Consolidated PBY-5a Catalina

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The kit
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The extra's
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Scratched + PE = Bulkhead + Cockpit
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Scratched interior front side
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Interior front side
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Scratched + PE = Bulkhead waist gunners' compartment
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Scratched + PE = Bulkhead waist gunners' compartment
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Scratched interior waist gunners' compartment
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Waist gunners' compartment
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Waist gunners' compartment
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Interior painted
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Interior painted
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Al the bulkheads and scratched parts build in
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Modification to the blisters
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Modification to the blisters
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Al the bulkheads and scratched parts build in
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fuselage closed, further assembly
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Preshading struts under fabrics
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Preshading first color (white)
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Comments

22 18 August 2020, 13:44

Treehugger
A white Catalina (box art)? Nice! I'd like to see that.

18 August 2020, 15:42

Treehugger
And ofc nice scratch building inside the two machine gun blisters. 🙂 I built this thing in 3D on a computer, a long time ago, I just remembered, probably lost in one of my old style mechanical harddrive crashes, like with some other projects of mine. 🙁

18 August 2020, 15:44

Spanjaard
Catalinas are beautiful.... in any color 🙂
but i have not seen a white one before, i think 🙂
nice details

18 August 2020, 15:45

Lochsa River
sittin in....a Catalina!

18 August 2020, 16:44

Ben M
watching this one.

18 August 2020, 18:55

Andy Ball
Catatonic: got to see how this works out?!....

18 August 2020, 22:06

Davy Vos
Thanks for the comments all!

Its not going to be white, sorry. I'm going for the PBY-5A Catalina Bu.No 2459 73-P-9 flown by Lt(jg) R.B. Hopgood of VP-73, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 1942.

@Treehugger: Too bad you lost that 3D Cat, would have loved to see that!
@Andy Ball: LOL 😄

19 August 2020, 05:58

Derek Huggett
To those of us who grew up with Airfix, Catalinas were always white! (The Revell 'Black Cat' came as quite a shock when first released). Please treat this 'old soldier' with the care it deserves (but it looks like you already are - some really great scratch-building). 👍😉

19 August 2020, 07:45

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive detailing, will follow 👍

19 August 2020, 10:09

Davy Vos
I'm doing the best I can Derek! Thanks, and you too Łukasz! 🙂

25 August 2020, 05:15

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
I think I had this box when I was in secondary school, around 1980...
Never finished it then, but stayed fascinated with Catalinas (they ARE white!) since. Especially because it was Jacques Cousteau's plane too.
I'm in the port-side bubble, following.

9 October 2020, 06:42

Davy Vos
Didn't know that about Jacques Cousteau! Great to have you on board!😉

9 October 2020, 15:54

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Jacques Cousteau's son, Philippe, actually died in it during an accident while testing the hull for leaks.
aviation-safety.net/..rd.php?id=19790628-0

9 October 2020, 19:38

Derek Huggett
Also - Cousteau's PBY (The Cousteau Society Flying Boat), Revell No. H576 1:72 - hard to find now. 🙂

10 October 2020, 06:24

Guy Rump
Looking really good so far, following with interest 🙂

10 October 2020, 16:27

Davy Vos
Thanks for the interesting information gents! ????????

10 October 2020, 16:28

Maciej Bellos
Following!

10 October 2020, 21:03

Gary Victory
Really nice work so far. 🙂

9 December 2020, 07:11

Burkhard D
Grest work, turning the Airfix kit into a little gem. 🙂

9 December 2020, 07:19

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
But... But... But!? It isn't white anymore!!! 😛

9 December 2020, 14:46

Dave Flitton
Wow!

9 December 2020, 23:35

Andy Ball
this is real "base-metal to gold" stuff here! never has an olde-Airfix kit received so much attention!

10 December 2020, 09:32

Davy Vos
Thank you very much for the kind words 🙂

23 December 2020, 07:30

Bernd Korte
Great work! A real inspiration how you are using the "disadvantages" of this old kit (aka raised detail) to make it all the more realistic!

24 December 2020, 11:42

playtime 222
Nice weathering.

24 December 2020, 17:21

Thomas Bischoff
Awesome work! A lot of details and I love the effect with the oil colours

24 December 2020, 18:38

HSC1932
Very very nice

24 December 2020, 18:40

Cuajete
Fantastic interiors and painting job for this vintage kit. Following...

24 December 2020, 19:12

Davy Vos
Thank you very much all! And yes Bernd, my goal was to achieve a result with all the respect for the old skool raised details. Glad this isn't unseen! 🙂

24 December 2020, 21:39