FROG Airspeed Sea Oxford Mk.I, Royal Navy FAA, 1945.

[CSMO]

I started this one intending to be a Biggles or Tin Tin aircraft, but after I had it ready for paint I thought about FAA colors. I didn't have any models of British trainers in WW2 operational camouflage, but I do now. The only backstory I can think of is that it is a Royal Navy communications hack based in northern Scotland, The Western Isles, & the Outer Hebrides.



I puttied up the gear openings, added an extra FROG seat and a map table, and a ventral stabilizing fin. The floats came from a scrapped Hasegawa Aichi E16 Jake scoutplane. A check of the appropriate Putnam's books showed the aircraft weights to be pretty close. The struts are 40 year-old Contrail strut stock.





The paint is hand-brushed Xtracolor Dark Sea Grey, Slate Gray, and Sky. The decals are scrounged from my scrap-box.



I like it very much.  Adios, Larry.

[Captain Canada]

I like it very much as well ! Looks right at home in those colours and with boots. We don't see enough Oxford's around here. In fact, that might be the first !

[PR19_Kit]

That's BRILLIANT! 

As the Cap'n says you could have the first Oxford on here.

[Tophe]

nice floatplane!

[deathjester]

Excellent !!  Those additions really suit the Oxford, well done!!

[NARSES2]

Looks good and I can see that serving in Canada post war taking sportsman up north for hunting and fishing

[ericr]

lovely floatplanization indeed!