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Title: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AM
Up next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft

Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: PR19_Kit on May 25, 2025, 03:27:47 AM
Nice aeroplane, but much larger than you think it's going to be!  :o
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft



Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?

Greece
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 11:48:40 AM
Quote from: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?

Greece

None of the above, but one of you is close😀
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: RAFF-35 on May 25, 2025, 11:53:52 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 11:48:40 AM
Quote from: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?

Greece

None of the above, but one of you is close😀

Norway?
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:15:29 PM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on May 25, 2025, 11:53:52 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 11:48:40 AM
Quote from: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?

Greece

None of the above, but one of you is close😀

Norway?
Quote from: RAFF-35 on May 25, 2025, 11:53:52 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 11:48:40 AM
Quote from: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 08:57:47 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 25, 2025, 05:46:09 AM
Quote from: Leading Observer on May 25, 2025, 12:04:27 AMUp next on the projects list, the Xtrakit SRA-1. I have had an idea for some time about who should have been an obvious customer for this aircraft


Indonesia or The Philippines.  All those islands.


Sweden or Finland?

Greece

None of the above, but one of you is close😀

Norway?
:thumbsup:  Spot on! Introducing the SARO Spekkhugger
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 12:29:44 PM
Pilot. S Bardfast?

 :rolleyes:  ;D
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: scautomoton on May 25, 2025, 12:41:02 PM
Singapore?
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: buzzbomb on May 25, 2025, 03:36:38 PM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 12:29:44 PMPilot. S Bardfast?

 :rolleyes:  ;D

 ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: NARSES2 on May 26, 2025, 05:13:38 AM
Quote from: scooter on May 25, 2025, 10:37:33 AMGreece

Like this one you mean ?  ;)

SR.A1.001.JPG

And yes, it is a big bugger
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 26, 2025, 07:26:01 AM
Quote from: Gondor on May 25, 2025, 12:29:44 PMPilot. S Bardfast?

 :rolleyes:  ;D
;)
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: RAFF-35 on May 26, 2025, 12:14:54 PM

Quote from: RAFF-35 on May 25, 2025, 11:53:52 AMNorway?
:thumbsup:  Spot on! Introducing the SARO Spekkhugger
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Do I get some sort of special prize for winning?  ;D
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 28, 2025, 01:03:42 PM
Thanks to PR_19Kit and NARSES2 for their advice on both building the model and 3D-printed decals :thumbsup:  I have decided to save the set that came with the kit for a rainy day when I'm scratch building a cockpit interior, given that you won't be able to see it with the canopy in the closed position. I know that somewhere in the stash is the Planet resin version, although the exact whereabouts is a bit of a mystery  :-\
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: jcf on May 28, 2025, 03:26:37 PM
What appears to be just another innocent boathouse on the shore of a fjord ...

Dum-dum-daaa.
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Leading Observer on May 28, 2025, 03:35:25 PM
Quote from: jcf on May 28, 2025, 03:26:37 PMWhat appears to be just another innocent boathouse on the shore of a fjord ...

Dum-dum-daaa.

To misquote Jaws " You're going to need a bigger boathouse"

Although that does give me an idea to be included in the backstory...
Title: Re: Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Post by: Rheged on May 29, 2025, 07:51:59 AM
Quote from: jcf on May 28, 2025, 03:26:37 PMWhat appears to be just another innocent boathouse on the shore of a fjord ...

Dum-dum-daaa.

Slight adjustment  "...an innocent Very Wide boathouse..."

It has to accommodate a couple of launches to remove floating debris from the fjord;   we don't want a mishap like that suffered by Eric Brown when he flew this particular design of aircraft  , as mentioned in this extract from :-https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2016/august/royal-navys-incomparable-aviator

Brown's last flight at Farnborough came even closer to disaster, though in a far less dramatic aircraft. The Saunders-Roe SR/A1 was a rare bird—a twin-jet flying-boat fighter. Upon landing, Brown clipped some debris in the water, capsizing the plane and leaving him inverted in the cockpit. He nearly drowned, barely reaching the surface in time for a launch to arrive. Lapsing in and out of consciousness, he finally came around in the hospital, "spouting water like a whale with someone giving me artificial respiration."