Phantom Eggplane
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Phantom Eggplane
I've been pretty much living at the bench for months, with nothing to show for it in the completions department. I finally managed to complete a project today though. It's been a bench queen since I ran into trouble with it in 2013, but it's finally here.
Build report
Build report
Re: Phantom Eggplane
Almost as aerodynamic as a real F4. Nice one. I like the 'Spook' figure too.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
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"The victory of thrust over aerodynamics" was one description of the real thing, if I recall correctlyGregers wrote:Almost as aerodynamic as a real F4.
Unlike most other eggplanes, which were stripped of all their comic figures sometime after the initial release, this is one of the few that retained it (sans bomb cart and gatling gun). Easy enough to get one, should you want to.I like the 'Spook' figure too.
It is a somewhat edited Spook though, for one thing, the 'real' Spook has no face, only windings/shadows and eyes, and certainly no ears sticking out. I bought a number of these kits, just to steal and convert the Spooks into (according to current plans) a 'standard' Spook, a German one, and a Brit. The rest of the international spooks seem to lack something, but you never know..
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That's really good; I've seen a few kits around of egg-planes but not seen one completed!
I suspect the stash might be expanding soon
I suspect the stash might be expanding soon
Best wishes
Jim
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One of the regular visitors to the local IPMS group's New Year's meeting is a regular eggplane specialist. I don't think my wall-of-text attacks will be very useful to non-Dutch speakers, but the pictures at the bottom should speak for themselves (all of them clickable for larger images)iggie wrote:That's really good; I've seen a few kits around of egg-planes but not seen one completed!
http://www.cyberpolleke.nl/2017/2017-01-08.html;
http://www.cyberpolleke.nl/2016/2016-01-10.html;
Not nearly at our specialist's level, but a few others by me:
http://www.crazytinker.nl/kitlog/other/ ... /2010.html;
http://www.crazytinker.nl/kitlog/other/ ... /2011.html;
There's even after market detail sets for some of them .
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Eggcellent!!! (Did you see what I did there?
(and even a Strandbeest as well!!)
(and even a Strandbeest as well!!)
Best wishes
Jim
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Re: Phantom Eggplane
Very nice,well tidy mun.
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Looks good Rob, these eggplanes are always a good bit of fun as an antidote to more "serious" modelling. I used a translate function on your wall of Dutch and got the gist of it although some of the words were obviously too much for Google Translate to cope with! One day though that technology will mean we can all communicate without the tiresome need to learn foreign languages! (your English is first class by the way).
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Re: Phantom Eggplane
I've never felt any compulsion to build an egg-plane but looking at your F-4 Rob, and the images you linked to, I must admit they hold a strange fascination. Just what I need though, another modelling genre to fuel my stash habit.
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Always happy to help a fellow modeler's stash grow a bit further out of controlMigrant wrote:Just what I need though, another modelling genre to fuel my stash habit.
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Love the Rhino eggplane
Built a few egg craft meself
Built a few egg craft meself
Been modelling for years, still learning . . . .
Model kits are meant to be assembled . . . . . . . . . . eventually.
Model kits are meant to be assembled . . . . . . . . . . eventually.
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I would love to have a go at these eggs/planes but my LMS dont stock them.
Regards
celt
Regards
celt
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Egg planes. Urgh <Shudder!>
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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There are egg tanks out there, if you prefer..MarkyM607 wrote:Egg planes. Urgh <Shudder!>