What to do w/junker 4x4s and Toros

[Oldcarfan27]

Saw these online and said "Whattha?!"

Then an idea molded into my cranium, "Here's what to do with those junker 4x4 pickups and derelict Olds Toronados!"

These are Float plane launchers and apparently they are common in the Great White North and Alaska. They rely only on the front drive wheels, so the rest of the vehicle is simply chopped off.

But boy are they weird and interesting.

Any opinions?

Anyone want to build one?

 

[cobraman]

Never saw anything like that.

[espo]

I think that's a cool idea. Not sure if these were damaged vehicles repurposed or just what they had to work with. 

[misterNNL]

Somehow uglier than usual and no I would not spend my precious modeling time building one. Just my opinion but way outside my wheelhouse.

[bbowser]

Does anyone know of a 1/24 floatplane?  That could be a dynamite diorama.

[Jack L]

yes 1/24 de Havilland Beaver its a simple kit out of production 

[Oldcarfan27]

Funny thing is, you see the front of the car expecting to see a whole vehicle and then - nothing - and what's there looks like it's floating on just 2 wheels.

Strange indeed!

[Deuces]

??

[Spex84]

These are awesome!! Thanks for posting  I like the square-body Chevy versions.

[traditional]

10 hours ago, bbowser said:

Does anyone know of a 1/24 floatplane?  That could be a dynamite diorama.

Here's a pic of the 1/24 De Havilland Beaver float plane ....a promo from Canadian Mist liquor.  It's simple but well proportioned

[disabled modeler]

man..That kind of hurts in a way....My first real car was a 72 Olds Toronado...someday Id like to find a model or promo of one to have for my family owned car collection.

[carsntrucks4you]

34 minutes ago, traditional said:

Here's a pic of the 1/24 De Havilland Beaver float plane ....a promo from Canadian Mist liquor.  It's simple but well proportioned

I got one of those Beaver Float Planes. It is simple but it has potential to improve it 

[landman]

14 hours ago, cobraman said:

Never saw anything like that.

X2. Clever idea.

[Deathgoblin]

Seems a shame to waste a perfectly good Toronado, though.  Even if the rear was wrecked, one or two of those should have been salvageable.

[Rigor]

Pretty cool but I think living in Alaska restoring a car is the last thing on your mind 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Fascinating. I scored a complete, virgin Beaver not too long back; something really weird like these to handle it might be interesting...

[Atmobil]

Cool idea, I like it

[Chuck Most]

*cough cough*

 

[stavanzer]

Wow!

I've never seen these before.

[BlackSheep214]

On 11/6/2018 at 7:33 PM, bbowser said:

Does anyone know of a 1/24 floatplane?  That could be a dynamite diorama.

Most aircraft model kits are 1/72 scale, 1/48 scale and 1/32 scale. Good luck finding a 1/24 scale aircraft model kit. Very rare and hard to find. The DHC Beaver is the only one in existence. Even that one is harder to find.

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said:

Good luck finding a 1/24 scale aircraft model kit. Very rare and hard to find. The DHC Beaver is the only one in existence...

Hmmmmm. I guess my several 1/24 P-51s, P-40, two P-47s, several Spitfires (one on floats), Stuka, Harrier, Zero, two Hueys, Hellcat, Hurricane, Bf-109, FW-190, Hughes 500, and several WW I aircraft (all injection molded styrene, not balsa kits) are figments of my imagination.   

EDIT: There are two of the DH Beavers on eBay right now.

There is also this kit, which I don't have:

Edited January 17, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[stavanzer]

I think, I have a Beaver in the Garage, right now.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just now, stavanzer said:

I think, I have a Beaver in the Garage, right now.

I think I have raccoons in the attic, and most assuredly bats in the belfry.   

[larry ray]

Years ago I went to a car show a guy had a hot rod his hauler was the front half of a Tornado with a 4 wheel trailer welded to it.

[JJ Deuce]

those are pretty interesting.  I have an acquaintance that has the front half of a Cadillac Allante that was a test mule.  That'd make a high-falutin' seaplane tug.