Catalina PBY Model Airplane

Aircraft Collectors Can’t Get Their Eyes Off Our PBY Catalina Airplane Model

Pacific Aircraft boasts this PBY Catalina Airplane Model ; from carving, sanding, coating, painting and detailing to a creatively done wooden replica of the Coast Guard Catalina. After passing through the hands of master craftsmen, the parts of the Coast Guard Catalina PBY Model Plane are sanded and primed many times. Talented artists then paint the intricate details with great accuracy. A final coat of clear lacquer protects the aircraft and gives it a glossy finish. Our Coast Guard Catalina PBY Model Plane exhibits an unmatched quality and intricate design to obtain the exact look of the actual aircraft.

The PBY Catalina Airplane Model comes with a handsome mahogany-based chrome pedestal, and undergoes various stages of quality control before being placed in its box. Display it on your desk or give it as a gift to avid collectors just like you.

The PBY Catalina series of flying boats was originally conceived to meet a military requirement and its development built on Consolidated’s experience with earlier flying boat designs.

The PBY was originally designed to be a patrol bomber, an aircraft with a long operational range intended to locate and attack enemy transport ships at sea in order to compromise enemy supply lines. With a mind to a potential conflict in the Pacific Ocean, where troops would require re-supply over great distances, the U.S. Navy in the 1930s invested millions of dollars in developing long-range flying boats for this purpose. Flying boats had the advantage of not requiring runways, in effect having the entire ocean available. Several different flying boats were adopted by the Navy, but the PBY was the most widely used and produced.

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also operated Catalinas as night raiders, with four squadrons Nos. 11, 20, 42, and 43 mounting mine-laying operations from 23 April 1943 until July 1945 in the southwest Pacific deep into Japanese-held waters.