Bailing out of 1/18.

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Bailing out of 1/18.

Post by kevrut » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:22 pm

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Post by Moth » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:56 pm

Looks great!
Very convincing

What is the smoke made out of?
styrofoam?
Amazing, a display like that is worthy of an award
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Post by tmanthegreat » Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:20 pm

That looks pretty cool! Great idea for a dio setup!
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Post by kevrut » Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:24 pm

Thanks!
I took a wire hanger and a pair of pliars. (SP?) Straighten out the hanger completely, then leave a small loop at the top end. (For nailing one end to the ceiling.) Leave a hook at the other end to hook to the bottom of the cowling. (That's not visible from the front view.) Before you make the hook at the bottom end, take a bag of cotton balls and run the hanger through the center of each piece until it covers the whole hanger. Then take flat black spray paint and finish it off. It doesn't take 30 minutes. I would hang the plane first before you do this.
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Post by VMF115 » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:19 am

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!1
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!

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Post by holensock » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:52 am

VERY cool!!!

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Post by aferguson » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:35 am

Ha, that's great. I did a similar thing with one of my 109g's. Have the plane upside down, smoke pouring out of it, with the pilot falling out of the cockpit (which is the way they were trained to bail out). It's one of my favourite pieces.

Very refreshing and different. :)
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Post by RED » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:04 pm

Good dio---would of been better if the Japanese pilot was jumping out of his shot up Zero!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: ---RED---
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Post by VMF115 » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:42 pm

:idea: If you took some copper wire straightened it out and painted it to match the back ground and then painted some bright reddish orange in intervals you could simulate gunfire..

Just a thought I have been toying with for some time now.
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!

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Post by kevrut » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:45 pm

Interesting idea.... :wink:

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Post by MajorHoover » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:13 am

That looks incredible!!

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Post by MiG29K » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:38 pm

Kevrut,

Rad stuff man!!! That "oily" smoke is convincing!

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Post by immeww2 » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:03 pm

8) 8) 8)

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Post by mediump » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:09 pm

Sweet! 8)

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Post by normandy » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:15 pm

You had me going for a second... bailing out of 1/18th...say it aint so, this just after seeing your dio pics.
Great job, great idea :!: :!: :!:

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Uuuummmm....?

Post by Folkwulfe » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:41 pm

Not to be picky...but....where's his 'chute?
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Re: Uuummmmmm...?

Post by normandy » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:23 pm

'chute? He's XD, he don't need no stinkin chute! :wink: Thats funny I diden't even think of a parachute. :shock:

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Post by steelbonnet » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:50 am

Ahhhh WOW now that`s displaying :D

Those aircraft look great & that smoke plume is awesome :D

Love the pilot too.

All convincing mate.

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