Flying Boats & Float Planes 2 GB Chat

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15 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

Absolutely Chris

Welcome aboard, please start a build thread and good luck with the build.

 Cheers Pat

 

Thanks Pat, will do

 

All the best

Chris

[Sergey]

Greetings to all!
Can I transfer my plane to this groupbuilding?
Thank.

 

[PeterB]

Hi Pat,

 

May be my failing eyesight, but is there a build list for this yet?

 

Pete

[JOCKNEY]

On 05/09/2019 at 20:04, Sergey said:

Greetings to all!
Can I transfer my plane to this groupbuilding?
Thank.

 

Hi Sergey 

Absolutely welcome to the Flying Boat and Floatplanes GB, please start a new thread and paste a link in to show people the work you did before. Hopefully we can encourage you to finish it within this GB.

Good luck

Cheers Pat

 

Привет сергей Добро пожаловать в Flying Boat и Floatplanes GB, начните новую тему и вставьте ссылку, чтобы показать людям работу, которую вы делали раньше. Надеюсь, мы сможем убедить вас закончить это в этом ГБ. Удачи Приветствия Пэт

Privet sergey Dobro pozhalovat' v Flying Boat i Floatplanes GB, nachnite novuyu temu i vstav'te ssylku, chtoby pokazat' lyudyam rabotu, kotoruyu vy delali ran'she. Nadeyus', my smozhem ubedit' vas zakonchit' eto v etom GB. Udachi Privetstviya Pat

[JOCKNEY]

On 05/09/2019 at 22:33, PeterB said:

Hi Pat,

 

May be my failing eyesight, but is there a build list for this yet?

 

Pete

Hi Pete

Jaime @jrlx is doing the build list, I will catch up with him and pop it on a separate thread so it's easy to catch up with aka the Frog Squad way. Thanks for the prompt 

Cheers Pat

[jrlx]

Dear All,

 

Here are the statistics after the first full week of the GB. Between brackets I show the difference compared to the last report.

 

Total number of entries: 36

 

1. Build status

Not started --------------- 24 (+9)

Started -------------------- 12 (+8)

Finished ------------------- 0

 

2. Per type

Float planes -------------- 18 (+6)

Flying boats -------------- 16 (+10)

Ekranoplanes ------------- 1 (+0)

Helicopters on floats ----- 1 (+1)

Amphibian helicopters --- 0

 

 

3. Per usage

Military ---------------------- 29 (+14)

Civilian ---------------------- 7 (+3)

 

4. Per Scale

1:72 ------------------------- 23 (+10)

1:48 ------------------------- 8 (+3)

1:144 ----------------------- 5 (+4)

 

5. Kit makers

Airfix ------------------------ 3 (+2)

Anigrand ------------------- 3 (+3)

Hasegawa ------------------ 3 (+2)

Frog ------------------------- 2 (+0)

Matchbox ------------------ 2 (+1)

Smer ------------------------ 2 (+1)

Special Hobby -------------- 2 (+0)

No makers ------------------ 2 (+1)

ABM ------------------------ 1 (+0)

Aviation USK --------------- 1 (+0)

Azur ------------------------ 1 (+1)

Contrail -------------------- 1 (+1)

Eastern Express ------------ 1 (+1)

Italeri ----------------------- 1 (+0)

Karaya ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Lindberg ------------------- 1 (+1)

Monogram ----------------- 1 (+1)

Revell ----------------------- 1 (+1)

Roden ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Scaleworx ------------------ 1 (+1)

Supermodel ---------------- 1 (+0)

Sword ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Tamiya ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Testors ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Zvezda ---------------------- 1 (+0)

 

 

6. Main medium

Injection moulded styrene -------------- 27 (+11)

Resin kit ----------------------------------- 6 (+4)

Scratch built (wood, plastic, metal) ------- 2 (+1)

Vacform kit -------------------------------- 1 (+1)

 

7. Country of operation

UK ----------------------------- 10 (+4)

Japan -------------------------- 4 (+2)

Germany ----------------------- 3 (+0)

Italy ---------------------------- 3 (+1)

Soviet Union ------------------ 3 (+1)

USA ---------------------------- 3 (+3)

Australia ----------------------- 2 (+0)

Russia -------------------------- 2 (+2)

Austria-Hungary -------------- 1 (+0)

Canada ------------------------ 1 (+1)

France ------------------------- 1 (+1)

Malaysia ----------------------- 1 (+1)

New Zealand ----------------- 1 (+0)

 

7. Period of operation

WWII ------------------------- 14 (+6)

Modern (post-WWII) -------- 9 (+5)

Between wars ---------------- 8 (+3)

Undecided ------------------- 3 (+3)

WWI ------------------------- 2 (+0)

Pre-WWI --------------------- 0 (+0)

 

I hope you find this information interesting.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

[jrlx]

On 05/09/2019 at 22:33, PeterB said:

Hi Pat,

 

May be my failing eyesight, but is there a build list for this yet?

 

Pete

 

18 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

Hi Pete

Jaime @jrlx is doing the build list, I will catch up with him and pop it on a separate thread so it's easy to catch up with aka the Frog Squad way. Thanks for the prompt 

Cheers Pat

Pete,

 

Indeed I'm keeping a list of builds with all the details, in order to publish the weekly statistics. It's in Excel and it isn't immediately obvious how to share it here in Britmodeller. If some tips on how to do it are put forward, I can share it.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

[PeterB]

Hi Jaime.

 

Although I have been using computers for over 50 years I don't have a clue how you would do that. It is not vital but it does make it easier to check on individual builds.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

 

Later - typically I did not see that you have already done it so ignore above.

Edited September 7, 2019 by PeterB

[jrlx]

20 hours ago, PeterB said:

Hi Jaime.

 

Although I have been using computers for over 50 years I don't have a clue how you would do that. It is not vital but it does make it easier to check on individual builds.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

Hi Pete,

 

Thanks and don't worry about it. After a brief exchange of ideas with Pat, I've created a build list which is now pinned and will be kept up to date. It's simpler than my Excel file, as I had to create it manually, but has the main info about each model being built, as well as links to the WIP threads. It's inspired on the build list of the Frog GB.

 

It can be found here:

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

 

[DMC]

On 9/7/2019 at 12:47 AM, jrlx said:

hope you find this information interesting

Very!  Thanks for taking the time to put it all together.

 

Dennis

[825]

Just checking that it's ok. I failed to finish this Sea Otter in the last Seaplane and Floatplane GB and want to double check that I can transfer it into this GB. 

 

 

 

Don't worry if it's not possible but it would give me the impetus to get it finished.  

[stevej60]

Not having the best start to this one with two dead in the water already,still keep smiling,oooh what can I replace them with

[jrlx]

4 hours ago, 825 said:

Just checking that it's ok. I failed to finish this Sea Otter in the last Seaplane and Floatplane GB and want to double check that I can transfer it into this GB.

 

Don't worry if it's not possible but it would give me the impetus to get it finished.  

Hi @825

 

Unfinished entries from the first edition of the GB can be carried over to this second edition. So, please start a thread a link to your thread in the first edition just to let us know how it went to get to the point the model is at.

 

Good luck!

 

Jaime

 

 

 

[jrlx]

3 hours ago, stevej60 said:

Not having the best start to this one with two dead in the water already,still keep smiling,oooh what can I replace them with

Hi Steve,

 

Don't fret too much. You still have two entries going on and there's a lot of other options to choose from if you'd like to build additional entries

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

[825]

15 minutes ago, jrlx said:

Hi @825

 

Unfinished entries from the first edition of the GB can be carried over to this second edition. So, please start a thread a link to your thread in the first edition just to let us know how it went to get to the point the model is at.

 

Good luck!

 

Jaime

 

 

 

Thanks, I'll set it up a little later. 

[stevej60]

15 minutes ago, jrlx said:

Hi Steve,

 

Don't fret too much. You still have two entries going on and there's a lot of other options to choose from if you'd like to build additional entries

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

Cheer's Jaime,I'll crack on with the other two and have an idea or two for another later on.

[Rob G]

Gents... I'm going to be joining in with my Eastern Express Beriev Be-200. Assuming that Flickr ever decides to cooperate, that is. Also assuming that BM cooperates as well - it's flakier than ever, but that's a different subject...

 

I'll go and start a thread then, shall I? 

 

EDIT: Yahoo - tricky little so and sos. I had to disable my ad-blocker to be allowed to log in. There may be a hosting rethink in the near future....

[jrlx]

Dear All,

 

Here are the statistics after the second full week of the GB. Between brackets I show the difference compared to the last report.

 

Total number of entries: 43 (+7)

 

1. Build status

Started -------------------- 24 (+12)

Not started --------------- 19 (-5)

Finished ------------------- 0 (+0)

 

2. Per type

Flying boats -------------- 21 (+5)

Float planes -------------- 20 (+2)

Ekranoplanes ------------- 1 (+0)

Helicopters on floats ----- 1 (+0)

Amphibian helicopters --- 0 (+0)

 

 

3. Per usage

Military ---------------------- 35 (+6)

Civilian ---------------------- 8 (+1)

 

4. Per Scale

1:72 ------------------------- 24 (+1)

1:48 ------------------------- 13 (+5)

1:144 ----------------------- 6 (+1)

 

5. Kit makers

Smer ------------------------ 4 (+2)

Airfix ------------------------ 4 (+1)

Anigrand ------------------- 3 (+0)

Hasegawa ------------------ 3 (+0)

No makers ----------------- 3 (+1)

Eastern Express ------------ 2 (+1)

Frog ------------------------ 2 (+0)

Matchbox ------------------ 2 (+0)

Special Hobby ------------- 2 (+0)

ABM ------------------------ 1 (+0)

Aviation USK --------------- 1 (+0)

AZ Model ------------------ 1 (+1)

Azur ------------------------ 1 (+0)

Contrail -------------------- 1 (+0)

Italeri ----------------------- 1 (+0)

Karaya ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Lindberg ------------------- 1 (+0)

Monogram ----------------- 1 (+0)

Revell ----------------------- 1 (+0)

Roden ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Scaleworx ------------------ 1 (+0)

Supermodel ---------------- 1 (+0)

Sword ---------------------- 1 (+0)

T.C.Models ----------------- 1 (+1)

Tamiya ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Testors ---------------------- 1 (+0)

Zvezda ---------------------- 1 (+0)

 

6. Main medium

Injection moulded styrene -------------- 32 (+5)

Resin kit ----------------------------------- 7 (+1)

Scratch built (wood, plastic, metal) ------- 3 (+1)

Vacform kit -------------------------------- 1 (+0)

 

7. Country of operation

UK ----------------------------- 13 (+3)

Italy ---------------------------- 4 (+1)

Russia -------------------------- 4 (+2)

Japan -------------------------- 4 (+0)

Germany ----------------------- 3 (+0)

Soviet Union ------------------ 3 (+0)

USA ---------------------------- 3 (+0)

Australia ----------------------- 2 (+0)

Austria-Hungary -------------- 1 (+0)

Canada ------------------------ 1 (+0)

France ------------------------- 1 (+0)

Ireland ------------------------ 1 (+1)

Malaysia ----------------------- 1 (+0)

New Zealand ----------------- 1 (+0)

Undecided -------------------- 1 (+0)

 

7. Period of operation

WWII ------------------------- 16 (+2)

Between wars ---------------- 10 (+2)

Modern (post-WWII) -------- 10 (+1)

Undecided ------------------- 5 (+2)

WWI ------------------------- 2 (+0)

Pre-WWI --------------------- 0 (+0)

 

I hope you find this information interesting. You can also find a complete build list here.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

[JOCKNEY]

Who would have thought that Smer would ever top a build list !

[gingerbob]

I've got other irons in the fire at present, but the knowledge of this group is gnawing away at me.  Leading candidates at the moment: the Noorduyn Norseman that my daughter wants me to build (48th), or the 1/32 Revell Super Cub that I want to put on straight floats from the Matchbox Tiger Moth...

[Rob G]

On 9/14/2019 at 6:16 PM, JOCKNEY said:

Who would have thought that Smer would ever top a build list !

 

Better Smer than Starfix!

 

On 9/14/2019 at 7:11 PM, gingerbob said:

I've got other irons in the fire at present, but the knowledge of this group is gnawing away at me.  Leading candidates at the moment: the Noorduyn Norseman that my daughter wants me to build (48th), or the 1/32 Revell Super Cub that I want to put on straight floats from the Matchbox Tiger Moth...

 

Well, get on with it, man! If need be, make a larger workbench, take over the kitchen table, whatever it takes.

[greggles.w]

4 hours ago, gingerbob said:

Leading candidates at the moment: the Noorduyn Norseman that my daughter wants me to build (48th), or the 1/32 Revell Super Cub that I want to put on straight floats from the Matchbox Tiger Moth..

Tough choice! Either way a civil machine?

 

Both very worthy, with a slight edge to the Norseman for my mind - a very dignified bush plane workhorse.

[John Masters]

I’m confused...is this a new floatplane gb?

[gingerbob]

It is new, but allows "recycled" (born again?) builds from the previous one.  That's an innovation as far as I'm aware.  Oh, and not just floatplanes, but also flying boats and other aircraft, like those silly spinning rotor thingies, that are intended to be able to float and then take off again.

Edited September 17, 2019 by gingerbob

[jrlx]

16 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said:

I’m confused...is this a new floatplane gb?

Hi John, this is the second edition of the Flying Boats and Floatplanes GB, whose first edition ran from 2 Sept 2017 to 14 Jan 2018.

 

In this second edition we've kept the original rules but allow unfinished builds from the first edition to be carried over. So, we allow entries of flying boats, floatplanes, amphibian helicopters (those with a boat-shaped hull), helicopters on floats and aircraft-shaped ekranoplanes from any era, country and use (civilian or military).

 

Cheers

 

Jaime.