The Officially Shameless PBY/Halloween '09 GB

Be sure to invite a few friends over when closing the fuse up. You can never have to many hands or rubber bands or clamps or........

Thad

Thanks a lot for the nudge, Nam. The instructions really aren't very clear when showing where to put the IP.

And KINGTHAD, I never let anyone near my models.. Rubber bands, eh?

Anyway, thanks both.

Rich

RichardI wrote:

Thanks a lot for the nudge, Nam. The instructions really aren't very clear when showing where to put the IP.

NP RichardI.....but as KingThad has mentioned.....this PBY fuse is not an easy join.....dryfit......line everything up and use your best techniques to glue it little by little while keeping your seams even and step-free.

.....and don't wrap elastic bands over fresh glue! They tend to become part of the model!

Room for one more cat in the build? My LHS had the Revell PBY on display and I just couldn't resist, I'm planning on doing it up as a black cat.

TL

Plenty of room Hot-Pb! Front page now has you added! Welcome aboard!

Aaron- Ask, and ye shall receive...

BVD here!

That plane was a PBY-5 Catalina I. Serial # W8406, WQ Z of RAF 209 Sq......with American co-pilot Lt(jg) Leonard B. 'Tuck' Smith aboard.

I'm reading from a ref book, PBY 'In Action'......any more info you need, I'll try to describe or help you find, Aaron.

Frankie to the rescue!

 Vey cool thanks to ye both! Did you check your PM NAM?

Oh Man Sean has got the bug !

sfcmac wrote:

Vey cool thanks to ye both! Did you check your PM NAM? Oh Man Sean has got the bug !

Rec'd and replied.....sorry I lagged behind Mr. Daywalker on your ref.

Sean....I have just been trying to load some pics for you. P'bucket is looking weird. Not unusual in my PC. My aching BUTT!

My wife has been hijacking my mail orders and calling them Christmas Presents.  I just stare at her and play Don't fear the Reaper really loud......

I wonder why she keeps telling people I am scary?

namrednef wrote:

Sean....I have just been trying to load some pics for you. P'bucket is looking weird. Not unusual in my PC. My aching BUTT!

I do not know how I missed this? Jeeze! Nam try working your electronical equipment. IE Camera , and computer with some other appendage other than your hiney. No wonder it doesn't work. The Pics not your butt of course. Anybody got one of those inflatable donuts he can borrow? 

sfcmac wrote:

Anybody got one of those inflatable donuts he can borrow?

I dont have any donuts but I know where there are a bunch of old tires, one of these big enough......

I do not know how a joke from another poster has resolved into me needing a butt-donut!

I've never had a hemorrhoid in my life (except for Aaron and Bondoman)

My P'Bucket account acts strange when I log in. The page of photos loads right up, but there are no little charts beneath each pic offering options. If I drag the cursor across.....a chart will show beneath a picture......I can click and copy......but Mozilla will not let me post it at FSM!

It may be my new anti-virus program.

I'm going to try e-mailing a pic to Aaron in a bit.

Sorry guys!

sfcmac wrote:

My wife has been hijacking my mail orders and calling them Christmas Presents.  I just stare at her and play Don't fear the Reaper really loud...... I wonder why she keeps telling people I am scary?

bondoman wrote:

sfcmac wrote: My wife has been hijacking my mail orders and calling them Christmas Presents.  I just stare at her and play Don't fear the Reaper really loud...... I wonder why she keeps telling people I am scary? Because you need.... MORE COWBELL!!!

I am just not feeling it. I gotta have more! Classic ! I even se kids with that on a T-shirt now. Hot Topic! Very Vamp and Gothy store but a fun place to take my 14 year old wife.

Just reading through the thread and thought that I might be able to help some of you out as far as references go.  Quality isn't great, but you can get the idea!

Feel free to use these.  They are of one of the PBYs on display at NAS Pensacola at the Naval Aviation Museum.  Enjoy.

Mike

Great photo refs Mike! Thank You!

Hello all,

I posted this earlier in the thread but I am not sure anyone saw it but Frank and John. I put a site together that has over a 1,000 photos of PBYs that were sent to me by a friend of mine who is a research librarian at the Pensacola Naval Air Museum.

The site URL is:

http://www.mechanicalrenaissance.com/Albums/catalina_pby_album_2/index.htm

hth

Mike: Great photos I was there last xmas on vacation.

Cheers,

Thom

Howdy all.

I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for this group build.

I have the Pro Modeller PBY-5A with Quickboost engines, True Details wheels and cockpit and Eduard etch. I'll be building a RAAF Air-Sea Rescue machine, squadron and serial undecided at this point.

Cheers, 

Nick

Nam ye lubber, reminds me where the Turklike ship had a 50 inch granite ball, aimed at the wheelhouse. Fr... to hold up for here come the lot 'o them. Successful GB me twitish friend.

Millions of the miserable mice acomin over the rail.

Aaron get yer hand out of yer pants and point the rke straight an' true.

BVD must be obeyed, er, p*ssed on!

bondoman wrote:

Aaron get yer hand out of yer pants and point the rke straight an' true. BVD must be obeyed, er, p*ssed on!

? How do you do that without your hand in yer pants?

Nick

bondoman wrote:

Aaron get yer hand out of yer pants and point the rke straight an' true. BVD must be obeyed, er, p*ssed on!

? How do you do that without your hand in yer pants?

Nick Your gonna have them fighting over that hat! Another worthy recruit to get twisted over I say!