Guillows PBY5A Catalina Model Kit

by Guillow

Product Features

• Assembly Required Skill Level 2. Ages 10 and up.
• Made from Balsa wood

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 10.3 x 4.3 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0006GZ292
• Item model number: 2004
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,876 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)

Product Description

Scale: 1/28. Wing Span: 45?" Flown by most Allied Forces in World War 2, the PBY Catalina became the most successful wartime flying boat because of its flight range, carrying capacity and ability to land on any reasonable body of calm water. From the attack on Pearl Harbor thru wars end, the PBY saw service in nearly every combat theater around the globe-from icy Greenland and Alaska to the steaming tropics of the South Pacific where many personnel of downed bombers owed their lives to at-sea rescues by PBYs. When the war terminated in 1945, many surviving Catalinas began new careers as cargo transports, forest fire water bombers and members of geophysical survey teams. In these and other civilian roles, a number of PBYs continued to successfully operate until the early 1980s.