Supermarine Stalwart GR.I of RAF 205 Squadron, Ceylon, Summer 1945 (pics@p.6)

Captain Canada · June 06, 2015, 07:21:09 AM

Came out excellent. I really like the look of her, and lots of guns too ! Love the fido's. A very cool looking store .

Hman · June 06, 2015, 07:29:17 AM

Wonderful!

Dizzyfugu · June 06, 2015, 08:15:43 AM

Thanks a lot, again!

ChernayaAkula · June 06, 2015, 01:02:16 PM

Cool build!

Gotta love the way the light blue parts contrast with the set of the colour scheme.

Taken a page out of the 'Augsburger Puppenkiste Book of Immitating The Sea', eh?

Works brilliantly.

There's always something 'kaiju'-like about beached flying boats.

PR19_Kit · June 06, 2015, 02:06:09 PM

Superb Thomas, the best of a large number of 'bests'.

I just LOVE that backstory, it reads just like an excerpt from a Green and Pollinger book, magnificent stuff.

major · June 06, 2015, 02:10:40 PM

Simply amazing!

Dizzyfugu · June 07, 2015, 01:32:18 AM

Again, many thanks!

PACOPEPE · June 07, 2015, 02:11:58 AM

Very good work!. Congratulations, once again.

All the best
Fran

ericr · June 07, 2015, 03:22:08 AM

apparently the good(?) old(!) VEB/Plasticart/Revell Beriev-6 is a quite popular whiffing material these days, as Nils did a germanization of it, and I used the hull for a combination with a B727 : this would be worth a Group Build maybe?

There is a more recent Be-6 in 1/72 by Trumpeter I think : anyone had a chance to look at it? it is not in the same price category though, it seems.

I am also currently busy with another project involving the tail fin remaining from my previous things : something quite hybrid ... wait and see

Dizzyfugu · June 07, 2015, 07:59:02 AM

I have seen the instrcutions as well as some sprue pics - it is definitively a better kit of the Be-6, but that's actually not hard to achieve when you look at the VEB Plasticart Be-6. Very much details, e. g. a full set of underwing ordnance, a beaching gear, etc. It would take a LOT of input to get the VEB kit up to that, and on the other side I'd sthink it would be a shame to butcher the Trumpeter kit for a conversion - it's IMHO just too costly. But you never know...

tc2324 · June 10, 2015, 07:46:14 AM

Another great looking scratchbuild Dizzy. Well done.

ericr · June 11, 2015, 12:41:56 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on June 07, 2015, 07:59:02 AM
I have seen the instrcutions as well as some sprue pics - it is definitively a better kit of the Be-6, but that's actually not hard to achieve when you look at the VEB Plasticart Be-6. Very much details, e. g. a full set of underwing ordnance, a beaching gear, etc. It would take a LOT of input to get the VEB kit up to that, and on the other side I'd sthink it would be a shame to butcher the Trumpeter kit for a conversion - it's IMHO just too costly. But you never know...

which brings the question of whiffing with only cheap kits : that is what I do, too, but in cases where quality is at the level your build shows, it might be worth at least as much as an OOB build, including for expensive and rare kits : maybe we could un-censor ourselves a bit (but then costs will rise indeed

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Dizzyfugu · June 11, 2015, 07:52:40 AM

I already did that - e. g. with rel. expensive Special Hobby kits and such, or vintage anime kits that have some serious collector value.

In this case I would not have "butchered" a Trumpeter Be-6, though. The absolute price tag is too high for me, and the old VEB kit in itself just cries "make something from me" to anyone - be it a "real" Be-6 (there are some upgrades around the WWW) or something whiffy.