Whiffs on Ebay

[Dizzyfugu]

Came across this creation: a Panzer 38(t) chassis with a Panzer IV turret and a creazive use of Panzer V side skirts (that obscure any side view for the driver...). Interesting concept, nicely made, but ...no.



https://www.ebay.de/itm/Wehrmacht-Panzer-38D-mit-Panzer-IV-Turm-gebaut-gealtert-1-72-Raritat/183465303792?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D12%26asc%3D20140905073823%26meid%3Da589cf63bcbc4a8b85c0eef59739d14b%26pid%3D100284%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D183465303792%26itm%3D183465303792&_trksid=p5713.c100284.m3505

[NARSES2]

Apart from the sideskirt/view problem it looks a little unbalanced to me ?

I like the idea though

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, it's a little head-heavy. And one has to wonder about the turret ring diameter.

[NARSES2]

And one has to wonder about the turret ring diameter.

Yup, doesn't quite work. Not sure if a Pz III turret would work ? It was a little smaller then the IV's but not that much. Mind you a 50mm main gun would balance things up a bit.

[AS.12]

Valiant B.Mk.2 with, err, Skybolts.  Me confused.




https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-72-scale-Vickers-Valiant-B-2-Pathfinder-Airfix-kit-with-AIM-conversions-What/113498205424

Seventy-five of your Englisher pounds 

[PR19_Kit]

Valiant B.Mk.2 with, err, Skybolts.  Me confused.

Quite nicely done though, but a tad implausible as the B2 was meant to be a low level version, wasn't it?

[Dizzyfugu]

A Vulcan with Skybolts would have been a nice whif model!

[AS.12]

Quite nicely done though, but a tad implausible as the B2 was meant to be a low level version, wasn't it?

Indeed!  A late-70s Mk.2 with SRAMs might be quite nice though...

[Gondor]

Found this while looking at something else....

Gondor

[The Wooksta!]

A Vulcan with Skybolts would have been a nice whif model!

Been there, done that.  Found the model a few days back and it'll need some repair work.  Did it when I did the Avro Atlantic back in 2007.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/MichaelWren/Telford%2520SMW%25202007/IMG_4653.jpg&key=fe1ff4bdd32fa7ad995f69c81f23514d0431eea96cfb5b6114c90b2772b040c1[/img]

Anyhoo, found this twin tail Mosquito.  Don't know what the tailplanes are from but they're Lacaster fins.  Original Airfix Mosquito FB.IV too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-72-plastic-built-DE-HAVILLAND-TWIN-TAIL-MOSQUITO/183727052867?hash=item2ac6fc5843:g:Bb8AAOSwWiJch~7P

[loupgarou]

An USAF Bede BD-5
Just seen on evilbay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USAF-Bede-BD-5-1-72-built-finished-for-display-very-good/362605725902?hash=item546cfc48ce:g:K-0AAOSwDXxconNM

[AS.12]

An USAF Bede BD-5
Just seen on evilbay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USAF-Bede-BD-5-1-72-built-finished-for-display-very-good/362605725902?hash=item546cfc48ce:g:K-0AAOSwDXxconNM

"built and finished to a very good standard for display"



I... maybe I should start building models again...

[PR19_Kit]

An USAF Bede BD-5
Just seen on evilbay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USAF-Bede-BD-5-1-72-built-finished-for-display-very-good/362605725902?hash=item546cfc48ce:g:K-0AAOSwDXxconNM

"built and finished to a very good standard for display"

And he's so modest too.......... 

[zenrat]

He's right.  It has been built, it is finished and you could display it.  However, claiming the standard to which it is built is "good" is bollocks.

[Scotaidh]

In a very old Pilot magazine I once read an article by a bloke who owned a BD-5J.  According to the story (and my memory - not always accurate), when these wee jets came out, he had just retired from the Air Force.  He wasn't ready to give up flying, so he bought a BD-5J for personal shenanigans.   The USAF bought three BD-5Js to evaluate, crashed them all, and wanted him to donate his aircraft to them so they could complete their evaluation!  He declined.