Brengun 1/32 Rutan Quickie.

[HubertB]

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 it in earnest two weeks ago when I finished my Sandbox GB entry: the Potez 25 TOE.

I hoped to finish it before the year end, and I am happy to report I met the deadline .

The (short) build thread can be found here

Below are the pics of the finished bird, with its pilot, a very nice figure from Reedoak. I had a blast painting the Hawain shirt on the pilot, and scratching some Aviator glasses for him

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like it.

Hubert

[Martinnfb]

Lovely little model in realistic setting. Less is often more. I like it a lot. Thank you for sharing Hubert. 
Cheers

Martin

[Landlubber Mike]

Love this one Hubert!!  The figure is a great touch!

[DocRob]

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

[belugawhaleman]

Well done, Hubert!

[KevinM]

It came out great Hubert and I still find it hard to believe if actually flew.

[HubertB]

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