I DARE YOU - Eiffel Tower

[themongoose]

So over in the pub there’s a group of us posting crazy pictures to see who will step up and try to replicate one 🤪
Well i loved this shoot out under the Eiffel Tower so here goes!



1st collect what we need…



Next we need a base. And if we have a base we must use the golden ratio 🤣 so here it is with length 1.618 times the width 😆



Ok, now to retire for the night while the wood glue dries. This will be a blast 💥

[keavdog]

So looking forward to this. I put that pic up and suggested the scale so I'm invested!
It's an awesome story that needs to be told in 1/650th scale

[adt70hk]

Now that's spooky.....I want to do this with a Mosquito from the RCAF, that did this for the Stars and Stripes Magazine in the summer of 1944. Trouble is I want to do it at 1/72, which means the Eiffel Tower will be about 19 feet tall.....

If you have no objection I'll share my picture of that shot on here?

[406 Silverado]

Now THIS.......is going to be one cool project Chris!! You've got my attention for sure!!

P.S. Have you found a 109 to use with this?

[themongoose]

Jul 24, 2024 1:08:06 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

Now that's spooky.....I want to do this with a Mosquito from the RCAF, that did this for the Stars and Stripes Magazine in the summer of 1944. Trouble is I want to do it at 1/72, which means the Eiffel Tower will be about 19 feet tall.....

If you have no objection I'll share my picture of that shot on here?

😂🤣 19 feet tall 😆😅  absolutely, feel free to share it here!

[tcoat]

[themongoose]

Jul 24, 2024 4:52:38 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Now THIS.......is going to be one cool project Chris!! You've got my attention for sure!!

P.S. Have you found a 109 to use with this?

Tom’s Modelworks!




they are printing them now rather than clear plastic. A bit disappointed in that because i have to paint the canopy or try to make one…however they are so small i will have to provide binoculars to see it that close anyway 🙈

[tcoat]

Jul 24, 2024 5:37:14 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Jul 24, 2024 1:08:06 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

Now that's spooky.....I want to do this with a Mosquito from the RCAF, that did this for the Stars and Stripes Magazine in the summer of 1944. Trouble is I want to do it at 1/72, which means the Eiffel Tower will be about 19 feet tall.....

If you have no objection I'll share my picture of that shot on here?

😂🤣 19 feet tall 😆😅  absolutely, feel free to share it here!

How about go all out 

[kyledehart5]

Outstanding!! This was such a fun idea. Looking forward to watching this one

[406 Silverado]

Jul 24, 2024 5:50:23 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Jul 24, 2024 4:52:38 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Now THIS.......is going to be one cool project Chris!! You've got my attention for sure!!

P.S. Have you found a 109 to use with this?

Tom’s Modelworks!


they are printing them now rather than clear plastic. A bit disappointed in that because i have to paint the canopy or try to make one…however they are so small i will have to provide binoculars to see it that close anyway 🙈

 Bummer about them not being in clear plastic but at least you get a 109 in the scale you want it in. 

[cheyenne]

Very , very cool project !!!!

[handiabled]

I'm on board for this one!

[moparman18064]

Coooooool project! Watching along

[Steve Zuleski]

Excellent, this outta be a fun ride!

[themongoose]

Jul 24, 2024 5:56:02 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Jul 24, 2024 5:37:14 GMT -5 themongoose said:

😂🤣 19 feet tall 😆😅  absolutely, feel free to share it here!

How about go all out 

I can't  help but think Kurt Russel should have used this in his mini-golf course from Overboard! 

[tcoat]

Jul 24, 2024 13:26:59 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Jul 24, 2024 5:56:02 GMT -5 tcoat said:

How about go all out 

I can't  help but think Kurt Russel should have used this in his mini-golf course from Overboard! 

[cheyenne]

Not tryin to tell you what to do and you're invested with the Heller tower and the planes , but have you thought about just doing the bottom portion as in tcoat's photo ?
At least you can use 1/72nd scale planes .



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[tcoat]

Jul 24, 2024 18:02:29 GMT -5 cheyenne said:

Not tryin to tell you what to do and you're invested with the Heller tower and the planes , but have you thought about just doing the bottom portion as in tcoat's photo ?
At least you can use 1/72nd scale planes .



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If somebody had some super scratch build skills that cold be a project and a half. Could go down once more to 1/144 though.

[keavdog]

I want to see you paint Berlin Express on the P-51

[buddho]

This is going to be sooo cool to see...🤠

[themongoose]

Jul 24, 2024 18:02:29 GMT -5 cheyenne said:

Not tryin to tell you what to do and you're invested with the Heller tower and the planes , but have you thought about just doing the bottom portion as in tcoat's photo ?
At least you can use 1/72nd scale planes .



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Not a bad idea at all. And some of those minicraft kits are pretty nice so 144 could be cool as well.
Alas I have everything for this now and am invested in the base. Honestly, my thought in this scale was to make the tower the centerpiece. The planes will be that aha! moment when people look closely 🤩
keavdog - challenge accepted 🤪🤯

[406 Silverado]

Jul 27, 2024 9:06:54 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Jul 24, 2024 18:02:29 GMT -5 cheyenne said:

Not tryin to tell you what to do and you're invested with the Heller tower and the planes , but have you thought about just doing the bottom portion as in tcoat's photo ?
At least you can use 1/72nd scale planes .



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Not a bad idea at all. And some of those minicraft kits are pretty nice so 144 could be cool as well.
Alas I have everything for this now and am invested in the base. Honestly, my thought in this scale was to make the tower the centerpiece. The planes will be that aha! moment when people look closely 🤩
keavdog - challenge accepted 🤪🤯[/quote]and I’ll double DOG dare you.lol

[themongoose]

IT’S ON NOW 😼🤣

[deafpanzer]

I love this kind of ambitious projects and you definitely have my attention too!

[adt70hk]

Jul 24, 2024 5:56:02 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Jul 24, 2024 5:37:14 GMT -5 themongoose said:

😂🤣 19 feet tall 😆😅  absolutely, feel free to share it here!

How about go all out 

Now that's a cool idea!

[adt70hk]

Jul 24, 2024 5:37:14 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Jul 24, 2024 1:08:06 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

Now that's spooky.....I want to do this with a Mosquito from the RCAF, that did this for the Stars and Stripes Magazine in the summer of 1944. Trouble is I want to do it at 1/72, which means the Eiffel Tower will be about 19 feet tall.....

If you have no objection I'll share my picture of that shot on here?

😂🤣 19 feet tall 😆😅  absolutely, feel free to share it here!

Hi Chris

Sorry we were away when I posted the above messafe....so here goes.

I know this was far from the only plane to do it but this is the background to this particular shot:

• The plane in question is almost certainly 'A for Able' from 409 Sqn Royal Canadian Air Force, which flew exclusively night fighters, specifically Mossies from March 1944 onwards.  In the Spring of 1944 the squadron was transferred to the 2nd Tactical Air Force.  Post D-Day it moved to France and apparently, whilst on R&R in Paris, the squadron leader bumped into a journalist and/or photographer from the Stars and Stripes magazine.....they seemingly got talking and the below shot was the result of that conversation.  Apparently it was taken on 14th September 1944.

 
There is a bit more info about the squadron here: modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/post/357100/thread

All the best for the build.

Andrew

[themongoose]

Well, I got back on this for a little while tonight because I had the spot putty out, and check this out, all except four Parts so far have a ton of spot putty on them. Love you, Heller!

[keavdog]

Great to see you getting started on this. Looks like a lot of clean-up work. Hopefully the fit is good 🤞

[bradley25mm]

That is quite the undertaking. I’m really excited to see this start. It’s going to be epic

[406 Silverado]

You can count me in on this one for dang sure Chris. Dude that's a lot of work!!!   If anybody can pull this one off, I know it's you so I'll be looking forward to seeing the great progress that awaits us on this thread.