JWM Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Hi, Next model this year - Short Sunderland Mk I. This is fameous N9029, which was involved in (following Valka.cz web page) 28.7.1940: dogfight with two CR.42 near Malta (surived). 28.3.1941: NM-V captained by F/Lt A.M.G.Lywood, reported Italian fleet movements leading to the Battle of Cape Matapan. 16.4.1941: evacuation of 'very important persons' including King Peter of Yugoslavia. May 1941: evacuation of British and Greek troops from Crete. 1.1.1943: aircraft failed to return from anti-submarine mission, crew of F/O H.Holcombe was missing. The discussion of painting scheme of her as for end of Greek campaign was here: Just to summarize. basicly in model there are decal for this machine. However, I did her in TSS with blacl undersurfaces (instead of model reccomemndation - but for 1940! - in TLS with black bottoms) and grey serial (set number by number from drawer, in model decals the serial number is white), also side roundels A1 are different then one given by producer (ie. with standard yellow band size). Whole surface was covered with Tamiya putty to fill deep panel lines. Due to her hard life in Med for a year at least I did some hard weathering, maybe too much, but when I started I could not stop Here she is: Many thanks for all who took part in discussion and helped me in final choices! Coments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited May 11, 2020 by JWM 57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 looks as if it has had a hard life worn and tired. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Lovely job,..... it looks great with the black undersides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Great build. She certainly looks like she'd had plenty of service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Great build - the outdoor shots show it particularly well. It's a harsh life, taking off & landing on the ocean, and your meticulous weathering and chipping looks spot on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Steve, Tony, Dave and Kapam, many thanks for comments. Apprecieted! Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Fantastic. I love the camo scheme and worn appearance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 11:31 AM, IanC said: Fantastic. I love the camo scheme and worn appearance. Thank you! Most people do late schemes with high white, but this camo with black undersurfaces seemed to me also attractive... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 What a beast! You did a great job putting it together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Gorgeous Sunderland, you’ve captured the weathered look superbly. I can’t believe how fast you turn these gems out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Andrew.S said: What a beast! You did a great job putting it together. Thank you! 11 hours ago, woody37 said: Gorgeous Sunderland, you’ve captured the weathered look superbly. I can’t believe how fast you turn these gems out Many thanks again Partially this is because of lock down. Anyway, from some time I am only rarely do single model in a time. With each one, you have to stop a while to get things dry etc.. - meanwhile you have time to push a bit the next one... This Sunderland I started work on it in first days of April, so it took more then month to do it. Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Beautiful job J-W, Sunderlands were based locally so i always have a soft spot for this aircraft. Congratulations cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Wow Jerzy this looks lovely great job dealing with the overdone panel lines and the scheme too. You have a cracking model there. Great work. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Very cool. Looks like the old girl has been rode hard and put away wet a few times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Stand-out build - lovely and unusal rendition Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Love the paint job CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Beautiful job. I built that same model but it didn't come out as nicely as yours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I think it will be extremely fun to put her next to the S.23 C-class Empire you are building these days. Especially because of the same (basically) camouflage aplied to both of them. Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Looks good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Amazing job! Love it. Must have used an entire tube of Tamiya putty to fill those trenches Italeri dug. 😁 Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) On 5/16/2020 at 12:27 AM, JOCKNEY said: Beautiful job J-W, Sunderlands were based locally so i always have a soft spot for this aircraft. Congratulations cheers Pat Pat, thank you! Yes the Sunderland has something to have a soft spot on her... On 5/16/2020 at 9:41 AM, bigbadbadge said: Wow Jerzy this looks lovely great job dealing with the overdone panel lines and the scheme too. You have a cracking model there. Great work. All the best Chris 14 hours ago, Ad-4N said: Amazing job! Love it. Must have used an entire tube of Tamiya putty to fill those trenches Italeri dug. 😁 Well done. Chris and Ad-4N, thank you! It was not that bad to modify the look of surface. I used... my credit card (but not valid one!) to fill all the trenches (sic!). At the very begin of work on this kit I simply smear small amount of a putty on surfaces of all prats I wanted to improve,But not all together, just one after another and then immediately for each part I used old credit card (pressing it gently) I removed excess of putty and took care to fill all around the model parts surfaces not lefting any execc on panels themselves. After a day I sanded all them only a bit with 600 grade wet sanding paper. It was enough, since the surface on panels were almost putty free. This method was very efficient - I was not more that 2 hours all together for all parts (wings, fuselage, floats and tail). Since the Tamiya putty strongly lost volume while drying the surface was not just flat, but with filled tranches, however still visible... Maybe on this photo still see delicate pattern of panel lines still present on wings, for instance... Uncle Pete, CJB, Rob, Neil and Phil - Gents, many thanks for coments. On 5/16/2020 at 4:12 PM, KRK4m said: I think it will be extremely fun to put her next to the S.23 C-class Empire you are building these days. Especially because of the same (basically) camouflage aplied to both of them. Cheers Michael Thanks! - the Empire, which is on the way (not a secret, the WIP exists) will be not that heavy exploited since she was in service in only few months (I think April-August 1942) in the livery which I am going to do.... Regards J-W Edited May 17, 2020 by JWM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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