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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…
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 3
The purpose of this upgrade was to fix the too small nacelles and engines. There was a noticeable difference in the kit engines when compared to the RedRoo resin. The correctly sized resin engines where certainly bigger and the detail was that much better. Getting the firewalls, cowl flaps, engines, and cowlings on was very…
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 2
Wing construction completed. The recommended method (talking to modelers who have built the Academy PBY kit) of cementing the top halves of the 3 wing panels (center and 2x outer) and laying the upper half on a flat surface while the cement cures (then repeating for the bottom half) wasn’t possible given I’d installed the…