The Officially Shameless PBY/Halloween '09 GB

Daywalker wrote:

namrednef wrote: Winner #1 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's dishes. Winner #2 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's That is all........... ACK!!! Get my name outta THAT drawing!!!

Daywalker wrote:

namrednef wrote: Winner #1 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's dishes. Winner #2 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's That is all........... ACK!!! Get my name outta THAT drawing!!!

That leaves you two options Frankie! Winner #1 or a non-winner!

The BVD shall hold in abeyance the washing requirements. There may be reprisals!

Sean....as a member of the Royal Court..............

Today is my scheduled day of the week to work on my PBY-5 Stay tuned  for some WIP later today

Lt- People are going to give you strange looks with that can above your head today.

namrednef wrote:

Winner #1 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's dishes. Winner #2 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's That is all...........

ACK!!!

Get my name outta THAT drawing!!!

Amongst the 17 builds I have going is this the Pearl Harbor GB PBY....go figure.

When building the wingtips.....the left and right wingtip inserts....trim carefully and look for very tiny bits of flash. It should be sanded off to conform with the basic shape of the part. The wing on this kit can be tough to mate 100% correctly so the law of diminishing returns applies. DRY FIT and trim/sand accordingly!

Also, with the outer wingtip floats....I flat sanded the sides with the pin sockets to get a better fit. After dry-fitting I decided not to sand any outer edges until the float halves are joined. You may do things differently, but I believe sanding the join afterward will lessen the need for putty/filler. And it is going to need sanding.

Daywalker wrote:

All hail the BVD!  What a generous and thoughtful chap, offering free PBY parts!  Thanks BVD!

The BVD respects the well deserved and expected compliments!

Hail the BVD!

Entrants for the free mask raffle/lottery up to this point:

Winner #1 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's dishes.

Winner #2 will be assigned to washing the Royal BVD's

That is all...........

In the interests of being fair:

The BVD shall close canopy mask raffle entries tomorrow (Saturday) at noon and hold the drawing at 1pm!

The drawing will be unscientific.....tokens with names in a coffee can......held above my head.....shake the can.....pull a token.......shake again......pull the second winner.

Simple as that! This has been a pleasant diversion and I thank all participants. Besides, it's a way to promote the GB!

Consider it done Frankie!

I believe I'll close entries Saturday

That's 3 for the present then.

I think the method I'll use will be to write each name metal tokens I have, shake them up in a coffee can and pick the two winners.

Official PBY New Year wishes to ALL from the BVD!

nam,

Happy New Year !!

So is this a look for the black spot on the piece of paper type of lottery ?

Cheers,

Thom

Just bumping this up so that others might notice the lottery!

Sorry Sean!

Sean! First name in the hat!

Sorry if some are kicking themselves for having bought some....I JUST FOUND THEM!

Im in, Never played the Lotto or used a Mask (least for building models)

Everybody Have a Safe and Happy New Year

It may be your Texas accent, Aaron,....but it's Badda-Bing Badda-Boom!

Bondo! Great to hear about the start date! How are ya?

Latest BVD screwup: I was searching for something unrelated to PBY's and opened a mis-labeled drawer..............

AND FOUND TWO SETS OF EDUARD PBY MASKS!

......so when the one I recently ordered arrives.....I shall have 4 sets

That must've been a very rum day that I hid those!

Get your requests in now and I'll hold a lottery, managed by me the BVD! One per customer, please. I'll let you know the winners and they shall PM me with mailing details!

Man! I am so posted you could call me a tomato plant! Or maybe a light post or even a box of Post Toasties!

Oops I forgot I'm none of those! I thought you meant postal. That is what everyone calls me.

 I too shall begin my build with the New Year! As planned! Budda bing! Budda Boom!

KINGTHAD wrote:

Nam just a heads up, Squadron just got the mask in Monday so hurry up before Frank reads this. Thad

ACK!!!

Gotta go put my Squadron order together RIGHT NOW!!!

Mac- Nothing quite like coming inside from snow-removal duties and seeing that photo of yours!   Thanks a lot...

I'm really excited to hopefully soon get my bench cleared (except for the Corsair twins!) and starting on my PBY!

Hi Mike! I don't know about the legality of decals........but I'm sure others do.

The Black Cats used the -5 with minimal markings by my refs. Star and Bar on each side of the nose and the wing locations. Plus a 2 digit buno on the tail.

That's what I have.

Thanks Lt for letting me in , I have been researching out my Catalina and have found out my "after market" decals have deceived me. There was never a CG Catalina serial # V-159  but there was one V-189 so that will be the one I try to replicate. I have found some really interesting history on CG V-189 but not many pictures (least good ones)

http://uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org/images/PBY%20V-189.pdf

Aaron - there was no info on the box or in the instructions about the "Box Art" markings. I will check into some Navy Sites to see if they are genuine or fluffed.  That is the reason I have not built any of my 1/48 Catalinas as I dont like the kit supplied decals. 

sfcmac wrote:

Whelp! There goes the neighborhood!!!! ...... AGAIN!  Welcome Sean! Hey if you get a chance and there is info on your instructions or kit can you elaborate a wee bit about the Box Art markings? Pre-ar? Yellow wings? Haven't seen that profile before. Nam you is a beastie of a belching bazooka bubble gum chewing blasphomus beauty! Need a shot an a beer but tis back to work with me! AAARRRRGH !

Thank you for the kind nonsense Aaron!

 Whelp! There goes the neighborhood!!!! ...... AGAIN!  Welcome Sean! Hey if you get a chance and there is info on your instructions or kit can you elaborate a wee bit about the Box Art markings? Pre-ar? Yellow wings? Haven't seen that profile before.

Nam you is a beastie of a belching bazooka bubble gum chewing blasphomus beauty! Need a shot an a beer but tis back to work with me! AAARRRRGH !

Sorry Sean.....server was down for a few hours.

Thank you and welcome to the GB! Your presence will greatly enhance this GB!

Title page being updated!

Requesting Official Permission to join this GB, the Academy 1/72 PBY-5 arrived in todays mail.  Markings will be US Coast Guard V-159 , 1945 era

KINGTHAD wrote:

Nam just a heads up, Squadron just got the mask in Monday so hurry up before Frank reads this. Thad

Thanks Thad! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Nam just a heads up, Squadron just got the mask in Monday so hurry up before Frank reads this.

Thad