Rafael's first post (Gulp!!!)

[Rafael]

Hey Nev, Can you and Leigh give me some guidance, please?.
You see i Want to whif that Gannet you were talking about, say, a multirole embarked aircraft for, um, a third or second world Navy. Roles to fulfill on one same aircraft (with moular/interchangeable equipment):

SAR/Rescue
Maritime Patrol
AWACS (yeah, AWACS)
ASW/ASUW

Thanks.
Rafa

Hey Nev, Can you and Leigh give me some guidance, please?.

Well, not only Nev and Leigh, anyone with any ideas, please?

[John Howling Mouse]

Have you considered a Gannet floatplane?  (I'm planning on one in plastic)

Are there floatplane card models you can download?

[Brian da Basher]

Wow Rafa that's some absolutely fantastic work you've got there! I really love those card models. I don't think that's something I'd care to tackle, but I have a lot of respect for the skill involved and I enjoy seeing the results of others.

Just wait until Leigh sees that Gannet of yours. He'll be drooling. You see, Leigh loves Gannets like Mr Howling Mouse loves T-Tails and like I love spats!

Mmmm spats!

Brian da Basher

[BlackOps]

Rafael, welcome    Looks like you have plenty of kits to work with and your cardstock models a pretty dang cool too!

[Runway ? ...]

JHM how about a twin Gannet with a Grumman "Duck" style hull    

[Sisko]

Welcome aboard.
I am very interested in that dropship.

I'm a Sci-Fi modeller as well.

Did I spot in the abandoned corner a macross valkyrie in battleoid mode?

Or are these eyes deceiving me?

[Rafael]

Cool mr. howling mouse, i will consider (no, delete that), yeah, let's do a float plane!!! and yes there are floatplanes in cardstock, just browse the net, ithink i should have one stored somewhere

Mr Basher, i don't know what spats is but let me make an educated guess... is it a wing or fuselahe housing for wheels?

Yo!! Runway!!! thats a pretty damn cool idea, a zwilling, but i dont have another Gannet, what if i use some other fuselage (droool)

Thanks a lot blackops!!!

Hey sisko, i have 2 dropships the chickenhawk from www.toposolitario.com and the UD-4L from aliens made by Jan Rükr in http://aliens.humlak.cz/

and these are my battloids

[Rafael]

Hey hobbes, do you like may Arianne??
What do you think of this???

[Hobbes]

haha, what is that? Some sort of spaceplane on top?  

[nev]

Hey Nev, Can you and Leigh give me some guidance, please?.

Rafael, hang aroung long enough and you'll see that there are several popular themes that will win you muchos praise from certain members  

Gannets
Canadian
Michigan ANG
Spats
T-Tails
Zwillings


So, your winning Gannet would be a zwilling t-tailed Gannet with spats, belonging to the RCAF and zapped by the Michigan ANG

[Rafael]

That's a cardstock X-33 spaceplane on top Arianita, hey, you'll find several cardstock ariannes in the net, browse around www.3dpapermodel.com.tw if you're interested

again, will somebody take me out of my spanish tongue missery and tell me what the hell is a Spat, so i can model it?.......an educated guess... is it a wing or fuselage housing for wheels?

[Rafael]

This morning quickie: a failed attempt at a AH56 cheyenne gunship, just slappin together 2 profile views on thick cardboard. But a Light bulb went on and i put an x-wing rotor on (obviously a crude sample)

[Rafael]

Another view

[B777LR]

Nice collection, interesting materials! Cant wait to see some plastic kits! And perhaps use cardboard models to see what a fictional paint scheme could look like before attemting on plastic?

[John Howling Mouse]

tell me what the hell is a Spat, so i can model it?.......an educated guess... is it a wing or fuselage housing for wheels?

i. spat
Verb, Past tense of spit

ii. spat
Noun, Partial footwear covering

iii. spat
Noun, Partial wheel housing for aircraft landing gear

iv. spat
(Medical), Object of obsessive compulsion, not to be confused with the
far more healthy (and completely normal) interest in T-Tails