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The kit and its assembly:
The first finished work in 2017 is a different kind of whif, one of the few civilian models in my collection. This conversion looks sick, but ,as weird as it may seem, the Business-Jet-From-Vintage-Vampires idea was real. For more information, and the source from where some of the backgound story was gathered, please check:
www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/article...
Anyway, my build is just a personal interpretation of the original concept, not a true model of the Mystery Jet. In fact, this was limited through the donor parts for this kitbash.
The rear end was the smaller problem: Airfix offers a very good Vampire T.11 trainer with excellent detail and fit - the passenger cabin was the bigger challenge. Finding "something" that would fit in shape and especialsl size was not easy - my first choice was a nose section from a vintage 1:100 Antonow An-24 from VEB Plasticart (still much too wide, though), and the best solution came as an accidental find in a local model kit shop where I found a heavily discounted MPM Heinkel He 189 B-0 trainer.
The reason: the kit was complete, but the bag holding the sprues must have been heated immensely during the packaging process: the main sprues were horrible warped - except for some single parts including the canopies and the sprue with the cabin! Height wind width were perfect, only the boxy shape caused some headaches. But I guess I would not find anything better...
That said, the transplantation mess started. I never built any of the two donor kits before, so I carefully tried to find the best place where to cut the Vampire's nose - I ended up with a staggered solution right in front of the wing root air intakes.
The Fw 189's cabin was bit more tricky, because I had to get rid of the original wing roots and wanted to use as much space as possible, up to the rear bulkhead and together with the rear cabin window. The idea was to blend the Fw 189's roof line into the Vampire's engine section, while keeping the original air intake ducts, so that the overall arrangement would look plausible.
The result became a pretty long nose section - and at that time the tail booms were not fited yet, so I was not certain concerning overall proportions. The cabin's underside had to be improvised, and blending the boxy front end with a flat underside into the tubby, round Vampire fuselage caused some headaches. I also had to re-create the lower flank section with styrene sheet, because I had originally hoped that I could "push" the new cabin between the wing roots - but that space was occupied by the Goblin's inlet ducts.
Inside of the cabin, the original floor, bulkheads and dashboard were used, plus five bucket seats that come with the MPM kit. In order to hide the body work from the inside, side panels from 0.5mm styrene sheet were added in the cabin - with the benefit of additional stability, but also costing some space... Since the machine was built with closed cabin, a pilot was added - actually a bash of a WWII Matchbox pilot and a German officer from an ESCI tank kit. Looks pretty good and "professional". ;-)
Once the cabin was in place, lots of PSR followed and the tail booms could be fitted. To my relief, the longer nose did not look too unbalanced (and actually, design sketches for the original Mystery Jet suggest just this layout!) - but I decided to add wing tip tanks which would beef up wingspan and shift the visual mass slightly forward. They come from an 1:100 Tamiya Il-28, or better the "R" recce variant.
The only other big change concerned the nose wheel. While the OOB wheel and strut were used, the well is now located in front of the wheel and it would retract forwards, giving the nose a more balanced look - and the cabin arrangement made this change more plausible, too.
Another addition were three small porthole windows in the solid parts of the cabin flanks - one of them ending up in the middle of the cabin door on starboard, where a solid part of the canopy roof lent itself for a good place just behind the pilots' seats.
There was a time when these horrors were all over the place. For 800 bucks you could make your Fiero look like an 8 year old's drawing of a Ferrari. This one is in amazing shape. I can't remember the last time I saw a Fiero on the road never mind one with a body kit.
Sorry that there's been so little activity on my screen...too many projects, not enough uploading! In the meantime, here's some daily kitten fun.
Kit com 3 paninhos de pia - Esfregão
Estes já foram adotados!
Info:danifterra@yahoo.com.br
Bjsss e boa semana!!!
Caixa revestida em tecido 50x40 contendo :
2 toalhas de rosto personalizadas
1 Body Lotion 500 ml
1 Home Spray s0 ml
1 Sabonete Líquido 350 ml
1 Espuma de Banho 350 ml
1 óleo de massagem corporal 100 ml
1 Mousse Esfoliante Corporal 300 g
1 Creme Refrescante Mãos e Pés 50 g
1 Esfera Efervescente para Banheira
4 barras de sabonete glicerinado
1 bucha natural bordada
Obs: Sugestão para Presente de Casamento, Dia Dos Namorados, Aniversário de Casamento
contato: aromas_e_lembrancas@yahoo.com.br
Tractors made with the Shaw tractor conversion kit.
Photo from America.
This is a collection of images of Homemade tractors, American Doodlebugs, and Swedeish A and Epa-traktorer.
Many of the images here I have found all over the internet!
If anyone find their own image here and disapprove of me showing it here, just send me a message and I will remove it/them images!
Girls and parents alike love the Mc2 science doll characters. Have a look at the Project Mc2 Ultimate Lab Kit for multiple fun science experiments.
"Ser criança é acreditar que tudo é possível.
É ser inesquecivelmente feliz com muito pouco
É se tornar gigante diante de gigantescos pequenos obstáculos
Ser criança é fazer amigos antes mesmo de saber o nome deles.
É conseguir perdoar muito mais fácil do que brigar.
Ser criança é ter o dia mais feliz da vida, todos os dias.
Ser criança é o que a gente nunca deveria deixar de ser."
(Gilberto dos Reis)
Kit para Ci-k Andrade, da www.facebook.com/pages/ARDKO-Ballons/102215419894989 -
Vai de Amapá para
Florida, Puerto Rico.
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Encomenda terminada e entregue !!!!! o KIT é composto por : protetor de berço com cabeceira , edredom , trocador duplaface , bandô e cortina ..Visitem nosso blog www.meninasdopatch.com
$25 shipped to U.S. and Canada (other countries add $6 shipping)
Your projects will scream, "Arigato!" when you use our Moshi Moshi
Mixed Media Paper Crafting Kit. Most of the contents in this kit came
straight from Japan. We know you'll love this collection of Asian
awesomeness!
Here's what you get:
- 1 12x12" Tinkering Ink floral paper
- 1 12x12" Basic Grey Wisteria paper
- 1 8.5x11" Bazzill cardstock
- 1 sheet vintage origami paper
- 1 5"x12" piece of PVC punchinella
- 1 swatch of fabric with sticker adhesive on the back
- 3 Japanese children's book pages
- 1 sheet of Japanese newspaper
- 1 sheet vintage dressmaking book page
- 1 Chinese foreign text page
- 1 Japanese foreign text page
- 1 page from a Japanese tourist book
- 1 card of vintage Japanese embroidery floss
- several Japanese paper game pieces
- 1 swatch vintage silk kimono fabric (pattern varies)
- adhesive fabric book tape swatch
- Bento box food picks and cupcake liner (pattern varies)
- small Asian-themed bookmark
- novelty eraser from Japan (in this photo, the milk carton - varies)
- a patterned binder clip and a novelty wooden clip
- mini patterned packing tape roll
- fabric-covered button from Japan
- tiny seed bead trim from Japan