WHIFS from other forums

[Wardukw]

Oh that is impressive ..small too..48th WW1 aircraft are so small as i found out with my Spad 
Tell Daniel Zac that planes a cracker mate 

[KiwiZac]

The full build thread is here.

Tell Daniel Zac that planes a cracker mate 

His name's Brad, but I will!

[Wardukw]

Well ill rewrite that 
Its a cracker Brad  ..there all porper now 

[Dizzyfugu]

Found one of my model creations as a War Thunder skin; as usual, no credits, it's a very faithful copy except for the (Chinese) ordnance, even the tactical code and the yellow walkway markings from an F-4 are the same...

https://live.warthunder.com/post/1057124/en/

"Fake":


"Original":

1:72 Hawker Harpy F.1A; aircraft 'XL196/J' of 43rd Squadron, Royal Air Force; RAF Leuchars, 1969 (Whif/Kit conversion) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

Is nothing sacred? 

[zenrat]

Is nothing sacred? 

No.

 

[kitbasher]

I don't think that's the first time you've had your creations copied is it, Dizzy?

I wonder what else Wart Thunder has stolen from this forum?

[Dizzyfugu]

There have been various virtual renditions of my builds at WT; I remember my first Saab 32 (which was a 100% copy, too), and there were surely others, too. I feel somehow honored, when my creation motivates others to become creative, too, but it's almost always without consent or credit. I recently had a request via Flickr, and it turned out that my build was too fictional to become part of a MiG-21 family article.

[Rick Lowe]

But at least they asked you.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, I was amazed - even though the pics were not used then, but that's what asking and talking beforehand is good for...

[jcf]

Due to the nature of image sharing on the web, social media in particular, the person doing the copying may not be aware of the origin of the image.

Of course, if they do their due diligence it wouldn't be that difficult to find the original source.  
 

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, the only option would be to add watermarks, but that's a measure I find counter-productive. 

[jcf]

TinEye Reverse Image Search is a good tool for finding where an image is being used.
It'll show dead as well as active links and similar images. You can sort and filter the
results in various ways, including oldest which can show the first instance of an open
posting.

https://tineye.com/

[perttime]

A somewhat local guy who builds and flies R/C aircraft has been doing some cutting, shaping, etc. of insulation foam. He is calling it Corsbolt.

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https://lennokit.net/showthread.php?t=73054

Not quite done yet - but almost ready for a test flight. If it flies, he might start adding details.

[Flyer]

Looks rather cool