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Thank's!
I believe tonight I finish the major steps in catapult and passed to build of Aichi E11A. About my beta is not PBY, but Consolidated P2Y the "father" of Catalina... |
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Wow, Pericles, you're a busy man. Look forward to seeing more of the Cat that you're building.
Papermate |
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Thank's papermate!
Tonight I worked in fuselage and completed, the major build of this sector. I check the plans, and drill hole of gunner... |
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After some adjustaments I like the results.
Rest the positions of rear gunner, wing holes demarcation and painted of bottom hull... |
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I don't know if I missed it but one plane that gets little attention, yet served for many years patrolling many coasts hunting Soviet Subs is the p-5 Marlin. I served in the US Navy during her final years of service. It was affectionately named the "Pigboat" by those who flew them. Named for the awful smell that hit you whenever you stepped aboard. I have tried numerous times to arouse interest in this plane but to no avail. But thanks for your tribute to a very interesting genre of aircraft indeed.
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Tim Hinds "Oh wisdom thou are fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason" (Bill Shakespear) |
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P5M is in the list! Is the last flying boat in US Navy service. Perharps Murph's Models made. Really is a interesting subject.
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Indeed, these seaplanes are interesting... but challenging. Well for a non-3D-programm using designer like me. It requires more thinking than calculating. more visualising the forms than measuring the dimensions. More approximation than prediction of parts.
But who said I don't like a little challenge Bruno |
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In both type of design (software or "old school"`the great challenge is the design of hull and predict unfolding in case of airboats. Sea planes with pontoons is more easy. The P2Y is a semi-scratchbuilding and the definitive building of fuselage consome three previous builds... |
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