Martin XP6M-1 Seamaster (JFS 07914 - 07918)

Please note that only AGK members who have logged in to this website will be able to download the high-resolution model sheets (because this model is the annual membership reward for 2023).

Photos

Construction stages

Model sheets

Photos of the original plane

Source: Wikipedia (U.S. Navy)

Information about the original model

Title: Martin XP6M-1 Seamaster
Publisher: Verlag J. F. Schreiber
Article no.: 07914 - 07918 (5 sheets)
Year of publication: 1957
Sheet size: 35,9 x 41 cm
Designer: Hubert Siegmund
Scale: 1:50
Printing process: Offset
Number of parts: 98
Built size: length: 85.5 cm, wing span: 66 cm, height: 20 cm
Original: U.S. long-distance flying boat Glenn L. Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster

Information about image resolution and printing

The sheet design provides for splitting each sheet into 2 sheets of 35.9 by 19…22 cm size. This means that you can distribute each sheet to 2 A3-size paper (42 x 29.7 cm) and thus print it in the original scale of 1:50.
If you print each full sheet on 1 A3-size paper (or split them into 2 A4-size sheets) you arrive at a scale of approx. 1:62.5.
If you want a still smaller model you can print each full sheet on A4-size paper, resulting in a model scale of approx. 1:86.

Download high resolution sheets and instructions
(for AGK members only after logged in)

Download sheet 1 (PNG, 25 MB)

Download sheet 2 (PNG, 30 MB)

Download sheet 3 (PNG, 30 MB)

Download sheet 4 (PNG, 30 MB)

Download sheet 5 (PNG, 34 MB)

Download original building instructions (PDF, 3 MB)

Information about the original plane and the model, plus construction report

The model represents XP6M-1, one of the two prototypes of this plane (the 1st pre-production assembly was named YP6M-1). Due to rising cost no series production of the plane was ever begun.
The model was published in 1957 and only had this one print run because, due to the plane never reaching production stage, people soon lost interest.
The model can be constructed without undue effort but is still not recommended for beginners. While the number of parts and the level of detail are moderate by today’s standards, the model impresses by its sheer size.

The model and the original plane (Axel Huppers, PDF, 1 MB, German only)

Construction report & supplement to instructions (Detlev Twele, PDF, 2 MB, German only)

Acknowledgements

The committee of the AGK wishes to give its thanks to all project members:

Thomas Gauger, Aue-Verlag Möckmühl (for the permission to publish)
Wolfgang Holzinger, Rain am Lech (for providing, digitizing and editing the model sheets)
Axel Huppers, Duisburg (for project coordination and providing the descriptive text)
Tim Wollenhaupt, Bochum (for photos)
Detlev Twele, Bad Rappenau (for construction, photos and construction report)