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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2011, 09:04:23 AM »
Congratulation mate!! I hope more of us will join to you soon!
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2011, 09:39:55 AM »
Engine is simply great :-clap
Hope to find suitable kit and join soon... :-think
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2011, 11:54:53 AM »
You are so precise and accurate. :-eek :-obey
Engine looks perfect!!!! :)) :-ok
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2011, 05:42:58 AM »
Just a couple of photos. First the cowling and accessory section assembly. This part of the Accurate Miniatures kit is sort of tricky to assemble. The way the parts are designed makes for a nice finished product but requires some test-fitting first.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_5968.jpg
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Major parts taped together to study the fit.
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2011, 05:37:28 PM »
I took another "snow day" on Wednesday because the parking areas at work were impassable. First I cleaned the stoop and driveway, then fed the birds:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6157.jpg
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Then I got some further work done on the A-24. First was to detail paint and assemble the cockpit and gunner compartments and sidewalls.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6163.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6162.jpg
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I then joined the fuselage halves and installed the wings. Everything here fits really nicely. Very little filler is required at the various joints with the exception of the bottom of the fuselage at the center wing area. The horizontal stabilizers don't fit quite as well as they could, but a touch of filler on each of these fixes the problem easily.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6164.jpg
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As soon as it warms up I'll be doing a bit of priming.
Scott



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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2011, 07:55:11 PM »
This look great!
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2011, 08:23:24 AM »
I started sbd-3...holes,holes,and more holes!
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2011, 04:24:08 PM »
You're doing the most aggravating part first, Tenk! Good idea. I drilled out the entire set on a 1/72nd SBD a number of years ago and it seemed to take all day........and a couple of pots of coffee...... ;)
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2011, 08:54:02 AM »
Nice work here...
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2011, 10:01:27 PM »
Very nice lads  :-clap
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2011, 07:09:27 AM »
The temperature was a bit warmer today so I was able to prime the seams that required filler. After priming, touching up missed areas, and re-priming I sprayed the red interiors of the wing flaps and NMF of the center-section flap. The A-24 I'm modeling was a very early machine and went down the production line with standard  SBDs. These first A-24s had the same red flap interiors and the black walkways on both wings that the Navy specified for their SBD-3s. Only the camouflage colors were to Army specifications. Even the propeller tips were the pre-war Navy red-yellow-blue stripe pattern.
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #26 on: February 07, 2011, 07:19:12 AM »
This going so fast on your side mate ;)
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2011, 09:39:38 AM »
Fast and great work mate! :-clap
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2011, 09:33:03 PM »
horrido! :-jump some little progress...
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Re: SBD/A-24 Group Build
« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2011, 09:53:09 PM »
Great progres! :-ok
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