Let's do a "What if" GB

Pavlvs wrote:

Hi guys, I have been derelict in my duties to this forum and I ask forgiveness. I have been attacked recently by Multiple Sclerosis that has taken the use of my legs and is now robbing my hands of function. I am undergoing treatment to reverse the loss of motor function but I have no idea what the results will be. Building models is becoming impossible due to the loss so I must ask you all to keep up this GB. I will continue with awe to follow your builds but can offer no more building of my own. Please keep up the good work and if you have a prayer or two to spare, I would br grateful if you could send them my way. (That is God's way on my behalf) In the mean time, even typing this post has taken about an hour to get it right so I will be watching but replying may be too hard. I am bowing out of the FSM forum so please keep building and keep inspiring with your awesome work. God Bless you all. Fr. Pavlvs

Best of luck Pavls, I wish you well.

In accordance with your wish to keep up this GB I am posting my next Whiff build;

I have gathered the parts for a race variant of the Boeing P-26.

The donor kit is a revell 1/72 P-26, the cowling a revell/lodela 1/72 Machi 202 (I really like those 1930's cowling with buldges) The pics are of my setup, just tacked together

I am trying to decide if I should keep the gearthe orignal width:

 Or make it wider:

I have made a canopy using the "heat smash" method over the feul tank of a Folland Gnat (last pic)

Pavlvs: I am really sorry to hear that. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Keep on fighting! Good luck and Godspeed!

Prayers to Pavlvs, specifically praying over Isa 40:31 on your behalf.  Just don't give up brother, keep fighting every step of the way!  PM inbound

There are some really cool ideas here!  The battle carrier sounds like a real winner and the Eye of the Tiger is truly inspired!

Pavlvs Damn I am sorry to hear that, my prayers are most definately with you, and your family.

PM inbound

Well this is an interesting GB! i am eager to see the Iowa-Cv conversion. And i would love to enter this group build but i dont know i will be able to get around to it. However, if i was able to get around to it i know what i would build. So would you please put me down as a battleship/carrier conversion. It may sound uninteresting but it wont be one of those conversions where the guns are gone and the flightdeck appears. The ship will have a rather long hull and a flight deck BUT it will keep its guns. I am not sure how many guns or anything but i have the basic blueprint locked up in my head to make complete theft of the idea impossible.

Sorry if that sounded like a ramble

Eddie,

Some things were simply meant to be, and this latest bird of yours is one of them.

Fantastic!

 I hope you're doing well Pavlus!

 I've been away while myself. Althought it looks like the Sea Hustler will not be ready in time, I've completed one and will have another very shortly.

The first is an AEW I call the Eye of the Tiger. The inspiration came from a floor protector used under furniture legs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/scurrfy/F7F%20Tigereye/57b308da.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/scurrfy/F7F%20Tigereye/June09035.jpg

And the finished product.

Hi guys,

I've been away for a while recuperating from an accident and moving from Shenandoah County Virginia to Springfield Va.  Country to city.  I'm still unpacking so it will be a little while before model building resumes in earnest.  I hope to see more pics soon and the Gloster Warthog looks way cool.

Fr. Pavlvs

John: I saw the whole tread on whatifmodellers (I lurk there)

Looking very convincing!

Just finished last week!  But I had started in 2005 so this is just for inspiration for the rest of you.

Complete build thread here:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,8242.0.html

And many more images of the finished bird here:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,24526.0.html

I have finished my F-18L (FSW)! The decals are some spares, most came from an F-14.

I have added two weapons, a dummy Sparrow and telemetry pod (what is the name of those things?)

Maybe I wil do another Whiff, I have got an idea for a P-26 racer... must find some parts for that one first.

How is the rest of you doing with your builds?

Antoher progress update, decals, wash and flat coat are on. I just need te do some detail painting and find some weapons and this bird is finished. Hopefully I can do that this weekend (that would make this my most productive year ever, 5 build complete!).

AJB93 wrote:

I'll jump in on this one if I may. I'll be building the USS Midway (CVB-44) as she would have looked if she had been converted from an Iowa class battleship instead of being a from the keel-up carrier. This was a proposal at one point, but it never happened. I'll model her to appear as she had been hastily converted in 1942 in an effort to close the "carrier gap" in the Pacific, thus she will have limited AA batteries and and will be similar to an Essex class CV in appearance. I think the time frame will be as built in Jan. 43. I have an Iowa class hull in 1/700 awaiting this conversion and a GB is as good an excuse as any to get a move on. :)

AJB93 wrote:

I'll jump in on this one if I may. I'll be building the USS Midway (CVB-44) as she would have looked if she had been converted from an Iowa class battleship instead of being a from the keel-up carrier. This was a proposal at one point, but it never happened. I'll model her to appear as she had been hastily converted in 1942 in an effort to close the "carrier gap" in the Pacific, thus she will have limited AA batteries and and will be similar to an Essex class CV in appearance. I think the time frame will be as built in Jan. 43. I have an Iowa class hull in 1/700 awaiting this conversion and a GB is as good an excuse as any to get a move on. :)

I'm looking forward to this! When I was stationed on the Midway, the Iowa came along side for an unrep and it was very impressive in overall size. These are a couple of photos I took of the event.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/scurrfy/BB61/Picture953.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/scurrfy/BB61/Picture952.jpg

Here are some more pics, second layer of blue:

 And with the masking removed:

Note the absence of the right stabilasor....it broke of during the removing of the masking and is damaged....

AJB93: jump in, just send a pm to Pavlvs, he is the organisor of this GB.

Eddie: it is good to see some progress.

I just reallized, I am converting a navy aircraft to a land aircraft , you are converting a land aircraft to a navy aircraft!!! That is typical Whiff modeling, always trying to force an aircraft into a role it was not designd for!

No real progress other than shortening the inboard engine nacelles and trying out some main landing gear.....

Here are some pic:

The first layer of pale light blue is on! I wil be using blue tack for the masking and then paint the dark blue. Pics are to come.

I have to find some decals, probably regular navy markings and a russian bort number from the spares box.

 How is the rest of you guys doing? 

I think I wil go for a light blue/ dark blue Agressor schem, a bit like this:

First coat of primer is on, so it is time for a update.

First a shot of the pilot:

And here is the plane in grey primer:

I am not sure what my color scheme is going to be.

My options are:

1) Austrian (or Czech, I have decals to make either), grey camo scheme, a bit boring but the lines of the plane wil be very visible.

2) Finish, either a copy of the grey (underside) and green/black (upperside) mig-21 camoflage. Or a green/black wraparound camoflage.

3) US Navy Aggressor: could be any type of camo scheme.

Do you guys have any opinions on this subject?

Another update:

Puttying and sanding is finished. Canopy is polished (I made a lot of glue smears on it when I build the kit the first time around), glued on and masked with Maskol.

Since this is going to be a "in flight" model I am busy building an display stand. By cutting and bending an old coat hanger the display stand has been made. I just have to glue it in using cyano and Millitput.

I hope to put on the first coat of primer this weekend. I wil post some pics then.

How is the rest coming along with their builds?