Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[NARSES2]

Feeding the fish in fish farms ?

[ericr]

 

I thought about that, but decided to keep them ...

[reddfoxx]

So unexpected, and yet it works so well!

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

a flying boat conversion
(using a Canadair)





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

[PR19_Kit]

That's only JUST a Whiff as Lockheed planned to do it for real, and built a large scale flying model of it as well.

But not as RED of course. 

[TheChronicOne]

That's awesome!! I love the Hercules, you're my hero!     

I've seen some of the pictures of what Lockheed was brainstorming on. For those who may not have seen them yet:





https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-c-130-hercules-amphibian-makes-too-much-sense-to-be-t-1716610531

Very cool, ericr!!! 

[Tophe]

Great! (both amphibian project and flying boat model)
What scale is the model, 1/72 would be huge...

[ericr]

thanks !

the scale is 1/72, an old cheap Airfix kit

[Tophe]

72nd? Google tells me the span is 40 meters, meaning 1/72 is 56 centimeters?. big! but and nice!

[NARSES2]

That does look good 

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats





(these floats come from a Glen E14Y)

[Tophe]

Wow! Is this the very first Payen floatplane EVER?

[NARSES2]

Neat 

Schneider Trophy entrant ?