Howa bout That!

[Bruce]

Latest model I have completed is SBD-5 Dauntless NZ5057 of TJ Mclean DeLange, 25 sqn Piva.
The kit is a Hasegawa A-25B and is essentially stock, using Aeromaster decals. Colour scheme is a faded 3 tone scheme.
The kit is excellent - I have never had a kit that need so little filling!. The only disappointment is the canopy can really only be modelled closed, which hides all the nice interior and doesnt allow the rear guns to be mounted properly. In hindsight, I probably should have sourced a vacformed canopy.





Howa Bout That! (Hic)

[silverfox]

Fantastic job, one of favourite aeroplanes executed excellently.

[mumbles]

Nice

I like the weathering, nice and subtle.

[Dave Homewood]

Nice work Bruce, I can see you're really enjoying that airbrush, aren't you?

Does Falcon make a 1/72 Dauntless canopy? It may be an option for having an open one.

[kiwichappers]

Nice model Bruce, quite incredible the detail in such a small scale. I am impressed!

Falcon US Navy set number 1 has a fine Dauntless canopy as part of the set. It is for the Airfix kit however I have quickly run some calipers over the canopy and a Hasegawa kit [one of the many unbuilt] and it appears to be feasible to use on the Hasegawa kit.

Keep up the good work.

[smithy]

Nice one!

[Bruce]

Jul 20, 2008 22:49:11 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

Nice work Bruce, I can see you're really enjoying that airbrush, aren't you?

you betcha.......

[hairy]

Beautiful result, well done Bruce.
Just scanned this, thought you might like it...........

S/L T.J.de Lange, DFC and F/O L.Sewell
RNZAF photo.

[Dave Homewood]

Great photo Marcus. I'd only seen a cropped version of that before.