So i decided to do a mixup between a Westland Whirlwind fighter and a PBM3 Mariner with the following result:
Whirlwind plan
Marina plan
Resulting build
Driving out of the water
Features
Fold down tip floats
Retractable undercarriage with their own hollow bays
Pilot and instruments
Engine activation also starts the exhausts
Floats on water or takes off from land
4no. 20mm cannon
2 tone wavey camo pattern (Sides)
Fun to fly flight model, quite fast for the era due to twin engines etc.
Now my last feew builds haven't garnered much interest so i thought i would post about this one first to see if its worth releasing.
@RamboJutter whoops. I didn't notice the size. But to be realistic, its build (shape etc.) will prevent it from performing well in dogfighting against even BF109 (which aren't that maneuverable). But it could probably perform as a heavy fighter-bomber/torpedo bomber.
i like this, though its looking like a Heavy fighter/strike fighter, so a turret could be a useful addition, also maybe wing pylons?
@K2K why? It's physically smaller than a whirlwind.
Unfortunately, this will not be dogfighting, better mount a turret
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Interesting. Looks like a Grumman Goose with a bubble canopy lol
Nice!
Looks nice!