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F2A-11 Siamese Buffalo, started again

Started by Tophe, December 06, 2008, 05:57:15 AM

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Tophe

The 2006 old topic was http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,8921.0r.html
Here I start again to finish it, I hope, in 2009...
This Twin-Buffalo will be asymmetric, with the starboard half aesthetically improved
(like the C-7114 and XP-77Z featured in my what-if collection at http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/thankingIgor.htm )
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

The Siamese twin-brothers are progressing...
Yes, this will be a T-tail-wing-tandem half-biplane. Something even our JHM may have never dreamed of :blink:
I hope I will complete it in 2009 (there is no room available in the psychiatric sanitarium, so I am still at home) ;D
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

nev

And there was me thinking this was going to be a Japanese F-2 ;)
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Brian da Basher

Absolutely delightful, Tophe! I especially like the aesthetically improved starboard side! You always 'take it to the next level' with your unique concepts!
:wub: :wub:
Brian da Basher

Captain Canada

Oh No...they just bombed Tokyo-Go Go Tophe-zilla !

Nice work ! I really like that first profile pic of the nose from the old thread...really has that 'human' look to it !

Great to see you building again, Tophe !

:wub: :cheers: :party:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

John Howling Mouse

"T-tail-wing-tandem half-biplane"
You are correct----this is beyond my imagination (until now, that is).
This is a bold modification you're making, Tophe.  My chapeau is off to you, Sir.

:cheers:
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Tophe

(And here is the result, sooner than expected, just before leaving for vacations)
From two Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo(s) was born the Siamese-twin-brothers F2A-11.
The starboard brother (or sister?) is thinned and elongated, for beauty from barrel-shape.
There is no gun, nor engine, nor propeller, nor undercarriage (this was not a viable child, poor Twin-Buffalo :blink:)
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

B777LR

Quote from: Tophe on December 12, 2008, 10:18:36 PM
(And here is the result, sooner than expected, just before leaving for vacations)
From two Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo(s) was born the Siamese-twin-brothers F2A-11.
The starboard brother (or sister?) is thinned and elongated, for beauty from barrel-shape.
There is no gun, nor engine, nor propeller, nor undercarriage (this was not a viable child, poor Twin-Buffalo :blink:)

Its a Jedi fighter. It uses the force :thumbsup:

John Howling Mouse

Cool, Tophe.  What would have been the planned role for this little airplane if it had been "viable"???
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

ChernayaAkula

Wow!  :o  :bow: Nice use of the second pair of wings! :thumbsup:
Cheers,
Moritz


Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Tophe

Thanks for the comments!
The role for me is demonstrating in a beauty contest: gorgeous & ugly twin-sisters.
For military people, it would be radar (nose & operator) beside the fighter, + biplane wing for highest maneuvrability
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Brian da Basher

Is it my imagination, or does the starboard fyuse look like an Me-262?

Outstanding work, Tophe!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian da Basher

Tophe

Quote from: Brian da Basher on December 15, 2008, 02:10:50 AM
Is it my imagination, or does the starboard fyuse look like an Me-262?
(Belated answer, coming back from holydays)
I judge the Me 262 as very beautiful, so when I try to turn an ugly-plane into a beauty, maybe I turned it a little 262... Are you psychotherapist, Brian, trying to discover some secret motivations? Funny, a mix of what-if spirit and Sigmund Freud... :rolleyes: (but according to my conscious mind, this 262 love is not sexual I swear ;D Dr. Sigmund would answer: what-if it is actually but refused by the mind?... :blink:)
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]