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farmroad38 · Last edited by farmroad38 on Fri 23 May 2008 11:10 am; edited 1 time in total

Yay!

Ron's back!

Progress of Ron's build can be followed here.
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fluff75 · Posted: Fri 23 May 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Thanks for the greeting Adrian.
I have just got a Catalina from Vince at MFS so that is what I will be making up for this Seaplane Group Build. Maybe the all black PBY American version in the kit.
Ron.

fluff75 · Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

I have made a slow start with my Catalina.
So far I have done work on the smaller parts like the depth charges and their mounts.
The fuselage halves have been cleaned up.
The propellors have been refined with scalpel blade and fine sandpaper.
The wing centre section has been assembled. I found that the upper and lower parts were slightly warped and needed careful adjustment whilst the cement was drying. In the end the completed part was firm and true. The engine cowlings fitted well with slight tilt outwards. The large landing lights have been made to fit into the leading edge slots. I haven't epoxied them in yet since I intend to paint them silver on the inside.
Two interesting things about the kit.
1. The depth charges have small plastic circles which fit around the rear of the items. Of the four in the kit one is definitely thinner than the other three.
2. The wheel hubs are not identical. One has centre detail whilst the other has none! However I like the way that the wheels are assembled with a separate hub. Good when it come to painting.
My impression of the kit so far is good, yes I know it has old moulding problems of fit and there are lots of rivets on the wings, but I feel that it is still well worth the effort of making up.
I'll be doing the all black PBY5A as flown in the Solomon Islands in 1942-3.
More follows with photos.
Ron.

fluff75 · Posted: Sun 13 Jul 2008 18:08 pm Post subject:

Just three photos of the construction so far.
1. Some of the cockpit parts, front gun turret and gun, and propellers.

2. The centre section almost complete except for the DF loop

3. The fuselage halves spray painted with acrylic Humbrol 78 with transparencies attached (except part 15 which went AWOL)

Am quite impressed with this kit even though it is over 45 year old . More follows.
Ron

fluff75 · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 09:33 am Post subject:

A little bit more progress as here

Next step is the outer wing panels and general tidying up. More later.
Ron.

Ratch · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 15:52 pm Post subject:

The white looks good

Which paint have you used

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fluff75 · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 16:49 pm Post subject:

Hi Ratch,
Sorry to disappoint you but that's just the kit plastic unpainted.
I hope to finish the model as a Black Cat as flown in the Solomon Islands in 1942/3.
Today I have assembled the outer wing panels.
More later.
Ron.

Owen · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 17:54 pm Post subject:

Looking good Ron

Glad to see you back!

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Heinkel51 · Posted: Fri 18 Jul 2008 13:37 pm Post subject:

Coming along nicely Ron,

fluff75 · Posted: Wed 23 Jul 2008 08:54 am Post subject:

Quite a bit more progress made recently. Model virtually fully assembled with only a few detail parts still to be added.
Here the model as it is today painted with acrylic Humbrol 33 and three coats of klear.

Next job is to line the cockpit canopy with thin strips of black decal and also the two gun emplacements.
More follows.
Ron.

fluff75 · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

Finally finished! Here it is as of today

All in all I'm glad I joined this group build because if I hadn't I would never have build this Catalina.
I thought that it was a good kit requiring just a little 'modelling skill' to complete it.
The decals for the Black Cat were a little pale especially the white star and band. Also the rivet detail tended to trap air and this could be seen through the decal. Maybe I will mask them off and spray some white on the star and bars later.
A big model results and it will only just fit into the display cabinet.
Best
Ron.

299_paul · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:08 pm Post subject:

Excellent build Ron!!

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 13:36 pm Post subject:

Very nice work indeed Ron!

You have done a very good job on the glass houses, the framing is excellent.

All the best

Heinkel51 · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 13:57 pm Post subject:

Lovely piece of kit Ron

Richard M · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 13:58 pm Post subject:

Lovely looking black cat, beautiful work on the canopy framing as usual. Seeing how well yours has turned out I'm very be tempted add it to my WW2 twin collection, maybe as a flying hour kit.
Best
Rich
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stuzzar · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 14:01 pm Post subject:

Splendid job Ron

Cheers

Stu

dancho · Posted: Tue 29 Jul 2008 14:35 pm Post subject:

Impressive model. Very nice!
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kitnut617 · Posted: Thu 28 Aug 2008 14:14 pm Post subject:

Marvelous build Ron, but I do have a question to ask, why the grey tyres?
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cusack77 · Posted: Thu 28 Aug 2008 14:35 pm Post subject:

Beautiful Build!

fluff75 · Posted: Thu 28 Aug 2008 17:36 pm Post subject: