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Post by Fletch on Oct 27, 2015 11:14:19 GMT -5
The logo for this Attachment Deletedyear's Florida Bug Jam is called Bug Wars and has some really cool VW's morphed into a tie fighter and x-wing. These would be a great model project. |
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Post by wardster on Oct 29, 2015 15:48:22 GMT -5
That does look pretty awesome, doesn't it!? Thanks for posting that image, Fletch!
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Post by Fletch on Oct 29, 2015 16:01:28 GMT -5
I thought those were so cool I just started my own VW Tie fighter yesterday. Should look great with my VW Imperial Walker.
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Post by wardster on Oct 29, 2015 19:16:46 GMT -5
Sounds cool! Be sure to post pics when it's done, sir!
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Post by bubbajoe on Oct 30, 2015 3:53:33 GMT -5
would you mind posting a few shots of the bug walker?
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Post by Fletch on Oct 30, 2015 19:32:49 GMT -5
The bug walker is over on the scifi-fantasy thread 3 pages back under AT-BW.
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Post by Starryeyes on Oct 30, 2015 20:57:57 GMT -5
Oh geeez... more cool stuff that puts a smile on my face !! .. too funny !! knock it out of the park Fletch!
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Post by wardster on Oct 31, 2015 11:20:04 GMT -5
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Post by wardster on Oct 31, 2015 11:43:02 GMT -5
I downloaded that t-shirt image, and played around with the size, lighting, and contrast. (To turn it into a wallpaper image for my PC.) Here's a few things I noticed after doing that, which I couldn't see right away:
The big gun area on the half-completed Death Star is in the shape of a circled "VW" emblem. Funny!
There's a driver, with helmet, in the X-wing. Arm looks to be (almost) out the open side window, in "driving casual" mode.
I can't quite read the X-wing's license plate, but it definitely says something specific. (And it's probably humorous.)
There's one of those folding cloth, accordion-style roofs on the X-wing! That's too awesome! Great touch!
Kudos to the original artist, for having a good sense of humor and for being a fan of both "bugs" and Star Wars!
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Post by Fletch on Oct 31, 2015 12:25:46 GMT -5
Hi Wardster! The License plate reads DaFrce (the Force). You can go over to the Floridabugjam.com site for a clearer view. The artist did a great job! On the bus you can barely see on the roof the word BAY-DER as it is a bay window (Vader). The ragtop on the bug is a great touch.
The artist is Lemorris Harris.
Just went to his website - filled with tooned cars: lemorris.com |
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Post by bubbajoe on Nov 1, 2015 10:17:40 GMT -5
Thanks ward..fletch that came out great... your kit bashing skills are superb
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Post by wardster on Nov 3, 2015 22:44:33 GMT -5
Got way too many irons in the fire, already, so I'm not promising that I'll get one of those done up anytime soon -- but the idea did at least force me to go through my stash of cool partial kits. Found multiple TIE wings in there! Including one "model" by Estes (of model rocket fame) of Darth Vader's TIE Experimental. The big deal (no pun intended!) there being: it's in a much smaller scale, overall, than the old MPC (?) kit of the same subject. So at a guess, those wings and bits are probably a better size-wise match for a Deal's Wheels VW Van kit. Which I may (?) also have one spare body of, elsewhere in my stash of kits. Tempting! I'm way too busy to pursue it now ... but I may put all of the needed parts in one place, for sometime later on, when time's not against me as badly.
Thanks again, Mister Fletch, for posting that inspirational artwork! (And the info about the artist, too!)
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