WHIFS from other forums

zenrat · March 20, 2021, 03:01:15 AM

Panel lines are completely over done IMO.
I doubt the Royal navy would let one of it's aircraft get into that condition in peacetime.

But maybe the modeller was short of paint and had to stretch what he (or she) had finding he (or she) didn't have enough Sky to get a decent coverage.
Perhaps we should have a whip round and send them a bottle for their next model?

loupgarou · May 20, 2021, 10:08:27 AM

In a spanish model railways forum, I found a topic about railways posters. Apart from a lot of very nice vintage posters, on page 4, down one third of the page, there is a series of steampunk, dieselpunk whateverpunk posters:
https://www.forotrenes.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=86240&start=60

Another series near at the end of the page.

kerick · May 20, 2021, 03:13:12 PM

Amazing! Some are really beautiful

scooter · May 20, 2021, 03:59:48 PM

Quote from: kerick on May 20, 2021, 03:13:12 PM
Amazing! Some are really beautiful

And then there's this one, that reminds me of a certain ZZ Top song
Stolen original post into Imgur:

I might be able to replicate this one...somewhat.

PR19_Kit · May 20, 2021, 05:11:43 PM

A Santa Fe red warbonnet! What's not to like!

And that'd be 'Gimme All Your Lovin', yes? My FAVE ZZ TOP track, if only for her in the black and white dress!

The word 'in' is used in its widest possible sense here!

scooter · May 21, 2021, 01:00:31 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 20, 2021, 05:11:43 PM
A Santa Fe red warbonnet! What's not to like!

I still have the Lionel watbonnet my parents gave me when I was 3. Of course, it ain't mint, and the original boxes have long since been tossed...

AeroplaneDriver · June 30, 2021, 06:47:12 PM

I may have just missed it and this has been posted already but nice looking operational Pancake on ARC.

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/317052-chance-vought-xf5u-1-kitty-hawk/

NARSES2 · July 01, 2021, 12:07:14 AM

Oh that is an extremely nice rendition of what I've always thought of as an interesting aircraft

PR19_Kit · July 01, 2021, 01:19:19 AM

I didn't know there WAS a 1/48 kit of the Pancake!

That looks pretty darn smart.

Weaver · July 20, 2021, 03:02:41 AM

From a French forum called 1-72.forumgratuit (I think...), here we have a splendid post-apocalyptic take on Revell's 108ft Sunseeker luxury yacht:

More pics here: https://1-72.forumgratuit.org/t189-revell-rabiot-yacht-predator-apres-l-apocalypse

For reference, this is what it's supposed to look like:

Dizzyfugu · July 20, 2021, 03:25:50 AM

Looks like a prop from "Waterworld" (it's missing somehow a quad 0.5" AA position)? Well done, and cool subject.

scooter · July 20, 2021, 03:39:20 AM

They fire that sternchaser, they're going to find it in either the saloon or cockpit if its not tied down.

zenrat · July 20, 2021, 04:12:59 AM

Fabulous. That's one for the pirate GB.

AeroplaneDriver · July 22, 2021, 10:46:14 AM

Love the post-apocalyptic yacht. But not sire fiberglass would rust quite so much. 😆

Weaver · July 22, 2021, 11:32:04 AM

Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on July 22, 2021, 10:46:14 AM
Love the post-apocalyptic yacht. But not sire fiberglass would rust quite so much. 😆

Yeah I was thinking that. It's all fibreglass, stainless steel and teak: it's more likely to fade, yellow and get marine growth than rust...

Mind you, since it's "obviously" a Hollywood post-apocalyptic prop, we can put that down to set builders following movie tropes. "Everyone knows" that the post apocalyptic future is rusty, right?