CedB Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Still looking for a break from tiny stuff (the LA7s didn't really help) and still looking to make holes in the stash storage area I've chosen another big box, the old Airfix Catalina: Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr Scalemates tells me this is a re-boxing of the… wait for it… 1964 tooling. So what are we expecting? Soft plastic and lots of rivets (count 'em boys!) Flash? Is there flash? Oooh, oooh, and ejector pin marks in all the wrong places? Wouldn't want to disappoint The box offers two schemes and I'm going to do the one on the box - '88' of RAF Coastal Command, North Atlantic 1943-44. Probably weathered like the Sunderland, just not as dirty. Probably. At least the transfers won't be a challenge: I'd bookmarked Bill's build of his Black Cat to give me a high bar to aim for (and miss). I'll re-read that later and set my expectations This was also one of the (weak) justifications for buying the vac former so I might use that to improve the canopies. Might. So, what's in the box? Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr Some nice detail: … for a kit of this age, and CREW! Hooray. The thick, not-so-clear parts: Can I do better? Can I be bothered to make the bucks? We shall see… (You know I like a bit of tension in my WiPs. Or do I?) 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 😂 Perfect intro. That pilot looks like he stepped off the set of a Cronenberg movie... 😱 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 The Cat, a kit I have never built but I will follow this one on the fact of nostalgia. I remember seeing her in the Airfix catalogs and thinking yes please but out of my price range then. Any excuse to fire up that Vac Former eh Ced. Anyhow some beer and wine (For Lady H.) loaded up + nibbles so will watch this one . Stay safe. Simon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 A Catalina, great subject, and look I'm on page one and near the front! Always had a mind to do one of these as a Danish bird similar to the one at Cosford I saw last year. The Coastal Command sheme is a nice choice. Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Woohoo only fourth this time. Its still 1st page so I’ll take it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 51 minutes ago, CedB said: Still looking for a break from tiny stuff (the LA7s didn't really help) This should defnitely suit you Watching ... 🍺 🍾 Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) This is really big. Bigger than I thought till I saw one in 1:72. Call me in for that The new boxart looks nice but anyway: Cheers Edited April 28, 2020 by bbudde 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Yes! Page 1! I built this kit as a kid so I'd love to see what can be made out of it! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I have an early boxing of this kit, with the lovely box art depicted by bbudde, lurking near the top of my stash that I bought not long ago from a friend. I’ve built one previously and, on the whole, it went together well. Obviously there’s almost no interior detail but that was part of the fun of it, in some ways it was more satisfying to build than the much newer Academy kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveWilko Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 One remembers one's Father building this around 1965/66. Rotating propellers and wheels,opening blister windows plus retractable floats. What more could a young man have wanted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Is there room for one more, I've heard there is a Catalina in here Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Perfect for the inflight ceiling posture An unfeasible amount of heavy masse needed if you wanted to pop her on her wheels And although this is be-blistered by rivets the rear third of the Catalina's wings is fabric covered Nothing wrong with the rivets on her per se though, rivets are a fact of life on these birds This is the Danish Cat from Cosford, somebody we know has more than a few pictures of that one for reference should they be wanted... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 hint 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Wow! Ced, thanks for starting this! Now I can follow your build instead of starting the one I have in the stash. Apart from that one pilot, it doesn't seem to be tooooo bad for flash. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avereda Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I’ve always fancied giving one of these big belly landers a go but never quite got round it. Happily I can now live vicariously through your thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 oooh a cat. lovely. There is this one I did a while back for a group build. The academy one but the same scale. She's a lovely aeroplane, just don't forget LOTS OF NOSE WEIGHT!!!!! I'll pull up a stool. Johnny 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 2 hours ago, CedB said: Oooh, oooh, and ejector pin marks in all the wrong places? Airfix there very nicely catching him midway through mutating into a Bigsworth board... 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: The academy one but the same scale. She's a lovely aeroplane, just don't forget LOTS OF NOSE WEIGHT!!!!! And then even more If you were daft enough not to hang it up alongside the Sunderland or Nimrod... Just saying (if you hang it up do not, for the sake of your ceiling add lots of nose weight) 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Lovely plane and looking forward to what you do to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 4 hours ago, CedB said: Oooh, oooh, and ejector pin marks in all the wrong places? Do you bother about that? I bet he will be an invalid in the end of your build anyway. Maybe sooner. Cheers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Terry1954 said: A Catalina, great subject, and look I'm on page one and near the front! Always had a mind to do one of these as a Danish bird similar to the one at Cosford I saw last year. The Coastal Command sheme is a nice choice. Terry My plan for my kit as well. The Cosford example has the later higher tail and of course the clipper nose. However, the Danes also operated the earlier version of the Catalina as depicted in the Airfix kit. Looking forward to this Ced. Martian 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Found it, not that it was hard, just I wasn't looking, that'll me, though with social distancing as practised these days, its not the social event it might have been. I'm guessing this will run to more than 5 pages then. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I'm guessing this will run to more than 5 pages then. Yes and you begun page 2. Cheers Edited April 28, 2020 by bbudde 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 It actually doesn't look too bad for 1964. The cockpit transparency worries me, though. Did Squadron or Falcon ever do a vacform replacement? Otherwise I'm all for it. Another heavy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: It actually doesn't look too bad for 1964. The cockpit transparency worries me, though. Did Squadron or Falcon ever do a vacform replacement? Otherwise I'm all for it. Another heavy! Yes, but for the Revell kit in Falcon set #11 USN aircraft & for the Academy/Minicraft PBY in an individual Squadron set. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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