WHIFs found at model contests

[Maverick]

I think the baby Panzer has a Sdkfz 234/2 Puma turret mated with a Lynx body.

Regards,

Mav

[Sauragnmon]

Jagdtiger Race Tank - What happens when NASCAR fans build tank models.  lol

Definately some interesting monsters there in those Lafayette models.

[NARSES2]

I think the baby Panzer has a Sdkfz 234/2 Puma turret mated with a Lynx body.

Regards,

Mav

It could be Mav, with the muzzle brake removed from the gun. Looking at the commander figure though there may have been some "scaloramering" going on as well ?

[comrade harps]

Here's some whifs seen at Melbourne's Mocdel Expo 2009:

A naval Ta-152 photo recce


USMC A-10N with everything


And the XR-38U, a pilotless photo recce bird



There was also an Aussie F-16 next to a raspberry ripple TSR-2 and the swing wing F-22N seen here previously. The A-10N was there last year too!

[Jeffry Fontaine]

That Marine A-10 looks outstanding all folded up like that with the Gannet style wing fold.  The flip up tail empennage was an excellent idea.

[AeroplaneDriver]

Love that USMC A-10!  Though I think a modern US naval aircraft without a M-B seat is blasphemous!  That thing needs a NACES seat!! 
And doesn't the Harpoon need a radar-equipped launch platform?  (Not meaning to go all JMN, just asking!).   

[B777LR]

And doesn't the Harpoon need a radar-equipped launch platform?  (Not meaning to go all JMN, just asking!).   

It has a datalink with a radarequipped fighter

[Sisko]

More pics from Melbourne Expo

[philp]

Hey, what do you know, I found a thread to post this in.

Couple pics found on Starship Modeler of the IPMS Vancouver show.


Love the Pogo's and the Swedish Albartross.

[seadude]

Snapped a pic of this at a model contest a few days ago.

[philp]

The Rochester, MN show is called the Hope it Doesn't Snow Show.  Here are a few I found for this years event.

[The Rat]

How many collectors are cringing at this?

I'm not cringing at all, but I have turned slightly green with envy! 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

At least one WHIF was on the table at the Historia Model Show held at Sion, Switzerland:


(image source: Pierre-Andre Boillat/Modeling Madness

[jcf]

Wooahh, who built the Firebird III? Beautiful model.

Believe it or not that is an actual vehicle:




http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z4658/default.aspx

[puddingwrestler]

Indeed it is, and for my money not the most insane of the Firebird concept car series. I think the Mk.II with the huge silly pods hanging off the back is crazier. Maybe not as arresting, but the silly is in the details.

And the red thing in the background up there is the GM touring road show bus; they had a convoy of those which toured the motorshows all over the US starting in the 30s. I'm not sure if anyone has ever built a model of it; but I'd like to see one.