Curtiss TC512 Destroyer

Wardukw · October 19, 2021, 06:27:57 PM

Hey ya guys ...first time ive posted in the aircraft section so here we go .
I bloody good friend of mine gave me this dinosaur aged model from Monogram of a Curtiss Helldiver ...working with this model was to say the least interesting and surprisingly it turned into a bit of a challenge .I
was using my Dremel to clean up some joins where the tail planes meet the side of the plane ,,and then BANG,,,the plastic shattered ,,tail plane went into the god knows where cause i still haven't found it and the tail its self was laying on the floor..now to give you guys some idea of what i was working with here ,,this kit is either from 1961 or 1966 ,, so the plastic is brittle as hell ,,,most normal people would have binned it but we're not normal that why we are here ,,so the mind just started to play and this is the result ..
What follows is a heap of pics from start to finish ,,this is a first for me too..never dumped to whole build from start to finish

DSCF2819 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2820 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2860 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2862 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2865 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2868 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2870 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2871 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2872 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2873 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2884 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
Now this plane is built from a random pile of crap and the remains of the worst built and total waste of a Tamiya 48th scale Lancaster bomber...i was giving this plane and a small box of parts ..mixed up 48th and 72nd parts ,,i used what i thought would work and look not only cool and functional and apart from this thing looking ugly as hell i think its kinda looks the part of a heavily armoured and armed ground attack fighter ,,the props are 2 of the Lancasters put together and its spinners ,,why ?..no idea at all,,i was wanting counter rotating propellers but i would have to make the new set of blades backwards so i stuck with these..yep its different but this is what this channel is all about.
Now the finished model .....

DSCF2888 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2891 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2892 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2895 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2896 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2897 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2898 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2900 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

DSCF2901 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
Now even tho i havent told you guys this before but this is the first plane i have built in over ten yrs and those of you who do know me know i build armour,,so to me this dont look to bad for a guy who dont do planes

So please enjoy this mutant ..oh if the decals look a little strange that because most are for tanks ,,only the stars are for a plane

Cheers
Phill

Old Wombat · October 19, 2021, 07:50:23 PM

Man, I love it!

You did that old shelf-queen proud!

Wardukw · October 19, 2021, 08:13:35 PM

Cheers Guy mate..think tho ..wouldnt have happened with you mate

AndrewF · October 20, 2021, 12:18:42 AM

This is the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen in my life - it's fantastic!

TheChronicOne · October 20, 2021, 12:24:46 AM

Oh hell!!! This some nutty @#%! ! Marvellous!!

Rick Lowe · October 20, 2021, 12:36:45 AM

Good save! And nicely weird and wonderful.

I get a sort of 'Sky Crawlers' vibe, which isn't a bad thing at all...

Wardukw · October 20, 2021, 01:10:04 AM

Thanks guys....yeah ugly is kind of a understatement for this thing ..the biggest problem was the lack of plane parts..i had an idea of what i wanted the cannon barrels to look like but no 35th scale barrel looks like that..so i got bored and started to pull this dead Bic lighter to bits and bugger me side ways one of the bits i pulled out was the gas tube which is where the flame comes from .
Well it looked like a cannon barrel to me so the hunt was on for 3 more..which i found and that spurred me on then..the guns are sorted.
Its amazing when you just need that little bit of luck to get the brain to fire and then the ideas just flow..freakin love that 🤗

zenrat · October 20, 2021, 02:24:25 AM

Now that's nasty looking. Good job.

Gondor · October 20, 2021, 03:05:54 AM

Getting a Cartoon feel about this. Dam good result regardless.

Gondor

Scotaidh · October 20, 2021, 03:28:12 AM

That's as ugly as an Orc's butt - and looks weirdly effective! Nice build!

I particularly like the shark's mouth - viewed from the front, the teeth are visible, and with most aircraft they aren't, only from the side. Is that decal from the the Korean War Patton tank, or the WWII Sherman?

Wurgerman · October 20, 2021, 05:48:18 AM

Looks truly "bad-arse " great stuff !

comrade harps · October 20, 2021, 06:14:18 AM

Wonderfully crazy

scooter · October 20, 2021, 06:41:42 AM

Looks like something that Anton Veeblefitzer would come up with.

sandiego89 · October 20, 2021, 10:08:14 AM

Agree with the perfectly ugly comments!

Wardukw · October 20, 2021, 11:14:10 AM

Thanks guys..glad you like this mutant pile of bits .
I'll admit i did enjoy building this which is leading to a problem ..i kinda want to build another one or two..they will have to be 48th due to my lack of space even tho i would be happier if it was 32nd..least 48th can be cheaper i hope

I need to get a Me109..couple of Spitfires and no Tamiya ones..to expensive and to good to cut to bits..oh i be looking for a P40 at some point too.
Scotaidh mate your damn near right there..the decal is from a ancient Tamiya M48 Patton that i had yrs ago.
This is all Old Wombats fault

One plane i want to build will require 2 P47's and 1 P38..that could be expensive $:-\$