richdlc Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 thanks Sid ps: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid de Koning Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Hahaha, me and my big mouth.. i stand corrected. Can't believe I missed this.. ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 *update 24/6/15* Hi - update time A lot has happened since my last update, so I’ll dive straight in. Right at the very start of the build, I decided to show both the baggage compartment and the life raft compartment open. I drilled out the corresponding hatches on the fuselage halves, and scratched the interior. To make it easier to test-fit as I went along, I chopped out a section of the right hand fuselage (the baggage compartment side). I added bulkheads, ribs and stringers etc. In fact, I added a lot of stuff that will eventually be hidden, but it was important to me that when you look through the open hatch, there are details as far back into the fuselage as it is possible to see, and I achieved this. Here’s a picture from the D&S book showing the baggage compartment, with the flare tubes visible inside the fuselage: The fuselage interior - at the top is the opening through which the flare tubes are loaded. Fore of that is the bottom of the ‘trough’ in which the twin 0.30 cals are stowed: And finally, looking rearwards from the open baggage compartment door. You can see the flare tubes to the right, and beyond that, the arresting hook snubbing cylinder: I added as much detail as I thought was necessary from plastic sheet, strip and rod - the life raft storage compartment was made from a couple of old large scale bomb bodies: Other side: You can’t see that much once the removed section of fuselage is back in place (Note: Once the airframe is skinned in metal, the opening will of course be scale thickness) Even more details were then added to the cockpit floor, such as the gunner’s rudder pedals, the wobble pump handle and the various wires and tubes that will be visible on the finished model: Smoke grenades, oxygen bottle, gunner’s airspeed indicator etc: Finally, it was time to throw some paint at it. Here are some glamour shots of various parts. Some are finished, some not, it’s an ongoing process: More fun next time as I attempt to meld all these pieces together! Rich 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Fantastic work Rich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 On-going process? You just keep it on-going and we'll happily sit & watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Fantastic work Rich! many thanks James! On-going process? You just keep it on-going and we'll happily sit & watch. cheers Pete, more updates soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 God that's good; fantastic work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Pencils! You put in pencils! Wow, wow and wow. An opus in the making. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 God that's good; fantastic work cheers mate ! Pencils! You put in pencils! Wow, wow and wow. An opus in the making. Regards, haha yes, that's due to my mental illness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGA Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Dear Rich, This build is beautiful. I love the detail and I hope to be seeing some more soon! Can you recommend building this kit? I have rather large hands, combined with a severe case of ham-fistedness which makes me feel the larger scale projects are more for me. Besides that: how on earth do you do all the detailing with pewter? It is magnificent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrison90 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Stunning, jaw dropping, just a couple terms that could be used to describe this work but, why bother? The work speaks for itself. Keep up the awesome work. Cheers Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 thanks guys.. yes I can recommend the kit. The basic details are very good as Trumpeter/Merit have simply enlarged the existing 1/48 kit from Accurate Miniatures. Obviously there is huge scope for improvement in this scale, and yes, the larger size does make it easier but also less forgiving of mistakes. It's a good value for money kit too, I picked mine up for around £100 on eBay Germany As for working with pewter, all I can say is give it a go yourself. Very nice medium to work with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGA Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hello Rich! Where did you get the pewter? Ant progress on your build? I read through the whole thing and it is incredibly inspiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomore Shelfspace Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Criminy. 1/18 scale. My head is still reeling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hello Rich! Where did you get the pewter? Ant progress on your build? I read through the whole thing and it is incredibly inspiring! Hi - from www.sylmasta.com no progress at the moment as I'm still trying to get more images of the engine and accessory compartment so I can scratch build them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris G 29 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi Rich, Just caught up with your build, absolutely awesome. I rekon you could build the real thing !!!!!! Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 *update 12/09/15* Hi - after a long spell away from modelling, I got my mojo back and started working on the big Dauntless again a couple of weeks ago. First of all, I am pleased to say that I now have the fuselage halves glued. Here are some final shots of all the interior detail glued in place Next, I started working on the engine accessory compartment. I am going to show the left hand panels removed (and also the left hand cowling to show off the engine). I made the decision to go ahead, even though I lacked photos of certain areas. At the end of the day, much of the detail is going to end up hidden, and I had to fight my normal urge to detail everything, regardless. In the long run I think this will work out OK. Here's some pics to illustrate my point.. Here's what the left side of the accessory compartment looks like: As you can see, a lot of details..but most of the stuff on the right is hidden from view. The detail in the kit is fairly good - for starters, the oil tank, engine frame, rear of engine and firewall are all present. I began by detailing the firewall by adding the internal ribs as seen in the photos above. There is also a kind of 'membrane' between the engine rear and the firewall, which I replicated with a circle of thin plastic sheet. Various details were added to the engine mount frame, and the engine rear according to ref pics - note, only on the left side! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 The auxiliary air intakes are completely absent from the kit but are prominent items that can't be overlooked. I cannibalised the section of engine cowling that I have removed as it already had the curve I needed, and built it up with plastic card and filler, sanded to shape Honestly, the right hand one could have been dispensed with as it is completely hidden, but in the interests of symmetry (and to satisfy my OCD) I made it.. The kit provides an oil cooler mount, but no oil cooler! Again, too big an item to ignore. I built mine up with plastic tube and plastic card, with some PE mesh for the screens. In this photo you can see I have modified the opening it sits over. You can also see the engine mount bulkhead. I had to add a 'false' bulkhead from plastic card. For some reason the bulkhead in the kit began life perfectly flat, but after being squished into the fuselage it distorted horribly and I was no longer left with a flat surface. The only way around it as far as I could see was to make this replacement bulkhead. Unfortunately this now means that everything is now around 2mm too far forward. I had to cut a recess into my new bulkhead for the oil tank to sit in, and it just about clears the back of the engine! You can see also the throttle control linkage and various other accoutrements - some of these are very rudimentary as they will not be visible except at acute angles. Others will have a lot more detail added later. For now, the basic shapes are there... Here's a pic showing all the parts dry-fitted. Note how the focus is now on the left hand side, with much of the right hand side hidden from view. Once the oil filter is in place, and all the piping and wiring that I need to add, things will become even more crowded. Finally, here is an example of one of the fuselage mods I need to make for the dash-five version, the kit being a dash three/four. The SBD-5 had a taller, thinner cooling slot in the accessory compartment, whereas the 3/4 variant had a wider, smaller slot. The kit has a mixture of both these features, having the height of the dash-5 slot, but the width of the dash-3/4. I removed the offending material and filled most of the resulting hole with plastic card and filler. Don't forget that this plane will be skinned in metal, so all the flaws will hopefully disappear! That's where I am up to as of today. I am eagerly awaiting some hoses, tubes and fittings so I can begin adding the myriad of wires and plumbing to the accessory compartment, so more updates soon! Thanks for looking Rich 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Great detailing work! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGA Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I am so glad your project is back! Really lovely work and I am really looking forward to the future updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Glad you had your break from this. Equally glad you're back! Crack on & more power to your OCD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Rich PHENOMENAL build... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Great detailing work! Regards, Jason many thanks Jason, glad you like it I am so glad your project is back! Really lovely work and I am really looking forward to the future updates! cheers! Hoping to crack on with the accessory compartment, just waiting on some scale fittings / tubes / pipes I ordered Glad you had your break from this. Equally glad you're back! Crack on & more power to your OCD! haha thanks Pete Rich PHENOMENAL build... many thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Just been going through this WIP and you are doing a stirling job Rich amazing ! Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 *update 15/10/15* Hi again big news! Engine accessory compartment is now done. After deliberating for a long time (and while awaiting more images from my contact), I decided to just take the plunge and replicate as much as I could. I think the end result is suitably 'busy'. First of all, I gathered together numerous small fixtures and fittings. After having seen several builds on here that use scale hardware such as miniature nuts, bolts etc., I went ahead and bought a load of stuff - braided wire, ribbed tubing, scale hex nuts in various sizes. Not an exhaustive collection, but enough to be getting on with. As you can see here, there is a lot of stuff to reproduce! Lots of careful dry fitting helped me determine what would be seen, and what wouldn't. Only the left side is open for display, and that's where most of my work would be concentrated. gradually, the many layers of wires, pipes, tubes and accoutrements were added, always checking back to see what was visible and what wasn't. For example, the carburettor is completely hidden behind the air ducts, so I didn't bother adding additional details to it. The right side of the engine mount is also pretty much invisible, so I simply hung wires the begin on the right side firewall directly from the mount instead. small details were made one at a time, like the mount for the main bomb cradle and these pipes and wires for the oil lines this gadget sits atop the oil cooler - I believe it is a temperature control valve Everything was eventually glued in place and painted, and here's what I ended up with - *NOTE* one glaring omission is the radio mast, which is located near the top engine mounting. Will add that later! and here are some close ups... the mount for the oil cooler was hard to make - all difficult angles and tricky installation, especially for the right hand side, but I think it looks OK the top part of the accessory compartment is still loose at this stage, giving me easy access to the top of the oil tank. As this will be hidden, I terminated a lot of the wires on top of here and secured with healthy dollops of glue. You can see the false bulkhead I had to make after the kit part became horribly warped - unfortunately this makes the bulkhead 30mm too far forward but hey, I don't think it's too big a deal on the finished article the gun troughs for the fixed 0.50 cals are also visible, so I added these from plastic tube of the appropriate diameter, and covered with riveted pewter... update over, message ends! Feedback welcomed as usual Rich 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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