Terry you gotta build this

[rochie]

your next kit Terry 8)

 

[lesofprimus]

LMAO, I dont know which little bit I like more Karl, the word FOX or the umbrella shading the pilots head....

Both of them combined reeks of DIORAMA....

 

[rochie]

i'm gonna save up and buy Terry the kit and make him do it

 

[rochie]

just checked and shame its from the atlantic not pacific

 

[Airframes]

Aargh! Code letters etc are cool, just a pity about the ugly aircraft!

 

[lesofprimus]

Ugly??? The Wildcat ugly????

Shame on u Terry.........

 

[Wurger]

Anyway the pic is really cool.

 

[Lucky13]

Who said that the Wildcat's UGLY?? Teeerrryyyy....! Shame on you sport! Now Karl will get one more pint than you....














Have you started building this yet?

 

[Airframes]

Nah na na nah nah! Don't care, tis ugly, more so than an ugly duckling. Might have done some good service, with courageous pilots, but the designer needed his ar*e kicking. I mean, fat little belly, wing in the wrong place, undercart designed to tip over. Looks like it was designed by a committee, probably former politicians!

 

[109ROAMING]

Looks like it was designed by a committee, probably former politicians!

Oh man thats funny

I somewhat agree ,depends on the scheme for me

 

[Lucky13]

...aaaaand all British crates were beautiful?? Hmmmmmm?

 

[Airframes]

That's running a close fourth or fifth. There are other, uglier British aircraft from the period. Skua, Roc, Botha, and probably more, but can't think of them at the moment.

 

[Lucky13]

Now old sock, those look like they were designed by a blind person drawing with their feet....hanging upside down.

 

[Wayne Little]

Damn fine pic Karl......do it Terry!

 

[Airframes]

I love the 'name' made by the code and roundels, and if it was (almost) any other aircraft, I'd do it. But there's no way I can bring myself to build something that has less visual appeal than a Trabant! I'd even find football more interesting! The bl**dy thing looks like that awful 1970's Jaguar, the XJS(?), a collection of afterthoughts, all stuck together - maybe that's what inspired the French to design and build the 2CV?
I can see the committee now:-
Fred "So, who's finished drawing the fuselage?"
Bill "Jim's got a bit done, and George has done another bit."
Fred "OK, stick them together and that's that bit done. What about a wing?"
Jim "There's one left over from last months committee meeting."
Fred "That'll do."
George "Where we going to put the wheels then?"
All "Oh, b*ll*cks!"
"Hang on" piped up Moira "There's a couple of golf carts out back."
To be continued.......if there's any more mention of me doing THAT monstrosity!!

 

[Lucky13]

COME ON TERRY, BUILD THIS NOW WILL YA! YOU KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT! D*MMIT!!!

 

[evangilder]

I have heard some refer to the Wildcat as a barrel with an ironing board stuck through it. Tough and reliable, but not very comely. Still there is a part of me that likes that ugly little spud.

 

[Gnomey]

I agree with Eric. Whilst she isn't great looking she certainly has an appeal because of her toughness and reliability. She would be a good build however if someone searched hard enough there is a probably another plane with a similar code somewhere.

 

[Maglar]

It looks a wee bit like an Avenger, which you seem to love oh so Terry....

 

[Airframes]

Nope. Avenger isn't particularly attractive either, though not as bad as the Wildcat, from the same stable. Only reason I chose an Avenger for the GB was because I knew there'd be a shed load of Corsairs, Hellcats and so on, and I wanted something a bit different.
I was going to do another ugly aircraft, but couldn't get the kit in 1/48th anymore, just missed it by a week, all sold out. It was going to be a little diorama of a rescue at sea, featuring a Walrus......