"See a Thrue Seaplane - Republic Seabee " Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Dec 2014 12:19 p.m. PST |
"THE REPUBLIC SEABEE IS AN unusual pusher-prop amphibian. And the 1:48 scale Glencoe Seabee kit is unusual too, for its transparent plastic components.
Sad to say, the kit is available only through sales channels such as eBay, as it's not on Glencoe's current release list. But we'd like to make it, so let's hope the Seabee is on a production schedule for an on-sale date sometime soon.
The transparent components certainly make fitting windows an easy task – as in, you don't have to. Then again, it means that masking is a time-consuming and fiddly task. Overall though, it's a neat idea for a smallish kit like this. The wing ribs and engine air intake are finely moulded, and the gleaming appearance is such that you really need two kits, completing one of them like the one shown here as an unpainted, transparent display miniature…"
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79thPA  | 22 Dec 2014 12:42 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 23 Dec 2014 12:08 p.m. PST |
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| Klebert L Hall | 24 Dec 2014 8:05 a.m. PST |
Neat planes. Still pretty common when I was a kid.
-Kle. |
 Doms Decals  | 24 Dec 2014 11:34 a.m. PST |
Must admit I mainly remember it from the Bond film. (The Man With The Golden Gun?) Very odd but interesting little plane. |
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