Top-Notch, Museum Quality PBY Catalina Model Airplane Will Revere Enthusiasts and Model Collectors

Unbeatable museum quality best describes our handcrafted model airplanes just like the PBY plane. After passing through the hands of master craftsmen, the parts are sanded and primed many times. Talented artists then paint on the intricate details with great accuracy. A final coat of clear lacquer protects the aircraft and gives it a glossy finish. Our PBY Catalina model airplane exhibits an unmatched quality and intricate design to obtain the exact look of the actual PBY airplane.

The Catalina PBY model plane comes with a handsome mahogany-based chrome pedestal, and undergoes various stages of quality control before being placed in its box. The Catalina PBY model plane is perfect as an addition to a growing collection or as an exquisite gift to a loved one. Each Catalina PBY model plane will surely mesmerize aviation enthusiasts and hobbyists for it is truly a work of art that relives their memory of the actual PBY airplane.

PBY Catalina History:

During between 1930s and 1940s, PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built Amphibious Patrol Bomber (Flying Boat). PB stands for Patrol Bomber, with Y being Consolidated Aircraft's manufacturer identification. It could be equipped with depth charges, bombs, torpedoes, and .50 caliber machine guns and was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. Catalinas served with every branch of the US military and in the air forces and navies of many other nations.

PBY Catalina, the most famous flying boat of World War II, was built in large numbers, and some are still in use today. While it was slow by contemporary standards, the PBY more than made up for its lack of speed with its reliability and great range, as well as the fact that as a flying boat it could land on the water for rescue missions. Its long range made it an excellent reconnaissance aircraft over the world's oceans. It could be used as a bomber when other aircraft were unavailable, and Catalinas attacked targets at sea with bombs, depth charges, and even torpedoes.

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the U. S. Navy's most successful patrol flying boat of the war but naval aviators also used the PBY to attack ships at night, and to search for and rescue people stranded at sea. Following World War II, large seaplanes and flying boats suffered a mass extinction. The war caused a tremendous surge in concrete runway construction around the world, and wartime research and development pushed the range of aircraft beyond the span of the world's oceans. Seaplanes continued for some years to serve special needs but land-based aircraft became more efficient at delivering most goods and services whether commercial or military.

The PBY Catalina was a successful search-and-rescue aircraft, and universally recognized for its ability and reliability. It flew in both European and Far Eastern theaters.