WW-I Aircraft for Whiffery.

[Daryl J.]

Sopwith Monocamel:   Fuselage extension just aft the cockpit, wings extended a bit, converted to low winged monoplane.   Metal on wing extensions and fuselage extension, the rest as-moulded by Eduard.


Phonix D.II monoplane:  Lower wing extended but has overall shape of upper wing.



Daryl J., ever thinking aloud ....or is that with his fingertips.

[Taiidantomcat]

Saw a big beautiful red dragon fly in my yard today, thought about this thread. What if you keep the standard WWI biplane, but set the wings  behind and just a little under the other? long slim fuselage with some tailfins...Its hard to make a Biplane look fast but this might actually work...

[Daryl J.]

Support vehicles might be along this line:




These are a bit out of time-line, but fascinating enough to consider.


And for the dragonfly-like idea, how's this for a base machine ready for a stretch and wing addition?






or--->The Fokker Spider (Spin)









Daryl J.

[jcf]

Support vehicles might be along this line:




These are a bit out of time-line, but fascinating enough to consider.

Daryl J.

A Voisinesque armoured car would be fun to design.   

Jon

[Taiidantomcat]

That aircraft is perfect, the tail is exactly what i was thinking.

[Daryl J.]

A Voisinesque armoured car would be fun to design.

No kidding!   


Daryl J.

[ysi_maniac]

Those last 2 cars are so beautiful ...! 

[Daryl J.]

Since Eduard just announced a new tool 1/48 Eindekker, that thing has to go on floats as well as a full ''Quadratyre'' conversion as well. (See Bristol Fighter ideas)



Daryl J.

[Daryl J.]

Antoinette:    Extended fuselage with a straight-11 cyl engine with a mechanical supercharger, radiator on one side of fuselage, intercooler on the other.   Wings possibly slightly swept.   Wing warp only.   



Daryl J., not too long from signing off..........

[Daryl J.]

Eduard Sopwith Camel 1/48 (yes another one  ):    Wings extended by two bays on each tip, then square off the tips.   Deployed leading edge slats on both levels of wings, sand tires.  Large sand filters on air intake.   Metal skin on leading edge extending on the wing's topsides about 1/2 to 2/3 the way back.  Metal sheeted flying surfaces.   Skids on landing gear frame to augment tires' floatation.   One machine gun only.     

Blend two Sopwith Camels into a two seat, enlarged aircraft not unlike the 1 1/2 Strutter but with guns held out from fuselage sides on struts and is on floats.   Additional machine gun carrying capability instead of  bombs or torpedos.   Guns suspended in ''Old School'' trapezes or pods beneath wings.


Sopwith Scooter, Sopwith Swallow variants, suitably modified.


Daryl J.

[Daryl J.]

Kit specific idea:   
Roden 1/32 Fokker F.1

Laminate in weathered real birch bark peelings (.005 or thinner) into the ''wood triangle''
Red leather seat bottom, Orthodontic wire seatback frame with woven wire seat backing if possible
Glass cockpit/MFD and requisite external antenna(e).
Patchwork thin leather cockpit interior walls with leather lacing, natural finish and light stained leathers.
High shine carbon fiber decals on all interplane and undercarriage struts in natural finish
Overall Tamiya Buff but vertical striping in a blackened burnt umber/burnt sienna oil paint mix in a rather Fokker-like patteren.   Heavy at front of machine but lightening in intensity as it goes towards the aft.   Same with triple wing....most heavy striping (fore-aft rather than 45 degree slant) on upper wing, less on middle, least on bottom wing.  White tailplane, dusty, smudged.
Ratted out linen on aft fuselage.
Impeccable wheels/tires but rusty thin fenders above tires.
One gun only.
Brass landing lights off what could have been an old Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, slung under lower wing or possible midway under midwing.
Spotless engine, weathered exhausts.
Possible wing extensions on all 3 levels, possible leading edge slats on all levels as well.
High polish metal tail skid.
Period specific pilot with some technology upgrades such as a Blackberry, laptop, or even a tube radio device located between the main gear struts.


As above except converted to mid-wing monoplane with a widened chord, extended midwing into proper proportion machine.  On floats with a whiskey keg underslung on midline.



Daryl J., trying to be creative during a boring, sloggy day

[dy031101]

Despite my unimaginativeness I've always fancied an evolution of Airco DH.2...... fixed or retractable cantilever landing gears, new wings that do away with (most if not all) bracing wires, new engine, enclosed cockpit with some armour protection (it's a pusher biplane after all- the engine is taking bullets for the pilot at the back instead at the front), four .303 cal. machineguns or (probably as a field modification) two 20mm cannons, and hardpoints under wings and under fuselage so that it can be used as a dive bomber and close air support aircraft.

I do love the pusher-prop planes.

[Daryl J.]

Eduard Fokker D.VII in 1/48 converted to parasol a la E.V and brought up to contemporary technology and in full civilian high gloss show condition with a VW Bug acting as a tow vehicle in colors to match....perhaps both in a Black/White scheme.

Eduard Fokker Dr.1 in 1/48:   narrow ''corrugations'' vertically aligned on cowling underneath lip, corrugations continue on metal sheet covering midwing fuselage section and metal part of underbelly, possibly include horizontal tailplane.    Machine also in a gloss black/white scheme.   Some high buff natural metal finish too.



Daryl J.

[Daryl J.]

Roden 1/32 Fokker F.1:

Increase the ogival curve of the rear tailplane to better appear Albatros D.V-like.   Vertical tail in perforated aluminum.   Rear fuselage side panels in metal sheet with lightening holes...internal structure visible through some of the holes and heavily weathered bare metal...not aluminum so it's quite stained...see Weavers wierd brass in tips'n'techniques section.   Dorsal rear fuselage in high gloss carbon fiber with large metal rivets down the centerline from cockpit to rudder.   Underfuselage in carbon fiber as well but with a metal strip down the midline approx 3/8 inch wide with lightening holes in it too.   Fuselage immediately aft the engine on ventral also lightened with some holes.

Wings undersurfaces replaced in part by metal mesh, overall aluminum sheet.    Cockpit:  Fokker wood wedge done in real, highly weathered wood veneer.   Tubing in creamsicle orange or chartreuse, possibly flat black.    Seat in oxided cherry and gloss black.   One glass cockpit display; others vintage grade.   

Landing gear:  Gloss black, tires in white rubber, wheels in gloss black or red.    Interplane struts in carbon fiber.

Engine converted to a radial from a rotary; prop similar perhaps the leading edge laminated in metal.

Cowling somehow mixed with the logo on a cap form the Punisher.


Daryl J., again thinking aloud.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

I had an idea that I shared with Brian Da Basher last week about using a biplane as the basis for a WWI era ZELL (Zero Length Launcher) concept.  The aircraft (of your choice) could be mounted on a short monorail launcher, something just long enough to hold the aircraft with the rockets in place.  This launcher could then be ground mounted or maybe placed on a rail flat car.  Maybe a large truck or early armored vehicle like the British Male tank to create a self-propelled transporter-erector-launcher vehicle for the ZELL aircraft.  So there you have it, crazy or not, it had to be shared. 

Christopher Brown has submitted an article on Hyperscale showing how to build a Lego Biplane Jig which may be of some use to anyone that is building biplanes and needs to achieve some closer tolerances than the usual steady hand and keen eye.