Real Close Air Support

[Sangamon]

Hi there,

well someone (thanks Greg) told me that I should post the pictures of one of my older projects right here, cause this seems to exactly the right place for such a weird idea. So take a look at this model which I have made several years ago, just for fun :dum:
If you want to see more, feel free to take a look at my website: www.usns.biz

Fictional Very Close Air Support Aircraft A-?

Proposed Replacement for A-10 Thunderbolt II

PRAYING MANTISE

When the A-10 was the meanest thing around, I started to think about a replacement in form of an even meaner machine. Due to my (sick ?) fanatsy this machine should be something which one could call a flying tank. To really fulfill it's role of close air support (and I thought of really close) it had to be a VTOL aircraft. And off course it should be able not only to withstand almost any kind of hit's but most of all it should have been armed with almost everything you could think of.: machine guns/cannons (for the trigger happy gunner)), anti-tank missiles, (against the bad guys in their earth bound vehicles) anti aircraft missiles (for those aircrafts who dared to come down that low) unguided rockets (just for the hell of it) and some kind of big gun for everything else not worse a missile. To make the whole monster even more frightening I added 2 sets of this weapons on swiveling arms which could turn and rotate in almost any direction, even backwards to check six or should I say to ruin everyones day who tried it from this direction? Sure the problem would be that these two arms could not hold a whole lot of ammunition so both arms could rotate and swing backwards to the wings and "dock" into a special designed box where they would be automatically rearmed. Do I now qualify for being totally nuts? The whole thing is made of balsa wood and LOTS of putty, some of the weapons came from Roco minitanks.  



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/hie.../Mantise-05.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/hie.../Mantise-01.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/hie.../Mantise-06.jpg



Have fun with those pictures and let me know if you like it or not

keep on modeling
René
www.usns.biz

[The Rat]

Rene, you'll find that we love a guy who knows how to make an introduction.

BEAUTIFUL!    

[Eddie M.]

Holy Smokes!  That is really out there and I love it!  Glad to have you aboard!!  :salute:
  Eddie  

[cthulhu77]

Whacky, creative, and absolutely beautiful !!!!  Welcome to the nut farm !

[LemonJello]

OK, I'm digging it.   Welcome aboard!

[Rafael]

Hey, René, you're nuts!!!!

That qualifies you to be a 100% certified whiffer, and I am happy you joined the ranks of (fill the blanks) minds that lurk in this place.

I love your mantisse, that's my kind of build, if you ask. Whacky, immensely imaginative, and fun to watch.

Welcome,

Rafa

[Arc3371]

Looks awesome!
 

[GTX]

Rene,

Welcome aboard - I'm glad you heeded my advise.

Regards,

Greg

[Brian da Basher]

Praying Mantis is an apt name for this bird! Well done and welcome to the asylum!

Brian da Basher

[Mossie]

Thats a BEAST!  Not many modellers use balsa as they once did, you've got a damn good result out of it.  As others have said, welcome to the nut house, think you'll fit in well here!

[lancer]

Thats one hell of an introduction Rene. Awsome looking beast you've got there. Welcome to the mad house, pull up a chair and join in the lunacy..

[McGreig]

Luft 46 meets Warhammer 40K    Great model     , welcome aboard    

[Svaz]

egad! I hope that thing is on my side!

Well done!

[B777LR]

Coool!  
However the correct forum for posting models in, would be the "Show us your current project or pic of your workbench" forum

[Sangamon]

Hey guys

thanks a lot for your kind words and please be patient with me . I'm totally new to this forum and I did not know where to post these pictures. Next time I will use the mentioned forum and I hope to do this soon, cause I still have quite a few such models here at home. And I think you should see them too.

Once again, thanks folks for your kind words   and I'll be back!

keep on modeling

René
www.usns.biz