PBY-5A Catalina 1:28 (1156 mm)

Just as the "Flying Fortress" B-17 bomber Allied symbol, synonymous with reconnaissance and anti-ship / anti-submarine boats flying the Consolidated PBY Catalina. Characteristically shaped aircraft with wing pitched above the fuselage on a pylon and glazed "bulge" observation posts on the sides just know everyone at first glance. During the war, Catalina served all over the sea, in a black coat with a radar undertook night torpedo attacks against Japanese ships (nicknamed them the "Black Cat" Black Cat), anti-submarine Varina worn in addition to the acoustic depth charges and torpedoes Fido (officially Mk.24 Mine ), then at the end of the war in projection on the rear of the magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) and retrorakety fired back down when passing over a submerged submarine (these machines are of course called "MAD Cat" - which is also mad cat) ... Catalina flying today as cargo aircraft fire "water bombers" ...
Kit mock twin-engine hornoplošného the flying boat, the static model with sophisticated details maketovými museum-quality scale 1:28. Catalina can build a version of PBY-5 without chassis or as an amphibious version of the PBY-5A with three-wheeled nose landing gear.

Model is a classic balsa construction in Rozsyp with předseknutými wooden parts, scale accessories from vacuum-molded plastic and plastic parts drawn by injection molding. The hull is constructed of course right minimaketářskou technology with baffles and a plurality of longitudinal, allowing faithfully reproduce the rounded shapes. Built in two steps - thanks to "slit" in the vertical plane stand directly on the countertop first half of the fuselage, and then the "dolepíte" half a second. Thus it is ensured that the hull complicated shapes stand straight and symmetrical, without needing any special preparations. The wing is built of classic ribs and beams. Given that it is a model for advanced builders, you should already have prior experience with classical building.

Kit includes: předseknuté balsa parts, balsa wood beams, vacuum molded parts Scale (bonnets, engines ...), clear acetate pressings cockpit and side "bulge" plastic wheels, steel strings on chassis and other small parts, lining paper wet decal sheet, building plan.

Tip for building: Předseknuté parts NEVYLAMUJTE! Turn the cutting board, place it on a work surface and lightly sand the fine sandpaper (No. 220 or finer). Parts can then be easily separated; should still have some wood fibers "bound" to a cutting board, carefully separate the part of the pattern, using a sharp knife (suitable as Excel No.1 knife with a blade 11).

Size [mm]: 1156
Length [mm]: 724
Control Features: None
Construction Duration: S4