Over on BtS they have a Scale-o-rama GB happening & have 2 x possible entries, if I get the time to do either.
Below are the obligatory Box Shots. Let's see if you can guess, given the clues in the photo's, what I intend doing.
#1:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-hKXhdXS/0/30e1fcd3/X2/IMG_2052-X2.jpg)
#2:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-Fn3b6kg/0/2c762f4e/X3/IMG_2054-X3.jpg)
Yes, I'm whiffing the whifs! ;)
Looks like something from the Fanatic Plastic catalogue :thumbsup:
The RF-19 Stealth Drone is almost at the painting stage. I'll take some photo's before I prime her, though, so you can get an idea of what's been done.
PS: One thing I must say is the kit, although very simple, is terrible! Flash, off centre mouldings & pathetic parts fit. Oh, for an Eduard 1/144 kit of this! :rolleyes:
Pre-primer photo's of the RQ-19 (hopefully) tomorrow evening.
RQ-19A in its pre-primer glory ... Not! ;)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-WTvHnQN/0/fed306a3/XL/IMG_2063-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-B4Gbrx9/0/c7a27018/XL/IMG_2066-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-DBt5Cqd/0/eaf2ac11/XL/IMG_2062-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-xXLGP2p/0/f411f6c5/XL/IMG_2065-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-Hr9LvJr/0/0fcdc87d/XL/IMG_2064-XL.jpg)
I didn't realise how small it was at first.
Yup, ain't big. In 1/35 it scales out to about 3.5m long. ;)
way cool!
That second one looks like it could be made into an alternative aircraft from Raiders of the Lost Ark
So where does the 1/35 pilot sit?
:unsure:
Quote from: zenrat on February 22, 2019, 04:56:22 PM
So where does the 1/35 pilot sit?
:unsure:
In the back of a 1/35 4x4
Quote from: Old Wombat on February 23, 2019, 07:25:11 PM
Quote from: zenrat on February 22, 2019, 04:56:22 PM
So where does the 1/35 pilot sit?
:unsure:
In the back of a 1/35 4x4
... Of course. Logical, when you think of it... :rolleyes:
So is the Arado going to be something similar, but with a larger ordnance load?
Or a carrier for a 1/72 drone/fighter based on another 1/144 YF-19?
the 1:35 pilot stands between the twin tails surfboard style :thumbsup:
you use a thumb controller and an attached cable like they do on jet skis :wacko:
Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 24, 2019, 01:17:55 AM
the 1:35 pilot stands between the twin tails surfboard style :thumbsup:
you use a thumb controller and an attached cable like they do on jet skis :wacko:
Stop giving Zenrat ideas ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on February 24, 2019, 05:43:51 AM
Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 24, 2019, 01:17:55 AM
the 1:35 pilot stands between the twin tails surfboard style :thumbsup:
you use a thumb controller and an attached cable like they do on jet skis :wacko:
Stop giving Zenrat ideas ;)
;D ;D :thumbsup:
That's not a silly idea, though - very cool thought. Hmm - no, too many other project ideas.
Quote from: NARSES2 on February 24, 2019, 05:43:51 AM
Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 24, 2019, 01:17:55 AM
the 1:35 pilot stands between the twin tails surfboard style :thumbsup:
you use a thumb controller and an attached cable like they do on jet skis :wacko:
Stop giving Zenrat ideas ;)
Remember the Green Goblin from Spiderman?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Green_Goblin_Spider-Man_%282002%29.png)
butbut,but
as Willy Messerschmitt said, Pah " ideas are as common as black berries " :thumbsup:
some one else also said, " Ideas are not like apples, if you have an apple and I have and apple, if we swap, we still only have one each, but if we swap ideas, we each now have two" :thumbsup:
any time I give some one else an idea, I add to things and that's beyond awesome ;D
Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 24, 2019, 01:06:33 PM
butbut,but
some one else also said, " Ideas are not like apples, if you have an apple and I have and apple, if we swap, we still only have one each, but if we swap ideas, we each now have two" :thumbsup:
any time I give some one else an idea, I add to things and that's beyond awesome ;D
I like that way of thinking, keep it up! ;D :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ;D
Quote from: Steel Penguin on February 24, 2019, 01:06:33 PM
butbut,but
as Willy Messerschmitt said, Pah " ideas are as common as black berries " :thumbsup:
some one else also said, " Ideas are not like apples, if you have an apple and I have and apple, if we swap, we still only have one each, but if we swap ideas, we each now have two" :thumbsup:
any time I give some one else an idea, I add to things and that's beyond awesome ;D
:unsure:
Power (Anti grav surf) Boards in the future of Judge Dredd have a foot pad throttle and everything else is done by the surfer shifting their weight.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-L4UoNLwoROI%2FT96iwhLR-dI%2FAAAAAAAACWk%2F5de059A9gLQ%2Fs1600%2Fchopper1.JPG&hash=14d5edc639da4c9e0ad08117889307f8be1edb73)
I have had a hankering to do a Sky Surfer for a while, now...
Dredd-style, not Silver Surfer.
I reckon a flying wing would also work as one of those Nausicaa-style flyers...
Quote from: Rick Lowe on February 25, 2019, 09:28:54 AM
I have had a hankering to do a Sky Surfer for a while, now...
Dredd-style, not Silver Surfer.
I reckon a flying wing would also work as one of those Nausicaa-style flyers...
I've got a half built Gundam sky surfer on the shelf of procrastination. It's stalled due to the PSR required on the board.
It could have fitted into both the Competition and F.MUM GBs except it's way way too far gone to be allowed.
OK, so after a few rounds of micro-scale PSR I'm happy with where I'm at with the RQ-19A;
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-pvL7xGL/0/7148556e/L/IMG_2067-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-jz8GbtJ/0/ea0a7fe7/L/IMG_2069-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-tjTFFXr/0/7cda36f2/L/IMG_2070-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-2ZtDvLS/0/8b850372/L/IMG_2071-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-XVfgvfH/0/3aade398/L/IMG_2072-L.jpg)
So, all I have to do now is settle on a colour scheme & break out the airbrush ... :unsure:
Of course, since my daughter moved back home, my garage is full of her house cr ... stuff & there's no room for my painting table in there. :banghead:
I'll sort something out soon, I've got four builds stalled because of this mess in my garage. Something has to give! :dalek:
That looks very neat :thumbsup:
Thanks, Chris! :thumbsup:
Looking forward to seeing what you do with this, they do make good drones, I have one stuck in the side of a stalled SHADO space craft.
Chris
(Oops! Late reply!)
Thanks, other Chris! :thumbsup:
Almost done! :party:
Just gloss coated it. Decals, panel lines & semi-gloss coat to go! ;D
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 18, 2019, 12:15:40 AM
Thanks, other Chris! :thumbsup:
Even worse at school, we had 3 Edwards' in class - no relatives - even the master's referred to us as "big", medium" and "little". I was "medium" or "middle" Edwards ;D If that happened now the poor little so and so's would probably sue the school and win :angel:
OK, the Scaleorama bit is done! ;D
Not the best job I've ever done but not atrocious.
All the pieces in the images will be in the final diorama but not necessarily where they are (especially the remote control case, which will be in the vehicle that I haven't built yet - a laptop linked to the RQ-19A by a data cord will replace it).
The RQ-19A was a joint Lockheed/CAC/Rolls Royce (Aust) project to develop a stealthier reconnaissance drone for the military market.
RR(Aust) designed the small, powerful, high-bypass turbofan engines that can propel the RQ-19A at speeds over 1,000 km/h; Lockheed & CAC designed the fuselage & flight systems; & it is believed Thales are the principal contractors for the surveillance & ELINT systems. The UAV can be disassembled into 3 main pieces for truck or trailer transport.
Primary users are Australia (Army & RAAF), the United States (Army & Air Force), Israel & Canada.
Length: 3,745mm
Wing Span: 1,855mm
Height: 735mm
Speed: 585 kn (673 mph, 1,083 km/h) max, 260 kn (300 mph, 482 km/h) cruising
Range: 675 nmi (775 mi, 1,200 km)
Here are some images of an early RQ-19A in service with the Australian Army.
(Note: the large, pale roundels on the upper wing are an unusual feature & may indicate that this is a very early operational RQ-19A, with larger roundels being used for identification by friendly air forces.)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-D8NtKS2/0/5b504e46/XL/DSCN7584-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-LCxMGsJ/0/e5e16414/XL/DSCN7585-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-8RsPhjT/0/c0218e21/XL/DSCN7591-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-HbgN7FK/0/1481dc1b/XL/DSCN7593-XL.jpg)
Other images:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-z84thCm/0/ee693f14/XL/DSCN7588-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-MSMPKNR/0/f0dd5450/XL/DSCN7589-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Scale-o-rama-Builds/i-3CH855Q/0/f3bee972/XL/DSCN7590-XL.jpg)
Hope you can excuse the weak back story. :-\
Best use yet of one of those kits I've every seen! Nice job!
I like that mate :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 20, 2019, 04:00:04 AM
Hope you can excuse the weak back story. :-\
Nothing weak about it at all, it says it like it was and that's what backstories are for.
BRILL bit of modelling too, now the squaddie is in view with the controller it all makes sense. :thumbsup:
(Are Oz Army squaddies called squaddies or do they have a different slang name?)
Nice work there. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
What's the significance of the colouration of the Ball Cap? Or is it a generic 'Cool Colours'-kind of thing?
Quote:
(Note: the large, pale roundels on the upper wing are an unusual feature & may indicate that this is a very early operational RQ-19A, with larger roundels being used for identification by friendly air forces.)
:Unquote
Nice save to get around the lack of appropriately-sized roundels ;D
Very nice :thumbsup:
Great idea. Look good.
TomZ
Now that's a lovely idea and rendition! :thumbsup:
Worthy Whiffies contender!
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2019, 10:01:37 PM
What's the significance of the colouration of the Ball Cap? Or is it a generic 'Cool Colours'-kind of thing?
I was wondering as well. Assumed it was regimental colours, possibly cavalry ?
Thanks for the comments, gent's! Much appreciated! :bow: :bow:
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 22, 2019, 06:02:38 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2019, 10:01:37 PM
What's the significance of the colouration of the Ball Cap? Or is it a generic 'Cool Colours'-kind of thing?
I was wondering as well. Assumed it was regimental colours, possibly cavalry ?
Nope, that'd be an Adelaide Crows (AFL) cap, based on one I own. ;D
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2019, 10:01:37 PM
Quote:
(Note: the large, pale roundels on the upper wing are an unusual feature & may indicate that this is a very early operational RQ-19A, with larger roundels being used for identification by friendly air forces.)
:Unquote
Nice save to get around the lack of appropriately-sized roundels ;D
Yup, but, more so, the unexpectedly pale colour - they looked a lot darker on the sheet! :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 21, 2019, 07:15:08 AM
(Are Oz Army squaddies called squaddies or do they have a different slang name?)
"Diggers" is one common term, other services (Navy & Air Force) tend to call them "pongos". ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 22, 2019, 08:36:08 AM
Thanks for the comments, gent's! Much appreciated! :bow: :bow:
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 22, 2019, 06:02:38 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 21, 2019, 10:01:37 PM
What's the significance of the colouration of the Ball Cap? Or is it a generic 'Cool Colours'-kind of thing?
I was wondering as well. Assumed it was regimental colours, possibly cavalry ?
Nope, that'd be an Adelaide Crows (AFL) cap, based on one I own. ;D
Ah, fair enough then. Makes sense.
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 22, 2019, 08:42:34 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 21, 2019, 07:15:08 AM
(Are Oz Army squaddies called squaddies or do they have a different slang name?)
"Diggers" is one common term, other services (Navy & Air Force) tend to call them "pongos". ;)
Thanks for the inside info, 'diggers' sounds good to me. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 20, 2019, 04:00:04 AM
All the pieces in the images will be in the final diorama but not necessarily where they are (especially the remote control case, which will be in the vehicle that I haven't built yet - a laptop linked to the RQ-19A by a data cord will replace it).
The company that builds the ROVER (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROVER) system was developing a secure Bluetooth-enabled version. Ignore the data cable (which is one less connector that needs a stealth cover) and claim it's secure Bluetooth capable. ;D
As for the ballcap, they're tacti-cool. :wacko:
scoot, I didn't know about ROVER as such but I assumed such systems existed & the RQ-19A is fitted with them. The laptop & data cable are for the extensive pre-flight surveillance systems checks. The data cable will connect to a USB port in the front wheel bay (so the poor-bugger techie has to lie on the ground to get it in & out), unless I decide to put the USB port on top, between the intakes but back against the first panel line. I have yet to decide where the power cable is going to connect (it won't be the wheel bay, though).
By the way, the dark grey panels are covering electronic surveillance systems, the dark rectangles just aft of the nose are for cameras, while the little dome at the front is for the piloting camera, which, obviously, is also used as a surveillance device.
Very cool, and quite innovative!
Thanks, Brad! :thumbsup:
You really struck a chorde with me, man.... the "F-19" is a strange favorite of mine from childhood so I was pretty delighted to see this!
I wasn't a child but I liked the look of it when the F-19 was "leaked" to the public.
As a whif-in-a-box, I'd love a good 1/48 version. ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 22, 2019, 08:42:34 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 21, 2019, 07:15:08 AM
(Are Oz Army squaddies called squaddies or do they have a different slang name?)
"Diggers" is one common term, other services (Navy & Air Force) tend to call them "pongos". ;)
And the Army's name for the Air Force is "Brylcreme Boys" and for the Navy, "Squids". ;D
Now, Guy, where did you get your Table, Folding, GS from?
Quote from: TheChronicOne on April 22, 2019, 05:51:21 PM
You really struck a chorde with me, man.... the "F-19" is a strange favorite of mine from childhood so I was pretty delighted to see this!
That could become a GB theme - the "Fake/Media Hyp Model Kit", which could include any F-19 variant, Italeri's MiG-37 or the utterly wrong Italeri Mi-28 and ESCI Ka-34 kits. There are probably more candidates, e. g. some vintage SF/Space kits (like the 2001 stuff).
Quote from: rickshaw on April 23, 2019, 12:29:01 AM
Now, Guy, where did you get your Table, Folding, GS from?
Brian, that particular item was scratch built from styrene & brass rod. ;)
I wasn't going to mention it because I don't mean to detract from the "main event", but I can't help but to focus on seemingly mundane things.... And since it was brought up, I guess I will mention it now, though; as much as I like the aircraft, I think I'm most enamored with the table. ;D (I'm a simple man... ) ;D
Thanks for the compliments re: the table. :thumbsup:
It's a very basic scratch build based on the folding table I use for airbrushing.
A rectangle of styrene cut to appropriate size, 8 thin strips of styrene (1mm/1.5mm, can't remember which) for the edges, 10 pieces of 0.5mm(?) brass rod (I only really needed 9 to copy the real thing but I made a small error on the underside with the lay-out, so 10 it was) & 4 strips of really thin styrene (0.02mm?) about 0.5mm wide cut to overlap a bit for the bracing arms.
I'll take some "walk-around" photo's of the real thing & the model, & post them later for those who are interested.
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 23, 2019, 06:08:53 PM
...I'll take some "walk-around" photo's of the real thing & the model, & post them later for those who are interested.
Excellent, then we can nit pick it...
;D
Very good bit of work there mate. The Crows hat is IMO the crowning (sic) achievement rather than the table.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 07:32:12 PM
The Crows hat is IMO the crowning (sic) achievement rather than the table.
:thumbsup:
Was a bugger to paint & the "writing" is illegible but it adds a nice splash of colour. ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 23, 2019, 07:46:43 PM
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 07:32:12 PM
The Crows hat is IMO the crowning (sic) achievement rather than the table.
:thumbsup:
Was a bugger to paint & the "writing" is illegible but it adds a nice splash of colour. ;)
You have however set a precedent and I feel obliged to paint up a figure in a Footscray guernsey, scarf or hat...
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on April 23, 2019, 01:46:03 AM
That could become a GB theme - the "Fake/Media Hyp Model Kit", which could include any F-19 variant, Italeri's MiG-37 or the utterly wrong Italeri Mi-28 and ESCI Ka-34 kits. There are probably more candidates, e. g. some vintage SF/Space kits (like the 2001 stuff).
Most Lindberg kits would probably qualify for this GB. Especially the Draken with the huge underslung pod which had a working spring-loaded firing mechanism (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lindberg-570-98-swedish-jet-dragon-saab--208712). :rolleyes:
Would kits based on mockups (so not even flying prototypes) count? Revell EFA90 is of course distinct enough from the Typhoon that finally flew that it should qualify, but then there's the original Revell Gripen (complete with its horrible misrepresentation of BK90 cluster bombs and various Swedish ECM/recon pods if the wing fold trenches and foxhole-sized rivet holes were not awful enough), Matchbox Alpha Jet, Airfix Viggen...
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 09:10:54 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 23, 2019, 07:46:43 PM
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 07:32:12 PM
The Crows hat is IMO the crowning (sic) achievement rather than the table.
:thumbsup:
Was a bugger to paint & the "writing" is illegible but it adds a nice splash of colour. ;)
You have however set a precedent and I feel obliged to paint up a figure in a Footscray guernsey, scarf or hat...
But aren't we pre-empting the "Sporting Colours" GB if we go down that path? :unsure: ;)
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 24, 2019, 09:02:28 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 09:10:54 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 23, 2019, 07:46:43 PM
Quote from: zenrat on April 23, 2019, 07:32:12 PM
The Crows hat is IMO the crowning (sic) achievement rather than the table.
:thumbsup:
Was a bugger to paint & the "writing" is illegible but it adds a nice splash of colour. ;)
You have however set a precedent and I feel obliged to paint up a figure in a Footscray guernsey, scarf or hat...
But aren't we pre-empting the "Sporting Colours" GB if we go down that path? :unsure: ;)
Yes we are. But I can't let this go unanswered... ;D ;)
I've just checked and we don't play you until round 23. Which is wrong. IMO every team should have played every other team by round 18.
Given the Crows' start to the year, you'll probably win. :-\
I wonder what it says about me that I search all four pages of this thread just to check out a 1/35 scale folding table...
It was worth the search though. The plane's nice too. :)
It says you're as barmy as the rest of us. ;D :thumbsup:
Oh, and "Thank you, strobez, for the kind comments!" :bow:
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 27, 2019, 12:33:09 AM
It says you're as barmy as the rest of us. ;D :thumbsup:
Or what once upon a time would have been referred to as eccentric ;)
I looked, too, when I read that he'd scratched it. I'd thought it was from a doll house furniture set ... I guess I'm really out there. :)
Barmy Modelers Unite! You know who you are - if you've ever painted a watch/moustache/eyebrows/hat logo on a model figure; scratch-built a replacement for a kit part "because mine is more accurate"; bought kits for the parts within, not to build - and more, but I can't think of them right now.
:D
Add detail to the interior of a kit which will never be seen again because "I know it's there" ;D
Why are people describing me? :unsure:
;D
Remind's me of this from 8yrs. ago.
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,33731.0.html
Quote from: JayBee on April 27, 2019, 03:24:04 AM
Remind's me of this from 8yrs. ago.
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,33731.0.html
With all due respect to your build Jaybee it doesn't have either a folding table or an AFL cap... ;D