bd2e7_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/e72/47e/7c650c74cf13000eb565e30c1e9690d71e_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/f97/7c0/4e84e4cd994f22b26e33aa33d68ae29772_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/687/c19/d13b12493643c982004f25b5e5205fbc21_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/b65/b25/6bc687fdb3f0ee1e37f80ef5142254db0b_mq.jpeg)
Odd, but: why not?!
Indeed, why not?
And a Scimitar looks really good in that scheme too. :thumbsup:
Both very cool. Love the desert warfare dio
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 08, 2023, 06:57:57 AMVirtual Indian Air Force Scimitar (scheme from IAF MiG-21):
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/7cc/9f6/fa9c27d5fb7064f9a293c74fdcde0bd2e7_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/e72/47e/7c650c74cf13000eb565e30c1e9690d71e_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/f97/7c0/4e84e4cd994f22b26e33aa33d68ae29772_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/687/c19/d13b12493643c982004f25b5e5205fbc21_mq.jpeg)
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/b65/b25/6bc687fdb3f0ee1e37f80ef5142254db0b_mq.jpeg)
Odd, but: why not?!
:thumbsup: Don't find it odd at all! The Scimitar looks far better in that than the boring grey/white RN scheme! ;) . I'm currently working on an F4D-2 Skyray multi role variant which will be in a four tone blue/blue/grey/sky RN scheme as will be my Sea Harrier FRS.3! ;) ;D
From secretprojects: a Saunders Roe Schneider Race concept by CiTrus90
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/citrus90s-3d-drawings-of-unbuilt-aircraft.23936/page-12
Saro 1 - 7A small by CiTrus90.jpg
Saro_P-262579.jpg
That's an interesting float concept! I have doubts, to say the least...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 22, 2023, 11:22:57 PMThat's an interesting float concept! I have doubts, to say the least...
Yeah me too Dizzy... stability issues much ? ;D
Quote from: Wardukw on May 23, 2023, 12:43:01 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on May 22, 2023, 11:22:57 PMThat's an interesting float concept! I have doubts, to say the least...
Yeah me too Dizzy... stability issues much ? ;D
Who cares about practicality when it looks so cool :mellow: :wacko: ;D
I see he just added side, top and front views a couple of pages later in the secretprojects thread.
There was also a slightly more conventional proposal:
Saro_P-296594.jpg
Typically off-the-wall SARO idea though. :thumbsup:
Inflatable wing tip floats that drop down when the speed drops off .....
Vatrian F-8F Bearcat by 'John Howling Mouse', on BTS:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v727/johnhowlingmouse/aft_left_3_dated_v2.jpg)
Haplessly googling for Nimrod inspiration, i stumbled on >>THIS<< (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/147531-british-aerospace-nimrod-bmk4/). Might very well have been featured here earlier, but as I found it good enough to deserve another view, I'm adding it here again.
On the subject - is anyone aware of a MRA4 conversion for the Airfix kit?
That looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Quote from: Pellson on August 02, 2023, 04:59:12 AMHaplessly googling for Nimrod inspiration, i stumbled on >>THIS<< (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/147531-british-aerospace-nimrod-bmk4/). Might very well have been featured here earlier, but as I found it good enough to deserve another view, I'm adding it here again.
On the subject - is anyone aware of a MRA4 conversion for the Airfix kit?
Pretty close to being possible too, in a way. The MRA4 had a MIL STD databus (the one that came after 1553 but I can't remember the number) which would have made it very easy to tool up with alternative weapon loads. There was speculation about Storm Shadows on the wing pylons, ALARMs on the sides of the wing pylons (Tornado Sidewinder-style) and JDAMs or Paveways in the bomb bay.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 02, 2023, 05:20:50 AMThat looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Same thought I had about photobucket Kit but I wasn't thinking so politely
Quote from: Wardukw on August 02, 2023, 09:56:53 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on August 02, 2023, 05:20:50 AMThat looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Same thought I had about photobucket Kit but I wasn't thinking so politely
Now I know I say this everytime the subject comes up, but I use Photobucket and have no issue with them. Horses for courses I suppose.
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 03, 2023, 12:04:19 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 02, 2023, 09:56:53 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on August 02, 2023, 05:20:50 AMThat looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Same thought I had about photobucket Kit but I wasn't thinking so politely
Now I know this everytime the subject comes up, but I use Photobucket and have no issue with them. Horses for courses I suppose.
When you post a pic Chris I take it it doesn't have photobucket plastered across the screen ?
Quote from: Wardukw on August 03, 2023, 12:34:56 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on August 03, 2023, 12:04:19 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 02, 2023, 09:56:53 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on August 02, 2023, 05:20:50 AMThat looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Same thought I had about photobucket Kit but I wasn't thinking so politely
Now I know this everytime the subject comes up, but I use Photobucket and have no issue with them. Horses for courses I suppose.
When you post a pic Chris I take it it doesn't have photobucket plastered across the screen ?
Correct. I've just posted some
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 03, 2023, 12:35:53 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 03, 2023, 12:34:56 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on August 03, 2023, 12:04:19 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 02, 2023, 09:56:53 PMQuote from: PR19_Kit on August 02, 2023, 05:20:50 AMThat looks a very good model, a pity the pics were ruined by the arrogant Photobucket intrusions. :banghead:
Same thought I had about photobucket Kit but I wasn't thinking so politely
Now I know this everytime the subject comes up, but I use Photobucket and have no issue with them. Horses for courses I suppose.
When you post a pic Chris I take it it doesn't have photobucket plastered across the screen ?
Correct. I've just posted some
OK that's sweet then but as you've seen old pics have a logo like it's hard coded now onto the pic..alot of ppl don't like it and I to used to be with em too.
Quote from: Wardukw on August 03, 2023, 12:42:22 AMOK that's sweet then but as you've seen old pics have a logo like it's hard coded now onto the pic..alot of ppl don't like it and I to used to be with em too.
I realise that mate and can understand the frustration/annoyance. I stuck with them through the various management/ownership changes and as said am comfortable with the deal I currently get, but as said, horse etc.
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 03, 2023, 12:42:22 AMOK that's sweet then but as you've seen old pics have a logo like it's hard coded now onto the pic..alot of ppl don't like it and I to used to be with em too.
I realise that mate and can understand the frustration/annoyance. I stuck with them through the various management/ownership changes and as said am comfortable with the deal I currently get, but as said, horse etc.
Oh no doubt it's working for ya matey ..when I got back online here all I had was my phone and so on and so forth.
Flickr works for me just cause it was easy ;D
I remember not too long before the MRA.4 was cancelled there was an article on it in Air Forces Monthly. Definitely mentioned the plan to fit Storm Shadow and JDAMs. A quick Google search brings up this publicity image of an MRA.4 fitted with 4 Storm Shadow
https://twitter.com/UKDefJournal/status/1358154163717365761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1358154163717365761%7Ctwgr%5Ed2578fbcd4539b47e693cc11a3f08a242b7204bd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fukdefencejournal.org.uk%2Falmost-a-bomber-the-nimrod-mra4%2F (https://twitter.com/UKDefJournal/status/1358154163717365761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1358154163717365761%7Ctwgr%5Ed2578fbcd4539b47e693cc11a3f08a242b7204bd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fukdefencejournal.org.uk%2Falmost-a-bomber-the-nimrod-mra4%2F)
It took a long time that someone made something flyable from one of my creations, in this case a G.91 R/4 skin from may G.91 YS build (which was areal proposal for Switzerland). Even the tactical code was copied, and, as usual, without source reference:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1080657/en/
Original:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/17904079814_ccd69054b8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/th86ah)
1:72 Fiat G.91YS, 'J-2308' of Fliegerstaffel 22, Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force); Meiringen AB, 1989 (Matchbox kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/th86ah) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Virtual recreation (copy):
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/b70/4d9/b31fb6fcf7c81c91137b574a8263459892_mq.png)
Quote from: Pellson on August 02, 2023, 04:59:12 AMHaplessly googling for Nimrod inspiration, i stumbled on >>THIS<< (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/147531-british-aerospace-nimrod-bmk4/). Might very well have been featured here earlier, but as I found it good enough to deserve another view, I'm adding it here again.
On the subject - is anyone aware of a MRA4 conversion for the Airfix kit?
There isn't a MR4A conversion set for the Airfix kit, there wouldn't be much of the Airfix kit left as a new wing, tail and nose would be added.
Quote from: McColm on August 14, 2023, 02:21:22 AMQuote from: Pellson on August 02, 2023, 04:59:12 AMHaplessly googling for Nimrod inspiration, i stumbled on >>THIS<< (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/147531-british-aerospace-nimrod-bmk4/). Might very well have been featured here earlier, but as I found it good enough to deserve another view, I'm adding it here again.
On the subject - is anyone aware of a MRA4 conversion for the Airfix kit?
There isn't a MR4A conversion set for the Airfix kit, there wouldn't be much of the Airfix kit left as a new wing, tail and nose would be added.
Are the wings entirely new (from a shaper perspective)? I was under the impression that the main changes were related to the new and bigger engines?
Same for nose and tail - I thought the main changes there were "lump-and bump"-thingies?
Quote from: Pellson on August 14, 2023, 03:30:41 AMQuote from: McColm on August 14, 2023, 02:21:22 AMQuote from: Pellson on August 02, 2023, 04:59:12 AMHaplessly googling for Nimrod inspiration, i stumbled on >>THIS<< (http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/147531-british-aerospace-nimrod-bmk4/). Might very well have been featured here earlier, but as I found it good enough to deserve another view, I'm adding it here again.
On the subject - is anyone aware of a MRA4 conversion for the Airfix kit?
There isn't a MR4A conversion set for the Airfix kit, there wouldn't be much of the Airfix kit left as a new wing, tail and nose would be added.
Are the wings entirely new (from a shaper perspective)? I was under the impression that the main changes were related to the new and bigger engines?
Same for nose and tail - I thought the main changes there were "lump-and bump"-thingies?
IIRC the new wings were one of the main reasons it was binned. With the originals being "hand crafted" individually the new CAD designed wings all built to the same tolerances had problems fitting. Basically each airframe needed a custom made set of wings.
Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 14, 2023, 01:16:21 PMIIRC the new wings were one of the main reasons it was binned. With the originals being "hand crafted" individually the new CAD designed wings all built to the same tolerances had problems fitting. Basically each airframe needed a custom made set of wings.
But the new wings weren't very different from the old ones shapewise, right? Obviously with the exception for the new engine installation. Or have I gotten it all wrong?
Not sure if this qualifies. Found this on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/100063652384089/posts/760553766076363/
Maybe Tophe did a bashing job in real live?
Cheers,
David aka 63CPE
Not so much a wiff..more of a holy crap !! ๐ณ
As I have said before: "This guy had the right idea - he wore the Brown pants!"
Bit of a stiff cross wind, I reckon! ;D ;)
The formerly Ukrainian fan club of alternathistory.org has apparently "changed side"s, after having been down for weeks, and has re-emerged as a Russian website.
And they adopted zenrat's recent and very neat 1:48 Su-76c build (from FlickR); check this translated post:
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/vtoraya-zhizn-trofejnogo-lyogkogo-cheha-su-76ch/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
...and here's the orginal
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=51506.msg1009301#msg1009301
Quote from: Pellson on August 14, 2023, 02:17:21 PMQuote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 14, 2023, 01:16:21 PMIIRC the new wings were one of the main reasons it was binned. With the originals being "hand crafted" individually the new CAD designed wings all built to the same tolerances had problems fitting. Basically each airframe needed a custom made set of wings.
But the new wings weren't very different from the old ones shapewise, right? Obviously with the exception for the new engine installation. Or have I gotten it all wrong?
It was a totally new wing design with a significantly bigger wing. I think wingspan was over 10 feet longer.
Hey Zenrat! You're a colleague! A western one, but still a colleague. And Old Wombat made it onto the list too! The Ukrainian Merkava is in there but they didn't wait for the finished pics with the white winter camo. At least you both were credited for your builds.
It looks like they specialize in WW2 Russian vs German stuff or Russian vs Ukrainian. If I build a T-72 being towed by a John Deere tractor do you think I'll get to be a colleague too?
In the not to distant future I've got a Ukrainian build in mind of a T72 hull with a T90 turret ..detailed of course and damaged ..the damaged parts is what I call Not worth fixing damage.
Think I'll even fit it with T90 tracks and drive sprocket.
Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 15, 2023, 09:00:33 AMQuote from: Pellson on August 14, 2023, 02:17:21 PMQuote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 14, 2023, 01:16:21 PMIIRC the new wings were one of the main reasons it was binned. With the originals being "hand crafted" individually the new CAD designed wings all built to the same tolerances had problems fitting. Basically each airframe needed a custom made set of wings.
But the new wings weren't very different from the old ones shapewise, right? Obviously with the exception for the new engine installation. Or have I gotten it all wrong?
It was a totally new wing design with a significantly bigger wing. I think wingspan was over 10 feet longer.
Thanks. Interesting. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 15, 2023, 06:47:13 AMThe formerly Ukrainian fan club of alternathistory.org has apparently "changed side"s, after having been down for weeks, and has re-emerged as a Russian website.
And they adopted zenrat's recent and very neat 1:48 Su-76c build (from FlickR); check this translated post:
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/vtoraya-zhizn-trofejnogo-lyogkogo-cheha-su-76ch/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
...and here's the orginal
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=51506.msg1009301#msg1009301
Heh heh heh. How about that.
I wonder what they made of the PDRV insignia on the SU-122?
Found at Reddit, Tophe will probably like it. ;D
(https://preview.redd.it/5jbq26ruajib1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8777e123ef465e83b603b656a9e46bef736d7860)
;D :thumbsup:
Inspired by Picasso. The side views are even weirder ;D
https://www.andysaunders.net/the-picasso/
Quote from: Nick on August 17, 2023, 04:01:54 AMInspired by Picasso.
That makes sense, in some way. ;D
Quote from: Nick on August 17, 2023, 04:01:54 AMInspired by Picasso. The side views are even weirder ;D
https://www.andysaunders.net/the-picasso/
Andy Saunders is a British based customiser who has built some great cars.
It's worth spending some time browsing here;
https://www.andysaunders.net/cars/
Alternativa has always been a great collection of what-ifs. And one could sense them to be Russians living in Ukraine; never saw them talking against the Soviets. Which might have been because of machine translation.
Give them a couple of years and all your tractors will be there.
If you don't want your stuff appear over there just call them. Book writers or serious researchers and they will still respect copyright issues.
Was minding my own business when I noticed this "attack Cutlass" which somehow adds to the "design rationality". Currently the last post (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/vought-f7u-cutlass-developments-variants-and-related-projects.6044/page-2#post-616985) over there.
Which clearly led me to search for propeller Cutlass. Leading to a yet another (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-official-dieselpunk-thread.317576/) alternate history forum. I don't how much value people would put to it but most of the illustrations are new to me. With the additional thread where they take many from this place (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/air-and-space-photos-from-alternate-worlds.222258/page-236).
His name ran a few ding dongs in my noggin and when I saw his boat car it clicked..this gent knows how to build seriously cool cars even tho it looks like Mater built this one ๐
My absolute favorite of his builds is the Tetanus..I'd very happily own that and while I'm at it..the 3000GT Capri I'd happily nick aswell ๐
Quote from: tahsin on August 20, 2023, 12:39:35 PMWas minding my own business when I noticed this "attack Cutlass" which somehow adds to the "design rationality". Currently the last post (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/vought-f7u-cutlass-developments-variants-and-related-projects.6044/page-2#post-616985) over there.
Which clearly led me to search for propeller Cutlass. Leading to a yet another (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-official-dieselpunk-thread.317576/) alternate history forum. I don't how much value people would put to it but most of the illustrations are new to me. With the additional thread where they take many from this place (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/air-and-space-photos-from-alternate-worlds.222258/page-236).
There was a real twin-turboprop proposal, with props in booms that extended in the fins' position forward and a narrowed fuselage. Highly attractive aircraft, but converting a "real" Cutlass into this configuration requires
massive body work.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 20, 2023, 11:24:38 PMQuote from: tahsin on August 20, 2023, 12:39:35 PMWas minding my own business when I noticed this "attack Cutlass" which somehow adds to the "design rationality". Currently the last post (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/vought-f7u-cutlass-developments-variants-and-related-projects.6044/page-2#post-616985)over there.
Which clearly led me to search for propeller Cutlass. Leading to a yet another (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-official-dieselpunk-thread.317576/)alternate history forum. I don't how much value people would put to it but most of the illustrations are new to me. With the additional thread where they take many from this place (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/air-and-space-photos-from-alternate-worlds.222258/page-236).
There was a real twin-turboprop proposal, with props in booms that extended in the fins' position forward and a narrowed fuselage. Highly attractive aircraft, but converting a "real" Cutlass into this configuration requires massive body work.
And yet, still
well within your capabilities... ;)
Now the only question is, do you want one enough?
Sounds interesting tho!
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 21, 2023, 12:28:32 PMAnd yet, still well within your capabilities... ;)
Now the only question is, do you want one enough?
Well, I wouldn't mention it if it did not attract me enough to consider a build. But it might take a
lot of courage and mojo to tackle it... :rolleyes:
Quote from: Wardukw on August 20, 2023, 01:17:53 PMHis name ran a few ding dongs in my noggin and when I saw his boat car it clicked..this gent knows how to build seriously cool cars even tho it looks like Mater built this one ๐
My absolute favorite of his builds is the Tetanus..I'd very happily own that and while I'm at it..the 3000GT Capri I'd happily nick aswell ๐
My favourite is the Volvo Amazon ragtop - the original Rainbow Chaser with the rockabilly artwork embroidered into the rear seat cushion. So cool. I remember seeing it in Street Machine (UK version) way back when. I had the centre spread up on my bedroom wall for a while.
Have we seen this?
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/Image_29-8-2023_at_4.19_am.jpeg)
Seen on BTS.
edit:
the thing behind it looks familiar.
Another lookalike form of one of my builds: a Spitfire FR.47 posing as a SAAB J27, based on the kitbashed model I did of this aircraft project many moons ago. Again, a faithful livery copy (and, as a novelty, with a source reference!):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1082279/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/da3/346/53fac65d8a424c9fef6840ad03bd4e6119_mq.png)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8107/28589527255_60a51e1555_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KymNpH)
1:72 SAAB J27A; 'Blรฅ Rudolf' ('Blue R', s/n 27044), Swedish Air Force Gรถta Flygflรถttilj 9/2nd squadron; Sรคve airfield (south-western Sweden), summer 1949 (Whif/Kitbashing) (https://flic.kr/p/KymNpH) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
Quote from: perttime on August 28, 2023, 09:35:27 PMHave we seen this?
Not yet, but a cool idea. The "thing in the background" is, IIRC a true model kit (from Japan or South Korea),
not a kitbash/scratch creation!
A B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 28, 2023, 11:37:17 PMQuote from: perttime on August 28, 2023, 09:35:27 PMHave we seen this?
Not yet, but a cool idea. The "thing in the background" is, IIRC a true model kit (from Japan or South Korea), not a kitbash/scratch creation!
(https://www.hobbytools.com.au/assets/full/ARKITECT.KIT.jpg?20230804152837)
(https://www.hobbytools.com.au/assets/alt_2/ARKITECT.KIT.jpg?20230804165134)
Product DescriptionThe Arkhitect Spaceship Model kit is inspired by the Iwata HP-C Plus Airbrush and is the first in the Dream Gear series. This 1/3000 scale model is a snap-fit kit and features LED lights that can be powered by USB.
The model kit is officially licensed by Anest Iwata and includes 177 plastic parts, LEDs, 6 circuit boards and metal rod.
Product Features 272mm
Made of HIPS, ABS, Metal, PCB, and LED
Design inspired by the Iwata HP-C Plus airbrush
Box Contents Pieces to build Arkhitect Spaceship Advanced Research Colonizer
17 LEDs
USB cord for lights
Instructions
(ARKITECT.KIT)
Also our own Madhatter has posted his build of this subject: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=51107.0 (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=51107.0)
Apparently the same creator who did "my" J27 as a late Spitfire was inspired by two more model, too, the J19 (a res-skinned A6M3) and the J23 (a Pyรถrremyrsky in disguise):
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/537/dd4/5981b43b653d4b48bde8a04175d39bd253_mq.png)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7437/8717292454_9c51e57618_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ehjpkL)
:72 Saab J 19B; aircraft '31' of the Flygflottilj 3 (F 3) 3rd Division, Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force); Lidkรถping, early 1941 (Whif/Hobby Boss kit conversion) (https://flic.kr/p/ehjpkL) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/2a7/cf6/368c5e181f7195a188cfba91204affa24e_mq.png)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8865/28866235922_bc98df5956_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KYP1fN)
1:72 Saab J 23B; 'Vit Adam' ('White A', s/n 2323), Swedish Air Force Upplands Flygflรถttilj 16, Air Staff Flight; Uppsala (Eastern Sweden); summer 1947 (Whif/Kit bashing) (https://flic.kr/p/KYP1fN) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
No references, though.
Quote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
Quote from: Vostoc7 on August 29, 2023, 04:17:00 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
It has a propeller, so it is clearly suited for atmospheric operations. But how or where do you take off and land? Tailsitter?
Quote from: perttime on August 29, 2023, 04:35:54 AMQuote from: Vostoc7 on August 29, 2023, 04:17:00 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
It has a propeller, so it is clearly suited for atmospheric operations. But how or where do you take off and land? Tailsitter?
Through the Force?
Quote from: scooter on August 29, 2023, 05:36:24 AMQuote from: perttime on August 29, 2023, 04:35:54 AMQuote from: Vostoc7 on August 29, 2023, 04:17:00 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
It has a propeller, so it is clearly suited for atmospheric operations. But how or where do you take off and land? Tailsitter?
Through the Force?
Catch a hook under Cloud City and get winched up into a hanger?
Quote from: zenrat on August 29, 2023, 05:54:19 AMQuote from: scooter on August 29, 2023, 05:36:24 AMQuote from: perttime on August 29, 2023, 04:35:54 AMQuote from: Vostoc7 on August 29, 2023, 04:17:00 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
It has a propeller, so it is clearly suited for atmospheric operations. But how or where do you take off and land? Tailsitter?
Through the Force?
Catch a hook under Cloud City and get winched up into a hanger?
That makes the most sense ๐ :thumbsup:
Quote from: Vostoc7 on August 29, 2023, 04:17:00 AMQuote from: Wardukw on August 29, 2023, 12:11:24 AMA B-wing P-38 mash up ;D
I like ๐
and me, really great idea :thumbsup:
It works surprisingly well. :thumbsup:
Has only two pages of "What ifs" such as a Phoenix carrier but get it free before they decide to delete for any reason
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/new-illustrated-history-of-the-general-dynamics-f-16xl.42088/#post-618516
Quote from: tahsin on August 30, 2023, 02:36:03 PMHas only two pages of "What ifs" such as a Phoenix carrier but get it free before they decide to delete for any reason
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/new-illustrated-history-of-the-general-dynamics-f-16xl.42088/#post-618516
Why would it be deleted? :o
Tony's other works for the AFMC History Office are still available.
Figure of speech.
So, I was just reading random things when I encountered the the Flashback. (http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=3266)
Just randomly making up things even if most of the stuff were already in place and that 6th and last post at the bottom is horrifyingly educational ... with notions that extremely large weapons could set entire France on fire ... What we should have here is probably an early itieration of things that were later publicly discussed. Entering Honor Harrington territory with X-ray lazers and so on. Which apparently did not like the atmosphere but then they were not of 65 megatons yield as well. This should then explain the supposed Titan re-entry device because the 8 to 10% of the yield, the useful segment would go through that tip. If RV shapes indeed travel with the pointy head first. Theories have it that it would be tested immediately if there was a renewed period of atmospheric tests and it would save time and effort if a missile cone was trialled at the same time.
And the aerial bomb version (no doubt to be deployed in a smaller size) would possibly employ a '72 Hanoi style cell of 3 B-52s in a EW formation for much of the penetration and RTB phases of the attack. Taking place in a permissive environment. Or with an escort of SRAM equipped FB-111s clearing the way with a lot of explosions. Had first imagined it would be a 20miles long line running tangentially to touch a circle of safe distance from the target but then assumed it would take a lot hand waving to keep the first two bombs in freefall long enough. So it is really possible that that the B-52s would fly directly at the target, break up formation, sight the targeting point, release and leave simultaneously. Hence the two other shapes and the strong EMP resistance required. Then the question becomes how much penetrative power there would be instead of hitting the (underground) target directly and repeatedly to raise millions(?) of tons of fallout material.
I can even imagine a target for it, that place having become famous later on.
This remains a what-if here instead of going to more serious places where they don't like me anyhow. Interested parties will certainly be told off, I have no doubts about that.
Stumbled upon this at reddit: the "Ferrari Multipla" ;D
(https://preview.redd.it/qtfjp2ovfcpb1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=842fc610d6b2053e1c422ddfbc4c32e49eba7e4a)
Does not look that bad, reminds me of the BMW Z Coupรฉ?
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 20, 2023, 12:09:51 AMStumbled upon this at reddit: the "Ferrari Multipla" ;D
(https://preview.redd.it/qtfjp2ovfcpb1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=842fc610d6b2053e1c422ddfbc4c32e49eba7e4a)
Does not look that bad, reminds me of the BMW Z Coupรฉ?
It's so ugly you can't help but love it.. ;D
Does it have three seats abreast? ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 20, 2023, 04:26:58 AMDoes it have three seats abreast? ;D
It must, mustn't it? :wacko:
I am afraid he/she/it took inspiration from the FIAT Multipla:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla_(1998)
Quote from: loupgarou on September 20, 2023, 05:03:48 AMI am afraid he/she/it took inspiration from the FIAT Multipla:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla_(1998)
No kidding, do ya think maybe that's why Dizzy reffered to it as the "Ferrari Multipla"?
It's not the only Ferrari Multipla mashup out there in the wilds.
(https://motor.elpais.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20090128/7-FerrariLaferrari_FiatMultipla.jpg)
Quote from: jcf on September 20, 2023, 08:52:43 AMQuote from: loupgarou on September 20, 2023, 05:03:48 AMI am afraid he/she/it took inspiration from the FIAT Multipla:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla_(1998)
No kidding, do ya think maybe that's why Dizzy reffered to it as the "Ferrari Multipla"?
It's not the only Ferrari Multipla mashup out there in the wilds.
Of course. I took it for granted. Dizzy is german, if I am not wrong, so he must have seen some Multipla in the past...
The other you linked is explicitly named as such in the image title.
There is only one way to make a Fiat Multipla look good ..park a Catapillar D11N on top of it. :wacko:
I expected the Multipla being known internationally (as one of the ugliest things with four wheels that has graced the streets so far), so that it would not require any explanation or reference.
Only amongst the car nuts here Thomas. ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 21, 2023, 02:57:50 AMOnly amongst the car nuts here Thomas. ;D
I feel seen. ;D
A real connoisseur vehicle. ;)
Quote from: jcf on September 20, 2023, 08:52:43 AM(https://motor.elpais.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20090128/7-FerrariLaferrari_FiatMultipla.jpg)
Cab looks like an afterthought.
Looks to me, who knows absolutely nothing about cars at all, as though someone's dropped some small electric vehicle on to it from a great height, either that or it's a BBC 2 wildlife film on the secret mating rituals of automobiles ? :angel:
Drifting a bit from the theme, but I always thought those triangular drink cartons were the perfect shape for a vehicle - a small, personal (1 - 2 persons) three-wheeled car ...
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/1e/97/021e97da60420472a7d7049fb549ea99--milk-cartons-the-dutchess.jpg)
Quote from: Scotaidh on September 23, 2023, 03:03:55 AMDrifting a bit from the theme, but I always thought those triangular drink cartons were the perfect shape for a vehicle - a small, personal (1 - 2 persons) three-wheeled car ...
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/1e/97/021e97da60420472a7d7049fb549ea99--milk-cartons-the-dutchess.jpg)
A cross between Reliant Robin and Lippisch P.12 / P.13? ;D
Tetramobile?
Tetrapaks!
Tetra in Copenhagen were one of my customers, they had a socking great shock and vibration table that was large enough to take a Mini I should think, not that they vibrated cars of course.
I recall they did a great lunch in their canteen as well. ;D
Evidently Trevor Fiore felt the same way.
Citrรถen Karin, 1980.
IMG_2184.jpeg
What kind of drugs are car designers on anyway?
Quote from: jcf on September 23, 2023, 09:47:15 AMEvidently Trevor Fiore felt the same way.
Citrรถen Karin, 1980.
IMG_2184.jpeg
Did it go screaming "Je voudrais parler au directeur!" when it was brought in for maintenance?
:wacko:
Quote from: kerick on September 23, 2023, 09:49:04 AMWhat kind of drugs are car designers on anyway?
Exhaust fumes :angel:
Quote from: jcf on September 23, 2023, 09:47:15 AMEvidently Trevor Fiore felt the same way.
Citrรถen Karin, 1980.
IMG_2184.jpeg
That would fit right into a seventies sci-fi movie like Logans Run.
I quite liked the Karin, but it would have been SO hot to drive on a summer's day!
Quote from: zenrat on September 24, 2023, 05:28:18 AMQuote from: jcf on September 23, 2023, 09:47:15 AMEvidently Trevor Fiore felt the same way.
Citrรถen Karin, 1980.
IMG_2184.jpeg
That would fit right into a seventies sci-fi movie like Logans Run.
Looks like Musk's cyber truck fever dream
Quote from: Doug K on September 24, 2023, 07:55:47 AMQuote from: zenrat on September 24, 2023, 05:28:18 AMQuote from: jcf on September 23, 2023, 09:47:15 AMEvidently Trevor Fiore felt the same way.
Citrรถen Karin, 1980.
IMG_2184.jpeg
That would fit right into a seventies sci-fi movie like Logans Run.
Looks like Musk's cyber truck fever dream
It also looks like the car you used to draw as a kid
How would you open the doors or windows?
If the whole top came off you might have something there!
It's got gull-wing doors that hinge up at the cant rail height.
Quote from: kerick on September 24, 2023, 08:58:03 AMHow would you open the doors or windows?
If the whole top came off you might have something there!
I could imagine those doors opening forward and up. I thought it would be a bit flimsy for gull wing doors.
But... how tall can the passengers be before their heads hit the windows?
My pretty little Audi is theoretically a 4-seater. Two dogs, that aren't all that big, fit fine in the back, and I suppose two small children would fit under the rear window.
Somewhere I've just seen pics of the Karin with the doors open. Can I find it again? Can I thump! :banghead:
Actually I'm not quite right, they were 'butterfly doors' which hinged on the A posts, the windscreen pillars if you like ('A posts' is a techie term used in the industry....) and not on the minute cant rails.
The design is deeper than it appears from the photos, and the three occupants would basically be sitting on the floor.
BTW it was only ever a mockup.
IMG_2196.jpeg
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 24, 2023, 09:56:49 AMSomewhere I've just seen pics of the Karin with the doors open. Can I find it again? Can I thump! :banghead:
Actually I'm not quite right, they were 'butterfly doors' which hinged on the A posts, the windscreen pillars if you like ('A posts' is a techie term used in the industry....) and not on the minute cant rails.
Kit ever since I started working on cars ive always called em A.B.C and D pillars ;D
That's what the US call them too, here we call them 'posts'.
But for some reason the more modern car people just call the middle post the 'B post', not the 'B-C post' as they did in my time. Very strange.
Oh I've heard em called the B-C post before..it a fact tho that the English can be quite strange :unsure: ;D
Times change but I'm kinda wondering now if it's got to do with foreign cars being built in the UK and the dealings with the parent company and having to use their lingo for the description of the cars parts.
This'll get a bit historical, but in 1926 Billy Budd and William Morris formed the Pressed Steel Co. ( my first employers some years later) and the 'B-C post' terminology was used even then for 4 door cars. I know this because my first father-in-law Fred was their Employee #2 after William Morris, and he had his own parking space right next to their HQ building, even though he never drove. ;D (I used his space a few times too.....)
But that 'B-C Post' business came from Budd, an American, who'd developed many of the pressing techniques in the USA. But umpteen years later they were using the 'B Post' terminology at Ford in Essex when they were one of my customers in the late 90s, and Ford are American of course.
So I've no idea how or when it really started to change.
Yep same here Kit ...guess it's one of those terms which just started somewhere by somebody and it's been in use ever since.
It's like I started working on cars when I was 8..so that would be around 76/77 and it was there then ..Dad used to call em that ..fact rebuilt my very first engine when I was 8 <_<
With dad's help of course :thumbsup:
Fact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina ;D
Quote from: Wardukw on September 27, 2023, 09:48:44 AMFact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina ;D
Hmmm, not sure if either of, them were OHC engines in the UK, but maybe they fitted different ones down in NZ.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 27, 2023, 11:46:15 AMQuote from: Wardukw on September 27, 2023, 09:48:44 AMFact my first over head cam engine too..i think it was a Morris Marina or a Mk 3 or 4 Cortina ;D
Hmmm, not sure if either of, them were OHC engines in the UK, but maybe they fitted different ones down in NZ.
Kit the Mk3 and 4s here had two engines to choose from..a 1600 and 2.0ltr ..both OHC engines from the pinto .
The 2.oltr was the most common sized engine ..over in Aussie you could a Mk4 and 5 with 4.1 ltr Ford Falcon engines in em ...yes a great fun car to shred tyres with ;D
To this day I still want one ๐
Oh right, thanks. Thinking back the 2.0 litre Mk 3s and 4s did have the Pinto engine here too, but the 1.6 was the old Kent crossflow unit. They also used the Essex V6 in up market versions, and one of our guys had a Mk 5 V6 Ghia Estate that was pretty reasonable. ;D
While working in S Africa I rented a Mk 5 V6 pickup there, they called it a 'bakkie', that was a HOOT when it was empty! Oversteer even when parked! ;D
Good luck finding an Aussie market Cortina that hasn't been shaken to bits. They couldn't cope with our roads. They were not built as tough as the locally designed Falcons.
Mrs z's mum had an Aussie built 1600 Capri. Green with dealer added gold pinstripes and super roo stickers. Body was similar to the UK Mk1 Capri but had subtle differences.
Cortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.
We had an early 4 door Mk 1 at Pressed Steel to examine to see how it worked and how strong it was, and I did the torsion and beam tests on it. Most cars of the period, the Farina BMC Morris Oxfords, and Hillman Minx Series IIIs, were around 5000 lbft/degree torsionally, and the Cortina was around 2200! Less than half! When the Engineering Dept. got my report they said I must have done it wrong, and I had to do it all again! Still came up with the same answer though. :-X
The car was so thin, the roof was made from .028" steel rather than the .032" of 'normal' cars, that it oil-canned downwards when we pulled a light vacuum on it in the dust test chamber! I had to get in and kick the roof back out while lying on my back across the back seat!
Light it may have been, but strong it was NOT!
Several factors on why the Cortina was light Kit..first of course cheaper to make ๐
Secondly there were benefits to this lightness..speed..nothing better than a light car with a gutless..so to speck engine ..the 3.0ltr V6 models could move quite well for that reason alone.
I've had several Essex V6 powered cars one was a engine swapped Mk5 from a 2ltr and the others were Capris ...not a powerful engine really ..as you can imagine those engines didn't stay there long ;)
Racing is where the Cortinas shined ..they've got a pretty history in saloon car racing alot to do with being light right from the get go .๐
Yeah, I've some terrific pics of Jim Clark 3 wheeling around Bottom Bend at Brands Hatch in a Lotus Cortina. But the real reason they made them light was because it was cheaper, so they could sell them better, and they did of course.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 28, 2023, 08:03:02 AMCortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.
My first and only car was a Mk 1 Cortina. 17th ? birthday present from my Brother. This was just before it was discovered I'd be absolutely lethal behind a wheel :angel:
Never owned a car since, bought a few, but never owned one.
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 29, 2023, 06:01:33 AMQuote from: PR19_Kit on September 28, 2023, 08:03:02 AMCortinas were always built light, at least UK built ones, where they were designed.
My first and only car was a Mk 1 Cortina. 17th ? birthday present from my Brother. This was just before it was discovered I'd be absolutely lethal behind a wheel :angel:
Never owned a car since, bought a few, but never owned one.
I've honestly lost count of how many cars I've owned Chris ๐
I do however remember my first car ..a Mk 1 Escort GT ..1600cc but it was converted by the last owner in a automatic which was OK.
My dad and I had other ideas later on :wacko:
We turned that into a weapon of a car :thumbsup:
The fan club in the East took (ahain? not certain) notice of my Mi-62 thing (translated link):
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/alternativnyj-shturmovoj-vertolyot-mi-62-rossiya/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
And, nicely, with credits. :thumbsup:
Well! Well! Credits? That makes a change! ;) ;D :thumbsup:
And very GOOD credits too. :thumbsup:
Nice to finally get some credit.
Quote from: kerick on October 13, 2023, 08:32:58 PMNice to finally get some credit.
Indeed and deserved :thumbsup:
Stumbled upon this discussion at reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/17an0pq/just_found_this_is_it_real/
Interesting combination of various forms of "Man, that's so-o cool!" and "Ugh, it's just a fake!". Well done, Dizzy! :thumbsup:
The former group are obviously latent whiffers. ;D
It's always funny to see what things that are ripped from context evolve into, and what people get excited about.
Another one, where pictures of one of my builds popped up (again, w/o proper context or credit), is this here - one year old:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/v4365x/3000_f16_of_zelensky/
:rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 21, 2023, 02:28:36 AMStumbled upon this discussion at reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/17an0pq/just_found_this_is_it_real/
Some of the respondents on there must have NEGATIVE IQs! :banghead:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on October 21, 2023, 04:57:13 AMIt's always funny to see what things that are ripped from context evolve into, and what people get excited about.
Another one, where pictures of one of my builds popped up (again, w/o proper context or credit), is this here - one year old:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/v4365x/3000_f16_of_zelensky/
:rolleyes:
Not a single negative comment? :unsure:
What's the world coming to! :o
One of the posters seems to be a fan of yours & gave the others a link to your work. :thumbsup:
Dizzys builds strike again in the RW ;D
Nice :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Wondering what a Ukrainian F-22 eould look like ๐ค ๐ค
Another "virtual remake" of one of my model creations (see the last pic in the gallery):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1089628/en/
As usual, no credits, and probably also without any other clue. Best is the sentence: "idk if this is real but this is a syrian panther".
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2023, 01:18:52 AMAnother "virtual remake" of one of my model creations (see the last pic in the gallery):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1089628/en/
As usual, no credits, and probably also without any other clue. Best is the sentence: "idk if this is real but this is a syrian panther".
and this comment: "i have no idea if it was in the six day war but i think it is)"
He 162 E-0 on Modellversium: https://www.modellversium.de/galerie/9-flugzeuge-ww2/18026-heinkel-he-162-e-0-az-model.html
That's VERY nice, yes. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2023, 01:18:52 AMAnother "virtual remake" of one of my model creations (see the last pic in the gallery):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1089628/en/
As usual, no credits, and probably also without any other clue. Best is the sentence: "idk if this is real but this is a syrian panther".
The bit in brackets after than has more chance of being accurate. The Commanders cupola is of a very early design and production machines didn't have it protruding through the turret side wall.
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on December 17, 2023, 09:41:27 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2023, 01:18:52 AMAnother "virtual remake" of one of my model creations (see the last pic in the gallery):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1089628/en/
As usual, no credits, and probably also without any other clue. Best is the sentence: "idk if this is real but this is a syrian panther".
The bit in brackets after than has more chance of being accurate. The Commanders cupola is of a very early design and production machines didn't have it protruding through the turret side wall.
Gondor
There is at least two sources for the pictures - compare the last two & look at the bow machine gun position. What an oik!
Quote from: Scotaidh on December 17, 2023, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: Gondor on December 17, 2023, 09:41:27 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2023, 01:18:52 AMAnother "virtual remake" of one of my model creations (see the last pic in the gallery):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1089628/en/
As usual, no credits, and probably also without any other clue. Best is the sentence: "idk if this is real but this is a syrian panther".
The bit in brackets after than has more chance of being accurate. The Commanders cupola is of a very early design and production machines didn't have it protruding through the turret side wall.
Gondor
There is at least two sources for the pictures - compare the last two & look at the bow machine gun position. What an oik!
The very last picture is of a model by Dizzygugu, the rest are of the vk3002 as the poster said so the vertical letter box is correct for that.
Gondor
That He-162 is pretty cool. Looks like it could land on water !
The ex-Ukrainian-now-Russian fan club...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/such-1/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
...and a virtual re-creation of one of my Whirlwinds (even with credits :thumbsup: ):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1097607/en/
Just the Merlins and the radar nose with the operator behind it were apparently not available. :angel:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 15, 2024, 08:02:25 AMThe ex-Ukrainian-now-Russian fan club...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/such-1/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
I wonder, if after the war, they'll go back to being Ukranian...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 16, 2024, 06:58:46 AM...and a virtual re-creation of one of my Whirlwinds (even with credits :thumbsup: ):
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1097607/en/
Just the Merlins and the radar nose with the operator behind it were apparently not available. :angel:
And its nice to someone on WT actually
attribute your original work, rather than just outright steal it.
The Alternatehistory is always good to check even if I can't find the time to do it regularly.
Something new about MiG-18 (https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/udarnaya-moshh-pervyh-sovetskih-avianostsev-palubnyj-istrebitel-mig-18m-skat-sssr/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp)
Quote from: tahsin on February 17, 2024, 01:08:07 AMSomething new about MiG-18 (https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/udarnaya-moshh-pervyh-sovetskih-avianostsev-palubnyj-istrebitel-mig-18m-skat-sssr/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp)
From the above link....
QuoteThe aircraft was equipped with a cylindrical buoy (green) used to simulate the noise of a submarine.The buoy is equipped with a small jet engine that allows it to descend to a given depth in a vertical position. When not in operation, the engine is covered with a red safety cover.
Eh? How does an UNDERWATER jet engine work then? :o :o :o :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 17, 2024, 03:32:43 AMQuote from: tahsin on February 17, 2024, 01:08:07 AMSomething new about MiG-18 (https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/udarnaya-moshh-pervyh-sovetskih-avianostsev-palubnyj-istrebitel-mig-18m-skat-sssr/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp)
From the above link....
QuoteThe aircraft was equipped with a cylindrical buoy (green) used to simulate the noise of a submarine.The buoy is equipped with a small jet engine that allows it to descend to a given depth in a vertical position. When not in operation, the engine is covered with a red safety cover.
Eh? How does an UNDERWATER jet engine work then? :o :o :o :o
Water enters the front. An electric motor turns the compressor stages compressing it before it is expelled from the rear creating thrust... :mellow:
But I know what you meant.
Handwavium takes its name from Obi Wan Kenobi tricking the Stormtrooper Patrol in Star Wars A New Hope to believe those were not the droids they were looking for. For the underwater decoy, it is probably a tube where the usual torpedo propeller mechanism runs. Or the guy had only bombs and no small size torpedos. The confusing thing could be what's the range of this plane that it can't be tracked off from take off and catches the USN unaware enough to suggest it was underwater Nazis. But yes, Handwavium is a good thing.
Edit: Had to go to Karopka.ru adress to see the green tube thing. Another Handwavium hardware to fly out of radar range. Maybe it loses something in the translation?
Here, the guy's other work. (https://karopka-ru.translate.goog/community/user/26106/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp) I most definitely love the first biplane you will see scrolling down.
The Vanships are nice, too. :thumbsup:
Two of vanships then.
(https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/lazzarini-fd-one-7.jpg)
With double adresses though they are basically the same piece.
https://www.maxim.com/rides/lazzarini-fd-one-2020-1/
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/future-tech/unofficial-concept-flying-ferrari-future
While this would also be fit for the Artstation thread, are they supposed to have guns?
(https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/005/270/584/medium/adam-lay-vanship-04.jpg?1489780464)
Mig 18 is interesting. !
Quote from: tahsin on February 27, 2024, 04:47:10 PMWhile this would also be fit for the Artstation thread, are they supposed to have guns?
(https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/005/270/584/medium/adam-lay-vanship-04.jpg?1489780464)
Not according to the 1/72 Hasegawa kit;
(https://www.hlj.com/productthumbs/hsg/hsgcw-07_1.jpg?v=)
This gives a fairly good idea;
QuoteMilitary Vanship
Military vanships are a type of vanship developed for use in combat. While they were developed by Anatoray, they are not used in any battles against the Disith (possibly due to the strict Guild rules regulating such combats), and only the outlaw vessel Silvana carries them. (In Last Exile - Fam, the Silver Wing, its successor Silvius carries military vanships as well).
Military vanships have overpowered dual thrusters for acceleration and maneuvering. They are the only Vanships equipped with onboard weapons: a pair of 600 rpm machine guns with 200-round ammunition boxes, underside racks for carrying bombs, drop-pods, and external tanks to compensate for the lower fuel efficiency of the overpowered thrusters. The navi is responsible for reloading the ammunition in addition to his or her other duties.
(https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lastexile/images/f/f0/MilitaryVanship01.png)
One of the green-painted military vanships carried by the Silvana
MilitaryVanshipFive
(https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lastexile/images/f/f5/MilitaryVanshipFive.png)
Ship Five, an unpainted military vanship carried by the Silvana
https://lastexile.fandom.com/wiki/Military_Vanship (https://lastexile.fandom.com/wiki/Military_Vanship)
From this one, the latter one (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/rheintochter-vtol-and-dietl-j%C3%A4ger.4476/) called the Dietl fighter. Go to the link for the image. Some guy ฤฑ know saw that while searching something else next to jpgs of a newspaper article in which a former RAF officer accused 3 high ranking officials to be Communist spies during WW2. Accordingly, one SPF member really comes close to identify that image is presented in the wrong way. What you would think is the front is the rear and it is upside down as well so that the return engine grille intakes looks like some exhaust. 4 of "RM-55"" tubes per wing and that one is bigger and a nasty bag of tricks in itself. Also being fired backwards. While it is stupid to cross 2 or 3 kilometers of sky full of Fifty caliber lead with explosives on board, it should be more productive than being launched up to 10 kilometers into the sky and just have 2 seconds to take aim and fire. By that time the Soviets should have been talking to the actual designer.
Star Wars Rotodyne on BritModeller: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235138384-star-wars-fairey-freighter/ (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235138384-star-wars-fairey-freighter/)
Quote from: The Rat on March 26, 2024, 11:41:48 AMStar Wars Rotodyne on BritModeller: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235138384-star-wars-fairey-freighter/ (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235138384-star-wars-fairey-freighter/)
Can't see it.
It's visible there for me, WELL OTT of course.
Yep I can see the pics ..Chris one of these lads should be able to copy them to here I hope ๐ ๐
Best pic I saw:
fairey.jpg
Interesting. Even though I do not get any SW vibes yet, rather early Seventies James Bond?
It's more Mandalorian than Star Wars (by which I mean Episodes iv to vi). Good build though.
That certainly is different - but still works and looks believable.
The replacement canopy is something I wouldn't have thought of.
And I like the idea of a strip over the rivets - so much easier than sanding. :thumbsup:
A disturbingly conclusive travesty, found at War Thunder:
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/c04/bad/167ffb6dd6f6f4a27213679728c07adfdf_mq.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/1101853/en/
I actually like that a lot, even though I'd rather give it some 'Winders! :wub:
It actually does look good :thumbsup:
Maybe XF-90?
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 02, 2024, 12:31:10 AMIt actually does look good :thumbsup:
It does!
Better than the Swift ever looked in RAF service. And the Fireflashes do look a trifle incongruous.
Blimey, that's a looker! :wub:
A couple of AIM-9Bs, for certain. :thumbsup:
Would it have been able to tote a couple of Falcons, too? :unsure:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 02, 2024, 02:17:39 AMBetter than the Swift ever looked in RAF service. And the Fireflashes do look a trifle incongruous.
Agree with the first part, but I quite like the Fireflashes. Maybe the Royal Navy won the Battle of the Capes ? ;)
Another War Thunder find - this time a very close/"truthful" copy of my relatively recent Uruguayan Skyhawk, which is actually an A-4H and not an -E. Lacks credits, though. It even seems to carry that wrongly-colored hog mouth (originally taken from an A-10 in desert cammo :rolleyes: ) Best thing is the "semi-historical" label. What ever this is supposed to mean, esp. for a totally fictional livery?
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/11/7d/60/0243f3f0b9d153d76a28c610476ad3707a_mq/A4E.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/1101983/en/
As an addendum, the same "artists" also has a CG rendition of my Swiss G.91YS in store - even though as a single-engine R4 only.
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/b70/4d9/b31fb6fcf7c81c91137b574a8263459892_mq.png)
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/1080657/en/
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 02, 2024, 12:19:29 AM(https://images-live.warthunder.com/c04/bad/167ffb6dd6f6f4a27213679728c07adfdf_mq.png)
TASTY!!!!!
Tbh I find the Swift hateful, but I dislike US markings on any British aircraft,
Quote from: The Wooksta! on April 05, 2024, 01:11:20 AMTbh I find the Swift hateful, but I dislike US markings on any British aircraft,
What about the B-57 and the Harrier?
Quote from: The Wooksta! on April 05, 2024, 01:11:20 AMTbh I find the Swift hateful, but I dislike US markings on any British aircraft,
Bloody Hell Lee: something we finally agree on! ;D
It doesn't look bad in plan view, but the side profile of the nose is awful: it looks like a shrew, not helped by it's little black nose.
Quote from: scautomoton on April 05, 2024, 01:33:58 AMQuote from: The Wooksta! on April 05, 2024, 01:11:20 AMTbh I find the Swift hateful, but I dislike US markings on any British aircraft,
What about the B-57 and the Harrier?
Dislike the B57 because they ruined the shape and I don't like any Harrier, RAF or not.
I don't think the Americans have exclusive rights to ruin the shape of aircraft tbf. Look at the Nimrod, and also all the horrible bumps and bulges that the Victor ended up with.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on April 05, 2024, 01:11:20 AMTbh I find the Swift hateful, but I dislike US markings on any British aircraft,
You get off the fence, Lee, and tell us what you really think! ๐๐
Honesty is always the best policy.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on April 05, 2024, 10:44:05 AMHonesty is always the best policy.
Yes, and Insanity is the best defence... in my experience, anyway! ;D
The now-Russian fanclub took interest in my Yak-49 build...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/yaki-vmesto-migov-ili-chto-esli-by-samolyot-pyatogo-pokoleniya-razrabatyvalo-kb-yakovleva-yak-49m/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on May 21, 2024, 02:43:23 AMThe now-Russian fanclub took interest in my Yak-49 build...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/yaki-vmesto-migov-ili-chto-esli-by-samolyot-pyatogo-pokoleniya-razrabatyvalo-kb-yakovleva-yak-49m/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Least they listed it as an alternative aircraft but they should have also given you credit for your build Dizz .
I bet some in russia are jealous that they didn't design such a lovely looking fighter ๐ ๐
Quote from: Wardukw on May 21, 2024, 12:06:39 PMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on May 21, 2024, 02:43:23 AMThe now-Russian fanclub took interest in my Yak-49 build...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/yaki-vmesto-migov-ili-chto-esli-by-samolyot-pyatogo-pokoleniya-razrabatyvalo-kb-yakovleva-yak-49m/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Least they listed it as an alternative aircraft but they should have also given you credit for your build Dizz .
I bet some in russia are jealous that they didn't design such a lovely looking fighter ๐ ๐
Unlike the WT forums, they do link back to the source.
Quote from: scooter on May 21, 2024, 12:55:42 PMQuote from: Wardukw on May 21, 2024, 12:06:39 PMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on May 21, 2024, 02:43:23 AMThe now-Russian fanclub took interest in my Yak-49 build...
https://alternathistory-ru.translate.goog/yaki-vmesto-migov-ili-chto-esli-by-samolyot-pyatogo-pokoleniya-razrabatyvalo-kb-yakovleva-yak-49m/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Least they listed it as an alternative aircraft but they should have also given you credit for your build Dizz .
I bet some in russia are jealous that they didn't design such a lovely looking fighter ๐ ๐
Unlike the WT forums, they do link back to the source.
Yup - right down the bottom of the article. Easy enough to miss.
Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 21, 2024, 10:27:50 PMYup - right down the bottom of the article. Easy enough to miss.
Yes, I actually went looking for it and nearly missed it, but at least it was there.
Posted on Twitter by ๆถ็ฉบ้ฃ่กๆฉๅทฅๅ ด @junchii_ , without explanation, here: https://x.com/junchii_/status/1793258215935037613
(https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1793258216559976448/QjgSzL4B?format=jpg&name=small)
Looks like a scaleorama kitbash of F-105 and A-380 at least.
Oh yeah, that looks really great! :thumbsup:
I like the area ruling, never been done on an airliner IIRC.
Made to go fast!
:o :thumbsup:
I like that ๐ ๐ โบ๏ธ
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 22, 2024, 06:05:58 AMOh yeah, that looks really great! :thumbsup:
I like the area ruling, never been done on an airliner IIRC.
747's always looked as is they were Area Ruled
Just... wow! :wub:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 22, 2024, 06:05:58 AMOh yeah, that looks really great! :thumbsup:
I like the area ruling, never been done on an airliner IIRC.
None actually constructed, but many studies were done.
IMG_3261.jpeg
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An aicraft with a waist like the one at top left should be operated by Frederick's of Hollywood. ;D
Quote from: The Rat on May 22, 2024, 03:17:09 PMAn aicraft with a waist like the one at top left should be operated by Frederick's of Hollywood. ;D
Ye Auld Playboy Clubs :wacko:
That has got a LOOK about it :thumbsup: Triple decker as well
That's looking very cool, and elegant, too. :thumbsup: Great find.
Well, a "design classic", but it still looks SO good... ;D Just wrong ordnance, some Firestreaks would certainly look better.
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/0d/91/0a/47998a250f3d7da5fc6bb93ce426864dcc_mq/shot+2024.06.21+18.27.58.jpg)
Certainly looks "right" in that scheme :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 21, 2024, 02:04:07 AMWell, a "design classic", but it still looks SO good... ;D Just wrong ordnance, some Firestreaks would certainly look better.
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/0d/91/0a/47998a250f3d7da5fc6bb93ce426864dcc_mq/shot+2024.06.21+18.27.58.jpg)
Fireflash.
IMG_3361.jpeg ;D
Makes me wonder about a MiG-21 with Lightning wings... :rolleyes:
IIRC, I have an 1:100 Tamiya Lightning somewhere in The Stash. :wacko:
How about a Lightning with MiG 21 wings instead?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52312333389_a3e6319f6b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nGEobz)Delta Lightning - 4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nGEobz) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
A Ning! ;D
I've got a part built Lightning with Su-9 wings on it. IIRC no pics (but will check) and in deepish storage pending house sale and subsequent move.
Quote from: zenrat on June 22, 2024, 03:09:53 AMHow about a Lightning with MiG 21 wings instead?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52312333389_a3e6319f6b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nGEobz)Delta Lightning - 4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nGEobz) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
Sky 1.
;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 21, 2024, 02:04:07 AMWell, a "design classic", but it still looks SO good... ;D Just wrong ordnance, some Firestreaks would certainly look better.
(https://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/0d/91/0a/47998a250f3d7da5fc6bb93ce426864dcc_mq/shot+2024.06.21+18.27.58.jpg)
It DOES look good in that scheme. I have a long term project in mind for a scenario where the Cold War as we know didn't happen and led to all sorts of interesting things like a MiG -19 & 21 beIng operated by the RAF, Russia operating the Vulcan, Buccaneer and, a cooperative design between BAC and Tupolev to develop TSR.2 My favorite one though would a naval SU-22 in Fleet Air Arm colours. I am sorely tempted by this one!
Great pic of a classic!
My only question is who designs the fins on some of these Russian missiles?
Just to share a pretty whif (an AMX 50), found at reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/1dygcf0/amx_50_b_operation_unthinkable_whatif/):
(https://preview.redd.it/amx-50-b-operation-unthinkable-whatif-v0-gldwaf8j9cbd1.jpg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfefeaafbf0767c2cbf2ddaae939a481dbaa6dd6)
(https://preview.redd.it/amx-50-b-operation-unthinkable-whatif-v0-t4wcqj8j9cbd1.jpg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43313ba69259c90695866de9dc52978cc54553b1)
(https://preview.redd.it/amx-50-b-operation-unthinkable-whatif-v0-6ec8ph8j9cbd1.jpg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83533e28d3661549db9ac918b43d5ed7f1ba4a28)
That's a huge gun!
Quote from: kerick on July 09, 2024, 09:30:55 AMThat's a huge gun!
120mm autoloader :o
And I hate fighting them in WoT :angry:
Quote from: kerick on June 24, 2024, 07:52:28 AMGreat pic of a classic!
My only question is who designs the fins on some of these Russian missiles?
The guy who designed the Thunderceptor was a double agent. ;D
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/XF91-21republic.jpg/1200px-XF91-21republic.jpg)
Yet another digital remake of my whiffy Swiss G.91YS at WarThunder - apparently the copy of a copy...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1111695/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/113/b5c/084555a2472f0648e90bedf77c70cab611_mq.png)
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 01:06:43 AMYet another digital remake of my whiffy Swiss G.91YS at WarThunder - apparently the copy of a copy...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1111695/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/113/b5c/084555a2472f0648e90bedf77c70cab611_mq.png)
You are an inspiration.
Quote from: comrade harps on July 25, 2024, 04:08:09 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 01:06:43 AMYet another digital remake of my whiffy Swiss G.91YS at WarThunder - apparently the copy of a copy...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1111695/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/113/b5c/084555a2472f0648e90bedf77c70cab611_mq.png)
You are an inspiration.
Apparently. Scary. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 04:12:27 AMQuote from: comrade harps on July 25, 2024, 04:08:09 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 01:06:43 AMYet another digital remake of my whiffy Swiss G.91YS at WarThunder - apparently the copy of a copy...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1111695/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/113/b5c/084555a2472f0648e90bedf77c70cab611_mq.png)
You are an inspiration.
Apparently. Scary. :rolleyes:
What would they do without your inspiration?
Quote from: kerick on July 25, 2024, 10:04:52 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 04:12:27 AMQuote from: comrade harps on July 25, 2024, 04:08:09 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on July 25, 2024, 01:06:43 AMYet another digital remake of my whiffy Swiss G.91YS at WarThunder - apparently the copy of a copy...
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1111695/en/
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/113/b5c/084555a2472f0648e90bedf77c70cab611_mq.png)
You are an inspiration.
Apparently. Scary. :rolleyes:
What would they do without your inspiration?
Probably keep churning out variations of Napkinwaffe stuff.
;D
Received a request at FlickR to use a model of mine as a basis for a 3D model (what I denied, because I cannot assess how and where this might lead, also commercially, and after all there's a real world benchmark that inspired the model, too, which can be referred to), and after some legwork I came across this here:
https://x.com/UniPowerVR/status/1756887503208894787
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGG32qYXEAERMRQ?format=jpg&name=large)
Based upon:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGG32qaXcAAW3w6?format=jpg&name=small)
Not bad. Nose is a bit massive, and it lacks the dordsal exhaust for the turboprop in the nose.
It's a Grumman Wyvern! ;D
Oh that looks good in both profile and model forms ๐
Dutch East Indies Boomerang on Britmodeller, build thread is here (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235143443-a-sacrificial-boomerang-child%E2%80%99s-play/#comment-5021272)
Another War Thunder "tribute build", and this time (thankfully) with credits - even though thebasis is only an A32A, not a J32B:
(https://images-live.warthunder.com/e9d/d05/0ac45de28c15639409bf41769c15cab7b2_mq.png)
Inspired by...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52273986441_849ba357d0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nDgQYi)
1:72 Saab J 32E 'Lansen', aircraft '49' (S/N 32515) of the Swedish Air Force Mรฅlflygdivisionen /Upplands Flygflottilj's Malmen detachment (F16M); Malmen Air Base (Linkรถping, Sweden), 1997 (What-if/modified Heller kit) (https://flic.kr/p/2nDgQYi) by Dizzyfugu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/), on Flickr
More here: https://live.warthunder.com/post/1113021/en/
Quote from: The Rat on August 11, 2024, 11:44:51 AMDutch East Indies Boomerang on Britmodeller, build thread is here (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235143443-a-sacrificial-boomerang-child%E2%80%99s-play/#comment-5021272)
He could fulfill the requested colours; blue, green, yellow and orange, and answer
his need for "plausibility", by using the US late '30s experimental/war game cammos
for inspiration. As they were mostly applied to the P-36 it would be appropriate for the Boomerang with it's pudgy shape.
;D
I'm not on Britmodeller, so feel free to share the notion with the guy.
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IMG_3660.jpeg
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 22, 2024, 02:42:04 AMMakes me wonder about a MiG-21 with Lightning wings... :rolleyes:
IIRC, I have an 1:100 Tamiya Lightning somewhere in The Stash. :wacko:
MiG-21 with a "notched delta" like the Lightning and a canard like the Ye-8.
Originally spied on Pintrest:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/57/7c/45/577c45409900f85c50a07a04fbef660d.jpg)
Build thread here (https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/shuttlecraft-kitbash-original-design.257881/)
More on Artstation (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8Zo6q)
Quote from: jcf on August 12, 2024, 08:15:23 AMQuote from: The Rat on August 11, 2024, 11:44:51 AMDutch East Indies Boomerang on Britmodeller, build thread is here (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235143443-a-sacrificial-boomerang-child%E2%80%99s-play/#comment-5021272)
He could fulfill the requested colours; blue, green, yellow and orange, and answer
his need for "plausibility", by using the US late '30s experimental/war game cammos
for inspiration. As they were mostly applied to the P-36 it would be appropriate for the Boomerang with it's pudgy shape.
;D
I'm not on Britmodeller, so feel free to share the notion with the guy.
IMG_3659.jpeg
IMG_3660.jpeg
I like this camo ..im wondering what it would be like as a sharp edged spike type camo on a very modern figther now ๐ค
Sounds like another project for you, Phill... ;)
Quote from: scooter on August 20, 2024, 11:26:43 AMOriginally spied on Pintrest:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/57/7c/45/577c45409900f85c50a07a04fbef660d.jpg)
Build thread here (https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/shuttlecraft-kitbash-original-design.257881/)
More on Artstation (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8Zo6q)
Cool! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 20, 2024, 10:46:07 PMSounds like another project for you, Phill... ;)
My thoughts exactly Rick ol mate ๐ ๐๐
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 20, 2024, 11:42:24 PMQuote from: scooter on August 20, 2024, 11:26:43 AMOriginally spied on Pintrest:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/57/7c/45/577c45409900f85c50a07a04fbef660d.jpg)
Build thread here (https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/shuttlecraft-kitbash-original-design.257881/)
More on Artstation (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8Zo6q)
Cool! :thumbsup:
Thats clever. I like it a lot. I picked it was based on a chopper but not which one.
Its got me thinking...
Quote from: zenrat on August 21, 2024, 03:49:42 AMThats clever. I like it a lot. I picked it was based on a chopper but not which one.
Its got me thinking...
Looks like an 1:35 Heller Super Frรฉlon.
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on August 21, 2024, 05:32:44 AMQuote from: zenrat on August 21, 2024, 03:49:42 AMThats clever. I like it a lot. I picked it was based on a chopper but not which one.
Its got me thinking...
Looks like an 1:35 Heller Super Frรฉlon.
It is.
Quote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2024, 01:50:17 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on August 20, 2024, 10:46:07 PMSounds like another project for you, Phill... ;)
My thoughts exactly Rick ol mate ๐ ๐๐
;D :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 21, 2024, 10:20:52 PMQuote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2024, 01:50:17 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on August 20, 2024, 10:46:07 PMSounds like another project for you, Phill... ;)
My thoughts exactly Rick ol mate ๐ ๐๐
;D :thumbsup:
The ideas a ticken matey :wacko: :wacko:
Just trying to decide on which plane to use and yep it's gone be a wiffy something..possibly su27 in 48th ..no surprise there on scale ๐
Quote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2024, 10:24:53 PMQuote from: Rick Lowe on August 21, 2024, 10:20:52 PMQuote from: Wardukw on August 21, 2024, 01:50:17 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on August 20, 2024, 10:46:07 PMSounds like another project for you, Phill... ;)
My thoughts exactly Rick ol mate ๐ ๐๐
;D :thumbsup:
The ideas a ticken matey :wacko: :wacko:
Just trying to decide on which plane to use and yep it's gone be a wiffy something..possibly su27 in 48th ..no surprise there on scale ๐
No, none at all. ;D :thumbsup:
Just poking around on the back pages of Hyperscale, and came across this little gem, a single seat Fairey Firefly, by Charles Knell. LINK (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/singleseatfireflyck_1.htm)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_title.jpg&hash=30ec45ba6b3a75218afc444784d643010222feb1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_razorbackdiagram.jpg&hash=7cb548c384ff397b82b65693e5d03c7d7082f22c)
I rather like that, but I bet the pilot doesn't. That loooooon nose is even longer than a Spitfire's! :o
That looks very good indeed... :thumbsup: Reminds me of the Firebrand TF Mk.II.
That's much better looking...now that I'd model :thumbsup:
Quote from: The Rat on July 09, 2024, 09:58:32 AMQuote from: kerick on June 24, 2024, 07:52:28 AMGreat pic of a classic!
My only question is who designs the fins on some of these Russian missiles?
The guy who designed the Thunderceptor was a double agent. ;D
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/XF91-21republic.jpg/1200px-XF91-21republic.jpg)
That give me nightmares ๐ค๐ฑ
Quote from: The Rat on September 01, 2024, 01:22:38 PMJust poking around on the back pages of Hyperscale, and came across this little gem, a single seat Fairey Firefly, by Charles Knell. LINK (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/singleseatfireflyck_1.htm)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_title.jpg&hash=30ec45ba6b3a75218afc444784d643010222feb1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_razorbackdiagram.jpg&hash=7cb548c384ff397b82b65693e5d03c7d7082f22c)
I have considered such a conversion on the basis of an Airfix kit, but eventually folded it because of the MANY changes beyond the fuselage that it would require. We have the Seafang, though. ;-)
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 01, 2024, 01:34:13 PMI rather like that, but I bet the pilot doesn't. That loooooon nose is even longer than a Spitfire's! :o
I dunno. Is it any longer than a Corsair's nose?
Quote from: scooter on September 02, 2024, 12:30:46 AMI dunno. Is it any longer than a Corsair's nose?
About the same.
Quote from: DogfighterZen on September 01, 2024, 02:30:11 PMThat looks very good indeed... :thumbsup: Reminds me of the Firebrand TF Mk.II.
Thank you for helping my aged brain retrieve the memory it was looking for ;D
I like the profile, the "flying" example looks a bit on the small side to me, either that or the pilot's to big ? Anyway would look good with a a full bubble canopy. :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 02, 2024, 05:32:03 AMI like the profile, the "flying" example looks a bit on the small side to me, either that or the pilot's to big ? Anyway would look good with a a full bubble canopy. :thumbsup:
No, the pilot just sat quite high in a fairly cramped office.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8605/16427703205_16843bfd27_b.jpg)
Ah right, thanks mate :thumbsup:
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on September 02, 2024, 12:20:32 AMQuote from: The Rat on September 01, 2024, 01:22:38 PMJust poking around on the back pages of Hyperscale, and came across this little gem, a single seat Fairey Firefly, by Charles Knell. LINK (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/singleseatfireflyck_1.htm)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_title.jpg&hash=30ec45ba6b3a75218afc444784d643010222feb1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_razorbackdiagram.jpg&hash=7cb548c384ff397b82b65693e5d03c7d7082f22c)
I have considered such a conversion on the basis of an Airfix kit, but eventually folded it because of the MANY changes beyond the fuselage that it would require. We have the Seafang, though. ;-)
Filrefly single seater ( anti-tank with two 1.57 in Vickers S guns )(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53965350707_4065e74617_o.png)
And that cockpit's even FURTHER back! :o
The S Gun was slow-firing, 100 rpm, and the muzzle velocity was in the mid to low range at 615 m/sec. The aircraft version was fed from a 15 round drum magazine. The synchronization of two S Guns with the propeller would be challenging. It would likely require the use of electrically ignited rounds as it would simplify the synchronization.
Quote from: jcf on September 02, 2024, 03:36:13 PMThe synchronization of two S Guns with the propeller would be challenging.
Aaaaand, just when they get that worked out, they're told " Sorry, forgot to say it's going to be a contra-prop." :o
;D ;D :o ;) :wacko:
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 02, 2024, 11:08:07 AMAnd that cockpit's even FURTHER back! :o
Starting to look like a Dweotine 520 or maybe a Caudron 460 ? ;)
450px-D.520_in_museum.jpg450px-Caudron_460_Le_Bourget_2009.jpg
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 03, 2024, 05:50:29 AMStarting to look like a Dweotine 520 or maybe a Caudron 460 ? ;)
That was my first impression also.
Quote from: Zero-Sen on September 02, 2024, 10:46:39 AMQuote from: Dizzyfugu on September 02, 2024, 12:20:32 AMQuote from: The Rat on September 01, 2024, 01:22:38 PMJust poking around on the back pages of Hyperscale, and came across this little gem, a single seat Fairey Firefly, by Charles Knell. LINK (http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/singleseatfireflyck_1.htm)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_title.jpg&hash=30ec45ba6b3a75218afc444784d643010222feb1)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clubhyper.com%2Freference%2Fimages%2Ffireflyvck_razorbackdiagram.jpg&hash=7cb548c384ff397b82b65693e5d03c7d7082f22c)
I have considered such a conversion on the basis of an Airfix kit, but eventually folded it because of the MANY changes beyond the fuselage that it would require. We have the Seafang, though. ;-)
Filrefly single seater ( anti-tank with two 1.57 in Vickers S guns )
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53965350707_4065e74617_o.png)
I would think moving the guns out onto the wings would be better. Just like the Hurricane.
Quote from: kerick on September 03, 2024, 09:42:57 AMI would think moving the guns out onto the wings would be better. Just like the Hurricane.
That's where the 'normal' Firefly had them anyway.
On a slight aside, there was a single seat design for the Firefly. When the spec was issued for what became the Firefly, the RN hadn't made it's mind up and asked for both. Fairy responded with a really pretty aircraft (surprisingly for Fairly) and I'd like to see it realised at some time.
The S as used was fed from a 15 round drum, a belt-feed was looked at but it wasn't developed because there was no pressing need.
The Hurricane IID with the guns was more effective than the RP equipped Typhoons, hitting the target 25% of the time versus 5% for RP Typhoons. But the RPs did damage to a larger area and also had a negative effect on the morale of the tank crews and supporting infantry. The Hurricanes were also vulnerable to AAA and were removed from frontline
service in Europe for that reason.
But a model of an 'S' gun armed Hurricane in the European Scheme would make a few of the 'usual suspects' stop for a moment... and it's historically accurate. :thumbsup:
Of course there was always the Kittyhawk Mk Ib ;)
SAAF Kittyhawk 004.JPGSAAF Kittyhawk 002.JPG
The last Tempest V built was tested with 40mm "P" guns in extremely slender pods.
Quote from: Mossie on September 03, 2024, 04:22:53 PMOn a slight aside, there was a single seat design for the Firefly. When the spec was issued for what became the Firefly, the RN hadn't made it's mind up and asked for both. Fairy responded with a really pretty aircraft (surprisingly for Fairly) and I'd like to see it realised at some time.
Yep, it's on my to-do list ;)
Excellent. :thumbsup:
Scratchbuilt waterline model of USS Dunderberg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dunderberg), aka MN Rochambeau. What makes her whiffy, is she's build with both casemate and turret.
(https://civilwartalk.com/attachments/dscn0653-jpg.311615/)
That's neat :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 04, 2024, 05:47:08 AMThe last Tempest V built was tested with 40mm "P" guns in extremely slender pods.
Weren't those actually 42mm?
A Typhoon with Hurricane "S" pods in on my to-do list, to go with my spinning-discus-bomb equipped one.
Quote from: NARSES2 on October 15, 2024, 05:38:37 AMThat's neat :thumbsup:
The "as completed per US Navy contract revisions" version'll be making an appearance in the Elven Blend thread. :wacko: Or at least a repainted profile of her will be
Quote from: Weaver on October 15, 2024, 05:42:34 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on September 04, 2024, 05:47:08 AMThe last Tempest V built was tested with 40mm "P" guns in extremely slender pods.
Weren't those actually 42mm?
My Putnam's says "40mm P guns"
Quote from: NARSES2 on October 15, 2024, 05:48:45 AMQuote from: Weaver on October 15, 2024, 05:42:34 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on September 04, 2024, 05:47:08 AMThe last Tempest V built was tested with 40mm "P" guns in extremely slender pods.
Weren't those actually 42mm?
My Putnam's says "40mm P guns"
According to Tony Williams (the "Flying Guns" guy) we're both wrong, and they were actually 47mm:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160319192518/http://quarryhs.co.uk/Pgun.htm
Quote from: Weaver on October 15, 2024, 05:56:27 AMAccording to Tony Williams (the "Flying Guns" guy) we're both wrong, and they were actually 47mm:
Can't think what they would have been origionaly developed for or from (that link doesn't work for me), but I'll see if I can find a couple of works I've got on the development of British artillery pieces from 1900. And yes I still prefer the written/printed word to the Net, I've gotten old :angel:
Quote from: NARSES2 on October 15, 2024, 06:18:39 AMQuote from: Weaver on October 15, 2024, 05:56:27 AMAccording to Tony Williams (the "Flying Guns" guy) we're both wrong, and they were actually 47mm:
Can't think what they would have been origionaly developed for or from (that link doesn't work for me), but I'll see if I can find a couple of works I've got on the development of British artillery pieces from 1900. And yes I still prefer the written/printed word to the Net, I've gotten old :angel:
Oops, sorry. Looks like the forum won't auto-format the URL as a hotlink because it's got another "http" in the middle of it. Click on this instead:
Tony Williams 47mm P gun article (https://web.archive.org/web/20160319192518/http://quarryhs.co.uk/Pgun.htm)
That works better. That's article is interesting.
Thanks for posting it.
Cheers H that works. :thumbsup:
Very interesting. Interestingly the photograph in Putnam's Hawker Aircraft is taken from a slightly different angle and is slightly clearer, but all marginal.
I may well look at a Tempest II armed with a pair of them now, it looks relatively easy to fabricate.
Quote from: NARSES2 on October 16, 2024, 05:38:53 AMCheers H that works. :thumbsup:
Very interesting. Interestingly the photograph in Putnam's Hawker Aircraft is taken from a slightly different angle and is slightly clearer, but all marginal.
I may well look at a Tempest II armed with a pair of them now, it looks relatively easy to fabricate.
Go for it!
Quote from: kerick on October 16, 2024, 06:59:18 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on October 16, 2024, 05:38:53 AMI may well look at a Tempest II armed with a pair of them now, it looks relatively easy to fabricate.
Go for it!
KP Tempest II has gone on the list to pick up at Telford :thumbsup:
Found a virtual tribute to my all-grey Saab J32E Lansen (even though it is an A32A in this case), thankfully with credits:
https://live.warthunder.com/post/1113021/en/
Mike McEvoy tribute on Britmodeller: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235149397-counterfactual-tribute-to-mike-mcevoy-merlin-f2-213-sqn-late-80s/
Excellent stuff, well spotted Dave. :thumbsup:
Seen on Pintrest and from HISSTank.com (https://news.hisstank.com/2016/05/06/3-34-scale-custom-uss-flagg-thing-massive-58958#images)
(https://news.hisstank.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/05/20160505_184141.jpg)
3 3/4" USS Flagg :o
Needs a couple of Kenner X and Y Wings. :wacko:
Quote from: scooter on January 14, 2025, 11:17:37 AMSeen on Pintrest and from HISSTank.com (https://news.hisstank.com/2016/05/06/3-34-scale-custom-uss-flagg-thing-massive-58958#images)
(https://news.hisstank.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/05/20160505_184141.jpg)
3 3/4" USS Flagg :o
Needs a couple of Kenner X and Y Wings. :wacko:
In the scale of fecking huge :o :o
Quote from: Wardukw on January 14, 2025, 11:45:44 AMQuote from: scooter on January 14, 2025, 11:17:37 AMSeen on Pintrest and from HISSTank.com (https://news.hisstank.com/2016/05/06/3-34-scale-custom-uss-flagg-thing-massive-58958#images)
(https://news.hisstank.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/05/20160505_184141.jpg)
3 3/4" USS Flagg :o
Needs a couple of Kenner X and Y Wings. :wacko:
In the scale of fecking huge :o :o
60' x 10'
Quote from: scooter on January 14, 2025, 12:16:01 PMQuote from: Wardukw on January 14, 2025, 11:45:44 AMQuote from: scooter on January 14, 2025, 11:17:37 AMSeen on Pintrest and from HISSTank.com (https://news.hisstank.com/2016/05/06/3-34-scale-custom-uss-flagg-thing-massive-58958#images)
(https://news.hisstank.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/05/20160505_184141.jpg)
3 3/4" USS Flagg :o
Needs a couple of Kenner X and Y Wings. :wacko:
In the scale of fecking huge :o :o
60' x 10'
Yep...giant scale ...good on em ;D
Looks like alot of toys sitting on that flight deck ๐
The house was apparently built around it? ;)
He must live by himself.......
This one was married at the time of posting.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235127214-uss-nimitz-172/
Those are my kind of guys !
There's a reason my ships are 1/144th!
This morning my Facebook feed brought up a memory of the Model Engineering show at Ally Pally 7 years ago. I saw a 1/72 HMS Ark Royal with Phantoms and Buccs and spinning radars. It was massive!
Not a whiff as such - in service, yes - but an excellent WIP thread from AdrianMF on Britmodeller, converting ye olde Frog Tempest V into the Tempest I prototype with just some old fashioned modelling skill. And not a drop of resin in sight.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235139207-the-chinless-wonder-frog-f189-finished-2024-10-27/page/5/
for the end result.
Speaking of 1/72 ships - does anyone recall the scratch built 72nd Titanic bow section wreck at Telford back in 2000? Fantastic model.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 24, 2025, 12:41:02 PMNot a whiff as such - in service, yes - but an excellent WIP thread from AdrianMF on Britmodeller, converting ye olde Frog Tempest V into the Tempest I prototype with just some old fashioned modelling skill. And not a drop of resin in sight.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235139207-the-chinless-wonder-frog-f189-finished-2024-10-27/page/5/
for the end result.
He does incredible work.
A lovely interwar PZL floatplane posted on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/1ipurja/a_kitbash_of_an_airplane_that_actually_existed/) :
Edit: Added description from the modeller.
QuotePZL.42 was a Polish experimental aircraft based on the PZL.23 Karaล. Only one was built, and used to test new design solutions.
As for the kits used: Body- PLZ 42; IBG 1/72 Floats- Aichi M6A1; Tamiya 1/72 Propeller- PZL 37; Plastyk 1/72 Also- Yahu Instrument panel; rear gunner's position- scratchbuild.
Painted in light grey green; similar to the one used in Polish seaplanes, like Lublin R.XIII/Hydro.
(https://preview.redd.it/qfpe3hq5m8je1.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b217334249489d27b239c6f4ed10bbdd2e691119)
(https://preview.redd.it/fnza71q5m8je1.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=205467dc1f6918f8f0bf9a5558e6ade38032a392)
(https://preview.redd.it/3oj5d5q5m8je1.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d766ffc117b44e9a57b264550c5d9185fe44abbc)
:thumbsup:
:thumbsup:
Do I see a Karas hidden in there somewhere?
With Nanzan floats? Or Spit ones?
But yes, very nicely done.
I amended the post with the modeller's comments!
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 15, 2025, 07:13:43 AMDo I see a Karas hidden in there somewhere?
Yes, the PZL.42 was a derived prototype of the PZL.23 Karas, main difference is the H-tail and bottom gondola, but I am finding conflicting information if it was completely removed or retractable. Someone more familiar on the topic can chime in!
Quote from: Rick Lowe on February 15, 2025, 11:44:55 AMWith Nanzan floats? Or Spit ones?
But yes, very nicely done.
Good eye, the modeller indeed used the M6A floats. Today I learned that the land-based version was Nanzan and the floatplane version Seiran.
Quote from: Medjoe on February 15, 2025, 12:01:02 PMGood eye, the modeller indeed used the M6A floats. Today I learned that the land-based version was Nanzan and the floatplane version Seiran.
Thanks. Yes, I had forgotten the renaming thing between the versions. :thumbsup:
It's a lovely build and the paintwork is :bow:
Be interesting to see it alongside an Ar 196.
Nice ROCAF B-49 over on Britmodeller (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235151840-a-b-49-what-if/)
(https://i.imgur.com/aGEkpOE.jpeg)
Quote from: The Rat on March 09, 2025, 09:14:05 AMNice ROCAF B-49 over on Britmodeller (https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235151840-a-b-49-what-if/)
(https://i.imgur.com/aGEkpOE.jpeg)
The dude did a great job with the boundary markers ..it is screaming out for a wee bit more highlights but still very nice ๐