Spanner's Academy 1/72 Catalina PBY-5A, Maritime S.A.R.

[scottie3158]

You will certainly see her from a distance.

[spanner570]

You will certainly see her from a distance.

The model, or my wife with her new colourful pegs?

[The Smythe Meister]

Oh,bright ....
... I love BRIGHT

[stillp]

I bought her a nice new set of pegs for Christmas! She really appreciated my thoughtfulness and said they were just what she wanted!

You know how to spoil a woman Ron!
Pete

[papa 695]

Looking very colourful Ron.

[outrunner]

Looking a bit special now with that paint job.

Andy.

[spanner570]

Cheers all. a bit loud the colours, that's for sure!

Wing sections all joined up. The tidying up and detailing in progress.






Cheers.
Ron

[Mark1]

Nice brush work, it was definitely made to be seen.

[Mini Me]

Had to put on two pairs of shades.........very bright 570.

[tr1ckey66]

Lovely paint work Ron :thumb2: looking forward to seeing where you’re going with this.
Cheers
Paul

[Mickc1440]

Great paint work Ron, builds into a really nice looking model

[spanner570]

Thanks for the nice compliments chaps. :thumb2:

Because I'm changing the beast completely from the kit version, there are no suitable decals in the box for the SAR I'm attempting to model.

There are a couple I can use, but I'm not going to pay daft money just for a set of correct decals, even if they exist! So I'll try and paint the ones I need directly onto the plastic :cold-sweat:

For obvious reasons, I'll cut my teeth on the lettering on the underside of the hull.

This morning I ritt out the letters in pencil to more or less the correct size and painted them. A bit wobbly, but I just wanted to 'overcolour' the pencil lines. The letters will all have a black edge, so tight painting was not really necessary at this stage.

Here's the initial work.







Tail planes glued on too.


When this stage dries, I'll outline the letters in black.....I hope!

Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

I bought her a nice new set of pegs for Christmas!

You old smoothie you. Next year a new washing line perhaps. Wow!!
Painting looks good. Red and yellow aren't easy colours.

[colin m]

Look at that, top chippie and now a sign writer.
I remember building one of these during my first round of modelling, that must have been the old Airfix kit. This Academy, looks to be miles ahead in terms of quality, not to mention the splendid, colourful work you are doing.

[minitnkr]

Some fine work here.