Supermarine 'Floattacker'

[CammNut]

Apologies for the delay in responding. Have been on travel, in the land of unmanned aircraft, vertical lift and urban air taxis...

Here is the real Attacker floatplane three-view. I hesitated to post it as I cannot for the life of me remember where I found it - so if anyone claims ownership, I apologize in advance.



And thank you, Wooksta, for a way out of my conundrum - of course it is an early aircraft still the in the UK and therefore lacking its Pacific markings. Why didn't I think of that? Phew!!!

[dwomby]

It doesn't look like it in your model, but looking at the drawings, it looks like it would need more wing surface to drag that lot off the water :-)

David

[The Wooksta!]

Bearing in mind your back story has the war ending some years later, that pushes back the Type D roundel by an equal amount, ditto the late 40s RN scheme, so the model is doubly correct.

[James W.]

Bearing in mind your back story has the war ending some years later, that pushes back the Type D roundel by an equal amount, ditto the late 40s RN scheme, so the model is doubly correct.

No, & no, W..
1stly, the O.P. back story has the war against Nippon continuing, & makes no mention of V.E. day, so Blighty-wise, = same-same in R.W..
& 2ndly, C-type roundels weren't used in the Far-East - while there was a war on anyhow..

[CammNut]

Okay, my next whiff will involve time-travelling Venusians from Mars, which should be more believable to everyone...

[James W.]

Okay, my next whiff will involve time-travelling Venusians from Mars, which should be more believable to everyone...

Ok, C-N, but make sure the serial numbers don't actually belong to a Angel Interceptor.. unless of course - it is a 'Q' craft - in sneak mode..

[sandiego89]

It doesn't look like it in your model, but looking at the drawings, it looks like it would need more wing surface to drag that lot off the water :-)

David

That's why I put some JATO/ratog bottles on the belly of my Suez striped float attacker!    (ancient Frog mold)

[James W.]

Yeah, that skimpy 210 sqft wing area was already noted as marginal in the Spiteful, per comparison with the more generous Spitfire..

(& nice D-type roundels on your tidy effort there, too S-89).

[ericr]

lovely !