agr62 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I love this. My dad was aircrew in these during his national service (1949-51). tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Time for an update as it's been a while - life and work and everything else has been getting in the way and keeping me away from the bench. However for a change in pace and a break from working on the main airframe, I've began to work on the props. I once again have raided my stash of Beaufighter parts as the props are the same size and turn the same way. I've had to shorten the hubs a little to take the spinners which have come from the spares box (no idea what the were from) and made some new shafts from sprue to fit the modified engines: These will now need a squirt of paint and will be good to go. It's half term next week so I am hoping to get going again in earnest with this! All the best, Tom Trak-Tor, Anthony in NZ, TankBuster and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Exciting!!!! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Good show Tom! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 A great model, I love such workshops and vacu models tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Props looks great Tom! Craig tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcD Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Such lovely work you've been doing so far! Great modeling! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Such lovely work you've been doing so far! Great modeling! X2..... tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Evening all, I've spent a bit more time at the bench this week, as well as seeing a 1:1 scale Sunderland in the flesh - well a Sandringham actually but close enough. We had a weekend down in Southampton and whilst there I sweet-talked the wife into letting me spend an afternoon at the Solent Sky Museum. If you're in the area it's well worth a visit - lots of great exhibits and history about Southampton during the war years but the star attraction for me was of course their rather beautiful Sandringham that used to fly for Ansett: They even let you dive inside - the interior is a little different to the one I'm building but it was great to have a nose around nevertheless. I imagine this example is a bit more comfortable than the Sunderland! The main reason for my visit was photograph and have a measure of the beaching gear which is a job I'm going to be tackling soon, and I managed to get plenty of useful reference shots: On to the model itself, I thought it time to have a closer look at the transparencies. It's important to get the fit of these correct just in case there was some additional structural work to be done before commencing on making their interiors. The turrets were carefully cut from the backing sheet and test fitted to the model. Here's the rear and mid-upper in situ - both fit really well: The only work needed here was build up the rear turret fairing a little more with card and Milliput. The cockpit glazing itself fits remarkably well - phew! For the nose turret, the MkII I'm building still had the early type fitted. This will be installed in the fully retracted position so I have made and added a platform for it to sit on as well as adding the details around the opening itself: The props have also been painted and lightly weathered: And look the part when installed on the engines: And that, boys and girls, brings you up to speed. Until next time, Tom DonH, Uncarina, easixpedro and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Love it! Really gets you a sense of scale and of how the end product will look like. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 That is more than impressive, great work. Cheers Dennis tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Love it! Really gets you a sense of scale and of how the end product will look like. Yes its final form is slowly beginning to emerge… getting the props done had an important psychological effect as at least part of it is finished and that works wonders for the motivation! 2 minutes ago, dennismcc said: That is more than impressive, great work. Cheers Dennis Thanks, Dennis - appreciated. dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 This is so cool, what an impressive job you’ve done already. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 What you are doing is so remarkable. Sincerely, Mark tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Forgive the ignorance, but is the blue coloring just some sort of protection on the clear bits? Or are those just molds to make your own? Matt tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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