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Awesome build...I'm doing the same one. I used yours quite abit for reference..Until I got to the bomb..I found a US Explosive Ordinance manuel. Early bombs were all yellow, or grey with a yellow. It's a very minor detail, but I thought i'd share it..
https://maritime.org/doc/ordnance/index.php
ChemteacherOutstanding work! Beautiful job.
On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72
BrandonK Excellent work. Stunning build for sure. BK
Excellent work. Stunning build for sure.
BK
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
14 / 5 / 2
Silver Great work.Trumpeter kits turn out great w/ well done craftsmanship.
Great work.Trumpeter kits turn out great w/ well done craftsmanship.
RadMax8 Another great build. I'm keeping my fingers crossed you get a chance to get back to work soon... I'd hate for you to get bored at your workbench
Another great build. I'm keeping my fingers crossed you get a chance to get back to work soon... I'd hate for you to get bored at your workbench
Bored at the workbench ... does not compute.
lawdog114Perfect!
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
scottrc Nice work Aggie, and in such a quick time too. The SBD is one of my favorites.
Nice work Aggie, and in such a quick time too. The SBD is one of my favorites.
Thanks for your kind words, Scott. Being out of work, I suppose I get more time at the bench than I ordinarily would. But even when I am employed, I do tend to build at a fairly quick pace. I too love the SBD.
lewbud Well done Stephen. I especially like the way you differentiated between the cloth and metal surfaces.
Well done Stephen. I especially like the way you differentiated between the cloth and metal surfaces.
Thanks for your kind words, lewbud. I don't always remember to account for the differences in surface materials, but this kit made it easy as all the control surfaces are separate parts, so I kept those aside until I had the main airframe assembled and painted. Then I just added a couple of drops of white paint to the M-485 Blue Gray to get that effect.
Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.
keavdog Turned out great. Love the color/finish. What paint/brand did you use?
Turned out great. Love the color/finish. What paint/brand did you use?
tempestjohnnyExcellent
Gamera Oh wow she's beautiful!!! Congrads on being (Youtube) famous now!!! And wish I had that problem- of running out of space to display so many beautiful models!!!
Oh wow she's beautiful!!!
Congrads on being (Youtube) famous now!!!
And wish I had that problem- of running out of space to display so many beautiful models!!!
jeaton01 Nice model, Stephen, and congrats on the photo placement.
Nice model, Stephen, and congrats on the photo placement.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Thanks,
John
To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html
docidle Aggie, I am duly and totally impressed! Well done. I wish I had the room for these 1/32 models, the detail and the possibilities of added detail is awesome. Steve
Aggie,
I am duly and totally impressed! Well done. I wish I had the room for these 1/32 models, the detail and the possibilities of added detail is awesome.
Steve
I painted the prop tips. The decals never seem to work for me.
Thanks for your kind words.
....came out great! very nice work....still slowly muddling thru mine...find a recommended color for the upper part so I ended up using MM intermediate blue-looks ok in daylight or bright light but perhaps a bit darker than I'd prefer under regular illumination...about ready for decals and weathering...crew goes in last....did you paint the prop tips or were they decals?
Anyone who is a a member of the Facebook group, WWII Model Aircraft Builders Group, will recognize the cover art on their page, as they graciously placed my Dauntless there.
My hero of Midway is complete.
This was a trouble-free build for the most part (lost one part to the nether-regions of my workbench). Parts fit was good. Some of the sprue attachments, particularly for the dive flaps, were curiously overdone, but I was able to remove those parts from their sprues without damage to the parts, just took a little patience on my part.
When I showed her to my wife, she pointed out that it wasn't dirty (I have told her often that I like my WWII aircraft to be dirty, sometimes overly so). I explained that the Yorktown bomber squadrons had recently received the new SBD-3 Dauntless aircraft, replacing the SBD-2 birds they had flown up until the Battle of the Coral Sea. So there should not have been a lot of wear and tear, sun fading, etc, on these dive bombers. I did give it a dirt wash on the underside but opted against doing so on the upper surfaces. There are some typical oil stains, exhaust stains, and the like, and I also replicated the beginning of paint wear along the wing roots - which from various photos I found, the Dauntless came out of the Douglas factories painted in a chromate color (found differences in this, with some being of the yellow variety and others green). I dabbed on some very light green zinc chromate to replicate this wear, and it should be visible in the photos.
Next up for me is the Century Series, starting with Monogram's F-100D Super Saber.
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