What If ideas/goals for the upcoming year, what are YOUR plans?

[zenrat]

Finish the Sea Witch before my Brother in Law starts asking hard questions.

[Old Wombat]

The next 12 months (minimum) for me are: No Plans! Just DO!

[kitnut617]

Knocking together a barricade out of PVC pipe to keep SWMBO from backing her car into a tree that had fallen during one of the storms last year.

Would a chainsaw from Home Depot be cheaper   

[scooter]

Knocking together a barricade out of PVC pipe to keep SWMBO from backing her car into a tree that had fallen during one of the storms last year.

Would a chainsaw from Home Depot be cheaper   

Nah, it was a dead tree that pulled up entirely when it fell *into* the vacant lot next door to us.  I think she'd hit the root ball or the branch it had shed a few years ago and I'd already trimmed back.

[NARSES2]

The next 12 months (minimum) for me are: No Plans! Just DO!

Yup, I'll hopefully have loads of ideas, but just go with the flow. 

[McColm]

The Boeing V-22 Osprey looks remarkably similar to the Lockheed Martin S-3A Viking at some angles and yet the Airfix  Fairey Rotodyne would make a great donor kit for a kitbash.
I have in the past used the outer fuel tanks from the MH-47E on the Rotodyne but they obscured the fuselage windows. I'm not too sure if a kitbash is possible using the V-22 Osprey wings, engines and tail on the Rotodyne it does mean removing the stack and creating a new roof or the opposite could be achieved by adding the V-22 wings and engines.

A contra rotating Sea King might be a viable option with twin tail fins.

[McColm]

Been thinking again which can be dangerous in the wee small hours of a new morning and I have come up with a twin-boom twin-fin EE Canberra.  The boom from a Nord Nortlas could do the trick although the twin tail fins would need to be a bit bigger or replaced. As the twin boom of the C-119 is a bit on the large side for such a build.
A KB-36 Peacemaker in 1/144 scale with a flying boom/ central drogue and two pods fitted either side of the rear fuselage.
I still want to build the EB-141 Starlifter that's a C-141 with an AWAC rotodome fitted also in 1/144 scale. Just wondering if the cross-section of the cockpits are comparable as I always thought that the B-36 should have kept the YB-36 cockpit layout.
Then there's the Space Shuttle airliner taking passengers into space,  not too sure if this will work in the real world but as a whiff the possibilities are endless with different decals in 1/144 or smaller scale.
I'm still on the hunt for a 00 gauge Castle Class steam locomotive body or cheap model (non-runner) that I can paint Postbox red and add the Hogwarts Express name boards to it. I know Hornby released the Hall Class and painted it a different colour to match the carriages.
My thoughts have even changed to the HST Virgin set and removing the decals to replace them with a Hogwarts Express theme also in 00 gauge.
Then something really crazy a Formula one racing car crossed with a Range Rover chassis. Sort of Formula One  Motorcross. Speed on the tarmac and 4x4 on the off road parts of the track.
The  Japanese SP-1 flying boat or amphibious flying boat with turbofaned engines instead of turboprop engines. Either the turbofaned engines fitted above the wings or near the T-tail.

[Scotaidh]

Not to hijack your thread, but have you ever considered a contra-rotating Rotodyne? 

Perhaps just a  Rotodyne-type contra-rotating stack on a C-130 or the Airbus replacement?

[McColm]

Not to hijack your thread, but have you ever considered a contra-rotating Rotodyne? 

Perhaps just a  Rotodyne-type contra-rotating stack on a C-130 or the Airbus replacement?

Yes I have to a contra- rotating Rotodyne. I think that I used the Airfix Ka Helix rotors before they snapped off,  they really need to be made of thicker plastic.
I won't be gluing the Ka-58 contra-rotors to any helicopter,  just seeing if they fit any of my started builds.
Well you see I did add the stack from the Mil-26 onto a C-130 and fitted the triple tail fins from a Lockheed Constellation to form a Heliplane.

[Scotaidh]

Not to hijack your thread, but have you ever considered a contra-rotating Rotodyne? 

Perhaps just a  Rotodyne-type contra-rotating stack on a C-130 or the Airbus replacement?

Yes I have to a contra- rotating Rotodyne. I think that I used the Airfix Ka Helix rotors before they snapped off,  they really need to be made of thicker plastic.
I won't be gluing the Ka-58 contra-rotors to any helicopter,  just seeing if they fit any of my started builds.
Well you see I did add the stack from the Mil-26 onto a C-130 and fitted the triple tail fins from a Lockheed Constellation to form a Heliplane.

Nice! 

[McColm]

Not to hijack your thread, but have you ever considered a contra-rotating Rotodyne? 

Perhaps just a  Rotodyne-type contra-rotating stack on a C-130 or the Airbus replacement?

Yes I have to a contra- rotating Rotodyne. I think that I used the Airfix Ka Helix rotors before they snapped off,  they really need to be made of thicker plastic.
I won't be gluing the Ka-58 contra-rotors to any helicopter,  just seeing if they fit any of my started builds.
Well you see I did add the stack from the Mil-26 onto a C-130 and fitted the triple tail fins from a Lockheed Constellation to form a Heliplane.

Nice! 

Captain Canada uploaded some photos on my blog page of my started builds and there's some on Flicker with duplicates on my Facebook Page.

[McColm]

An Avro New York Helicopter or Heliplane using the Mach2 Avro York as the donor kit and adding a rotor stack or stacks. The four engined wing layout can stay but the Mach2 parts will be replaced with something more suitable.  The tail fins will be larger.
I can visualise six versions of this using radial,  turboprop or turbofaned engines with various landing gear options
As it could be a helicopter without the wings with no tail rotor or Heliplane with the wings. A period build could include struts to hold the wings in place if the landing gear retracts into the fuselage.

[McColm]

If I can build a series using the 1/72 Yak-141/41 Freestyle as the donor kit. There's all sorts of lumps & bumps that can be added plus decals,  paint schemes of my choice. Even something very similar to the F-35B in the engine layout  or a two seater and a STOL version.
I might get away with using the front half of a Tornado F.3 for the two seater.

[McColm]

There's an online game called 'Airport City' which you get to pilot various aircraft,  build airports and towns.  One of the aircraft is a pure whiff as it looks like a Boeing 747 with the wings from a Lockheed Blackbird attached. I don't know if this is feasible but a 1/144 build looks interesting.

[Tophe]

a pure whiff as it looks like a Boeing 747 with the wings from a Lockheed Blackbird attached. I don't know if this is feasible but a 1/144 build looks interesting.

Yes: interesting!