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

[steelpillow]

These whale hybrids remind me of the old SF story, "The Godwhale" by T.J. Bass: it was half whale, half cyber ship - it had a huge deck you could stomp up and down on.

[Tophe]

Lovely! If I were a male whale, I would ask her for marriage!

[zenrat]

That's great Eric.  She makes me think of the Pines of Rome section of Fantasia 2000 where the Wales fly.

[ericr]

thanks all 

whales are inspiring indeed ...

[Captain Canada]

Wow that certainly has a lot of personality ! Nice one, one of my favourites so far !

[ericr]

thanks again!


to give an idea of the challenges encountered : the shapes of sections were quite different, so I added a cheek in transparent cellophane/plastic, which I then smoothed with mastic/putty (same for the other Mosquito and whale, but in the other direction)

[ericr]

and now for something completely different
(I have quite a few things in stock in the pipeline actually)


the crossing of an elephant

and an excavator


is quite naturally as follows
(with a pair of 1/18 tools) :








and the other way around, the reciprocal is just as natural :

[steelpillow]

Lovely!

The yellow one looks like some sort of dredger or sludge gulper.
I just wonder whether its tusks would look better curving down over the front of the tracks like mudguards?

[PR19_Kit]

I'm pleased to see the elephant is CE approved......... 

[ericr]

I'm pleased to see the elephant is CE approved......... 

I guess it means that when I cut it up to do my kitbashing I do not get poisoned too much 

[zenrat]

I like the trunked digger but I must admit I find the bucket nosed elephant slightly disturbing.  Possibly because it's too close to what someone might think is a good idea IRL.

[ericr]

I like the trunked digger but I must admit I find the bucket nosed elephant slightly disturbing.  Possibly because it's too close to what someone might think is a good idea IRL.

not whiff enough ? 
but it remains hard to put into practice IRL, in that for anyway 
It looks quite natural indeed, which makes the chimera a bit stronger to my taste.

[zenrat]

No no, it's whiff level is satisfactory.  I think it's just that it's a bit too close to what some people might try to do to a living elephant.  Look at dolphins and seals trained to carry mines for example.

[ericr]

ah you means like a lawn watering elephant would not be too surprising ...

I have another elephant coming, we'll see how you find it 

[ericr]

(wings and tail from a Sopwith Triplane)