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PBY Catalina
The historic military flying boat of world war two.
About this creation
My attempt to convey the famous flying boat of WWII.



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   The PBY displayed at Brickswest 03



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   An actual PBY Catlina.



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   The ungainly amphibious aircraft with landing gear deployed.



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   Ok so it looks a little more graceful than my moc with gear down.



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   the set-up looked good on the blue covered tabletops at Legoland during Brickswest.



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   Some PBY's had a turret like bubble on the nose which I was unable to satisfactorily capture in lego. So, I opted for the smoked grey canopy to blend the nose shape with the cockpit, a clear departure from the original plane.



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   Amazingly the actual PBY utilized steering wheels which were kind of oval or angular in shape making a complete ring.



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   Pulling downed pilots from the water was just one of many applications of this versatile aircraft.PBY stands for Patrol, Bomber, and Consolidated. Why "Y" is the designation for Consolidted I don"t know.



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   The radial engine design was one of my favorite features. The octagonal ring with clamps inside of the tire seemed to imply an actual engine to me.



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   The waist blisters on the actual aircfaft rolled inside the plane allowing waist gunners to fire without obstruction.



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   The wing floats on my moc emulate those on the Catalina and retract to become the wingtip.



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   Birds eye view.



Comments

 I like it 
  May 7, 2011
very nice sea plane!
Ryan Rubino
 I like it 
Josh Gulbert
  November 5, 2010
Well ive seen 3 bladed props,So this gave me the idea to try to make my own PBY Flying Boat but it come's down to me not having all the same color peices as well as me not having enough of the right kind of peices to make it.But again awsome job
Ryan Rubino
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Josh Gulbert
  November 2, 2010
Great job 2 things,1.change the 4 blated props for 3 bladed to make it more real looking and 2. can it float?
 I made it 
  November 2, 2010
Thanks for the comments Josh. At the time I couldn't find a way to make a realistic 3 bladed propeller at that size. Unfortunately, I no longer have this model assembled. It was my first attempt to replicate a real world aircraft and I would probably do things much differently now. This model was built in 2003.
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  May 29, 2009
I LOVE IT! NICE WORK!
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  May 16, 2009
Very nice! although try to fix up the front turret, how? well use many smaller transparent bricks, and stick 1 or 2 (cant remmeber) .50 cals out the front.
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  May 29, 2008
I think this is really good. When I first saw it I was inspired to build one myself! I did a few things the same way you did and some others differently. Great model anyway, so well done!
Ryan Rubino
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Andrei Rozhin
  March 29, 2008
Awesome, its in the game called heroes of the pacific in general I hate the Catalina but in lego that is amazing!
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  March 1, 2008
This is really really good
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  June 2, 2007
Definitely not as good as your other creations, but a great model nonetheless. For being as good a builder as you are, you really should have more than three models on here. ??? Keep working! I look forward to seeing more! -- -- Michael
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  June 7, 2006
Its a very good try at the PBY catalina. Obviously the engines are great. I believe it was a very good stab at the cockpit. I myself have made a Catalina but it was years ago so I have no available photos. Don't suppose you still have this model??
 I like it 
  February 9, 2006
WOW!! THAT LOOKS LIKE THE REAL PBY Catalina!
  November 18, 2003
Ive seen and made better...nice engine though
 
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