Lightnilina from P-38

[RAFF-35]

Awwwwhh cool!!!!  they look fantastic Tophe  might have to turn them into plastic soon  just as I was imagining 

[Tophe]

Thanks a lot! I feel very happy that the designer himself approves my little drawings...

[Tophe]

The NO-1 and NO-2 were trainers: the student(s) was (were) piloting a flying boat while the teacher remains "dry"...

[Tophe]

Of course, the NO-1 and -2 were just "proofs of concept", built with standard P-38 parts, but the final versions were the NO-1B and -2B, with glassware for the teacher to control students:

[ericr]

for the glasshouse part you might take inspiration from a BV 141 (or FW189)

[Tophe]

Do you mean "rear glassware" also, for a second teacher? or an observer version?

[Tophe]

I looked in the secret archives (in my mind) and found the answer: the OO-1 was a marine observation aircraft, with a pilot in the hull and 2 observers above:

[Tophe]

The forefathers of the Rutan Skigull seaplane were the Lockheed/Navy SGO-1 and -2:

[RAFF-35]

Wow, I'm really liking those last 3  the OO-1 looks very B&V

[Tophe]

Thanks! Would you like a more asymmetric version? like OO-1-41?

EDIT: Like this? Or else? better indeed for observers...

[ericr]

 

[Tophe]

Thanks!

The PBO-3 was nick-named Lightrilina because it featured a triplex of engines:

[Tophe]

I presented the PBO-1 and PBO-3 but what about the PBO-2? Here it was:

[ChernayaAkula]

The last two are drop-dead gorgeous!  And the gull-winged one form a couple of posts above is also beautiful! 

[Tophe]

Thanks a lot! If you have other ideas, twin-boom if possible), I could draw them...