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[Tophe]

Thanks for enjoying this. A truly asymmetric version would be even better (less drag):

[ericr]

Gives me idea of bashing C-119

like this?

or Noratlas into a seaplane.  Hmmm....

like that?



cheers

[ericr]

Thanks for enjoying this. A truly asymmetric version would be even better (less drag):

beautiful variations on the BV138!  :)

[Tophe]

I should have guessed it drawing flying boats: there must be better marvels in Ericr's models collection! (twin-boom also)

[finsrin]

WOW - they already been built as seaplanes
Never would have thought to finish in those colors.  Surprised how well they work.
Thanks for sharing :)

[Volkodav]

The work so many of you keep producing never ceases to amaze me. I love this site and getting to see so many works of art so often.

[Tophe]

Now the manned powered derivative of the unmanned engine-less XBG2:

[GTX_Admin]

Gives me idea of bashing C-119

like this?

or Noratlas into a seaplane.  Hmmm....

like that?



cheers

Oh yeah! :)

[ericr]

WOW - they already been built as seaplanes
Never would have thought to finish in those colors.  Surprised how well they work.
Thanks for sharing :)

the choice of color is a bit personal indeed 
I would certainly like seeing others have a try at these seaplanes with other colors and more refined modeling  :)

[Tophe]

The CG-16E (mass produced in 1944-45) was the motorglider version of the XCG-16 prototype cargo glider:

[apophenia]

Very nice! Apparently, the XCG-16 flew well on its own ... so better off as a motorglider  :)

[Tophe]

Thanks!
Now, you know the Hughes XF-11 was powered by "just" 2 engines R-4360 (3,000hp each), but do you know the ambitious Howard Hughes wanted a third engine in the nose of the F-11A hundred copies? That was the reason why the program was cancelled:

[Tophe]

Why only 3 engines? In fact, the YF-11 had 4... (12,000hp single-seater) The speed is top secret.

[Tophe]

On the contrary: to save the F-11 program, a young designer said "one R-4360 double engine is enough", and he designed the XF-11B and XF-11C (below). The USAAF staff was much interested but the empoyee was fired out from the Hughes company...

[apophenia]

Ooo, that Hughes with the cockpit in the starboard boom is really nice!  :)

[Tophe]

Thanks apophenia!

Now, you know probably the PZL-38 Wilk but she got married with a Lockheed P-38 and the babies PZL-38D ans PZL-38Z were twin-boomers:

[finsrin]

Like PZL-38D and PZL-38Z  :)
Be good kitbashes.

[Tophe]

Thanks!
Now here is the twinning of a twin-boom seaplane: the Bendix 51A

[GTX_Admin]

Thanks apophenia!

Now, you know probably the PZL-38 Wilk but she got married with a Lockheed P-38 and the babies PZL-38D ans PZL-38Z were twin-boomers:

I thought at first these were variants of the Breguet 693:

[Tophe]

You are very right: the PZL-38Z and Br-693Z were very close:

(thanks...)

[GTX_Admin]

 :)

[Tophe]

Thanks

Well, at http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=4293.0 we discussed of increasing a XF-15 up to the size of a XF-11 but what about the opposite: decreasing a XF-11 down to the size of a XF-15/P-61?

[Tophe]

Mirage 5 TNST-1 & 2 (Twin-Nose Single-Tail):

[Tophe]

The Kogiken Ki-104 was a projected derivative of the push-pull Tachikawa Ki-94-I:

[Tophe]

Here is the Trident-Mirage 5 (Triage-5) and Twin-Trident-Mirage-55 (Bitriage-55):