Has anyone tried building this one yet........?

[Rheged]

Chatting to the Newfie  friend of a friend , he mentioned that his grandfather had been involved with the building of the  Bolingbroke 111.  I understand that this was a Canadian Blenheim on floats or skis as well as a wheeled option.  Only one (serial 717)  was built.

[McColm]

I'll add it to my list and do a bit of research on the subject.

[PR19_Kit]

I think Robert in Canada, kitnut617 on here, is building that as he showed a pic of its floats here only the other week.

[perttime]

I found a small drawing for the kind of retractable skis that were used on Blenheims in Finland:



http://www.ilmasotakoulunkilta.fi/IlmaSK/ilmaskmma.nsf/sp?open&cid=Content79449

I understood that some old skis may still be in storage.

Oh, and there's some models and real photos showing fixed and faired skis on Blenheims:
Google search

[kitnut617]

I think Robert in Canada, kitnut617 on here, is building that as he showed a pic of its floats here only the other week.

I've started one, although it was packed away for my house move  -----  which was seven years ago    haven't seen it since then, it's somewhere in the stash   

some pics here:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,38206.msg643605/highlight,bolingbroke.html#msg643605