**** DONE: 1/48 Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina Commonwealth GB.

[Airframes]

Neat work Vic, and more good info JC.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks again CJ, that's a good reference book your posting details from and thanks guys, comments are appreciated.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Found time to do a bit more work on the Cat today in between working on the airlines.

Both wheel bays now filled in and filed back, may give them a coat of paint just to check out the join before progressing much further.

A close up of the patchwork showing the new riveting.

Here the hawser cable has been removed. Not sure about making the hatch for it though, haven't got a collapsible anchor.....................

Picture complements of CJ above.

Making a start on the nose wheel bay, one side has been scraped away and the small indentations (red arrow) are the wheel bay water vents which were only fitted once a wheel bay was fitted.

 

[N4521U]

I'm anxious to see how you make that anchor!!

 

[J-Christophe]

In addition, 2 pages from the Erection and Maintenance Manual :

When I wrote 'hawser', I was joking about the tremendous section of the rope on the model...

You can see, to the left of the following picture, one of the fittings (2) for the lock pins (6) on the hull chine

Cheers.

 

[A4K]

Great info there, JC!

 

[ozhawk40]

Well done Vic 8)

Cheers

Peter

 

[Airframes]

Nice work indeed Vic, and yet more good stuff from JC.
Hmm, I wonder what the landing drills were?
"Flaps 30, cowl flaps open"
"Twenty five feet, throttles to quarter"
"Flare out - drop anchor" !!!!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for the comments guys as always, much appreciated.

More good stuff JC, I can't thank you enough. Some of this info makes me wonder how far should I try and go with the detail of the model and with what you have provided, it certainly gives food for though. In respect of the hawser, it had always been my intention to replace it with something more realistic, so rest easy my friend, it would have been removed anyway.

 

[Crimea_River]

Outstanding work Vic. Did you use a ponce wheel for the rivets or do them individually?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Andy and the rivets had to be done by hand using a rivet gauge as I don't have a ponce wheel, it only took about 45 minutes using the gauge and a bit of tape to hold it on line.

 

[J-Christophe]

Hello, Vic.
Pleased to help you and anyone in need of doc.
I have hundreds of pictures and some usefull manuals (4Go in my computer about PBYs).
I dream in full scale.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Hello, Vic.
Pleased to help you and anyone in need of doc.
I have hundreds of pictures and some usefull manuals (4Go in my computer about PBYs).
I dream in full scale.

JC, you and I have the same dream for if I could own any aircraft, it would be the PBY-5 Catalina and as I am not a pilot, I would have to build a huge pond to float it in. My thanks again for all that lovely information.

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent work Vic...some great reference detail too!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

That's some excellent work Vic. I like those reference photos too.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Outstanding work on the rivits!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Bill and David, not much progress since, have a lot of huge injection marks on the inside of the fuselage to remove, many stuck in places where if looking close through canopies ands such would stick out like dog you know what.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sounds like some great fun ahead for you Vic!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You wouldn't chuckle, some of these pits you could float a DUKW in.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You wouldn't chuckle, some of these pits you could float a DUKW in.