Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[ericr]

thanks!

the float might be a bit thin indeed, but elegant   

[ericr]

[zenrat]

These look good Eric but IMO you really need to use a white undercoat before you apply your yellow.

[ericr]

thanks zenrat!

I did try a silver first layer, from a spray can, but yellow is indeed delicate. The Me262 and shark also had issues.
In general I use old-style skills and tools, brushes and enamel paint, overall a bit sketchy compared to the quality seen on this forum : maybe I could try to upgrade a bit (even for small pictures  )

[zenrat]

Your brushwork looks pretty good on the Red & Blue but yellow is always a bast**d to get good coverage.
Try spray can white undercoat maybe?

[ericr]

I can try white indeed ; on the other hand, when I paint white plastic kits in yellow, I sometimes also have problems of irregular coverage ... maybe I could try a spray can undercoat in ... yellow 

or move to aerograph painting, but that would mean to me a major technological upgrade, with a severe cultural shock, and I feel a bit too traditionally classical for that 

anyway, I am conscious of the problem, and will try to see what I can do

[ericr]

I also have this blue catapult, coming from a kit of the japanese Glen, which could be carried by a submarine.

It is shown here with a Saab 91 (Heller 1/72 with conversion set), yellow :

[ericr]

a new one, from a very cheap Revell kit, where rivets can be counted :

[zenrat]

Now that I like.  Tempest seaplane?  Why not.

[Captain Canada]

Looks so good as a Seaplane. It's a Monsoon that everybody calls it no ?

[ericr]

thanks !

yes indeed, a Monsoon has been proposed some time ago, already a single-floater
(slightly differently arranged, though  )

[ericr]

antoher catapult view : a Rex I made in yellow some time ago

[ericr]

an older one : the Shinden :

[ericr]

a yellow Cub on a blue catapult

[Tophe]

Elegant!