Floats and Boats: Amphibious Aircraft Group Build

That looks awesome, Bish. I love the beaching trolley, too. Can't wait to see it all come together.

-BD-

Looks great Bish! The water effects will clear up in time.

Steve - Your Duck looks great!  I really like the feel of the rough water take-off you have depicted.  You are indeed a powerful Jedi.  A po-werful Jedi... 

Bish - The Dornier came out very nice!  I love the beaching dolly too!

"But Master, is the Dark Side stronger?"

"No, not stronger.  Costs more.  Harder to fit.  More corrections necesary.  Aftermarket accessories you must buy.  Beware the Dark Side.  For once you go down that path, forever will it dominate your model buying habits."

Thanks guys.

Steve, well, you are the water master, i'll take your word for it.

Bish, your Dornier and the base look outstanding. I'd love to have a look at that tutorial you mentioned about painting concrete too.

MC, your Duck looks great and the water effect has worked really well. That must stand out in your collection. I'm offically in the market for a Duck now.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks Tony. And your wish is my command.

http://bowemodels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/technique-building-basic-wwii-era.html

I didn't make the base how he did, i was only really intersted in the painting part of it. But its a much better colour than what i had been doing.

Wow, Bish, that is just CRAZY nice looking. I love all of it and the base and trolley are a really nice touch. It's really gonna look sweet all in one place.

BK

My LHS saves the day when I need a small item pronto.  I phoned in a request for some True Details ESCAPAC seats earlier this week, and boo-yah, they are in my grubby mitts today!

https://flic.kr/p/HTtTLE][/url]Seamaster-30 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

Yes Sprue Brothers ships ultra-fast, but have you tried to order a single small buck item?  And ship it to Hawaii?  Another reason to patronize your LHS.    Now cockpit work can commence!

While killing time, I continued wortking on the tail group.  I only got as far as lopping off the elevators last night.

https://flic.kr/p/HBLBHs][/url]Seamaster-31 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

I'll get along with the reworking of the control surfaces and then post before-after pics to keep from boring everyone.  Same with the cockpit.

Thanks Bish, I'm going to have a look at it now.

Real G - thats a nice seat.

I made a little progress on the Wildcatfish, here's all the parts off the sprues and tidied up.

Cheers

Tony

Got some work done on the seats and the IP still need,s a little work

BrandonK

Wow, Bish, that is just CRAZY nice looking. I love all of it and the base and trolley are a really nice touch. It's really gonna look sweet all in one place.

BK

 

Thnaks Brandon, its almost there.

Bish I must say WOW, she looks great!! Loving the work you're doing! The base is the bomb! Have a question, are you going to brush on a water effect up the ramp and drips to make it look like it just came out of the water?

Tony looking forward to seeing that Wildcatfish come together!

40mm that is a drastic improvement on the seat!!

RealG those seats will do the office justice thats for sure! they look great! Went to the Model Expo today and guess what was on one of the tables?! Had to share it!

sim, thank you. But no, the idea is that the aircraft is being pushed back into the water. So hopefully the lack of a wet look on the aircraft and the concrete, plus a ground crewman guiding the driver back, will give the right impression.

Nice pic of the Seamaster, its good to see that even a Mach2 kit can look good. I am sure G will do his justice.

 Simpilot34, thanks for posting that Seamaster pic!  But I noticed it was not OOTB, as the builder corrected the canopy and added hydraulic lines to the beaching rig.  I think this is the first one I have seen where the canopy was corrected.  I am inspired to continue banging away on my kit.  Thank you sir!  

Time to call this done. For the final touches i added another crewman at the main hatch and a ground crewman guiding the tractor back. Some pars of the Realistic water did not clear up, but i like the effect and for my first water, i am pretty happy with it. I got these two water products mainly for armour dio's, but i think it works perfectly well here as well.

Overall, a nice build. Been a while since i built an Italeri aircraft, and despite its age and lack of interiour detail, i really enjoyed it. One important lesson, get a biger area to take photo's. I'l be moving my modelling up to the spare bedroom after the summer, so no excuse not to have a proper photo setup.

Now, the pics.

My thanks to Brandon for hosting the GB, a great idea. And thansk to everyone for all the comments. I look forward to seeing more of your builds come together through the rest of the year.

Bish,

Another great build . I really need to work on my concrete, yours looks perfect. The water looks superb, you want a few whitecaps. 

Where do you find room to display all your great bases?

Thnaks Steve, i did think about ading some white caps, but didn't want to over do it. I might try and add some with some acrylic, i can easily remove that if it don't look right.

Honestly, i don't. Over half my builds are boxe up and stored in the shed. When i make the move i plan to have a lot of shelf space, so should be able to un box them.

Edit: Ok, i couldn't resist. I went out and added some white caps, yep, that look better. Thanks Steve.

Awesome build nice camo on that Do-24 

Super clean seamaster !

Outstanding build Bish...

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                                                Outcast !

                                  End Transmission - Semper Fi !

Thanks guys.

I was going to wait until the floats were mounted, but since they're done I thought I'd share it now. I'm still hoping to have the Boeing 1 finished for the Boeing GB in three days, but if not it's still a floatplane, so it fits here as well.

Bish, outstanding finish, I really really really like what you did with the kit and the display. Awesome sauce !!! Which pic do you want on page one?

Steve, wowzers, that looks great and those props are super nice and very realistic. I can't wait to see this on its base.

SS, looks great from where I sit. That is gonna be pretty cool. I really like the older float planes for some odd reason, COOL!

BK

Hi Bish, what a great scene you've put together around the Dornier.  Really nice rendering on the aircraft and concrete, as well as that wooden dolly.

Being a landlocked dweller, I do have a general question about the concrete slabs.  Are they all on a slope leading into the water, or just that final row (that is mostly under water)?   If it's the latter, you have a cool Escher effect happening in that corner.

regards,

Jack

The lower wings have holes for a rack of rocket,s im gonna go with depth charges so i plugged the outboard holes ..

BK, thnak you. I will leave that entirely up to you, which ever pic you like. And thanks again.

Thanks Jack, much appreciated. The whole base is sloping from the front left corner down to the water.