PBH-417

[finsrin]

Good research on designations.  I always found the alphabet soup of Navy aircraft designations perplexing.
Where as Army/Air Force P-26, P-40, P-47, B-24, B-25, B-26 type designations made sense to me.
So I contrived PBH-417 this way (if you missed it)
PB > Patrol Bomber   works for PBY PBM
H-4 > Hughs H-4 core model of build
17 > Lotz of B-17 content

[Buzzbomb]

that's a ripper... terrific job

[Tophe]

Going with engines from 1/72 Revell Lancaster.  Inside engines will have bay doors open to show two depth charges or bombs.

With just engines on starboard, this asymmetric flying boat is very unique. You could save the 2 extra engines for another model and keep this one as twin-engined, no?
Well, you had a serious project for inside engines, but say: one engine on port side and 2 engines on starboard remain possible...

[Nexus1171]

finsrin

Good research on designations.

Thank you...

By the way, here's the link.  I know wikipedia is often thought of as stupid, but the aviation section is improving in quality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_United_States_Navy_aircraft_designation_system

I always found the alphabet soup of Navy aircraft designations perplexing.

It's not as intuitive as the Army or Air Force system but there is logic to it, but it has itself some troubles

• Manufacturer letters change with time
• In some cases to avoid confusion sometimes if a manufacturer letter is done twice even by a different manufacturer you end up with something like F2A
• If a different manufacturer built the same plane as another it got a different manufacturer letter such as the F4F and FM -- same plane, different designation.
• Designations like Bomber Fighter (BF) Scout Bomber (SB), Torpedo Bomber (TB), Bomber Torpedo (BT) all have the weight of being a new letter so for example if the F11C is modified into a fighter bomber it doesn't become BF11C, it becomes BFC

So I contrived PBH-417 this way (if you missed it)
PB > Patrol Bomber   works for PBY PBM
H-4 > Hughs H-4 core model of build
17 > Lotz of B-17 content

Okay...

[ericr]

this is a beautifully done hybridization, congratulations!

(the hull is from the original Spruce Goose, right?)

[finsrin]

(the hull is from the original Spruce Goose, right?)

Right,,, approx front 2/3 of fuselage and all the wing.

Was a challenge to build with my medium skill level.  Though did manage to build interior bulkheads and floor which can be seen thru side blisters.  Reworking front of fuselage to accept rotating turret and fitting B-17 cockpit did result in comments to self of "now see what you got yourself into".
Increases my appreciation of effort the rest of you put into your builds.
Thanks all......

[ysi_maniac]

Not only fighter are beautiful. Good!

I like your creation!!! :)

[ChrisF]

I have to be honest, I was really skeptical about this in the earlier images, but this really came together and showed me how little I know.  It looks great!  You've done a wonderful job bringing all the pieces together into something unique and impressive.

Cheers,

Logan

Exactly what Logan said ! IMPRESSIVE kitbashing sir !!

[PR19_Kit]

I've just seen this, and it's SERIOUSLY impressive! Lots of good thought and plastic engineering went into that, very impressive.  :)

[finsrin]

Thank guys for the flattering words.  Certainly largest kitbash to date and among most difficult.
Find it nice to switch back-n-forth between more difficult to less difficult builds.
PBH-417 and Slowy Jet were the most challenging builds.