PBY, PBN, OA-10 Catalina and CANSO

[kitnut617]

Looking at that Supermarine Seagull makes me want to find those 1/24th scale floats from the Trumpeter Spitfire Float Plane kit.  The floats have the right shape and size, all they need are some wings and and engine.

 I believe Rareplane made a vacuform of it in 1/72 scale,  I've been after one for ages.

Robert

A few months ago I manage to get one, very nice little kit it is too.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Has anyone been keeping up with Jorge Wolf's 1/48th scale PBY Catalina WIP?  The quality of his work is enough to make one consider seriously taking up knitting.

[GTX]

Has anyone been keeping up with Jorge Wolf's 1/48th scale PBY Catalina WIP?  The quality of his work is enough to make one consider seriously taking up knitting.

Whoa!!!

Regards,

Greg

[Howard of Effingham]

would a catalina with two RR dart turboprops work ok?

[Mossie]

I don't see why not.  A turbo Cat might give some the old girls a new lease of life.

[Howard of Effingham]

'specially as mossie i was intending to use some RAF neptune MR.1 markings and an all-over dark blue finish. 

the darts would come from the airfix friendship kit.

the one problem i do have is ideas for a suitable radar fit. i want something less ugly than the catalina with the radar pod behind the cockpit and wing
mounted ASV aerials would not be appropriate for early 1950's i think.

[philp]

How about a radome mounted on the front like the Albatross?  Could use the thimble nose or the later Jimmy Durante style.  Nose turret would probably have to go but maybe not.

[famvburg]

     Aerials probaly wouldn't be, but pods, as seen on some Skyraiders, probably would.

'specially as mossie i was intending to use some RAF neptune MR.1 markings and an all-over dark blue finish. 

the darts would come from the airfix friendship kit.

the one problem i do have is ideas for a suitable radar fit. i want something less ugly than the catalina with the radar pod behind the cockpit and wing
mounted ASV aerials would not be appropriate for early 1950's i think.

[GTX]

How are these:



Regards,

Greg

[rickshaw]

I wonder how many people even remember who Jimmy Durante was?

[Maverick]

Ah cha cha cha...

[raph]

Hi all,

Interesting topic that led me to register... I've been working for several months on a concept of turbine-powered PBY inspired by the Basler conversion.


I'm trying to model it digitally but feel free to take a shot if that inspires you you'd probably have to redesign the steps a bit, like the Nomad, that's my focus at the moment...

More info and drawings at http://www.freylia.net/pby7at.html

Feedback welcome!

[sandiego89]

How are these:



Regards,

Greg

I like it.  A few real world worries with a DART however, that proposed drawing puts the blade arcs nearly directly in the path of the pilots-noise, spray, debris and throwing a blade would be of concern    Perhaps mount them a little further back.  Weight is not much of an issue-pretty close to the original engines.  Also worried that the DART might be too much power for such a high thrust line.  Changes in thrust would cause massive trim changes, and engine out performance might overwhelm the flight controls.  Perhaps throw some additional vertical surfaces on the tail like the CL-415.  Another high thrust, high thrust line aircraft, the AN-32, seems to be quite a handfull and has done poorly in engine out scenarios.

But this being WHIF, DARTS on anything look great- go for it.    

[kitnut617]

Personally, I think the nacelles shape from the Turbo-Dak would suit it better, like how I'm doing this Sunderland



I'm having the exhaust go up & over the wing

[kitnut617]

I like it.  A few real world worries with a DART however, that proposed drawing puts the blade arcs nearly directly in the path of the pilots-noise, spray, debris and throwing a blade would be of concern    Perhaps mount them a little further back.  Weight is not much of an issue-pretty close to the original engines.  Also worried that the DART might be too much power for such a high thrust line.  Changes in thrust would cause massive trim changes, and engine out performance might overwhelm the flight controls.  Perhaps throw some additional vertical surfaces on the tail like the CL-415.  Another high thrust, high thrust line aircraft, the AN-32, seems to be quite a handfull and has done poorly in engine out scenarios.

But this being WHIF, DARTS on anything look great- go for it.    

I think the DART engines in that profile are actually taken from a Grumman Albatross that was really converted with DARTs in the real world