papa 695's Sunderland flying boat

[yak face]

Looking like a sunderland now Ian , lovely stuff! Like myself youre on the home straight now , lets hope we can reach the finish line before the end of march!! cheers tony

[Guest]

Nice choice Ian, I remember buying this kit way back in the mid 50's for the princely sum of 10/6d, that was about 5 weeks pocket money for me, nice work. Cheers Derek

[papa 695]

Got some paint on this now

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[eddiesolo]

I love the weathering on the hull and engines Ian, great camo too and the pre shading looks superb.

Si

[yak face]

That looks fan bloody tastic Ian ! The EDSG and Dark slate grey are spot on and the shading on the rivet lines is sublime , so glad youve saved them from being sanded off. I think youre just in front by a nose , I'd better get moving with the Seiran! cheers tony

[monica]

looking great Ian, the camo turned out well, and like the weathering as well

[flyjoe180]

Awesome work Ian, it has come to life. Inspiration for mine in the future...

[papa 695]

Awesome work Ian, it has come to life. Inspiration for mine in the future...

It does look a lot better with some paint on Joe I was having some doubts about this build at one point

[papa 695]

Got all the decals on now

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[flyjoe180]

No doubts now, it looks good Ian.

[papa 695]

No doubts now, it looks good Ian.

Thanks Joe

It is amazing what an uplifting you get when the paint goes on and all the mess of the filler and primer is covered up

[colin m]

Now that looks like a Sunderland. Nice one.

[papa 695]

Nearly got this finished a little bit of weathering and some rigging to do

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I think the next post will be in the completed section

[flyjoe180]

Very nice.

[Dave W]

Looking very impressive Ian.Sanger have recently brought out a 1/48 Sunderland which must be massive.Unfortunately it's a vacform kit.I don't really fancy doing another one of those.