Monogram... yup. I said Monogram... 1/48 Kingfisher

a Lindberg kit would include a kit to build the motor

Dunno how many times I tried to build that damned thing.. Never, ever, EVER got one to work...

well.. the guy I'm building the Kingfisher for.. also has a sub.. it dives and runs on the surface etc,, radio controll.. maybe he can "salvage" to.. lol

Would be neat to build an rc model to launch when it is on the water. There have been 1/72 scale rc models built. Check out this link. Great work on the Kingfisher

http://www.microflight.com/Gallery/Customer-Builds/Hellcat-and-Kingfisher

well,, some progress over the past few days.. some gixmology going on to...

first.. Port side rear cockpit , and the deck, with some wiring added with armature wire...:550:0]

[Starboard side rear... side wall.. and you can see the resin nose..:550:0]

some more wiring added .....:550:0]

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Its looking great so far. If only Revell Would do a 1/32 scale Kingfisher just like their AR196!

here is the DD.. under power,,, You can see the empty catapult where the Kingfisher will go...:550:0]

p38jl

here is the DD.. under power,,, You can see the empty catapult where the Kingfisher will go...:550:0]

Nice !

Modern RC has been a big advance over my old Lindberg Destroyer's CAM pattern guidance system.

Any chance of loading up the "ash cans" with "Na" and doing anti-sub "spreads" ?

Might get a few fish from the effort.

Nice job with all the wiring!  Keep up the good work.

plastickjunkie

Its looking great so far. If only Revell Would do a 1/32 scale Kingfisher just like their AR196!

That Revell (Revell of Germany) and Revell USA (Revell/Monogram) are two different companies.. They don't talk to each other anymore...

Well I learn something every day. Stop learning, stop living.

According to microworks.net and I will of course look beyond, six ships in the Fletcher class were:

"In an effort to provide the fleet with more planes, six Fletchers were ordered modified with a catapult in place of no.3 5" gun. This effort, soon rendered obsolete by a combination of uselessness and difficulty with the handling (which BTW is why Hans launched wife no. 3- editor) , was reduced to three ships in early 1943, the decision having been made to retain the removed no.3 gun in storage from quick "reassembly". Three ships were completed with a catapult and plane, and operated for a short while with them, until they, too, lost their equipment in October 1943.

And from wiki:

USS Pringle DD-477

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pringle_%28DD-477%29

And for the third reference, here's a conversion in small scale:

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/ships/us/lyonsds.htm

The aircraft crane was not one of those efficient derrick affairs that cruisers and battleships had, but a kingpost and cargo boom.

Like I say, all new and good info.

all good info ~!!

well.. a small update... the single piece lower wing had to cut in two to fit in the fuselage , the resin bits overfilled the wing holes.. , so I split it and cut it to fit...[View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

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here's a few pics of the 1/48 DD with another Kingfisher I did years ago.. Our club had a display at Autumn Gold Days in Ellsworth... [View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

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Ps,, I have to correct some info, I thought my friend was making the USS Stevens, he is actually making the USS Halford..

Went home sick yesterday.... riiiiiight, more like "went home early to cut a single wing in two"!

bondoman

...This effort, soon rendered obsolete by a combination of uselessness and difficulty with the handling (which BTW is why Hans launched wife no. 3- editor) , was reduced to three ships in early 1943, the decision having been made to retain the removed no.3 gun in storage from quick "reassembly". Three ships were completed with a catapult and plane, and operated for a short while with them, until they, too, lost their equipment in October 1943.

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"launched his wife" .  You were too kind, you could have easily made a comment about someone "losing their equipment!

make sure you get a copywright release from Hans...

 Hello again.. slight update,, did some detail painting on the interior.. sorry for for the grainy cell phone shots,, but my camera has decided not to cooperate

first.. the sidewalls.. some detail painting..its not done..  yet.. but progress..

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grainy,, from the grassy knowl pic,, rear deck and cockpit..

and then... I spotted this... trying to get into the Resin/PE fiddely bit vault...

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Ahh - I recognize that "if I sit here and stare at you long enough you'll become uncomfortable & leave" pose! Kingfisher interior is shaping up nicely.

p38jl

and then... I spotted this...

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Man.. Remember that scene in Scanners ? Think the cat saw that movie...

I was wondering how the DD in the water would handle the extra weight of the Kingfisher model - would that make it too "tender" or top-heavy? Although being plastic/resin I guess it's not THAT much extra weight. It's just that it sits up so high ...

mfsob

I was wondering how the DD in the water would handle the extra weight of the Kingfisher model - would that make it too "tender" or top-heavy? Although being plastic/resin I guess it's not THAT much extra weight. It's just that it sits up so high ...

p38jl

and then... I spotted this... trying to get into the Resin/PE fiddely bit vault...

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Looks like Manny is at it again with his spies

Some more work down..

the interior received a quick wash to offset the interior green.. I wasn't able to get good pics.. so.. here we are now... [Close up of rear gunner's deck :550:0]

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the spine split is intentional at the moment.. it will be closed up and card stock used to fill in the gap around the pilots rear wall.

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 heres a pic of the rear of the cowling.. .I'm adding a firewall/motor mount,.:550:0]

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Hans von Hammer

p38jl:

and then... I spotted this...

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Man.. Remember that scene in Scanners ? Think the cat saw that movie...

 

More work down.. rear gunner's deck is attached... cowling removed to make way for resin cowling and electric motor.

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More to come soon.. also.. still trying out this camera... Borrowed my Dad's,, as mine quit working...

and... more last night.. opened up a hole thru the bottom of the cowl thru the float support and drilled two holes in the bottom of the float for the wires to exit.. Fed the wires from the bottom of the float thru the cowl.. then I will solder them to the motor.. the float ends will be soldered to pins that will protrude from the float for contacting the power. :550:0]

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Pic of the motor mount I made...

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Now I've added the cowling with the motor. The wires thru the float have had brass pins soldered to them and them the pin pushed into the float and then epoxied to hold them. Also the antennae and pitot tube have been added.

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Thanks for looking !

p38jl

Hey, I see an unidentified rocket-engined machine at 9 o'clock, what's up there??

VanceCrozier

p38jl:

 

Hey, I see an unidentified rocket-engined machine at 9 o'clock, what's up there??