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Offline archangel1

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« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2008, 05:39:05 PM »
Last batch.  The aircraft.

Sikorsky S-38 Flying Boat Amphibian ''Osa's Ark''









Sikorsky S-39 Flying Boat Amphibian ''Spirit of Africa (and Borneo)''







Both aircraft







Okay, for those who are interested...

Between 1917 and 1936, the husband-and-wife photographer/cinematographer team of Martin and Osa Johnson roamed the wilds of Kenya, the Congo, Borneo and the South Pacific, taking hundreds of photos and making both documentary and theatrical films.  These pictures are just a sample.

For more information on the Johnsons, check these links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osa_Johnson

http://www.safarimuseum.com/

There are also several books available, both by and about the Johnsons, although unfortunately, I haven't read any.

I found the pictures by entering 'osa johnson' into Yahoo's 'Images Search' field.  There are 50 pages of pictures, nearly 1000 in total.  Great stuff!

For those interested in the aircraft, Fiddlersgreen does paper models of both, including both of the Johnson's zebra and giraffe schemes and they were also available in plastic or resin, only in small scale unfortunately.  I am thinking of taking Fiddlersgreen's black and white versions and rescaling them for 28mm.  Then I can paint my own schemes!

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Cheers,
Mike  :mrgreen:
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Offline Vanvlak

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« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2008, 06:29:53 PM »
Wow! Thanks Mike, that WAS a treat  8)  8)  8)  8)  8)

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« Reply #47 on: March 01, 2008, 06:52:35 PM »
Mike, the Fiddlersgreen's model comes in two sizes; can't find any scale measurements on the site, do you know how large the papermodels are?

Very interesting machine, and so many ideas when looking at the photos!  :love:

So much inspiration - so short of spare time  :? , the common fate of the Lead Adventurist ...  :mrgreen:


Offline archangel1

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« Reply #49 on: March 01, 2008, 09:19:35 PM »
Quote from: "Admiral Benbow"
Mike, the Fiddlersgreen's model comes in two sizes; can't find any scale measurements on the site, do you know how large the papermodels are?

Very interesting machine, and so many ideas when looking at the photos!  :love:

So much inspiration - so short of spare time  :? , the common fate of the Lead Adventurist ...  :mrgreen:


Each model comes complete with two scales.  The regular sized S-38 is 1/50.  I'm not quite sure about the large.  I think it's about 1/32, if I measured right.  The regular S-39 is 1/46 while the large is about 1/24.  The figure enclosed is 70mm when printed.  No figure with the S-38.

Hope that helps.

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« Reply #50 on: March 02, 2008, 06:30:10 AM »
3rd picture down has everyone enjoying picnic. 4th Picture down has the Lions enjoying a picnic.  I hope everyone made it back into the plane other the woman or maybe the lions are enjoying them  YIKES!   :o
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« Reply #51 on: March 02, 2008, 07:02:16 PM »
Thanks for the pics, so many ideas. 8)
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« Reply #52 on: March 03, 2008, 03:52:23 PM »
Here's the finished film crew. I've added a microphone, some equipment (couple boxes and film canisters) and a couple more assistants to do various tasks.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_OegChr5Zg_s/R8wdqpfe3uI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/s2RjVOyqbMA/s1600-h/Documentary+film+crew.jpg

Now I need to paint them up a van and a plane :)

Offline Aaron

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« Reply #53 on: March 03, 2008, 04:22:50 PM »
Wow, very nice and inspiring!

Are you planning to come up with a scene for them to film? Watching Shadow of the Vampire for the umpteenth time this weekend has me thinking of doing something similar....

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« Reply #54 on: March 03, 2008, 06:38:02 PM »
Very cool. 8)

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« Reply #55 on: March 03, 2008, 06:59:55 PM »
Quote from: "Evilcartoonist"
Here's the finished film crew. I've added a microphone, some equipment (couple boxes and film canisters) and a couple more assistants to do various tasks.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_OegChr5Zg_s/R8wdqpfe3uI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/s2RjVOyqbMA/s1600-h/Documentary+film+crew.jpg

Now I need to paint them up a van and a plane :)


Great conversions!  They look very natural.  I've always felt a conversion shouldn't look like a conversion.  Great job on the painting as well.

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« Reply #56 on: March 04, 2008, 09:35:52 AM »
Quote from: "Evilcartoonist"

Not many pics, BUT, there are enough pics for me to get started, especially this one:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/15/the-talking-newspaper/?Qwd=./PopularScience/8-1930/talking_newspaper&Qif=talking_newspaper_1.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=XL#qdig
Now I have a whole van I have to model! :mrgreen:

 This is perfect. Thanks a million!


Glad I could be of help :)
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