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Tophe · February 07, 2019, 06:52:46 PM

Lovely! Thanks!

kerick · February 07, 2019, 07:13:16 PM

I have an Italeri F-16 that would be perfect for this. It's not much use for anything else.

dumaniac · February 07, 2019, 10:26:33 PM

I love "stumpy" - I could look to do that one (even though it is not Luftwaffe) - it looks so much fun

ericr · February 08, 2019, 12:07:39 AM

Rheged · February 08, 2019, 01:58:30 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on February 07, 2019, 05:57:06 PM
It'd get, what?, half a metre down the runway before it ran out of fuel ... & that's if it did a brakes-free engine start-up at the end of the runway.

The hole where the key goes to wind up the clockwork is on the other side of the machine.

Weaver · February 08, 2019, 02:20:40 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on February 07, 2019, 05:57:06 PM
It'd get, what?, half a metre down the runway before it ran out of fuel ... & that's if it did a brakes-free engine start-up at the end of the runway.

But then, because it's so short, as soon as the engine power cut off the nose strut would rebound, the wings would catch just enough air to keep the motion going before it slowed down, and it would slide gracefully to the end of the runway standing on it's tailpipe....

scooter · February 08, 2019, 03:52:52 AM

Looks like someone was thinking about Kerbal aerodynamics...

Captain Canada · February 08, 2019, 05:22:51 AM

Just saw that Valkyrie. Now that looks right !

Dizzyfugu · February 10, 2019, 11:53:08 PM

...even though I have doubts concerning the choice of colors.

Instead of the USAF SEA tones, used on fighters and fighter bombers, I'd rather assume that SAC tones for high altitudes would have been used? E.g. like this pattern here for the B-58:

AS.12 · February 11, 2019, 01:54:56 AM

Indeed, or something similar to the B-1A camouflage. Was that a Rockwell or SAC pattern? I've never worked that out.

TheChronicOne · February 11, 2019, 07:51:08 AM

That begs the question of why they used it on B-52's?

kitnut617 · February 11, 2019, 12:08:49 PM

I don't think the SAC colours are necessarily 'high altitude' colours, they're just not SEA ones.

TheChronicOne · February 17, 2019, 04:00:19 PM

By Mark Maxey found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.

"Hi all, I attend a lot of model shows and get fed up with seeing the same models painted in the same schemes. As a result I often try and produce something visually different. Here are a couple I have done. They may not be perfect, but they certainly attract a bit of attention as people try to figure out if it's a model of a real example or not. Some call it 'what-if'. I call it 'well, I was bored and thought I would have a bit of fun'."

kerick · February 17, 2019, 07:38:30 PM

I love the Bucc camo!

Tophe · February 17, 2019, 08:35:55 PM

Good definition of the what-if spirit, painting part, thanks!