Chronic's Research and Aeronautics Project (C.R.A.P.)

TheChronicOne · October 24, 2016, 10:56:11 AM

I plan on working on all three of my OKGB builds today.

I need to show my F-110 some love the most.... Went for the gusto last night on the Spyplane thanks to over consumption of caffeinated soda pop and knocked out a ton of work on that. Really glad because now it's out of the way! It's not normal for me to work on anything past 10PM and I was up until nearly 2AM getting stuff done. (didn't get to sleep until nearly 6.... kind of rough when the day before I was up by

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TheChronicOne · October 24, 2016, 12:12:31 PM

Saw this on the Civil Aircraft Models facebook page. No info or credit really given...

It's just plain awesome and I wanted to share it here somewhere...

EDIT: The initial picture I posted was too large. I replaced it.

kerick · October 24, 2016, 06:43:41 PM

My first thought was a B-17 whif/kitbash. Now I don't think so.

Checked Wikipedia... PE-8?

TheChronicOne · October 24, 2016, 08:26:11 PM

You nailed it... I went and did a Google search then clicked "images." Tons of really neat pics!

I chose to grab this one (no credit or source given, it was from a generic search):

I'm with you; when I first saw it I was thinking it was some type of B-17 "something or other."

It's cool...... It's right up there now with the B-15 as "must get kit." (I wonder if there is one of the PE-8? ) They bear a resemblance, too!

NARSES2 · October 25, 2016, 06:34:54 AM

Pe 8 you say. Well the airframe yes but there's something about the engines that look a tad to "modern" to me. I know there were two types of engines used on the Pe 8 so it's probably me just not properly recognising one of the types

Librarian · October 25, 2016, 09:52:20 AM

I think the Pe8 was both inline and radial engine...Lancaster similarity. The radial variant may have been Tupolev produced.

NARSES2 · October 26, 2016, 06:23:52 AM

Just had a quick read up on the Pe 8's engines and it used a fair few during its time, including diesels, radials and in-lines.

I think that boxing is the type with ASh 82 radials ? Apparently they were still being used by the Soviet's for Polar exploration through to the late 50's.

TheChronicOne · October 26, 2016, 08:01:57 AM

Interesting thought... it just occured to me that I did my first actual WHIF back in 2009!

I stopped building models for 20 years starting in 1996, but, in 2009 I became really ill and was bed ridden for quite a few weeks... Wanting something to do I bought two Star Trek kits and whipped 'em up.

One was the Classic Enterprise (that is, technically, a whif too because I painted it in a shade of gray quite bit darker than what it's supposed to be) and also a Klingon D-7 that I intentionally set out to paint completely different than anything seen prior.

Wound up with this (bonus.... the two sole Trek kits in my stash. Only reason I have them is because they were purchased for like 70% off):

Cheers,
Brad

P.S. Sorry about the lousy pic. I've already put everything up so it is what it is.

TheChronicOne · October 27, 2016, 09:02:33 AM

Hey! Dolls/figurines are scale models.... of people!! And we all know there are actual model kits out there of people (certainly of Star Trek people!) so I figure I'd share this....

DogfighterZen · October 27, 2016, 06:24:50 PM

zenrat · October 28, 2016, 12:31:01 AM

Quote from: TheChronicOne on October 24, 2016, 08:26:11 PM
You nailed it... I went and did a Google search then clicked "images." Tons of really neat pics!

I chose to grab this one (no credit or source given, it was from a generic search):

I'm with you; when I first saw it I was thinking it was some type of B-17 "something or other."

It's cool...... It's right up there now with the B-15 as "must get kit." (I wonder if there is one of the PE-8? ) They bear a resemblance, too!

That's the box art from the 1/72 A Model kit of the civilian Pe 8.

A Model also do a military version of the radial engined Pe 8.
Zvezda do a 1/72 Pe 8 but with inline engines. I have one in the stash and its a lovely looking kit which looks like it should go together well.

NARSES2 · October 28, 2016, 06:04:45 AM

Quote from: TheChronicOne on October 27, 2016, 09:02:33 AM
Hey! Dolls/figurines are scale models.... of people!! And we all know there are actual model kits out there of people (certainly of Star Trek people!) so I figure I'd share this....

Spock figure is very realistic

NARSES2 · October 28, 2016, 06:06:11 AM

Quote from: zenrat on October 28, 2016, 12:31:01 AM

That's the box art from the 1/72 A Model kit of the civilian Pe 8.

A Model also do a military version of the radial engined Pe 8.
Zvezda do a 1/72 Pe 8 but with inline engines. I have one in the stash and its a lovely looking kit which looks like it should go together well.

The radial engined version looks so much more modern than the in-line one it's amazing

TheChronicOne · October 28, 2016, 06:45:16 AM

Hey, Fred! Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to get one of them kits.

zenrat · October 28, 2016, 04:58:23 PM

Do it if you have the chance.
Reviews of the Zvezda kit here. First one shows the crew (you get a full complement) in descending order of size.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1331052060
http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews/Kits/Aircraft/zvezda_72_pe-8/zvezda_72_pe-8.htm
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/amo/build_amo_72142.shtml