lmagna Posted May 13 Share #31 Posted May 13 (edited) Hi Mike I have the same book along with the CME interior. I also have some extra PE but I am not certain if it is the full set like you have. One of the reasons I never started mine, (other than my normal procrastranation) was all of the online builds I saw, said that the fit, ecpecially around the cockpit was shabby at best and required considerable rework. I hope you are able to overcome this on your build. It would be a shame to loose out on your already fine work up to now. This may be a case where there are same number of kits finished as there are real aircraft preserved, (Or partly restored) two that I know of. I did run ac5ross this today though: Edited May 13 by lmagna Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Egilman and 4 others 6 1 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 13 Author Share #32 Posted May 13 Hey Lou, the kit comes with some PE, but Eduard also separately sells (or at least used to sell) this PE set which adds PE seats, engine wiring, handles, and the details around the wheel wells. If you can find it, I think it's worth considering: https://www.eduard.com/eduard/jrs-1-upgrade-set-1-72.html?cur=2&listtype=search&searchparam=jrs-1 The cockpit area is definitely problematic. I added some plastic shims and it seems like the fit shouldn't be too bad. Other people seem to have had a devil of a time trying to fill the gaps though. It's just a little tiring spending hours to get pieces to fit right. It's also looking at pictures of the real thing and realizing that certain details are either missing or incorrect that just add to the list of things to do. And then there are lack of connection points which means you have to either add them or be very careful to not later break pieces off. You should definitely build it though, the subject is really historically important and there are plenty of schemes to choose from. Jack12477, Dave_E, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 13 Share #33 Posted May 13 (edited) Hi Mike I have been tempted to start several of my stash of seaplanes several times. One issue is where to put them when I am done? Not so bad with the JRS-1 or my 1/144 Martin and Boeing 314, but the 1/72 Boeing 314, the Martin Seamaster, and Martin Mariner, and Sunderland are another matter! Even the Gruman Albatross and Catalina are pretty big in that scale. You are building the Walrus but That is one seaplane I don't have. But who knows what I will latch onto in a weak moment. I need another model sitting around here like I need another hole in my head. What I really need is to find good homes for some I already have! Whatching you CLOSELEY! Edited May 13 by lmagna mtaylor, Landlubber Mike, Jack12477 and 5 others 7 1 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 14 Author Share #34 Posted May 14 16 hours ago, lmagna said: Hi Mike I have been tempted to start several of my stash of seaplanes several times. One issue is where to put them when I am done? Not so bad with the JRS-1 or my 1/144 Martin and Boeing 314, but the 1/72 Boeing 314, the Martin Seamaster, and Martin Mariner, and Sunderland are another matter! Even the Gruman Albatross and Catalina are pretty big in that scale. You are building the Walrus but That is one seaplane I don't have. But who knows what I will latch onto in a weak moment. I need another model sitting around here like I need another hole in my head. What I really need is to find good homes for some I already have! Whatching you CLOSELEY! I blame you for getting me into seaplanes 😝 The JRS-1 at 1/72 is a pretty big model with the wingspan as you know. I also have a 1/48 PBY-5a kit that I was thinking of starting soon - mostly to free up shelf space as it is a big box, but then the question is where do I put it as that’s a big one for sure. If you want a really big seaplane, Revell I think is reissuing the Bv 222. The model is really nice and doesn’t really require any aftermarket. I’ve got that one but again, will need quite a bit of space for it. One thing I was thinking was to do a cutaway on a 1/72 Emily since there is a lot of aftermarket that could make the interior look pretty impressive. One side would have full exterior and wing with mechanics, etc. and other side would be open with pilots and gunners, with only a portion of the wing attached. That would cut down on the overall size. Just need to find time! mtaylor, Jack12477, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted May 15 Share #35 Posted May 15 I just stumbled on to this; an interesting project that I’m looking forward to seeing nicely done. The US Navy had some specialized and interesting small boats outfitted to service their fleet of flying boats while still in the water. If you look in their 1955/1954? Boat Book you will find drawings of these craft. One could make a great companion to your model. A copy of their Boat Can be found on the Navy’s history site. Or Google Navy Aircraft Refueling Boat Roger Dave_E, Jack12477, Old Collingwood and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 15 Share #36 Posted May 15 12 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: I blame you for getting me into seaplanes 😝 AH HA I have accomplished my evil influence! The BV-222 would certainly be a large model and the Emily would be a challenge even though you say that much of what you need is available. I prefer to keep all of my flying boats in the same scale, as in that way you can compare them to each other. You can also add Seaplanes, (Float planes) if you wish but I have never had much interest in those aircraft except for a few civilian models, I always liked the Cessna 170. Dave_E, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 15 Share #37 Posted May 15 3 hours ago, Roger Pellett said: One could make a great companion to your model. One possibility that I considered at one time was to take the Revell Pine Island and suspend a 1/72 scale flying boat over the ship below in a diorama. Or you could make it an emeny ship or sub instead. The difference in scale would provide a distance factor giving a "plane eye view" of the ship below. Old Collingwood, Canute, Dave_E and 5 others 8 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 15 Author Share #38 Posted May 15 14 hours ago, Roger Pellett said: I just stumbled on to this; an interesting project that I’m looking forward to seeing nicely done. The US Navy had some specialized and interesting small boats outfitted to service their fleet of flying boats while still in the water. If you look in their 1955/1954? Boat Book you will find drawings of these craft. One could make a great companion to your model. A copy of their Boat Can be found on the Navy’s history site. Or Google Navy Aircraft Refueling Boat Roger Thanks Roger, I'll have to look into that. Appreciate the suggestion! Egilman, lmagna, Jack12477 and 4 others 7 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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