Short Stirling Mk.IV

Hanno Kleinecke
Great start Roland ! These seats are awesome ! Must have been are real pain in the rear to sit on these things for hours and hours.
Like the Lanc the Stirling is a real ugly beauty. I'm curious on this one !

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Hanno! Indeed- at first I could hardly believe that these seats looked like those etched parts- but indeed! In 1:72 this cockpit looks quite lovely with these gratings🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Indeed it does ! The kit seems to be quite good, panellines look very crisp.

Stephan Ryll
Roland,

I think you have to stop breathing when you work on those teenie parts -respect 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! Oh yes, the Stirling surfaces look quite convincing to me; I am really pleased by the parts general appearance.
Thank you Stephan for mentioning "breathtaking work on teenie parts" 🙂

Martien Lourens
I have the other Stirling from Italery. Also the etchparts. I 'm not sure that I will succeed to made excellent seats like those you have made. Excellent work so far on this beautiful kit.

Pierre-Christian Baudru
GREAT START !

arne vd burg
good start Roland

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates for these kind and motivating comments! Martien, I am looking forward to your "bomber" Stirling!

Thomas Bischoff
I built the old Airfix Stirling years and years ago.

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting topic and a nice start - I'm gonna have a look from time to time 🙂

Stefan Schacht
nice start, i am in. Cheers Stefan

Christian Bruer
ah the start of another masterpiece! Well, I'll take a seat.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your words are quite motivating, mates!
I am really eager to get this lovely kit build, Italeri did really very nice work!

Roland Sachsenhofer
The impressive fuselage has been closed- Italeri provides a lot of hatches which could be posed open!
The main struts of the undercarriage have to be attached inside the wheel bay, before the halfs of the wings can be glued together...... unusual, but there is no other way! 🙂

Stefan Fraundorfer
Du gönnst dir wohl nie eine Verschnaufpause, Roland? Nach 6 Wettbewerbseinsendungen hast du schon wieder das nächste Modell in Arbeit. Aber wahrscheinlich ist Modellbau die Verschnaufpause an sich für dich. Die Pilotensitze deiner Stirling sind übrigens großartig.

David Thor
The cockpit looks great, keep up the good work! 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hey, thank you both, mates, I am doing my best! 🙂
Stefan, Deine Erklärung gefällt mir; so ist es! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Nice and fragile parts on the landing gear. Looking forward to some more progres🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yes, the landing gear is quite well casted, subtle and precise in detail and proportion.
I am looking forward building this very pleasing kit!

Roland Sachsenhofer
All the seams have been filled with Cyanacrylat- and the clear parts got their masks.... this is a work you should take plenty of time for, even with the great help of the Eduards masking set.

Soeren R.
Really nice start ! Count me in

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s nice- of course! 🙂
Just glued the clear parts- the Stirling´s bow is taking shape.....

Roland Sachsenhofer
Some progress here- the Stirling is ready now for the paintwork on the upper half. Preshading has been done with black and white paint to get a greater contrast.
The kit is clever made but a little bit tricky- you have to think intentlyhow you are doing things and in which sequence.....

Christian Ristits
Wieder fleissig am Basteln...man darf gespannt sein auf das neueste Meisterwerk aus deiner Hand 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
.....spricht der Meister! 🙂 Ich danke für Deine Worte, Christian. Kommende Woche bin ich unterwegs- aber dann kann´s weitergehen!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Wow Roland, ich wollte eigentlich auf die 32er Ausgabe warten. Aber wenn ich dein Modell sehe, könnte ich mich glatt mal wieder dem angeblichen "Männermaßstab" zuwenden.😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wie bitte, diesen Vogel gibt es irgendwann einmal in 1:32?? Ich bin dabei, aber ganz sicher! 🙂
Danke für Deine Worte Dieter, aber punkto "Männermaßstab": wer wird denn die Stirling "groß" rausbringen?

Dieter Bihlmaier
War nur Spaß Roland🙂 Aber Heutzutage weiß man ja nie. Demnächst kommt eine Lancaster von HK Models.

Clifford Keesler
Very nice start.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Ja, Dieter, die Lancaster in 1:32 ist auch ein "Muss"! 🙂
Thank you Clifford fo your words!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Roland, ich habe deine He-219 auf Hyperscale gesehen. Die ist echt Klasse geworden!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Many thanks Dieter and James!
Revells He-219 kann ich auch nur empfehlen- und dazu ein wenig passendes Ätzteilblech.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Gunzes H72 "Dark Earth" has been applied; time to make the last corrections before the surfaces get finished!

Soeren R.
Really nice paint job! 🙂 Cant wait to see the finished kit.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Sören! I will do my best 🙂

Soeren R.
Ive no doubt in that😉 Can't wait to get back on my table to build agaon in 2 months... but till then I watch this build 😛

Roland Sachsenhofer
It will be a pleasure to see you at work again Soeren

Soeren R.
We will see, probably have lost all my beginner skilsl till then😉, but yeah I must admit that I miss modelling at the moment.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Ok Sören, I guess you have already lost your beginner skills- exactly at the time when you have started to build in that masterly fashion we had the pleasure to see here on "Scalemates" 🙂

Soeren R.
😢 Thx, but we will talk about that again as soon I will start building again and till then its only about your nice Stirling here😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
The upper-surfaces have been applied- I scratched with a metal needle careful into the fresh paint to simulate some abrasions and decent wear and tear. This will be enhanced by cautious sanding of the whole surfaces after having finished the paint shop.

Lex Jassies
What a beautiful brute of plane! Very nice work.

Łukasz Gliński
Nice scratching trick - something to remember
Watching your progress makes me wanna have one too😉

Christian Keller
Hallo Roland, sieht schon sehr vielversprechend aus, da bleibe ich auf jeden Fall dran, zumal ich diese Version der Stirling auch noch im Lager habe. 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you all for your kind replays, mates!
The Stirling is under cover again- this time to get a coat of black on the belly.
I am using Gunzes "Gloss Black" to ease applying of the decals, even a quite dull finish of the black is intended.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very impressive Roland!, The Stirling is my second favorite British WWII bomber, beat out by the Lanc.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Clifford!
I fully agree- it was just time for Italeri to offer such up to date Stirlings

Roland Sachsenhofer
A first coat of gloss clear followed by applying decals has been done as a first step to finish the surfaces. All the intended "wear and tear" will be done after having sprayed a second step of Gunzes floss clear.

Christian Bruer
Excellent 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s a great compliment, thank you Christian!

Christian Ristits
The paintjob is just fantastic, großartig!

Soeren R.
Fantastic result

Roy McKenzie
that looks awesome. Love the PE seats.

Bill Gilman
Beautiful craftsmanship, Roland! I missed this until now, but I am glad I found it! 👍 👍 👍

Clifford Keesler
Awesome job Roland, I love it.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hey mates, all your kind comments really make me glad- thank you!
Because of many period pictures show the Stirlings opulent arrangement of wheel struts looking quite worn and with a lot of abrasions of paint I scratched with a sharp needle some of the black paint of-to reveal the Aluminum painted first.

Es-haq Khosravi
Greaaaat job!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Es-haq, thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Some picture of the -still unfinshed- wheel struts and the tires. It will need some last work with the try-brush to get this area finished 🙂
The other surfaces should have found their final appearance- this build is in the home-strait.....

Roland Sachsenhofer
This short-story has been written in a rather short time- finished at last!
Here you get some pictures of this very nice Italeri kit. Not always logical in it´s parts layout it has been a real fun to build anyway.
Thanks for your comments and interest!

Bill Gilman
Beautiful! 👍 👍 👍

Martien Lourens
Beautiful plane and kit. You have delivered again a top result, Roland.

Stefan Fraundorfer
Another impressive result, Roland. Congratulations!

Łukasz Gliński
very nice indeed

Lex Jassies
Congratulations with this beautiful result. Love it!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi mates, your motivating words make me glad and quite proud!

Soeren R.
Wonderful finish and amazing result!
You ve build a masterpiece here - again 🙂

Can I ask how and where did you make those pictures?
Im currently looking for a good setup for my pictures in the future.

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic result Roland! 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Hey Roland, you made a beautiful model of this wonderfully odd looking bird !

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wow, that´s motivating! Thank you very much for these kind words!
Soeren, I am using my Nikon with very long shutter speed and aperture as closed as possible to get a wide depth of field- and it´s mounted on a tripod, of course 🙂 You can see two pictures of my improvised "studio".

Dave Flitton
It's GORGEOUS!!!!!

Roberto Rocat
Wow. It's a fantastic build!

Ulf Petersen
Wonderful Stirling, Roland!
Excellent result.👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
I feel mighty motivated reading your kind comments! Thank you very much!

Bart Goesaert
seem to have missed this one... and that's a shame... wonderful model...

Jan Voorbij
Unbelievable! You sir, are a gifted modeller!

Roy McKenzie
it's awesome, great work.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments are really great! Thank you very much!

Soeren R.
You deserve it😉

Michael Hickey
Great job Roland, she's a real beauty.👍👍👍

Christian Bruer
Excellent work Roland 👍 Glad you share some photos of you work bench. Much space and good light as well as a lot of space to spare all the stuff you need 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Großartiges Ergebnis Roland! Respekt auch in Anbetracht der Modellgrösse! Alles in einem Stück lackiert?

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you again for all these very kind and motivating words!
Christian, may it´s not tidy and "shipshape" -but spacious! 🙂
Bernhard, danke Dir! Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was Du mit "in einem Stück....." meinst? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
In einem Stück = Tragflächen dran. 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Ah! Richtig, "in einem Stück"..... Ich habe zuerst die Oberseitenfarben aufgetragen; diese ließen sich ganz komfortabel für das folgende Auftragen der Unterseitenfarbe abkleben.

Bernhard Schrock
Hut ab Roland! Weil die Stirling ja noch größer als die Möwe ist, die ich gerade lackiere. Obwohl ich die Zelle in drei Teilen habe, konnte ich zum Schluss jeder Airbrush-Session das Teil kaum noch halten ("Hand eingeschlafen".

Roland Sachsenhofer
Bei der Menge an Details, die Du in so gekonnter Weise verbaut hast, kein Wunder! 🙂
Nein, Scherz beiseite, ist mir ähnlich gegangen- plus dem Umstand, dass man beim Drehen und Wenden dieser unhandlichen Vögel jedesmal die Hälfte von dem, was auf dem Werktisch liegt, runterfegt 🙂

gorby
Absolutely stunning Stirling Roland. That's also a very impressive work room - yet again I have 'work-space envy'.

Christian Keller
Hi Roland, tolles Modell, die hab ich auch noch vor mir...... und, toller Hobbyraum, da kann man wirklich neidisch werden 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi mates, thank you very much for these very kind and motivating comments to Stirling and work space!
Indeed, Italeris Stirling kit is a modellers delight! 🙂

Spanjaard
i fully agree with robygould, i am envious of your work-space. and of course, the model is simply fantastic.

Clifford Keesler
Amazing job Roland, well done.

Lex Jassies
Beautifuly executed Stilling! And what a fine working space with plenty of light.What color TL you're using?

Bart Goesaert
another nice bomber... splendid work... a little question, where do you keep putting them?