Slywolff Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) 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... Edited July 27, 2019 by Slywolff added photo 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Great result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Looks good! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Fantastic! I had one of these back in the 1980s and you've done a great job of improving it. Nicely finished too! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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