PW's Pulp Magazine Marvel!

Brian da Basher · August 01, 2008, 02:06:40 AM

You've reached extreme cool with this baby, PW! I'm glad you're back posting pics again and I'm already looking forward to your next update!

Brian da Basher

puddingwrestler · August 01, 2008, 03:19:12 AM

I warn you, the next post will involve spats!

Now that BTB is drooling, allow me to mention the fact that I have posted the stories on my website - in the all new Dashing Aero Tales section.

pyro-manic · August 01, 2008, 04:01:37 AM

Oooh, baby. That looks cool.

puddingwrestler · August 02, 2008, 03:30:33 PM

Look sir! Spats!

Okay, so they are only poncey quasi-hemi-demi-semi spats, but spats none the less! Let us all rejoice!

Okay, on to more serious things (still not very serious)
Stuck the wings on...

Made some rotor shafts...

Made a rotor...

Made it some mates...

Because the rotors are all so close together they needed to be made to an inter-meshing design and on diffrente levels to allow them to be long enough to do anything at all. Of course they would hardly do much as is, but this is a pulp magazine! They at least LOOK like they might do something!
Anyone ever see the illustrations from Verne's 'Master of the World' - basically 20,000 leagues with air ships? The airship uses rotors to stay aloft. About a thousand of them. The illustrations are all rotor with a bit of airship just peeping through the middle...

Brian da Basher · August 02, 2008, 04:09:59 PM

I'm certainly rejoycing over your amazing creativity, PW! This is one amazing concept andyou're a master at putting all the diverse elements together!

I plan on getting one of these kits one day so your project is a double treat for me.

Brian da Basher

puddingwrestler · August 02, 2008, 10:52:42 PM

I assume you realize that the model represents the partially spatted version but there was a full-spat version? No real progress today -need to get holdof some small spheres for ball turrets. Been working on this in the meantime...

AeroplaneDriver · August 02, 2008, 10:58:05 PM

Looking very cool!

Strange that you mention "Master of the World". I've never read it, but just found out today that it is set very close to our home in NC, in a town where I used to work. Strangely, I never saw any reference to it when I worked there, probably because the locals are largely illiterate.

puddingwrestler · August 03, 2008, 04:49:25 AM

Well, it's a sort of obscure(ish) book, and what do you expect, an inscription like 'Some French nerk wrote a book in which a giant airship dropped infernal devices upon this point'?

Havn't read it either - never found a copy. I've read a few things about it, and seen some illustrations, but never read the real thing.

Rafael · August 03, 2008, 05:35:47 AM

Now this is a very fun build, PW!!!

I really have to stare and stare at your small fighters. And this VTOL monster begs to be painted comic-like, if there is such a way to paint a 3D object!!

Fantastic!!!

Rafa

sotoolslinger · August 03, 2008, 07:42:02 AM

Wow , when one gets cocky and thinks how cool their own stuff is you have the ability to bring us back to earth. That is so good its humbling.

Effin brilliant

puddingwrestler · August 04, 2008, 02:38:47 PM

Bought some itty bitty teeny tiny beads to make ball turrets which I would be installing even now (7:30am) before heading to work as is my custom but my parent's are visiting and are currently sleeping in my modeling room (darn!)
Since these were about the last bits I was waiting for things should get moving soon!

Joe C-P · August 04, 2008, 06:52:32 PM

Ooo...

jcf · August 05, 2008, 01:52:18 PM

Quote from: puddingwrestler on August 02, 2008, 10:52:42 PM
I assume you realize that the model represents the partially spatted version but there was a full-spat version? No real progress today -need to get holdof some small spheres for ball turrets. Been working on this in the meantime...

The full spats were only flown once on the first G.38 (D-2000/D-AZUR), the Revell kit represents the second(and final) aircraft (D-2500,D-APIS) in its final configuration with Jumo 204 Diesel engines.

Jon

puddingwrestler · January 23, 2009, 01:56:00 AM

Building my first entry for the Seaplanes GB (there will be more! Mwahahahahaha!) reminded me about this bird, which I have sort of... forgotten. Well, I'm pleased to announce that it's very nearly finished and I'm putting it back on the bench. It may take me a while to figure out where the parasite fighters have gone (and the clear parts for that matter), but all the parts of the main plane are easily found.

noxioux · January 23, 2009, 05:27:50 PM

Awesome!