blackbetty Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 unbelivably clean scratchwork!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Amazing work mate! Such a lovely aircraft! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Superb work mate, I do love the Sunderland but I think i'll just settle with the 1/72nd Special Hobby kit! Really can't wait to see this one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 I've had the Sunderland out again over the weekend. At some point in my future I'll learn to focus on just one model at a time, but I seem incapable of that at the moment... Now that I'm happy with the interior structure I've done the final positioning of the bulkheads which are now all firmly in place and give a lovely and strong structure to the model: I've also begun working on the hefty support frames for the pilots' seats - these will be fitted after the fuselage is together but it's easier to work out dimensions and positioning whilst the halves are separate: I've also made the mooring winch which sits in the nose as well as the racks for additional depth-charges that reside in the centre bomb room: These obviously need to be painted before adding - and then I'll be making some of the smaller details to add to the visible areas of the fuselage before I can close her up! Regards to all, Tom Old Dog, Landrotten Highlander, chukw and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Ooooh, great to see your back on the Sunderland! Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Such clean and precise work on all of the internals. My attempts come no where close to yours. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkis Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Yippee! More Sunderland candy! Keep 'er goin, Tom... Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Lookin' good Tom I'm hoping we can all go for a ride when it's finished KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Good luck! vB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 For the vac-curious* (like me), this is a great thread. I'm wondering if the large size of the fuselage actually makes getting the halves joined up easier as they will bend more easily Richard *Tigger's site is an Alladins cave of unlikely aeroplanes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Spectacular!..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 epically large! epically good! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Evening all, It's been a while since this build saw any action, so time for an overdue update... Last time I'd been working on this I had made some good progress with the interior and was more or less ready to join the fuselage halves. I finished off adding some details such as the radio operator's chair to the flightdeck and the depth charge racks to the centre section, as this would be impossible to install once the fuselage was together. I'd also fabricated some beefy wing spars and attached these to the appropriate internal bulkheads: I also added some low-tac tape to the interior of the cabin windows to keep dust and debris entering the fuselage to the minimum - this can easily be removed after painting is complete: It was then that disaster struck - I was happily working away on the kitchen table when the need for a cuppa meant I got up from the table and unbeknown to me, my hoodie had caught on the rear fuselage and whole lot went crashing to the floor. Typically, it was the side where all the bulkheads were glued and as you can imagine, when it hit the tiled floor it was carnage. The interior sections all came away, some breaking into smaller parts. The nose section was totally destroyed and the flightdeck, stairs and forward floors all smashed into an unknown number of pieces. A mammoth, and totally morale-sapping repair job was needed. I simply picked the whole lot up and put it all into a bin liner - manging to overcome the desire to bin the whole thing - and put it into the back of the attic until I could gather my thoughts and find the mojo to repair it all... ...fast forward a few months and I was in the loft having a rummage and I came across a rather sorry bag of Sunderland parts. Suddenly the accident seemed a distant memory and it was time to get going again. The interior was painstaking rebuilt over a few evenings and then it was a case of adding the two fuselage halves together. This went without a hitch, and here we are now: It sure is a big old brute - here it is alongside a 1/32nd F-4J that's entering the home straight, and that ain't small! Barring any further mishaps, this build is back on track! All the best, Tom dutik, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Wow that’s huge in perspective! That fuselage looks great. So glad to hear you recovered after such an unfortunate accident. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Fantastic progress, Tom! Great recovery from a major setback, too. Kev tomprobert and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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