Short Sunderland
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Ready for some primer
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Definitely raised rivets and panel lines, but not too bad at all.
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Looks like it will be a nice kit to do.
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Getting more bits glued together and deciding on a paint scheme...
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Masking at the ready for the top camo
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Decided on the Sea grey and Slate grey camo finish, the single slate grey scheme for the top was just a little blah..
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My way of getting nice circle finish on the engine cowlings, with a suitable size washer.
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This is pretty much finished, ancient decals worked with a coat of Microscale decal film, except the wing roundels which I eventually painted with the help of some appropriate fibre washers and some cutouts from a hole puncher tool I have from a car upholstery upgrade i did.
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Also did a 1/144 Sikorsky HO-3S Dragonfly from Miniwings as a side project when waiting for things to dry or set on the Sunderland.
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a better view of the underwing bombs
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Tried out the seaside placemats I made from CoastalKits(UK) contact prints. Not sure if the Sunderland needs more weathering or not......
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Dragonfly in the background.
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Went back and looked at some WWII archive photos of the Sunderland and noticed that they were very well used and beaten up, so I went heavy on the 'dirty look', most of it seems to have worked, its all about learning new things anyway. Looks better than the 'clean' version at least.
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A more grubbier and pronounced waterline, not quite the result I intended, might go over it with some white/grey to tone it down a bit.
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The end.
Коментарі
19 20 June 2023, 16:07
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Thanks Alex, yes I like the simpler old kits sometimes as well. Now that I have found a local site that has a great collection of older kits for sale, more are coming !
28 July 2023, 10:29
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Awesome model. I would've never guessed it was such small scale. Also love that Ho3S-1 photo bombing. Great idea for photo backdrops too. I thought it was a diorama until I saw the type up.
1 July, 08:47