Author Topic: Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes  (Read 287782 times)

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #650 on: March 01, 2018, 02:27:33 AM »
Oh yeah! :smiley:
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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #651 on: March 01, 2018, 04:04:47 AM »

thanks !


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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #652 on: March 03, 2018, 04:48:04 AM »
One of my favorites of yours yet, eric!

I really like the contrast between the prop and the all yellow everything else.\

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #653 on: March 03, 2018, 08:13:56 AM »
That's better, WhooHooo  8) 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #654 on: March 03, 2018, 08:20:15 PM »
 ;D

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #655 on: March 17, 2018, 02:18:34 AM »

a lovely tiny I-16 in 1/144 from zvevda, with a central float from a 1/350 Loire 130 and side floats from a 1/350 SH-5



and, yes, catapults (from the Kingfisher 1/200 kit, thanks again Tophe  ;) )





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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #656 on: March 17, 2018, 07:15:44 AM »
Putting an I-16 on floats is sheer genius, eric!

The paint work is great too! It really give the sense of a well-used aircraft.

I like the shots on the catapult too! I think the red one is the most pleasing base.

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #657 on: March 17, 2018, 11:28:41 AM »
P-47 & I-16 are surprising yet correct looking.  Nailed em both. :smiley:

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #658 on: March 17, 2018, 08:47:23 PM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #659 on: March 17, 2018, 10:17:50 PM »
Great scale-o-rama invention, you, genius! :-*

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #660 on: March 18, 2018, 12:06:29 AM »

thanks !

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #661 on: March 18, 2018, 09:35:04 AM »
Great scale-o-rama invention, you, genius! :-*
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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #662 on: March 19, 2018, 04:57:05 AM »
 :smiley:

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #663 on: May 01, 2018, 01:50:35 AM »

hey, long time no see on this thread ... time to start back

here is a floatplanization of the Whiteknight 2, the shuttle being meant  for landing only (take off is done with the main carrier floatplane)
 
(1/144 Revell, with 1/72 Twin Otter floats, and on the shuttle the hulls of a 1/350 SH-5 and two 1/350 Loire 130)









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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #664 on: May 01, 2018, 02:29:18 AM »
Beautiful!!  PE\erfect for staging launches from locations without suitable runways (sometimes you need to be at a particular point at a particular time to manage a "least-time" ascent to an orbiting platform).
« Last Edit: May 02, 2018, 10:48:47 AM by elmayerle »

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #665 on: May 01, 2018, 05:37:58 PM »

thanks for confirming the relevance of he design !  :D

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #666 on: May 06, 2018, 03:44:04 AM »

oh, and so the hull came from a 1/350 SH-5, which I finished as a waterline flying boat :




(maybe a bit deep in water : overloaded?)

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #667 on: May 06, 2018, 10:48:20 AM »
Very nice!

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #668 on: May 06, 2018, 04:40:03 PM »
Nifty.  Looks great done as waterline.

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #669 on: May 07, 2018, 01:09:02 AM »

thanks !

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #670 on: May 08, 2018, 03:00:42 AM »

the wing floats from the 1/350 SH-5 were not left unused : the now adorn this Me163
which take off on wheel, and comes back on water using the hull from the shape of its fuselage,
and the side floats for stability :






it is a 1/72 Heller kit, with the tractor


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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #671 on: May 08, 2018, 06:04:17 AM »
With the wheels dropping off on takeoff, this makes a whole lot of sense.  Beautiful little beastie, isn't it?

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #672 on: May 09, 2018, 04:06:29 AM »
indeed  ;)

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #673 on: May 10, 2018, 03:35:11 AM »
I like your use of primary colors. Adding floats takes it to the next level.

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Re: Puma, red : primary seaplanes
« Reply #674 on: May 10, 2018, 10:28:01 AM »
That's almost real-world! There was a red Me-163 (briefly).