Jump to content

1/32 Trumpeter SBD-2 Dauntless


olgerd83

Recommended Posts

Hi everyone.

Decided to share with you my current project - SBD-2 Dauntless. Model will be built almost OOB, with some minor improvements

 

As usual started from cockpit - masked instruments with wooden glue

 

20200725-224658.jpg

 

Added some wires for radio
20200725-224716.jpg

 

and throttle
20200725-224727.jpg

 

for rear cockpit instruments
20200725-224808.jpg

 

floor with pedals and gunner position
20200725-224822.jpg

 

some more wires for instruments
20200726-085201.jpg

 

covered all cockpit parts with black paint
20200726-153325.jpg

 

after - interior green
20200726-165106.jpg
20200726-165118.jpg
20200726-165145.jpg

 


20200802-113216.jpg

 

Painted cockpit details and parts, added black wash to highlight structure and now I can close both sides of fuselage
20200802-113238.jpg
20200802-113306.jpg
20200802-113316.jpg
20200802-113321.jpg
20200802-113333.jpg
20200802-113350.jpg
20200802-113401.jpg
20200802-113412.jpg
20200802-113433.jpg
20200802-113440.jpg
20200802-113445.jpg
20200802-113501.jpg

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Excellent start!

 

However, there are two rear cockpit control sticks included in the kit but you only need one. Unless in use, it should be in the stowed position next to the fuselage. The quick fix for this is to remove the one mounted in the center. Don't feel bad, I've never seen one of these builds (including mine) that made the same mistake. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

18 hours ago, Archer Fine Transfers said:

The quick fix for this is to remove the one mounted in the center.

No I do not feel bad at all, no worries.

Do you mean to remove this one?

20200802-113350-1.jpg

 

I found this picture as a reference and, yes the control stick is not there, but I thought a lot of other parts are removed, like radio for example,

so the stick was removed as well....
sbd-3-cockpit09.jpg

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

ok, cool, thank you for letting me know until it's too late

I have both sides ready to be glued, so I can remove it without  any problems

 

20200802-124419.jpg


20200802-124437.jpg


20200802-124455.jpg

 

 

Do you know the reason, why they decided to put this stick into the gunner's place?

There is no sense to have it, even in project, because even, if something happens with a pilot, rear gunner will not be able to have a control over the plane

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

24 minutes ago, olgerd83 said:

Do you know the reason, why they decided to put this stick into the gunner's place?

There is no sense to have it, even in project, because even, if something happens with a pilot, rear gunner will not be able to have a control over the plane

 

 

From what I've been told it's there so the gunner can keep the plane straight and level while the pilot navigates. There are no recorded incidents of gunners landing the plane. He only has basic flight instruments.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Archer Fine Transfers said:

From what I've been told it's there so the gunner can keep the plane straight and level while the pilot navigates

 

so, in this case it's not a mistake to keep it, no? 

or it was "the best practice" to remove it in field...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, olgerd83 said:

 

so, in this case it's not a mistake to keep it, no? 

or it was "the best practice" to remove it in field...

 

One of them has to go. They did not have two back there. When not in actual use it was stowed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

19 hours ago, Brett M said:

Just to make sure we’re all on the same page.....the rear control stick isn’t removed from the plane. Like Woody said, it’s just stowed on the port side wall.

 

Ok, so I will just cut it out and, when cockpit will be closed, we will pretend, it's somewhere inside fuselage:)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

29 minutes ago, olgerd83 said:

 

Ok, so I will just cut it out and, when cockpit will be closed, we will pretend, it's somewhere inside fuselage:)


You have it in there already.....below and to the right of the main stick and the red wobble pump stick B)


20200802-113350-1.jpg

Edited by Brett M
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just to clear the air for you a bit, olgerd:  The Dauntless had a guy in front and a guy in back.  The guy in front flew the airplane 99.9% of the time, but sometimes he needed a break to use the relief tube, stretch , navigate, fiddle with something - whatever.  When that happened, Douglas thought it would be a good idea to have very basic controls in the back so that the gunner could help out if needed.  Basically, he had just enough controls to keep the airplane straight and level. The gunner's seat rotated and he could face either forward or aft.  Douglas made the gunner's stick removable because when he was facing aft using his machine gun, the back of his seat would interfere with the stick (The gunner's stick is connected directly to the pilot's stick.) if the pilot up front needed to make hard maneuvers like pulling all the way back on the stick to pull out of a dive.  To keep the stick out of the way, it was stored against the left side of the fuselage and probably never put in the socket unless the pilot wanted his gunner to fly for a bit.  For some reason, the kit maker decided to have a stick in the socket AND one stored to the side, which is wrong.  Your model should have only one stick in the back and it should be the one you glued on the left side and not the one you put in the middle.  Make sense?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...