Russell C Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 If only real life would not get so much in the way that it shoves hobby time almost completely aside. ..... So, all I could bash out this year was my entry in the GSL final contest in Salt Lake City to go in the Common Kit (Revell '29 roadster) Class. A couple of glue bomb salvages off eBay minimally provided the plane, helmet roof, fuel tank, and the two sets of exhaust headers I needed because I just could not resist turning the Revell V8 into a slant 7. The machine gun is a GasPatch Models 32nd scale 3D printed Spandau which I sprayed with a DutchBoy chrome can, left over for years in my dad's garage (use up the good stuff when you can!) No easy way to realistically hollow out all those exhaust trumpet ends, so they are capped with a one-piece sheet for street legal use with a collector pipe underneath and out the back. The excuse for the whole thing was that the little triplane in the original Tom Daniel Red Baron seemed to be included in the kit as an unrelated afterthought item, while here I incorporated it into this build to be a 1/3rd scale radio control plane which is hauled to the hobby airfield on a really snazzy show rod. Call it a "what if?" version where Tom Daniel and Monogram had the same idea, but used a '29 Ford instead of a T bucket. Since the official GSL Contest entry photos are way better than my photography, that's what these are, except for my own inset closeup of the 2D Snoopy paper-printed pilot and the photo-reduced R/C airplane magazine on the back end of the flatbed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Absolutely fantastic, three pictures are not enough! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis Carabott Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Sweet ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 COOL!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Kewl looking ride man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismaelg Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 That's very creative! Love the slant 7! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Only one but a very cool one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Very nice and very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Love it ! Great version of the Red Baron and it makes perfect sense to me , great job Russell ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Thanks to all for the kind words! As with many models, it's not actually finished. I worked 24 hours straight before the flight up to Salt Lake City, and even then didn't have two last little details done, one was to machine the aluminum rod spike on the helmet into a more refined shape, and the other was to make a bungee cord to secure the triplane to the pedestal at the back. Took some stretched yellow sprue along with a bit of yellow electrical wire on the flight, but both didn't work out well in the hotel room, so I just left that off. So the goal is to find a helmet in better chrome shape (ignore the scratches on the passenger side), find some actual vintage decals for the helmet instead of the adhesive back paper printouts here, and make a bungee cord out of something that stays put. Edited December 27, 2023 by Russell C typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Cool builds" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Nice Job! I'm still smiling. Happy Holidays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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