SEAPLANES & AMPHIBIANS Official Group Build May 08-09

Max...and all....looking thru I noticed that at some time I asked to join the GB...and sorry I seemed to have lost track of this GB I've been busy with others...Oh well no excuses.... I said I would build a Seiran...wel I did...and also a Rufe

Heres a pic and a link to the Seiran....this was a fun kit....decals bit the big one though,,,

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and the Rufe..This is the Hasegawa 1/48 kit....had a little extra fun with this one..see second link

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Oh and Bondoman...great idea of the pics with the bay in the backround....really bring out that great looking Floatie!!!

Thank you very much. No GB hosting for me, just a builder. About three months of once a week at 4 hours. The big breakthrough here was using Humbrol paints for the Coastal Command color scheme, and in particular the one step down in colors for the lower wing, the so-called "shadow effect". And the invest cast brass Lewis guns at $ 4 each worked for me. I used .010 brass wire for rigging; way too thick. I'll look for a better solution on the Heyford. Thanks to Chris Hall. I photocopied the camo pattern and replicated it with blue tape; thought about a "soft" edge butdecided ot didn't make sense at 1/72.

Here's a link to my lateist:

A solid weekend of work has the two Seagulls finished for the USS San Francisco. I'll save you the "fits on a penny" shot, but these a/c are small. Tom's PE set came with one set of interplane struts, luckily two propellers, so everything else is from scratch with .010 wire.Pretty so-so.

Hans Von Hammer thank you for the paint mix, I like it.

Now, eight 5" guns.

Well I'd join another one. I'd have to see what I have though.

Bondo, that is incredible Stranraer. Looks better than the one I built. Awesome job man, and I love how you photographed it with the water in the background too. Brilliant!

Beautiful ship Bondoman. That rigging is impressive. Do I even want to know how long that took. Eee-gads! lol :) Really, you have some serious talent! You need to work for the movies!

I wouldn't mind making a seaplanes II or even just continuing this thread as it's still rather in it's infancy. But if were going for a new GB, then probably someone like Bondo should take it, as he's prolly here more often then i am. There are times when I can't be here to much, even up to a week or two without logging in because of my work. I am a welder/fabricator and i own my own company and so when things get really busy alot of the fun hobbies go by the wayside unfortunately. I'm up for doing whatever you guys want. If you want to start a new thread i'll even help photoshop some sweet graphix for it. If you want to continue here I can even change the logo's. Thoughts?

Superb work, Bondo! I've long looked at this beast and thought it would be a real challenge. I got a few photos of the real one at Hendon, she was a huge piece of hardware, that upper wing was a towering structure.

If we go for Seaplanes II I'll definitely pull out the stops and take part properly this time, with an N1K1, by either Hasegawa or Tamiya, and maybe a Zero floatplane. I might even get around to the An-2 as well!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Avadon- create Seaplane II. It's a win for most GB's if they roll over. After all there have been collected a group of folks who have a common interest!

In my stash: Martin Marlin, Martin Mariner, and an "Emily".

Here's my most recent build:

Finished- the Matchbox 1/72 Supermarine Stranraer. All OOB except for a set of exquisite Lewis guns from Ivan at ukmodels. Humbrol paints, including "shadow effect" of the lower wing.

Nope, not asking for an extension, just forgot about it. I would have thought it would have done better being an interesting subject but these things happen.

Aaronw wrote:

Wow, I forgot about this one. Kind of ironic too because I've got 4 seaplanes and a float equipped helicopter in progress.

Sorry guy, I even have a few float planes in my stash left but I couldn't really see running this GB longer then almost 1.5 years. If there is enough people interested though maybe we can make another one sometime.

Wow, I forgot about this one.

Kind of ironic too because I've got 4 seaplanes and a float equipped helicopter in progress.

Sorry I didn't get back here sooner. Yes Oct, 01 was the cut off. We ran this build for over a year. It's kind of hard to generate interest in seaplanes, but thanks to everyone who participated, regardless if you finished your aircraft or not. All of the models looked great and those still in completion, feel free to post here after you complete them. After all google searches will still turn up this thread even if it's buried. 

 Now onto the seaplane grand champion-master of the universe

**************Drum Roll**************

 (Opens envelope)

Ladies and Gentlemen it is a two way tie between..

Bondoman and 12wings for those impressive PBY-Catalina's, boy did they look great.

Hi all,

Was August 2nd the last activity on this GB? I just checked back and found the end date had come and gone -- there was no way I was ever going to get the time to do the Trumpeter AN-2, sadly, just too many things happening. I have been rifling my stash today and came across a Hasegawa N1K1, the sort of project I could probably knock out quick, but not by midnight!

This was a great idea for a GB and attracted some good work, it's a pity it's not been one of the more active builds (yeah, right, I need talk!)

Cheers,

Mike

carsanab wrote:

hEY ALL...IS IT TOO LATE TO JOIN???   I AM STARTING A TAMIYA 1/48TH SEIRAN AND AS A SEAPLANE FAN I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN UP!!   CARLOS

Nope, not to late.. you have till october 1'st. I will put you down on the list :)

hEY ALL...IS IT TOO LATE TO JOIN???

I AM STARTING A TAMIYA 1/48TH SEIRAN AND AS A SEAPLANE FAN I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN UP!!

CARLOS

When I grow up I wanna be just like Billy Bondo!

She's a beauty! Great photos too!

Kenjitak, I had never heard of a P6M SeaMaster until know. I love those inlets ontop of the wings. So when this thing would strike, was it's payload nuclear?

(yes we have till Oct 01, but i'm thinking be prepared to have finished all models at or around mid september and probably not decide to build a model after about mid to late august unless your extremely fast.)

IIRC her mission was to lurk on the sea, undetected as a nuclear deterrent, and if/when called for, launch and go strike, after chucking out the sandwich wrappers, of course. Rendered obsolete by satellite intel.

Sand it down but the rivets and lines'll still show which is a good thing. There's some vidies around of the beast taking off, try Youtube.

Argh! Sand it all away, sand it all away! Rescribe the major panel lines only and ignore the rivets, they'd be invisible at this scale! There, that feels better... I have the History Makers photo-box edition. Wow, that is some impressive aircraft... What a tragedy she was cancelled when the program was already so far along (16 aircraft delivered, IIRC). I've been fascinated by this plane for the last 25 years.

Mike

I thought I'd post a couple of pictures just in case some of youngsters might not know what a P6M SeaMaster is:

Needless to say this kit has raised detail and lots of rivets! And just in case you weren't sure where the decals should go they molded outlines of most of the markings. I'm tempted to leave that all there and do it as I would've back in the day. What do you think?

Kenjitak -- I have that old Seamaster kit too, somewhere in my stash, so I'd be very interested to see it go together! I've often thought it would be a good starting place to measure up, correct errors against research info and build her from scratch at a decent size. Of course, I'd need a spare year of evenings...

I'll be glad to get that An-2 on floats done and a decent rigging job done -- one day!

Mike/TB379

I didn't realize we have an extension! Well, I've got a Revell "boxscale" Martin P6M SeaMaster multijet attack seaplane that I'd like to try to build before the end of this GB.

You guys have done some great stuff while I wasn't looking! Aren't seaplanes wonderful? Maybe they'll get some to use against those Somali pirates. Sort of a modern day Porco Rosso!

avadon wrote:

Just a little reminder, there is only about 6.5 months left for this group build and we know how time flies. Don't miss out. Everyone should try to get at least one seaplane in on this build. Remember the Seaplane championship of the universe is at stake here :P

ahhh.............

glad you reminded me,i've just dug out my republic seabee............time for a serious amount of sanding on the seams

avadon wrote:

I just saw Porco Rosso.. you guys should see it. Pretty cool if you like animation/cartoons.  :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso