Arado AR196 A-3

• Guest 655

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  28 May 2012     07:58175122
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  Its the Revell 1:32 scale kit.
  
  The first Revell I have built since the 70's back when they were alongside Airfix for poor fit and inaccuracy. Like Airfix its all change now, this kit is up there with the best for fit and accuracy. A very enjoyable build.
  
  Depicted is an aircraft based on Crete in 1943. These were used for sea reconnaissance and were often based on the German battleships. They carried a pair of machine guns, one for defence and one for strafing targets of opportunity along with a pair of small bombs.
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
• Ross Miller

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  28 May 2012     08:02175123
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  Nice Barry
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• Guest 730

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  28 May 2012     08:47175134
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  Very nice. You're getting quite good at these. Out of interest I bought one of the Verlinden books "On Plastic Wings". Got it used from Amazon, came all the way from the US.
• Guest 710

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  28 May 2012     09:00175135
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  I read they were also put to 'good' use on the Bismarck...
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_196
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• Guest 653

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  28 May 2012     11:26175160
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  Great to see another of your brilliant kits Barry - well-done again.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 655

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  28 May 2012     12:39175172
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  Colin - I had the Verlinden books back in the late 70's. They are excellent and I am using an updated version of the Verlinden method but with modern materials.
  
  Thanks for your comments.
  
  Yes indeed Tom, they were used on the Bismark. Some say that these were the best seaplanes used in WW2.
• Guest 673

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  28 May 2012     15:32175230
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  Another very nice model, Barry. The Arado 196 seaplanes on the Bismarck were not used during her one and only operational sortie, ending in a watery grave. This was characterised by very poor visibility and relatively high seas. The only time they debated launching an Arado was after the Catalina of Coastal Command reestablished contact after Bismarck had shaken off the shadowing cruisers. They toyed with the idea of launching the Arado to shoot down the Catalina but decided against it due to the near impossibility of recovering the float plane in the prevailing sea conditions. Here is a video of one landing in a very moderate sea and then making the mistake of trying to take off again:
  
  http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/Me262/3041/
• Guest 655

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  28 May 2012     15:41175232
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  I have decided on my next project and it is this:
  
  

  

  
  
  The actual aircraft I will model is the USAAF version the A-24B, the lower one below:
  
  

  
• Guest 656

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  28 May 2012     16:01175238
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  Impressive stuff there Barry, even to me! Its great to see the passion you have for building these models
  Think I mentioned to you before that my first job in marketing here was with Airfix, they were based in Wandsworth at that time
• Guest 655

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  28 May 2012     16:10175248
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  Well well Colette.... and now Airfix are over at Ramsgate owned by Hornby who have been working wonders with the quality of the brand after a spot of neglect with Heller.
• Guest 656

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  28 May 2012     16:20175258
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  They followed me Barry
• Guest 655

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  28 May 2012     16:26175263
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  Indeed they did Colette!!!
  
  I wish they made 1:32 scale kits instead of their 1:24 that are just too big, 1:72 that are too small and 1:48 that are better but still not big enough for me, if they did I would start to build them. Their new kits really are good.
• Guest 663

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  28 May 2012     19:30175316
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  Gosh Barry looking at the above pictures, you have been very busy most impressive and nice to see the finished model, good luck on your next project.
• Brian Dixon

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  28 May 2012     20:57175349
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  barry,nice plane,but do try and get out more.build them outside in the fresh air.
• Guest 641

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  29 May 2012     08:55175408
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  Excellent BarryW Another beautiful build, I liked the video of the Arado Ed, how not to take off in slighty choppy conditions
• Guest 655

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  29 May 2012     09:40175425
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  Ed - sorry I missed your post and that fascinating video for some reason. Thanks Barry for drawing my attention to it.
  
  That first AR196 must have been a prototype with that single large float and two smaller outriders with the second aircraft demonstrating the superiority of the two-float design.