Current projects: Airspeed Imperial, AVIA 60 & Nakajima Ki-41

[AndrewF]

Some good stuff here. 

[63cpe]

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen!
Very much appreciated!

@Kitbasher: The NF-5 Quad are two Matchbox F-5's and a scratchbuild cockpittubbie with Pavla bangseat.
                   The Martin-Baker is a GAL Hotspur fuselage, 1/48 P-51 canopy, wings and tailbooms are 1/32 Glencoe XV-1
                   The drone is made of two stands (think ancient revell??) and 1/144 B-29 outerwings
                   The Airspeed Imperial is made of mostly 1/144 and 1/100 parts. My goal was to make something with as much as possible 1/100-144 parts and
                   minimal 1/72 parts, but still make it recognizable as 1/72. It's made from: 1/144 Monogram Constellation, outerwings from 1/94 F-27 Friendship, nosecone is
                  from an 1/100 B-47, 4x RR Peregrine engines from 1/72 Westland Whirlwind and a 1/72 Lockheed Hudson canopy.

And the Darkstar was the basis of the drone....love the simple yet sinister design of that thing...

@Zenrat: sorry, no mouse involved here.....

Cheers!
David aka 63cpe

here have you found an 1/100 B-47??? I do 1/100 planes and wasn't aware of any.
BTW, I suppose you'll blend the original Connie cockpit in the fuselage.
Fantastic ideas all, anyway. I'll refrain from asking what you drink or inhale to get your ideas....

Oooops, sorry Loupgarou....that's a typo..... The B-47 is in 1/144 from Academy (lovely wings...can put then on anything like bijoux, it allways looks good!)

Thank you for asking what I use to get the ideas....I think a mix of Revell contacta, zip kicker and curing 1k putty does the trick 

David aka 63cpe

[Tophe]

I had the same idea for a twinned-up F-5 that worked just like that, and I even got as far as chopping a couple of Airfix F-5E fuselages up, but then I got distracted and never got back to it.

We talked about it with pictures at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=46841.0 (concerning my drawings of twin-F-20 this way)

[63cpe]

Ahh, you're right Tophe. I couldn't remember where i picked up the idea. But it was in that tread.... I'll revive the tread once finished..

David aka 63cpe

[McColm]

Wow very impressive builds going on 

[loupgarou]

here have you found an 1/100 B-47??? I do 1/100 planes and wasn't aware of any.
BTW, I suppose you'll blend the original Connie cockpit in the fuselage.
Fantastic ideas all, anyway. I'll refrain from asking what you drink or inhale to get your ideas....

Oooops, sorry Loupgarou....that's a typo..... The B-47 is in 1/144 from Academy (lovely wings...can put then on anything like bijoux, it allways looks good!)

Thank you for asking what I use to get the ideas....I think a mix of Revell contacta, zip kicker and curing 1k putty does the trick 

David aka 63cpe

Thanks, David,even if you dashed my hopes of having found a mysterious kit...

[63cpe]

Sorry Loupgarou...

[63cpe]

Quick update on the NF-5 Quad: Fuselages are joined! Cockpit is in and the seam between fuselages was puttied. Intakes are replaced by F-4's as proposed by Weaver in this thread: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=46841.0

IMG_20200223_211421070 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
IMG_20200223_211339963 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
IMG_20200223_211300827 by Buddy Holly, on FlickrIMG_20200223_211443556 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr


And the wings are ON the MB.7 and puttied:

IMG_20200223_210931617 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
IMG_20200223_210940757 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
IMG_20200223_211006988 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

No progress on the Drone and the Imperial. But managed to stumble on an new whif a twin jet trainer in typical Rutan layout. Will post pictures in a new thread.

David aka 63cpe

[ysi_maniac]

Love the Northrop and Armstrong W designs.

[major]

That NF-5Q Is looking well chunky! 

[TheChronicOne]

MB 7 is so glorious......

[Tophe]

Both the twin-boomer and the F-5 derivative are wonderful, thanks for sharing

[63cpe]

First up some progress on the Airspeed Imperial. Ready for sprayfiller and some last PSR.

IMG_20210427_145242182 (2) by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145234528 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145223217 (2) by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145215387 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145201523 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145155253 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_145024497 (2) by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

IMG_20210427_144948108 (2) by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

The size is not really apparent in these shots, but the fuselage is about the same as a Lancaster.

Will post pictures of the progress on the Nakajima and Avia soon.

David aka 63cpe

[Rheged]

Very interesting!!  I particularly like the Airspeed offering.

[Tophe]

Looking good!
While... to "understand" it, I had to go back in the past of this thread:

The Airspeed Imperial is made of mostly 1/144 and 1/100 parts. My goal was to make something with as much as possible 1/100-144 parts and
minimal 1/72 parts, but still make it recognizable as 1/72. It's made from: 1/144 Monogram Constellation, outerwings from 1/94 F-27 Friendship, nosecone is
from an 1/100 B-47, 4x RR Peregrine engines from 1/72 Westland Whirlwind and a 1/72 Lockheed Hudson canopy.
David aka 63cpe

Good mix, well done!