Not Just Things with Wings: Other forms of Wiffing....A Challenge

[Weaver]

Why not create your own fighting weapon using vehicles (ie lorries, vans, etc.,) and aa guns.

Technicaaaaaaaaaaals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:1 scale whiffing........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_%28fighting_vehicle%29

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bellum.nu/armoury/technical-afghanistan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bellum.nu/armoury/technical.html&h=200&w=319&sz=17&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=NnLGDZLnSB4rhM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtechnicals%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://membres.lycos.fr/France40/photos/2techs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://membres.lycos.fr/France40/techphot.html&h=590&w=892&sz=134&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=b-IPGgpe0mq5zM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=146&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtechnicals%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Martin H]

following on from the annual What-if SIG get together (this year at Midlands Air Museum in Coventry), my brain has been musing over an issue. This was an issue raised by Our Glorious Leader Martin H (Herro....), that the vast majority of wiffs were of planes or helicopters, and his desire to broaden the spectrum of covered areas.



Duncan

Bloody Hell!!!!

some one realy was paying attention to me for once.   

Nice one Duncan 

Oh Mike.  Those Buses are classics.  Do u do commissions?

[Daryl J.]

Now what could one do with a Bentley Continental GT?




Daryl J.

[Weaver]

Okay, you've seen the Pimp-My-Ride custom cars and vans, right? And you've seen Technicals, so how about:

Pimp-My-Technical GB

Flame paint job, tinted windows, wide tires, heavy automatic weapons, "MAX firepower" sticker on the tailgate - what's not to love? 

[illithid00]

What about whifs of video game vehicles?

[Mossie]

Now what could one do with a Bentley Continental GT?




Daryl J.

Steam Punk.  Stretch the nose, have some big steam funnels coming up over the top of the door & flaring at the rear.  Add a few retro details, maybe some decorative details, but not over the top like the car in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman.

I've thought of a couple of What If's completley unrelated to modeling recentley.  I heard someone bitching on the TV about ageing pop stars some time ago & it got me thinking, what if Elvis hadn't died so young???  Or at least maybe not faked his death & gone into hiding...  Anyway, would he still be revered with God like status, or would people be saying, "would Elvis give it a rest, he's seventy odd for God's sake"!!! 

[Hobbes]

Now what could one do with a Bentley Continental GT?

Daryl J.

Retro it so it's more in line with e.g. the Arnage and earlier (Mulsanne Turbo):
- change the front so it's upright
- higher roofline, windscreen a bit more upright
- change the boot to look more like e.g. the Continental S2

[Mike Wren]

Oh Mike.  Those Buses are classics.  Do u do commissions?

not at the moment, if you have a look at my website, you'll see why I've not been doing much modelling...

[Geoff]

Twillight 2000 and 2300AD were also good for Wif ideas; but 2300 had a lot of statistics and few pics of equipment

[Sentinel Chicken]

I like this Whif: http://www.vwgarden.co.uk/annas50resto.html

A full scale working VW bug in Swedish splinter camouflage.......dig it.

[Mossie]

Just remembered this one, Thrust DC-3, had wings, now it hasn't.



More pics at http://www.vintagerpm.com/recent_models.htm

[Radish]

Hey that's a BRILLIANT BEETLE!!!!
cor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hobbes]

Now what could one do with a Bentley Continental GT?

Daryl J.

Retro it so it's more in line with e.g. the Arnage and earlier (Mulsanne Turbo):
- change the front so it's upright
- higher roofline, windscreen a bit more upright
- change the boot to look more like e.g. the Continental S2

And another option: build a 'shooting break' version (i.e. a stationwagon based on a coupé body), like this Lynx Eventer based on a Jaguar XJS:

[Hobbes]

Hm, my last post jogged a memory. I once considered building a model of the Eventer, but forgot about it until now.



Hasegawa do a 1:24 Jaguar XJS, I built one a few years ago:


It should be doable to kitbash that into an Eventer...

[BlackOps]

Hmmmm, things without wings, I've built a few, and a few are still in progress 

















I'm sure there's more