JayW Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Good grief man - the Stirling looks to be a flying bomb-bay. Love the Evergreen engineering taking place here. I can relate! Oldbaldguy, Alain Gadbois and Derek B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Thomas..... You owe me a new laptop... This one is now covered in dribble... Quite exceptional europapete, MikeC, mozart and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model_Monkey Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) Wow. There is nothing short about this Short Stirling. Edited September 8, 2023 by Model_Monkey Learstang, CODY and Alain Gadbois 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/25/2023 at 8:21 PM, airscale said: Thomas..... You owe me a new laptop... This one is now covered in dribble... Quite exceptional I was worried there for a moment… I’m only ever called Thomas when I’m in trouble! The wife, therefore, refers to me as such on a fairly regularly basis - especially when a large model arrives at home… Many thanks for the kind words, Peter. Derek B, MikeC, Landrotten Highlander and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 1:06 PM, Model_Monkey said: Wow. There is nothing short about this Short Sterling. Except it isn't "sterling" as in the currency- it was named after the city of Stirling. MikeC and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Well, well, isn't this utterly amazing! Derek B and tomprobert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model_Monkey Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 11 hours ago, Palm-tree said: Except it isn't "sterling" as in the currency- it was named after the city of Stirling. Oops. Fixed. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim61 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Wonderful work! I've always had a soft spot for the Stirling over the Lancaster. It'll be really impressive once finished sitting next to the Lancaster. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Whatever the spelling, this is absolutely sterling work! Very repetitive I'm sure, but also very exacting. She is going to be a very intimidating presence on the shelf. Cheers, Mike tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 It is, no doubt, a sterling Stirling! Kev MikeC and tomprobert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Maxim61 said: Wonderful work! I've always had a soft spot for the Stirling over the Lancaster. It'll be really impressive once finished sitting next to the Lancaster. Cheers, gents. The aim is to eventually have “the big three” of bomber command in 1/32 scale. I’ve done the Halifax, the Stirling is well on the way and I’ve the HK Lancaster in the stash ready to be done when this is finished. I’d love to display them all together at a model show one day in the future, but I will need to do some serious negotiations with my club in regard to display space..! I’ve not done a lot to this of late as I’ve been away on a family holiday and have now returned to teaching and the classroom after the summer break - a shock to the system! However, I’m slowly working out how to make my own oil coolers which hang beneath the nacelles on the MkIII as the kit parts are, shall we say, rather crude… More when there’s more! Tom LSP_Kevin, Trak-Tor, Shoggz and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) Anybody with a passing interest in Bomber Command, and Stirlings in particular should read this: The cover artwork isn’t great, but Murray Peden’s writing brings the experiences, the frustrations and the sorrows of wartime aircrew vividly to life. I love this bit: ”When you did your flare out and check on landing, she dropped onto the runway like a 39 ton boulder; there was no float to speak of at all. If you checked six inches above the runway the result was a beautiful landing. If you checked a foot and a half above the runway you arrived very firmly and definitely; and if you were two feet above the runway when you cut the throttles it felt as if the undercarriage were being driven through the wings.” Peden was a great fan of the much maligned Stirling, usually being regarded as the real ugly sister of the Lancaster and Halifax trio but it’s obvious it needed very precise flying. No wonder so many were damaged at Heavy Conversion Unit stage. Edited September 9, 2023 by mozart Derek B, HB252, tomprobert and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 That's awsome Tom, brilliant work tomprobert and Derek B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Not the most exciting of updates but important progress nonetheless. I decided to tackle the distinctive oil coolers that hang under the nacelles on the Stirling MkIII onwards, having moved from the leading edge of the wing on the MkI. The kit parts were lacking somewhat, so I had a brainwave and decided to see what I could do with some spare 1/48th 500lb bombs, some old felt pen lids and a bit of filler! The bombs are actually an almost exact fit, in terms of the diameter, according to my plans so I threw caution to the wind and had a play to see if I could come up with something viable… I began by removing the fin section from each bomb and extreme nose, leaving the hollow shell of the bomb body. Rather than leaving them hollow, I trimmed the pen lids to give them some ‘guts’ and to represent the oil cooler itself. The forward section was then improved by adding some Evergreen tube of the correct diameter and everything was blended in. Finally, I used some thin Evergreen to add some external detail, and fashioned the mounts from plastic strip: Next, they were given a squirt of black as once installed on the nacelle it would be problematic getting the airbrush into the nooks and crannies: They were then glued to the correct position on each engine: Not perfect or totally accurate but they’ll do! All the best, Tom williamj, Shoggz, Elger and 34 others 36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Very nicely done, Tom! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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