The Officially Shameless PBY/Halloween '09 GB

LT(jg) Daywalker!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET THE BUILD BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the reply nam. I thought I saw something posted about that but I couldn't find the dern thing! I had already drilled out the two holes for the rails, but I was much less sure about the crossmember. Thanks again.

PO Rich 

I guess I may start the other PBY concurrent with the PH GB! (Not!).....in a few days

My PC which hoards pics and won't let me post them....was to go into the shop on the w/e of Oct. 18/19 while I was out of town. I never went out of town. Been living w/ this nonsense!

PC into shop Nov. 3rd.....two, three days......so I'll be off-line until recovery.

(But that's next week!)

Daywalker wrote:

WOOHOO!!! Looks like we are a go.  Looking forward to seeing everyone's pics!  Nam- Hope you get your 'puter issues sorted out soon.

Me too Frankie!....me too! I talked to the PC guy this a.m. Putting it in on Wednesday.....assured back by Friday night.

It has begun at everyone's leisure! Happy B'Day again Frank!

Have fun all!

That's good news Cdr!

Hope they are able to get it sorted out once and for all.

Thanks for the b-day wishes, had fun buying some new toys at the LHS today! 

(Also placed a Sprue Bros order!)

Will probably start mine a little down the road, figure with a year I can wait a little bit.

Daywalker wrote:

Will probably start mine a little down the road, figure with a year I can wait a little bit.

(Provided no one begins a Stringbag GB!)

I ordered and rec'd an Osprey pub called "The US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War".

Fine, fine book! ($3.00 at alibris....used....in superb shape!) Many pics S/S doesn't show.....great info and profiles.

namrednef wrote:

Daywalker wrote: Will probably start mine a little down the road, figure with a year I can wait a little bit. (Provided no one begins a Stringbag GB!) I ordered and rec'd an Osprey pub called "The US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War". Fine, fine book! ($3.00 at alibris....used....in superb shape!) Many pics S/S doesn't show.....great info and profiles.

ACK!!!

Do you have a camera mounted in my stash?  How did you know I was looking at that Stringbag this very afternoon?  Now that's CRAZY!!!

Right- I'm off to modify the GB badge.  I'll post it here when she's ready!

OK, here are the new and improved GB badges:

LT(jg) Daywalker has updated the GB badge with the new dates.....I encourage all to add this wonderful artwork to their sig!

The fun is making me hate Trick or Treaters tonight!.........j/k

Those badges just look great with the Cat with the landing light on.

This just hit me, somebody should make a Halloween PBY with the whole wing painted like a Hershey's bar or something. It would be very festive.

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(Provided no one begins a Stringbag GB!)

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Are you referring to me ???!!!!! LOL JK

bondoman wrote:

See my PM Ritchie

Yes, I did see it.

Hello PBY Builders,

I an effort to help in the world of information sharing I have created a image gallery site full of PBY photos and drawings that have been graciously provided to me by a research friend of mine at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.

The link to the site is here and I hope everyone finds it of value, please let me know if something doesn't work right thanks in advance.

Oh and gentlemen no drooling as it holds over 1,100 images.

Happy veiwing all.

Cheers,

Thom

Sad time in Spokane when this happened. I remember watching this plane put fires out on a hill not to far from where I grew up, flying over head multiple times while picking up water and droping it then doing it over again. Every once in a while you can drive up to Deer Park and see it parked up there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqPpYLp81-U

Josh

nam: a quick question if I may. Did you remove all of the ugly ejector pin marks inside the fuselage halves? I mean in the two areas covered by "glass". My kit has quite a few nasty (both concave and convex) pin marks in those areas. I don't think they'll be seen from the outside on the finished model, and I removed and fixed one that would have prevented one of the bulkheads from fitting properly. Should I fix them all, or can I be lazy?

Thanks, Rich

RichardI wrote:

nam: a quick question if I may. Did you remove all of the ugly ejector pin marks inside the fuselage halves? I mean in the two areas covered by "glass". My kit has quite a few nasty (both concave and convex) pin marks in those areas. I don't think they'll be seen from the outside on the finished model, and I removed and fixed one that would have prevented one of the bulkheads from fitting properly. Should I fix them all, or can I be lazy? Thanks, Rich

Rich,

I'd mock up as much as I could in those areas, then close up the fuselage and see what pin marks are visible, then fill those.  I wouldn't worry about the others.  Just my opinion, I could be wrong.  You're not being lazy, just very efficient.

Just got off the horn with the BVD, he is having difficulty getting back to the ship from his weekend ashore!  Hope he is back by tomorrow eve.

Thom- Excellent site, thanks for the link!  Will be using some of those for my build here.

Frank and John:

Glad you found the site useful, figured I'd share the wealth.

Cheers,

Thom

Sorry Folks.........I've been unable to log-in since Saturday.....I know others have been having trouble likewise, but my PC is sick and going into the shop on Wednesday. I was able to lurk and did so.

Thanks for taking up the slack Frankie

My opinion about the EP marks (horrendously large!) is that they won't show thru the limited viewing space. As far as toning them down.....they can be filled easier than wiping them out. Either way it's a LOT of work.....and they really won't be seen without a Mag-Lite and strong eyes if all the planets are aligned correctly.

The Front Page is about to be updated.....spelling errors mostly.

Thanks for the help with the ugly EP's. I think that's sound advice - only fix them if you have to .

Rich

Yep....huge box....and worth every tree murdered!

I'll update the Homepage as to your kit!

Thanks!

Putting the PC into the PC shop tomorrow......should be back on Friday.

Hang in!

Got started on mine over the weekend. Got the front office painted and washed up. I almost finished up the landing gear. Sorry no pictures at this time.

Thad

Lt. Nam is back!

PC is all cleaned out, new CD ROM, quadrupled memory to over 1 Gig (free of charge!), new virus software. The thing was totally booted up in a few seconds....that's something I've never seen on this machine!

I've been working on all my WIPs....the Yellow Wing PBY for the PH GB is ready for the fuse halves to join! Nothing exceptional to note.....just be careful with the fiddly bits! Many of them in this kit! Spent a few hours searching the last few days.