Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

Kelly Wellington
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.

Kelly Wellington
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...

Choppa Nutta
sand the middle pylon as in decrease its height , easy peazy 😄

Kelly Wellington
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.

Choppa Nutta
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 🙂

Kelly Wellington
Watch the fit on the clear canopy. There's the rub.

Kelly Wellington
So...I'm back from holiday and it's time to get back to sanding on this thing....

Ben STONE
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. 🙂

Kelly Wellington
I'm still sanding. I'm getting closer, but I'm still sanding.

Kelly Wellington
I'm still sanding. I broke open the Republic Seabee, just to provide something in which to see progress.

Augie
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.

Kerry COX
The undercarrage is a nice little surprise too.

Kelly Wellington
I opted out of the undercarriage early on.

Gordon Sørensen
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.