Ground Transport

Another cranberry-juice plastic jug project. For a couple of years now I've been accumulating short and stout humerus bones from turkeys, but haven't had much use for them. Nice to see how much they contribute to this strong and sturdy theme.

Orbital Gleaner

Kitchen cleaner bottle, Port wine stoppers, ping-pong ball, leaky faucet cartridge, electrical tape, gypsum-board anchors, alligator clips, blowdryer grille, wire cap, turkey bones; and unused bits from a 1/35 Panther kit. I anticipate that this vessel orbits Earth in the space junk field, culling out the more dangerous and/or valuable bits. Royal Thai Air Force elephant insignia seem appropriate.

Cetaceous Dirigible

Cranberry juice jug, blowdryer handle, orange juice pulltab, gypsum board anchors, clothespin, a few turkey bones. I found the teddybear eyes in my mother's sewing stash years ago, finally put 'em to use.

Plastic Bottle #1

 More budget modeling. Plastic spray bottle, don't remember when I saved it, but the shape reminded me of a bird taking off from water. BIC BBQ lighter for the head. Turkey bones. Other bits from the junkbox. Continuing the bird theme, I added old stork decals from Academy's kit of WWI-ace Georges Guynemer's Nieuport.

Sailplane...thing

The usual stuff: turkey bones, mylar, hors d'oeuvre toothpicks, balsa, disposable wooden utensils, rubberband, coffee stirrer.

P-51 Red-tail

Revell's 1969 1/32 scale P-51B Mustang. Red, yellow, and silver hardware store spraypaints. Canopy frame made from painted strips of electrical tape. Minimal decals. Didn't paint the propeller tips yellow, I thought they'd detract from the yellow wing stripes.

Living small

 Landowners and informal dwellers along Rio Tarqui are being moved out so the city can expand greenspace along the river, and add land to the Botanical Gardens to the east. In addition to the tire shop and stucco contractor in the photos, people raise animals and grow crops. Some of these families have lived here for at least 70 years. This used to be out of town, but no longer. The gov't paid out $550,000 for the land, and to relocate people.