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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 9:02 PM
I'm sorry but I've been gone lately but I'll be building Academy's 1/72 B-17. Has the build started yet?
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Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, July 1, 2004 4:01 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ausf

Looks great to me.
Is that the Accurate Miniatures SBD?


yes, it's the sbd-3 one.
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Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:39 PM
Sorry i havent been present here for the past 5 or 6 pages. But i Will be building My Revell B-26 Marauder in that wierd 1/48 scaleSmile [:)]
I just realised that this build has started, so, I probably wont get started for a while.

John
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:32 PM
Looks great to me.
Is that the Accurate Miniatures SBD?
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Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:12 PM
looks awesome chris.

joe

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Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:08 PM
I sat down and went to work on the interior of this thing. I would almost say I would rather have 2 kits of tiger roadwheels to do than to fight with one of these things again. Almost. I think if I would have a pair of tweezers with about 3 u joints in them it would have made some of this easier. The instructions said to take a break after this point so whos to argue. Maybe more sheets should have points that say take a break now. It might not be the nicest interior ever done but here is what mine looks like for now.

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Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, July 1, 2004 10:31 AM
Well I got a start on the Dauntless. Mixed up a concoction of interior green that I think is close enough. Got some of the cockpit assembled and was real fun trying to figuer out where some of the stuff was supposed to get attached. Hopefully I might be able to get most of that done today since I got another day off thanks to the monsoon season we somehow seem to be having.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 3:09 AM
I am nearing the completion of my tiger.
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Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:19 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe

chris that looks fantastic, but i am sorry my friend it is the wrong shade of green.

this would be more the correct shade.

http://squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=TS1715

sorry my friend.

joe


Ahh well, I think I can mix something up close enough though. Not going to let a little thing like accuracy hold me up for to long Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by wipw on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:14 PM
Thanks, Matt. That helps a lot. I hope I can find some shots of the sidewalls! If not, I'll just wing it, so to speak!! lol
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Posted by ewc2003 on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:58 PM
Bill,
It's the only color picture of the cockpit of a restored SBD in Chino, California. There are around 30 pics (sort of a mini walkaround), but this may help with your IP question.





Here's a B/W shot of the entire forward position to show the layout.

Here's the website for the walk around:
http://www.renderwurx.com/rc/SBD/html/recon/chino.htm

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Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:42 PM
going to be about the time i start too monrad. but it will be worth the wait i think.

joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:22 PM
It will be a month before Im ready to start, so I wont be starting until the end of July.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:14 PM
Are we starting this? It looks like the flyboys are in the final stages and I haven't even really looked at the kit yet.
Do we go? Is there a weather front moving in? I'm confused.
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Posted by wipw on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:11 PM
Looking good, Matt. Keep it up. The only Academy armor I've got is their Early Tiger I with full interior, and the paint callout on it is very inclusive (though not necessarily 100% correct!).

Okay, I'm ready (really) to start on my A.M. SBD-5. Can someone please give me a site that has a color picture of the interior. The AM instructions say to paint everything (just about) interior green. I have no idea what color all the switches and levers are supposed to be. I assume most would be flat black, but would guess some were red or maybe white. Thanks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ewc2003


This kit is reportedly an old Tamiya release... the fit ain't the greatest, but that's what tarps, tents and other ground pounder gear is for, right?


D'oh Another secret out!
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Posted by ewc2003 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:40 PM
Is Academy famous for not including any paint colors in their armor kits? I'm doing their Panzer IV Ausf H for the Reverse Build, or as I like to call it "The Tempting of the Dark Side". I have their 1/48 F-86F MiG Killer and it's awesome from the instructions down to the decals.

This kit is reportedly an old Tamiya release... the fit ain't the greatest, but that's what tarps, tents and other ground pounder gear is for, right? Anyways, it's fun doing an armor kit after no modeling for a decade... Most of you treadheads have been downright helpful, and it's appreciated. Anyways, here are a couple of progress shots... Please be kind :)



Decided to scratchbuild a little of the interior since the hatches (right?) on both sides of the turret are open. Some of the flyboys may recognize the part I used for the commander's chair.



Since the front two hatches are open I made simple compartments for the radio operator and driver, only a pair of seats for these two grunts!...


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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:07 PM
http://www.aircraftcolors.com/us.html
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/05/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part3.htm

hope this helps ya out.
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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:59 PM
Great interiors LQ2.

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Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:53 PM
chris that looks fantastic, but i am sorry my friend it is the wrong shade of green.

this would be more the correct shade.

http://squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=TS1715

sorry my friend.

joe

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Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:44 PM
Looking sharp Chris.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

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Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:19 PM
I forgot about this earlier but here is a pic of the color I am talking about.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:10 AM
There are 2 known colors, bronze green and med green for it, and neither are lime. Both are a dark flat color. The undersides of the dive flaps and regular flaps if you postioned both opened are red. nice looking plane when it all comes together.

-Jeff
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Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:30 AM
Speaking of interiour green, how close is it in a dauntless to say what i used for my m113? i don't really have readily access to specific colors but I do have some lime green looking paint that I used for the 113.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 6:31 PM
ok when I know what links to do I'll do it!!
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Posted by wipw on Monday, June 28, 2004 4:09 PM
The easiest way I've found to put a link on the page is to open another copy of my browser, go to the site, highlight the url in the address bar (make usr you get all of it from the http: through the last character, which may be off the screen to the right), then click back to the forum and your message post, and do a paste. (This, of course, if your using Windows. I don't know how you'd do it with a Mac, but I assume it's similar.)

And thanks;
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:40 PM
Hmmm I know I have some links here for ya somewhere...how do I put a link on this reply page thing anyways??? I'll see what I can do.

Ospry amkes a small book ($19.95 I believe) on modelling the SBD Dauntless (SBD standing for slow but deadly Approve [^]). I have the ones for the Stang and the Spit and they are awesome.

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Posted by wipw on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:14 PM
Isn't "pharoosh" the sound a torpedo makes when it's launched??

Sorry, Ausf, some images are just too vivid!! lol
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Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by phroosh

I picked up my Dragon King Tiger today Joe. Looks like a great kit. Hope it treats you well!


awesome of course you know i will yelling for help.

joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 11:15 AM
Bill,
I really don't need to hear about you modeling Panz-less.
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