Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[PR19_Kit]

any aircraft can be improved by fitting floats

Hehehehe, nice one. 

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

the other half of the hull used for the Hercules :
doing a waterline flying boat is a bit of a cheap trick (especially as it appears too deep in water, as if overloaded),
but it's fun

[NARSES2]

Oh that is neat 

[ericr]

thanks 

[jcf]

Looks aboot right ta me.   

[Mossie]

I like that, I might use the idea when (if!) I get around to my CL-415.

As a bonus, it makes the 415 kit more accurate as Heller didn't change the bucket doors on the underside.  It's right for a CL-215T (turboprop conversions of the piston powered version), but most of the decals are for 415's.  I really like this kit and it's rivety-ness.

[ericr]

thanks !

the photograph is nice, but still, I am cheating, as I have two side floats in water 

as usual, my stuff could be done more cleanly by more gifted modellers

[ericr]

in my 1/200 vein, I try to make the maximum from the Trumpeter sets I got :
so I re-used Walrus fuselages and hulls as floats for this and another single floatplanization
here with a Zvezda Li-2





maybe next time, in a subsequent life (or at next sales promotion),
I might try the twin float version (which light be slightly more convincing, buoyancywise)

[Tophe]

Good!

I might try the twin float version (which light be slightly more convincing,

I am already conviced, fully, that this Russian Dakota will be a winner on the transport market between lakes.

[scooter]

[PR19_Kit]

One I did maybe 20 yrs ago. It needs LOTS of nose (and engine and float....) weight!

[ericr]

I did a 1/72 conversin kit too, some years ago  (in red )

[ericr]

the companion to the previous :

[Tophe]

This Junkers+Walrus compound seems a peace tool in another universe...