Transall Dover

[The Rat]

Don't think that port city has had its name applied to a flying boat so far, so it's about bloody time!

Here's some in-progress pics.

This is that hull that's caused me a few ulcers



Head on shot, at least I've managed to keep the keel fairly straight so far


Propped the wings up with Lego, already mounted the engines on top, right over where they would normally be on the bottom


Not very clear but you can get a sense of how small the wing floats are, and yet they will still look a little oversize for the plane. The tops are some sort of teardrop thingies that weren't used on a Hobbycraft Sabre, balsa attached with Tamiya putty, which actually melted the plastic enough to cause dimpling on the outside! One is almost shaped, other is untouched

[Tophe]

This is that hull that's caused me a few ulcers

Poor courageous modeller...  I will donate medicines, this great flying boat   needs so much to be born, someday...

[The Rat]

Thanks Tophe. I was seriously thinking of doing it in Aeronavale markings (they did use the Sunderland that this is replacing a decade after its retirement), but they would be even more difficult in 1/220th scale than RAF!

[retro_seventies]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!  

this is a whole world away from what i saw yesterday ratty!!

she is looking SHARP - great job with that hull my old son...

THAT is some serious inspiration to get these flying boat ideas in my head OUT of the head and onto the table (that'll please toad - you know he wants me to beeeld).

seriously impressive - per ardua ad newcastle brown, eh?

[The Rat]

she is looking SHARP - great job with that hull my old son...

Thanks. I don't mean to sound depressing, but if you saw her 'in the flesh' you would realize what I mean about it being a bugger to get right. Using a flash close-up with the white paint doesn't show how rough it still is. I have entertained serious thoughts of making it a waterline job, but that's an absolute last resort. But when I think of what it will take to modify the kit's landing gear into beaching gear it sure is tempting!

THAT is some serious inspiration to get these flying boat ideas in my head OUT of the head and onto the table

Now what we really need for that is a model of a Dash 7. When I worked at YTZ I mentioned to a nearby float pilot, as Capital Airways was taxiing theirs out, that if I ever won a crapload in a lottery I would buy a Dash 7 and put a hull on it. The look on his face was just like he'd had sex.

[Ollie]

Yo!

Lookin' good buddy!

 

[NARSES2]

Amazing work in that scale Rat

Chris

[Captain Canada]

Wow, Ratman......looking real good !

Can't wait to see her all done...and Aeronavale markings sound goos, those anchory-roundels always look nice !

Cheers !

[nev]

Especially on top of the EDSG/Sky scheme    

[Patrick H]

Amazing job Rat. I'd hate to be the one building that baby. But you're doing a grat job.



Patrick

[Swamphen]

Better you than me!

[lancer]

Awsome job Ratty, your skills never cease to amaze.

[John Howling Mouse]

I'm impressed!

You also mentioned a seafaring Dash-7,  what about using the HC Dash-8 model?
Not the greatest model but a good starting point, even if it has two engines instead of four.

Ah, geez, now you got me thinking....

I'd still like to turn my Matchbox Privateer into a seaplane.  Who was it here who posted that B-24 seaplane dwg way back when?   I'll have to do a site search.

Ah, it was Steve (Aircav) but I believe all the images are now reduced to those nasty little red "X's" which I hate nearly as much as Swastikas!

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...605&hl=seaplane

[The Rat]

I'm impressed!

You also mentioned a seafaring Dash-7,  what about using the HC Dash-8 model?
Not the greatest model but a good starting point, even if it has two engines instead of four.

Thanks Barry! Yeah, I've often considered a Dash-8 flying boat too, but that Dash-7 is definitely a better looking machine to do it with. Those four engines just yell POWER! And with that extra power it could easily take the extra weight of the gear needed to make it an amphib.