PBY Catalina

[Lucky13]

Does anyone know where I can find the drawings to the boards that you stand on while repairing the engines on the Catalinas? And other repair structures that might have been used too of course.
I guess that you have to scratch build those, I can't find them as kits anywhere.....

 

[Wildcat]

Lucky, are the bottom two pics of RAAF Cats?

 

[Lucky13]

I couldn't tell Matey....my guess is as good as yours.

 

[Micdrow]

Hi Lucky13,

Just started looking but you might find this interesting

 

[Lucky13]

Sweeeet.....cheers matey!

 

[Micdrow]

Couple of more, these from the book Pby in detail

 

[Micdrow]

Last of them that I have found

 

[Lucky13]

Thanks a bunch mate, they look great! Thanks!

 

[Micdrow]

Two things of interest in the photo, one the ladder to board the aircraft and the second the russian star on the side.

 

[Micdrow]

Yet another one

 

[Lucky13]

Great pics mate!

 

[A4K]

Great pic of the RNZAF Cat, Micdrow! One of our Boeing PB2B-1's by the look of the nose turret, and ASR aerials under the wings. Any idea of XX-C's serial?

 

[Wildcat]

Great pic of the RNZAF Cat, Micdrow! One of our Boeing PB2B-1's by the look of the nose turret, and ASR aerials under the wings. Any idea of XX-C's serial?

According to the NZ serials site, XX-C was PBY-5 NZ4003, written off in Oct 43.

 

[A4K]

Thanks Wildcat!

I didn't know there was such a site! What's the full site address?

Also. if XX-C was a Pby-5, were they retro-fitted with the later nose turrets? The lack of radome behind the canopy was my one reason for doubting it being a PB2B-1.

 

[Wildcat]

No idea if it was modified mate, I just grabbed the info from Welcome to NZ Serials

 

[A4K]

Cheers for that Wildcat, will check it out!

 

[Wildcat]

No probs mate.