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                        Cousteau P.B.Y.

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Cousteau P.B.Y.
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, June 4, 2015 4:52 PM

                        This is crazy :

                            Yes! At the same flea market where I mentioned acquiring the AMT/ERTL truck kit , I found a P.B.Y. -1/72 scale and all there ! $ 9.00 Bucks ! Again my friend had been looking for one . Well , after talking to him , this too will find it's way up to Yankee Land !

                             It was the Revell release of the one used by the Cousteau's on the job . Great looking plane and kit !

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                        modelcrazy
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, June 4, 2015 5:04 PM

                        Who makes it?

                        Steve

                        Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

                         

                         

                        http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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                        jb4406
                        • Member since
                          March 2011
                        • From: Gateway to Cape Cod MA
                        Posted by jb4406 on Thursday, June 4, 2015 6:26 PM

                        Revell released the kit as "Cousteau's PBY" back in the early 70's. With a little work & kit bashing or aftermarket parts, it can be used to build a navy PBY-6 w/ tall tail.

                        "The difficult, I do  right away. The impossible will take a little longer."

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, June 4, 2015 7:44 PM

                        Man I remember building that one when it was new! Nice Score!!!

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        philo426
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Thursday, June 4, 2015 8:48 PM

                        I remember that one!It had a cool paint scheme!

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:23 PM

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        JOE RIX
                        • Member since
                          August 2009
                        • From: MOAB, UTAH
                        Posted by JOE RIX on Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:45 PM

                        Oh man, what a sweet score Tanker. Love those PBY's.

                        "Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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                        GMorrison
                        • Member since
                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, June 4, 2015 11:41 PM

                        My Fire Eater.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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                        seasick
                        • Member since
                          June 2004
                        • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
                        Posted by seasick on Sunday, June 7, 2015 7:48 PM
                        When I was a kid on Long Island (NY) back in the 1970s I used to see them all the time when I was at the beach. Nassau county must have owned quite a few. I asked my dad about it once and there were a lot of them surplus at the end of WW2 and they were sold off by the Federal government.

                        Chasing the ultimate build.

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:50 PM

                        That's nice !

                           i remember seeing them in L.A. too . For those who wanted to get to Santa Catalina faster  - of course we called it Catalina Island !

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:51 PM

                        Joe , I think , over the years I've built more PBYs and SA 16 bs than most . If it floats and flies , no matter whose flag was on it I built it !

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                        tankerbuilder
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                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:52 PM

                        Yeah Philo ;

                        One of the coolest , in my Book !

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:53 PM

                        The only thing : Like most of Revell's PBYs the clear parts weren't the greatest .

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                        tankerbuilder
                        • Member since
                          August 2008
                        Posted by tankerbuilder on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:54 PM

                        Sorry , Modelcrazy : it was by Revell !

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