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Oldie from my model collection
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:12 pm
Today is the anniversary of my grandfather's death. I never met the man he died before I was born unfortunately.
I built this model for my mother whose father worked at the Consolidated Aircraft plant which was near the Uno campus now here in New Orleans building PBY Catalinas. Today's offering is a 1:48 scale Monogram PBY5 of VP-11 based in Papua New Guinea 1943.
The black cats mission was completely different from the normal pby patrol/sub hunter they actively went out at night to terrorize the Japanese convoys.
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Black Cats
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I built this model for my mother whose father worked at the Consolidated Aircraft plant which was near the Uno campus now here in New Orleans building PBY Catalinas. Today's offering is a 1:48 scale Monogram PBY5 of VP-11 based in Papua New Guinea 1943.
The black cats mission was completely different from the normal pby patrol/sub hunter they actively went out at night to terrorize the Japanese convoys.
wiki pby
Black Cats
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Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:15 pm to choppadocta
Is that momma on the front? 
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:17 pm to beerJeep
In 1943 she was 2 years old you sicko :)
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:20 pm to choppadocta
Nice!
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:20 pm to choppadocta
da fuq? NSFW 
Some of us are working
Some of us are working
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:21 pm to choppadocta
When my dad first moved to South Florida from Arkansas in the 50s, there was a charter company that flew PBYs over to the Bahamas and back.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:25 pm to choppadocta
Nice 
. Always looked cool to me
. Always looked cool to me Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:32 pm to choppadocta
Awesome work there… thanks for sharing.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:32 pm to choppadocta
Nice! I built that old Monogram a long time ago. It’s long gone. I did however build the 1/72 scale Academy kit a year or two ago.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:10 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
quote:
Some of us are working ?
I had to zoom in to be affronted.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:39 pm to choppadocta
Great airplane, the one that would get you home.
My dad was rescued by a "Dumbo" flight on Christmas Day 1944. He was shot down in the Pacific.
A friend of mine has compiled extensive information on these aircraft.
Here is the link:
LINK
My dad was rescued by a "Dumbo" flight on Christmas Day 1944. He was shot down in the Pacific.
A friend of mine has compiled extensive information on these aircraft.
Here is the link:
LINK
Posted on 4/27/25 at 1:52 pm to choppadocta
Holy frick! 1/48 Catalina is a big ol bird!
Thanks for sharing.
I haven’t had the balls to do one in 1/72 yet.
What a plane. I’ve always loved the floats.
Thanks for sharing.
I haven’t had the balls to do one in 1/72 yet.
What a plane. I’ve always loved the floats.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:09 pm to choppadocta
My Dad flew those (the Marine version). Nice model.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:20 pm to choppadocta
You guys who can do these museum-quality model builds amaze me. I don’t have the patience to build one right and every model I've ever built ended up with super-glue fingerprints on it.
Posted on 4/27/25 at 3:51 pm to choppadocta
Not the same plane, but my Mom’s 1st cousin was killed piloting a PBM Mariner on a training mission during WWII.
Sadly, the accident report blames crew inexperience for the crash. The crew were all just out of basic flight school and there were no experienced pilots on board.
Sadly, the accident report blames crew inexperience for the crash. The crew were all just out of basic flight school and there were no experienced pilots on board.
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