Sparrowhyperion

I needed a break from styrene so I spent some time working on one of my 3D projects.  What do you think of this WIP?  It's by no means a final render, but it gives an idea of the design.

Sums up so many cool designs I always liked.

Uhhhh......need a new movie to go with that......

I'll post some golden oldies I have...

I sure hope the raptor pod can fly independently.......

Well done man.

It reminds me of 'SONICA'.

Very nice, how long did that take you?

I needed a break from styrene so I spent some time working on one of my 3D projects.  What do you think of this WIP?  It's by no means a final render, but it gives an idea of the design.

Nice work guys!

And it's great to see the AH-64 on her feet Mike!

Ohakea. My partners dad confirmed it for me a few years ago. My dad was a grease monkey, her dad was a cracker stacker.

Scorpiomikey

My dad told me a story of a canberra loaded up with 500's, taxied out, tapped the breaks a bit hard on the end of the runway and one of the 500's clanged onto the ground.

Where was this, Mikey?

Where else you gonna' see a 140 pound man lift a 500 pound bomb onto a rack?

I ask you....

By the way, I would hate to see what happened to the guy when that other ladder fell over.....lol

Scorpiomikey

Bah, dont worry about the rest of the site Ken. This threads the most interesting

  So true!

Bah, dont worry about the rest of the site Ken. This threads the most interesting

My dad told me a story of a canberra loaded up with 500's, taxied out, tapped the breaks a bit hard on the end of the runway and one of the 500's clanged onto the ground.

Hi Everyone,

I guess I should poke around on this site more often instead of just inside this group build.  I just now learned about the new Kinetic Models 1/48 F-5A Freedom Fighter that just came out!  Awesome!  I have to have one!  Gimmie!  Gimmie!   

Ken

Bockscar

Russ, that trooper isn't a real big guy, but holy cow, carrying a 500 lb bomb up an aluminum

ladder and hooking it onto the rack like that, and he still has half the rack to go, yikes, what did the AF feed these guys for breakfast???

Lol, they fed em a lot of SOS and also, that's an extra strong ladder!  Seriously, what he's doing is dangerous enough. He's checking the shackle to be sure the bomb is hung right and secure, and then he'll attach the arming safety wire. They jerk those things back and forth to be sure they're on there tight - if it was to drop, he might not get his arm out of the way in time. And they did fall off occasionally. I was riding launch one morning and we were parked about 30 yards away watching a B52 taxi out of the revetment when a 750-lb bomb dropped off the pylon onto the tarmak. Took a few seconds to get my heart started again once I realized I wasn't dead . Never heard of one dropping while a crew was loading though.

That's right... Pick on the guy with the ball in his brain... LMAO...  What kit exactly.  I may have a spare.

Rich

Bockscar

Well;

Rich isn't the only guy around here with whacky styrene Karma:

I snapped the canopy frame off my F-4P......where did it go.....

Striker8241

Bockscar

Striker8241

Does anyone know why the bottom edges of those intakes are so badly scratched?

Dom

I've noticed that in a number of pictures of the SEA painted B52s. It may be scouring due to air flow or ice crystals. Below is another picture with the same effects, and you can see the same thing along the leading edge of the wing and the nose of the pylon. It may be that this was a normal result of B52 flight, much like the wrinkled skin along the fuselage. It may be more noticeable here because of the SEA colors.

ladder and hooking it onto the rack like that, and he still has half the rack to go, yikes, what did the AF feed these guys for breakfast???

Hey, I gotta' keep asking dumb questions to keep getting all these great BUFF shots....lol.....

Thanks!

Dom

Well;

Rich isn't the only guy around here with whacky styrene Karma:

I snapped the canopy frame off my F-4P......where did it go.....

Bockscar

Striker8241

 

 

Does anyone know why the bottom edges of those intakes are so badly scratched?

Dom

 

I've noticed that in a number of pictures of the SEA painted B52s. It may be scouring due to air flow or ice crystals. Below is another picture with the same effects, and you can see the same thing along the leading edge of the wing and the nose of the pylon. It may be that this was a normal result of B52 flight, much like the wrinkled skin along the fuselage. It may be more noticeable here because of the SEA colors.

Striker8241

Dom

Ken:

Thanks for that photo of Okinawa.

Is Kadena big, or Okinawa small? -rhetorical question

Home of the Shtoryu Itosukai Karate style, ironically, developed to

defend against the Samurai.

Dom

Striker8241

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

I found an old aerial photograph of Okinawa that the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that my Dad was in had produced.  It was in pretty bad shape so I took it to a local photo shop that had a roller scanner that was capable of scanning it in and did some touch up on it.  I did some more touch up on it when I got it from them.  This is I am guessing around 1964 or earlier:

Ken 

Wow, nice photo, Ken! Since there weren't too many surveillance satellites operating in those days, I suspect this was done by a Habu (SR-71). There was a group of these stationed at Okinawa in 1968, but I'm not sure just when they moved there. Has to be a Habu or satellite image since it obviously wasn't pieced together from lower altitude shots.

Russ

Thanks Russ.  I know Russ knows where to look but for the rest of you, since you can't see the words very well, to the left of where the large word "OKINAWA" in the lower right, that is Kadena AFB.  You can see the runways.  And above the word "OKINAWA" is Naha AFB (at least it was when this picture was taken, it belongs to Japan now).  At the top right is "Suicide Cliff" where hundreds of Okinawans commited suicide during WWII when we took over the island.  About in the middle on the top is "Yaka Beach" (Rest Center for the enlisted men, at least when this picture was taken).  Further left is "Nago", then the far left is "Okuma Beach" (Rest Center for the officers, at least when this picture was taken).

Russ, I imagine not much changed when you were there from when this picture was taken.  But I am sure much has changed since then!

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

Hi Everyone,

I found an old aerial photograph of Okinawa that the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that my Dad was in had produced.  It was in pretty bad shape so I took it to a local photo shop that had a roller scanner that was capable of scanning it in and did some touch up on it.  I did some more touch up on it when I got it from them.  This is I am guessing around 1964 or earlier:

Ken 

Wow, nice photo, Ken! Since there weren't too many surveillance satellites operating in those days, I suspect this was done by a Habu (SR-71) or maybe a U2. There was a group of SR-71s stationed at Okinawa in 1968, but I'm not sure just when they moved there. Has to be a Habu or U2 since it says it is a mosaic.

Russ

Of course this does not do the original picture justice.  It is about 24 inches by 12 inches in size so you see a lot more detail.

Ken

Hi Everyone,

I found an old aerial photograph of Okinawa that the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron that my Dad was in had produced.  It was in pretty bad shape so I took it to a local photo shop that had a roller scanner that was capable of scanning it in and did some touch up on it.  I did some more touch up on it when I got it from them.  This is I am guessing around 1964 or earlier:

Ken 

Son Of Medicine Man

For these guys, dropping a wrench would be a real pain in the butt!

Ken

BTW, it was pretty much standard procedure for pilots taking up a plane for the first time after some maintenance action to roll it over shortly after takeoff (not B52s as far as I know) to collect whatever had been dropped in the cockpit . Everything from coins to tools would fall into the canopy. One pilot even found a girlie magazine, but I heard he kept it - as evidence  If he heard the sound of a pin ball machine back in the back, he RTBd right away.

Striker8241

Bockscar

Russ:

Great looking work, just checked, those ribs were molded into the nacelle, Russ, had me fooled there for a bit....lol....but the engine looks good, are you planning on any 1/72 crew to be working on it.

(I hear Ken can make 1/72 spanners and the like....lol)

-Dom

 

Lol! Darn it! I was going to take credit for them! Thanks, Dom. Actually, I do plan to have some troops working on it. I'll need to build a B1 stand for them to stand on first -  like in the picture below - unless somebody makes these in 1/72 scale...

 

 

 

Hey Ken, I could use a few speed handles like the one the guy up on the wing is holding - and maybe a tool box or two .

 

Russ

  You guys crack me up!  Looking at this picture reminds me of working on my Mustang with the 351 Cleveland crammed into the engine compartment.  Bent over and trying to get my fingers inbetween the wall of the compartment and the engine to get to some things was a pain!  For these guys, dropping a wrench would be a real pain in the butt!

Ken

Bockscar

Russ:

Great looking work, just checked, those ribs were molded into the nacelle, Russ, had me fooled there for a bit....lol....but the engine looks good, are you planning on any 1/72 crew to be working on it.

(I hear Ken can make 1/72 spanners and the like....lol)

-Dom

 

Hey Ken, I could use a few speed handles like the one the guy up on the wing is holding - and maybe a tool box or two .

Took the masking off the canopy tonight. And realised id forgotten to put the wiring loom in the back seat DO'H.

And this is the repaired nacelle. I havent touched the paint up yet. 

Ha yeah, she woulda tripped and fallen on the work desk itself.

Dang Mikey you are lucky,

if it had been Rich, half the bird would have been crunched.

It didnt do much damage to start with, i heard the crunch when she stepped on it and thankfully all the had broken was the front face popped off. Bit of glue to get it back on and were away and laughing.

Russ:

Great looking work, just checked, those ribs were molded into the nacelle, Russ, had me fooled there for a bit....lol....but the engine looks good, are you planning on any 1/72 crew to be working on it.

(I hear Ken can make 1/72 spanners and the like....lol)

Mikey:

Also looking great, hey how did you fix the engine cowling your beloved crunched? The Apache actually looks kinda' cool all green like that, like some kind of robo-chopper....

Hey Mikey, is that new volcano anywhere near you?

-Dom