The museum-quality Sunderland Flying Boat wooden airplane model is hand-crafted and hand-painted. It is made by the best craftsmen. Made of the finest grade of kiln dried mahogany wood, each model of the Sunderland Flying Boat is completely hand-carved from its fuselage, to its wings and tail. The next process is sanding of the contour, then shaping and sanding. It goes through many stages of priming before being hand-painted to duplicate the actual colors of the original aircraft. Our artisans carefully painted the insignia, squadron badge, nose art, emblem and serial numbers of the Sunderland Flying Boat model airplane. And to make the Sunderland Flying Boat more perfect-looking, it is provided with a glossy finish and a mahogany stand.
History:
The Sunderland Flying boat was constructed using metal except for most of its control surfaces which are made of metal frames and covered with fabric. In 1941 it was fitted with ASV Mark II radar or Anti-Surface Vessel. This was a radar system with primitive low-frequency that operates at a wavelength of 1.5m.
The Sunderland continued being in the service even after World War II. In 1948 during the Berlin Airlift, the aircraft Sunderland shipped food to the British Sector landing on Lake Havel. They also used it in maritime patrols over Yellow Sea in the Korean War and it had a counterinsurgency role during the British War against the Malayan guerrillas.
In 1954, the RAF started to phase out the Sunderland flying boat. But before that the Sunderland helped supply the British Greenland expedition from 1951 to 1954. However, in 1951 19 Sunderlands were reconditioned in Belfast for the Aeronavale, French naval air arm. Another 16 Sunderlands were reconditioned this time in England for the Royal New Zealand Air Force or RNZAF.
In 1960, the Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft replaced the Sunderlands for Aeronavale and RNZAF. And in 1958 Avro Shackletons replaced a number of Sunderlands operated by the South African Air Force. As of today a Sandringham, owned by Kermit Weeks, a well-known American warbird collector is still flying. Today, they are doing their best to get more Sunderlands and put it back up in the air.
*Alteration on the design such as change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included with the model which may vary from the photo.
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