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

[ericr]

I am  currently busy with another project involving the tail fin remaining of a Berviev Be-6 from my previous things : something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito ... wait and see

[Captain Canada]

Cool. Looks like a whale tail 

[ericr]

something quite hybrid, also involving a 1/32 Mosquito

A 1/32 Mosquito would be less than 0.3mm long, must have good eyesight to use any parts off of it

you are slightly overrating my modelling skills 

[ericr]

Cool. Looks like a whale tail 

hehe 

[ericr]

the mystery of the Be-6 tail fins will have to last a bit more, because of paint layers issues ...

but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)

[ericr]

but here is the magnificent 1/32 Mosquito powering a bottle of wine from Argentine (not bad either)

this wine bottle didn't bring many reactions : maybe people on this forum prefer beer?
in this case they will soon be contented 

[Tophe]

I love it, I swear I do!

[ericr]

so here is the first half of the story between the 1/32 Mosquito and the whale :







this build had a few surprising difficulties : for example, we are all used to putting weights to avoid tail-sitting aircraft : here I had to put weights (two fo 50 grs each!) in the tail to avoid jaw-sitting !





that's what happes when you do whiffing : problems also turn upside down ... 

speaking of which, I also realised, just after gluing the ead of the whale to the fuselage of the Mosquito, that I had turned in around ... but then it appeared to be the better way, because the door and structure are more visible on the back.


ah, and the wings come from a 1/72 F100 Supersabre by PM Models (I might have added the inflight refueling pipe?  )

[Tophe]

  Great! and seeing the final pictures, I thought this was a true animal-machine, with no thought of the hardwork put in it by its Creator...
Congratulations Lord ericr...

[zenrat]

Good one Eric.  I prefer your animal/machine hybrids to your bottles to be honest.

[ericr]

thanks Tophe!
and ...

Good one Eric. 

thanks zenrat : I appreciate your appreciation, as I am often impressed by your inspiration and skills .

I prefer your animal/machine hybrids to your bottles to be honest.

ok, fair enough, I also have variable sensitivity w.r.t. what I see on the forum.
There will be a few more bottles though, as the thread still tickles me.

But just wait and see what I am doing with the spare parts from this whale and Mosquito ... 

and my stash recently grew with dolphins, a swan and a duck, another whale, horses ...
(maybe I should or could post that info on the "stash grew again" thread, it might stir a bit of surprise  )

[ericr]

the reciprocal Mosquito and whale is busy drying (sometimes the paints react unusually with the different plastics) so in the meantime here is something completely different :

I crossed this Somua S-35 french tank with an elephant :I cautiously chose the Somua S-35 because its turret is much more to the front than is the case for most tanks, and it seemed appropriate here.

[zenrat]

Jumbo Somua!

Very good.

[Captain Canada]

Nice work on both of the latest. Love the tanks especially and the fuselage body of the whale is neat as well.

[NARSES2]

That's just surreal 

Can you imagine that coming over the field at you ? You wouldn't go back to that pub again, that's for sure