Around a metre long this impressive kit takes some building but truly does justice to a stunning concept plane that sadly never made it past 2 prototypes - one of which was tragically lost in a mid-air collision with a Starfighter.
The kit is definitely worth the effort, but the fit can only be described as atrocious, with raised panel lines and pretty muffled detail. It take a lot of sanding and filling but I've done several of these with the wheels down - so it was nice...
This is a beautiful kit from Italeri - one of the best I've seen. It goes together really well and the fit is absolutely perfect. It was great fun to weather it and create a well worn racer at the end of its life.
I worked from this amazing build video and I can't praise it highly enough if you want this look: Italeri 1/12 Bugatti Type 35B - Model...
I was really excited when I saw this kit released by Italeri. The Sunderland is one of the iconic aircraft I wanted to build, but until this point the only real option would be the old 1/72 kit from Airfix with all the attendent problems like poor fit and raised panel lines. The new tooling from Italeri looked really promising – and I would have to say it didn’t disappoint.
The one thing I did really miss from the Airfix fit though was that fantastic illustration on the...
