Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[McColm]

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

Another one to add to the list of future builds 

[ericr]

thanks 

[jcf]

 

Never mind a lifeboat, it could carry the bloody Admiral's Barge. 

[NARSES2]

Never mind a lifeboat, it could carry the bloody Admiral's Barge. 

In that scheme it could very well be the Admiral's Barge 

[ericr]

 

[Tophe]

 
I wonder something about these rescue boat dropped by airplanes (not helicopters nor flying boats): don't they sink down when hurting the water? or what-if, yes...

[PR19_Kit]

No, they had parachutes attached so they didn't hit the water hard enough to submerge.

[Rheged]

These may be of interest:-
Scroll down to the entry for 9th March 1944 for a photo sequence of an airborne lifeboat being dropped
https://web.archive.org/web/20121011230904/http://www.oca.269squadron.btinternet.co.uk/history/squadron_history/chronology/1944-1946.htm


https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060020657
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_lifeboat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindholme_Gear
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lindholme+lifeboat&qpvt=lindholme+lifeboat&FORM=IGRE

[Tophe]

Thanks for the lifeboat explanations!

Something else: I have found on the web a colourful float C-130, is our Ericr the author of it?
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/824158800541976761/?utm_campaign=rdpins&e_t=90d6a3d24d36426b89d6214f1e13a76e&utm_content=824158800541976761&utm_source=31&utm_term=2&utm_medium=2004&nic=1
and
https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/ATrtsZ-nxJt-CG88gVVlFo4RPNY1OC3Nmq7ZHAU3Y3ma3EejyU95egc/

[ericr]

small is beautiful : 1/144 i-16s with floats from 1/200 i-16s





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[Tophe]

Very nice little couple!

[NARSES2]

They are very nice 

[ericr]

thanks !

[ericr]

I found a kind of diorama for my 1/200 seaplane kits in the form of a (half-price, at the time ...) 1/200 kit of an oil rig platform, which It transformed into  seaplane support platform, with two catapults and cranes :

[Tophe]

Congratulations designer/architect/megalomaniac...