The Officially Shameless PBY/Halloween '09 GB

Hi Loyal Airmen!

The BVD has returned to the ether world!

I certainly appreciate the support to the GB you all have offered! I went back and forth between a hard-wire or wi-fi net connection......this and that ad nauseam. But Myself  is here.....and happy at the stuff to talk about!

Thanks Frankie for the look-ins (not quite enough Torp Juice doled out though! But I know how busy you are!

Still yaking notes about all the posts............Thanks for the fun and kind words! Working wicked hours....I'll ry and address all tomorrow!

Thanks much!

Got some more done inside.

Have a few items to make an install after the inside is painted and windows installed.

Even has the "bucket"

I even made a roll of TP out of the real deal to hang next to it.

Eric... 

I spoke with the BVD a little bit ago, and it seems he inadvertantly (he says) fell asleep in the back of a PBY outbound to some remote island full of wild native girls and booze.  Said he couldn't remember how to get back, so he stayed there waiting for rescue.  Lucky we found him when we did, lest he drink and fornicate himself to death.   LOL...

Says he'll be back later this week (yeah, right!  We've heard that one before LOL)

At least teh gears on these cats can take the weight!!! I'm building a -5 when the time comes, which is a taildragger on beaching gear anyway.

Herrrrrreeeee nammy, nammy, nammy!!!!!!

A few have also mentioned adding some of the weight in the engine nacelles since they sit forward of the wheels.

I put some heavy brass pieces in the nacelles of one of my 1/72 birds to help with the weight issue. 

Eric... 

Daywalker wrote:

Exactly 6.66 ounces, or 189 grams.

Wow...that's alot of weight, and it looks like most folks are also resorting to placing the weight behind the cockpit area. I'm going to have to rethink this a bit. I do like the idea of disguising the weight as various NAVY sundries. Maybe I can shape a piece of lead in the form of cases of beer bottles!

 I be bumping myself! Ha Sounds bad?! Just showing the poor mans way on how to make a 72 cent nose weight again. LOL!

 Nammy Nammy? Wherefore art thou? Would notflautulance from Coors be as sweet as Sam Adams? Or any other name?  Ah Parting is such sweet sorrow!  Is that one of those Shakespearian/ Italian opera tragedities?  Hark the Bernim Wood has began to move!  Out damned spot!

Alas poor Nam ... I knew him well!

Bumpin' yerself again are ye' Mcneal? I'm just going to put 8000 lbs of fire retardant in mine!. No detailed interior HA HA!

Attu Base to Nam, do you read me....

Attu Base to Nam, report your position...

 I dunno Bondo! I is worring bout the Namster myself!  Not even a note in a bottle as of late? Hmmmm

This was my solution to the weight issue in the nose. It is a lot of weight!

sfcmac wrote:

Ok I think I am ready to put the fuselage and stuff together. I made my weights. Made six stacks of 10 pennies and added 2 more per stack to keep it even. 72 cents so six stacks of 12 pennies which exceeds Franks calculations by 4 cents.  A quick glue together than wrapped them in masking tape. Wanted to ensure the hold together as not to make a PBY piggy bank.  Glad I did so as they actually can be seen through those futured side windows. The tape makes them look like tarp covered something or others. Besides if I had a giant penny showing up in my PBY Chuk may sue for copy-right infringement, Got a hair on the window! Hmmm. Anyways plenty of weight. It is dispursed between all 3 gear pretty well and  foresee no issues but it is surprisingly heavy.  Takes a lot to get it to even pivot. Sat the tail and wing pieces on the rear fin. Didn't move.  More than enough should anyone decide to weight it. Not as refined as Frank or Nam , but it works!  Thank you much for the weight and number of pennies Frank it worked well for me!   It looks like it would take an awful lot of water but then I thought so too and the hurricane surge came really close to us.  Just thinking of that stash Sean. Shame for the decals to get all wet.  You take care it can rise pretty fast. And you Nam! I work with a mouse in one hand a paint brush in the other!  Dee is somewhere in the middle! " border="0" width="15" height="15" /> I took both your advice after I finally pryed it outta yer aniebrietated carcus! # stacks are Seans color and 3 yours to keep it fair. Variety wasn't a bad idea. Gives contrast!  I also took Sean's mention of a stencil. Not USN but I had a few spare Navy decals in black which you can read thru the windows now. Pretty cool!  Thank you fellows!          A little fading with dull coat and rubbing alcohol and I'll close er up. Unless you have any further complaints sir?  Nap time for me gotta work tonight! I was on a roll too! " border="0" width="19" height="15" /> Aaron McNeal

Hot-Pb wrote:

Hey all. I'm adding nose weigths to my 1/48 PBY now and was wondering if anyone had actually tried to weigh how much was needed so she'd sit forward. I did find an online build by Dave Manter where he describes adding almost 6 oz. That seems like alot to me, but he says he added it right behind the cockpit, where there's admittedly more room. Filling the area right below and forward of the cockpit I doubt I'd get that much in there.  Hot-Pb

I ordered a Terry Dean pre-fabbed noseweight for mine, here is some info I posted here earlier:

Daywalker wrote:

Excellent work Mac!  You're really going to town on this baby.  Do you work?  How the heck do you find time to do all of this modeling? On the question of nose weights, have you guys seen these?  They are custom made by a guy named Terry Dean for specific aircraft.   Terry Dean nose weights I ordered some from him a while back, and they arrived today- including some for a 1/48 Monogram PBY!  I also bought some for the Academy P-38.  Here's a photo or two: I shall take the PBY one to work tomorrow, and weight it on my gem scale and report back with it's exact weight.

Daywalker wrote:

Daywalker wrote: I shall take the PBY one to work tomorrow, and weight it on my gem scale and report back with it's exact weight. Exactly 6.66 ounces, or 189 grams.

HTH!

Hey all. I'm adding nose weigths to my 1/48 PBY now and was wondering if anyone had actually tried to weigh how much was needed so she'd sit forward. I did find an online build by Dave Manter where he describes adding almost 6 oz. That seems like alot to me, but he says he added it right behind the cockpit, where there's admittedly more room. Filling the area right below and forward of the cockpit I doubt I'd get that much in there.

 Hot-Pb

Check it out, a LEGO PBY.

Couple more here and here. 

Eric... 

Small update with pix.

Still doing some work on the nose/cockpit area on this one than I'll be starting on the radio room area.

Same goes for the one in the background.

Need to hook up my AB soon so I can shoot some green in there.

Eric... 

I edited and cropped the pic.

Eric... 

Looking good.

Those are cool looking belts.

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So I'm bored and looking for more pix using a new word search and came across something that would make a neat addition to those doing WWII planes.

Ship recognition charts posted next to the blisters on the fore bulkhead.

2 pix here. 

Be forwarned one of the gunners is nude (side shot) appearantly right after rescuing someone seen in the other pic with the 2 guy's smoking.

So I've spent a little time looking without much success.

Anyone know of a site with these charts that are free.

Found a couple scans of pages from books for sale but not really like the ones in the pix.

Eric... 

sfcmac wrote:

Nice work there Hot pb. Does hot pb stand for Hot Pink Cutting Board?  Wow that is snazzy!  I like what you did to the radio compartment! The Fire extinguisher was also a nice touch!  No bullets in the chutes!   The Wheel gear look good as well!

Haha...HEY!!! You know, the hot pink ones are alot cheaper. Gotta love Walmart's craft section. And the bullets in the chutes are a comin...I have some extra photoetch .50 cal ammo belts from Eduard I wanted to try and add. Might be a little tricky but I figured it might spruce the guns up a bit, the blisters are wide open.

Hot-Pb

Looking good.

I take it your plane will be unarmed or are you reworking the bullets? 

I got most of the bulkheads installed in one of my birds, working on the cockpit for it than will be adding the radio room tables and equipment.

Eric... 

Hey all. No postings here for a few days so I figured I'd post some pics of my build. Nothing fancy, still finishing off the interior...did a little scratchbuilding for the radio/navigator compartment. Kept this very simple since I figured through those thick Revell windows you won't see much. I just didn't want it to look completely empty.

Hot-Pb