Airfix Sunderland Part 5 Portholes Sink Holes Putty and Flu

[@lawrierobertson3915]

LOVING HOW THE SUNDELAND IS COMING ALONG!!!!!!!!!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Lawrie

[@barrythatcher9349]

Harry I love you're method and your madness. Awesome work

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Barry… it’s the only way I know how to think

[@johntreloar8203]

Looking good Harry, hope you feel better soon.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

On the mend now John, thanks.

[@johntreloar8203]

@@HarryHoudiniModels That's good to hear, take care of yourself Harry.

[@mikec.9677]

Capt'n H...Getting "savage" with the grit paper? Bask messing with your cowls? You rascal!...TU for the tips & tricks from your modeling bench. Press on with the Sunderland!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I will Mike.. and yes I work out my anger issues with the sand paper

[@doogledog1740]

If you could isolate the part of the flu that affects your voice you'd be on a winner, Harry. It adds a nice timbre to your voice. Good to see the Long Sunderland progressing.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I think they have a pill for that mate

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks Harry. Get well.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I will thank you Cos

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

looking good Harry ,thanks for the tips

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Happy to share what little I know matey

[@Yves95128]

Hi Harry, The flu makes you almost sound like a grown-up😊. For the sink holes, I really like to mask before applying the putty, the thickness of the tape is usually enough to compensate for putty retraction, a bit of sanding with the tape on and finishing after removing the tape as you do. Thanks for the video, Harry and get better soon👋🏻

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes that is also a good tip Yves… as for being a grown up, no! I refuse to grow up!

[@brinx8634]

That's coming along very nicely Harry, and I'm really enjoying your build of the old kit. A while back, I built a kit with ill fitting windows that had a step where they should have been flush with the fuselage. Rotating the the fuselage and windows to horizontal, I filled the area outside of the windows with Mod Podge Gloss. After it self levels and clears, it looks like one piece of glass that fits perfectly flush with the fuselage. It was so simple that not even I could mess it up. It just occurred to me that the clear white glue that you are using would likely work as well with a bit of thinning if needed.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes that technique works for small holes, but I was concerned my portholes were too big to keep the static cohesion of the thixotropic solution intact.

[@scurvy8895]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I’m always learning new technical chemistry round here 😂

[@blackcat62]

Love the videos Harry. A really good approach - no fuss but really helpful. Thanks. My Sunderland came out a lot rougher than yours. Was my first kit after many years off. 👍👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Your next kit will always be better…

[@garylawless3608]

The Sunderland is really coming along Harry. Looking forward to the next episode. Cheers mate, and feel better soon.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Gary more next week

[@basfinnis]

Really good techniques to make the build easier. Looks lovely. Dunno if I'd take it in the bath as my U boat will have it 😉

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Those U-Boots are dangerous in the bath Basil… torpedoes!

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

Get well soon Harry. The Sunderland build is flying along now. 😍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Ronald… on the mend

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

@@HarryHoudiniModels 😀👍🏻

[@scottfoster9452]

It's good to hear you are recovering and once again thanks for this latest episode. Have a good one.👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Scott

[@judebrad]

Ah, those generic flight crew with the gun mounts already provided. Brings back memories of the Consolidated Liberator and 4-engined models of yesteryear!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Lots of nostalgia…

[@brianartillery]

Hope you're feeling better. A cold or flu that won't go is really annoying. When I built my Sunderland, I had run out of PVA glue, and fixed the portholes with EMA Plastic Weld, a tiny little brush, and a steady hand. It took me bloody ages - put the glazing in, touch the edge with the smallest possible amount of solvent, and let capilliary action do the rest.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Great adaptation Brian

[@rogersmith2950]

I been using Airfix clear fix for windows, but I have fat fingers so I think I give your method a go, cheers Harry.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yep the fat fingers get in the way Roger.

[@nickbutler7935]

It was nice of Russel Crowe to do the voice over for you Harry. Hope you feel better soon .

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

He was Glad edo it later but Mastered it with a beautiful mind.

[@davegreenwood7575]

Usefull stuff, I did once do the clear resin thing on the windows of a Chinook....it did work but was it worth it....Nah! Never again. Right choice.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Dave

[@goforitpainting]

Cool model.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you matey

[@TheQstoltz]

I hope you are well on the mend. Thanks for another enjoyable ramble through the Sunderland countryside. I thought your reference to the LGBT….. dyslexia society was both considerate and inclusive - brilliant as usual. I took the ‘gay abandon’ to refer to the buoyancy of the floats but then….. things do get distorted so much these days. I trust Mr Bucknum is well. Best wishes and thanks for the update. Regards

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Q… not everyone gets my Aussie humour… I will just stay happy and gay to confuse the social justice warriors.

[@21EpicFail]

Cheers Harry! Love the content brother. HH GANG!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you matey.. thanks

[@brenstratters2026]

Nice old kit Harry. Looking good. Those dimples in the windows could be called firing holes? All the best.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes they could Bren. Thanks for watching

[@peterbellwood5412]

Sorry to hear (edit) 'you are still' suffering, mate . With sin k'oles I've always preferred using plastic . With a hoard, sorry, collection of classic '50s and '60s kits I've acquired a reasonable selection of 'flash' (Saviour of the Universe !) That way it's plastic filling plastic. With regards to White, just lather on a coat of Humbrol 22 . Sorted 😂Pete (not sorted ! Had ambulance crew rescue me with the old heart again.)

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Peter

[@1965GJS13]

In the bath...hahaha. Old joke (I think from Woody Allen): My wife says I am immature. But she's far more immature than me. Last night I was happily having a bath, and she just charged in and sank all my boats for no reason!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Better than being caught shagging the rubber duckie!

[@4ngu54110tt]

Cheers Harry 🙂 🐈‍⬛👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Angus

[@aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960]

Bonjour Harry, have a cold to mate ,been a month of wipping my nose and coughing my lungs out , great video Harry ? Why didn't you put some tape down first, then aply putty, then you only have minimum sanding? 😊😊😊😊😊😊have a good one mate

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I often do add the tape first but it was better to have it off to show the rivets clearly in the video and I had no time to wait for putty to dry.

[@arthurmee]

Very nice and helpful vid Harry, but not enough bloody waffle mate. Let's have a tad more if you can 😊 👍🏼

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I will upgrade the waffle in my next video…

[@scottfoster9452]

Hi Harry I hope you are well. My comment is off topic however I just needed to share it with you and I hope you can gain some profit from it. Here goes. I have also realised to day why physicists call gravity a weak force. It is because gravity waves radiate out from the centre of mass and at the centre of mass is zero! Zero the great weak nothingness radiating out in all directions a profound gravitational influence! At the centre of self there is zero, nothing with a sense of self orbiting about one’s central zero, via a hopf fibratic spherical pattern! How wonderful that humans discovered geometry all those years ago. Influence is a gravitational wave function, radiating out from one’s central zero, passing through ones orbiting sense of self whereby collecting a unique differential combination metaphysic, linguistic content and or physical action, that continues to radiate out to influence all others about oneself via one's inner and outer emptiness and orbiting sense of self. Please share this with anyone who you think can get something worthwhile from this. I thank you for who you are and all that you do. Kind regards Scott Foster

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes that was a little off topic Scott, but quite profound. Almost like one of my esoteric Gooch videos. Food for thought.

[@scottfoster9452]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Thanks Harry and your Short Sunderland is looking like a splendid show stoppers. Please continue to keep up the great work and take good care of yourself 👍

[@Adam_Boots]

Sinkholes can be a pain on older models. Working on one where three parts have them, each 1mm deep. I use sprue-goo to fill them personally. Get a blob of it an put in the sinkhole. Leave for a couple of minutes and then press it into the hole. Use a small rod next and roll over it to level it off and remove any excess. You need to leave it overnight to cure but it cures solid and sands smooth. In regards to the missing window I'd use Micro Kristal Klear to form a new one. Fill the hole with it seems it forms a thin skin across it and it cures clear. It would also be level with the fuselage.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I ran out of usual sprue goo type filler… Perfect Putty still works, however I could have plugged the holes with spare sprue, then used less putty… haven’t dealt with such large sink holes in years, forgot all the tricks. Don’t have Kristal Klear, and I think these portholes on a curved hull might be too large for that to work.

[@sammy_dog]

I would have left a like Harry but it was on my favourite number 69 and i didn't want to change it sorry

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Sure I understand… that takes some licking

[@george_364]

I wonder why there were so many portholes in the Sunderland.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s a flying boat George, with emphasis on boat. The crew lived in it for long periods. Has a kitchen (galley), bunk rooms, and more.

[@scurvy8895]

@@HarryHoudiniModels If I remember my reading properly these were used before the war on commercial routes, war started and they stripped out all the carpet and crockery and put in guns and bomb shackles.

[@paulgarner3541]

Riveting 🤪

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Just don’t let me catch you counting them Paul