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Finished pics SBD-3

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  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, September 1, 2014 2:23 AM

woody0369
Brandon, if you havn't seen it, Lawdog has an amazing build going on. Too bad he ran into a parts problem

I got some irons in the fire reference that part.  All else fails, I may try to modify the part in question. Maybe it will be easy...who knows... 

.....and thanks for the kind words guys, your far to kind...

Joe 

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by woody0369 on Sunday, August 31, 2014 4:59 PM
Brandon, if you havn't seen it, Lawdog has an amazing build going on. Too bad he ran into a parts problem
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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, August 31, 2014 11:24 AM

I love it. Makes me want to start on mine. I also will pay close attention to the decals. Lawdog will get to his far before me and I'll see how that goes before I commit to ordering AM decals. Great looking build!!

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Sunday, August 31, 2014 9:55 AM

I'd say you did a fine job wrestling that kit into submission! That is beautiful!

Mike

  • Member since
    June 2012
Posted by Compressorman on Sunday, August 31, 2014 8:29 AM

Really nice looking result here! I am building this very kit right now. I am currently building the gunners station...@#&*, #&*!!  As if that part was not tedious enough, one of the more delicate pieces (the part that holds up one side of the gunners chair) was broken in two in the box  :(   Really bummed to hear about the decals.

Yours looks great though.

Chris

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:57 PM

Alright Woody.  I'll seek aftermarket for the insignias should I ever get to that point.  Again, it looks great to me.  I concur, it probably would have been easier to paint the rudder white, tape off the stripes appropriately, then spray the red.  It still doesn't look bad from here...

Joe

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2009
  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:52 PM

Looks great to me,nice job on the weathering .Shame about the decals but it really does'nt detract from the build at all.

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by woody0369 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:25 PM

Thanks lawdog. Yes sir the decals in my kit anyway. They were very thin and brittle. I should just tear them off the vertical stab and paint it (I may still), but I was irritated by that point and just wanted to be done. The roundels would never settle into the panel lines, even after I cut them and applied several coats of micro-sol and micro-set. Disappointing to say the least. Everything else was fantastic though. Great kit overall

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:43 PM

Nice!  There's nothing to be critqued.....it looks great.  I hope to get back going on mine soon.  So Accurate Miniatures decals are bad, mental note made.  

Joe

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by woody0369 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:05 PM

Thanks again guys

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, August 30, 2014 4:23 PM
Whatever problems you may have had you took them in stride. That looks great.

Marc  

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Saturday, August 30, 2014 4:16 PM

Sweet!

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by woody0369 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 12:05 PM

Thanks guys but the pics don't do justice to just how bad the decals for this kit are

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: Phoenix, AZ
Posted by Fly-n-hi on Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:13 AM

Well done!

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    September 2013
Posted by AdeB on Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:03 AM

Hard to critique that at all....phenomenal job.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:26 AM

Looks very nice!  The weathering is really fine.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: USA
Finished pics SBD-3
Posted by woody0369 on Saturday, August 30, 2014 12:20 AM

Well here's my finished Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SBD-3. This kit was a bear for me. Very small detailed parts that had to be installed precisely per instruction. Nothing really seemed to go right with it. AM kits have amazing detail though and I am pleased with how it turned out. Here,s some pics, please critique ( that's how we improve, or so I've been told). Now to start on my group builds. Enjoy

I did some mod to the engine. The kit supplied a ring with push rods and fuel/ignition lines attached, however they were grossly out of scale. I cut them and used the fuel ring itself, added push rods and fuel lines. This was one part of the kit I really enjoyed. It's a shame it's all covered up by cowling

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