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This one and the Hasegawa Kawanashi flying boats are some that I never had a chance to build back in the day. I’m looking forward to following along here!

Nice subject and good to see it in a different scheme.

Stikpusher wrote:

Medicman71 wrote:Very cool! I've always wanted to do a British Coastal Command aircraft.

Well there are lots of subject choices available in that area…

Yep! Spitfires, Beaufighters, B-17s all sorts of types were operated by CC

jkim wrote:Very cool! I don't if you follow him but (coincidentally) Chris Wauchop's most recent blog entry is his build of the Airfix Sunderland Mk I...

https://chriswauchop.com/

He's got some in-progress pics that might be helpful and as always, his painting and weathering are top-notch.

Wow! that's cool build! Thanks John!

Gary Brantley wrote:Good luck with your model Stuart! It should be quite striking when done. Are you a member at Britmodeller by chance?

Thanks Gary, I am but I rarely post on BM as I really don't like the feel of the forum - It's not a place a really fit in.

KSaarni wrote:That will be a massive plane when ready!
How on earth will you be able to build it on your, sort of portable bench ??

- Kark

lol! It is rather large, but should just about fit.

Stikpusher wrote:This one and the Hasegawa Kawanashi flying boats are some that I never had a chance to build back in the day. I’m looking forward to following along here!

Oh I totally agree, I'd also love to build the modern Japanese flying boats and the ones the USN used in Vietnam.

Bish wrote:Nice subject and good to see it in a different scheme.

Thanks Bish!

Hey Lyle - can you move this to Future builds for me I've just cut up the fuselage to fit the mk.I parts only to find it doesn't fit - the profile is wrong... It's going to take me a while to figure is out.

Moved.

Thanks Lyle - it's going to take me a,while to sort this out - probably going to have to build a new step with plasicard.

Stikpusher wrote:This one and the Hasegawa Kawanashi flying boats are some that I never had a chance to build back in the day. I’m looking forward to following along here!