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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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OT..sorta - I bought a Cat....

heywooood

heywooood

Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
...alina from Guillow about a month ago - what a project.

I don't use silkspan - this one is sheeted in 1/32 balsa and film

inspired by Aerosoft and Henry's prewar paint

anyone else similarly afflicted with this particular jones?
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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
 
It looks fantastic! Also looks like a whole lot of work, but in a good way. Is it as huge as it seems in the pics?
 
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?
 
Sorry, I see you said 1/32nd scale, in which case it is even more impressive that you achieved such smooth lines. Not familiar with the "film " material though.
 
That is an impressive result from a Guillows kit!

Now, I'm trying to count the rivets... :icon_lol:

Brian
 
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
 
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