tomprobert 2,243 Posted January 1 First of all I'd like to wish all fellow LSPers are happy, healthy and prosperous 2019 This is my contribution to this fantastic group build: the ID Models (now Tigger) 1/32nd scale Short Sunderland MkI/II: IMG_0639 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr The plans above are laid on our kitchen table - along with an A3 cutting mat for a sense of scale - and as you can see she's a big old brute of a kit. As usual with kits of this type, only the outer shells are provided for the main components in vacuformed plastic, and the rest is going to be made from scratch. I plan on a fully detailed flightdeck, as well as opening up the bomb windows on the fuselage sides to add some visual interest. With no landing gear bays, undercarriage or bomb bays to have to scratch, I'm hoping that a year will allow me enough time to get this completed for the end of the GB. I do plan on doing the beaching gear, and I already have something up my sleeve for the engines. John (aka Tigger) has already done me a beautiful set of transparencies, so I'm all set. I'm currently cutting out and rubbing down the fuselage halves and opening up numerous portholes in the fuselage, so I'll give a decent pictorial update over the next day or two. Until then, good luck everyone with their builds! Tom 30 Out2gtcha, TaffyMan, Wackyracer and 27 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkarlsen 4,940 Posted January 1 This is going to be great, I'm ready Tom! Cheers: Kent 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trak-Tor 999 Posted January 1 Wow, what a monster! This is going to be very interesting! Juraj 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iain 9,902 Posted January 1 Brilliant Tom - another masterpiece in the making! Iain 2 tomprobert and Out2gtcha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 30,145 Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Iain (32SIG) said: Brilliant Tom - another masterpiece in the making! +1!!! 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Griewski 2,267 Posted January 2 Inspirational Tom. This is going to be great to watch. You are the man to get it built. Rick 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan_G 3,876 Posted January 2 wow, what a great project Tom! jan 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacewolf 3,115 Posted January 2 O....M....G.... !!! It's gonna be huge !! 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robthepom 1,097 Posted January 2 good lord, thats incredible, cant wait to see progress 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D.B. Andrus 3,098 Posted January 2 Gonna need a bigger table. 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BradG 3,405 Posted January 2 You could float it in your pool, if you got one! 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackbetty 3,625 Posted January 2 I love it, Tom! 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Ray 6,348 Posted January 2 Wow, huge project! Will be interesting to watch! 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phartycr0c 1,948 Posted January 2 Now this IS different. Great choice of subject. This will be great watching with great interest, especially as iv'e never done a vacform kit. 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Lund 1,343 Posted January 2 8 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: Inspirational Tom. This is going to be great to watch. You are the man to get it built. Rick Yeah, what he said 1 tomprobert reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
