dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'm building Hasegawa's 1/48 SBD-4 Dauntless and included in the kit are etch dive brakes. The plane will be modelled on the ground and as such the dive brakes will not be deployed. My question is this - when the dive brakes were in the closed position, could you see through the perforations and out the other side, or was there something inside the dive brakes that prevented this? thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 You could see right through Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverkite211 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) You can see through. The dive brakes on the underside of the wing also worked as flaps, so you can have them open, if you like, I have seen a couple of photos of SBDs that way. Edited March 9, 2012 by silverkite211 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 You can see through. The dive brakes on the underside of the wing also worked as flaps, so you can have them open, if you like, I have seen a couple of photos of SBDs that way. True, however the only ones I remember seeing 'flaps down' are museum examples - I think they generally parked 'flaps up' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi some nice photos cheers Jerry http://daddybobphotos.com/Aircraft/Manufac...D-Dauntless.jpg http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/qb36/sbd/DSC_5074.jpg http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-phot...5/1/1853152.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/lee...D_Dauntless.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks Guys! Useful info, I'll have them closed as the a/c will be 'parked', should be interesting seeing a model with 'holey' wings! thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Go for it Mike. I built the old version of that kit with the solid dive brakes (dimples) and drilled each hole out myself! Madness - I think there were 168 of them! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi, all, You sure the holes in the upper brake coincide or align themselves exactly with those on the lower? Fernando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 AFAIK the holes are not perfectly aligned, i.e. if viewed from above or below they are not a perfect circle, and importantly the red paint of the interior of the flaps is visible on those parts of the undersides or interior (whatever you would call it that are visible in the openings). I depicted this on the old Airfix kit by painting the parts of the hole remaining in red then almost dry brushing the top side camo on so that the red remained visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 http://daddybobphotos.com/Aircraft/Manufac...D-Dauntless.jpg http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/qb36/sbd/DSC_5074.jpg http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-phot...5/1/1853152.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g258/lee...D_Dauntless.jpg You saw it ! Even on the ground deployed dive brakes . Good Luck. Tonka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve N Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 One quick tip...the inside of center flap and flap well were painted the underside color. Only the outer flaps (upper and lower) were painted red inside. SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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