It’s not to late… to Whippet… Whippet good…
Sorry my Devo is showing. My first finished model in a while is Emhar's old 1/35 Whippet, a Christmas gift from my kid. A British WW1 "exploitation" "tank", this was designed to be the fast vehicle to drive thru holes punched in the line by the big "Rhomboid" tanks, hence named after the fast canine. Clever, eh? The ancient model went together surprisingly well, I was really surprised by the ugly rubber tracks, which glued together fine with Tenax liquid cement, despite some molding flaws on one run. I slapped it together only using what was in the box, finish is Humbrol #26 Khaki and Tamiya weathering sticks. The decals turned out to be WAY big, so the flashes, B/6's and IX's are hand painted with Vallejo white.
"Crack that Whip"...Cal Steve will get this, I know it.
I half-expected to see a red flower pot somewhere in the photos... 🙂
I totally know where you're coming from Craig! I'm just waiting on my Steinberger Spirit bass which is what Jerry uses. (They STILL make it!)
Not sure about Craig , maybe a tea pot and kettle LOL.
Lovely build the mate.
Looks great.
Enlightenment, Simon...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfM
Yeah, man, it does NOT get any stranger than that. That whip target girl is pretty hot though...Jocko Homo might be just as strange tho...They were not like all the other kids. Now where else can you post a model, and talk about MTV?
And they still have it.! Their new album is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrijrV5cYs
A couple of new videos. Craig, you might be interested as well.
Great model Bill! Really nice! The rest of you guys are cracking me up. I haven't watched this video in a while. It still retains the goofyness it was intended to deliver. Too much fun.
California Steve (deep in the man cave working on a secret project)
OOOH! Secret projects are fun!
Never heard of one of these. How fast were they?
According to Wiki, the Whippet had a blistering speed of 8.3 mph. Not bad considering the mk. IV was 4 mph. They seemed to do what they were designed for tho.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Mark_A_Whippet See "Combat History".
Also I see you are no stranger to the De-Evolution boys. Are we not men? 🙂
We are DEVO.
Supperb weathering. Awesome build!
Love the name, love the model!
Nice build and a great paint job and weathering.
I like the bleached red white stripes.
Definitely needs a vignette base to set off your workmanship. Great looking model.
The build is great, the tank design is funny looking, and the Devo comments are even funnier. Weird Al did a video tribute to Devo called "Dare to be Stupid", it's better than the "Whip It" video.
A good modeller don t need a new tool wonder kit to build an outstanfing kit!
Great looking Whippet
Bill,
Great model, nicely done.