At Long Last, A Completed Tiltrotor Gunship

[PanzerWulff]

Looks FREAKIN AWESOME!!!I'm not sure which I like more this bugger or the USMC A-10       Good to see this one finished LJ

[AeroplaneDriver]

To be honest I initially though you had grafted the OV-10 canopy onto the V-22.  Just goes to show what a job you did on joining the fuselages.  Very impressive plastic-working LH.

[Rafael]

Lemonjello, your build watered my eyes!!!
This is whiffery at its max!!!!
I love it!!!    
Rafa

[Jeffry Fontaine]

LJ,

I thought for a while that you had given up on this project after your lest installment.  Good to see that it is now done.  What ever happened to your V-22 gunship project that you originally posted over on the site that shall not be named?  That was a project that was showing some promise as well, especially with the secret for the non-skid surface using that terra-cotta paint.  

[Brian da Basher]

Great stuff, LemonJello! I really like the fractal camo on the uppers and how the underside color reaches up the sides like schemes you see on som FAA birds. Your kitbashing skills are absolutely first rate!

Brian da Basher

[anthonyp]

Actually, now that I've had time to absorb this, it's got me thinking (besides this thing is really cool!).  

Anyone make a 1/144 (or 1/100, maybe?  I don't do Grandpa scale, I still got good eyes  B)  ) V-22?  Because, ya see, I've got this 1/72 OV-10D that doesn't want to get built, and...

Thanks for the belly shot!  I like it when models roll over so we can scratch their bellies...  (Who's a good model?  YOU are!  Yes you are!)

[LemonJello]

LJ,

I thought for a while that you had given up on this project after your lest installment.  Good to see that it is now done.  What ever happened to your V-22 gunship project that you originally posted over on the site that shall not be named?  That was a project that was showing some promise as well, especially with the secret for the non-skid surface using that terra-cotta paint.

Give up? No, just had too much going on elsewhere, so the models were put on the far back burner for a while.  The AV-22 is up next, but first I'll be packing up the family and all we own to move in the next couple of months.  My goal, once I've got the house set up and the family settled, will be to attack the interior and weapons for the Osprey gunship and get that one posted for you all to enjoy.  

Maybe I'll have some progress photos of that one before the summer gets here?  One can always hope...

[Archibald]

Very well done! The aircraft looks very menacing (on the front view).
I like, too, the fractal camo.  

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great concept and fantastic looking model - an enemy would take one look at a real one and surrender! Well done  

[NARSES2]

That is a nice piece of work

[Captain Canada]

Wow !

Nice to see that you actually got 'er finished ! Beauty !

Love the paint, awesome work. And the bug eyes, definately looks like the menacing wasp. I love it ! All the lumps and bumps on the nose, along with the AAR probe just do it for me......Mmmmm



Great work, LJ !

Now let's see a few pics of her beside the USMC A-10 !

 

[LemonJello]

I'll try to get some of the two digi MARPAT birds together and get them posted in the next couple of days.

[comrade harps]

Flabberghasted.

Love the digital camo (working with something along those like now on a Puma, so it's great to see something that's, well, better than my effort so far) and the Mohawk/Osprey combo, plus the multisensor nose.

Well done!

comrade harps
I'm jealous, that's all!

[wolfik]

fantastic!!!!! really awesome!!!  

[LemonJello]

As requested, here are my digital MARPAT birds, side by side.  Enjoy!









Now, THAT"S my idea of USMC close air support!