PBY-2 Catalina Waist guns

[mountzionryan]

I am building the Academy 1/72 PBY-2 and was trying to find any pics that showed what the waist guns looked like. This was prior to the waist blister window.

Thanks in advance.

 

[fubar57]

All I have is 4 or 5 photos for the PBY-1 waist positions. Don't know if there is a difference between the versions. I can post them is you'd like. If Lucky13 pops in, he would be the one to ask.

Geo

 

[mountzionryan]

If you don't mind, I'd love to see what you've got.

thanks

 

[fubar57]

From the Web.....

Geo

 

[Wurger]

For PBY 5

I hope these will help you... also I suggest having a look at the site I posted a couple of images from .... PBY-5A Catalina- Revell-Monogram -1/48

 

[mountzionryan]

Thanks for the reply. But in this case, it's the wrong Catalina variant. the PBY-2 had rectangular hatches that could be opened to use the waist guns.
I can't get to it right now for some reason, but this pic shows what it looks like.
http://pby.org/WebPages.nsf/Photos+PBY-2/0454.01

 

[Wurger]

I see. Just posted to show the PBY-5 variant. As far as your PBY-2 is concerned... the variant of Catalina was almost the same inside comparing to the PBY-1. So I think the MG mount for the PBY-2 was the same too.

 

[mountzionryan]

Thanks Wurger.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great info!