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DONE +++ 1:72 Lockheed-Detroit P-22A 'Alcyone', USAAC, 1935

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PR19_Kit

#30
June 16, 2024, 03:08:34 AM
Very colourful and VERY 'American' too.  :thumbsup:

Somehow I can see it hanging underneath a MONSTER airship as well.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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Kit

zenrat

#31
June 16, 2024, 03:58:12 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 16, 2024, 03:08:34 AMVery colourful and VERY 'American' too.  :thumbsup:

Somehow I can see it hanging underneath a MONSTER airship as well.

Weren't the airships operated  by the US Navy?  And the navy would want a radial engined version of this.

But, maybe the US Army Air Corps could operate armoured troop carrying airships from which Alcyones hung and paratroopers dropped like flies trouble from the skies.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Dizzyfugu

#32
June 16, 2024, 06:12:49 AM
Thank you, glad you like it. Yeah, it's a pretty and colorful bird! :lol:
 
And, yes, the airship carriers (Akron and Macon - were there more?) were a USN project - even though a Ki-10 with a radial engine would certainly be possible, too... ;-)

Doug K

#33
June 16, 2024, 07:38:56 AM
Looks very right

PR19_Kit

#34
June 16, 2024, 12:39:17 PM
Quote from: zenrat on June 16, 2024, 03:58:12 AMWeren't the airships operated  by the US Navy? 


Of course, they were SHIPS after all.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#35
June 16, 2024, 01:00:06 PM
Nice one Dizzy - that paint job is fabulous!  :thumbsup:

Now here's a thought: imagine if the IJN operated aircraft-carrying airships too, and both the IJN and the USN continued to do so into WWII.
That'd make for some interesting battle over the Pacific, wouldn't it? :o
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PR19_Kit

#36
June 16, 2024, 02:34:27 PM
Quote from: Weaver on June 16, 2024, 01:00:06 PMNow here's a thought: imagine if the IJN operated aircraft-carrying airships too, and both the IJN and the USN continued to do so into WWII.
That'd make for some interesting battle over the Pacific, wouldn't it? :o


VERY much so, I've thought of such a scenario often, even extended into the Korean War and even further as well.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rick Lowe

#37
June 16, 2024, 10:47:08 PM
Nice work, Dizzy.  :thumbsup:

And Blimp-carried biplanes duking it out over a Pacific Island would make for an interesting scenario.

PR19_Kit

#38
June 17, 2024, 02:25:33 AM
For some alternative history on more modern airships see here..........  ;D

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=34363.msg544086#msg544086
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#39
June 17, 2024, 06:29:40 AM
Gorgeous job  :bow:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Joe C-P

#40
June 17, 2024, 07:07:05 AM
Oh, those bright between-the-wars colors.   :wub:
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kerick

#41
June 17, 2024, 07:24:14 AM
Great job! I love the paint!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Glenn Gilbertson

#42
June 22, 2024, 06:03:12 PM
That's a beauty - and very convincing! :thumbsup:

The Rat

#43
June 22, 2024, 09:33:31 PM
If aircraft models representing the 'yellow wing' era don't put a smile on one's face, check for a pulse.  :wub:  :thumbsup:
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DogfighterZen

#44
June 22, 2024, 11:43:38 PM
 :mellow:  :thumbsup:
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