Every time I see one of these stubby little planes, I think of the XF-85 Goblin.

Oh yeah... that thing that was suppose to be carried by dirigeables or larger aircraft. Just shows that with a large enough budget, any dumb idea will be tried. And the military is willing to try it.

The Goblin was supposed to be carried by jets. I forget the name of the plane that was supposed to be carried by the Akron and Macon zeppelins, but it was a propeller model.

again i love the details! ^^

The Goblin was a parasite fighter for the Convair B-36. The Akron and Macon carried Curtiss F9C biplanes, which were prop jobs, as RosenOtter said.

Sorry, I'm a parasite geek. XD My favorite parasite success story is probably the D21 Tagboard/Senior Bowl parasite drone program.

I think the worst one was the D21 / M21 programme, putting the D21 Tagboard drone on the back of a modified SR-71. Damn drone slammed into the mothership at a high Mach separation... :(

It was problematic, yes, but that only happened the one time. The Tagboard/Senior Bowl B-52H program was MUCH more successful and reliable.

I'd heard that those SR-71 drones weren't very successful, but didn't know any of the details. I had the impression that it just didn't navigate well on its own, or return much useful information. The "Blackbird" at the Boeing museum in Everett WA has a drone mounted.

Love the 'craft, very cool design, and from all appearances, able to outgun anything else.

LOL eggplanes !!!I'm thinking either about the Goblin parasite fighter and Tmiya's eggplanes model kit serie... Awesome as always ^^

Heh. You can still see a definite Collins influence in the design. Really nice details on this pic!

Only so much I could change without re-drawing the whole piece.

The mechanical construction and line work is just amazing! The retractable step ladder is a nice touch.

You're the third person I know who used to be friends with JC but isn't anymore...

Unfortunately he doesn't get along well with people and had lost more friends than most people make in a lifetime.

There's a few folks in the fandom like that, one of whom has ME actively detesting him...and I pretty well like (and am liked by) nearly everyone in the fandom I know.

I don't think anyone doubts that JC had emotional problems that were at the root of his inabillity to get along with most people.

There were a few people who did avoid having a falling out with JC, but in at least two occasions it seems that they were deliberatel manipulating him for their own ends.

(nodnods) See, I generally assume that anyone who's an artist or writer is gonna tend to have an artistic temperament at one point or another, which is why I generally make allowances for tantrums and such. So, there ya are. :D

It takes real talent to make *everyone* hate you, and J was a very talented guy unfortunately...

I'm sure relieved that it isn't just myself who, inexplicably somehow, got on Jerry Collins' bad side and never quite understood what they did wrong...

Not that I'm heavily interested, but does anyone even know if he's still around? I don't seem to be on any of his sides myself, so I should care, really. I do, however, regret his desperate slide into oblivion, having followed his work over the years and having some admiration for his vision and style, if not his decaying personality.

Jerry certainly isn't attending conventions and he wasn't contributing to zines a few years ago. I don't know of anywhere he's on-line.

The last I saw of him were a few rancourous pictures and remarks on *Crush, Yiff, Destroy" in which he attacked Steve Martin and some other people, and ran down furry fandom, saying his problems were all fandom's fault. If he hadn't been corrupted he would have been as pure and innocent as a mountain stream. Yeah... right...

In any case, even that stuff is several years old. I think the only person who would likely have any idea what JC was up to these days would be Michael Hirtes, who seems to feel he's Jerry's protector.