1/48 Monogram PBY-5 for almost $100?

[dahut]

“FYI the kit is not a Pro Modeler kit. It is a standard PBY-5…”

Youre right, I dont know where that came from. Comments edited above. Thanks.

[arki30]

The -5A is the amphibious version of the Catalina. IMHO, visually it looks better than the -5 with the beaching wheels.

Does anyone have a photo showing the difference between the two?

I don’t have a scanner handy, so I’ll paste a couple of links to built models of both versions.

http://hsfeatures.com/catalinarl_1.htm

http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/pby5aaj_1.htm

Cheers!

[Daywalker]

Thanks Arki, that really helped! Now I know I MUST have the -5A.

[arki30]

An FYI for when you do acquire your Catalina, if you think some of the WWII tricycle gear bombers are tail-sitters i.e. B-25, you haven’t seen anything until you build the Cat.

I’d recommend stocking up on lead weights now. Or buy a lead factory.

[wdolson2]

Check this out:

Monogram PBY

Can you believe it? Four days to go and it’s already at almost a hundred bucks!

Ain’t that a kick? I kept watching the -5 and -5A going for really off the wall prices on EvilBay, so I pretty much gave up on getting one. I went into a local mower repair shop last spring to get a part for my tractor and find out that the owner is also a modeler and has a bunch of kits for sale! He has a 1:48 -5 sitting there, I asked him what it was going for and he says $20! I almost broke my arm reaching for my wallet! I resisted further temptation with a 1:24 Airfix Me-109 for $30…[8D]

Brian [C):-)]

Where’s this shop? I might have to break the mower…

Bill

[wdolson2]

Check this out:

Monogram PBY

Can you believe it? Four days to go and it’s already at almost a hundred bucks!

Ebay is a seller’s market for some kits at the moment. I listed an old Revell Oriskany carrier kit a few weeks ago, expecting around $20 and got $237. I was quite happy until I remembered that property taxes were due. Easy come, easy go.

Some Revell-Monogram kits go for hefty prices. A year ago C-47s were going for $60-$70 on Ebay. Now they are running around $35. Romors have floated around that the molds for the old Revell B-17F in 1/48 were destroyed, so prices of those have been high for a while. Last time it came up around here, I think Swanny confirmed that the molds are still intact and the kit will be released again.

The old Visible B-17 that hasn’t been released in a long time has been going for over $100 on Ebay for a few years. Revell has announced its re-release within a few months, so the prices should be dropping soon.

BTW, someone asked for the difference between the -5 and -5A PBY. The only difference is that the PBY-5A has landing gear and the PBY-5 is a pure flying boat without landing gear. The kit comes with beaching gear though.

I believe the PBY-5 kit was the first release of this kit and the Pro Modeler -5A was the second release. It’s possible that RM retooled the molds for the second release and the molds for the -5 do not exist any more. That may be one thing driving the price up.

Bill