Description
No amount of care and patience would be too great to spend assembling and painting the 160 parts of this beautiful Sunnderland Flying Boat model. Working bomb gear, beaching trolley, operating gun turrets and crew members, are all there, engineered with Airfix accurcy and attention to detail. Used in the War against U-Boats, then in the Berlin air lift and the Korean War, the Sunderland has a proud history. The Sunderland III, subject of this Airfix Constant Scale kit, was powered by 4 Pegasus XVIII 1,000 h.p. engines, giving her a maximum speed of 210 miles per hour, with a cruising duration of 12 hours. Her armament load of bombs, mines, or depth charges, was 4,960 lbs. and she could carry up to 14 machine guns. – Taken from the 1st edition catalogue (1962)
5th edition catalogue (1967), listed as Short 'Sunderland' III from Short Sunderland III.
10th edition catalogue (1973), listed as Short Sunderland III from Short 'Sunderland' III.
Additional information
| Airfix Series (first appearance) | 6 |
|---|---|
| Rarity of early version | Scarce |
| First Issued | 1959 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1st Edition (1962) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2nd Edition (1963) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 3rd Edition (1964) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 4th Edition (1966) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 5th Edition (1967) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 6th Edition (1968) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 7th Edition (1969) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 8th Edition (1970) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 9th Edition (1971) | 681 |
| Catalogue Ref - 10th Edition (1973) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 11th Edition (1974) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 12th Edition (1975) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 13th Edition (1976) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 14th Edition (1977) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 15th Edition (1978) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 16th Edition (1979) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 17th Edition (1980) | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1982 Edition | 06001-1 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1987 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1988 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1989 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1990 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1992 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1993 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1994 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1995 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1996 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1997 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1998 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 1999 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2000 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2001 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2002 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2003 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2004 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2005 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2006 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2007 Edition | 6001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2008 Edition | A06001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2009 Edition | A06001 |
| Catalogue Ref - 2010 Edition | A06001 |
| Artist on Box Type 3 | Roy Cross |
| Artist on Box Type 16 | Adam Tooby |
