WHIFs found at model contests

JayBee · June 13, 2014, 02:00:01 PM

Brilliant Uncle,

once I knew the scale I had guessed the Revel X-1 for the fuselage but the the rest wasa mistery to me as that is not a scale I play with.
Thanks for the info, I love it.

Jim

NARSES2 · June 14, 2014, 05:55:02 AM

Thanks for filling us in with the details

Captain Canada · July 02, 2014, 07:07:33 PM

Nice ! Always nice to see the real crowd get duped

zenrat · May 25, 2015, 04:32:16 AM

At the Ballarat NNL yesterday there wasn't too much whiffing in evidence (or loads if you consider customising cars as whiffing). In the aircraft class even the Super Corsair I thought to be a whiff turned out to be a RW racer.
However, lurking on the "other models" table was what could be a Flanders X-wing.

More pics here

Dizzyfugu · May 25, 2015, 06:09:15 AM

The "Bat-T1" looks interesting, too?

PR19_Kit · May 25, 2015, 07:22:43 AM

Some terrific stuff there Fred.

I love this big purple wagon with the suicide rear doors, which car was its basis? It looks sort of Chrysler-ish.

Dizzyfugu · May 25, 2015, 07:43:32 AM

I'd even assume that this might once have been a cabriolet of some sort?

Go4fun · May 25, 2015, 08:04:59 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 25, 2015, 07:22:43 AM
Some terrific stuff there Fred.

I love this big purple wagon with the suicide rear doors, which car was its basis? It looks sort of Chrysler-ish.

The lower body with the suicide back doors looks like a mid-60s Lincoln Continental. The rest is custom Whiifery goodness.

Captain Canada · May 25, 2015, 08:44:38 AM

Some great stuff. Love the trucks, that unimog thing and the logging truck dio is superb. The bat mobile is a neat idea too !

zenrat · May 25, 2015, 07:32:21 PM

Quote from: Go4fun on May 25, 2015, 08:04:59 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 25, 2015, 07:22:43 AM
Some terrific stuff there Fred.

I love this big purple wagon with the suicide rear doors, which car was its basis? It looks sort of Chrysler-ish.

The lower body with the suicide back doors looks like a mid-60s Lincoln Continental. The rest is custom Whiifery goodness.

AMT '65 Lincoln Continental convertible. The wagon roof is one of the period customising parts that comes with it. It's a real PitA to fit smoothly. I never could get the windscreen frame to roof join filled nicely when I built mine and so hid it with a sun visor.
I was bidding on one in the silent auction (wanted to build Drama's car from Entourage) but it went too high.

PR19_Kit · May 26, 2015, 01:36:18 PM

Thanks for that guys, I thought it had some Continental in there with those doors and that front end.

IIRC the Continental was the world's only 4 door convertible, wasn't it? I hate to THINK how much cross-bracing they had to weld underneath it to make it stiff enough to drive!

That AMT kit was one of the few I never had, the importers here seemed to have a down on it.

zenrat · May 26, 2015, 10:28:39 PM

It was repopped 5 or 6 years ago.
It's a former promo with all that entails (chassis all moulded in one, axle hole through the engine block, low under bonnet detail etc) but it can be built up into a nice model.

Mine ended up like this.

Dizzyfugu · May 27, 2015, 12:22:56 AM

That looks sweet, too. Love the Phantom grill and the simple wheels.

Old Wombat · May 27, 2015, 02:10:46 AM

Quote from: zenrat on May 26, 2015, 10:28:39 PM
Mine ended up like this.

Ni-i-ice!

PR19_Kit · May 27, 2015, 03:45:57 AM

Quote from: zenrat on May 26, 2015, 10:28:39 PM
It was repopped 5 or 6 years ago.
It's a former promo with all that entails (chassis all moulded in one, axle hole through the engine block, low under bonnet detail etc) but it can be built up into a nice model.

Darn it, I didn't know that!

I'll keep a look out for a couple, as I have a cunning plan..........

Yours looks terrific, I love the colour too.