Deanflyer Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Hello all, This was a bit of fun that I placed on the BM table at Sutton Coldfield last weekend, and it seems to have gone down well. I thought you might like a chuckle. It's the 1/72 Airfix Lightning F3, built to look like the one in the instructions, with steel wire to represent the "this part goes here" lines. By adding the nosewheel last, it was possible to judge it so that the whole thing stood on its undercarriage. 35 parts in total, none of which are touching any of the others... So here is the model which, had they had such a category, I think would have won first prize in the "Widest Seams And Least Painted" competition: Cheers, Dean 24 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Very original Dean. I like it! Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Dean, Surely thats one of the most imaginative models ever, I saw BB's photo of this and thought it was brilliant Bex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Makes a change from a silver one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon knight Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 (edited) Just lovely! "But Sir, I built it just like the instructions told me..." Edited September 27, 2008 by Dragon knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Very original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Makes me chuckle everytime I look at it and remembering the faces of the people who saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Nicely done! That one wins the lateral thinking award. Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiSteve Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Now I do like that dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 LOL Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverkite211 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 A virtual exploded view of the model. Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Lanc Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Now thats funny I can just see everyone now going in their stash looking for those models which are terrible and doing it as you have I just hope you have 'Patented' it so others can't follow ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroplanedriver Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Superb!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miroslav Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Very original!!! BRAVO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 What a brilliant idea! Looks very cool! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overkiller Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Sheer genius! It's one of those builds (and ideas) that the moment you see it you go "Why didn't I think of that?" Very nicely done. Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Very very clever - what a great idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 What a great idea, and nicely executed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Absolutely brilliant - well done Love it. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Totally agree... amazing idea and well executed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 love it, great idea, plus it actually looks genuinely interesting. Now suspend that in a block of clear resin, and you'd have the coolest paperweight ever! (and probably the heaviest!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Just when you thought there were no original ideas left in modeling. Well done Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanrgb Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Fantasic work ... Just Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I thought this would get a great response as it certainly did on the table at the Sutton Coldfield show. I'll say it again... well done Dean! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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