Chris Hannover - Germany Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Hi all,i finally found the time to start my Trumpeter Dauntless. This will be an early SBD-3 in a simple blue - grey scheme. The kit seems to be very nice, no major fit issues so far and the detail is great! Trumpeter didn't delivered the option, to open the cowls for the rear gun. From what i know, they should be opend if the gun is up. In this case i decided to open them by myself.Here are some pics of my work so far.The cowls were removed and replaced by some tiny alu sheets which came from a Red Bull can. To get the shape of the fuselage, i bend them around a scalpel handle. Some plastic stripes were attached as well.
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 The brass PE parts came with the kit.
Hacker Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 using eduard parts? just got an update from hannants on PE parts for the dauntless. They even got an engine set. Check it out chris hacker
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 Fit check with 90% of the cockpit parts. Looks already busy, eh?
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 The Emergency Flight Instrument Panel got some wires on the backside.
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 The front side is scratch built. I made a plate with three holes in it, attached from the backside a left over "Instrument Film" from my Trump. Corsair, painted it white on the backside and glued it to the kit part which were sanded down first thing.That's all so far. Hope you like it.Cheers,Chris@ Hacker,thanks for the tip, but this one will be mostly OOB with some scratched parts, like the gun cowl behind the cockpit.
Hacker Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 @ Hacker, thanks for the tip, but this one will be mostly OOB with some scratched parts, like the gun cowl behind the cockpit. Cheers, Chris You are welcome chris. hacker
KOTR Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Hehe, after I finally got the latest "Model Fan" today, I asked myself "what is doing Chris right now?". Now my question is answered Out of box, it should be a rather easy job I suppose, but the detail already looks excellent the way it is provided, judging by the pics.
Guest Rigor Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Hi chris,what no me109 nice start how is the fit on this kit another nice one from germany
Fancherello Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Hi Chris ! very nice so far ! that's funny cause I started my SBD-3 two ago !!! I'll be following your build closely ! Fanch
Ironwing Posted October 1, 2006 Posted October 1, 2006 Chris, I'm so proud of you. Something without a cross on it or that which ends in nine! I look forward to seeing what your magical skills with a brush can turn this into. Good to see you back. Geoff
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