Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

McColm · June 03, 2019, 02:43:24 PM

Quote from: ericr on May 15, 2019, 11:36:49 AM

a flying boat conversion
(using a Canadair)

(I am trying to decrease my stash ...)

Great build, I'm planning something similar

ericr · June 04, 2019, 04:51:13 AM

thanks !

please do make similar things and show them : others with more skills can do more

ericr · June 13, 2019, 12:52:14 PM

stash reduction continued, with waterline flying boats 1/350, and seaplanizations of two basic 1/144 kits ...

kerick · June 13, 2019, 02:54:04 PM

The F-19 is almost plausible with the intakes mounted on top of the fuselage like that. Are you aware of the Convair Sea Dart? A contemporary of the F-102 and F-106. Same wing IIRC with a floating fuselage and a couple of different experimental hydro ski arraignments. You may find it interesting.

Tophe · June 13, 2019, 06:10:20 PM

The F-117 becoming a seaplane is marvelous!

And I thought it was nicknamed Blackhawk, would your one be the Bluehawk?

ericr · June 13, 2019, 11:55:13 PM

thanks !

yes I know the Sea Dart ( and the Mach 2 kit !)
both F117 and F19 do have that feeling, (but the F19 kit is just not as nice as the F117 ...)

Tophe · June 21, 2019, 07:25:01 AM

The F-117ZW Twin-Bluehawk has the advantage to avoid the need of wingtip floats it seems. Still stealthy?

ericr · June 21, 2019, 01:33:27 PM

thanks a lot Tophe !

McColm · June 21, 2019, 10:21:36 PM

Blue Hawk brilliant, that's another future build

ericr · September 05, 2019, 04:53:26 AM

some time ago I did a SB-17, with a rescue boat, hence a flying boat litterally.

Then I found a conversion kit for the SB-29, but in 1/48 : it was not easy to find the 1/48 B-29 cheap ...
So I opted for a 1/48 Ventura, looking close to the Hudson, which had a rescue boat version ...

Tophe · September 05, 2019, 05:10:01 AM

Nice!

ericr · September 07, 2019, 07:26:04 AM

thanks !

I cheated/whiffed a bit with the length of the rear gear to make it plausible

Tophe · September 07, 2019, 07:34:24 AM

Good, without the boat hurting the runway.
And the camouflage is also very plausible: invisible in a toy store!

ericr · September 12, 2019, 12:04:56 PM

I made another one, with a Stirling I received as bonus when buying other kits, and a suitable boat I had to find

PR19_Kit · September 12, 2019, 01:35:24 PM

That would have made a lot of sense in the RW, the Stirling stood SO high off the ground that loading the lifeboat would have been a doddle compared to some of the other types that carried them, the B-17 for a starter.

And the colour scheme would have made it SO visible to the survivors too.