Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[ericr]

thanks !

[ericr]

not exactly a whif : this version of the Puma has inflatable floats :
from what I understood it is rather an emergency water landing device, not meant to take off again.

In 1/32 it is big, and I was tempted when I found it for cheap.

[PR19_Kit]

1/32? 

That's not just big, it's HUGE!  

[ericr]

not far from 50 cm ;-)

it's a Revell reuse of an old Matchbox kit

[ericr]

tempting, given a cheap 1/48 kit of this so cute plane :





floats are from a MC72

[NARSES2]

You now have me thinking about a captured Finnish example. 

[ericr]

please do put your thinking into plastic 

[NARSES2]

I may well do, I've got some suitable floats and I-16's arn't hard to come by 

Edit - Just checked and I've got an I-16 

[ericr]

aha ! go for it !! 

where are the floats from? are they 1/72?

[NARSES2]

Not 100% sure where the floats are from, but I think they came from an Arado 196 that gained wheels to become a member of my Austro-Hungarian A.F.

[Tophe]

Belated congratulations! The flying barrel is turning to elegance!

[ericr]

Thanks !

The i-16 has a kind of charm anyways 

[ericr]

recently Tophe reminded me of the Dornier racer project :



which reminded me also of the Levasseur PL 201 :



and I had a Breguet 693 in my stash, as well as floats from an An-2 Colt  (and an additional engine from a Ju-52) :

[Tophe]

WOW!!!
I was wondering where are the 2 fins coming from but I understand the Br 693 had 2 fins at the tips of the tailplane all right

[NARSES2]

Oh, that's fantastic