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Grumman G-12 Design 128

January 5, 2026

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scottlowther

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Someone recently sold on ebay a display model of the Grumman G-12 Design 128, a single-seat derivative of the A-6A Intruder. Designed in 1963 for the US Navy, this design slimmed-down the nose of the Intruder.

General Dynamics Trans Atmospheric vehicle art

January 4, 2026

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

General Dynamics artwork from the 80’s depicting a Trans Atmospheric Vehicle launching from the back of a 747. The original lithograph suffered badly from decades of reddening; I used an “AI photo editor” to correct it. Sadly, the editor spat out a smaller version of the image. I used “PhotoEditorAI;” it says it supports high-rez…

Own your very own Racketenschiff

January 4, 2026

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, eBay, history, Models, projects, rockets, science, Science Fiction, spacecraft

I’m selling my one and only 1/72 Max Valier “Racketenschiff.” See the ebay link for info on how this might become a kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/257288840453

Max Valier “Raketenschiff”

December 12, 2025

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, Models, projects, rockets, spacecraft

Here is the one and only 1/72 “Racketenschiff,” Max Valier’s 1920’s idea for a rocket powered transatlantic passenger transport. I made this as something of an art project, to see if scaling up the original 1/288 version modeled for Fantastic Plastic would work (it does) and to see how it’d look when painted simply, with…

November 2025 APR rewards

December 1, 2025

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scottlowther

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Uncategorized

Rewards for November, 2025, are now available. This include: Document: “Man Will Conquer Space Soon,” article from Collier’s magazine, March 22, 1952 Document: “Close Support Aircraft NA-452, Design/Manufacture Maximum System Effectiveness” A 1966 North American Aviation concept for something of a proto-A-10. Document: “Boeing YC-14 photographs.” 20 scans of 8.5X11 glossy photos of the prototype…

Curtiss-Wright CW-32

November 4, 2025

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Politics

An early post-war (November, 1946) concept for a commercial cargo transport, the four-engined Curtiss-Wright CW-32. The crew compartment would be pressurized, but not the cargo compartment. Options included raising the entire tail so that large ground vehicles could drive straight in.

1/72 Max Valier Racketenschiff

October 27, 2025

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, Cats, history, Models, projects, rockets

My 3D printed scaleup of the model I created for Fantastic Plastic is coming along. I’m approaching this as more of an art project than engineering… partially because I think it better fits the aesthetics of a 1920’s “project” by painting it with rattlecans and pens rather than an airbrush, partially because I just want…

When did the “Star Trek” timeline diverge from ours?

September 22, 2025

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scottlowther

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blather, history, Hmm…, Science Fiction

The people running present-day Star Trek have tried desperately to tinker with the Trek backstory so that it can be “our” future. But the past as revealed by canon Star Trek, from TOS through TNG, DS9, Voy and Ent, is clearly NOT our future. Fifty years have passed since the advent of TOS, decades which…

Ryan COIN

September 17, 2025

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, APR, Art, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects

Ryan art of a Counter Insurgency (COIN) concept from the 1960s. This aircraft is somewhat similar to the OV-10 Bronco but with the important distinction of having a rotor for VTOL capability. For forward flight the 3-bladed rotor would largely stow within a large saucer-shaped rotor hub to decrease drag. Unfortunately, this is all I…

The limits of gloating

September 15, 2025

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Gah, Hmm…, News, Politics, Wisdom, ಠ_ಠ

In the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, a LOT of people found themselves with exciting opportunities to explore new career options after posting gleeful nonsense online that their employers didn’t like or were downright horrified by. And while I’ve long been opposed to “cancel culture,” this simply doesn’t bother me. If you found that…

Grumman G-12 Design 128

General Dynamics Trans Atmospheric vehicle art

Own your very own Racketenschiff

Max Valier “Raketenschiff”

November 2025 APR rewards

Curtiss-Wright CW-32

1/72 Max Valier Racketenschiff

When did the “Star Trek” timeline diverge from ours?

Ryan COIN

The limits of gloating

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