DONE @p.2 +++ 1:72 Great Lakes SBG-3 of VS-6, USS Enterprise, 1938

[Dizzyfugu]

Another one I found on my project list (and also in the stash) that's eligible for the GB: a colorful US Navy scout or torpedo bomber (depending on finding a torpedo and if it will actually fit under the model...  ) in clasic "yellow wings" livery, and basically a minimal conversion of a stock kit.

[zenrat]

Pre First World War?  Interesting.  Wright Flyer with a torpedo?
I suppose Langley's Aerodrome could be considered the first carrier aircraft as it was catapult launched from a house boat.

[Dizzyfugu]

Oops, I meant "pre-WWII", sorry for the typo. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Work makes good progress (again), hardware stage is almots finished, but I decided to make some (more) late changes. The basis for this project, christened Great Lakes "SCG", is this here:



A very nice kit, BTW, a vintage Heller model in the best sense with good details and fit.

The PZL.23 is such a typical "between the wars" design, and the generous glazing as well as the cockpit in the forward position made me think about a carrier-borne aircraft. At its core, it will be built mostly OOB, I just changed the engine into an R-2600 (slightly overpowered, yes, but it would IMHO have been the engine of choice in the intended era) and I will add a cover to the rear gunner station, for some additional crew comfort.

[zenrat]

Spats.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yup, big ones! 

[Gondor]

Looking at the picture of the Karas has given me an idea, as if I don't have enough to do 

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

 

So man ideas, and just one life... I know what you mean. Esp. the current GB spawns many ideas here, too, or brings projects from the list back to the front row. I have at least four further things that I could submit, and when I start thinking there might be more, new ones, too... 

[Gondor]

The idea came to me when I saw the position of the pilot and the engine which reminded me of the Westland Lysander.....

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Ah, the Karas. The aircraft which was designed by two committees who didn't speak to each other, the Front Committee and the Rear Committee. 

[AndrewF]

Spats.

With headlights built into them.

[Dizzyfugu]

Those will have to go and will be replaced by a pair of light machine guns.

Currently, painting is underway.

[Caveman]

Ah, the Karas. The aircraft which was designed by two committees who didn't speak to each other, the Front Committee and the Rear Committee. 

I think only one of the committees knew it was designing an aircraft.

[zenrat]

There was in fact a third committee who were under the impression they were designing a conservatory.

[Rheged]

There was in fact a third committee who were under the impression they were designing a conservatory.

I think that this third group were a freelance consultancy who did a lot of work for Amiot and Breuget in France.