Wolf Buddee Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Wow Tom, What a build! Amazing methodology build a vac form and you do it all so brilliantly. Cheers, Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 Afternoon all, Progress has lowed a little of late due to work: marking exam papers and end of term reports have, sadly, taken priority! Anyway, I've been slowly getting the upper wing surfaces scribed. Dymo tape is used for the more complex curves, with a flexible metal ruler for the rest: I've also, once again, left the wings in their backing sheet for increased rigidity. Fuel tank covers still to be done, but I'm trying to work out the exact shapes of these as I don't think the plans I have are quite right: The next task will be to get the wings cut out, sanded to shape and added to the lower surfaces already attached to the fuselage... Stay tuned! Tom Starfighter, dodgem37, Victor K2 and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Wow those massive wings looks impressive Tom! Cheers: Kent tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Looks awesome Tom! Always interesting to look at the Sunderland, the exterior really does look like floor paneling with all those square panels. Matt tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Fuselage looks like the hull of the titanic to me. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Absolutely perfect! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Love all your updates... tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Great stuff Tom! I have been an admirer of your work for many years. Best regards, Paul tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 9:07 PM, Oldbaldguy said: Fuselage looks like the hull of the titanic to me. Agreed - Sunderlands certainly have that boat-like construction and yes, not too dissimilar hull plates. The upper wing surfaces are now on - before joining upper and lower surfaces I reinforced the leading edges of the wings with thick left over sprues from the HobbyBoss 1/32nd B-24. This not only provides strength, but gives a much larger gluing surface. It's not neat and it's not pretty, but it does the job. The joining surfaces for the nacelles were done in the standard way using plastic card tabs: The fuselage to wing join is not great, especially on the left wing. Mind the gap! However, this will be easily dealt with using filler, but it's always a good idea to pack such large gaps with plastic card: I took a lot of time ensuring the trailing edges are level at the roots, as well as the upper surfaces being as level as possible without leaving any hard to deal with steps. However, the wing root moulded in the fuselage is actually a slightly different shape to the wing - this is not unusual with vacforms but it does leave an awkward step to deal with: This will be a job for my trusty P-38 car body filler... The size of this model is now really apparent - I told the wife we should have bought a bigger sofa! It'll now be a case of some filling and sanding - stay tuned! All the best, Tom Greg W, Starfighter, TankBuster and 25 others 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 wow, makes me want to start another vac... tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Looks like you'll be able to use it to commute once it's all done. Didn't realize how big the Sunderland was until I saw it on the sofa. Matt tomprobert and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Spectacular work on a spectacular model, Tom! Excellent scribing, too. Kev Out2gtcha and tomprobert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Spectacular indeed Tom, looks superb. The Sunderland is an epic aircraft and always love seeing and walking through the Hendon example which as a kid in the 70s and early 80s I used to love seeing it sat in the restoration hanger at Duxford slow going together. Regards. Andy tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Wow. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Good evening guys and gals... Another Sunderland update for you, which has mainly involved filling, sanding and scribing. But from a good old fashioned vacform, who'd expect anything less? The rather unsightly joins at the wing roots have been taken care of over the course of this this week. The first and most challenging task was to eliminate the nasty step seen in the previous update where the wing profile didn't match that of the wing-mounted root. My go to filler for these sort of tasks, P38, soon made short work of that and after an initial sanding session, you can see the extent of the work having been done at the forward wing root: I've since spent a fair few hours finetuning the shape and profile of the roots, and also added the obliterated panel detail back. The wing and root profile now match perfectly, and I can confidently say, 'job done': The undersides still need some detailing but the join was fine here, and as you can see I've boxed in the bomb runners ready for further detailing in due course: I've also added the openings for the double-landing light set up on the port wing: It's starting to take shape quite nicely now... Next up is making something resembling Sunderland stabilisers from these: Until next time, Tom fab, patricksparks, easixpedro and 21 others 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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