... but I've made some headway:

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In front is the sanded left half and behind the right half with stretched sprue applied.

My little Instamagic camera doesn't capture it, but the raw half is very glossy with a whole bunch of little defects- bits of snot on the surface.

If you're unfamiliar with Combat vacs, it's a company that's been around for a long time, through several different owners. I bought some stuff from them back in the 80's when they were out of West Easton, PA.

This kit predates that owner, as the plans have an address in Wall, NJ. You can tell it's old by the yellow plastic.

The sanded half is much better- surface is much more even, and sanding the whole thing should get me some nice paint adhesion! I'll have to see what it looks like with primer, but the sanded sprue gives a very subtle effect when held to the light.

I want to get the parts as finished as possible before joining the halves, as keeping sanding dust out of the interior would be near impossible!

Walt, you were asking for some scale to the beastie:

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The wingspan is about the size of a B-17, but the hull is about twice as deep- when I first opened the box at the swap meet I thought it was 1/32nd!

Here you can see both halves sanded down, first with 100, then 220. It doesn't look like much in the picture, but that's a good week's work, feels like I'm getting something done.

I'm lead to believe that Combat is descriptive of the build process as well as the company name.
(You're a better man then me for trying too)

Wheels UP-Water
Wheels DOWN-Land
DO NOT confuse the two !

can struggle with the model..you will have something that no one else has...like the 1/32 Me-410 from Combat I have and scared of..The Ki-45 in 1/32 from same is sitting on the shelf of doom as I type this...90% finished.
Ken

I for one, would love to see you finish her!

I'd like to have a 1/48th Sunderland one day... I think it would be one of the crown jewels in my Korean War One Man Group Build....

One day when I have the time, and the room!

We stole the eagle from the Air Force, the anchor from the Navy, and the rope from the Army.
On the seventh day while God rested, we overran his perimeter, stole the globe, and we've been running the whole show ever since.

Semper Fi, Don

Ahem, he, he, just joking! I'm impressed my friend by the trouble you are taking over this one, vacs are always going to take more time and effort and like you said, you're only going to build one so it's going to be right! Any thoughts about how to display it, are you going to plonk into a water scene or make beaching gear? That last photo is a good one, it is a BIG beastie!
Steve.

It looks like you are making the most of the kit. It really should be awesome and VERY impressive when put on the display table. Thanks for the pictures for scale.

Walt
aka
Luftwaffe Birdman

picture!

I also have one of the Jeff Wall Sunderland's so I'am watching this build will post new C-46 photo's here shortly


P-40 BOB