DoogsATX Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Excellent indeed! It appears that you've used some brass tubing to run the spark leads into, they look great. What size bit an tubing did you use? Many thanks. Chuck Believe it was either 0.6 or 0.8mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Oh no, another to be added to the the bucket list. Only wish I could do build it ( when I do) half as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Work continues! After taking Wednesday night off to do a quick video project, back at it last night. Got the pilot's harness squared away: Wasn't entirely happy with the gunner's lap belts, even after the dollar fabric, so I cut up a few more strips and combined them with some Eduard PE lapbelts, using mostly the PE hardware and the dollar strips as the fabric. Also got a very gentle start on weathering up the R-1820. So far using Ammo and AK stuff (engine wash, kerosene stains, fuel stains): tomv87, David Hansen and DirkE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 If you need any pics I have hundreds, of all aspects of the airframe, cockpit etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) In the process of weathering the R-1820, including a nice gasket leak! A quick look at the Wright radial inside the cowl: Back of the firewall, the cockpit is starting to come together. Looking forward to weathering it up! Edited April 10, 2016 by DoogsATX Brett M, DirkE, 109 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 so sharp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Terrific work, Matt. For me, it's a sad reminder of how badly I botched my Corsair's engine. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Beautiful work as always Matt Using a dollar bill for the webbing on the seatbelts? What an outstanding idea! I learn something new every day Hopefully I still have some lying around the house.... Our plastic Aussie money isn't any good for that.... Quick question about the chipping.... Whenever I've sprayed chipping fluid on the base layer it always seems to bead up, so I'm not sure if I've covered everything properly. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong? Cheers, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 More slow progress - last night turned out to be warm, humid, and the first great bug attack of the year so I spent most of the night distracted and swatting at moths and crane flies. Grr. Anywho, the cockpit continues to come together. The real heartbreaking thing with the Dauntless is that, thanks to the shape of its fuselage, so much of the wonderful cockpit detail is completely hidden from view. It would be even worse if I were going with the pilot's map tray extended, but I've sliced that part down to pose it closed instead. TenSeven, Bomber_County and DirkE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Purdy !!........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Quick question about the chipping.... Whenever I've sprayed chipping fluid on the base layer it always seems to bead up, so I'm not sure if I've covered everything properly. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong? Cheers, Craig I add some surface tension breaker I snagged at an art supply store - keeps it from beading! DirkE and brahman104 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 More progress last night - getting closer to being able to close up the fuselage. The big thing standing in my way is the PE back brace for the turret seat. I will admit I've been procrastinating there. Time to stop that. Up front - I finally unmasked the instrument panel and added the gauges to the backside last night. Still not thrilled with how Trumpy engineered things here (clear part where you have to mask off each face), but damn do acetate gauges look great. jgrease, TenSeven and tomv87 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Looks great !.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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