russ c Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Hi Everyone, Managed to get a brief sunny spell today and took some pic`s of my latest completion: My attempt at Italeri`s reboxing of Accurate Minatures 1/48 Dauntless kit Finished to represent an Aircraft of 25 Squadron, RNZAF, 1944-45 I don`t bother usually about colours but could not bring myself to use the powder blue decals supplied with the kit....... ...so I bought a RNZAF Corsair sheet to replace them. Then shortly after I`d got them a specific decal sheet was issued by Ventura ( V48100 )which had some great options so got those as well Only problem then was deciding which one to build !! Anyway, hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 49 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Very nice and I love the background. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Love SBD's and love anything in RNZAF markings...so yours is the best of both worlds! Excellent work. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Very nice Russ, as a Kiwi, I completely approve of your choice of subject, I reckon you've done it proud. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Well done on your SBD 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Russ, Excellent RNZAF SBD-5!!! - I like it very much Thanks for sharing your build with us. Regards Alan (Proud 🇳🇿) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Yet another Russ C gem build. Surely you have exhausted your Pacific subjects by now, however you always seem to stump up with another absolute corker! I think you’ve got a few fans on here mate, especially quite a few down this way of the world. Cheers and very well presented.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Lovely model of the Dauntless. It looks nice and sun-weathered (like a lot of things down here...) Regards, David 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Beautifully finished as ever Russ.Great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) Great to see your excellent build. I was looking deep into my Accurate minitures SBD-4 box just the other day. I looked a really nice kit. I had a hard time not starting it. It has the 25 squadron as one of the options. My uncle was in that squadron after they changed over to Corsairs. Have you got any tip for the kit that could help us. Ventura are a really good company to deal with. I dealt direct with them the other day and they were very friendly and helpful. I will have to check out their SBD set. Edited September 22, 2018 by Greg Law 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 26 minutes ago, Greg Law said: Great to see your excellent build. I was looking deep into my Accurate minitures SBD-4 box just the other day. I looked a really nice kit. I had a hard time not starting it. It has the 25 squadron as one of the options. My uncle was in that squadron after they changed over to Corsairs. Have you got any tip for the kit that could help us. Ventura are a really good company to deal with. I deal direct with them the other day and they were very friendly and helpful. I will have to check out their SBD set. Thanks Greg, I can`t think of anything you`d need tip for, it`s pretty straight forward and fits together well. Look forward to seeing yours done. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Yet another Russ C gem build. Surely you have exhausted your Pacific subjects by now, however you always seem to stump up with another absolute corker! I think you’ve got a few fans on here mate, especially quite a few down this way of the world. Cheers and very well presented.. Dave Thanks Dave, I`ve a few ( Pacific subjects ) still to do, I`ve actually got an Australian strafer , almost finished on the kitchen table at the moment. There`s such a variety of colourful markings and schemes to do on the subject I can always find something interesting to try.. Cheers Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Russ I wouldn't hold your breath on that just yet. I'm in the Pacific group build group at the moment doing a A6M3 Zero and a P-40N Gloria Lyons Hasegawa 1/48 kit. I'm using Ventura decals on the P-40N. Once I have those done and my Do 217. I might very well do it with my Corsair. Both in RNZAF schemes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Really nice and photographed in a great setting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Excellent Dauntless in a great scheme lovely presented. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hi Russ What a cracking model. What a great backdrop too. Is this a photographic back scene or is this the view from your garden? Great work fella. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 18 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Russ What a cracking model. What a great backdrop too. Is this a photographic back scene or is this the view from your garden? Great work fella. All the best Chris Nah, that`s the back yard, you should see the garden 🙂. actually, it`s a wall poster glued on some card. Thanks Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Brilliant Russ. You could have got me there. What a very that would be. Have a great day All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 That gets a 'WOW' from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Delightful build and presentation Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Beautiful finish and very nicely weathered too, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very nice Russ, at this build rate you must be running out of space to store them 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Really great Russ. I actully think your builds are my favourite on this forum. Consistently great finishes, subjects, quality, photgraphy and unbelievably prolific! Congratulations on the Dauntless. What is the scale? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Looks great as usual Russ,........ what a lovely Dauntless and I love the RNZAF markings too, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Winenut said: Really great Russ. I actully think your builds are my favourite on this forum. Consistently great finishes, subjects, quality, photgraphy and unbelievably prolific! Congratulations on the Dauntless. What is the scale? It`s 1/48th Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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