Skyraider Floatplane

zenrat · February 02, 2014, 04:29:51 PM

Thanks folks. Glad you like it.
I neglected to mention that I stretched the Kingfisher float by 30mm (2160 scale mm but decided by eyeball engineering) which should address the bouyancy issue somewhat.
The colours are meant to be vegetation, sand, surf, shallow water and deep water with the underside being an Australian deep blue summer sky.

comrade harps - I live almost next door to Mornington cemetery.

Captain Canada · February 03, 2014, 06:56:26 AM

Thanks for the idea of modifying the floats...I guess you could go the other way and shorten them as well ! Funny I had never thought of that.....duh....

Like I said, I love single float aeroplanes !

zenrat · February 03, 2014, 03:52:52 PM

You can even scratch build them. Although it does take an awful lot of putty...

I contemplated putting a single float on a Wyvern. Then I looked up what they weigh...

Army of One · February 03, 2014, 04:38:42 PM

Awesome work all round there.....

Joe C-P · February 10, 2014, 03:57:00 AM

Very nice.
Always like a plane that's also a boat, and that's a pretty one.

Dizzyfugu · February 10, 2014, 04:40:32 AM

Cool idea and execution - the cammo scheme looks funny (at first), but is plausible.

ericr · February 10, 2014, 05:05:08 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on February 10, 2014, 04:40:32 AM
Cool idea and execution - the cammo scheme looks funny (at first), but is plausible.

funny AND plausible : would that be a definition of Whif?

Tophe · February 10, 2014, 07:15:33 PM

No need of being plausible, fun is enough. And there is a big amount of fun in there!

zenrat · February 12, 2014, 02:51:10 AM

Thanks folks. If it's not fun I get bored quickly and then it never gets finished.
Fun is the No. 1 aim (and numbers 2 through 7 as well). It's a hobby after all. Start taking it seriously and it might as well be work.