Haggis Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 The year is 2039 and the collapse in the Middle East oil reserves following the 3rd Gulf War has plunged the world into a world war. Nuclear fall out preceded drought and famine. Now the few remaining humans eke out a dangerous hunter gatherer living, trading scarce resources for food. Materials are abundant, abandoned in the old times, food and expertise are not. Neither is fuel, that precious commodity now replaces money and gold as man's treasure.By far the safest mode of transporting goods is by air. The few remaining aircraft are cannibalised and adapted to keep flying, and their crews brave the airborne pirates who own the marauding skies. To survive a crew must relay on guile, cunning and superior flying skills to live. Many are pilots who survived the old wars, but then so are the pirates!Here are just a few of the goodies that I will be using in this model (not pictured is the Hobby Boss WMIK!). Hang on you may be thinking, what are the Zero engines in there for, and the Live Resin Wrangler Humvee wheels, and what the hell are those resin skulls......? Well, this is going to be a very special project, a very unique model........Work started in the cockpit as is usual. I wanted to replace the fighter style grip so mounted the cut down WMIK steering wheel onto some wire core plastic rod and added some cabling.Next up is the pilot's seat. I've added some detail from plastic rod and strip. I need to add some piping and cabling yet. You'll note there are no cushions, they'll be painted separately before the harness is added.I'm going for a really detailed cockpit, all fiction of course. This is just the start.This model is going to have "different" engines which will require more cockpit levers. I cut off the rear cockpit throttle quadrant, blanked it off, removed some of the moulded console detail and mounted it in the front. The hole in the rear was blanked off with plastic card.The cockpit floor was detailed with plastic strip. That grey blob is half a 1:48 F-14 Tomcat Vulcan cannon! The sandy part is part of the WMIK engine block!And this is where I am up to so far. There is going to be loads more detail to come in both cockpits, this is just the start! Uilleann and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wow, what a different project ... with your skills, Jamie, it'll be a special one to watch. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 This is so cool! Watching....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Cool! Very different premise for my OV-10A that I love so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wow, different indeed! Looking forward to following your progress, Jamie. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Jamie, very interesting approach, it reminds me a bit of the Stallion (with floats in this case) used in the movie picture "Waterworld" , i'm really anxious to see were this build is leading to, have fun..... Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Oh hell yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 This is cool! Looking forward to seeing how this is going to turn out Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Anything "What IF" is a good thing. Have fun! Tnarg Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Excellent idea ! I have been watching "the walking deads" lately so I guess I understand the spirit of this build very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I love that background ! Makes me thought about Fallout, the Book of Eli, Twelve Monkeys..... Very good ! And it's a very good start, too ! Indeed that seems to be something very special, made with any old thing.... Cant wait to see that heavily weathered, knowing your weathering skills. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoasman Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Wow, what a cool idea! I've always liked the look of the post apocalyptic vehicle models with a 109 fuselage or P-38 tail boom. This will be fun to watch! Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 I've got loads to show you, cockpit done, fuselage done. But Photobucket is down so I can't! Quite frustrating that! Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Actually, you can see the WIP on my blog whilst waiting for Photobucket to sort it's life out! http://haggismodels.blogspot.co.uk/ Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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