Jeff, buddy…
Don’t you complain about headaches enough??? I’m at a loss for words once again.
(You guys should have seen his RF-4 in 32nd!)
Take care bro.
Absolutely mind boggling! I’ll never complain about PE being to small after seeing this tremendous piece of work. My compliments Jeff.
Semper Fi, mike
Amazing work Jeff, I wish Id seen this sooner.
If may make a few suggestions,
The PBY is great but is there any way to thin the tailwings and staibalizer?
Is there any way to improve that flag?
The addition of the Betty is a great idea but maybe you should make the foilage around it look more disturbed as it would after a plane crash? particulary you have a tree growing behind the wing that Im sure would have ripped off the port side wing as the plane came in.
These are just my observations. I hate pointing out things like this on such an awsome build. Especially one that is well above my skill level.
Jeff, I bow in the presence of True Greatness! [bow][bow][bow]
At first I thought this was in 1/72 scale. —But then I noticed the bottles and tools in the background and almost fell over backwards in my chair. Awesome work! Words can’t express my amazement at such incredible work. I hope someday to do a dio like that in 1/72 scale.
Can’t wait to see the Air Museum! [:D][:D]
Awood,
The wingspan of the PBY is about 3 inches, so no, I’m not going to thin the wings down…and the Betty was a former occupant of the airfield, pushed off into the brush by the Seabees, and broke her back against the tree at the weakest point in her fuselage, where the circular crew access door is located.
And as for improving the flag, well, it’s stars and stripes, so it’s good enough for me…by the way, that flag is the smallest I could find in ANY scale…and that’s a 1/700 ship’s flag.
Jeff
Truly amazing, some day I wish I can build something half as good as this.
hey jeff, awesome dio!! i met you at Rocon back in Sept. remember?
holy smokes!!
my first impression was 1/144 but to find out that it’s actually 1/350 is just crazy.
awesome job!!
Wow, good job. I saw this when you were still posting about planing it. It’s nice to see it finished. I don’t know how you had the patience to build something so tiny, but you did a great job!
Thanks guys!
Next project…a 1/350th air museum diorama…
Jeff
That is just too cool for words. Great Job!
Looks great…beautifull job…congratulations
Jeff,
Can’t wait to see the Air Museum. Our club actually replicated the entire aircraft collection at the Hill AFB Museum in 1/144th scale. They created mockups of their buildings and actually use our kits to figure out where to put the real ones. Was a fun project.
I always wanted to do a large dio of an airshow with all the different types of planes on the ramp. The crowd checking it out, maybe some armor laying around. Was going to try this in 72nd but would be a little large. Maybe 350th would work. Have you seen a C-5, AWACS, C-130, C-17 or KC-10 in this scale?
Phil,
There’s no larger aircraft in 1/350th that I know of, the largest I’m aware of are a Boeing Clipper, a PBM Mariner, and a PBY from Iron Shipwrights in resin.
White Ensign does a bunch of resin planes and helos, and Corsair Armada is releasing alot of new planes from the 50s and 60s, stuff that should be included in the Tamiya or Trumpeter kits, but isn’t, and real late war/post war stuff if you wanted to do a pre-SCB Essex from the early 50s.
My brain has been trying to plan out how this would look, and I’m obviously running into problems finding ‘standard’ museum aircraft, like a Spitfire, P-51, B-17, P-38, etc…in 1/350…obviously, I could do a great naval air museum, with all the Trumpeter and Tamiya stuff…at this point, I’m probably going to scratchbuild everything that I don’t have access to…which at this point, includes…
US: B-17, C-47, P-38, P-5, P-47, AT-6, PT-17, Huey
RAF: Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane, Wellington, Halifax
Luftwaffe: Fw-190, Bf-109, He-111, Me-262, He-162, Do-335
Japan: Zero, Tony, Frank, Tojo, Jill, Judy, Mavis, Emily
Russia: Yak-1, Mig-3, La-5, Yak-7, Yak-9, Pe-2
So far, here’s what I know exists…
US: Corsair, Hellcat, Wildcat, Helldiver, Dauntless, Avenger, Devastator, AD-1 Skyraider, AD-5 Skyradier, Kingfisher, Seagull, F3B, F6C, O3U, F9F Panther, A-4 Scooter, A-5 Vigilante, F-4 Phantom, F-14, F-18, S-3, E2C, A3D, A6, A7, F8, S3B, CH-47, CH-53, H-34, CH-46, Boeing 314 Clipper, PBY, Martin Mariner, B-25, SH-3.
Japan: Betty, Nell, Pete, Norm. If we see an IJN carrier from Trumpeter, then we can expect a Zero, Val, and Kate…
Germany: Ar-196
UK: Walrus, Gazelle, Merlin, Sea Vixen, Scimitar, Sea Hawk, Fulmar, Gannet, Lynx, Swordfish, Albacore, Seasprite.
Russia: Flanker, Fulcrum, Freestyle, Helix
I’ve been seriously thinking about doing this in 1/700 scale, simply because there’s more aircraft out there, but at that scale, it’s too small to do any serious detailing…1/144 is ok too, but then it gets too large…so, there’s the all the tradeoffs…
Jeff
Jeff,
That is quite a list. You must be into ship models[:D]
I agree, more variety in 700th (even a C-5) but too small for any detail.
Here are a few shots of the 1/144th Hill AFB Museum
http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=318
http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=319
http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=320
grrrrrreat dio!
That’s super cool Phil…If I only had the space for 1/144!! I’m figuring the whole thing can be 2x2 and still be huge in 1/350th…oh, I don’t know…maybe I should just settle and do a naval air museum instead…This way, I can add a couple of ships tied up alongside the building (in the water of course).
Jeff
Very impressive, someday I hope to be able to do that.[:D]
Jeff,
Even Naval museums have some of those AF planes [:)]
Maybe, you can start with the Naval Aviation side of the Museum and see if the Industry catches up. Or a 2 part dio with the Naval section as part one and add the others later if they become available or you get them scratchbuilt.
Either way, if it is as good as this first one, it will be cool.
Don’t forget the baby strollers…
'Way, 'way cool! Fantastic work! I am humbled, but inspired!