Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
conversion to PBY-6A JMSDF Japan
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- September 15, 2015
- Completed:
- September 30, 2015
- Time spent:
- 2 weeks
ACADEMY model PBY-5A (12487) + BROPLAN vacuformed conversion for PBY-6A (MS-60)
Project inventory
Scratchbuilt No kits or aftermaket sets are attached.
Photoalbums
Comments
30 September 2015, 10:35
luciano gianfilippiJMSDF PBY-6A was at first in service with n°91 squadron at Omura Base near Nagasaki, from 1956, with the same livery of US Navy; I painted all the fuselage with Tamiya acril colors 30 % black rubber and 70 % deep blue (XF-8 + XF 85).
This aircraft (82 Omura-5882) shows in the photo a radio-compass up on the wing, between the two engines:
it was added from my old parts bank (picked up at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2 years ago at Hasegawa stand fro few coins).
30 September 2015, 12:30