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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sun 27 Jul 2008 15:10 pm Post subject:

Great selection of Flying-Boats, Floatplanes & Seaplanes folks.....It's really cool to see so many completed models in so many different sizes, shapes and schemes!

Bravo one & all!

All the best

299_paul · Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008 10:48 am Post subject:

Awesome build Rich!!

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fluff75 · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 13:14 pm Post subject:

here's mine.

Consolidated PBY-5A as in the Solomon islands 1942/3

Best,
Ron.

dancho · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 14:36 pm Post subject:

Beautiful.
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thomasweir · Posted: Fri 15 Aug 2008 13:42 pm Post subject:

Short Sunderland III 423 RCAF SQ RAF Castle Archdale N.I 1943

Built OOB. Slightly weathered. Canopies and turrets decaled with xtradecal white stripes

Digs · Posted: Sun 24 Aug 2008 16:13 pm Post subject:

And here's my effort:

An Arado 196 float plane circa 1942 and the Eastern Med. A degree of uncertainty (on my part) as the aftermarket decals were clearly labelled wrongly (even I can tell it's not a Henschel...). Of course it has no business finding itself on a Hipper class catapult but I reckon it reflects a little known incident when Force H were asleep or chasing around points west and a German cruiser took its chance to slip out of a French Atlantic port and into the Med to try and inject a bit of spine into the Regia Marina. This wasn't successful but it did pick up a replacement seaplane before quietly returning to Brest

Base kit with many many aftermarket extras - in particular, Eduard, Airwaves and WEM sets of PE - the former for the aircraft, the latter supplying the catapult and the Airwaves being almost useless - only buy this if you want to make one with folded wings, otherwise the Eduard is superior in virtually every other aspect. Other additions were a Falcon vacform canopy, a resin MG and various scratch built extras, especially for the catapult.

More photos here:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/Digs6/AC2.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/Digs6/AC5.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/Digs6/AC6.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/Digs6/AC8.jpg

feanor · Posted: Sun 24 Aug 2008 16:26 pm Post subject:

Ayup Digs...

Well done mate. That Arado is really, really special.

And a fabulous job on the Catapult. Really. well done. All the other floatplanes are good too.
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thomasweir · Posted: Sun 24 Aug 2008 18:28 pm Post subject:

Excellent work on the Arado

299_paul · Posted: Mon 25 Aug 2008 11:38 am Post subject:

Awesome build Digs!!

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Digs · Posted: Mon 25 Aug 2008 18:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys!

Paul

stuzzar · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

Fantastic work Digs, a masterpiece

Cheers

Stu

hewman100 · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 11:35 am Post subject:

Have to agree with Stu, an astounding build

Digs

ColinM · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 19:32 pm Post subject:

If there is a competition for the best build of the year I think Digs just won it.

Colin

Loll · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 19:50 pm Post subject:

Very nicely done.

I thought it looked familiar look HERE
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Ratch · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 20:03 pm Post subject:

Loll, I don't see any similarity in that link

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 20:34 pm Post subject:

You can read that

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TopGun · Posted: Wed 27 Aug 2008 22:07 pm Post subject:

Truly awesome
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