Re: The Flying Boat, Seaplane and Amphibian G.B - Finished Builds & Voting Polls

[NARSES2]

Here's the place for your finished builds when the G.B. opens.

Maximum of 3 photos plus can you link to your build thread.

Thanks

Chris

[NARSES2]

Apologies for the delay in unlocking this. Mea Culpa

Chris

[TheChronicOne]

P-51S (might have went with N but there were existing variants that had "N" in the name... "nz" or "nh" or some such so I went with S) of the US Navy, in the Korean war 1951 ish.







http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44465.0.html



Coining a new term for this type of thing:  FUNSTRATING.  It was fun, but working on the floats (trying to get them to stay in the correct configuration with tiny connecting points) was frustrating. 

[rickshaw]

Shorts Skyvan Floatplane in RAMC service

[ericr]

M.C.72z

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, actually it's #2, but finished before the first Gb project:  the Dornier Do 319 B-1 'Seeschwalbe'; aircraft '(P7)+O(A)' of the Deutsche Luftwaffe's SAGr 129 Stab z.b.V.; operated in the Northern Atlantic, summer 1945.


1:72 Dornier Do 319 B-1 'Seeschwalbe'; aircraft '(P7)+O(A)' of the Deutsche Luftwaffe's SAGr 129 Stab z.b.V.; operated in the Northern Atlantic, summer 1945 (Whif/Smer kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Dornier Do 319 B-1 'Seeschwalbe'; aircraft '(P7)+O(A)' of the Deutsche Luftwaffe's SAGr 129 Stab z.b.V.; operated in the Northern Atlantic, summer 1945 (Whif/Smer kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Dornier Do 319 B-1 'Seeschwalbe'; aircraft '(P7)+O(A)' of the Deutsche Luftwaffe's SAGr 129 Stab z.b.V.; operated in the Northern Atlantic, summer 1945 (Whif/Smer kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


More here: http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44553.45.html

[rickshaw]

Grumman HU-16 Albatross ASW in Australian Coast Guard Service

[Dizzyfugu]

#1 with a little delay: the Heinkel He 70K floatplane, aircraft LN-KME of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), operated in northern Norway, 1949:


1:72 Heinkel He 70K floatplane, 'LN-KME' of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS); operated in northern Norway, 1949 (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Heinkel He 70K floatplane, 'LN-KME' of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS); operated in northern Norway, 1949 (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Heinkel He 70K floatplane, 'LN-KME' of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS); operated in northern Norway, 1949 (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

More about it here: http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44472.msg791789.html#msg791789

[ericr]

a Hasegawa Mu-2J, with the floats from an An-2 :

http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44590.0.html

[ericr]

a Type 10 triplane (Mitsubishi 1MT) by UPC in 1/50, with floats from a 1/48 MC72


http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44585.0.html

[ericr]

S-38 (hull 1/72) & B2 (wings 1/200)
(wingtip floats from a 1/72 Seamew)



http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44608.0.html

again in blue :

[Dizzyfugu]

Took some time, but here's #3, a 1:72 Heinkel He 115 D-4b, '6I+CK' of the 2./SAGr 130, Deutsche Seeluftstreitkräfte; Hafrsfjord (Stavanger), Norway, 1944


by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


More here: http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44635.msg793110.html#msg793110

[ericr]

a flying wing flying boat, using a 1/200 YB49 in the stash, and also a 1/48 MC72 :

[zenrat]

Метательное Копье MeКo 7c.
Метательное Копье MeКo 7c 12 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Метательное Копье MeКo 7c 19 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Метательное Копье MeКo 7c 7 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44463.90.html

[Tophe]

Mustang/Lightning seaplanes, see http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44453.0.html