Luxury Italian Flying Boat

[Zeke]

What a glorious looking shape...fine work indeed...

[tanktastic43]

Would the passengers be able to walk through the wing connecting the hulls?

[kitflubber]

Thank you, Zeke!

Tanktastic43, yeah, that was my intention. The slanting pylons holding the wing have ladders inside to go up and polished slides to come down, for the captain and crew to visit below.

[cthulhu77]

very nice ! 

[kitflubber]

Been adding fiddly little bits like actuators. I threw on a rough white gloss and deck color, as well as a fake ocean surface to get a feel.

[kitflubber]

View from deck

[kitflubber]

I am still learning how to do reflections properly and predictably... That plane is supposed to be white, but there is a weird black reflection from something.

[kitflubber]

I've been toying with another idea, a Savoia Marchetti sequel to their smaller models like the S-55. This one has a huge passenger lounge roofed in glass, with tables, sofas, potted palms, a grand piano, a fountain of Asti Spumanti... The captain/pilot's cabin is on a conning tower for better visibility of other traffic. The front decks of the pontoons are open for promenades at mooring, and berths are in wings -- or maybe in pontoons to avoid engine noise (slightly!).

[kitflubber]

BTW, the bumps on the bottom seen in front view are ship to shore launches, also life boats.

[kitflubber]

Working on paint and rivets -- wow! Makes a difference!

[cthulhu77]

beautiful !!!!!!!

[kitflubber]

More renders -- did the engines, pretty painless.

[kitflubber]

Finally got ribs to show on rudder - -control surfaces are fabric.

[nev]

Wow, this is some pretty serious stuff

[ElectrikBlue]

Great modeling and texturing work on this beautiful model!

EB