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Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Miguel Vaquero
Hey Jay! I've never heard of them. Could you indicate me to some references and I fo about them?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

Guy Rump
The next one of my projects will be the RAAF Boomerang by Special Hobby, a mix of plastic and resin. 🙂

Sergej I
Interesting and unusual topic 🙂 👍

Guy Rump
Made a start on the Boomerang, the cockpit is a fair number of pieces. The internal main colour is Vallejo BS Interior Green. 🙂

Welcome along Sergej, hopefully it will go together in a decent fashion! . 👍

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Moreno Baruffini
Following! I have just added it to my stash, and I also noticed that the cockpit is made by a lot of pieces!!!!!

Nicolas
Following

Djordje Nikolic
Me too!

Guy Rump
After quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, I managed to get the cockpit in and the fuselage together. Wings went together ok. 🙂

Welcome Moreno, Nicolas & Djordje! 👍

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Patrick Hagelstein
Looking good Guy! I kinda like the stubby purposeful shape of a Boomerang.

Guy Rump
Wings were added to the fuselage. Filler added to several parts but not too much. 🙂

Thanks for your kind comment Patrick, it was definitely a strange shape for its time! 👍

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Guy Rump
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

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Guy Rump
USAF green and insignia white added. (Vallejo Model Air). 🙂

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Edward MacKenzie
I have this kit in my stash... following!

Guy Rump
Decals added. A couple of issues but hopefully OK. 🙂

Welcome along Edward! 👍

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Guy Rump
Now completed, this Boomerang flew with 4 Sqn RAAF at New Guinea in Jan 1945. 🙂

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Duster_d
Well done! I even wanted to order the same one!

Nicolas
Very nice result Guy. 👍

Edward MacKenzie
Congrats mate! This Boomerang looks very good! 👏👍

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with the above!!!!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Duster_d, Nicolas, Edward & Moreno for very kind comments. I greatly appreciate them. 👍

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J35J
Another great build Guy! Congrats👍🏻
I'm impressed of your production rate of builds.

Derek Buckmaster
Nice work Guy! I have several of these in my stash, so I always like to see what others can do with it... yours looks very nice, well done!

Guy Rump
Thank you for your very kind comments J35J & Derek, I greatly appreciate them. 👍

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Guy Rump
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Guy Rump
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Dave Flitton
Excellent work. How was the build?

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your kind comment Dave. The build was really good except for trying to fit the cockpit into the fuselage which was quite difficult. Definitely recommended. 👍

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Guy Rump
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Bozo
My favourite australian plane

Tcamp
Cool build
Awesome job sir

Mark Sherwood
Excellent build/paint Guy. Much better than the Airfix 1.72 I suspect.

Guy Rump
Very many thanks Mark & Tcamp for your kind comments, I haven't built the Airfix version as yet Mark... 👍

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Mark Sherwood
The Airfix kit is from my Yoof' it came out in the mid sixties, built it in the seventies. So you can guess what it was like. 🥸🤘😅🤟🥸

Neuling
Interesting and well done!

Guy Rump
I remember it in the catalogue Mark in my Yoof but I never got one. 🙂

Many thanks for your kind comment Neuling, much appreciated. 👍

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Guy Rump
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Stephen Lesley
As an Aussie I approve of this build! 🙂

Guy Rump
I'm glad you do Stephen, it was a nice kit to make except for fitting the cockpit frame in which was quite a chore. 👍

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Tcamp
Excellent job guy

Roberto Rocat
Lovely!

bossy122
Be really careful when putting the wheels on the suspensions. I snapped a front suspension arm as the wheel stemWOULD NOT go into that 1/24 scale rubber gasket.

Michael Kohl
Love the lines of the old Formula 1 race cars. Following.

Sam L
@bossy122 thanks for the note on the rubber washers, I will be steady when that part comes!!!!
@Michael Kohl thanks for the follow! I hope you enjoy my updates

Marcel
Fantastic result. It looks flawless. Nigel looks ready to race this car. 🙂

bossy122
That came out quite nicely. Wouldn't it be nice if someone would make some sharper exhausts in 3D? ( hint hint). Did you have any problems with those wheel gaskets?