louis Carabott Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 This is a 1/72 scale diorama which I built quite a while ago ,1995 to be exact. It relates to a real incident in WWII....This RCAF Sunderland was on its way from Alexandria It had to land in Malta's Se Base in Kalafrna for an emergency engine change. An Axis airborne attack was imminent to the Island ...Hence a quick engine change had to be performed half way along the slipway for a quick getaway . It is an Airfix kit which was extensively detailed . The Model is now housed at The Malta Aircraft Museum 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Fantastic diorama and interesting story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Another Masterpiece Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Fabulous job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) Definitely positively beautiful, and a fascinating story. Also fascinating is your depiction of how she was built to be worked on, with the swing-out leading-edge supports for the under-engine platforms, and I assume built-in wing hard-points for the engine sling. Pretty thrilling situation to be doing a big radial engine change in, most definitely. Edited April 30 by Ace-Garageguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Awesome work and very cool that it ended up in a museum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Simply awesome!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Quite stunning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 A beautiful depiction of a piece of history. Having built aircraft models for a long time I can appreciate the work you did on this historic plane. excellent job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Po Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Outstanding workmanship! Very impressive diorama. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Amazing details. Takes a long time to study all that is going on in this build, time well spent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Wow! I am stunned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curvette1 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 What a fantastic piece of art, no wonder it’s in a museum! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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