The Flying Boat, Seaplane and Amphibian G.B - Discussion thread

[NARSES2]

To late for the GB but Tarangus have a 1/72 Short's Shetland planed for next year

[PR19_Kit]

To late for the GB but Tarangus have a 1/72 Short's Shetland planed for next year

Lovely, and that'd be HUGE too! Far too expensive for me though, I bet.

[NARSES2]

I have seen a price somewhere (can't recall where now  ) and it was definately 3 figures

[Weaver]

Usefull pic H.

You could put tip jets on the Sea King rotor and sit it on top of a pylon to make a Seavanodyne...

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

[PR19_Kit]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

[sandiego89]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

Indeed, the double WHOP WHOP WHOP sounds would be most impressive!

[Spey_Phantom]

looking into the stash, i have a decent number of flyingboats i can use in either 1/144 or 1/72.
this can be a good opertunity to revive my cancelled Supermarine Walrus Mk.1 in early WW2 Belgian Aeronautique Militaire colors.
or the Martin Mariner in post-war Belgian Navy markings 

[NARSES2]

or the Martin Mariner in post-war Belgian Navy markings 

Now that would be nice

[zenrat]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

Indeed, the double WHOP WHOP WHOP sounds would be most impressive!

You have of course built in a gearing system so rotating one rotor causes the other to move correctly...

[jcf]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

Indeed, the double WHOP WHOP WHOP sounds would be most impressive!

You have of course built in a gearing system so rotating one rotor causes the other to move correctly...

Steal it from the old Hawk/Testors 1/32 Husky kit, if too large copy it.
It actually worked OK on the one I built in the '70s. The kit was issued
in the early '60s in a motorized version.

[Weaver]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

Indeed, the double WHOP WHOP WHOP sounds would be most impressive!

You have of course built in a gearing system so rotating one rotor causes the other to move correctly...

Gearing? How quaint... Mine uses the latest in bio-engineered externally actuated synchronisation, controlled by an optical-synaptic feedback loop.

[jcf]

I have a nearly-finished 'Helivan' (aka the Five Ton Bumble-Bee) upstairs, which is a Skyvan fuselage with Kaman-style intermeshing rotors made from two UH-1 units on scratchbuilt pylons. I was doing it for a Helicopter GB years ago but I dropped it and spoiled the paint when it was too close to the deadline to recover.... I'll finish it one of these decades...

I DO hope so, that sounds awesome. 

Indeed, the double WHOP WHOP WHOP sounds would be most impressive!

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You have of course built in a gearing system so rotating one rotor causes the other to move correctly...

Gearing? How quaint... Mine uses the latest in bio-engineered externally actuated synchronisation, controlled by an optical-synaptic feedback loop.

AKA fleas that are trained to respond to flashing lights.   

[Weaver]

AKA fleas that are trained to respond to flashing lights.   

Security concerns forbid me from confirming or denying this theory.

[Caveman]

Gearing? How quaint... Mine uses the latest in bio-engineered externally actuated synchronisation, controlled by an optical-synaptic feedback loop.

I bet the actuation system utilises multi segmented digits connected to a multi axis hub/arm...

[zenrat]