Far out, VA… You really got a winner of a dio idea, then get input from St Shepard of Monogram hisself to boot… Too cool, VA…
Closest to meeting Shep I ever got was seeing his TBD diorama up close and personal at King’s Hobbies in Austin about 20 years ago…
Cool! I saw the Monogram truck dio (Mail Call?) in a shop in Dallas a few years ago. BTW, I stop in King’s every time we go to Austin, still a great place.
Hard to argue with Mr. Paine’s idea on posing the elevators. Go with what tells the story, rather than what is technically correct. Hmm… I’ll have to remember that. The pilot in me gets wound around the axle over stuff like that sometimes.
Go to it, I think you have a great idea here, and I can’t wait to see it built!
Kevin
Couple of points…the elevators would be dropped unless the instructor in the back seat was holding back the stick. Also the instructor would unass the aircraft first to keep the tail from slamming back onto the ground.
Gas
Under carriage
Mixture
Prop
Flaps
Don’t forget the flaps!
Heard that King’s is closing th’ doors… Noticed that they pulled their ad from FSM as well…
I should have pics up this weekend with the revisions that Shepard Paine suggested.
Shep himself is a very very nice guy and always wants to help any modeler who approaches him. He also always makes sure to point out the strong points in a persons work rather than tell them immediatly what is “wrong” with the peice presented to him. When he suggests things to do differently he also does not command of the modeler that they change it but more or less suggests the changes supported by years and years and years of experiance! He also has a great sense of humor as well.
In a conversation I had with him once about the “Stop Sign rule” for painting figures he said the following word for word.
“I should have named the stop sign rule differently, I should have called it the “Tit” rule. The reason is that you can always tell how big a womans breasts are at any distance by how much highlight you see on the top of the breasts and how dark of shadowing you see undernieth them. The brighter and larger the highlighted and darker the areas are, the bigger she is!”
Needless to say he has quite a sense of humor, but is a very intelegent man. If anyone ever wants to meet him feel free to attend one of our monthly meetings. Here is the website for more details www.mmsichicago.com
VA
Hello, Neat idea, there is a full sized diorama at the AF Museum in Dayton very similar to what your doing. Here is a link to the page with photo…
[Link]http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5055[/Link]
While we never had it on it’s nose, and I’m not one to want to argue with the likes of S. Paine, I don’t like the elevator up idea. A friend of mine flies a Harvard and the limited amount of time I’ve spent in the airplane leaves me to think the weight alone of the two control sticks would be enough to pull the controls forward and go elevator down, not to mention the weight of the elevators themselves. Unless the student or instructor hold the stick back…
I think “technical” should win over “looks logical” on this one. An a/c guy will know the difference and see elevator up as an error. Just my thoughts.
Nope… good news. All’s well with King’s. They will be under new ownership, but it will be business as usual. Need to head over there today. I’ve only got 2/3 bottle of Dullcote left, which sets me into panick / hoard mode.
Steve
Well, that’s some good news… If’n I ever move back to Austin, I’d hate to have to hunt for a another hobby shop…
Great idea, can’t wait to see more progress shots!
Who makes the figures?
Regards,
Brad
The instructor figure is the stock AT-6 Monogram figure…
The Figure climbing off the plane is the stock Monogram Instructor figure (Which I will only slightly modify so the feet and hands look more natural on the plane, I will also move the head to make it look more natural as well) The student is a German fighter pilot figure I placed there for looks, I may put a different head on him and use him becuase his pose already suits the diorama.
VA
Not meaning to hijack your thread again VA, BUT… Funny how things work… After all that time I spent searching on the net for that Ralston Trainer version of the Texan, then Cardshark finds a pic for me…
Today, as I started packing for the move to our new place (same building, bigger apartment. This one has a bedroom for my War Room!), I’m packing up my old magazines and their it is…
Scale Modeler Volume 22, No. 8, August 1987…
I’d forgotten all about it being in that old magazine (and still having it) untill I read the cover as I packed…
Now to hunt down a couple SNJ/T-6 kits… Hey, maybe I’ll be getting YOUR cadet into my dio, VA…[:D]
Thanks, VA, Hans! I never built that kit, the first time around, so I’m not familiar with the parts and figures that came with it. I do have it now on my hunting list of kits to buy.
Regards,
Brad
I’ve gotten three old Monogram T-6 kits on eBay. They’re still the best T-6 kit out there IMO, and can be had for $8-15. There’s usually a few for sale at a time… happy hunting fellas!
Kevin