What to do with 4 Avro 504's?
Why not put some floats on two of them?
How this mod got by me I will never know, Mrs Clipper wanted her table back and I found this three-view on an old 2002 SAM magazine, way cool! Now to get the sea elves awake . . .
Pour me some floats for my Avro 504's!
What to do with 4 Avro 504's?
Why not put some floats on two of them?
How this mod got by me I will never know, Mrs Clipper wanted her table back and I found this three-view on an old 2002 SAM magazine, way cool! Now to get the sea elves awake . . .
Floats out of the mold . . .
Landing gear removed . . .
New legs . . . soft aluminum wire
Fin/rudder additions . . .
Ready for the paint elves to arrive . . .
First a dream flight . . .
Now for some serious sea side shenanigans!
Didn't find much in the way of colors, so I made them match the fleet
Up close and personal
And with a big friend
Nicely done, Dave.
Can't rep you, yet.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Excellent!
Nice job!
Bye
Carlo
Nice work I wish I could work on this small scale.
Very nice work.
Very impressive indeed David - especially in 1/144 scale.
I remember the opportunity I once had to construct the floats and assembly for a 1/72 Fairey Seafox and how fiddly that was - managed to do it after three attempts!
Never built a kit of an Avro 504 despite going through a phase of WW1 aircraft in 1/72 scale when I was around thirteen to fifteen years of age ...
Nice work, David. I wonder what the floats did to the Avro 504's performance; as I recall, they didn't have a lot of reserve HP.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
They were quite underpowered for sure but made great trainers which made them good seaplane trainers. I made mine single place and used a single gun on a strange mount to make them a little more viable . . .
Nice work David
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