1/72 Execuform PB2Y-5H

Gallery Article by Phil Marchese on Jan 19 2011

 

This build is the Execuform PB2Y kit as PB2Y-5H ambulance. The upper wing and wing root surfaces were a terrible fit, at least the way I cut the parts of the sheets. I had to add a thin, sheet stock skin to the wing roots over the fuselage. 

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The PB2Y-5H did not have turrets and had reversible props on the engines. The three blade props on #1 & #4 while four blade props on #2 and #3 are the result of the upgrade. The camouflage is the 1943 blending measures carried out more literally on some of the various patrol bombers including the later PBY, PB2Y and PB4Y. Roberts props replaced the kit's. 

The markings and configuration are in Squadron Publications, Golden Wings.

Phil Marchese

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Photos and text © by Phil Marchese