Pulp Plane Library

[Prof. Dinglebat. Phd.]

Ordered a PT-20 two weeks ago, thanks to this thread
But then I managed to crush one of those clear glass windows beneath my foot. AAAAAARGGGHHHH!
Why don't they do these things on a sprue??? Apparently it fell out of the box without me spotting it 

Ouch. One of my reoccurring nightmares which stems back to my childhood days is mum standing at my opened bedroom door with the vacuum cleaner.   

[juergen c. olk]

X-Seaplane circa late 1930's

[Constable Bertrand]

No way. The scale is way off there. Is the plane 1/72 or 1/144?? Those minis look too big.

Cheers
Matt

[Amalric]

Prof, Good luck with the AMT Vega kit.
I hated it!
The wing joint is horrible! 
I threw mine in the trash, but  recovered it later to rebuild into a wreck.

[Prof. Dinglebat. Phd.]

Prof, Good luck with the AMT Vega kit.
I hated it!
The wing joint is horrible!  
I threw mine in the trash, but  recovered it later to rebuild into a wreck.

Building it the way the instructions tell you to is just one of many possibilities considered, but by no means the first in the list of considerations.  

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I should have posted this thread here!

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=69354.0

Sorry.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.co.uk/

[Amalric]

I'm sorry I've been inactive for awhile, the new jobs been rough, but I have been able to work this up. This is a repainted 'Cabbie' from the new pixar Planes movie. It's a C-119, post WW2 I know but it has great lines, was cheap [$20 at Target], is super sturdy,  and I think with a proper pulpy paintjob will play the role of smuggler/pirate plane nicely.

18" wingspan
lots of flat space for minis
high wings for action around the plane
useable cargo space






Hey! Isn'nt that

the Cord that Blackhawk's been looking for?


It comes apart with screws into nice and easy to spraypaint parts
FYI the nose is easily lost and is made out of something that doesn't like spratpaint.

Now all I need to do is weather it abit after the nose art decals arrive. 
Enjoy.

[gary42]

That is awesome!  Gotta me one a' dem!

[Prof. Dinglebat. Phd.]

This place is better then Advertiser Central.   

Hi Ho Hi Ho It's off to EBay I go...

[FramFramson]

I bet you could convert that pretty easily to make your own Sea Duck.

[Michi]

That´s funny, I held it in hands last week and thought to myself "what a fine plane for pulp adventures", but 50€ was to steep for a simple toy plane. For that price I could get a Franklint Mint die-cast collectible...

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I would suggest that the cockpit windows look a little too small. Try painting the window frames in a dark colour and I think you should able to sort this out.

I'd love to see it when it is finished.

Tony

[Traveler Man]

Nice lines, and you can't go wrong at that price. 

[Valerik]

It comes apart with screws into nice and easy to spraypaint parts
FYI the nose is easily lost and is made out of something that doesn't like spratpaint.

Now all I need to do is weather it abit after the nose art decals arrive.

Nice find!!  LOTS of gaming potential!!

OK if I were asked to pulpify one o'these crates I'd be inclined to:

remove existing engine nacelles & replace with nekkid radial engines, no cowlings
ADD 3rd engine in place of the pesky problematic proboscis, nekkid, no cowling
remove the vertical stabilizer fillets atop the booms
convert undercarriage to fixed, with spiffy wheel pants
cut away the undersized windows & make a two/three seat open cockpit.

By visually backdating her appearance, the pulpification process proceeds,
& oughta suitably disguise the beast's baser origins.

Take THAT Rivetcounters!!


Valerik
Professor of Preposterous Physics
Adjunct Accredited Aerodynamatician
Dayton Institute of Applied Aeronautical Absurdity

[Michi]

Take THAT Rivetcounters!!

Are we bovvered?