Short Sunderland III
- mierka:
- 1:72
- Postavenie:
- dokončený
- zahájená:
- September 23, 2015
- dokončený:
- January 13, 2016
In late war RAF Coastal Command livery.
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21 December 2014, 02:33
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Looks like you are in Seaplane mode! Never flown floats, but it looks fun!
21 December 2014, 06:26
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Yeah, I have a distinct weakness for seaplanes. I've never flown in one, either. I sorta have a plan to combine the Twin Otter and floatplane experiences in a flight out of Victoria's Inner Harbour on a Harbour Air rig. Bucket list stuff. If I were independently wealthy, I'd be looking to pick up a new Dornier Seaplanes Seastar...niiiice. The mode I'm working in is 'Battle of the Atlantic'...I keep getting diverted by other projects, like the Seabee. (MADD, y'know...Modelers Attention Deficit Disorder).
21 December 2014, 15:56
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Boy, would I love to see kits of the Dornier Seastar and the Piaggio P.136 Royal Gull. 1/72, of course.
21 December 2014, 16:07
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I saw the Donier Seastar in Calgary a couple of years ago. Larger than I thought it would be. There was a P.136 Gull in Long Beach, good looking airplane. One Of my favorites is the SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera.
21 December 2014, 21:53
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After completing the Special Hobby Harpoon, I opened this box to find one engine and housing (a single piece) missing. In a sealed box with sealed internal bags. The fourth engine evidently never made it in to the package....*sigh*
20 August 2015, 18:14
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So...per the encouragement here, I emailed customer service at Airfix and told them the problem. I get a email back saying 'it's in the mail'. Today, I received the box from the UK, with one 1:72 Short Sunderland engine. The Sunderland can proceed!
22 September 2015, 20:36
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So...I have begun. I now have four engines. Airfix responded quite well. However, in beginning the assembly, particularly in doing the rattle spray of the whites, I find that the nose on one side of the fuselage has an injection molding issue and it is malformed. It looks to be fixable, but I'll need to give it more time.
7 November 2015, 20:09
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Hrrumph...I'm almost done. This thing has been cursed with minor fit issues. The fuselage halves needed 'evening' down the lower centerline of the hull. The engines took considerable internal paring to get them to fit on the wing nacelles. The nose below the front turret was deformed and had to be reformed with putty. The crew on the flight deck had their heads filed down so that the clear canopy would go on. Craploads of tiny stuff like that.
But. It is together. And awaiting decals...well, the Future first. Then decals, then Future again. Then Dulcote.
10 January 2016, 00:15
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It is done. Passable. Well, mostly. I misplaced the support struts for the land gear. I have the wheels and the main struts, but the supports that branch out at 90 degrees? Well, they were set aside to keep them safe and now I don't know where that is in my chaos. *sigh* I'm hoping they'll surface in the process of clearing away for the Beaufort. Or, in the continuing construction of the Seedraken.
16 January 2016, 18:28