Tim Reynaga Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Back in the 1980s Skywave issued a series of tiny aircraft kits to go along with the Waterline Series ships in 1/700 scale. These kits were simple but nicely done; this particular set contained four B-17s and two PBY Catalinas - and there were even decals! I started with the PBY; a mere 8 parts out of the box, and the wing floats can be depicted either deployed or retracted! This was a straightforward build. The propeller hubs were .023 inch discs cut from .010 inch thick sheet plastic. Other than the wing support struts, the only other improvement I made to the kit was to add guns to the forward turret and side blisters with fine brass wire attached with Elmer’s glue. Edited August 20, 2018 by Tim Reynaga 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Amazing detail and finish on this little model. BM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 That's brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Those props look over thick Excellent paintwork and finishing Tim! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 That's amazingly good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow8dirty Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Amazing detail on this little chap! Certainly looks better than the old Airfix 1/72 version I'm foolishly trying to bludgeon into submission at the moment.😫 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, bootneck said: Those props look over thick Excellent paintwork and finishing Tim! Mike I was also thinking that the wing and tailplane trailing edges were also a bit thick Not that I can see anything that small... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon382 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Simply amazing in such a small scale!!!!!! If I'd have this delightful little Cat on my work bench, with my eyes, I'd have assumed it was a sprue offcut and binned it!?! Stunning result. Did you make any of the B17s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 🤯 Mindblowing how small that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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