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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on December 23, 2010, 04:58:44 PM

Title: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 23, 2010, 04:58:44 PM

Very big machine...

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: mattrcaf on December 23, 2010, 07:39:11 PM

Quote from: No.1 on December 23, 2010, 04:58:44 PM

Very big machine...

I love this aircraft, I can't wait to see what you do with it.!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 23, 2010, 07:59:06 PM

Nice to hear that somebody has interest in this machine and here you are next update :))

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 23, 2010, 11:18:43 PM

Panels lines, more need to be made  :-crazy

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 24, 2010, 09:57:37 AM

All panels done

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Sall on December 24, 2010, 10:41:56 AM

This goes fast!
Nice :-clap

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 24, 2010, 03:32:53 PM

Excellent!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Profa on December 24, 2010, 05:00:51 PM

Heavy bird... :-eek
Seen once model in 1/48 - it was HUGE!!
But wouldn't mind to lay my hands on 1/72... :-think

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 25, 2010, 12:10:40 PM

Thank you friends  :-razz Now I start work with shadows  :-wall

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 25, 2010, 02:43:20 PM

More details add...

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 25, 2010, 08:00:55 PM

This is progressing somehow...  :-roll

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 26, 2010, 08:17:26 AM

Very close to the very first color profile ;)

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Profa on December 26, 2010, 09:05:59 AM

Nice progress! :-ok
Found one of later version, really interesting, from Korean war, old and dirty work-horse:
(http://www.korean-war.com/images/KWAircraft/British/Short_Sunderland.jpg)

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Nico Braas on December 26, 2010, 10:09:47 AM

This is NOT a Sunderland, but one of the two prototypes of the Short Shetland!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 26, 2010, 10:31:17 AM

And this is worn out Sunderland :))

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Sall on December 26, 2010, 11:29:13 AM

Splendid work! :-clap :-clap :-clap and very interesting plane!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: mattrcaf on December 26, 2010, 03:12:38 PM

Love it! I especially like the discoloured hull from the sea water. Great work.

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 26, 2010, 03:19:09 PM

Thank you :-ok

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 26, 2010, 03:27:36 PM

Nice, though I would question the black on the underside of the hull and floats - I think this would have been shadow.

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Profa on December 26, 2010, 03:35:08 PM

My oh my... :-red I was so eager to find some unusual paint scheme, that I didn't look out for the plane I was posting... I could as well post some Fw 200 :-wall
OK, this was ancestor of Sunderland, but nevertheless... :-red :-red sorry once again...

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 26, 2010, 04:03:10 PM

I am not sure, there was used black but more light is welcome about the bottom... On image it look like faded protective color

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Nico Braas on December 26, 2010, 04:37:50 PM

Flying boat parts under water were treated with a coat of anti-fouling white. Must have been clearly more 'off-white' than the glossy white type 'C' as specified for flying boats!
Reference: British aviation colours of World War Two, RAF Museum books series Vol.3.
Book is an absolute must!!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 26, 2010, 05:05:01 PM

If experts say white- this is white!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 26, 2010, 08:02:02 PM

There we go - very nice, Srecko!

The shadows were pretty dark on that photo, so I can certainly see why you thought it might be black.

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 28, 2010, 02:32:24 PM

One more machine...

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 28, 2010, 03:29:25 PM

Looks great. One thing with this one (Isn't there ALWAYS one thing...! ) is that it had the single colour uppers - EDSG only - by this stage of the war.

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 28, 2010, 09:08:45 PM

Well- is this samples used in operations in Biscay?

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 29, 2010, 01:11:47 AM

I don't have my references with me at this time, but I had checked them before I left. As I recall, this squadron was part of a group that did BoB patrols during early 1945, from the airfield where this squadron was based.

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 29, 2010, 01:44:26 AM

Thank you mate :-ok

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on December 29, 2010, 10:06:24 AM

And correct colors...

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Paul Bradley on December 29, 2010, 05:33:18 PM

Splendid!

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Sall on December 29, 2010, 06:31:59 PM

 I like this bird,and this profiles! :-love
 :-clap

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: Letipapa on January 01, 2011, 01:20:13 PM

Well, well, well  :-love :-love :-love if you ask me what is the airplane, then this is it. I like this bird so much that if I was some heavy billionaire, I would certainly have and fly one (if not old one but the replica for sure). :-green
Extraordinary bird, wonderful profiles  :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave

Title: Re: Short Sunderland
Post by: No.1 on January 01, 2011, 02:15:50 PM

Thank you mate :-ok