He 162W Floater!

[sharkman]

I couldn't resist.....

Found this for $15 in a comic store this week..



I had come across this on the Beyond the Sprue website created by a member there (Alex who goes by the name of Axor) so credit for the idea goes to him!

http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7029.45


Had an old main float from the Monogram Kingfisher...



started cutting!



and fitting!



and more cutting!



Another fun idea on the go!! :gogo

 

[Piet]

He 162

 

[moon puppy]

He 162

That's just no right...that' just no...it could work.

 

[Old Dog]

He 162

As much of that aircraft is made from wood it would probably float without the float

 

[jknaus]

He 162

Cool
Maybe in racing livery like for the 1946 Schneider Cup
James

 

[razordws]

He 162

Another great project idea Warren. I've seen this built before and the He 162 really looks good as a floater.

 

[Sherman 18]

He 162

I like where this is going

 

[dollar19]

He 162

Ooooo. I like it!

 

[Brokeneagle]

He 162

 

[SA Dave]

He 162

A cool little whiffer floater

 

[Paulw]

He 162

That boy ain't right in the head...

 

[jeaton01]

He 162

Nah, Warren, this one begs for hydroskis like the XF2Y-1!

 

[sharkman]

He 162

Nah, Warren, this one begs for hydroskis like the XF2Y-1!

That would have been a great idea John! Already full bore into this though!

 

[sharkman]

He 162

Been working on this some more, excited about the build!

I'm going to need some outrigger floats so I cut down another set of 1/72 floats (think these came from Dave as well).

I then glued a piece of sheet stryene to the front end, sanded the rear end and glued them together, then trimmed them down with the Dremel

Glued the main float to the body. I ended up with a chunk missing at the step of the float

Needed to fill in the sides of the body with more sheet styrene

Trimmed it to fit

Then sanding and lots of putty!

Will have to do a few sessions of fill, sand repeat!

Then on to the wings!

I want to attach outriggers here, kind of like what is found on a PBY Cat, that would fold down on landing.

cut the tips off

Not sure yet if I want to display them up or down but I'll have to cut this area out or add some detail here.

I also made the decision that I'm going to go with the optional V-tail provided by the kit. I think that if this thing was real, the original style tail would have a larger chance of catching up in the water than the V-tail.

Forgot....Took a pic of the interior too. Made some belts out of Furnace tape and some left over PE buckles.

 

[moon puppy]

He 162

That's so cool!!

 

[sharkman]

He 162

Thanks Bob!

B)

 

[razordws]

He 162

:coolio

 

[lupanzer]

Super interesting...well done

Luiz

 

[Old Dog]

Interesting :hmmm

 

[phantom II]

I have to hand it to you Warren . :coolio Very clever

Cheers, Christian B)