The Catalina that I have with the two machinegun ports on the sides is not accurate. Does someone make those bubbles so they can be in an open possition or is that something I would have to do.
Ngc, This is the Academy 1/72 PBY-5A? I’m almost done with the PBY-5 and i compared the blister windows to a squadron walkaround and they are more or less the way they would look when the plane is on the ramp or in transit. I may have missed something. I’ll check into an aftermarket kit for the PBY-5A, but i doubt that they’ll have it in 1/72 so you may just have to cut it open and do it your self. [:)]
I’m lucky, I built another one a while back (the version without the landing gear). I had used regular old Testors glue, so it was brittle and falling apart. Thus I have two sets of bubbles, incase I mess up [:)]
The cover art shows a bubble that could open for the machine guns.
I’m going to have to get a hobby saw now.
Well, it looks like I found a possible source for cutting and painting the Blisters
[img=right]http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea775_Catalina_Lutz/04.jpg[/img=right]
This is a 1/48th scale Monogram. With luck I will be able to emulate it.
![http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea775_Catalina_Lutz/04.jpg[/img=right]](http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea775_Catalina_Lutz/04.jpg%5B/img=right%5D){kind=link}
just for reference, the Windows slid in and then up. Also, the crew tended to keep the windows closed dunring transit because of the drag the open windows caused. [
I’d love to see what this will look like in 1/72!!]
Again just for reference, the Airfix PBY-5A 1/72 kit # 05007-6, had (old kit) bubbles that could be assembled in either postion.