Lone Star
Models' 1/48 scale
P Mk.6 Catapult
by
Joe Lyons
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P Mk.6 Catapult
The Buffer Rods and cables are the only non-stock item on the
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This is a brief look at Lone Star Model’s exquisite P Mk 6 catapult
and one of its inhabitants, the 35 year-old 1/48 scale Monogram kit of
the OS2U Kingfisher.
I have some original blue prints of a variant of the P Mk 6, and have
visited the lone survivor on USS Alabama – rest assured Mike West has
truly done justice to this Golden Wing-through-WW II piece of equipment
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Click the thumbnails below to view larger images:
This “build” was done without the catwalks provided in the kit and
found in all shipboard installations, EXCEPT the centerline catapults on
the sterns of most of the older battleships. These included all the
battleships at Pear Harbor on 12-7-41, plus Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho
and Mississippi. On these ships, at most launching angles the catapult
did not extend over the side of the ship, thus all crew functions could
be performed while standing on the ship’s deck. I’ve started work on
some drawings of these installations with a view towards building a
diorama.
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Doll, T and Jackson, B. (1972).
Vought-Sikorsky OS2U Kingfisher. Windsor, Berkshire, England:
Profile Publications.
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Larkins, W. (1996). Battleship and
Cruiser Aircraft of the United States Navy 1910-1949. Atglen, PA:
Schiffer Military/Aviation History.
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Larkins, W. (date unknown). The
Curitss SOC Seagull. Leatherhead, Surrey, England: Profile
Publications.
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Trimble, W. (1990). Wings for the Navy
A History of the Naval Aircraft Factory 1917-1956. Annapolis, MD:
Naval Institute Press.
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[author unknown] (1949). Naval
Aircraft Factory Cavalcade of Aircraft Supplement. [Washington:
GPO???]
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[“Supplement includes unclassified
data on launching and arresting equipment”]
Model, Images and Text Copyright © 2006
by Joe Lyons
Page Created 02 August, 2006
Last Updated
21 February, 2007
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