Yokosuka E-14Y ‘Glen’ with catapult

[colin m]

It's the Twin float version that I'm mainly interested in.

Oh I see, another aircraft. Is someone in denial ?

[colin m]

Tony, I might be late but I was going to say watch those vinyl masks. I've used them a couple of times and they do like to lift, ever so slightly.

[Allen Dewire]

Oh I see, another aircraft. Is someone in denial ?

No Colin, still in puberty........

Tony, this is looking really nice so far Sir!!! I don't quite understand your painting though. Is the plane white? Or is it silver? Or are you going to chip the white to show the silver underneath? Also, have you found a suitable submarine model kit to put it on when you're done?

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Allen

[yak face]

No Colin, still in puberty........

Tony, this is looking really nice so far Sir!!! I don't quite understand your painting though. Is the plane white? Or is it silver? Or are you going to chip the white to show the silver underneath? Also, have you found a suitable submarine model kit to put it on when you're done?

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Allen

Thanks allen , no its silver but a very light , matt silver , the confusion might be due to some of the pics appearing out of sequence, as for the submarine , watch this space

[yak face]

After a coat of Alclad aqua gloss and 24 hours drying ive got the decals on . There werent many at all and they went on with no problems . Its now thoroughly drying out then once ive fitted the engine its going to get a semi matt coat to seal everything in and give a uniform finish . The floats will be attached last off .

[Allen Dewire]

Lookin' mighty fine Sir!!! Great finish and the 'nasties' look good too Tony, BUT...

Submarine, SUBMARINE, S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E!!!!!!! We want to see the SUBMARINE!!!!!!!!!!.........Ok, maybe not...............

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Allen

[yak face]

Lookin' mighty fine Sir!!! Great finish and the 'nasties' look good too Tony, BUT...

Submarine, SUBMARINE, S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E!!!!!!! We want to see the SUBMARINE!!!!!!!!!!.........Ok, maybe not...............

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Allen

Dont give up hope yet allen , i might have a cunning plan !

[Tim Marlow]

Looking quite fine is that Tony :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Sorry Tony, got very behind on this.

That's turned out very nicely indeed!

ATB

Andrew

[stillp]

Looking good Tony!
Pete

[yak face]

Almost there with this now . Ive given the whole airframe a coat of microscale flat to even everything out and got the floats glued on . The canopy has been de-masked -what a bugger that was !! The pre cut vinyl masks had stuck like ‘you know what to a blanket’ also leaving some glue residue which had to be removed with a cocktail stick wetted with ipa and repeated dabs with tamiya tape . Just the prop , aerial and bombs to add then its done , then I can think about making a submarine base for the catapult!

[The Smythe Meister]

Hmmm,
Just had a catch up with this one Tony,
Gotta say it's looking lovely,the colour scheme is great
Looking forward to seeing how you approach the catapult/ Sub deck.

[yak face]

Submarine, SUBMARINE, S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E!!!!!!! We want to see the SUBMARINE!!!!!!!!!!....

Ok here we go , nothing ventured -nothing gained !
I initially though about making something out of card a la Ron and his weetabix landing craft but thought the tapering compound shape might be a bit too difficult . Then I found a strip of XPS foam board in the shed .This is the pink stuff they use when insulating various things when building houses , I must have picked it up sometime on a building site . Anyways its about 30 mm thick and plenty wide enough for my sub deck base .It should be easy enough to carve and sand to shape , might have to seal it with pva before painting though. Heres the pics

[Jim R]

That's excellent, Tony. Nice neat build and a great paint job. Good start on the sub.

[Allen Dewire]

Now that's what I'm talking about Tony!!! You always come up with a great idea and this looks to be another of them. Bring on the Sub, bring on the Sub!!!...

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Allen