After being working on several projects for a while now, it's finally time to post some of my progress with this one..
Swedish seaplane, Thulin Typ G - Flygbåt No 15. 'Marinens Flygväsende' 1917.
In WWI Sweden was neutral and didn't participate in the hostilities, but they needed to secure their neutrality.
One year after the outbreak of the First World War, the aviation pioneer Enoch Thulin founded a airplane factory in
Landskrona. They received an order from the Swedish navy for five seaplanes of the type Thulin G. It was the first large
order for a military aircraft designed in Sweden.
Thulin G would have German-made Benz Bz III engines. Engine deliveries were delayed due to the First World War and
therefore the aircraft could not be delivered until 1917. They were used for reconnaissance at sea and stationed at several
naval air bases along the Swedish coast: Karlskrona, Vaxholm, Landskrona, Hägernäs og Göteborg.
Enoch Thulin had placed great emphasis on aerodynamic properties when he designed the Thulin G. Nevertheless, the
aircraft had deficiencies in construction - It was difficult to maneuver on the water and had poor flight characteristics.
Of the five aircraft built, two crashed and one was destroyed in a fire. The two remaining Thulin G's were taken out of
service in 1922.
One Thulin G 'Flygbåt No 15', survives to this day at the 'Flygvapenmuseum' in Sweden.
As the Thulin G seaplane is a derivate of the German Albatros B.II Observer plane, I've been using parts from the WNW kit.
The main issue is the larger wingspan of the Thulin G, but encouraged by the success I had with converting the wings of
the Aeromarine, I want to try too accomplish this beautiful seaplane too. The Daimler-Mercedes engine is replaced by a
Benz Bz III. Most of the fuselage will be converted too.
Extention of the wings, with the added resin insert parts...
Kent
