Blohm & Voss Wiking V/STOL flying boat

[McColm]

If you have ever built the Revell or Airmodel Blohm & Voss Bv222A (V4) Wiking flying boat, you will know that it is a bit on the large side.
A long-term build of mine has the wings from the Airfix Avro Vulcan instead of the wings and engines provided in the Revell kit.
On receiving the particularly built kit the wings can rotate thus giving the impression of V/STOL whiffery.
I doubt if in the real world the six engines would be sufficient to lift the flying boat off vertically, but in the whiffing world anything is possible.
I'll convert them into contra-rotating propellers.
I might be able to add a landing gear to the model as well.
Convair also conducted studies into a tilt winged assault transport seaplane back in 1957 based on the R3Y Tradewind.

[Scotaidh]

What if you changed the engines to very large turbo-props with those contra-rotating props?  You know, as seen on the Tupolev Bear. 

[McColm]

The only problem is I haven't found an aftermarket company that sells anything like them.
I could add a couple more engines or change them to turbofans.