Consolidated PBY Catalina
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PBY-5A Catalina RAAF Academy 1/72
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Catalina is one of my favorite naval aircraft. I remember in the early nineties when it was in the shop window, painted black, and I could only dream of buying it. So after thirty years I am going back to my dreams. Almost a year [...]
1/72 Canso A.
This is the Academy PBY-5A finished as a RCAF Canso A. The Canso was a license built Catalina manufactured by Boeing Canada and Canadian Vickers. The one I chose to model was a Canadian Vickers built machine from the last production [...]
Academy 1/72 PBY-5A Catalina
Hi There,
This one was built for the wee fellas roof.
No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah.
I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler.
Primed with UMP [...]
On This Day…May 25th.
Nice set of Spitfire references for weathering.
Spitfire MkVb of RAF 222 Squadron (ZD-H) named ‘Flying Scotsman’ In Essex, England, 25th of May, 1942.
Pilot, South African Flight Lieutenant Laurie, is a flier of the 222 Squadron [...]
Miss pick me up. Catalina from Duxford
Having gone to flying legends recently at Duxford in UK, and always having a love affair with the cat, it seemed only a matter of time before I made one of these.
This is the old 1/48 scale Revell/Monogram kit of the Catalina with AM [...]
PBY-5A Catalina – 1/144 – Minicraft
This was another long run. I'm happy to see it finished. I hope you like it...
QANTAS PB2B-2 Catalina
This is the 1/72 Academy PBY-5A converted to a PB2B-2 in QANTAS markings (by Hawkeye Models Australia) with the Red Roo Conversion set. First completion for 2018.
1/48 Monogram PBY-5A Catalina, VP-44 Ensign Jack Reid, “44-P-4” Midway Group build
Almost exactly to the minute. Around 9AM, Midway time, which happens to be 4PM here on the Eastern coast of the US.
75 years ago today... this plane spotted the Japanese invasion forces, consisting of mainly transports. These forces [...]
ProModeler (Monogram) PBY-5A
I'm posting this old (2005) review from Modeling Madness as encouragement for the Midway Group Build.
With more than 4,000 of all versions produced over eight years, the Consolidated PBY Catalina easily qualifies as the world’s most [...]
Consolidated PBY 4 Catalina, A24-29, 3 OTU RAAF Rathmines NSW 1944.
1/72 Academy, my third Catalina, I modified a few things, finished in MM and Humbrol enamels with Future and Micro flat over spare decals.
