Kacper's Cat- PacificWind PBY Recolour 1/150 - Page 5

**MichaelS** · #41 05-17-2018, 07:22 AM

Amorous Grasshopper,

Great work so far for such a rank amateur.

Don,

FYI the largest ball end I have is 1/2" and I use that quite a bit. I use the larger ones to start and then work my way down.

MS

**Rata** · #42 05-17-2018, 08:14 PM

Thanks gentlemen- and Michael.
I quadruple laminated the main wing struts and (like always) cut them out overlength just in case. With the exception of one, they were pretty much spot-on.
The floats have a fiddly factor of 10/10, but patience and a light touch is the key. Gotta say why anyone with any sanity would try this in a smaller scale escapes me. Bruno/Kacper provide separate parts if you wanna do this bird with the floats extended, but you'll have to fabricate the X-frame struts yourself.
Tailplanes presented no probs but had to trim the roots (like on most models) a bit to follow the curved side of the fin.

So nearly there! I usually touch up with paint as I go along, but as I'll have to mix up a home-brew Non Specular Sea Grey, I'll leave it all till the end.

**MichaelS** · #43 05-17-2018, 08:25 PM

Not a bad job for a grasshopper.

**elliott** · #44 05-17-2018, 08:38 PM

I was thinking how massive this seaplane looked in pics 2 & 3, then I saw pic 5. Tell me how a plane can be massive, delicate and tiny at the same time.

**Rata** · #45 05-17-2018, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by elliott

I was thinking how massive this seaplane looked in pics 2 & 3, then I saw pic 5. Tell me how a plane can be massive, delicate and tiny at the same time.

Someone will probably say 'a photoshopped giant hand', but I can assure everyone that is my normal sized hand.

**Rata** · #46 05-17-2018, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Not a bad job for a grasshopper.

I was gonna do a grasshopper impersonation here but then it occurred to me I have no idea what one sounds like.

**MichaelS** · #47 05-18-2018, 08:36 AM

AG,

Ask and ye shall receive....

https://youtu.be/BihCtlMSk8U

(Even looks like you! Upside Down and Everything!)

MS

**Rata** · #48 05-18-2018, 05:43 PM

Thank you Sir David Attenborough- now I know.

Hopefully K's Cat will be get finished today!

**Rata** · #49 05-18-2018, 10:15 PM

Hope sometimes gets!

Well, here she is Kacper- hope you like it buddy. I didn't want this bird sitting like it was washed up on a beach somewhere, so I made up a simple card base.

As I said earlier, because of the complex lines of the PBY, this is not a beginner's model. Despite some minor faults (what card model doesn't have 'em?) PacificWind's re-paint builds into a pretty decent Catalina.

Thanks everybody for looking and commenting.

Regards, Garry G.

**dhanners** · #50 05-19-2018, 12:38 AM

You wound up with a great-looking build. Congrats!