A 'virtual' Short Sealand amphibian

[PR19_Kit]

Was that airline based at Llanwern International?

Hehehehe, no, but we 'annexed' RAF Tain, on the north side of the Moray Firth and built lots of hangars, flight sheds, terminals and offices there. One of our members did a wonderful scenery package for the place and I still use it for FS flying as I never have any problems with 'conflicting traffic' when flying in multi-player mode. 



Here it is, looking south across the Moray, with the big hangar complex in the foreground, the terminal and domestic site to the south and my SpecOps site over to the east.

The SpecOps Division is where I got my email address from of course. 

You can go and check it out while you're up in Inverness, it's only 20 miles away. 

[PR19_Kit]

The Sealand is a very pretty plane. One of my first build when I was VERY young (the Frog one of course). I still have one (or two) in my stash, your build makes
me want to start one.

Goodness, that's a REALLY vintage kit, and maybe worth a fortune now! I built one of those too, just after seeing the real one at Farnborough.

[PR19_Kit]

The Sealand fuselage is glued together now, but it wasn't the usual simple job with most IM kits. The lovely resin mouldings have NO location pins/ sockets at all, so you just have to align the bits properly, and with gel superglue you don't have all that much time either.

I taped it up to ensure it stayed in place and it's worked pretty well. They don't quite match at the nose, but it's just a fraction of a millimetre, and I did a small bit of PSR which seems to have  sorted it. Luckily you can still see the big tank in the middle of the cabin and the two seats in the rear as well.



Not sure what to do yet as I really need to decide on the engine choice, stock 1950s Gypsy Queens or some 2000 turbo-props?

[jcf]

Reminds me of a Grumman Albatross. I'll be watching this one!
The idea of a personal airline is very interesting. The decal options are endless.

Similar to the Grumman Mallard in size.

[jcf]

The Sealand was designed to be shipped in bits, with separate power units, so a
turboprop conversion would be very believable from a construction standpoint.
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[PR19_Kit]

That's how the kit comes, even the fuselage is split in two......................   

[jcf]

Make up some scale crates using the listed dimensions, stack'em up, add a guy with a clipboard, a couple of longshoremen and a customs agent and say it's a diorama of a Sealand.

[Rick Lowe]

And someone 'loitering with intent' nearby, wearing a Hat...

[jcf]

And someone 'loitering with intent' nearby, wearing a Hat...

Doh, how could I have missed that critical element. 

[Rick Lowe]

And someone 'loitering with intent' nearby, wearing a Hat...

Doh, how could I have missed that critical element.

 
Sounds like you need a drink. 
You're welcome. 

[PR19_Kit]

And someone 'loitering with intent' nearby, wearing a Hat...

Hehehe, I'm good at that. see my avatar up on the left. 

I'm loitering next to 'MY' Canberra, XH131, there, and you can just see my checque book in my pocket................ 

[Rick Lowe]

Sadly, all the stuff I lust after requires a deeper pocket than I have... ah well, I can live vicariously.

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah, they outbid me for XH131, by a million or two...............