HubertB Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 I bought this one on impulse, as it was so much in my areas of interest, being off-beat, civilian, and resin I started it (mostly filling the many pinholes in the resin fuselage) some time ago, then shelved it, and restarted mid-December 2024. It is essentially OOB, but I redid the dashboard and its very visible rear face, and the seat-padding using Evergreen strips. Below are the pics of the finished bird, with its pilot, a very nice figure from Reedoak (civilian pilot). I had a blast painting the Hawain shirt on the pilot, and scratching some Aviator glasses for him, with fine wire and blue-green-tinted (what else ?) transparent sheet The base is a simple frame I bought in one of the many Chinese shops you can find everywhere in Portugal, with AK Asphalt paste for the runway, and some added grass for ineterest. I hope you like it. Hubert 6
Martinnfb Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Lovely little model in realistic setting. Less is often more. I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing Hubert. Cheers Martin 3
Landlubber Mike Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Love this one Hubert!! The figure is a great touch! 2
DocRob Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Fantastic Hubert. I love the little flying thingy and the guy in the Hawaiian shirt. Looks somehow like a scene in a drug trafficking movie, I have the soundtrack in my ear. Cheers Rob 1 1
KevinM Posted January 6 Posted January 6 It came out great Hubert and I still find it hard to believe if actually flew. 1
HubertB Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 6 hours ago, KevinM said: It came out great Hubert and I still find it hard to believe if actually flew. Thank you Kevin. It does fly, and flies well, on top of it. It is a testament of Rutan's genius that it still looks revolutionary to this day, when the first flight of the Quickie was more than 47 years ago ... In terms of time-span in aviation, 47 years is what separates the Wright Flyer from the first flight of the MiG-17 (the F-86 and Mig-15 were already in service 47 years after the flight of the Wright Flyer) Hubert 1
Bomber_County Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Stunning Hubert, I do enjoy left field projects……. 1 1
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