Jump to content

SBD-3 Dauntless, Battle of Midway, June 4 1942


Borsos

Recommended Posts

On 2/23/2024 at 2:34 PM, Borsos said:

Thank you all very much!

Thanks! That means, he doesn’t look like Ed Skrein… Another reason not to portray B-1 from VB-6. :)
 

Here’s the engine and some parts from that area:

IMG-2902.jpg

Bonus points for not painting the stainless steel dishpan interior green..... something i've been seeing on a lot of Airfix F6F Hellcat builds.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 2/28/2024 at 2:49 PM, Borsos said:

IMG-2958.jpg

I had bought a new saw blade for my crosscut and miter saw… The doctor said, I was lucky. However, this build is on halt at the moment.

Been there, done that, thrice:

 

1st time:  With a carpet knife.

 

2nd time:  An Exacto # 11 blade.

 

3rd time:  Reached out to grab the blade of a hedge trimmer that had kicked back on me.  The Emergency Room doc was not impressed with me.

 

As I have previously quoted my dear, departed Mother:  "Son, you may not be the smartest person but you make up for it by not being very bright."  :shrug:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Posted (edited)
On 3/1/2024 at 5:51 AM, amurray said:

Been there, done that, thrice:

 

1st time:  With a carpet knife.

 

2nd time:  An Exacto # 11 blade.

 

3rd time:  Reached out to grab the blade of a hedge trimmer that had kicked back on me.  The Emergency Room doc was not impressed with me.

Ouch! That sounds really painful!

 

On 3/1/2024 at 1:19 AM, David Hansen said:

Bonus points for not painting the stainless steel dishpan interior green..... something i've been seeing on a lot of Airfix F6F Hellcat builds.

thanks, David! I just followed the color photos in my Detail & Scale book. 
 

The bandages get thinner and I made a little progress on the engine:

IMG-3094.jpg
it‘s not easy to place a micro engine behind a plastic replica of an actual engine. One needs to lengthen the engine‘s shaft and as soon as the engine is glued in place you can be sure that the shaft tilts. I work with brass tubes of different diameters and with micro engines that have a shaft running through the whole body. That makes a bedding from both sides possible. At last I locked the engine between firewall and „dishpan“, but didn’t glue it there. It remains moveable and thus prevents it from tilting. That’s the result of some evenings trial and error…

IMG-3096.jpg

 

Edited by Borsos
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

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...