SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa - Edwardkenway-FINISHED

[Canute]

Nicely done Edward.

[lmagna]

What you need to do Edward is build a box that the plane sits in and paint the insides to look like the lower hanger deck of an aircraft carrier with the plane sitting on the elevator. Then make the outside of the box look all flowery. Then you can sit the box in the house and every now and then open the lid and up pops the plane on the elevator. She gets her pretty and you get to see your nice build a little more often. 

[Edwardkenway]

Thankyou OC and Mark. 

There will be more, just don't know what yet! 

I think it may get a home in the workroom but I have keep the dust down. 

[Edwardkenway]

23 minutes ago, lmagna said:

What you need to do Edward is build a box that the plane sits in and paint the insides to look like the lower hanger deck of an aircraft carrier with the plane sitting on the elevator. Then make the outside of the box look all flowery. Then you can sit the box in the house and every now and then open the lid and up pops the plane on the elevator. She gets her pretty and you get to see your nice build a little more often. 

Thanks Lou, That's not a bad idea 🤣 I'll look into it!

27 minutes ago, Canute said:

Nicely done Edward.

Thanks Ken

[Jack12477]

47 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

I think it may get a home in the workroom but I have keep the dust down. 

Mine hangs from the floor joists over one corner of the workbench in my basement, right next to the other large aircraft. 

 

[VTHokiEE]

Wow, that looks great! Great job! I’m looking forward to whatever you choose next (but please don’t neglect your ships too much I really want to see that Triton and Winchelsea come to light 😉).

[Edwardkenway]

Just now, VTHokiEE said:

Wow, that looks great! Great job! I’m looking forward to whatever you choose next (but please don’t neglect your ships too much I really want to see that Triton and Winchelsea come to light 😉).

Thanks, must admit I've stalled on Triton as I need some more wood but can't get it as the budget won't allow. As for Winchelsea I'm still fairing the hull and it is a BIG hull😲

[Edwardkenway]

16 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Mine hangs from the floor joists

That takes me back to being a child when I used to hang all my 1:72 planes from the ceiling with fishing line😊

[Landlubber Mike]

That came out fantastic!  Nice job, congratulations!

 

[Edwardkenway]

10 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

That came out fantastic!  Nice job, congratulations!

 

Cheers Mike 👍

[popeye the sailor]

WOW!  superb job on the Dauntless Ed!   very well done  

 

I don't recall ever doing a Japanese plane before........might be interesting.   I think the Russians have it beat though.......TU 95MS

not sure if there's a kit for it........but then again,  I've not done a Russian  plane either      I've got Tora Tora Tora in my library........my favorite is the Blue Max.......went through hell finding a copy   

[Old Collingwood]

6 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

WOW!  superb job on the Dauntless Ed!   very well done  

 

I don't recall ever doing a Japanese plane before........might be interesting.   I think the Russians have it beat though.......TU 95MS

not sure if there's a kit for it........but then again,  I've not done a Russian  plane either      I've got Tora Tora Tora in my library........my favorite is the Blue Max.......went through hell finding a copy   

They do  a kit of that  not sure what scale though  - memory escapes me.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

6 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

WOW!  superb job on the Dauntless Ed!   very well done  

Thanks Denis, I thoroughly enjoyed building it.  A C47 1/100 scale is next one.

 

10 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

I've got Tora Tora Tora in my library........my favorite is the Blue Max.......went through hell finding a copy   

Is that the George Peppard WW1 movie? I like that one as well.😃👍

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

WOW!  superb job on the Dauntless Ed!   very well done  

 

I don't recall ever doing a Japanese plane before........might be interesting.   I think the Russians have it beat though.......TU 95MS

not sure if there's a kit for it........but then again,  I've not done a Russian  plane either      I've got Tora Tora Tora in my library........my favorite is the Blue Max.......went through hell finding a copy   

 

That's different... flying and the props aren't rotating.  I hope that's a model but......

[Canute]

Too clean. Interesting bird, though. I'd guess maybe a 1/72 or 1/144. Will need a lot of space to display.

 

From guys who intercepted these a/c, the turbo-props were loud, so our guys would take pictures and leave them be, if possible.

[GrandpaPhil]

Well done, Edward!

[Edwardkenway]

Thanks Phil 👍😊

[lmagna]

Nice build Edward I enjoyed following it immensely. Likewise I will be sticking around for the C-47. An enjoyable aircraft in virtually any of is iterations. 

[Edwardkenway]

41 minutes ago, lmagna said:

C-47. An enjoyable aircraft in virtually any of is iterations. 

I was thinking as a transport for 101st airborne on D-day

 

Edited April 9, 2020 by Edwardkenway

[Edwardkenway]

43 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Nice build Edward I enjoyed following it immensely.

Thank you 😁

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

I was thinking as a transport for 101st airborne on D-day

 

That would look really nice  with invasion stripes.

 

OC.

[CDW]

Congratulations Edward. Your Dauntless came out beautiful. You did quite a nice work after 40 years of non participation. You caught on quickly.

 

[CDW]

21 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

They do  a kit of that  not sure what scale though  - memory escapes me.

 

OC.

OC

 

Trumpeter does the Bear in 1:72, but the kit is a pig. It can be done to look quite well, but it takes a lot of work to get it there. Poorly fitting and lacks important detail. Then there is an old DML kit of it in 1:144. Don't know how good or bad that kit might be.

Do a Youtube search for Flory Models where he does the 1:72 Trumpeter kit. His video might be there. I have seen it on his paid subscriber site, but it may be available for free on YT. 

[Old Collingwood]

2 minutes ago, CDW said:

OC

 

Trumpeter does the Bear in 1:72, but the kit is a pig. It can be done to look quite well, but it takes a lot of work to get it there. Poorly fitting and lacks important detail. Then there is an old DML kit of it in 1:144. Don't know how good or bad that kit might be.

Do a Youtube search for Flory Models where he does the 1:72 Trumpeter kit. His video might be there. I have seen it on his paid subscriber site, but it may be available for free on YT. 

Ta matem  had assumed from the pics posted  - someone was considering building one,   never seen a kit  but have seen the actual plane up close at airshows in the very very distant past.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

1 hour ago, CDW said:

Congratulations Edward. Your Dauntless came out beautiful. You did quite a nice work after 40 years of non participation. You caught on quickly.

 

Thank you Craig, I enjoyed it, and there's going to be at least one more!😏

[popeye the sailor]

I've never seen a remake of the Blue Max.......but yes.......a day without george is like a day without sunshine   

 

I just watched the review from Flory.......huge kit!

[Edwardkenway]

1 minute ago, popeye the sailor said:

I've never seen a remake of the Blue Max.......but yes.......a day without george is like a day without sunshine   

I don't think there is a remake but I wasn't sure if there was some other film with that title,  ya know like The Patriot😉

He's good isn't he!!!😋

[popeye the sailor]

sure is........really great shots of the Fokker in flight    couldn't find the movie anywhere........   one day,  I found it as a two pack..........along with another hard to find movie I was looking for....Bat 21