Whiffs found on Facebook

[Librarian]

Used to dream about a naval version of the A-10...should've reinforced the undercarriage tho.

[kerick]

Rumor is that the Marines were interested in the A-10 but it didn't leak enough......

[zenrat]

I looked at it and thought "whats wiffed about that?" and then I thought "hang on, Navy?".

It looks good but the panel lines are too dark.

[TheChronicOne]

Way over done and not natural panel lines, for sure! That's not how planes "age" at all, you're right. When I get to the point where my weathering is decent (or even existent!) it will be random/where it should be and more like what we see on real planes.   

Still, looks pretty neat I thought.  Looks better than my stuff.   

[RAFF-35]

Not a whiff, but this is just too cool not to share! Look at the bloke lying down!!!!

[TheChronicOne]

I saw that out on FB within the last day or two myself.  They said it was up on pedastal that were airbrushed out but could you imagine?!  I think ol' boy there would get picked up and thrown around like a rag doll!   

That plane sure is cool. I don't recognize it. 

[kitnut617]

There was a discussion about this photo on the forum some time ago, in the 'How low can you go' thread. The plane is a EE Canberra and the consensus was it was a photoshopped pic.

[dadlamassu]

That plane sure is cool. I don't recognize it.

It is a Canberra

Then there was a Hunter


and a Wimpey


More Canberras




And a Jaguar

[TheChronicOne]

{{{{scribbles down}}}}}}}    E..... E.... Can...berr...aaah...  Yeah.  Added to the list of kits I want. Thank you! 


One of the ones I saw yesterday or whatever it was was a biplane.   
Those ^ are cool!

[RAFF-35]

You guys had some canberras and turned them into the Martin B-57... still being used by NASA in one reincarnation or another 

[kerick]

WB-57 high altitude research aircraft. The third one was pulled out of the boneyard and returned to flight status in 2013 after 41 years in storage.
Looks like a whiff already!

(Wish I knew how to make this pic smaller)

[Green Dragon]

Tracked that WB-57 earlier this year on Flightradar24 when it flew over Scotland, didn't even spot it's trail coz it was a lovely Scottish Summers day i.e it was low, grey cloud and fully overcast!


Paul Harrison

[kerick]

NASA has flown quite an odd collection of ac over the years. Their must be a WB-57 conversion kit out somewhere.

[kitnut617]

NASA has flown quite an odd collection of ac over the years. Their must be a WB-57 conversion kit out somewhere.

You can buy a RB-57F kit from Mach II in 1/72, got one in the stash which I had started before my house move a few years ago, but it's still buried in the packing boxes.

http://www.mach2.fr/rb57.htm

[PR19_Kit]

You guys had some canberras and turned them into the Martin B-57... still being used by NASA in one reincarnation or another 

And they did it by fitting LONGER WINGS!  And a few other bits, like MASSIVE engines too.

There was an excellent vacform/resin conversion kit for the RB-57F that was originally done by DB Resins and was passed on somewhere else, but I know not where sadly.

The original issue of that conversion was the root cause of my Meteor PR19 because they did the engines in 1/82 scale at first. Not good for an RB-57F but PERFECT for a PR19.