Eric, I have scanned the instructions and sent them to your e-mail.

Eric, I will send a scan shortly.

Nice work overall, I’m very impressed!

Your friend, Toshi

Eric, if no one else has a scanned set already, I will scan a set I have for you.

Hello,

I hate to be one of the needy ones, but I purchased the same model in a sealed box and it had NO instructions.  Everything else was fine and same as in pics.

Is it possible for someone to sell or just send me a photocopy of the pages via email?

I'm an American here in Japan and the retailer has no way of backtracking.  He's a friend and I know he's just getting rid of inventory.  I found out that Accurate Miniatures has since been purchased by another and I have given up on that notion, too.

I've been a hobbyist long enough to either follow pics on internet or piece it together, but very slowly.

Anyway, thanks for input given or possible leads.

Eric

pistoraeric@hotmail.com

BrandonD

Nice job. You did it proud. Sad to hear about the masks for the canopy, but I ran into the same with my AM B-25B masks. They were too big. Or too small, depending on the window.

-BD-

 

Thanks Brandon. I believe the Dauntless kit includes a similar mask, so I wonder if that one is going to present the same problem. In any event, this one was actually pretty simple to mask. I did all of the horizontals exclusively, then after that dried well, I came back and masked for the verticals.

Nice job. You did it proud. Sad to hear about the masks for the canopy, but I ran into the same with my AM B-25B masks. They were too big. Or too small, depending on the window.

-BD-

tempestjohnny

Very nicely done. I'm building the -2 right now. Definitely not one of their best. Very fiddly build. But will look good when done.  Also a lot of errors in the instructions.   John

 

John, you are absolutely correct. There are lots of problems in the instructions, parts mis-numbered, etc. But there are no issues that relegate this kit to unbuildable status. I am looking forward to seeing your -2.

Very nicely done. I'm building the -2 right now. Definitely not one of their best. Very fiddly build. But will look good when done.  Also a lot of errors in the instructions.   John

1943Mike

I think you did a really fine job with this kit. I'm not knowledgeable enough about aircraft in general to comment on how you overcame the various deficiencies of the AM kit but, your end result is very nice indeed.

After I build one jet (for a friend - I'm concentrating on prop aircraft for my own pleasure) I may - finally - get to one of my 1/48 AM kits. Either the TBM-3 or SBD-5.

 

 

Thank you for the kind comments Mike. I have not yet built the AM Dauntless but I have built their Avenger. It is one of the best kits that money can buy. Enjoy!

I think you did a really fine job with this kit. I'm not knowledgeable enough about aircraft in general to comment on how you overcame the various deficiencies of the AM kit but, your end result is very nice indeed.

After I build one jet (for a friend - I'm concentrating on prop aircraft for my own pleasure) I may - finally - get to one of my 1/48 AM kits. Either the TBM-3 or SBD-5.

lawdog114

Outstanding work and tribute to those brave men. Reference the underside, its looks fine to me, but Im no expert. In the future try lightening the Tamiya grey base coat with XF-2 flat white. I do it all the time. This will help you achieve the color your looking for. Again, thanks for sharing...

 

Thanks Lawdog. Honestly I never considered the option to lighten the gray with white. I do think it looks good even though I knew the gray was too dark.

bvallot

Way to fight through it. =] Great subject, great plane, and great job! Stik's right, you're grey is a bit too dark, but you did do an excellent job on the taping around the fuselage. I'll keep that Smoke trick in mind. It seems to have work nicely. This is one of the first planes I built when I first started modeling. I used actual athletic tape torn into strips to simulate this. LOL. It wasn't too bad actually, but I've been itching to do another one and paint it with something other than a brush. =]

Again, nice job Aggieman. Way to pick up the little guy with this one.

 

I can't claim credit for the smoke trick; I found that on another site as a solution another builder employed to achieve that effect. Well, the gray is the biggest issue with my build, but being out of work means I have to use what I have on hand. This lack of a job thing is a double edged sword - I have been more productive at my bench than I have been in many years, but the $$$$$ issue constrains me.

Greg

Real nice work. And you intoduction is interesting too.

AM is great, you are lucky to have  a couple in your stash. I am lucky to have one (not a Vindicator), a gift from a friend.

 

Yes, they are really good kits. I have previously built their Avenger, Sturmovik and Mitchell kits, but a couple of those suffered a crushing fate - the Sturmovik succumbed to a shelving collapse back in 2006, and the Mitchell did not survive my wife and a flung file folder a couple years later. I have since acquired new copies of those, added another Avenger, a Dauntless, a Helldiver, and a MiG (or is it a Yak).

BrandonK

Great work on a personal fave from the early war. Super good looking build.

BK

 

Thank you for your kind words, Brandon.

Way to fight through it. =] Great subject, great plane, and great job! Stik's right, you're grey is a bit too dark, but you did do an excellent job on the taping around the fuselage. I'll keep that Smoke trick in mind. It seems to have work nicely. This is one of the first planes I built when I first started modeling. I used actual athletic tape torn into strips to simulate this. LOL. It wasn't too bad actually, but I've been itching to do another one and paint it with something other than a brush. =]

Again, nice job Aggieman. Way to pick up the little guy with this one.

Real nice work. And you intoduction is interesting too.

AM is great, you are lucky to have  a couple in your stash. I am lucky to have one (not a Vindicator), a gift from a friend.

Great work on a personal fave from the early war. Super good looking build.

BK

Don Stauffer

Looks great!

I have that kit in my stash, and hope to get working on it this summer.  Hope it turns out as nice.

 

You will do great work on it given other work I have seen from you.  Just watch out for the problem areas with the canopy.

Jay Jay

Oh Man that's a jaw dropping build, Superb I tell ya !

The weathering and fading of the paint is beyond my capability for sure and I am truly amazed at how you pulled this off. I would certainly score this high in any contest.

 

Thanks Jay Jay!

The only fading I attempted was through the random placement of blue Tamiya weathering pastel, although I'm not sure that shows up real well in the photos.  But I do believe in weathering these pretty heavily, perhaps too heavily at times, though when you consider the conditions WWII aircraft often operated out of, it would be a wonder that there would ever be even a part of the aircraft that did not have some dirt on it.

" You might have to scour eBay for one of these Vindicators."

I figured as much so I've already got one on "Watch" status.

Looks great!

I have that kit in my stash, and hope to get working on it this summer.  Hope it turns out as nice.

Gamera

Despite your issues she turned out great! And thanks for the story behind your interest in her and Captain Fleming. 

 

Thanks Gamera!

The whole time I was building this, I was thinking about the particular aircraft that I was building that something sounded familiar about it.  I knew there was a story to this aircraft, and that did not hail from the movie Midway.  I only re-learned the story right as I was putting the finishing touches on my build when I got on-line and researched this aircraft.  And I am certain that I had read about it before, probably in one of the books on Midway that I have read.

Oh Man that's a jaw dropping build, Superb I tell ya !

The weathering and fading of the paint is beyond my capability for sure and I am truly amazed at how you pulled this off. I would certainly score this high in any contest.

Toshi

Like mustang1988 has said, that it is a truly remarkable build.  Excellent details!

Toshi

 

Thanks Toshi!  This one was (mostly) a relaxing build.  The kit is chock full of details and goes together mostly pain-free, but any mistakes are mine alone.

mustang1989

A truly remarkable build and cool subject as well! I've always had a liking for this aircraft and did NOT know that AM cut out a kit for it. I'll be looking forward to one of these bad boys in the near future. Your use of color & weathering techniques are amazing!!!

 

Thanks Mustang!

AM went out of business a few years ago.  I'm thinking this was their last production run, but I also have an AM Helldiver that I believe is a re-pop of the Monogram Pro-Modeler kit that I got right before a trip to Disney World back in 2011.  You might have to scour eBay for one of these Vindicators.

Despite your issues she turned out great! And thanks for the story behind your interest in her and Captain Fleming. 

Like mustang1988 has said, that it is a truly remarkable build.  Excellent details!

Toshi