Whiffs found surfing

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Scotaidh

Quote from: NARSES2 on January 08, 2021, 05:58:33 AM
I can see something similar on a Saladin chassis.

I just realized that you could say that about almost anything.  :)
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Rheged

Quote from: Scotaidh on January 14, 2021, 12:39:18 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 08, 2021, 05:58:33 AM
I can see something similar on a Saladin chassis.

I just realized that you could say that about almost anything.  :)

The Alvis six wheel running gear has a great many Whiffable  possibilities   in addition to:-
Saladin.....armoured car
Saracen....APC
Salamander....Fire tender
Stalwart....Load carrier

we could also have:-
Samaritan......rough country/flood rescue vehicle
Stentor....huge mobile PA system for festivals/riot control
Samovar......high mobility NAAFI vehicle
Swift........a sort of GTI version for the Paris-Dakar rally
Samson....a heavy duty aircraft tug

Any more silly ideas, anyone?
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Pellson

Quote from: Rheged on January 14, 2021, 02:51:34 AM

The Alvis six wheel running gear has a great many Whiffable  possibilities   in addition to:-
Saladin.....armoured car
Saracen....APC
Salamander....Fire tender
Stalwart....Load carrier

we could also have:-
Samaritan......rough country/flood rescue vehicle
Stentor....huge mobile PA system for festivals/riot control
Samovar......high mobility NAAFI vehicle
Swift........a sort of GTI version for the Paris-Dakar rally
Samson....a heavy duty aircraft tug

Any more silly ideas, anyone?

Strongbow - AAW missile carrier (stinger/blowpipe or similar)
Searcher - air search radar for AAW. Giraffe radar, perhaps. One Searcher controls three or four Strongbows.
Supplier - artillery replenishment truck
Scavenger - engineer recovery vehicle
Snowbear - Massive snowplow/blower vehicle

etc etc..  ;)

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

PR19_Kit

Sanitiser? ..... Mobile, all-terrain toilet block.  ;D
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rickshaw

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 14, 2021, 07:42:58 AM
Sanitiser? ..... Mobile, all-terrain toilet block.  ;D

Sanitiser.... Mobile NBC Decontamination vehicle...   ;) ;)
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Scotaidh

Quote from: rickshaw on January 15, 2021, 06:38:01 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 14, 2021, 07:42:58 AM
Sanitiser? ..... Mobile, all-terrain toilet block.  ;D

Sanitiser.... Mobile NBC Decontamination vehicle...   ;) ;)

IIRC, the Russians had just such a rig - it was an obsolete jet engine turned into a spray-washer, mounted on a truck bed.  The lone picture I saw of this showed two such trucks side-by-side, offset, each blowing their own hurricane of disinfectant at a line of tanks driving between the two trucks.  Caption said they could decontaminate a tank company in about the time it took the tanks to drive through - about 20 minutes.
Thistle dew, Pig - thistle dew!

Where am I going?  And why am I in a handbasket?

It's dark in the dark when it's dark. Ancient Ogre Proverb

"All right, boyz - the plan iz 'Win.'  And if ya lose, it's yer own fault 'coz ya didn't follow the plan."

Dizzyfugu

Stumbled upon this nice, modified Cutlass (apparently from a Japanese modeler):


Pellson

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 19, 2021, 01:54:59 AM
Stumbled upon this nice, modified Cutlass (apparently from a Japanese modeler):



Awesome realisation of that old Cutlass who'd drawing that I can't seem to find right now..
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

PR19_Kit

Hmmm, a Tomlass, or a Cutcat maybe?  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

nighthunter

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 19, 2021, 05:44:33 AM
Hmmm, a Tomlass, or a Cutcat maybe?  ;D
Phantlass, to me, looks like an F-4 front end on it
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It's certainly sleeker than the real Cutlass forward fuselage, which looks a bit like it's run into a wall at speed...
Not too sure the 2-seater proportions work, though.

Scotaidh

Quote from: nighthunter on January 19, 2021, 10:37:48 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 19, 2021, 05:44:33 AM
Hmmm, a Tomlass, or a Cutcat maybe?  ;D
Phantlass, to me, looks like an F-4 front end on it

Or a "Phan-less" - which is pretty much what the Cutlass was.  ;)
Thistle dew, Pig - thistle dew!

Where am I going?  And why am I in a handbasket?

It's dark in the dark when it's dark. Ancient Ogre Proverb

"All right, boyz - the plan iz 'Win.'  And if ya lose, it's yer own fault 'coz ya didn't follow the plan."

Weaver

Quote from: Pellson on January 14, 2021, 05:42:54 AM
Quote from: Rheged on January 14, 2021, 02:51:34 AM

The Alvis six wheel running gear has a great many Whiffable  possibilities   in addition to:-
Saladin.....armoured car
Saracen....APC
Salamander....Fire tender
Stalwart....Load carrier

we could also have:-
Samaritan......rough country/flood rescue vehicle
Stentor....huge mobile PA system for festivals/riot control
Samovar......high mobility NAAFI vehicle
Swift........a sort of GTI version for the Paris-Dakar rally
Samson....a heavy duty aircraft tug

Any more silly ideas, anyone?

Strongbow - AAW missile carrier (stinger/blowpipe or similar)
Searcher - air search radar for AAW. Giraffe radar, perhaps. One Searcher controls three or four Strongbows.
Supplier - artillery replenishment truck
Scavenger - engineer recovery vehicle
Snowbear - Massive snowplow/blower vehicle

etc etc..  ;)

Scimitar - fitted with two large rotary lawnmower blades for cutting the grass on big MoD sites.
Striker - engineer vehicle fitted with a pneumatic jackhammer on a crane arm.
Sorbet - NAAFI vehicle fitted with ice-cream van equipment.
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Pellson

Quote from: Pellson on January 19, 2021, 04:05:48 AM
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on January 19, 2021, 01:54:59 AM
Stumbled upon this nice, modified Cutlass (apparently from a Japanese modeler):



Awesome realisation of that old Cutlass who'd drawing that I can't seem to find right now..

Found it:

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

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That cat one is hilarious !
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