Rapha/Wiggins

[bobswire]

Seeing the new logo for Rapha/Wiggins collaboration ( http://pages.rapha.cc/stories/rapha-partners-with-sir-bradley-wiggins?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WIGGINS-USA&utm_content=WIGGINS-USA%20CID_8b9e2feb71eefabf0d483afac4a00dbe&utm_source=campaignmonitor&utm_term=Wiggins ) reminded me of model planes I had as a kid, two of my favorite WW2 fighters were the USA Flying Tigers ( Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ) and the British Spitfire.

http://i61.tinypic.com/210jzv5.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/o0xqug.jpg

[bcroslin]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LabiEUiwP8s/TsuoSahqcjI/AAAAAAAAA28/8bI8lJd7bvw/s400/Screen+Shot+2011-11-22+at+13.48.41.png

[oldpotatoe]

My favorite-in Brit Colors

[ptourkin]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LabiEUiwP8s/TsuoSahqcjI/AAAAAAAAA28/8bI8lJd7bvw/s400/Screen+Shot+2011-11-22+at+13.48.41.png

This. Sir Brad is a mod.

http://img.tatler.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/400x600/a_c/Bradley-Wiggins,-Paul-Welle.jpg

http://youtu.be/G6oqBztvcUw

[enr1co]

Seeing the new logo for Rapha/Wiggins collaboration reminded me of model planes I had as a kid, two of my favorite WW2 fighters were the USA Flying Tigers ( Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ) and the British Spitfire.




Thanks Bob, Pete- P40, Spitfire, Corsair, P 51, P47, BF109, Zero etc...also faves!

Reminded me of a few plastic model kits I have in a box and plan to build "one of these days" ;)


http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3577307/view/photo13.JPG
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3577307/view/photo23_001.JPG

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Corsairs, Mods and the Royal Navy are tre cool, but this is bad ass! Spud knows.

[enr1co]

Tre cool, but this is bad ass! Spud knows.

Absolutely! :cool::cool::cool:
http://www.midwaysailor.com/zapcollection/zap-001b.gif


and back to topic...

Jersey colors/design colors are nice- would be nicer with a more subtle reference to Wiggins (instead of the big chest print) and lose the SKY logos.

[bcroslin]

This. Sir Brad is a mod.

http://img.tatler.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/400x600/a_c/Bradley-Wiggins,-Paul-Welle.jpg

http://youtu.be/G6oqBztvcUw

Great song - I wonder if he was plugged in. :D

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Thanks Bob, Pete- P40, Spitfire, Corsair, P 51, P47, BF109, Zero etc...also faves!

Reminded me of a few plastic model kits I have in a box and plan to build "one of these days" ;)


http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3577307/view/photo13.JPG
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3577307/view/photo23_001.JPG

Plus 1, Rico, built many of the model kits, way back in the day, including some balls out cool Navy Phantoms.

[happycampyer]

or this...

https://tailsmagazines.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/target-logo.jpg

Rapha-Wiggins...

expect less, pay more

(hey, I'm I fan of Rapha, but they make themselves so lampoonable)

[Hermes_Alex]

Always loved this little chestnut
http://ris.fashion.telegraph.co.uk/RichImageService.svc/imagecontent/1/TMG9528492/m/Bradley-_-Liam_2332158a.jpg

[bobswire]

Another fighter/bomber that deserves recognition was the A-1H Skyraider, not prettiest or sleekest nor easiest to fly according to pilots I talked to but boy could if carry a pay load. It was still in use in Vietnam when I was stationed at Bein Hoa Air Base 1964-66.

http://i57.tinypic.com/r2q77o.jpg

Ground crew and pilots.
http://i60.tinypic.com/2n6fa88.jpg

[makoti]

My favorite-in Brit Colors

Why would you paint targets on your planes??

[jimoots]

I think the branding is actually pretty cool, but really feel like Rapha shot themselves in the foot posting a mockup of their kit.

The jersey mock (see edit) leaves me thoroughly uninspired, I'm hoping the real thing (see edit) will look decidedly nicer.

http://domestique.rapha.cc/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wiggins-jersey-01.jpg

Edit: Is that a real photo or a mockup. At a small size (as presented on Rapha) it looks mockup, but larger (as seen here) there are subtle textures and I honestly can't tell if it's a really good mockup or a super-processed photo. Either way it hasn't got me impressed, hahaha

[Climb01742]

Do kids still build plastic models of planes? I loved doing it as a kid. All the WWII planes. Guess those planes, and that war, would seem pretty archaic to kids now.

[oldpotatoe]

Why would you paint targets on your planes??

Civilians, shakes head.....

[cainez]

or this...

https://tailsmagazines.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/target-logo.jpg

Rapha-Wiggins...

expect less, pay more

(hey, I'm I fan of Rapha, but they make themselves so lampoonable)

Brilliant.