WHIFs from ARC

[Captain Canada]

Oh is that ever nice ! Love the F-20 and she sure looks good in those colours. Lovely little dio as well, super realistic !

[Old Wombat]

Great build!



PS: OK, I'm a bit behind on weapons & targetting systems but I like the look of what's on offer (or will be), so can you tell me what they are, Steven?

[Dizzyfugu]

That's bright! 

[zenrat]

Cool.  Panel lines are too dark IMO but that make it look like it comes from an anime which I like.

[pirx]

http://www.arcair.com/Gal14/13901-14000/gal13962-DM-1-Bruckelt/00.shtm

[Madoc]

That DM-1 and Ventura is perfect!  Homemade decals to boot!  Nicely done all around!  Very well captures the spirit of what flight testing was like back then and the NACA livery is spot on!

[TheChronicOne]

Looking around at stuff for my T 37 and A 37 kits when I found this by Alvis3.1:

The ET-37 "Leet Tweet"   or   "37-37 '|337 7w337' "

EDIT: I forgot to post the damn link: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7093-Tweet-Petrie/00.shtm



"In the late 1990s, the USAF recognised the need for a new electronics warfare aircraft. The F-111 had been withdrawn from service, and using Navy EA-6s made them see red, so they turned to the ultimate solution to all problems Air Force related: the Tweet!

Adding a radome atop the plane allowed the carriage of a huge transmission antenna, and the plane was crammed with the latest in high powered jammers and elint gear.  The most qualified gamers were recruited to operate the highly complex onboard systems, and eventually, due to their annoying nattering, the pilots were replaced with Microsoft Flight qualified gamers as well.  Soon, they were kicking butt at Red Flag, jamming F-22 systems and even taking over the aircraft.  They even managed to defeat famed Russian hackers employed by the Russian airforce, and no Sukhoi was safe from their mocking laughter!

Seen here is the personal mount of the famed crew "Pwner" and "Haxxor".  They are the top scoring crew of the Leet Tweet, having amassed 15 F-22s and 21 Sukhois during a one day run in Europe.

Alas, it all ended when they couldn't shut up about being leet haxxors, and got beat up one night at a Nellis bar by very large, and very drunken REAL pilots!"













"The kit used is the venerable Monogram 1/48 scale A-37, with a radome from a 1/72 Fujimi Hawkeye.  The "generator pods" were actually the ordinance that came with the tweet, with turbine spinners added to the front of them to give the effect of generators.  I had actually bought at EF-18G growler to get the pods needed, but the Tweet lacks the ground clearance, so I had to use the kits' bombs and such.  The onboard computer is scratch built.

The decals were run off on my inkjet printer, including Trogdor! the Burninator.  Gotta LOVE that Trogdor, nobody burns da noobs like him!"



"Finally, the ultimate Tweet!  And thus, there shalt be no more arguments as to who is the best, be it Eagle or Raptor or MiG or Sukhoi, as it is the Mighty Tweet!

This model is the result of one of those pointless fanboy fights about which plane is best, and those on ARC who try to calm things down with a sense of humour.  Somebody asked when a pic of a Tweet with a pancake on it's head would be posted, and somebody posted this.  I was sure I could do one better, however, and now you have it: A Tweet with a pancake on it's head!

Alvis 3.1"



Ain't it neat?!!?

[Captain Canada]

Love that Ventura ! Great idea, and why not ? Not enough early space program whiffery me thinks.

The Tweet is pretty wild as well. Funny how these things pop up when you've thought you'd seem 'em all 

[Old Wombat]

That's Alvis Pi(-ish) for you!

[Alvis 3.14159]

Heh! I had fun doing the Ultimate Tweet. The original article had the entire write-up done in "gameresque-leet language*" with the "English" translation below it. and several people were annoyed they couldn't understand the story. I guess they gave up after a couple sentences!

Thanks for posting it!

Alvis Pi


*Leet Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

[TheChronicOne]

Heh! I had fun doing the Ultimate Tweet. The original article had the entire write-up done in "gameresque-leet language*" with the "English" translation below it. and several people were annoyed they couldn't understand the story. I guess they gave up after a couple sentences!

Thanks for posting it!

Alvis Pi


*Leet Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

The man himself!

I wrestled with myself over bringing the leet speek over with the rest that I snagged and decided for my own sanity that I didn't want to have to explain it.  LOL! 

I omitted that portion of my grabs and I should have at least mentioned it being there and for that I apologize as it was a magnificent write up. Now, I also see that I forgot to put the actual link to the source... I almost never forget that, but, this time I did.   

I really like this and your craftsmanship is KILLER, dude. The Tweet is a favorite of mine and when I found your plane I was impressed all to hell and back.

For posterity, the link to the entire shooting match:
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7001-7100/gal7093-Tweet-Petrie/00.shtm

[Alvis 3.14159]

Oh no problem leaving out the LeetSpeak, it's like, Uber confusing, yannow?


Alvis Pi

[PR19_Kit]

Heh! I had fun doing the Ultimate Tweet. The original article had the entire write-up done in "gameresque-leet language*" with the "English" translation below it. and several people were annoyed they couldn't understand the story. I guess they gave up after a couple sentences!

Thanks for posting it!

Alvis Pi


*Leet Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

And the world actually needs ANOTHER language? I thought we had enough problems with the multiplicity of them we already had. 

[TheChronicOne]

Oh no problem leaving out the LeetSpeak, it's like, Uber confusing, yannow?


Alvis Pi

TOTES.      hahah!   

[TheChronicOne]

Was looking around for some stuff to talk about as I admired DogfighterZen's F-16 variants when I stumbled across this by Philippe Cléro (did a search here for both "F-16 SFW" and "Philippe Cléro" and saw nothing, so I hope it's new to us here.. ) :








More here:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal14/13701-13800/gal13778-F-16-Clero/00.shtm