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Post pics of your esoteric or off beat builds.
Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:17 AM

I will start with my scratch built JU-287.Built with a Combat models HE-177 vac fuselage and laminated hand carved wings.   

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Posted by Texgunner on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:28 AM

Hasegawa Kyushu J7W3 Shinden 1/48 "Japanese Jet Ace":


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Posted by hogfanfs on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 9:55 AM

1/48 Brengun Tomahawk Cruise Missile

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:46 AM

Very cool!anyone else?

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Posted by Texgunner on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:51 AM

Okay, one more.  McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo in all-black mode:


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Posted by Texgunner on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:54 AM

And, another.  "What-if" Confederate States Air Force Mirage F-1:

 

Gary

 


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Posted by Chuck Davis on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 12:36 PM

Here's my little oddball - Trumpeter's LCAC in 1/144 scale.  That would be a U.S. quarter off the side...

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Posted by Real G on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 1:38 PM

Scratchbuilt A.D. Police helicopter in 1/72 from the Japanese anime "Bubblegum Crisis".  This project started when the anime series was brand new and took around 20 years to cross the finish line:

https://flic.kr/p/cRU8m5] [/url]ADP Heli-Right Side 2 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Bandai 1/144 Magella Attack Zeon tanks from "Mobile Suit Gundam".  Nice, fun, detailed kits from the limited EX line:

https://flic.kr/p/9JXuCp] [/url]EX Magella-Front-1 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Huma 1/72 Treibflugel, my first serious "Luftwaffe 1946" build, as well as my first limited run kit:

https://flic.kr/p/9LgQ9C] [/url]Triebflugel-2 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 3:31 PM

Like G, i have also done the Huma Triebflugel.

And i think this one qualifies. Hasegawa He 111Z. Hard to believe that this isn't a 'What If'

But this is, Ar 555.

And of the Star Wars builds i have done, this is one you don't see often. 1/72nd Probe Droid.

 

 

 

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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Real G on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 6:23 PM

More weirdness.

Pit Road's resin 1/20 Jim diving suit from the 1970s (and also appearing in the Bond film "For Your Eyes Only"):

https://flic.kr/p/9Kk48N] [/url]Pit Road Jim-1 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/9KhsqK] [/url]Pit Road Jim-3 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Halcyon/MRC's 1/9(?) Mean Machine, from the Stallone version of "Judge Dredd":

https://flic.kr/p/9S9wm8] [/url]Mean Machine by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/9Screh] [/url]Mean Machine-Face by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Drokk, that was an awful (Dredd-ful) movie.  I wished the Karl Urban version had the effects budget and visuals of that movie - it would have been so awesome!

And finally, Huma's 1/72 plastic kit of the Ju-287 v1:

https://flic.kr/p/9T6ZFP] [/url]Ju-287 1 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

 

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Posted by ikar01 on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 5:11 PM

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Posted by Real G on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 8:08 PM

Ikar01, I think you win.  Stick out tongue

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, May 5, 2016 8:54 AM

Ouch, I thought I'd build some odd stuff- now I think I should shut up and go home. Great stuff guys and neat thread. 

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, May 5, 2016 1:00 PM

I like thst Ryan Skyshark(or Fireball),very cool!

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Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, May 5, 2016 1:30 PM

Cool models!

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, May 5, 2016 2:35 PM

Thanks Philo! 

Actually Ryan called it the Dark Shark, she was an 'improved' version of the Fireball but even with more power didn't show much of a performace boost. 

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Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, May 5, 2016 3:52 PM

Some cool stuff going on,I guess I only build Tigers and Panthers Big Smile

I did a Wyvern and a paper panzer,but nothing really out there.

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Posted by lazyfortress on Thursday, May 5, 2016 4:53 PM

Don't know if this would count.  The kit was poor, as some parts were deformed, so I made the T-34 100mm look like it was "knocked out".

Visit my site at www.lazyfortress.info !

My avatar is Nemo A534, a military war dog that served in Vietnam.  He was WIA while defending his handler.

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Posted by ikar01 on Thursday, May 5, 2016 7:06 PM

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, May 5, 2016 7:53 PM

Texgunner

Okay, one more.  McDonnell RF-101B Voodoo in all-black mode:

 

 

This is my favorite. I love the all-black Voodoo.

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Posted by Texgunner on Friday, May 6, 2016 12:36 PM

Thanks BlackSheep!  How about another shot or two...keep the thread alive?


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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Friday, May 6, 2016 1:06 PM

I guess this fits the "esoteric" category.  It's a very limited resin casting of Wonder Woman that I purchased directly from the artist  years ago.  Paint is Tamiya acrylics.  Lariat is gold embroidery thread.

 

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, May 6, 2016 1:50 PM

Those are awesome guys! 

I found one more on my PhotoBucket account: 

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, May 6, 2016 4:20 PM

Here is another of mine which is somewhat unique, a Bell XFM-1, a US attempt at a plane destroyer (like the ME-110 and other multi-engined fighters).  This was a Vacu-form kit, but I forget by who.

 

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Posted by philo426 on Friday, May 6, 2016 4:38 PM

Nice job!it really pops in the bright sun!

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, May 6, 2016 5:54 PM

Don Stauffer

Here is another of mine which is somewhat unique, a Bell XFM-1, a US attempt at a plane destroyer (like the ME-110 and other multi-engined fighters).  This was a Vacu-form kit, but I forget by who.

 

 

 

I love it! A very unusual bird indeed!

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Posted by ikar01 on Friday, May 6, 2016 7:27 PM

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Posted by OctaneOrange on Saturday, May 7, 2016 4:39 AM

My weirdest build is 'Mrs Oregon' from Graveyard Cars. it was a wrecked Cuda they were rebuilding. it was a "technique builder", ie i built it just to test a new technique (pressed foil panels). only kit part was the chassis.

 

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, May 8, 2016 11:17 AM

ikar01

Here's a shot of the real one my Father took back then.  It was one of a number of odd aircraft that woiuld fly in.  I believe he was at Langley Field aat the time.

He said it was even less popular than the P-39s.  If you were a gunner in the pod and had to get out, if the prop jettison system didn't work, you had to take your chute off, crawl into the fuselage, put it back on, and then drop out of a hatch in the floor.

That was assuming of course that the aircraft was still in the air by then.

 

 

 

ikar, thanks for sharing that photo.  I have seen few photos of that bird- I guess it did not work out. At least the US realized the bomber destroyers were not such a good deal once they built one.  They didn't do another until the complex night fighters with radar came back, where you really needed a bigger crew.

 

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Posted by fermis on Sunday, May 8, 2016 11:36 AM

I haven't built anything that really qualifies as out of the ordinary, except for a "Whif" I did last year...

Revell Mig-29 was the base for a "Mig-229 Fulcrum II"...

 

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