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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
OT..sorta - I bought a Cat....
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heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
Thank you Robert - I appreciate that...this is what I do when I'm not online irritating forum moderators
I got it to take my mind off my recent layoff and no sooner was I finished than I got a call from my new employer - ol' heywooood will be back in the saddle in a week or two earning his way in the world again.
I used to build these for my son when he was a lil' feller - it had been a long time since the last one rolled off the line - glad you like it.
Something about the prewar yellow wing planes - and the Catalina in particular - that please my eye.
I understand the Cats used to operate out of San Diego Harbor back in the day - would love to see one land and depart from there myself
I got it to take my mind off my recent layoff and no sooner was I finished than I got a call from my new employer - ol' heywooood will be back in the saddle in a week or two earning his way in the world again.
I used to build these for my son when he was a lil' feller - it had been a long time since the last one rolled off the line - glad you like it.
Something about the prewar yellow wing planes - and the Catalina in particular - that please my eye.
I understand the Cats used to operate out of San Diego Harbor back in the day - would love to see one land and depart from there myself
I built when I was about 14 a Guillows De Havilland Puss Moth (like Milton's) but the tissue and dope skin covering had a much more boxy angled shape compared with your PBY - which looks absolutely amazing.
What scale is it and how do you get such smooth compound curves to the fuselage with a balsa-stringer frame?
What scale is it and how do you get such smooth compound curves to the fuselage with a balsa-stringer frame?
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
the PBY's wingspan is approx 36"
its scale is approx 1/28th
it is Guillow kit # 2004
the balsa sheeting I used is 1/32" thick and comes in sheets that are 1/32" x 3" x 36"
and 1/32" x 4" x 36" and wetting it allows it to conform to the compound curves but you have to pay attention to the grain - all wood will bend across the grain better than it will bend in the same direction as the grain...wetting it helps get a tighter radius regardless.
I built it using the kit components for the most part (aside from the sheeting and covering materials)
I would have bought a couple of scale radial engines, and modeled the aft interior where the blisters are if I had decided to go crazy, but I was already over my spending limit and figured preserving my fragile sanity was more important, at least for now.
the film I used is Monokote and is applied with heat...a small electric iron is produced and used to apply it
the model took about a month of relatively steady work..a few hours per day - it was the largest and most involved model aircraft I have done to date. Only the few all wood sailing ship models I have built took longer or were harder than the PBY
its scale is approx 1/28th
it is Guillow kit # 2004
the balsa sheeting I used is 1/32" thick and comes in sheets that are 1/32" x 3" x 36"
and 1/32" x 4" x 36" and wetting it allows it to conform to the compound curves but you have to pay attention to the grain - all wood will bend across the grain better than it will bend in the same direction as the grain...wetting it helps get a tighter radius regardless.
I built it using the kit components for the most part (aside from the sheeting and covering materials)
I would have bought a couple of scale radial engines, and modeled the aft interior where the blisters are if I had decided to go crazy, but I was already over my spending limit and figured preserving my fragile sanity was more important, at least for now.
the film I used is Monokote and is applied with heat...a small electric iron is produced and used to apply it
the model took about a month of relatively steady work..a few hours per day - it was the largest and most involved model aircraft I have done to date. Only the few all wood sailing ship models I have built took longer or were harder than the PBY
