Catalina PBY

John3M

Wow its is a little pricey  

If you mean the Monogram kit, then like I said, if you don't need the kit right now but can wait, you'll eventually find one at a reasonable price.  eBay, but also at a show, at a club, etc.  Just need to look and be patient.

John3M

Wow its is a little pricey 

 

That's what happens when a kit is out of production for years and it's a sellers market. It doesn't help that Revell USA, who had the molds, was out of business for some time.

Wow its is a little pricey 

keavdog

The latest Academy 1/72 kit is a 'Midway' release and has Reids markings as well as Probst.  Funny, I looked up Reid and Ady and both said 'they spotted the fleet'.  Could have been a different times I suppose.  Says Probst had the only succesful torpedo attack during the battle - lol

 

Reid was from VP-44 and found the invasion force on June 3rd, seinding off the first definintive report "Main Body", followed by amplification reports of the number of ships, postions, course and speed.

Ady, from VP-23, found the carrier strike force on the next morning June 4, sending out "Enemy Carriers" and then follow up reports with numbers, location, course, and speed.

From what I've been able to find is that VP-44 flew PBY-5A amphibians, while VP-23 flew PBY-5 seaplanes during the Midway battle.

Probst, indeed was part of an overnight torpedo attack on the night of June 3/4 against the invasion force. They succeeded in torpedoeing one ship of the invasion force, an oiler. This was the only successful torpedo attack, aerial or submarine, by US forces during the entire battle. They all survived and made it back to Midway just as teh Japanese air raid arrived

This is all four pilots of the PBYs after the battle. Probst is on the right. Lt. Richards, second from right, is credited with the torpedo hit.

Reid's crew after the battle. Reid is perched on the landing gear.

The latest Academy 1/72 kit is a 'Midway' release and has Reids markings as well as Probst.  Funny, I looked up Reid and Ady and both said 'they spotted the fleet'.  Could have been a different times I suppose.  Says Probst had the only succesful torpedo attack during the battle - lol

I have the Pro Modeler PBY-5A in my stash along with a set of Yellowhammer Decals to make Jack Reid's Midway PBY. I'd love to find markings for Ady's PBY, but no luck so far. 

I've read good things about the 1/72 Academy kits - I may go that route.  I've been wanted to build an RAF Catalina ever since I watched Greyhound

With these depth charges!

600 euros!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_53_pRsz0Es

Bill

IIRC, the rivet-counters poo-poo the Revel/Monogram kit because the tail is not shaped exactly to the real bird, but unless you're comparing the kit to a real plane, or someone else's who's added the resin 'correction kit' to it, 99.99% of those looking at it will know, or care.  

There's also a 1/32 scale version of it made by HpH, but it's EXPENSIVE.  It does have a full interior, though.  They also make a cut-away version which is still expensive, but not as much as the full kit:

http://shop.hphmodels.cz/en/model-kits-in-scale-132/109-pby-5a-catalina-v-meritku-132.html

It's a really nice kit. If you lok around, there is a lot of AM stuff available.

Bill

John3M

Looking to add this to my collection what recommendations do you have perhaps 1/48 scale good detail good manufacturing spru detail? PBY 5 A ?? Perhaps

Some text may be in German, but the instruction pictures are in English (or French, Spanish, Urdu, etc)

Actually the kit goes back to Monogram in the mid-90s.  Then reboxed by Revell, Revell-Monogram, and Revell-AG (Germany). 

Thanks ill keep looking my german is a little rusty

There is only one available in 1/48. Revell/Monogram did the PBY-5 and PBY-5A in 1/48 and thats it. I believe that Revell Germany has also issued the kit, but its been quite a few years since it was on teh market.