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

[steelpillow]

Gilbert Shelton would just love these.

Brought back a fun memory of American treatment:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7gYNb3GSh4M/R1DOUfUMoeI/AAAAAAAACLY/DWpVywWPSeg/s1600-R/shel3.jpeg

Gilbert Shelton is one of my demi-gods, mainly for Fat Freddy's Cat: I spent about twenty years wearing an FFC badge absolutely everywhere, especially to Society weddings and dinner parties

[ericr]

One more car for the road :

a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :

[PR19_Kit]

a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :

And originally a 'pearl of Oxford', as it was designed as the Morris MO in 1948.

[ericr]

a Hindustani Ambassador (one of the pearls of Incredible India), with Fairey Swordfish wings :

And originally a 'pearl of Oxford', as it was designed as the Morris MO in 1948.

of course, it is a bit like the Triumph motorbikes : once extinct on the european continent, they continued to live and spread on the indian subcontinent until very recently, like in a temporal bubble

[Tophe]

Even without 2-chevaux basis, this one is wonderful.

[DogfighterZen]

ericr, don't know if you've ever seen this, i was looking for reference pics for my RW P-40B of the Flying Tigers, and this came up on the image search, i immediately thought of you...



Hope you like it!

[Tophe]

 

[ericr]

thanks a lot ! that is really grand !
especially the shark mouth on the beak !!! 

[ericr]

a few more shells :

a tiny 1/200 Kingfisher :







and a RWD-5 : I left the shell in natural color for a change

[DogfighterZen]

  EXCELLENT!! That RWD-5 is a heck of an idea!! That looks so crazy... it's perfect! 

[ericr]

thanks for the RWD 

the wings and tail were used elsewhere, wait and see ...

[Captain Canada]

Great stuff. Love the bird. That's an interesting piece for sure !

[Tophe]

  These shell-planes are funny, not seaplanes with floating parts but airplanes related to the sea somehow...

[ericr]

These shell-planes are funny, not seaplanes with floating parts but airplanes related to the sea somehow...

yes indeed, they are seaplanes in the sense of seafood 

[ericr]

a few more bottles :

the RWD-5 with a tiny bottle of anisette Gras :







and the LWS Czapla with a bottle of gin (Beefeater) :