Category: Technique
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 5
After quite a bit of sanding, filling, priming, and of course repeats of that process, I had a nice smooth waist area. However it’s now devoid of exterior detail like the panel lines and rivets. The panel lines were easy as I’ve done those before, however I have not had much luck adding rivets other…
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 4
I studied the hull’s interior parts and quickly realized the turret and cockpit would generally not be visible, even if painted aluminum. However the waist gunner/observer positions with those large hatches would be quite visible. So I studied the original Detail & Scale book on the PBY Catalina which has great pictures of the interior…