kkarlsen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Found this in my Catalina photo's, a closeup of the Radome, maybe there are some details... Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen Mal_Belford and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thanks Kent, anything like this really helps as I have nothing..... Thanks again! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I have a Danish Cat not to far from me at RAF Cosford. If you need anything (photo wise) let me know, I can pass by this Thursday. It's literally minutes from me.. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) 'Just add water...' Sorry I just couldn't resist, but after all it's a 'sea' plane... So, I spend all morning cleaning up the parts, although I must say I'm a bit intimidated by the sheer number of parts in this kit... Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen Mal_Belford, Starfighter, Uncarina and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 '. . . the sheer number of parts . . ' Almost as many as there are rivets. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Kent Super start and go slow, I have a lot to learn as I have HPH Helldiver. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 is this the 600 dollar kit..all resin kit highly detailed.? kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yes. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Spend some time cleaning up the parts, to my horror I realised, there are parts missing!!! Going through every part again, I finally realized, all of the longitudinal strips were not in the kit! So I contacted HPH in Czechoslovakia, great service, got the parts in the mail, just 3-4 days! - Thank you so much HPH... Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen monthebiff, Uncarina, Anthony in NZ and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Can't wait to see this come together. The Cat is on my wish-list for the future, will definitely be taking notes. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanook Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Wow, what a cool project! Glad that you could finally get one...it's a real thrill to get a kit near and dear to the heart. I know you will do a fabulous job on this one. Happy for you, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Very interested to see how this comes together, particularly the interior. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfiend Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Great to see this kit being modelled. It's no small undertaking (I have my own on the work bench which has taken second place to my Trumpeter 1/16 King Tiger - both really big projects) but a very impressive project. Seeing your build come together could well get my inspiration going again. One thing I would suggest is to make sure you get the fuselage halves matching first at the join line and then get the formers to fit correctly. You can see what I mean if you have a look at my build progress to date over at the Large Scale Modeller WIP forum. All the best Paul kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrodes Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 is this the 600 dollar kit..all resin kit highly detailed.? Having just received my HPH Helldiver - I can tell you, the detail is some of the best I have ever seen. I do not regret a single cent of this purchase and I'm sure The Catalina is just as nice. kkarlsen and chukw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) So Gent's I'm in a bit of predicament here... I really could use your views on this. I'm planning to do the PBY as a part cutaway, I do not want to close everything up, like i did with the B-25J. I think the PBY deserves better, because of it's great interior. But I'm not sure how to do it. I do not want to make it all open, as the HPH Cutaway Model Kit., but doing it more with some openings in the fuselage. The big question is: Where to cut? And how? I have made a sketch on a three dimensional drawing of a PBY, but I'm not sure at all... Have you seen a build which does this in a nice way? I'm afraid I won't get started on the build as long as I'm not completely sure how to do the cutting. Please feel free to comment... Regards: Kent Edited June 30, 2017 by kkarlsen Shaka HI, Jeff and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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