Grumman S-2BA Floatplane (cancelled until after move)

[Spey_Phantom]

OK, as i was browsing through the stash, i had 3 seaplanes:

-arado Ar-196
-Beriev Be-6
-Supermarine Walrus

but after looking at most entries, i discovered that most of them are converted landplanes.
so i decided to build a converted landplane to.

the floats that came with the Ar-196 were quite big, so i thought they would go great with a bigger plane.
i had to choose between the US-2B tracker and the Dornier 228.
in the end, i went for the US-2B, and gave it the designation S-2BA (witch stands for S-2B Amphibian)

i dont have an idea for markings yet, but im gonna see what decals i got in the spares.
might even make her up in Civilian markings  , maybe even my personal aircraft 

here's a pic of the donor kits.

a Hasegawa 1/72 US-2B Tracker and a Revell 1/72 Arado Ar196-A2.
and while the tracker gets floats, the Arado will get a fixed landing gear and a 4-bladed prop, maybe become a soviet trainer plane 

[sequoiaranger]

I "needed" a light dive-bomber for Germany's first aircraft carrier (pre-Graf Zeppelin), so took the floats off an Ar-196. Below is the result:

[Joe C-P]

Nils - great idea! Looking forward to the result on this one.

JoeP

[Spey_Phantom]

I "needed" a light dive-bomber for Germany's first aircraft carrier (pre-Graf Zeppelin), so took the floats off an Ar-196. Below is the result:

thats a great build there, thanks for the idea 

and i got more news, ive started customising it, its gonna be my own personal flying RV 
ive drilled 4 holes on the sides of the fuselage, thats where the windows will be.
the aircraft will be de-militarised, but for the pylons on the wings im planning something special.
the aircraft will carry the belgian civil register OO-NLS (you knw why).

i even came up with a good nickname & nose art: "Droopy", witch was my nickname on my last job, and the job before 
as for the color sheme, im thinkiing Silver/metallic with blue, White & blue or Yellow & Red. with a sporty trim 
so if you see this one landing on the worlds lakes, you know where i am 

[Ed S]

I like the RV idea.  It's something a little different.

Ed

[sequoiaranger]

>its gonna be my own personal flying RV<

I've always thought that a flying boat would make a great RV that could go anywhere a "boat" could, only faster.
 
>the aircraft will carry the belgian civil register OO-NLS (you knw why).<

Is that something "Ms. Nils" says sometimes late at night? 

[Spey_Phantom]

>the aircraft will carry the belgian civil register OO-NLS (you knw why).<

Is that something "Ms. Nils" says sometimes late at night? 

if there was a Ms. Nils, perhaps 

Nils,

You move fast!

I started on an image of a float Tracker as a Conair Firecat conversion. But too late (and I love the S-2 RV idea anyway!). So, for what they're worth ...

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17030.0.html

My main suggestion (as shown on the Tracker thread) was lengthened floats (probably an ugly job) and maybe some kind of add-on fins for extra tail area.

im seeing and im liking  , buy im planning to make the floats a little lower, so it looks a bit more sporty 

UPDATE.

ive finally managed to get over the paintjob dilemma, i was either thinking some sort of summertime/springbreak or hawaian artwork, but that seems a bit to complicated, so i decided to go for the paintjob on the profile below, but i cant choose between red/white and blue/white.

and furthermore, i have a little surprise for you in this build 
i wont reveal much, but it involves 1/720 aircraft 
its gonna be something no one in whiffery has ever done before, thats all you gonna get out of me 

[sequoiaranger]

>i wont reveal much, but it involves 1/720 aircraft 
its gonna be something no one in whiffery has ever done before, thats all you gonna get out of me  <

Hmmm--maybe a "model" of the model INSIDE the model, as if the pilot had a toy version of his RV?

[kitnut617]

Nils, I would say the floats need to be a bit larger, that is one heavy airplane you got there. If you could find some similar floats in 1/48 scale it might be about right.

Max take off weight for the Arado --3720 kg ( 8200 lbs)
Max take off weight for the Tracker - 11820 kg ( 26140 lbs)

The Tracker has the same max take off weight as a DC-3 so something like this might be better:


or like this:

[puddingwrestler]

Hobbycraft does a DHC Beaver with floats which look to be the right size. And of course the dreaded Kitech/Zhengdefu makes a clone of it...

[Dork the kit slayer]

I have a 1/48 Otter with floats....anyone( Nils ?) got the wheel/skis they would like to swop.

Any ideas for a WIF undercarriage?

[Dork the kit slayer]

How about a single float? I have a 48th float from a Kingfisher that could fit the bill??

[Spey_Phantom]

thanks, but i think im gonna stick to my arado floats, maybe ad a additional small float on the tail 

i havent made any progress yet, exept for the painting of a pilot figure 

[Spey_Phantom]

just thought i bring you a first update.

the decals for the new RV tracker have been printed out, including those for the surprise addon 
just to give you a preview, here's a pic of the pilot, although i messed up on the gaotie a bit 

no progress planned for tommorow, as im planning to go to Brugges to stock up on helicopters and carrier based fighters 

[Spey_Phantom]

UPDATE: Build cancelled 

i have some bad news, Deu to moving and constrution work at my new home, i have barely any time for some serious building for the next 5 to 6 weeks.
i havent even had any time to make progress over the last 2 weeks.

so due to those problems i am cancelling this build until after the moving, although i could still participate in this GB, but only with a smaller aircraft, i have a supermarine walrus here that stil needs to be build, so i might make a Belgian navy version of that aircraft