LCM & sails, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[ericr]

KJ_Lesnick

ericr,

I like these

thank you for your appreciation : my imagination is usually not too close to engineering precision, so I appreciate that you like it 

[DogfighterZen]

Man, where do you get your inspiration?  Excellent!!! 
That 3 engine Cerberus is a damn scary thing but to me, that P-thirtyWolf is the one!!

[ericr]

Man, where do you get your inspiration?  Excellent!!! 
That 3 engine Cerberus is a damn scary thing but to me, that P-thirtyWolf is the one!!

thanksalot!

well, i am mostly sensitive to shapes (that is why I paint mostly in a signle bright color, so that they come out best) and assembling shapes that can go together is a quite funny game to play

[Tophe]

Saint Exupery was the author who wrote "Le Petit Prince", and he made drawings too ;
he disappeared in a P38 in 1944.
This hybrid mixes a P38 with pencils :

And with different pens also (thanks a lot for this idea!)

[PR19_Kit]

The pen is mightier than the....................er,............Lightning?  

Does the middle one have ink tanks instead of fuel tanks?

[ericr]

the pen is mightier than all the rest ;-)
(well, depending what it's used for as usual, actually  )

thanks a lot Tophe for your re-interpretations : I am particularly happy to see my modest contribution suscitating new ones !

and I realize I didn't show you some of my older stuff involving pens : here are two of them, both involving 1/72 kits

a Halifax with a giant pen :


and a Blinder with a giant ballpen :


when you go that way, there are quite a lot of possibilities, I can tell you ...

[Tophe]

Wow! Now I love authors! (alas unpublished...)

[ericr]

whif authors 

[steelpillow]

Of course, the one you really want is the Dornier Do 17 which was universally known as the "fliegender Bleistift" (flying pencil). This photograph from 1940 shows why:

[PR19_Kit]

A do 17E/F would be even better from the 'pencil' point of view.

[ericr]

indeed, I noticed the nickname : maybe some day I will get my hands on a Do17 ...
so many possible projects 

[PR19_Kit]

indeed, I noticed the nickname : maybe some day I will get my hands on a Do17 ...
so many possible projects 

The original Airfix Do17 is an E/F Ericr.

It's ancient of course, but it's not a bad shape, and it sure is THIN!

[ericr]

the previous whale on its boosters, Jaws-like :







made from a Pegasus Shark kit (which has two optional heads : I have one left for some other purpose ...)

[Tophe]

Surprising (nicely)...
Question: in outer space, what is the air-intake/mouth technical aim? (or, maybe, this booster is for low altitude start only)

[ericr]

maybe these boosters start from under the sea level ?