Storyforu | 11 Jul 2016 1:45 p.m. PST |
Figured I'd share a WIP that goes nicely with Bob Munch's set of 28mm pulp figures, @ link Buzz Barker's Island Hoppers.
I've always been a fan of this style of aircraft and after reading a comment recently that this 1950's vintage kit was closer to 1:54th scale (see link ) than the advertised 1:48th, found one on ebay for less than $20 USD shipped.
This kit was reboxed and marketed by GLENCOE. GLENCOE-boxed kits are easier to find and with a bit of patience, can be found for about the same price.
The quarter is for scale. While technically the design was introduced in 1936 and didn't come into civilian hands under after WWII, it's got the right 'look' for 30's Adventurers.
Note that at 34' long and with a 39' wingspan (when assembled), it's theoretically small enough to be deck cargo on a tramp steamer. See link
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Rich Bliss | 11 Jul 2016 2:00 p.m. PST |
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Bill McHarg | 11 Jul 2016 3:46 p.m. PST |
Funny story. My mother was in the WAC during WWII. She served in Australia, Hollandia, New Guinea, and ended up the secretary to some officer in the Phillipines after we invaded. She was telling me how she was flown to the Phillipines in this crazy biplane with a huge float underneath. Must have been a Duck, but no idea why they would have done that. She told me one time that the REMFs reacted to the news of the atomic bomb being used that it "wasn't a very gentlemanly way to fight a war." Obviously they weren't combat officers. |
Storyforu | 11 Jul 2016 3:57 p.m. PST |
Everybody remembers OPERATION HIGH JUMP (1947), right? That's where the renegade Nazis and their saucers were [REDACTED] "A J2F-6, assigned to the Coast Guard ice-breaker NORTHWIND, participated, as part of Navy Task Force 68, in the Antarctic Expedition dubbed Operation HIGH JUMP, with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN (Ret.) as Officer-in-Charge of Scientific Programs. This Duck was responsible for making reconnaissance flights over the South Pole region, liaison and supply flights, weather reconnaissance, and acting as standby rescue and medical evacuation aircraft. The J2F-6 and the crew of the NORTHWIND, under the command of Captain Charles W. Thomas, USCG, won the praise of Byrd and Commander Task Force 68, receiving much of the credit for the success of supporting operations for the scientific programs." |
troopwo | 11 Jul 2016 4:15 p.m. PST |
What was the movie with Peter O'Toole in South America flying one of these against an upriver U-boat? |
dBerczerk | 11 Jul 2016 5:09 p.m. PST |
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Storyforu | 11 Jul 2016 8:26 p.m. PST |
Actually, that'd be a good scenario – one 28mm Peter O'Toole and plane vs a U-boat & crew. |
jpattern2 | 12 Jul 2016 5:06 a.m. PST |
Yep, Murphy's War. Love that movie, especially the last line: "Jayzus!" |
Green Tiger | 12 Jul 2016 5:47 a.m. PST |
I was hoping for 'Tales of the Gold Monkey' kind of thing but that was a bigger plane… |
Darkest Star Games | 12 Jul 2016 7:42 a.m. PST |
Ya GT, you'd need a Grumman Goose for that. |
LORDGHEE | 14 Jul 2016 11:44 a.m. PST |
any ideal where you can get a Gooose in 28mm |
jpattern2 | 14 Jul 2016 12:13 p.m. PST |
Lordghee, here are 1/48 models on Ebay: auction There are also diecasts in a number of scales. Some of these are 1.48: auction You might be able to find them cheaper with an online search. |
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 16 Jul 2016 8:48 a.m. PST |
I saw the the plane used in the movie when I was a teen ager. It was being flown down from Florida to South America. I was told by the pilot that it was the last one of it's type that was still air worthy. |
Storyforu | 16 Jul 2016 7:48 p.m. PST |
Grumman Duck was 34' long and 39' wingspan, Grumman Goose was a twin engine 38' long with 49' wingspan link link Couple of 1/48th scale Goose kits out there link |