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

Just as the "Flying Fortress" B-17 bomber allied symbol, synonymous with reconnaissance and antiship / antisubmarine flying boats a Consolidated PBY Catalina. Characteristically shaped aircraft with a wing above the fuselage seated on a pylon and glazed "bumps" observation posts on the sides simply identifies each at a glance. During the war Catalina served over all the seas, in a black coat with a radar undertook night torpedo attacks against Japanese ships (nicknamed them the "Black Cat" Black Cat), antisubmarine apart Varina wore depth charges and torpedoes Fido acoustic (officially Mk.24 Mine ) at the end of the war and the 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 also means Mad cat) ... Catalina flying today as freight aircraft fire "water bombers" ...

Designers mock hornoplošného the flying twin-engine boat, the static model with sophisticated details maketovými museum-quality in scale 1:28. Catalina can build version PBY-5 without a chassis or as an amphibious version of the PBY-5 with three-wheeled nose landing gear.

The model is a classic balsa structure in Rozsyp with předseknutými wooden parts, scale accessories made of vacuum-molded plastic parts and plastic drawn by injection molding. The hull is constructed of course true minimaketářskou technology partitions a plurality of longitudinal enabling faithfully reproduce the rounded shapes. Built in two stages - thanks to "split" in the vertical plane stand directly on the countertop first half of the fuselage, and then to her "dolepíte" second half. This ensures that even complicated shapes hull stand straight and symmetrical, without needing any special preparations. The wing is being built from classic ribs and beams. Given that it is a model for advanced builders, you should already have prior experience with classical building.

Kit contains: balsa předseknuté parts, balsa wood beams, vacuum-molded parts Scale (engine casings, engine ...) clear acetate moldings and side cockpit "bumps", plastic wheels, steel strings on chassis and other small parts, lining paper sheet of wet decals, construction plan.

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