The Officially Shameless PBY/Halloween '09 GB

Found something that might be of intrest to some of you.

Hit this link to Seawings.

Can't post a direct link for some reason so just follow this. 

On the side bar hit references

Next Flying Boats Manuals Gallery

Than PBY-5 Catalina 

There are some pix of installing Bombs and Torpedos as well as a lot of interiors.

No updates on my builds as I have been working on something else the last 2 weeks. 

Eric... 

simpilot34 wrote:

sfcmac wrote:     Out of repect for it being Sunday and all I shall have no comment about Bondo's control Yoke!   Doesn't matter what day!!!! LOL

sfcmac wrote:

Out of repect for it being Sunday and all I shall have no comment about Bondo's control Yoke!

Doesn't matter what day!!!! LOL

Nam! New Job? What happened to your gig at the Play Boy Groto?  Bummer you looked real Eastery in your bunny suit! You have to ask Frank about that Good Guy award. It is actually a punishment for being naughty! I still think Bondo Framed me though!

 Out of repect for it being Sunday and all I shall have no comment about Bondo's control Yoke!

How does someone LOSE a control yoke!??? (Well, I did "lose" a canopy once that was made so transparent with Future that.......heck, it was right in front of me all the time....I just couldn't see it!) Why are we working in Stamford?......because it's all that's available.....at least we are working while others in our trade are slowly dying!

Aaron..... Cool Good Guy avatar! The BVD was up early because current working hours on this new job require meself to get up at 4 a.m. in order to beat the CT Turnpike traffic to Stamford. I allow meself an extra hour on the weekend to try and maintain the sked.......and to allow for a little imbibing!

Sean! Puh-leeze! Me finish a GB on time???? The Helldiver is begun and I shall leave it at that!

Tony! I think I posted something about the wing-half troubles! I've felt your pain! Almost an inch-by-inch process. Glue, adjust, clamp.......glue adjust clamp.......glue adjust clamp....etc! Be sure to paint hidden areas of the W/T floats if showing them undeployed.....I caught that potential mistake just in time!

Sheesh! I recall the weirdest things.........

Summit wrote:

namrednef wrote: Sean! The PBY is underway as of what?.....oh, the 15th of Feb....YAY! Lt -  Actually the 1/72 PBY is moored up waiting in line for the paintbooth and the 1/48 PBY office had been started.

Close up the fuse and the wings, Next big chore is the new nose, and cowlings.

namrednef wrote:

simpilot34 wrote: NAMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! WB MATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The BVD has returned!!!!!!!! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Thanks guys, very much! Tony: Doing a great job and making it look easy! Fab detailing!

Great to see ya back in fine form Nam! Thanks for the fine words, but it's never easy.

I'll post some more pics soon, slowed down myself on this build last couple of weeks, but I have the fuse closed up and have been gluing the wings together. Ghosh...is it just my kit that's a headache here? The wing pieces just don't line up well front to back on the 1/48 PBY. Took me probably a week of gluing and re-gluing to get something acceptable and it's still gonna need putty. EEeek.

Tony

namrednef wrote:

Sean! The PBY is underway as of what?.....oh, the 15th of Feb....YAY!

Lt -  Actually the 1/72 PBY is moored up waiting in line for the paintbooth and the 1/48 PBY office had been started.  Didnt want to go and finish everything up while you were away on Holiday.

Glad to see you back and posting,  by the Way did you get that Helldiver finished from the Classic Kit gb ? 

What the heck is Nammy doing up so early on a Saturday?  Well maybe it was cuz he got home really late! Hope your Voice returns to normal soon!

 Letter in route now that your all settled!  Better get that bench together quick!

 Now what was I working on?

simpilot34 wrote:

NAMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! WB MATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The BVD has returned!!!!!!!! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys, very much!

Mike! You bet! TYVM! A very nice Revell Mk II Spitfire in 1/48! I choose to view it as a housewarming gift as it was the first piece of mail I received after moving here! Thank you!

I believe Frankie was having a joke about a tropical paradise. Probably based on the hideous weather CT has been seeing until recently.

A couple kwik-notes:

Sean! The PBY is underway as of what?.....oh, the 15th of Feb....YAY!

Eric: So much great help and info you dispense! Your updates are very motivational.....and the photo refs!

Tony: Doing a great job and making it look easy! Fab detailing!

Bondoman.....(J/K) Your progress is heartening.....gives me hope for meself! Thanks for helping hold the fort! I have a used copy of The Mediterranean Caper by Cussler you can have....it's a one-nite read and it's kind of tame by today's standards but still is great fun.

We used to pass Cussler books around the berthing compartment while at sea.

Lastly, for those who missed it and want it.........my address is the same except for the house number and street.

It is now #19 Meadowbrook Dr.

Wingtip floats deployed!

Underwater? Under water!............OHHHHHHHH! (Not your typing.....it's my eyes!)

You folks have more wit than you think.............some only half as much...........but a stout bunch of Airmen!

OY! Perhaps I'm REALLY back! (Where is that walking keg of torp juice???)

Lousy working hours.....catch-up reading here......remodeling kitchen.....you-name-it!

I've been following and have a mile of notes on all the great progress and contributions! You guys are all great!

New home won't allow my old Workbench National Park modeling area.....so I'm going with a meld of 2 computer hutches with a bench level section in between. Found both hutches on Craig's very cheap!

My wireless connection is iffy at times, but right now I'm 80 feet away from the modem....it will be fine when I move the PC to the WB area.

Keep at it folks.....great job you have done working this GB!

Thank You!

Division 6 wrote:

A new book just came our a few weeks ago. (Corsair) Another one due out in June (Medusa)  For a while I was reading 4 of his books a week. Currently reading Arctic Drift.    Eric...

Good book, but then most of his are.  Just don't read Sahara and then watch the movie.  For many years I've thought about who would make a good Dirk Pitt (as written) and never had an answer, but I think Daniel Craig would be a good choice.  Still looking for Raise the Titanic on VHS.  I think Clive bought them all and burned them as bad as that movie was.  Nice work on the PBY's.

A new book just came our a few weeks ago. (Corsair)

Another one due out in June (Medusa) 

For a while I was reading 4 of his books a week.

Currently reading Arctic Drift. 

Eric... 

Yeah the floor sits almost directly on the top of the wheel well.

It's not a problem to drop the floor it you are doing a wheels up or non wheel (5) version.

For the 2 I'm working on to install the PE floor I added a strip of plastic under the flooring so the PE has something to sit on since it's held together with 4 tiny tabs.

I then marked off where it will be and cut areas around it and the front so the foot pedal area is over open space like on the real ones.

For the 5 that will be in flight mode I dropped the floor to accommodate both the open door at the rear and a figure in a seat.

In both cases I put the seat on a block of plastic so it's raised off the floor.

I also added the front bulkhead with opening and walkway. 

The #2 bulkhead between the cockpit and radio room is missing the openings for the cables to run through on the outer edges.

Eric... 

sfcmac wrote:

Ah that is what it means when I hear those teenagers saying, " I'd tap that"  Makes sense now.

Eric, specially because I have the academy kit too, that work of yours is properly all scratchbuilt, and beautiful. The kit, for the rest of you, has a cockpit floor about 1 scale foot below the sides of the cockpit greenhouse, and seats from a 1/72 MG Midget to glue flush on them. Oh, there's a slot down the center of the floor, but the top of the nose wheel well fits up in it. All this in the -5A, but I'd guess the flying boat parts are the same. Nicely done, Eric.

Due to recent GB completions- yes I do and thank you very much- the PBY now commands the bench.

BVD welcome back, we missed you!

Alright, men...

I think it's time for a little Torp juice!  Hopefully, the BVD will be arriving soon as his ship is inbound with another load of spirits!  The keg's be gettin low, and I'm afraid we'll have a mutiny lest we resupply soon!

Thanks guy's.

Glad you like it.

I appreciate the encouragement.

Eric... 

Summit wrote:

Dang Eric your PBY looks Fantastic. What a great job you have done with your detailing.    It's almost a crime to seal it up.

That looks great Eric!!!!

Nammy!!!!!!!!!!!!! WB Mate!!!! Thought you might have been snowed under, with the white stuff that is. Is the FO and XO with you yet?????????

Well I guess it's time for another update.

Got some painting and construction done on both birds.

One is almost ready to seal up once I get the pilot finished and the seats in.

The other one needs the floors and a bit of furniture but it's getting close as well.

Eric...