Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- August 2, 2014
- Completed:
- December 21, 2014
- Time spent:
- Too much.
The intent is to produce a facsimile of a post-1943 British Coastal Command livery.
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1:72
Another challenge for my masking 'skills'.
Project: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
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4 August 2014, 00:59
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So I broke the seal on this. I must admit that is is larger...or, to be more accurate, it has a larger wing area....than I expected.
4 August 2014, 01:04
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So...things are going along reasonably well, despite not providing sufficient nose weight to counter the tail and thus bringing about the decision to complete as 'wheels up', rather than my usual 'gear down' mode. However, now I am stymied by the usual....struts. Four stinking struts is all, two each side from under wing to fuselage. *sigh* When one side fits, the other is a silly millimeter too short. Too long I can deal with...too short is another thing entirely. ARRRRRGH...
13 September 2014, 19:41
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Yeah...that's where I'm at at the moment. Not quite as easy as peazy, though. It's nice to know that I'm following an acceptable option, thanks.
13 September 2014, 22:14
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haha yes, not as easy as peezy but easier then lengthening the struts 😄
I shall have check mine for this too seeing as we have the same kit 🙂
13 September 2014, 22:17
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So...I'm back from holiday and it's time to get back to sanding on this thing....
6 November 2014, 03:19
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I finished this kit a few weeks ago....terrible! Crap loads of flash on the sprues, parts falling off and terrible fit. I wasn't aware of weight needed up forward until too late and by that time I didn't care. As Kelly said, you'll have to fill around the main canopy and the landing gear struts are very flimsy. I'm also led to believe that the rivets on top of the wing aren't meant to go all the way to the back of the wing although I'm not positive about that. It's put me off Airfix for a while. Good luck and enjoy it for what it is. 🙂
6 November 2014, 04:32
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I'm still sanding. I broke open the Republic Seabee, just to provide something in which to see progress.
16 November 2014, 00:43
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Yeah old airfix molds... this one dates back to the 60's..
think its bad? try the spitfire Vb in 1:24.. same age mold and boy it shows.
NEW Airfix molds.. far far far better.
16 November 2014, 00:56
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I am going to start building this for the Twin-Engine-Twin-Prop Groupbuild on ATF. I have the fishing weights for the nose, but am thinking about getting the SAC white metal gear.
16 November 2014, 16:17