Whiffs found on Facebook

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Antonov An-2 updated to 21st century.

[TheChronicOne]

Posted by ME, Brad, to the Facebook Scale Modellers page. (there is a source below, but I don't read that stuff...  perhaps you can.)









This took me a minute at first to realize what was going on then I was like, Hey, that's actually a model! Then, hey that's a what-if!  Whif-cat! How cute.



Source: https://twitter.com/meetissai/status/1158223558733996032?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1mVCgym8nPu7AFZDpDGXqNBYJGcDhJSyYmlP3GuPCrZJ4Pg34XfXMrG2I

Creative feller. I love stuff like this. I look at it and guffaw and makes a smile on my face. Funny stuff makes the world go 'round.

[NARSES2]

Wonderful story! 

Indeed it is. Kudos Mr Rheged 

[Rheged]

In 1938, the NAAFI issued a requirement for a fast deployment tea counter.  The Avro Assam and de Havilland Darjeeling, although excellent designs, lost out to the English Electric Earl Grey mark 1. Its STOL capabilities meant that it could be serving tea and sticky buns within 12 minutes of  landing on a 140 yard stretch of straight road.  A revolutionary intercooler system attached to the engine ensured properly boiling water  immediately after landing, and smoke-pots fuelled by used tea leaves and out of date sandwiches concealed the unit when in front line use.
The aircraft was superseded after the war by the English Electric Espresso mark 2B, coupling captured Italian coffee making technology with the steam cooling system of its  twin Kestrel engines . Four EE Espresso airframes are still in existence, two in the reserve collection of the Imperial War Museum, one at Cosford and one (without wings or engines) as the staff canteen at Prestwick.

LOL!!!
Pure genius!  I had to copy and send the whole thing to my dad, a retired RN Aircraft Engineer who served on HMS Implacable ... I think he'll have a giggle or two! 

Thank you, all, for your kind words.  At least half of the credit for this piece belongs to Madame R, who has the same inverted sideways approach to reality as me  and often wonders why so many people don't comprehend the delights of Whiffery.

  Incidentally, has our esteemed colleague Jaybee any further information on the airframe used as the Prestwick staff canteen?.

[TheChronicOne]

I've a backlog again of these!

It's hard to keep up with them... I'm going to try my new "format" here (less pics, but provide a link to more) and list multiples. Some of these links may go to private pages and you won't be able to see anything. If so, my apologies. MOST of these are open but... ..... if you DO come across one you can't see, why not just go ahead and join the page? It's already a given that they have content you enjoy, so it could be beneficial! 


This first one has no additional pictures so if you want to skip the link, then by all means.... 

Found on t G-Tabs page. Interesting in that this is music stuff, not at all a page related to models. Always neat to find these.


https://www.facebook.com/GTabsofficial/photos/a.706328752835559/1571190956349330/?type=3&theater


A quick whif-stang. By Alastair Glennyfound on the "Facebook Scale Modellers" page.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156516309469352&set=pcb.1075402075996262&type=3&theater&ifg=1


This camo is sweeeeeeeet.  By Rachel/‎Phil Ciborowski‎ found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group."

"Welp. I was threatened with bodily harm by my girl Rachel.... bought her this 'hog. And while i was at the af museum she made this. All cammo'ed and painted/ decaled by herself. 🤦🏻‍♂️ i created a monster."


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2627790147233334&set=pcb.2164043130560505&type=3&theater&ifg=1

OK, here comes "probably my favorite." It's the color.......I call it "Plum Crazy Purple" (which I think i got from Mopar).

By Jean-Luc Fouquet‎. Found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206220123780212&set=pcb.2165162730448545&type=3&theater&ifg=1

By unknown, but there is a Twitter link. This was posted on Facebook, though, here:

"This guy had made a Sukhoi Flanker with Forward swept-wing like the Su-47. An Aircraft with the Flanker and Berkut material to make a super Flanker/Berkut aircraft."
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2172855276157306&set=pcb.2194821747295512&type=3&theater&ifg=1



https://twitter.com/BaroBaronron/status/1164215446519738368?s=19&fbclid=IwAR3RGOqajCs4CglderMrOkltmtSpnojSbitnDYfn6yjLPN5ZcYsoPTrn4Gs

That last link is the Twitter source.

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Found on t G-Tabs page. Interesting in that this is music stuff, not at all a page related to models. Always neat to find these.


https://www.facebook.com/GTabsofficial/photos/a.706328752835559/1571190956349330/?type=3&theater
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I saw that somewhere before. Put on your Health and Safety hat and see what you think...

[NARSES2]

Nice selection, I particularly like the DAF Mustang

[Old Wombat]

Nice selection, I particularly like the DAF Mustang

Agreed!

[loupgarou]

I am not so sure the Milka Ju-52 is a whif.
That colour is the official Milka colour, and  wuld not be at all strange that one of the swiss Ju-52 had been painted for a while in promotional colours.

[TheChronicOne]

Wow, that's sweet!!    Check it out:




Thanks!  I'm going to have to make this one.

[PR19_Kit]

IIRC someone does a decal sheet for that Milka Ju-52.

Or did anyway.

[Scotaidh]

Rockwell NR-323
Runner up of the McAir design in the FX or F15 competition.
Lost by a very narrow margin in December 1969.
Still, it inspired the smaller F16 as well as the Soviet T10 or Su27 early prototype

More info here - https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/north-american-rockwell-fx.50377/?fbclid=IwAR1JQs9jg_4TA_mBTuSVCWV4H_Bth4jKZnnAfadeEBt7muYG-hhB-V5cTpg

[TheChronicOne]

By Jeffrey Molnar found on the '‎Facebook Scale Modellers' page.


"1/48 Lindberg XF-88 Voodoo which developed into the F-101 Voodoo. Disregard the decal markings. Kit came with about 5 super generic decals that I couldn't bring myself to apply on the jet. I rummaged through leftovers and applied them."

[loupgarou]

One of the more appreciable point of that OLD Lindberg kit is the opening panel to check the engine's spark plugs! 

[chrisonord]

I have the anigrand  1/72nd version of that, mine is  going  to be an RAF  all weather  interceptor  built  by Hawker  in Blackpool.  It will do the job of the Javelin.
Chris.