EP-6D Seamaster

Started by Faust, December 26, 2012, 06:06:24 AM

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Captain Canada

I'm all in for somebody doing a 144th scale kit of this bird. Also be nice in 350th scale ! Who was it that kit-bashed and scrathcbuilt a bunch of parts to do one in that scale ?

I really need to start keeping notes.....

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CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Father Ennis

Kit, are telling us that the only thing that got injected with the MACH2 kit was you ?

McColm

#32
Revell came out with an odd scale 1/136 and I saw a 1/266 on eBay .

PR19_Kit

Quote from: Father Ennis on October 27, 2013, 07:39:10 PM
Kit, are telling us that the only thing that got injected with the MACH2 kit was you ?

Mach 2 kits tend to stretch the meaning of the word 'injected' somewhat.

They're made with a low pressure system and tend to be rife with voids, flash and other bugbears that we all thought we'd given up back in the 50s. Having said that, they do produce a really esoteric range of kits, most of which won't even be touched by the other mainstream manufacturers for years. You have a lot of work on your hands when building one, but it can be very therapeutic knowing you've beaten them when it's all finished.

I'll tell you about the Seamaster in about 5 years time.........  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Father Ennis

Oddly enough,I have a couple in my stash. The two I have are very nice. At least as far as I've played with them. Only one gear door has a flaw and some rod like parts would be better replaced with sprue but that is all. I've heard many bad things about them,though. Also,I've had them for a number of years which could make a big difference,too.  However,I was making a joke but I guess it doesn't translate.

PR19_Kit

Britain and America, two countries divided by a common language......  ;D :lol:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

The Rat

Late to the party again. I've seen this model, and thought I had already posted about how awesome it is, but my feeble brain has been lying to me. Great job Faust!  :thumbsup:
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sandiego89

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Quote from: Captain Canada on October 27, 2013, 07:42:11 AM
I'm all in for somebody doing a 144th scale kit of this bird. Also be nice in 350th scale ! Who was it that kit-bashed and scrathcbuilt a bunch of parts to do one in that scale ?

I really need to start keeping notes.....

:thumbsup:

Captain I kitbashed some SeaMasters (and Sea darts) in the oh so popular 1/426 scale to match my "fit the box" scale tender.  Perhaps that is the one your were thinking of?  http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,36697.msg598076.html#msg598076

Title of the thread is P6M Seamasters on a Tender.

Dave Pugh "sandiego89"
Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

Captain Canada

Yep...those are the ones ! Thanks Dave !

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CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Gondor

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 28, 2013, 01:54:08 PM
Britain and America, two countries divided by a common language......  ;D :lol:

Ah, the late great Alistair Cooke KBE

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

rickshaw

Quote from: Gondor on October 29, 2013, 11:48:32 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 28, 2013, 01:54:08 PM
Britain and America, two countries divided by a common language......  ;D :lol:

Ah, the late great Alistair Cooke KBE

Gondor

I've always understood it was first said by Churchill.   Whomever said it, was a particular apposite comment.  So often I've seen British/Commonwealth speakers of English and American speakers of English online thinking they're using the same meanings for the same words only for them to discover they have completely different definitions.
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Father Ennis

Sorry fellows, but it was Mark Twain (Sam Clemens) the great American author.   :thumbsup:

Rheged

Seen in a shop window in  Winchester  (UK)


"The toilet/WC/restroom/bathroom/loo/place of easement/lavatory   is just up the road beside the bus station."

I suspect that there is quite a story here!

SHORT PERIOD OF QUARANTINE WHILST INNOCULATION AGAINST THREAD DRIFT VIRUS TAKES PLACE

Thread drift virus contained.......now,   what were we saying about the Seamaster?
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Cobra

Guys,Just Wondering, did the Royal Navy or the RAF Consider Getting the Seamaster if it had Gone into Production? the reason i ask is, that the UK has Always Struck me as Top Notch User of Flying Boats it was a Question that I'd Kept Contained until Now, Just Wondering about that. What Say You? Dan

PR19_Kit

Quote from: Cobra on October 30, 2013, 03:29:44 AM
Guys,Just Wondering, did the Royal Navy or the RAF Consider Getting the Seamaster if it had Gone into Production? the reason i ask is, that the UK has Always Struck me as Top Notch User of Flying Boats it was a Question that I'd Kept Contained until Now, Just Wondering about that. What Say You? Dan

Just hang in there for a while Dan, I'm working on it.  ;)

But in all seriousness I suspect not, by the time the Seamaster was production ready the RAF were already disbanding the few remaining Sunderland squadrons and the Shackleton, or the Neptune for a short while, was taking over the UK's MR tasks.

The Royal Navy never did fly large aircraft, like the USN did and still does, except in its earlier life as the RNAS in WWI days so I doubt the Seamaster wouldn't have come under their consideration.

Meanwhile, in another time/Space continuum.........  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit