New Lightning-Mustang seaplanes

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My sister has seen the film "Sully", about an airliner crash in the Hudson river, and she asked me if there are compounds aircraft/hovercraft (for safety), and would I draw some if not done yet.
I answered this morning that I will draw this (in my P-38 or P-51/82 favorite families), but not immediately, as I wait for the GB start here.
And... for safe landing in a river, an amphibious plane would make it easily, and a Canadair CL-215 for instance can carry 19 passengers, this is an airliner too...

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My sister's name being Juliette, here are the Juju-38 (on ground/water then in flight) and amphibious Juju-38A:

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The HY-38A, B, C


And asymmetric HY-38D, E, F

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Mustang seaplanes (Seastangs) are not forgotten:

Coming soon: a Twin-Seastang of course, as link between Seastangs and Lightnings.

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Twin-Seastang:

[PR19_Kit]

Now that would take SOME building in plastic, but it'd certainly look amazing! 

[Knightflyer]

Now that would take SOME building in plastic, but it'd certainly look amazing! 

Hawker Sea Hawk fuselages p'haps for starters. Vampire tail-plane ? 

[TheChronicOne]

Mustang seaplanes (Seastangs) are not forgotten:

Coming soon: a Twin-Seastang of course, as link between Seastangs and Lightnings.

Oooooh! 

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Thanks!

But, you know, aviation is changing... Seaplanes are no more what they used to be: the new generation (prepared for the 2020s) is like toys of the 2010s: electrical quadricopters:

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A Mustang flying boat with a single hull:

[McColm]

You could try using the BAC Strikemaster  as a donor kit.

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Thanks!

And the 3-engined Twin-Boat-Stang was asymmetric, a little:

[TheChronicOne]

Glorious asymmetry!!

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Thanks!

The first Boat-stang (without bubble canopy) had a twin-cockpit derivative, with sponsoons:

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Inspired by dear zenrat at http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,44463.45.html :

If you look back on page 1 Chris there is a picture with the canopy balanced in place.

Yes, a Mustang does not need at all a canopy where usual, thanks!