fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Aces High said: This is a hilarious looking aircraft, I like it! Outstanding job of scratchbuilding there too, it's a fine model you've created. Thanks, it is indeed a funny little thing, and was fun to build too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, Moa said: We know, we have visited your profile and seen the photo: That is not me, but rather my alter ego: Don Diego Miguel de Tejas y Fresno, used only when traveling. Egad! I have been unmasked! Edited May 25, 2020 by Space Ranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Space Ranger said: Don Diego Miguel de Tejas y Fresno What a coincidence, my alter ego is Don Diego de la Vega; I take care of California and fight to keep at bay Sargento García and Cap Monasterio (and the despicable members of the Ignorant Orange Order). You will NOT out-hair me, sir! Here a Daguerreotype taken in my youth: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Gruntfuttock Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Oh Moa , you do keep stunning us with the weird world of aeronautical oddities. A lovely job, and am I wrong to ask if this first appeared on Internet Modeller some years back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, Horatio Gruntfuttock said: Oh Moa , you do keep stunning us with the weird world of aeronautical oddities. A lovely job, and am I wrong to ask if this first appeared on Internet Modeller some years back? Oh Horatio, I have posted here about 300 models, many of them from my modeling archives, of equal or greater oddity (I look at this one and the body reminds me of the Burnelli: Most went unnoticed, but for a few modelers that had reactions ranging from screaming to ecstasy. It is possible that this model (made iirc in 2008) has been posted either on Internet Modeler, or ARCair. It is posted on my blog, though. The eye is in the beholder's beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Absolutely ingenious, unique project! Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 7:52 PM, Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy said: Absolutely ingenious, unique project! Love it! Thanks, I am very fond of odd-balls like this one. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Very impressive Model Moa of a very unusual subject. Great work as usual and cracking photos too. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 It's an old post that I missed first time around, but you have out-werided yourself this time Moa, I live it! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Wow, how could i miss that for so long! As a fan of Body Doubles (in Germany: The Death Comes Twice), Brain de Palma and all kinds of lifting bodies: Thank you for the model and the narration about and around it. Since Aviator a*******s are available in close up for millions. Great small replica! Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Another work of art with a fascinating story behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 9 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Very impressive Model Moa of a very unusual subject. Great work as usual and cracking photos too. All the best Chris Thanks, Chris, this is an old one that just resurfaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Viking said: It's an old post that I missed first time around, but you have out-werided yourself this time Moa, I live it! Cheers John Old indeed, John. Yes, I also love these quirky ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 55 minutes ago, replicant said: Wow, how could i miss that for so long! As a fan of Body Doubles (in Germany: The Death Comes Twice), Brain de Palma and all kinds of lifting bodies: Thank you for the model and the narration about and around it. Since Aviator a*******s are available in close up for millions. Great small replica! Tom Thanks, Tom It was an interesting plane with an interesting story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 45 minutes ago, SAT69 said: Another work of art with a fascinating story behind it. There are so many more like this one in the magician's hat of aviation history, that I am surprised that they are not modeled more often. There is live beyond the Spitfires! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, Moa said: There are so many more like this one in the magician's hat of aviation history, that I am surprised that they are not modeled more often. There is live beyond the Spitfires! 😄 That's quite true. Where your specialty is those little knowns of way back when ( and you reproduce them most wonderfully), there are some of us who'd love to see more kits of not-so-little knowns but seldom produced types. I'm often amazed at the number of obscure (to me at least) kits I see forthcoming at Rumormonger but the lack of kits for better known but apparently not as popular types. I think the cottage market is beginning to capitalize on this niche but for us modelers it's hit or miss whether they'll produce that "one" we're longing for. Regardless, keep on doing the fascinating work you do. We get beautifully built models to see and history lessons that go along with them and it's a treat for all of us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A strange-looking plane! Makes me wonder how a thing like that must've handled in flight. 🤨 An excellent scratch-build though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, kapam said: A strange-looking plane! Makes me wonder how a thing like that must've handled in flight. 🤨 An excellent scratch-build though! Thanks! I remember two conflicting reports, one that stated control issues and a tire blow-up on one of the take-offs, and another that stated normal flight. Now, strange, you say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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