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Hello, This is the Airfix Dauntless with some parts replaced with Hasegawa parts, care of a modelling mate here in Australia who kindly gave me this kit and a spare sprue of Hasegawa parts and decals, I replaced the inaccurate kit wheel with resin aftermarket ones (meant for the Hasegawa kit but can be altered to suit),and the horrid kit canopy parts which are really not usable at all, replaced with Falcon vacform canopy parts designed for the Airfix kit. I have posted all the work on Work in Progress.... the kit needs some work to make it more accurate, e.g. the bomb bay is totally inaccurate! But otherwise it is not bad for a 1967 kit. The Hasegawa parts used were the cockpit interior, engine, mast and pitot tube, tail hook, smaller bombs and the decals! The decals had a tough time conforming to the riveted Airfix kit so I had to use a mixture of Micro Sol and Gunze Sangyo Mr Mark Softener... -
Hi All, Here is my first WIP thread and first aircraft build since erm.... around 1992 possibly. I can remember starting to build one of these when it was injection molded in blue plastic. I lost interest (possibly due to loads of flash, poorly fitting parts and poor decals) and never finished it. This one does not seem to bad... Airfix Douglas Dauntless kit by arrjaytee, on Flickr
