Biggles FROG percival Proctor floatplane.

CSMO · September 18, 2013, 09:27:41 PM

Inspired by Lindbergh's Lockheed Sirius and Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon. Biggles post-war spent a time as a soldier-of-fortune and adventurer in some of the world's far corners. He needed a tough seaplane to haul himself, his girlfriend, batman, and mechanic around in.

This is a $4.00 Novo repop. The floats are from an Airfix Beaver. The struts are 40 year-old Contrail stock. The 4th seat and three-bladed prop came from the scrap-box. The auxiliary fin is part of a Toko Salamander fin/rudder. The paint is brush-painted Testors Dark Red and Silver with a home-mixed Ivory made from Tamiya Buff and Gloss White. The G-BGLS registration is code letters from a couple of old Stoppel sheets. The fuselage flash is Scalemaster stripe decal. A whole lot of fun on the cheap. I like it. Adios, Larry.

Cobra · September 18, 2013, 09:45:01 PM

Superb Job

You did an Excellent Paint and Decal Job on the Aircraft

Hope to see more Superb Works from You

Dan

Dizzyfugu · September 19, 2013, 01:53:46 AM

Lovely!

NARSES2 · September 19, 2013, 07:29:59 AM

That is nice

lancer · September 19, 2013, 11:46:28 AM

Oh that is very lovely and very well done.

Old Wombat · September 19, 2013, 12:05:28 PM

Radish is going to love you!

Guy

Captain Canada · September 19, 2013, 08:05:49 PM

I like it too ! One of those aeros that just looks right...and one I want to pick up and fly around the room !

ericr · September 19, 2013, 11:24:15 PM

Quote from: CSMO on September 18, 2013, 09:27:41 PM
A whole lot of fun on the cheap. I like it.

well done! A lovely floatplanization!

it's a pleasure indeed to play around with cheap kits. I have 40+ of PM's F-5A, I don't know yet what I will do with them
(or to them)

Glenn · September 21, 2013, 12:07:51 AM

And I thought I was the only mad one here building TinTin aircraft....Beau-ti-ful!
Glenn

kitbasher · September 21, 2013, 02:25:40 AM

Very nice

. I built a FROG/NOVO Proctor years ago (still have it) and it's a really nice kit (simple, no gimmicks, typical FROG) of a rather pretty aeroplane.

PR19_Kit · September 21, 2013, 02:49:25 AM

I flew in a Proctor once, and it was very nice from the inside too. The pilot, an RAF Flt. Lt., thought it was '.....an excellent trainer and we should have more of them....'.

His comments on the Proctor's big brother, the Prentice, had better remain un-recorded in such an august gathering as we have here, as they were pretty unprintable!

VickersVandal · October 03, 2013, 11:10:27 PM

Nice one! I like it muchly.

That must have been his holiday/weekend Proctor for when he wasn't using the Special Air Police Proctor for detective work