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  • From: Montana USA
1/72 Civil seaplanes
Posted by heepey on Friday, January 9, 2015 3:37 PM

Matchbox DHC Twin Otter recently released by Revell

HobbyCraft Canada DHC-3 Otter

Airfix DHC-2 Beaver

Matchbox Noorduyn Norseman

Airfix Grumman Widgeon painted with auto lacquer and striped with pinstripe wheel.

Airfix L-19 civilized and kitbashed with SkyHawk floats and computer generated decals

ARII Cessna SkyHawk float plane

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Posted by GMorrison on Friday, January 9, 2015 4:11 PM

Awesome stuff!

Revell released the Junkers G-24. It'd fit right in.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, January 9, 2015 5:08 PM

Nice collection.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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Posted by Ozmac on Saturday, March 14, 2015 1:31 AM

This thread is inspiring for me, as I have a 1/72 Norseman kit heading my way, plus a 1/72 Airfix Beaver as well. Great work on all your seaplanes, and thanks for showing some great ideas on how to build and paint them.

(I also have an Airfix 1/72 Supermarine S6B from the Schneider Trophy races, but somehow I don't think of these speed record machines with floats as belonging quite to the traditional "seaplane club").

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, March 14, 2015 10:35 AM

I have that Widgeon kit, looking forward to building it soon.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, March 14, 2015 11:51 AM

Great-looking builds!

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:08 AM

When thinking of civil seaplanes, I think all the Schneider cup planes should be considered civil :-)

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by heepey on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:02 PM

Thanks for all the kind remarks. I don't see these as my better builds. Some of the decals were re-purposed from 1/25 truck kits.

I wish there was a trans kit to put modern engines on the Widgeon.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:26 PM

Hey Heepey !

I don't care where your decals came from , okay ? You did a nice job on some rarely seen planes , especially in one place by one builder .Thank You -  T. B.

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