Enrico

Hello everyone and greetings from Italy, I found this old topic searching for info about my next project, the SBD-5 Dauntless from Trumpeter.
My idea is a weathered aircraft with US Navy 3 colors scheme, any suggestion about a good photographic reference?
 
Thanks eveyone.

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

From the old Revell kit, with some resin goods such as cockpit, undercarriage bay, exhaust and propeller. Gear legs and other minor detail are made from scratch. The camo is quite a "what if" 'cause there's no evidence of MkIIc Hurricane in winter white, but... I like it.
 

Well, I'm not sure it's the best use of your time, but damned if you didn't bring it up to speed.

Indeed, a huge improvement on the original! We all need to build skills, and the only way to do that is practice. Much easier to do that with a rebuild than an expensive new tool kit. I think it can all be very worth while. 
 
Please do continue to share, as practice and modeling of any kind can build your skills a lot. 

Agreed. I don't wish to imply the effort is anything less than outstanding. It's just "so many kits, so little time."

Fantastic "Refurb". WOW!
 
John

Just added the mirror and taken some decent picture. This is my 4th model since I started modeling. Next project, already on the workbench, a very old and very odd Hurricane MkIIc Revell 1/32, straight from the '70s. After some work it should became an Hurry in VVS service, the test bench for white winter camo. The experiences go on.
 
Cheers from Italy
 
 

 

 

 

 

Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Just added the mirror and taken some decent picture. This is my 4th model since I started modeling. Next project, already on the workbench, a very old and very odd Hurricane MkIIc Revell 1/32, straight from the '70s. After some work it should became an Hurry in VVS service, the test bench for white winter camo. The experiences go on.
 
Cheers from Italy
 
 

 

 

 

 

This is my 1/32nd scale Hasegawa RAAF P-40 from the 2nd Operational Training 1944 – 45.
 
It was the first project I started in my new model room and was a great little kit. The model is covered panel by panel in kitchen foil using MicroScale foil glue. The paint is applied directly over the grained foil, and weathered with a combination of Tamiya weathering pallets, oils and Flory Models washes, then cleared using Model Master enamel system lacquer clear, but ONLY over the painted areas. The foil is left natural to patina as the real thing. The only worries were the rear quarter clear parts meshing with the fuse, and getting the replacement windscreen to eliminate the "phantom brace".
 
HERE is a link to the build thread.
 
Again, thanks to all who followed, gave advice and looked in on me along the way. The wheels from Obscureco and the Master Details stab and elevators were things of beauty, and I highly recommend both.
 
Normally my MO with RFI threads is to take WAY too many shots and then pic and choose from those the best ones to put in the finished RFI thread. In this case that did not happen……………..I had just barely gotten started taking some of the final detail shots (about 18 in total or so which is not that many considering how many RFI shots I usually take) when I moved the model to a safe local to re-arrange the table for the best shots, and as I did my Sony digital camera tumbled off the table and bounced right onto the concrete; lens first.
 
Needless to say I will need a new camera as the lens not only doesn't work now, but wont fully retract nor extend. Ill get one of the new Sonys in a few weeks borrowing the Xs until then.
 
 
I did manage to grab a few for this RFI thread before I broke the camera, but they are not the cream of the crop like I wanted and no close-ups of the tail, antennae nor cockpit but such is life. I may try to add some more, later after I get the new camera
 
 
 
 
For your enjoyment -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
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Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Hi guys,
 
while I have tons of wonderful, highly detailed, extra precise, very expensive new kits waiting for me... I decided to re-build my very first kit... that I put together something like 35 years ago. At that time I started as a large scale planes fan and I went for an Hasegawa Spitfire MkVI 1/32. Unfortunately my skill was not up to date for the job. Later the model passed through some home relocations and some parts were lost. I found it last year and quickly I started thinking how to re-build it.
 
The old Hasegawa seems a good kit, accurate plastic and detailed cockpit for that time, but to obtain a MkVI Hasegawa just put a four blade propeller and changed wing tips to the previous MkV. Unfortunately the main difference is that MKVI had pressurized cockpit and this means no door, different canopy and some other details. So I decided to go for an MkVb, making from scratch wing tips. I also rebuild the main canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube and a lot of cockpit details. Aftermarket helped me with the Rotol propeller, exhaust, Hispano cannons, undercarriage and wheels.
 
This plane is the  MkVb EP-461-FD flown by Wg/Cdr Frantisek Dolezal in 1942.
 
Cheers mate.
 
Before:
 

 
After
 

 

 

 
(w.i.p.)