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Sunderland Mk.III, Italeri 1/72


Marcel

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The deadline is OK for me so I hope I would be able to finish this one in time. Anyway I have to build this model before Special Hobby comes with their one so a good excuse.

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The box art is great, really impressive. The box is not that great as it is very difficult to smuggle home - and you can’t use the popular sentence "oh no darling, not a new kit, I have had this one for ages…"

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The Eduard masks and Zoom set has been ordered for this beast.

And (no surprise here) it will be the Dakar Aeronavale option.

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I love Stirlings :).

 

Nice start on the interior :thumbsup2: 

 

Looking forward to your build of this French one. 

 

:popcorn: 

 

Best regards

TonyT

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Nice start Marcel - I'll follow along if I may :) 

I have one ready for the Floatplane GB next month so I'll be watching with interest. LDSModeller has posted some interesting photos regarding the etch here:

 

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Thank you guys for your nice posts.

So the interior is probably completed. Almost NOTHING will be visible when the fuselage halves are joined - believe me, I have tried that.

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Hi guys,

I am really glad you like my model so far, thanks a lot.

David, this is what I have used:

- black Gunze surfacer as a basis

- Alclad white aluminium in places that should be "silver"

- Mig Ammo RAF interior green (thinned with Vallejo airbrush cleaner) airbrushed in irregular patterns so a kind of pre-shading stays visible

- Eduard Zoom cockpit sides added, the pre-printed switches and gauges masked and the sides airbrushed with Tamiya NATO black

- small Eduard details attached

- gloss varnish - my favorite Aqua Gloss 

- Tamiya panel line accent (black and brown mixed) 

- Tamiya matt varnish

- Citadel Dry Necron Compound drybrushed

Sounds complicated and time consuming but as all the paints and varnishes are dry in a couple of minutes it can be done quite quickly - providing the wife and kids are not at home.

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Beautiful attention to detail and great painting/weathering.

How often have I said and heard those dreaded words: "At least I know it is there..." And nobody can see a damn thing. Silly isn't it?

 

Keep at it, no matter what!

JR

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On 15/08/2017 at 11:43 PM, Marcel said:

Hi guys,

I am really glad you like my model so far, thanks a lot.

David, this is what I have used:

- black Gunze surfacer as a basis

- Alclad white aluminium in places that should be "silver"

- Mig Ammo RAF interior green (thinned with Vallejo airbrush cleaner) airbrushed in irregular patterns so a kind of pre-shading stays visible

- Eduard Zoom cockpit sides added, the pre-printed switches and gauges masked and the sides airbrushed with Tamiya NATO black

- small Eduard details attached

- gloss varnish - my favorite Aqua Gloss 

- Tamiya panel line accent (black and brown mixed) 

- Tamiya matt varnish

- Citadel Dry Necron Compound drybrushed

Sounds complicated and time consuming but as all the paints and varnishes are dry in a couple of minutes it can be done quite quickly - providing the wife and kids are not at home.

 

Marcel

 

Thank you very much for of that.  It's really helpful to have a walk through of your technique.  

 

Cheers

 

Dave

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After a break I am back. There will be more filling and sanding of course but the tailplanes were added, the fit is quite OK.

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And the engines were started. I have not one, not two or three but FOUR RADIAL engines :-)

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