The SkiffWhiff GB

[puddingwrestler]

Gentlemen, Goats, Sloths, Moleskin Trousers, and Waste Paper Baskets; lend me your ears!

I have had an idea which must be shared!
The idea is this: Whiff a Skiff. That is, create a What If? model based on a Sci Fi subject.
You could ask yourself What If the Romulan/Klingon technology swap from TOS continued into the TNG era, and porduce Romulan marked Birds of Prey. You could produce an Imperial X-Wing, or ask yourself "If the Swedish AirForce flew Variafighters; what would they look like?"

So; take an existing Sci Fi kit or subject from an existing Sci Fi universe, series, film or continuity, and whiff it into something else.

What think you?

[The Rat]

One of the coolest whiffs I've seen is a Naboo fighter in, I believe USN markings. Think I saw an X-wing in USAF too, can't be certain. 'Twould be a nice GB that's for sure! 

[PanzerWulff]

I have been planning a US Navy USS Defiant for a while I just haven't gotten to it yet.But I have plenty of sci-fi kits in the stash
"Panzer"

[Daryl J.]

A steampunk Naboo fighter.    Hmmmm.......  Got a couple of em in never opened boxes in the basement.


Daryl J.

[Mossie]

There's a sci-fi GB being proposed, could this be intergrated into it?

[Weaver]

Got some bizarre Bandai spaceships - since I'm not familiar with the shows they're from, I'd have no compunction about horribly whiffing them up: that's what they're for! 

They're pretty "out-there" in style, so I'm thinking some really sober and "serious" real-world camouflage.....

[PanzerWulff]

If you post a couple pics of the boxes I may be able to tell you what animation they're from
"Panzer"

[ChernayaAkula]

I've got two Revell easykit pocket whifs planned:  A USN ARC-170 starfighter and a Russian Snowspeeder.

[Weaver]

If you post a couple pics of the boxes I may be able to tell you what animation they're from
"Panzer"

Posted pics on the "Stash" thread when I got 'em, but they're probably buried now, so here they are again:







Think the last one might be from that space-battleship-Yamoto thing...

[PanzerWulff]

Yes indeed the first 2 are the Core Fighters from Great Mazinger and Mazinger Z (In that order) while the third is Mamoru Kodai's (Derek Wildstar) Cosmo Zero from Space Cruiser Yamato (Star Blazers) I've never built the first 2 but I have the Cosmo Zero as well as the Cosmo Tiger I & II in my stash some of the details are a lil on the heavy side but they are nice builds (The Yamato kits that is) I have more than a few of the Bandai Kits in my stash and most of them are rather nice lil kits
"Panzer"

[Weaver]

Cheers Panzer! 

The first two are on the borderline between toys and kits, with very simple cockpits and spring-loaded firing missiles  The second one also loses that cool fan on the bottom in favour of push-along wheels.... Very different scales too: 1st one is about 1/72nd ish, but the second is more like 1/32nd (it's a really small craft)!

[Weaver]

More obscure Bandai coolness:



Tester Plane 03. Judging by the box artwork of other kits in the series, this is some sort of Thunderbirds rip-off, with a variety of Tester Planes operating from a half-island, half-aircraft-carrier base.

I don't suppose you could provide any more details on this one as well, could you Panzer?

[Taiidantomcat]

I have literally hundreds of ideas for this one 

[RotorheadTX]

Perfect timing, as I scored an Angel Interceptor at Scalefest today!! 

[Taiidantomcat]

This would be a perfect example from Keith Diamond:



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