kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) The highlight of my modelling career until now. I have aquired the HPH PBY-5A Catalina... An old dream come true. I'm really excited about this project. Edited June 12, 2018 by kkarlsen LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson, Jack and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Looking forward to this one, Kent! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) The Catalina has, and will allways be my favorite aircraft. And I spend my summer holidays reading about this incredible plane... Next issue will be a tough one, to decide what plane to make... Right now, I am doing a lot of research into the Danish Catalinas which served in Greenland from 1947 to 1970. In August I got an invitation to get a tour inside the Catalina in the Danish Flymuseum together with a couple of veterans on the PBY. Lau and Poul. 'Man what stories they could tell' only thing I regret, is that I didn't bring some kind of recording device... This experience really got me going on this project... This Catalina is in a very superb condition, it was supposed to fly again but an accident with the upper wing, grounded it because of regulations and permissions. Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen Mal_Belford, JeepsGunsTanks, Lars Befring and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Some photos of the PBY in Greenland... Greenland (Photo: Poul E Ancker) L-852 'Papoose' 1954 (Photo: Poul E Ancker) A later PBY-6A model (Photo: Poul E Ancker) Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen airscale, Hubert Boillot, Mal_Belford and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) 'The Catalina has, and will always be my favorite aircraft.' Mine as well. Good on you. Fine pictorial start. Love those interior shots. Those looms are massive! Why aren't you smiling ear to ear? I sure would be. Will be following along. I have a few manuals on CD. If there is something you'd like, let me know. Sincerely, Mark Edited October 1, 2016 by dodgem37 kkarlsen, LSP_K2 and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Wonderful!! Cant wait to see you work on this! Thank you for letting us know about your new project kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Kent Brillant choice and what a build thread to follow and enjoy. Keep'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 wow thats got my interest I am half Danish (my mother) so I would be thrilled to see you do that version - talking to those guys and getting the tour of a Danish bird must have sealed the deal I hope! with what you did to the B25 leaving me gasping for something to steady myself, I can't wait to see this come together Peter kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Wow - very cool and will be following! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) awesome! check this out for hundreds of Catalina photos http://www.seawings.co.uk Edited October 1, 2016 by richdlc kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 This will no doubt be worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Hi Kent, I don't suppose you have access to one of these do you? This is an earlier version to the one the Danish survivor has fitted I need some dimensions if you can help??? Cheers Anthony Edited October 1, 2016 by Anthony in NZ kkarlsen and Mal_Belford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 This is what I got, but I think it will be sufficient, to get the measurements for the radome... Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thanks Kent!, I should be able to work with that, much appreciated! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Very cool subject Kent, very much looking forward to following your build.......particularly the interior work after seeing your work on your B-25 and Mosquito. Regards. Andy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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