Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[PR19_Kit]

IRL the MC72 had flush mounted radiators on the floats.  This might not get too far before it overheats but it will look damn good doing so.

Having built the ancient and diabolical Delta kit of the MC72 I'd confirm that. They are separate parts in the kit, and don't fit worth a damn.

Perhaps Ericr has them flush mounted in the wing surface? 

[ericr]

thanks a lot !

Having built the ancient and diabolical Delta kit of the MC72 I'd confirm that. They are separate parts in the kit, and don't fit worth a damn.

Perhaps Ericr has them flush mounted in the wing surface? 

I remember the Delta kit from long ago ...

Whif world is a cool world 

[NARSES2]

Whif world is a cool world 

[ericr]

I was tempted into this after seeing on the web a profile of a twin float Lysander :





the Lysander is 1/48, and the floats from a 1/72 He115
(I first tried floats from a 1/72 Twin Otter but they looked too thin after all)

[Tophe]

The float/spat compound is particularly funny, thanks!

[Dizzyfugu]

A concept I have been thinking of, too. IMHO, just the spats do not work so well with the floats, I think, that would need a different solution?
But I could imagine this combo as a Canadian bush aircraft. I know that cheap oist WWII Lysanders were used in Canada for some time in private hands, even for crop dusting(!), so that could even be plausible. Buffalo Airways, maybe...?

[NARSES2]

But I could imagine this combo as a Canadian bush aircraft. I know that cheap oist WWII Lysanders were used in Canada for some time in private hands,

My first thoughts as well. I can even see it being fitted up so that the floats could be replaced by skis in the winter.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yup. Check the Norduyn Norseman's arrangement, could be easily adapted to the Lysander.

[ericr]

thanks all !

I agree that the spats glued on the floats are a bit lazy, but this scheme enabled to keep thoses nice funny spats ...
A more RW implementation would indeed go for a Norseman-like attachment.

[ericr]

So I had these two kits of tha Tornado, jet powered boat, made from Ju-52 floats : I made the 1/72 kit in blue, and for the 1/35 one, I transformed it into a dinghy-based contraption. And thus I could keep the huge floats for ... this (with a Heller 1/72 Connie, and thinking of the beautiful italian Cant Z.511):








(I have begun using spraycans for yellow : it somehow works not too bad)

[PR19_Kit]

Those floats must be HUGE! 

And the spray colours work a lot better, good move. 

[NARSES2]

Yup I find spray can yellow pretty good 

That does look good and also very French to me 

[Tophe]

Harmonious

[McColm]

I've always wanted to build one of those, well done.

[reddfoxx]

Beautiful!  I know some old guys who would have loved to see a Connie like that. And the yellow looks pretty good.