JWM Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Hi, Finally (in a last moment I guess) I decided to buy a Special Hobby Sunderland Mk V. I just did it... It was not easy to find a shop, which still posses it in offer. We will see if it came. I am interesting if it is possible to do it with a SEAC markings, so with blue-blue markings. And I am not talking about What If... (when I always can do such machine...) The photo from machine at Coco Island, which is from 205 Squadron RAF seems to have a standard C roundels on fuselage and I guess a a late-war roundels with narrow white on the top (I do not remember what was their code...). It suggests, that machines from 205 were operating at far distances from the battle area and were not suppose to meet US fighters which can be as friendly as friendly fire is, therefore they can retain red on markings... My question is - has anybody seen (or even posses a photo of Sunderland Mk V wearing SEAC roundels? Or it never happened? Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 230 Sqn operated Mk III Sunderlands with SEAC roundels from Koggala - the Italeri kit has this option. They did operate Mk V Sunderlands from Jan 1945 but pictures are scarce. They would seem to be the most likely possibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, JWM said: I am interesting if it is possible to do it with a SEAC markings, so with blue-blue markings As Ed says above Mk III's operated in SEAC markings (230 Sqn) You have the options (from Ocean Sentinel - Short Sunderland), operating from Kogalla, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Mk III EJ143 "S" ML865 "J" ML868 H All had Mk II ASV aerials and no upper Turret If you can give me a couple of days, I can see what I can find about Mk V's in SEAC markings (though don't hold your breath ) If using the Special Hobby Mk V, and you mostly (by 1945) will find that the upper turret had been deleted from production (Mk III/V) the Kit part of the Special Hobby Sunderland is pure fiction (a lot of the SH Sunderland interior is fictional) Actual shape in real Sunderland Mk V/MR5 Regards Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Thanks a lot!, I am surprised that they ficional stuff... especially with airplane which exists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I've been through 4 books on the Sunderland and all the wartime MkVs have C1 fuselage roundels including one assumed to have just been delivered to 230 Sqdn which would date it to February or March 1945. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 On 3/8/2024 at 9:14 AM, rossm said: I've been through 4 books on the Sunderland and all the wartime MkVs have C1 fuselage roundels including one assumed to have just been delivered to 230 Sqdn which would date it to February or March 1945. Many thanks for your efforts In general, the non-existing of something is much more difficult to prove then existing, so there is still some hope... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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