bianfuxia Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hi all I am going to join the GB with a 1/144 PBY-5 which I will do as my grandfather's plane from WW2. May not get started for a couple of weeks due to work. Looking forward to everyone else's builds too. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Love to see what you make of that small kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hi bianfuxia, Welcome to the GB! A black Cat is always welcome, in whichever scale it is I'm looking forward to see your build starting. In the meanwhile, feel free to post pictures of the kit. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Another Catalina, great! Who's decals will you use in 1/144 scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 That Catalina parasol wing is a big one for a twin engine machine ... maybe 1/144 is the smart way to tame it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Cool beans! I'm doing one too. I'll look forward to this beauty. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 As has been said before, you can never have too many Catalinas . I will be following your build, too. Cheers, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 I'll post the pic of the kit soon. Not sure about the decals. I might be able to find something in my decal stash - the markings are pretty simple. the bigger challenge is how to paint it. My grandfather rarely talked about any of this stuff but when he did, he always spoke of "Black Cats". I do know that the upper wings of RAAF Cats seemed to be done in a camouflage scheme including in the only photo we have of a plane when he (according to him) was at the controls. But in honour of his memory of the whole thing I think I will make the plane black all over. I hope to get started soon. Kid's first week of school, huge meetings next week, etc. Real life gets in the way, but it's quieter after that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 I've actually taken this out of the plastic bag and looked at it. That's the first step, right? Life has been impossibly busy recently but I am hoping to get started this week. Pretty quick build a kit like this so I might even get it built before Christmas... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Nothing like completing that first step to get the build started! Don't punish yourself for not being able to start the kit sooner. We all know how life gets in the way of modelling. I also haven't touched my Dornier for three weeks now... Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Look forward to this too having just completed my Canadian water bomber. I found another in my stash I had forgotten about..hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hi @bianfuxia, Have you already started this build? Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Not really. I still plan to. Unfortunately the rest of life (primarily sleep training my daughter so I can actually have some workbench time) has had to come first lately.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Well, I started it last night & hope to do a little more tonight. Basically just painted the interior green and looked around for some white plastic card to cover up the wheel bays. The one I am modelling was not an amphibian. Test fit of the fuselage reveals it should go together nicely so once started it should go pretty fast. My deadline is 21 December when I finally fly home for Christmas. Can't wait, it's been a really long year! Pics with the next instalment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Great to know it's started! Looking forward to the pics Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 I've faced reality and this is never going to get done before I leave for Christmas. Got another 3 day business trip tomorrow and so much to do. So I'm going to take it home with me and hopefully after the Christmas rush I can get some time to myself and finish it off. I mean, it's a 1/144 Catalina in overall black! How hard can it be right? Hahah. But this time of year is just so busy for me and add a nearly-three year old to the mix and building any kind of model seems more daunting than setting up a factory and hiring all the staff to build a real one! This approach has the advantage of meaning I can look up my granddad's old log books as I do the build though. That'll be cool. Stay tuned. I do hope to finish this one. I managed two builds for the Cold War GB earlier in the year but have achieved not much else since. Nice to finish the year out with another completion (My strike rate pre-kid was 24/yr!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I hope you can make it! Good luck! I'm also trying to finish my entry in time. This year I only managed to finish one model. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hi @bianfuxia, Any progress on this build? The GB deadline has been extended one week till 14 January 2018, 23:59 GMT. I hope this helps you finishing your build! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Oh I didn't know that. Cool. In that case I can probably get it done. I took it home at Christmas but my wife has been very ill & with all the other normal Christmas stuff, I did nothing except photograph a few pages of my grandfather's flying log. My wife has stayed home in Australia while I've come back here for work so I started/continued the kit tonight. I think I can make it by the 14th. She's recovering well so I don't even feel guilty. After all it is nice and warm there and it is ten below here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 So this is where I am up to as of tonight. The little windows are installed and the interior is all green. I've attached the guns and completed the cockpit (going bare bones for this build so I can actually finish it). I put the main wheels in to fill up the space and I have filled the rest up with filler. Later when it's dry I will sand it back and see what I need to do to make it smooth. Next steps tomorrow will be to get the fuselage together and fix that up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Good to know you're progressing in this build and it can be finished in time! Good job in display! I hope your wife gets fully recovered soon. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Nice black wing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Progress continued tonight. Just a first coat (brush painted Vallejo flat black) on the wing, and the fuselage is stuck together now. Youcan see where I need to do work on fairing over the wheel area. The cockpit and front turret didn't fit well at all, it's going to take some cleaning up. Thought you might be interested in this: Take a close look at the last mission entry for 31-10-1943. Just now, jrlx said: Nice black wing! Just a first coat. Needs one more tomorrow. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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