Whiffs found on Facebook

[TheChronicOne]

By Jason Port, found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.

"Done
Airfix 1:72 scale HE 111 'Moterhead bomber'
I used the box artwork for the base. Streached clear sprue painted for the gun fire and my 8 year old Daughter Alice donated the hair to suspend the bomb.
The song lyrics include the words "no night fighter will stop us getting through" so I decided to show an engin on fire to tie it to the song.  I also think it adds to the drama of the display while breaking up the all black aircraft."

[TheChronicOne]

By Denne Osgood found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.

"Sometimes you just have to build what pop's(sic) into your head.  A study in paint schemes in places they never were."












I like it!!!

[Dizzyfugu]

That's nit the first Ju 87 in USN markings - I remember one with green squadron markings, very similar to this (pretty) one. It actually inspired my USN PZL Karas conversion for the "In the navy" GB!

[zenrat]

The Motorhead 111 confirms my thoughts.  Built OOB it has too many transfers.  IMO all it needs is what can be seen on the album cover - the logo on the side of the nose.

[NARSES2]

I do like that Stuka

[PR19_Kit]

If he'd had fitted motors (did you see what I did there?  ) and LEDs it would have been very reminiscent of our good friend Strobez' work. 

[ChernayaAkula]

By Denne Osgood found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.

"Sometimes you just have to build what pop's(sic) into your head.  A study in paint schemes in places they never were."

Damn! Bought a Zvezda Stuka and some Techmod decals do just that. And here I thought I had a good idea.  Well, it's still a good idea. Just not a new one. 
My inspiration were THIS PIC and Logan Hartke's wonderful Vought Viking profiles (one example: LINK!).

[TheChronicOne]

Love his Viking profile!! Man, that gives me some ideas, too.......  hmmm........   


Anyway...... can someone fill me in as to what's up with the tiny props on that Motorhead plane? I was hoping someone would mention it before I had to ask.... but..... here we are. 

[zenrat]

Love his Viking profile!! Man, that gives me some ideas, too.......  hmmm........   


Anyway...... can someone fill me in as to what's up with the tiny props on that Motorhead plane? I was hoping someone would mention it before I had to ask.... but..... here we are. 

I think they are intended to represent spinning propellers.  I can see where the builder was going with them but I don't think they quite got there.
They are hard to represent in scale though and i've certainly not found a way to do it i'm completely happy with.  Apart from implanting small motors and actually making them spin (which if I tried it would probly result in a small fire).

[TheChronicOne]

Ahhhhhhh.....  ok!     An interesting approach....   not terrible but I was confused by it. I don't do a lot of in-flight wheels-up stuff so I wasn't considering it.

[zenrat]

By Denne Osgood found on the "The Mediocre Modelers group" page.

"Sometimes you just have to build what pop's(sic) into your head.  A study in paint schemes in places they never were."

Damn! Bought a Zvezda Stuka and some Techmod decals do just that. And here I thought I had a good idea.  Well, it's still a good idea. Just not a new one. 
My inspiration were THIS PIC and Logan Hartke's wonderful Vought Viking profiles (one example: LINK!).

This Stuka is not bad but what it really needs to go with that paint job is a radial engine.

[Logan Hartke]

Thanks for the kind words, guys! When life settles down again, I really need to get back to that line.

Cheers,

Logan

[TheChronicOne]

By Fernando Zamorano Vergara found on the "The Greatest Planes That Never Were" page.

"SpaceBoeing a tribute and a memory to the contribution of space shuttles in the exploration of space. zvezda 1/144 scale model my regards to all"
   (editor's note: I believe he ran this through Google Translate.)













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I loooooooooooooove this one!!!!         I've wanted to do the same... to something (In particular, a MiG-21 Analog, because of the wing shape... ) but he did it first and .... probably much better than what I could do. I was so happy to see this, it's very neat!

[PR19_Kit]

I wonder if it hinges open along the top? 

[zenrat]

Nice.

The nose intake of the MiG 21I would make a shuttle scheme tricky.  It really needs a rounded nose to work.  Jet Provost or a Tweet would work well.