Boeing or Fokker ? on floats

[loupgarou]

Another - quick and dirty - small project: a floatplane version of a pre/early war fighter.
Still undecided between a Fokker D XXI (russian issue of the Frog one) or a Boeing P-26 (Revell), so I snapped both together before opening the sealed bags.
Floats from the Airfix Auster Antarctic.

[TheChronicOne]

Fascinating................             If all the parts jive, I think a Floatin' Peashooter would be very interesting indeed. D.XI is a great idea, too, but the P-26 just looks.. so.....  like a P-26, know what I mean, Vern? 

[loupgarou]

Fascinating................             If all the parts jive, I think a Floatin' Peashooter would be very interesting indeed. D.XI is a great idea, too, but the P-26 just looks.. so.....  like a P-26, know what I mean, Vern?

I agree.  I have already started some glueing of P-26 parts. Obviously it will an export version, should be Model 281, so Model 281W ?

[jcf]

The P-26 will be cool, kind of H-P Type S like, which was actually ordered by the USN as a carrier aircraft, two
completed, the S-1 and S-2, the S-3 floatplane was not completed.

[loupgarou]

Also this build is moving on.
Had to sand the P-26, surface detail was terrifying, and cut some float struts using the original spats as template.



EDIT: modified inserting full-size image.

[ericr]

going to be lovely 

[loupgarou]

Also the little critter is advancing.
Float supports, based on the spat shape, have been glued, now I'll have to decide how far forward or back to glue the floats.
I don0t really know how to calculate a balance point. 

[PR19_Kit]

I don0t really know how to calculate a balance point. 

What looks right IS right.............. 

I'd put the engine in place first and imagine its heaviness.

[loupgarou]

I don0t really know how to calculate a balance point. 

What looks right IS right.............. 

I'd put the engine in place first and imagine its heaviness.

Thanks. In my tests I was completely forgetting about the engine!   

[perttime]

Find a picture of an airplane with similar configuration, from about the same period - and eyeball it.

[ericr]

Find a picture of an airplane with similar configuration, from about the same period - and eyeball it.

[loupgarou]

Find a picture of an airplane with similar configuration, from about the same period - and eyeball it.

Yes, thanks to Joncarrfarrelly, I have already one (a few posts higher). 

[zenrat]

From what i've read a general rule of thumb is that the step of the float(s) should be under the centre of lift of the wings.