What ? No Japanese flying boats ??

[ccheese]

I am really surprised that no one is building a Japanese flying boat like the Emily. The Japanese made good use of their flying boats and I really thought someone would jump on them. Surprise, surprise.

Charles

 

[Capt. Vick]

Maybe it's a space thing?

 

[parsifal]

for the upcoming Seaplane GB, I have a Japanese seaplane ready in the stash....a Tamiya 1/72 Aichi M6A1 Seiran. A gret looking kit in my opinion and an interesting subject.


its not an Emily, which i would love to do, but its a japanese seaplane at least. Will start in june I hope.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Charles for lifting her up!

 

[fubar57]

Maybe it's a space thing?

Yes.....a space thing. Looking at Shinpachi's photo, I couldn't imagine that sucker in 1/48. Maybe do a single engine one in the GB Michael mentioned.

Geo

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man, that would be awesome in 1/48!

 

[GrauGeist]

Hasagawa offered the Kawanishi H8K Type-2 "Emily" in 1/72 scale...

 

[ccheese]

for the upcoming Seaplane GB, I have a Japanese seaplane ready in the stash....a Tamiya 1/72 Aichi M6A1 Seiran. A gret looking kit in my opinion and an interesting subject. Its not an Emily, which i would love to do, but its a Japanese seaplane at least. Will start in June I hope.

Michael: I don't consider the Seiran a seaplane, I call it a floatplane. The Emily or a Martin Mars is a seaplane. Just my opinion.

Charles

 

[Capt. Vick]

And your opinion is fact Charles

 

[parsifal]

Michael: I don't consider the Seiran a seaplane, I call it a floatplane. The Emily or a Martin Mars is a seaplane. Just my opinion.

Charles

i hope the Gb judges dont agree with you Charles, or Im stuffed

 

[fubar57]

You're OK Michael. GB#22 is for Seaplanes and Float Planes.

Geo

 

[destrozas]

I expect it to place it in the next GB, I have in stock the E14, E16 and others but the seiran

 

[Wayne Little]

Think I have a 1/144 Emily somewhere...

 

[destrozas]

Arii in 1/72 has got a kit of emily

 

[destrozas]

also can fight on ebay for this, I bid system not spending since many sellers set a minimum sale price and always is above the reasonable price and above they bid each bid you do until the price indicated by the seller and I don't see it right, a system of bids is supply and demand unless the seller can set price if you already have a fixed price is not a bid as such:

1 72 Hasegawa Kawanishi Type 2 Flying Boat H8K2 Emily Vintage 1973 Kit JS 21 | eBay

 

[N4521U]

I do multis in 1/72nd singles in 48th.

Having said that I had planned a 72nd P5-M like one in 1962 I was almost run over by in the San Diego bay when I was turning on the bouy runway lights at night. It would be a VP-48 in dark blue and white.

I will be doing a 48th He-51b.

Or I could do a Lt. George Davidson Catalina of the Navy Patrol Squadron 53, who in January 1944 saved 13 Marine F4U pilots of VMF-422 who had to ditch off Tarawa. He stayed with the pilots in his sinking Cat that was damaged landing for the rescue in very rough seas. After sending out a distress signal, all were then rescued by the USS Hobby DD-610.

***Except from:

THE WARTIME DIARY OF DWIGHT M. EDMISTEN, JR.
ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 1/C
USS HOBBY DD-610 DESTROYER DIVISION 38
October 13, 1942 – July 17, 1945​

1944
Jan. 6 – Arrived in Panama.
" 8 – Underway for Funafuti. (Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands)
" 23 – Arrived at " .
" 25 – Underway to search for twenty-one pilots. Found all but five.
" 28 – Arrived at Funafuti.
" 31 – Underway for Milne Bay, New Guinea, Escorting four Troop Ships.