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PR19_Kit

#180
March 24, 2012, 01:27:02 AM
Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on March 23, 2012, 02:06:06 PM
Ever-so-slightly (a considerable way) off-topic, but would crossing a Karas with a Barracuda produce the absolutely worst looking aircraft of the 1930s/40s ??

I'll just leave that one hanging, shall I !!

NOTHING could beat a Blackburn Blackburn for pure ugliness!  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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Weaver

#181
March 24, 2012, 12:56:31 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 24, 2012, 01:27:02 AM
Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on March 23, 2012, 02:06:06 PM
Ever-so-slightly (a considerable way) off-topic, but would crossing a Karas with a Barracuda produce the absolutely worst looking aircraft of the 1930s/40s ??

I'll just leave that one hanging, shall I !!

NOTHING could beat a Blackburn Blackburn for pure ugliness!  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Indeed: some aircraft fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down, but the ugly tree grew on the crash site of the Blackburn Blackburn in the first place....
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CANSO

#182
March 24, 2012, 04:06:35 PM
Quote from: Weaver on March 24, 2012, 12:56:31 PMIndeed: some aircraft fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down...
Nothing can beat the ugliest flying monster ever:

And here is the matching boxart ;D:

PR19_Kit

#183
March 24, 2012, 05:43:01 PM
Compared to a Blackburn Blackburn the Farman 222-1 is a beauty!

I'd post a pic of the Blackburn but the mods would probably bar me from the Forum!
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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

The Rat

#184
March 24, 2012, 06:02:59 PM
I think the Amiot 143 has it beat





And guess who picked up a kit of that beast today!
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Weaver

#185
March 24, 2012, 06:05:33 PM
I'll take my chances Kit.....

Here's the positively svelte single-pilot version:




Then, because the single-pilot job obviously wasn't fat and ugly enough, they produced a side-by-side two-pilot trainer version:



Never was the phrase "that'll teach 'em" more aptly applied.....


Weaver, on behalf of:
The Blackburn Blackburn Depreciation Society
"Not coming soon to a model shop near you...."
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MilitaryAircraft101

#186
March 24, 2012, 08:14:05 PM
The shack is pretty ugly front on...

But can this be beat up any more with the ugly stick??

Cliffy B

#187
March 24, 2012, 08:17:28 PM Last Edit: March 24, 2012, 08:45:00 PM by Cliffy B
Seems Short inherited some of Blackburn's designers postwar...

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rickshaw

#188
March 24, 2012, 08:41:57 PM
Quote from: MilitaryAircraft101 on March 24, 2012, 08:14:05 PM


That looks like an Airtruk with a radial engine.  I've never seen one without a Lycoming engine.   Sort of one of those appealingly ugly planes I think.
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MilitaryAircraft101

#189
March 24, 2012, 10:27:23 PM
Quote from: rickshaw on March 24, 2012, 08:41:57 PM
Sort of one of those appealingly ugly planes I think.
Like the Fairey Gannet  :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

PR19_Kit

#190
March 24, 2012, 11:58:21 PM
Quote from: Weaver on March 24, 2012, 06:05:33 PM

Then, because the single-pilot job obviously wasn't fat and ugly enough, they produced a side-by-side two-pilot trainer version:

Weaver, on behalf of:
The Blackburn Blackburn Depreciation Society
"Not coming soon to a model shop near you...."

The Chief Designer of the two-seater obviously went to work for BAC when they did the Lightning trainers!

I love the BBDS banner, where do we sign up?  ;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

NARSES2

#191
March 25, 2012, 09:18:10 AM
I've always liked those French bombers from the 30's but that twin boom crop sprayer (at least I assume it is) is hideous  :blink:
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Stargazer

#192
March 25, 2012, 09:37:33 AM
Perhaps a mod could split this topic and start one with all the "ugly aircraft" posts?  :smiley:

NARSES2

#193
March 25, 2012, 09:43:08 AM
Quote from: Stargazer2006 on March 25, 2012, 09:37:33 AM
Perhaps a mod could split this topic and start one with all the "ugly aircraft" posts?  :smiley:

Good suggestion. I'll try and get around to it during the week

Chris
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CANSO

#194
March 25, 2012, 09:51:35 AM Last Edit: March 25, 2012, 10:07:28 AM by CANSO
Quote from: Weaver on March 24, 2012, 06:05:33 PM
...Then, because the single-pilot job obviously wasn't fat and ugly enough, they produced a side-by-side two-pilot trainer version:
Wow!!! :o Blackburn Blackburn is such a futuristic design - take the wings, the empennage and the wheels away, delete the propeller, add a one-piece bubble canopy (or two) and the thing becomes some kind of an antigrav racer-glider-scooter from the XXII century. And two ultra-laser-plasma-antimatter-whatever guns (sidemounted) will make the military model.
BTW What exactly is the ugly creature (coded "red C") with a tail turret (or maybe Star wars-guns) mounted in the nose section?
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