Kitbashing a Vampire into Something Wild

[Tophe]

amazing...

[Cobra]

Great Job it has a 'Gerry Anderson' Flavor to it!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!!!! Dan

[Hawkeye]

Working towards the home stretch...decals, gear and other fiddly bits.

[Cobra]

Sure You Never worked for Derek Meddings??? You've Done Great So Far!!!!!!

[Hawkeye]

No but it has always been something I've always wanted to do, design and create models for movies and special effects.

I've always had fun creating aircraft What-Ifs like this Parasol Winged Mail Plane.

[philp]

Need a name for the thing.

Plus, didn't Dan Dare fly it?

[Hawkeye]

Need a name for the thing.

Plus, didn't Dan Dare fly it?

He might of while he was flying the mail in South America over the Andes. For a little fun he flew this.

[Brian da Basher]

My but those are some lovely spats!!!

Brian da Basher

[G.Marcat]

A true super good concept, and well executed.
SUPER!

[Weaver]

The Vampire's looking great Hawkeye: the cammo's a sort of "RAF-jungle" that's both convincing and different. 

As the Tony Williams articles I posted show, the "best aircraft gun" debate is never-ending, and has a transatlantic flavour. Americans tend to favour lots of .50 cals because they did a good job for them in practice, but on the other hand, the USAAF never had the unenviable task of trying to claw down fleets of tough four-engined bombers over it's homeland....

[Hawkeye]

Just put up the first chapter of the back story for this project.

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/01/11/rocket-interceptor-the-story/

Trying to think of a name to give it...here are my first thoughts

Manta Ray

Jouster

Lancer

[pyro-manic]

The Vampire's looking great Hawkeye: the cammo's a sort of "RAF-jungle" that's both convincing and different.  

As the Tony Williams articles I posted show, the "best aircraft gun" debate is never-ending, and has a transatlantic flavour. Americans tend to favour lots of .50 cals because they did a good job for them in practice, but on the other hand, the USAAF never had the unenviable task of trying to claw down fleets of tough four-engined bombers over it's homeland....

It's also worth noting that the US did produce a large number of Hispano 20mm cannons with the intention of fitting them to fighters, but they didn't work properly. So they had little choice in the matter.

I love this build, Hawkeye! Very interesting machine, and that camouflage is beautiful.

[Hawkeye]

Hope you guys are following the continuing story...here are links to each chapter of the story.

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/my-short-stories/testing-the-rocket-interceptor/

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/my-short-stories/testing-the-rocket-interceptor/testing-the-rocket-interceptor-pt-ii/

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/my-short-stories/testing-the-rocket-interceptor/testing-the-rocket-interceptor-pt-iii/

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/my-short-stories/testing-the-rocket-interceptor/testing-the-rocket-interceptor-pt-iv/

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/my-short-stories/testing-the-rocket-interceptor/testing-the-rocket-interceptor-part-v/

[Mossie]

Just put up the first chapter of the back story for this project.

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/2010/01/11/rocket-interceptor-the-story/

Trying to think of a name to give it...here are my first thoughts

Manta Ray

Jouster

Lancer

Hammerhead?

Lovely work, it's crazy!

[sequoiaranger]

I'd go with that name. A DeHavilland Hammerhead, or just DeHammerhead.

*LOVE* the little Andes hopper, too.

Some fine work there, Hawkeye!