PB2Y Coronado

Eons ago, Mark wrote

Quality being equal, I consider resin kits and vacuforms to present the

same degree of difficulty. If anything, vacuforms are more forgiving, but they do often require more raw time. The biggest problem with resin

IMHO is warping, which can often be corrected, but it's a pain. So were

I confronted with a choice of a resin kit and a vacuform for the same scale and subject,first shape fidelity, then price and content (decals?

white metal? cockpit detail?) would drive my decision. It's true that I

have superseded about two dozen vacuform kits over the last few years, what with the many limited-run injection kits of relatively obscure subjects coming from Eastern Europe, but there's still plenty tucked away for me to work on. Frankly, with something really large, like a PB2Y Coronado flying boat, resin is out of the question--too expensive,

too heavy, and the finished model too fragile.

Mark Schynert

Well, I have just opened the Kora Models resin PB2Y and it's pretty impressive at first sight. Very nicely moulded resin, very thick main parts but very nice detail - all in fine quality resin. There is an etched fret for the cockpit and three substantial metal beaching gear legs. Options for the early PB2Y-3 patrol bomber and PB2Y-3R transport. Referring back to comments above, I quite agree - it is quite expensive (120 euro) and those mighty wings will require decent spars for their long term longevity.I will put it together with cyano and pin everything so it won't be fragile. The only competition is the Mach 2 kit, which is worthy but not an outstanding piece of moulding. Kora also sell the detail parts separately for those who have already got a Mach 2 or Contrail kit. I have some reasonable references (Air Enthusiast ?57is good and another AE has a colour pic of an RAF one) but no doubt Tom at MAI has the usual reference pack for those in need. I'm quite looking forward to doing this one.

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FWIW I'm in the market for a Rareplanes 1/72 scale PB2Y vac-u-form if anyone out there is thinking of dumping one for this new resin kit.

Bill Shuey

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William H. Shuey

Did you ever make any progress on your Contrail kit?

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Greg Heilers

Did you ever make any progress on the Contrail kit?

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Greg Heilers

I have the parts out of the sheets. When I started to line fuselage sides together and upper and lower wing pieces together I realized it was going to be a lot of work. Comparing parts to some drawings I found some were going to need replacing as well. Fin/rudder parts are undersize, and I'm not too happy about the engine nacelles either. I've got some parts left over from a junked injection molded kit that would help with the engines and cowlings but it is gonna take an awful lot of milliput!

Bill Shuey

Did I send you a picture of that Falcon Seahawk when finished??

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William H. Shuey

No! I was not even aware you finished it. I would love to see it.

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Greg Heilers

Cockpit photos for details, maybe a little more and lots of overall photos.

Let me know f you want a packet and I'll e-mal you the results.

Cheers,

Tom

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maiesm72

I've got the Kora Ju-488, definitely better looking in the box than the Mach 2 rendition. Thanks for the tip, I'll look up Joe at the Nationals. The Keeper

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