Corsair & Ducks à la BV P170, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Tophe · August 20, 2018, 10:11:51 AM

Good looking!

ericr · August 21, 2018, 03:35:42 AM

thanks

ericr · August 27, 2018, 05:03:34 AM

some time ago I received an inspirational hint :

Quote from: zenrat on January 29, 2018, 03:14:45 AM
This is in a display case at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook.
I immediately thought of Eric...
RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 15 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
RAAF Museum Point Cook 28-01-18 13 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

so I did fond a kangaroo figurine, but alas no scale-matching F-111 ...

however, another idea came to my mind, thinking of Tomcats (but they were too large for that), and then of a pair of F5Es (one in 1/72, the other in 1/144) :

zenrat · August 27, 2018, 05:13:00 AM

NARSES2 · August 27, 2018, 07:19:28 AM

Love the way you've done the Joey as well

TheChronicOne · August 27, 2018, 08:09:50 AM

Nice!!

This build has me.... jumping for joey! NYUK NYUK NYUK NYUK!!

Tophe · August 27, 2018, 09:53:16 AM

This is very lovely, with the baby's little nose in the mother's pouch...

DogfighterZen · August 27, 2018, 12:41:47 PM

Very creative!

ericr · August 28, 2018, 03:14:52 AM

thanks !

zenrat · August 28, 2018, 03:32:44 AM

Quote from: ericr on August 27, 2018, 05:03:34 AM

Click here.

TheChronicOne · August 28, 2018, 06:22:28 AM

Skippy!!!!!!

Y'all had Skippy, we had Flipper.

ericr · August 29, 2018, 01:13:49 AM

yes, I know that one too ! (but had forgotten a bit, in between, with the many years ...

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ericr · August 29, 2018, 10:23:08 AM

the F5E airframes were used with some remains in my spare parts box : snakes heads, from earlier projects :

Tophe · August 29, 2018, 10:39:14 AM

If they are grass-snakes ("couleuvres" in French), this is VERY lovely

If they are poison-snakes, this is frightening, fascinating with fear... $:-\$

steelpillow · August 29, 2018, 11:52:11 AM

Snakes on in is a plane!