The Seaplane Channel at iModeler (5 articles)

The Seaplane Channel at iModeler

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Finemolds Savoia S.21F & Curtiss R3C-0, 1/48. The Porco Rosso Pair.

by Harvey R. on May 15, 2021
in Aviation — 13 Comments

The Savoia S.21F and Curtiss R3C-0 were two models I completed at the end of the first UK lockdown last year and shine brightly against the normal camouflaged warbird I make, both aircraft come from the brilliant animated movie 'Porco Rosso' [...]

Disguised Aquatic Eyes in the Sky…1/48 Arado Ar196A-3, Handelsstörkreuzer 3 “Widder”

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on March 7, 2021
in Aviation — 19 Comments

#7/2021 Here´s my dad´s fourth and last seaplane for a while. Italeri kit oob, fit is mostly only mediocre. The gunsight is molded onto the instrument board but was in the way of the windshield. So my dad cut it off and replaced it with a part [...]

1/48 Tamiya AR-196A Arado Seaplane

by David Kopielski on May 22, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

This is the Tamiya 1/48 Arado AR-196A German seaplane. It is a re-box of the Italeri kit. I did the scheme as one of the aircraft that was used on the Bismarck battleship. The Arado Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance low-wing monoplane aircra[...]

A Real “SAAB” Story

by Philip A. Stelzer on April 23, 2020
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Greetings from Canada! This is my latest project , the SAAB B-17-BS Maritime reconnaisance floatplane. It was originally conceived as a dive bomber and I have always liked it's good looks and have regarded it as a Nordic "Helldiver" as it looks[...]

1/48 Glenco J2F-2 Grumman “Duck”

by David Kopielski on February 17, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

This is the Glenco 1/48 scale J2F-2 Grumman Duck representing VMF-2 that patrolled the Caribbean Ocean off the Virgin Islands. The Duck’s were used for patrolling areas and performing search and rescue of downed pilots. The kit had very basic d[...]