The SeaGulls - in 1:370 scale - being castings converted from my (500-scale) HellDivers:
I had earlier (much earlier) promised to work up and show you some of these - which a recent customer Special Order gave me the opportunity to do:
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Being both biplanes and floatplanes, these turn out to be pretty involved conversions - for which the upper wings (not shown) will have to be entirely scratchbuilt. In truth, the lower wing is located a bit high on these castings - however again with the help of these enlargements I could see just how much more of their deep bellies could be (and already is being) removed. For the pontoons and tiny wingtip floats (bottom - the latter in the plastic bag) I'm stealing the last available parts from my develpmental run of OS2U KingFishers (also in 370-scale).
These will be ideal for any 350-scale early- to mid-WWII USN cruisers, as well Revell's 400-ish scale Pine Island or pre-war Arizona/Pennsylvania.
Also getting significant work lately - though not strictly "at the bench" - has been more drawing/designing submarine conversions, such as this:
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Note there is no scale yet listed, above - this work is still in-progress. Along with four others, comprising:
- An RN T(3)-class from the same Encore ShCh mold
- Dutch K18-class from the Encore 1:400 Soviet D-class
- Dutch O21-class from the Encore 400-scale Soviet L-class
- Dutch K18-class from the Accura 1:200 Polish Sep/Orzel
So, the above has taken a lot of work - not all of it at the bench - but necessary to move the ball down the field.
Bring on your latest Gin Palace pics, buddy!
Cheers,
-Matty
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