Whiffs found surfing

Dizzyfugu · June 04, 2018, 01:46:55 AM

It's ANG gate guard, IIRC? Looks very elegant, though.

Weaver · June 07, 2018, 02:55:16 AM

"Alternate WWII high-speed torpedo-carrying ekranoplan for coastal defence."

Painted by and posted on Twitter by "RGG": https://twitter.com/RyujinDX

RGG's Twitter: @RyujinDX
RGG's Deviant Art: ryujindx.deviantart.com

Well worth a look.

ericr · June 07, 2018, 04:46:10 AM

Quote from: Weaver on June 07, 2018, 02:55:16 AM
"Alternate WWII high-speed torpedo-carrying ekranoplan for coastal defence."

Painted by and posted on Twitter by "RGG": https://twitter.com/RyujinDX

RGG's Twitter: @RyujinDX
RGG's Deviant Art: ryujindx.deviantart.com

Well worth a look.

and it has floats

NARSES2 · June 07, 2018, 05:46:56 AM

Did the Soviet's toy with something like that in real life, either in the 30's or early 40's ?

Dizzyfugu · June 07, 2018, 11:40:20 PM

Ekranoplanes have a long history in the Soviet Union, things started IIRC already in the mid Forties in the wake of hydrofoil developments.

NARSES2 · June 08, 2018, 06:00:54 AM

Cheers Dizzy

I'm probably thinking of the early Hydrofoil developments and confusing myself.

Hobbes · June 08, 2018, 09:10:01 AM

Quote from: Weaver on May 13, 2018, 03:52:39 AM
Interesting Skyvan seen at the Lancing Model Show and posted on Twitter by CJHM here: https://twitter.com/cjhm_models/status/995283630778998784

JCB really-high-mobility excavator?

NARSES2 · June 09, 2018, 02:12:14 AM

I like that

AS.12 · June 23, 2018, 11:39:53 AM

BEA A380 card model, found just now on Pprune of all places!

Oh quite a few airliner WHIFs!

https://steemrok.com/aerocard.html

PR19_Kit · June 23, 2018, 03:03:02 PM

Quote from: AS.12 on June 23, 2018, 11:39:53 AM

BEA A380 card model, found just now on Pprune of all places!

The ruddy nerve of them!

THEY were the people who said I shouldn't even have thought of the PR19, let alone made the model and wrote the backstory!!!

Weaver · July 11, 2018, 04:57:47 AM

Alex Ries is an Australian illustrator and concept artist. He's working on a book about an alien species he's developed called the Birrin who are physically very different to us but who have a similar technological history. The results are fascinating and thought-provoking:

Website: https://www.alexries.com/
Twitter: @alexriesart

Birrin aircraft for patrolling the climate change-induced Kiln desert using sidescanning radar and advanced optics:

This isn't a Birrin piece, but I just love the design. CNSA Nanking Asteroid Prospector: For Australian Geographic

Weaver · July 15, 2018, 06:19:31 PM

X-15A-3 launched from the back of an XB-70 Valkyrie:

Article here: http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=419

PR19_Kit · July 16, 2018, 02:15:01 AM

Hm, I've got kits for both of those, but do I have the shelf space?

Probably not...........

Weaver · July 21, 2018, 03:31:59 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 16, 2018, 02:15:01 AM
Hm, I've got kits for both of those, but do I have the shelf space?

Probably not...........

Is there a kit for the X-15A-3 (stretched delta-winged version)?

PR19_Kit · July 21, 2018, 03:37:32 PM

Quote from: Weaver on July 21, 2018, 03:31:59 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 16, 2018, 02:15:01 AM
Hm, I've got kits for both of those, but do I have the shelf space?

Probably not...........

Is there a kit for the X-15A-3 (stretched delta-winged version)?

There was a conversion kit for it, but I'm darned if I can remember who did it now. I've got the Special Hobby A-2 version which I planned to use as the basis for the A-3.