Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[PR19_Kit]

Manifique! 

[NARSES2]

Manifique! 

Very much so 

(a bit bold, using a brush)

A brush 

Actually, fade the colours on the top one and you could get away with calling it a variation of German WWI 3 colour topside lozenge that was only used by a couple of the smaller companies used in Fokker D.VII production.

[ericr]

 



a closer view

[TheChronicOne]

A bit overwhelmed by the input, I'll just say that I love all the stuff in the last half a dozen posts or more, y'all are brainstorming some neat stuff.     

RYB lozenge looks really cool.

[jcf]

De Stijl paint schemes would look cool, like Werner Graeff's motorcycle concept:

[PR19_Kit]

YEEEEAH! Look at the pics of bikes on the wall in JCF's first pic.

The centre two are MOULTONS like mine! I have three of the left hand version and one of the right hand ones. 

For the record the one on the far left is a Raleigh Chopper and the one on the far right is a Strida, neither of which were a patch on any Moultons!

[ericr]

 

[jcf]

Thanks for the info Kit, I was wondering about that oddball to the right. 

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah, the Strida really WAS odd! 

They have a belt drive which is amazingly quiet, but limits the bike to a single gear as no-one makes derailleur gears for belt drives, yet. Some have a 2-speed gear in the bottom bracket but that doesn't give a wide gear range obviously. They all have 16" or 18" wheels and an aluminium frame, which makes for a very hard ride as they have no suspension, unlike Moultons, all of which have suspension on the 14", 16" 17" or 20" wheeled versions.

I've ridden a Strida a couple of times and you need VERY quick reactions as everything seems to happen right NOW! 

I'm not sure if they still make them, but they are still advertising them.

[ericr]

could be done in 1/72 or even 1/32 actually, but here it's small

[Tophe]

Great!
No, ahem, "great" is translated in French as "grand" like "big", and I just wanted to say "good!"

[kerick]

No worries Tophe, we know what you mean!
Ericr, both of those look very natural. Well done! 

[PR19_Kit]

Somehow a single float Arado looks just fine, but a twin float Kingfisher is totally weird. 

Both models look terrific though, nonetheless. 

[NARSES2]

Somehow a single float Arado looks just fine, but a twin float Kingfisher is totally weird. 

Both models look terrific though, nonetheless. 

I know what you mean Kit, but I'm now seeing images of twin float Kingfishers in use in the Great North West post war ?

[jcf]

Revell do a 1/32nd kit of the Ar 196 B.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04922-arado-ar196-b--938400#