Sink the bismark! (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

A couple of Consolidated PBY Flying Boats (better known to us Brits as “The Catalina”) just flew into Hong Kong yesterday…

Both aircraft are in typical WW2 Royal Air Force Colour Schemes…#88 is in mid to late war predominantly white whereas “WQZ” is in the markings of the aircraft that first spotted the German battleship “BISMARK” after it sank “HMS HOOD”.

Hope you like them…

Best wishes and happy collecting!

Andy C.​

P.S.

A little extra background… On May 26, 1941 a Catalina of No.209 squadron R.A.F. Coastal Command flown by US Navy Ensign “Tuck” Smith attached to the RAF spotted the German battleship together with its escort “Prinz Eugen”. What makes this so interesting was that the U.S. was not even in the war at this point… Pearl Harbor was almost seven months away!!!

The US Navy awarded Smith the Distinguished Flying Cross for finding the Bismark. He was ordered to keep quiet about how and why he was awarded the medal. Only years later did the story come out. He died in 2006 aged 90.

 

[waynepoo]

Very, very nice Andy, just the ticket.........{bravo}}
Wayne.

 

[uksubs]

Very nice .at my school one of the teacher was in catalina ^&cool

 

[joesgis]

WOW! Take a look at those beasts!{eek3} These birds are monstrous! Wonderful creations Andy. Thanks for the Catalina pics and information.
Fun stuff!
Joe

 

[jazzeum]

Those are breathtaking Andy. Congrats on a job well done. My father flew in one of those during the War. Wish I could afford to buy one.

Brad

 

[MCKENNA77]

That is a beast of a Warbird. Flipping awesome.

 

[Rob]

Superb model, what a splendid aircraft, thanks for posting Andy.

Rob

 

[TomNT]

Lovely birds Andy and the Catalina's were significant in Darwin during WW2 as they were based here and a number were destroyed by the Japanese during the first raids in 1942. There are 6 known wrecks still in the harbour but not much is left of them.

Tom

 

[Poppo]

For the next , I would advide KC to make the plane support in transparent plexiglass instead of black! {sm4}

 

[Mitch]

Very nice aircraft
Mitch

 

[AIDMAN]

Simply beautifull!!!!!!!!!!!.

Steve

 

[fierytheangelsfell]

I have occasionally seen a vintage Catalina flying around Sydney. That's a very nice looking model. It looks HUGE. {eek3}

 

[MapleLeaf]

WOW some beautiful bird

 

[Shyguy151]

How about making the Bismark? It might be big, but think of all the figures you could produce to go with it? Yes I would buy one. She was a remarkable ship and her sister the Tirpitz tied up a number of allied troops and ships on the fears that they would break out of Norway. Frankly if you look at the amount of damage the Bismark did it is amazing the amount of ships, planes, and personel it took to sink her, and to this day the Germans still claim they scuttled her at the last minute.

The Catalina is fantastic!

 

[Firebat]

Will the US Navy version be done in the future ?

 

[Shyguy151]

Hi Guys,

A couple of Consolidated PBY Flying Boats (better known to us Brits as “The Catalina”) just flew into Hong Kong yesterday…

Both aircraft are in typical WW2 Royal Air Force Colour Schemes…#88 is in mid to late war predominantly white whereas “WQZ” is in the markings of the aircraft that first spotted the German battleship “BISMARK” after it sank “HMS HOOD”.

Hope you like them…

Best wishes and happy collecting!

Andy C.​

P.S.

A little extra background… On May 26, 1941 a Catalina of No.209 squadron R.A.F. Coastal Command flown by US Navy Ensign “Tuck” Smith attached to the RAF spotted the German battleship together with its escort “Prinz Eugen”. What makes this so interesting was that the U.S. was not even in the war at this point… Pearl Harbor was almost seven months away!!!

The US Navy awarded Smith the Distinguished Flying Cross for finding the Bismark. He was ordered to keep quiet about how and why he was awarded the medal. Only years later did the story come out. He died in 2006 aged 90.

Are they for sale and if so can I buy one?

 

[The Military Workshop]

Just for fun can somebody let us know how long the Bismark in 1/30 scale would be ?

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Just for fun can somebody let us know how long the Bismark in 1/30 scale would be ?

Really big . Simmo.{sm4}

 

[TomNT]

Just for fun can somebody let us know how long the Bismark in 1/30 scale would be ?

Dunno Brett, but i reckon Waynepoo could make one out of paddlepop sticks....:rolleyes2:^&grin

Tom

 

[waynepoo]

Just for fun can somebody let us know how long the Bismark in 1/30 scale would be ?

If I did my sums right, I reckon about 26/27 feet long...bloody big in other words, about 1/2 million paddlepop sticks aprox......{sm4}
Wayne.