This build is a
conversion of the Execuform PBM. The kit had the PBM-1 fuselage and tail
surfaces with PBM-3C and PBM-5 turrets and engines. The wings had too much
chord which was reduced aft the second spar. I added the scratch
built -C3 conical tail gunner's position.
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Once I got the kit to a
PBM-3, I converted it to the interim configuration of
the first six sub-chaser PBM-3S the USN modified. Unlike
the the later PBM-3S, the six exhibited more of their origin from
the early PBM-3C in the 1942 scheme and armament. This is presumably Bu
No. 6535 and has had the insignia & unit markings revised; dorsal
turret removed; and the camouflage modified for sub chasing along
with the1943 blending measures.
The markings and configuration were interpreted from two pictures .
Phil Marchese
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