Duck monoplane & He70, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

jcf · May 03, 2019, 02:12:24 PM

Wal, that's not sumthin' ye see ever' day.

Tophe · May 03, 2019, 10:41:18 PM

Quote from: steelpillow on May 03, 2019, 12:06:38 PM
Quote from: Tophe on May 03, 2019, 10:54:10 AM
Do you have a story to explain it somehow?
It was by T.J. Bass and was titled "The Godwhale". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godwhale
Eric's rendering is more realistic than the original cover illustration, as far as I can recall.

Thanks! I did not know that at all! Great!

ericr · May 04, 2019, 12:16:00 AM

steelpillow · May 04, 2019, 12:32:34 AM

Just can't get over the feeling that the whale is wearing his moustache inside out.

NARSES2 · May 04, 2019, 01:55:20 AM

That's very impressive

ericr · May 05, 2019, 10:26:07 AM

the moustache / teeth are not part of the whif, though

ericr · May 05, 2019, 10:28:45 AM

a nearly normal whiff ...

Tophe · May 05, 2019, 10:34:12 AM

Good! What have you mixed there?

PR19_Kit · May 05, 2019, 11:59:22 AM

That's a Twin Otter wing and fuselage I reckon, perhaps with a Beaver's cockpit and engine? An all-DHC Whiff........

ericr · May 05, 2019, 12:50:29 PM

an all-DHC whif indeed, but much simpler than that actually ...

ericr · May 05, 2019, 01:11:59 PM

yes ! a simple Otter, but with tricycle landing gear, instead of tail sitter.

newt time I should have something more "involved"

jcf · May 05, 2019, 03:07:27 PM

Nice Trotter.

Tophe · May 05, 2019, 07:46:34 PM

Quote from: ericr on May 05, 2019, 01:11:59 PM
yes ! a simple Otter, but with tricycle landing gear, instead of tail sitter.

The RW source is well described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter
and the Otter silhouette is changed from the low tail landplane to meet the horizontal layout of the floatplane version, good!

ericr · May 05, 2019, 11:30:13 PM

steelpillow · May 06, 2019, 10:37:50 AM

Quote from: ericr on May 05, 2019, 10:26:07 AM

the moustache / teeth are not part of the whif, though

Ah, but the moustach's relationship to the prow of the Dornier and the way the cheeks push up against the canopy "eyes" is, though. I'm sure the creature smokes a pipe when on dry land and has a "No circulars" sign on its letter box to deter junk mail. Most of all, it cannot bear being asked if it is a relative of Billy the Fish, barking back in a ferocious gurgle, "Whales are cetatean mammals, you nincompoop!"
It might also reply to you, "They are not teeth they are baleen you, you ...." as it splutters mercifully into silent apoplexy.

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