1/48 Short Sunderland

[jamieduff1981]

I bought this in autumn last year. I thought I'd make a start. It's a Sanger vacuum formed kit, and it'll be a lot of work so I'll chip away at this between other things.

I began by drawing around the fuselage halves with a sharpie pen, scoring between 1 and 2mm from the edge of the parts and snapping them out of the sheet.



Next I taped a couple of sheets of 180 grit wet and dry to my table and sanded. And sanded. And sanded. When the 1~2mm lip I left when scoring peeled away from the part it's close to being right. The sharpie pen marks also give a good reference. If you still have white to sand before reaching the black, keep going. If you're down to the black, make sure you really mean it!





Next, the canopy was offered up. Needless to say, another 2mm had to come out of the fuselage width. That's now been done, and I've had enough of sanding dust for one night!

[Eric Mc]

This will be a project and a half. Best of luck.

[jamieduff1981]

Thank you Eric. I've found my first shape error. The top of the fuselage comes to an apex. It shouldn't be too hard to fix but I'll need to keep it in mind.

There is no interior whatsoever in the kit. I should pick up the Italeri 1/72 kit for reference really, but it's a lot of money for a look-see.

[dr_gn]

pffffffffff...

[perdu]

Great topic to model

I wouldn't spend a lot on a model just to make bigger copies of its innards


I think you will find plenty of interior pictures on the net

Make shapes to suit the photographs in paper or thin card, testfit then cut the real bits out of plasticard

Simples

If its any help I have some shots of the Hendon Sunderland interior I think some are of the galley and weapons bay details

dohh

here're the best ones





here's the bit that rolls the depth charges/bombs out under the wings


I have a few similar but these are prolly the best for an interior builder

Edited by perdu on Saturday 17th January 21:10

[Starfighter]

jamieduff1981 said:

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I should pick up the Italeri 1/72 kit for reference really, but it's a lot of money for a look-see.

I have the mk3 kit in my stash as well as the Eduard etch kit. I could take pictures or scan instructions ions if that helps.

[jamieduff1981]

Thank you both very much

I've got a small stash of images Perdu but the more the better really (O/T - are you the same Perdu on the IPMS forum?).

Also, some pictures of what's inside the Italeri might be useful if you wouldn't mind Starfighter (O/T to give me a break from cutting and sanding plastic I, erm, started cutting and sanding plastic and resin on this Starfighter - but really it's intended to be some detail painting relief from the somewhat monotonous task of vacuum formed kits)

[perdu]

TBH I find that I reach a point where all that data and imagery is wasted anyway

Just enough to be seen, just enough to know I am happy with what I have done works for me nowadays

Oh yes, IPMS, that'll be me

Occasionally, its like a desert in there mostly

[jamieduff1981]

Me too actually - but when armed with information it's easier to decide what's important and what isn't

The IPMS forum is quite. Facebook seems to be a better platform to be honest - there is daily activity on the IPMS UK page there.

[Starfighter]

Some interesting threads on Britmodeller....

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topi...

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topi...