USN/USMC Flying Fish

[Weaver]

The pics are coming up 'Content not viewable in your region'.

Even your avatar says that too Frank. 

It's Imgur geo-blocking the UK - see my new thread in Everyday Chat.

[Old Wombat]

Coming along nicely, Frank!   

[Rick Lowe]

Phill - check out the printing link - the guy has a printable HH-3 tail rotor...

And Frank, thanks for the link - I see a few things I will be getting done, in my future...

Rick I found the rotor you mentioned..one word ..yummy ☺️
My only question is how big is it ?    .
It'd be pretty damn good for me mutant Apache once I figure out the size of it 😏

Frank mate...looking great so far 👏 👌

RW diameter is 10' 4" / 3.13m and the print is 1/72.

So 1.72" and if you X that by 1.5 to 1/48 scale = 2.58" or 6.55 cm

There again, as it's digital, you can get it printed to any diameter you want. 

[Wardukw]

Phill - check out the printing link - the guy has a printable HH-3 tail rotor...

And Frank, thanks for the link - I see a few things I will be getting done, in my future...

Rick I found the rotor you mentioned..one word ..yummy ☺️
My only question is how big is it ?    .
It'd be pretty damn good for me mutant Apache once I figure out the size of it 😏

Frank mate...looking great so far 👏 👌

RW diameter is 10' 4" / 3.13m and the print is 1/72.

So 1.72" and if you X that by 1.5 to 1/48 scale = 2.58" or 6.55 cm

There again, as it's digital, you can get it printed to any diameter you want. 

The mutant will be in 35th scale mate and having stood near a CH-53 it would be bloody massive in 35th 😆
Trying to figure out the size tho probably wouldn't be to hard a job really..I'd have to build the entire fuselage first before I could even start to get to that point and mate ...that's gonna be a wee while away yet 😌

[PR19_Kit]

Someone does a Skycrane in 1/35 already, you may be able to use parts for that for your proposed CH-53 build.

Mind you, you'll need a World Bank loan to buy it I'm sure! 

[Old Wombat]

Someone does a Skycrane in 1/35 already, you may be able to use parts for that for your proposed CH-53 build.

Mind you, you'll need a World Bank loan to buy it I'm sure! 

ICM, CH-54A Tarhe Heavy Helicopter (53054 - basic aircraft / 53055 - with M-121 bomb / 53056 - with M-121 bomb, M8A1 pavement (matting) & figures / 53057 - with universal military pod), AU$350-AU$375

I'm hoping they bring out a CH-53D ... the 2nd mortgage would be worth it! 

[PR19_Kit]

That's a LOT of plastic! 

[Wardukw]

Someone does a Skycrane in 1/35 already, you may be able to use parts for that for your proposed CH-53 build.

Mind you, you'll need a World Bank loan to buy it I'm sure! 

Kit the tail rotor I'm looking for isn't for a CH-53..well it's off a CH-53 but not going on a CH-53.. im gonna build a mutant AH-64 Apache in 35th ...the five bladed rotor would work best for this thing but the size is the issue here ..it's the same with the Skycrane ..that's a bloody big tail rotor   
Now imagine a Apache with a 10ft 4in tail rotor on it   

[PR19_Kit]

Now imagine a Apache with a 10ft 4in tail rotor on it   

You'd be able to turn pretty quickly though.   

[Wardukw]

Now imagine a Apache with a 10ft 4in tail rotor on it   

You'd be able to turn pretty quickly though.   

Would be bloody hilarious to see   

[frank2056]

I think ericr will approve of my color combinations!

Pictures are on Flickr for now.

Finished the major painting and assembly. It still needs decals, the torpedoes and plenty of touchups. The handed props are from an ancient Frog P-38 kit. The elevators/tailplanes are from another ancient kit - the Lindberg 1/72 Hs-129. I just glued them in, so I'm using a highly technical method to hold them up while the glue hardens. I don't know where the prop spinners came from, but I may replace them. The props, spinners and cowlings are just tacked on right now and loose:



I added details to the Wright R-1820s, including an ignition ring.

Story over at BTS suggested a window or notch to give the pilot a  horizon sight line, for use in landing. Some of the Horton (not Horten) wingless aircraft had windows for this purpose. I used a hole punch... it being a naval aircraft and all:

 



I'm not going to bother to figure out the Navy's yellow wing color scheme. I'll just add what I think looks good - after all, this is a whif.

The build - so far - has been pretty good for a Mikro-Mir kit. Very minor fit issues and a couple of sink marks, but unlike some of their worst kits (I'm looking at you, Lisichkin NIAI-1 "Fanera-2") easy to fix/overlook. It's possible that the Mikro-Mir gremlin is in the kit's inline engines, but I didn't use them.

[Old Wombat]

Well, Frank, I can't say I'm disappointed with where this is at, & where it's going - Because I'm not!   

That's a very technical tail-levelling device - I may need you to send the plans, so I can build my own. 

[PR19_Kit]

It DEFINITELY needs longer wings! Or indeed ANY wings! 

[zenrat]

Adding longer wings (maybe even with more engines) would be very easy.
I have been having thoughts in that direction myself...

[NARSES2]

That is looking the business