Princess Flying Boat

Hello people,
I’m new to forum posting but I need a little help with some research and I thought it’s worth a try to post a question here as you are all aviation minded.
I’m an Aviation artist/illustrator and I’m starting a project on the Princess flying boat as a small tribute to my Grandfather who I know worked on this giant back in the 1950’s. He passed away before I was old enough to ask him about it and -any photo’s or documentation have been lost over time.

Does anyone have any good photos of the Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat out there?, or know of any good books on the subject?.
I’m particularly interested in colour photo’s or line drawings, anything that can give me a feel for the size, construction or even just that period of British Flying Boat design. It all helps to bring a painting alive.

I’ve recently been down to the Isle of Wight to get a feel for the place but I need some more technical information on the Boat itself.
Any help would be gratefully received.

If people are interested I’ll post a progress report on the painting itself as things develop.(I have an example of my work on the cover of this months Flypast Magazine for an idea of how my paintings look).

Thanks 🙂

http://www.paulcrossart.com