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Old 02-23-2009, 07:03 PM
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Good luck with the tests, and thanks for that link.

Good seeing this kit being built!
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Old 02-23-2009, 07:39 PM
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Very nice prop. Much better than the typical MM flat representation.
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Old 02-23-2009, 09:03 PM
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Nice job so far! I had this kit. Built the fuselage, and was surprised at how well it turned out, other than some misalignment of the insignia on one side. Ran into a problem with the wing root/fuselage assembly when I suffered a temporary loss of modeling skills and botched the thing irreparably. Didn't think it through carefully enough...:(

I'll be very interested to see how yours comes out.
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Old 02-23-2009, 09:34 PM
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Thanks guys.

That's sort of disappointing to hear, I'm approaching that section too. I also wanted to make it more complicated because the painted-on-dots of an air brake look pretty awful, and I've never actually done that before. I don't think I can build it unless I put some holes in those wings :o We'll see what happens.
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:30 AM
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Yes, you must do some serious trial-fitting with the inboard wing panels that wrap around underneath the fuselage. You may have to do some coloring on the bottom to get things to match up.
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:23 PM
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Luckily both tests went very well today... and I finished the prop.

I just made a little box around the toothpicks, vaguely shaped like the reference photo, and added a spacer which is necessary. I painted it with some aluminum enamel I bought years ago for plastic models.
I had to paint the tips yellow, front and back. The original design left the front white, but the back was solid black. The resource Don gave earlier said both front and back should be yellow-orange, so I painted both but used plain yellow. That source also says the hub should be solid black... sort of like the walkaround I linked to, but I think the blue looks pretty good.

OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2450.jpg

OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2451.jpg

I cut out one wing and I sort of tried it on. Doesn't seem like a train wreck, but it will need fitting.
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Old 02-25-2009, 07:45 AM
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That is one fine propellor, Kuba! I like your technique.

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Old 02-28-2009, 09:17 PM
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I don't know about technique Don, I'm making this up as I go along!

I did some of the wing today.
I'm pretty sure this disqualifies me from the contest, but I really couldn't bear to leave it with drawn on dots on the dive brakes.
It's so prominent on the real plane...
http://goldenstate.files.wordpress.c.../dauntless.jpg

Anyways, this segment is sort of odd. Not only is it a total practice run, and I made a ton of mistakes, but you can barely see the results.
Going by some reference photos, I approximated the interior. Oddly enough this is the very first time I've modified a kit beyond some trimming.
First I added some supports, and one of the structural beams, along with the obligatory landing gear cork.
OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2453.jpg

Then came the paintjob and the actuators, finishing the interior. [wow, bad lighting hides the paint... everything visible is either aluminum, red, or white. Looks some sort of weird grey tone right there...]
OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2454.jpg

This is actually a lie, because there should be 2 shafts; one for the upper brake and one for the lower. It seems the shafts get pushed/pulled from the fuselage, opening the brakes by pushing them with the little levers. This segment only has the lower brake, but I'm assuming the other would pass through to continue on, I don't know, I can't find a picture of this part.
The colours seem to be pretty standard, every picture I can find uses red.

I closed it up, and proceeded to attach the wing.
OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2455.jpg

It turns out I didn't need to trim anything, but there is a gap. That was fixed with those strips.
OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2456.jpg

Looking underneath, you can see the trailing edge didn't line up with the fuselage at all. I'll have to paint that... getting sick of painting :o
OTDAEABT 2 - Maly Modelarz SBD-3 Dauntless-img_2457.jpg

You can also see that essentially nothing is visible of the interior, but you can see that I got some red paint outside, and poorly covered it up...
Lesson one: punch holes after painting.
This is the smallest segment of dive brake, so I'm not too worried. The rest should look much better, and on the wings you have them above and below, meaning you'll actually see inside.
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Old 02-28-2009, 09:31 PM
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Wow! That's going above and beyond. You are correct in that the perforated brakes were a very visible feature and deserve to be modeled. This promises to be a beautiful model.
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Old 02-28-2009, 09:35 PM
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Your' making this look good Kuba! Way to go!
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