Out2gtcha Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Lovely as always! Really starting to look the business now. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Awesome work as always, Tom! Kev tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Most impressive in size and more importantly your hard efforts. Looking forward to the horizontal / vertical to go on and some more primer. Hard to see the details on white vacuum plastic. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Bravo Sir! I thought that join was going to be quite a challenge but you just laughed at it! I imagine with the wings set up now that will make it considerably more challenging to manoeuvre around the table Incredible work as always Tom! Cheers, Craig tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Perfection! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 10:55 PM, Troy Molitor said: Most impressive in size and more importantly your hard efforts. Looking forward to the horizontal / vertical to go on and some more primer. Hard to see the details on white vacuum plastic. Thanks - and yes the white plastic doesn’t show up the scribing particularly well. I may use a white primer for this as the undersides are going to be RAF Sky so I’m hoping it’ll ‘pop’ once the paint goes on. On 7/16/2021 at 12:42 AM, brahman104 said: Bravo Sir! I thought that join was going to be quite a challenge but you just laughed at it! I imagine with the wings set up now that will make it considerably more challenging to manoeuvre around the table Incredible work as always Tom! Cheers, Craig Thank you, Craig. To be fair, when using fillers such as P38, it really isn’t difficult to fill such large gaps and get everything blended in - and as it sands so well it doesn’t take all that long to whip such ugly joins into place. It often looks a lot worse than it actually is - the whole wing area was actually filled, sanded and shaped in under two hours. Tom Anthony in NZ and brahman104 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 looks awesome Tom... I assume you are aware of the seawings site? http://seawings.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/18/2021 at 11:07 PM, richdlc said: looks awesome Tom... I assume you are aware of the seawings site? http://seawings.co.uk Cheers, Rich - and yes I'm a frequent visitor! Howdy folks, I've been busy working on the stabilisers of the big Sunderland of late. As usual, the first job was to scribe on the panel detail: I did contemplate removing and scratch-building the elevators, but there is some really finely moulded rib detail that is actually well worth keeping. I'll need to add the hinges and with a dark wash along the hinge line when painted, I think they will look fine. Each section was cut from the backing sheet and sanded to shape, ensuring the correct depth and thickness. As you can see, the fit was pretty good when test-fitted: Given the fact that the stabilisers are likely to get whacked periodically during the remainder of construction, I wanted them to be nice and sturdy so I have added a plastic card spar, as well as the usual scrap sprue treatment along the leading edges. I've also opted for a brass tube spar system that will fit through the fuselage and offer a really strong set up: The stabilisers were then trimmed carefully and added to the rear of the fuselage - careful consulting of plans ensured they are in the correct position: The careful trimming of the mating surfaces, along with the spar structure ensured only a lick of filler was needed along the fuselage to stabiliser join. She's starting to take shape now: She lacks a bit of stability at the moment, so I better get cracking with the fin... Until next time, Tom Scotsman, The Madhatter, GMK and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Awesome progress, Tom! I still can't quite visual how big this thing is in person, but I'm sure it's massive. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 10 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Awesome progress, Tom! I still can't quite visual how big this thing is in person, but I'm sure it's massive. Kev Many thanks, Kev. Here's picture of my daughter (she's 5) holding it - as you can see it's a large model! All the best, Tom Trak-Tor, chukw, Scotsman and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, tomprobert said: Many thanks, Kev. Here's picture of my daughter (she's 5) holding it - as you can see it's a large model! All the best, Tom Well, massive indeed! At least we can confirm that it's not too heavy! Kev Scotsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Well, massive indeed! At least we can confirm that it's not too heavy! Kev It's as light as a feather, Kev - there's actually very little to the interior so it really doesn't weigh much at all. Lots of empty voids full of nothing other than fresh air... and a few plastic card bulkheads LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ and Archimedes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, tomprobert said: It's as light as a feather, Kev - there's actually very little to the interior so it really doesn't weigh much at all. Lots of empty voids full of nothing other than fresh air... and a few plastic card bulkheads I know the feeling. Kev MikeMaben, tomprobert, Anthony in NZ and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Oh man Tom.....that is super impressive! She 'looks right' as well. Sometimes models so large can look toy like, but this dosent. Thanks for th update....and to your daughter 'modelling it' so to speak! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 You are amazing. Sincerely, Mark tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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