WHIFs from ARC

[zenrat]

Ahem... beg your pardon, it's not a Widgeon, it's the Goose, the bigger brother, with radial engines. Airfix kit would be good only for a whif...

Well that's no good then.  I couldn't possibly build a whiff...

[PR19_Kit]

Here, maybe?

http://www.shopdrawdecal.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=72-Goose-11

Wow, they have some interesting stuff there - I finally got the 'Always' A-26 markings I wanted from them, now I have to 'get rear in gear' and do the thing!

YESssssss! 

Well done., thanks. Greg does some great stuff, and the quality is always 100%.

[CANSO]

Ahem... beg your pardon, it's not a Widgeon, it's the Goose, the bigger brother, with radial engines. Airfix kit would be good only for a whif. Or maybe a Grumman Albatross could be used, for a bigger development.

I have my candidate in the stash - Lindberg's Goose in 1:48:

Guys on the west site of the Big Pond, check your local Dollarama stores. Some of them are selling Lindberg models for 4$! Perfect for whif(f)ing (aren't they?).

[The Rat]

Nice Grumman Seacat, by H. Davis Gandees: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal15/14701-14800/gal14764-Seacat-Gandees/00.shtm

[TheChronicOne]

Yeah buddy! 

[Madoc]

Sweet looking Bearcat there!

[PR19_Kit]

I was thinking 'Blimey, that's one TALL float strut!' but then I remembered that the Bearcat has a BIG prop! 

[NARSES2]

That Seacat does look good  Particularly like the retractable wing floats

[Dizzyfugu]

Looks very good, and I like the contemporary Tiny Tim (esque) missile. But the central float looks a bit (too) small for me?

[Old Wombat]

Looks very good, and I like the contemporary Tiny Tim (esque) missile. But the central float looks a bit (too) small for me?

Yeah, I was thinking the same & how, with that long support, the float would tend to vibrate if not connected to a second point (the tail?).

[PR19_Kit]

Looks very good, and I like the contemporary Tiny Tim (esque) missile. But the central float looks a bit (too) small for me?

Yeah, I was thinking the same & how, with that long support, the float would tend to vibrate if not connected to a second point (the tail?).

I thought it was connected right at the tail. There's a strut pointing downwards right underneath the fin, but the wing gets in the way to confirm if it's really attached to the float.

[scooter]

Looks very good, and I like the contemporary Tiny Tim (esque) missile. But the central float looks a bit (too) small for me?

Yeah, I was thinking the same & how, with that long support, the float would tend to vibrate if not connected to a second point (the tail?).

I thought it was connected right at the tail. There's a strut pointing downwards right underneath the fin, but the wing gets in the way to confirm if it's really attached to the float.

Its a vibrating fin.  No second connector aft of the main support.


Ventral fin looks like a stabilizing fin

[PR19_Kit]

Ah right, thanks.

It'd work better if it was connected I'm sure, but the whole thing still looks pretty good anyway.

[Captain Canada]

Very nice. And I'd love to see that one built Canso !

[Madoc]

It looks great and the backstory is excellent!

Tiny Tim rockets however, would be a poor choice for going after fast small boats.  Tiny Tims were ballistic things meant for either ground targets or such big vessels that their straight flight path and relatively slow flight speed could be better accounted for.  Trying to use them on the suicide boats wouldn't have worked well at all.  Now, a brace of 3.5" FFARs would do much better.

As to the float?  Well, he did take it from a same scale Kingfisher which is about the same size and weight.  About the same but not the same.  The Bearcat is longer and heavier than the Vought machine so perhaps a bigger float would've been on order.  A longer central support - like that sported by the E15K1 Shiun - would've helped.  And yeah, maybe an aft attachment point as well.

Still though, the damn thing looks sporty as all get out and is very, very nicely done!