I got an idea, about pairing up aircraft and vehicles with the same name or sound the same. The colour scheme could be the same on both models
The Grumman Panther and Panther Cars
Jaguar and jaguar cars
Lamborghini Huracan and the Hawker Hurricane
Triumph Spitfire and the Supermarine Spitfire
AC Cobra and the Bell Cobra helicopter
Triumph Lynx or Lynx Cars and the Westland lynx.
I know Porsche, Mitsubishi , Maserati British Leyland and SAAB both build cars and have dabbled in building aircraft.
Are there any others that I have missed?
Mustang? Thunderbolt? Messerchmitt?
Supermarine Scimitar/ reliant scimitar
Chevrolet Impala/ macchi mb623 Impala
I guess MRCA tornado and/or niet american b-45 tornado and oldsmobile toronado are a bit off...
David
When i come to think of it:
Midas ( the British car brand, Just google it) and the ilyushin il-78 MP Midas..:-)
Quote from: McColm on December 03, 2017, 03:35:42 AM
I know Porsche, Mitsubishi , Maserati, British Leyland and SAAB both build cars and have dabbled in building aircraft.
*snickers*
Considering they're the among the biggest defense contractors for their respective countries...
Bristol....cars and aircraft.
Hawker Tempest - Pontiac Tempest
Hawker Hunter - Hillman/Chrysler Hunter
Grumman Avenger - Hillman/Chrysler/Talbot Avenger
Vickers Valiant - Dodge Valiant
Gloster Javelin - AMC Javelin
Two that come to mind:
Grumman Wildcat and buick Wildcat
Grumman Bearcat and Stutz Bearcat
Ford in the USA built a version of the F-150 as the Lightning- so you could have a P-38/EE Lightning/F-35.
Grumman has also built buses and mail trucks- would like to see a bus in the Atlantic 3-tone scheme....
Wildcat- Buick
Cutlass- Oldsmobile
Skyhawk- Buick
Catalina- Pontiac
I really like this idea. It's similar to the one I had for my Area 88 project to pair up jets with their Propeller ancestors, using as direct a lineage as possible...
So the F-8E Crusader becomes an F4U-1 Corsair
The F-14 Tomcat becomes the F7F Tigercat, etc.
One thing to consider is how the complementary paint jobs will look... are you going to paint the cars with gull-grey with roundels or are you going to paint the planes with midnight blue... ;)
I sense the makings of a GB or a show theme here, but they aren't really in the WhiffWorld.
I'm making a "Vanquish" aeroplane right now.. I suppose I could plop down an AM Vanquish next to it. :lol:
All kinds of interesting ideas here. A ton of American auto manufacturing was directly inspired by the jets of the 50's. That's how we got all the fins and stuff on things like Bel-Aires.
Saab did a 900 Viggen at one point.
Hornet (Hudson)
Viper (Doge)
Mirage (Mitsubishi)
Herald (Triumph)
Vanguard (Standard)
Victor (Vauxhall)
Vulcan (Aston Martin)
Saturn
Valiant (Plymouth)
Javelin (AMC)
Starfire (Oldsmobile)
Rolls-Royce Phantom II
Honda Hornet
Triumph Tiger
Suzuki Hayabusa - Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
Claas Jaguar
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Claas_Jaguar_930.jpg/220px-Claas_Jaguar_930.jpg)
Claas Tucano
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Claas_Tucano_430_combine_harvester.jpg/220px-Claas_Tucano_430_combine_harvester.jpg)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas
Quote from: Hobbes on December 03, 2017, 10:20:10 AM
Saab did a 900 Viggen at one point.
IIRC "Viggen" was a version of the first generation 9-3 (which admittedly was a rebadged second generation 900) but not when it was still marketed as "900". Other SAAB high-performance models were usually called "Aero".
A few sample pics from around the Internet. Maybe this might help give inspiration to a few modelers to do some custom whif building to aircraft and car models. ;)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9f/83/a2/9f83a245143b381988a87c1716c0c610.jpg)
(https://hushkit.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/1959-gm-firebird-iii-motorama-dream-car1.jpg?w=830)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/80/db/2f/80db2fc9a1785b41f0b4cb7d965253cb--vintage-cars-corsair.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/ab/51/98ab5137b1a25a516b49e6c6010504bf.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/65/b2/2f/65b22fddfa40ce556c3f4f1e14f6ceb3.jpg)
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.triumphspitfire.com%2Fimages%2Fcars%2FRChapman.jpg&hash=d1e65615bcb962fe24330127b512c66b6279cecd)
I hope that Daytona Cobra is only a virtual paintjob, it'd be true sacrilege to do that to a real one!
Massey Ferguson 340 Tractor & the SAAB 340 Turboprop
Thanks Guys,
I have seen a few cars painted in aircraft markings although the VW panel van does seem to be the preferred vehicle of choice for our European Whiffers.
The Morgan three wheeler is painted in NATO green with RAF styled roundels and fake bullet holes.
I've been on eBay trying to source the various plastic car/ van kits in 1/24 and 1/25 scale, but I think I will have better luck in the die-cast section either 1/76 or 1/43 scale and hand painting them to match.
This idea is open to all, with so many possibilities when it comes to the Ford Mustang and Jaguar, just to name two.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 03, 2017, 12:07:41 PM
I hope that Daytona Cobra is only a virtual paintjob, it'd be true sacrilege to do that to a real one!
Video game vehicle, from
Forza MotorSport 4.
Ford F-100 pick up truck
Buick Skyhawk.
And there is this I built earlier...
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/35694382060_864a8f4062_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Woc3dm)Trabant 601s 008 (https://flic.kr/p/Woc3dm) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
And, although I can't find photos of it on the web, the USAF Viper Demo Team from Shaw has a Dodge Viper painted up as a Yawn Dart.