What-If's

Aghis Barberopoulos
Augie you are full of surprises! Very interesting and good looking what if collection !!!

Augie
Thank you Aghis, I hope they are good supprises 🙂

there are a few more what if's to go up

Aghis Barberopoulos
Always good to see original and creative work. More you say ? I will stay tuned 🙂

Augie
The A-5... In RAF colours..

Burkhard D
A Marineflieger Crusader, now that's an idea 🙂

Augie
I think i still have the original artwork that inspired me on the F-14, A7, and F-8.. I have a load of them which i want to do... RAAF Lightning.. things like that

Aghis Barberopoulos
Very convincing, all of them - and very nice brushwork Augie. I know it is not easy to get balanced coats via handbrush.

Augie
Coming from you Aghis, that means a lot 🙂 you'll make me blush

Aghis Barberopoulos
Not intended 🙂
I used to paint camouflages by hand for years...up to my Manchester Uni days back in 1990's...

Augie
Hi Guido, that was inspired from art work that i found from when it was actually pitched to the Aeronavale

Philip De Keyser
Great job Augie, greetz Phil

Augie
clavework-graphics.co.uk/index.html

Great site for What-if ideas

Burkhard D
What if...when I built the Airfix B-29 in the 70s, it was clad in desert tan with RAF sky undersides, stars'n'bars, and b/w invasion stripes 😄

Augie
thats quite a what if..... Split personality B-29😉

Burkhard D
The real 'what if' I asked myself back then was "what if I try brushing it natural metal and f*ck it all up" 🙂

Augie
LOL... gotta love bare metal finishes

Burkhard D
The funny thing was that I succeeded in persuading all my mates that the paintjob was totally authentic :-D

Tim Vereecke
lol

stefan natus
Nice collection,i like the hinomaru on the tomcat.

Augie
Thanks Stefan, and yeah Guido... sooo many you could choose

Augie
This one had me giggleing
clavework-graphics.c..y_1/fantasy_053.html

Wilfried Bogaerts
Is it a Boulton-Paul Spitfire or a Supermarine Defiant ?

Augie
Makes you wonder willy... looks like a fun kit bash idea

Aghis Barberopoulos
The way to spoil a spitfire...🙂

Augie
I dunno aghis, that has a kinda nice look to it.. probably just me tho 😄

Aghis Barberopoulos
I only meant that the Spit did not need a rear gunner - the extra weight would spoil it. But if you look at it purely as a joke, then its different😉

Augie
🙂 ahhh i see, yes true..

Holger Kranich
The Cruisader is a nice "What if"!

Augie
Thanks bud, the F-14 was a bodge hack between old italeri kit and hasegawa.. plus i think the old cat could have had bigger claws

Dutch
I like them all. And they may not have been so far fetched! RAF Vigilante to replace the cancelled TSR.2? French Navy A-7F purchase seems very plausible. As I said, I like them all! I have a bunch of $.99 kits in the stash. Wonder what I can come up with?

Augie
Hehe thats the fun of what-if's to me.. you can just let imagination go

Donald Dickson II
The only what if I have ever done is a desert camo scheme A-10. I like the ones you have there especially the F-14.

Ludovic Stephan
The purchase of corsair has been studied by french navy in 70', but the plane was too heavy

Augie
🙂 thanks guys.

Derek Huggett
Yikes! If I forget to put my glasses on, and disregard scale a bit, doesn't the RAF marked A-5 look a lot like a 'Tonka' at mid-sweep wing position?

Augie
Hehe yeah I have to admit Derek, there is a resemblance at the right angle.