SB2U-3, Vindicator, Ewa Field, Hawaii, December 7th 1941

[russ c]

Hi everyone,

 Just finished my latest Pacific WWII build, so I thought you woudn`t mind if I bothered you with some photo`s

My second go at a Vindicator

This time from Academy`s re-issue of the Accurate Minatures 1/48 kit

Built completely OOB

Only thing I added was the aerial wire

Forgot to delete 3 of the guns and had to do it after almost finishing it 🙄

Apart from trying to close the fuselage round all that detailed interior went together a lot easier than I remember.....

..although I had to add some plastic strip to the engine cowling where I managed to sand of the the raised detail.

Anyway I imagine I`ve bored you enough now, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

 

[georgeusa]

If all of your builds are as nice as this one, you can bore me all day, every day.  This is a great looking Vindicator.  I do miss Accurate Miniatures.  Their kits were always so nice.  You have done this one justice.  Your diorama built around the model is also terrific. Thanks for sharing.

[Old Man]

That looks great, Russ!

 

A good subject, too. There's something fascinates in the spell before calamity.

[Guest]

The model and diorama look just fantastic. Well done, Russ. A pleasure to view. 

[spitfire]

Beautiful work, very atmospheric.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Rod bettencourt]

Once again Russ very cool subject and nicely executed.

 

Rod 

[Pantherhawk27263]

Very well done, Russ. It looks great!

[Zigomar]

Up to your usual standard Russ! No trouble with the canopy indeed?

[bigbadbadge]

Cracking job Russ, looks fantastic.

Chris

[jean]

Hi Russ,

 

the only boring thing is the regularity with which you offer us true masterpieces, each and every time.

This one is no exception. It is US Navy perfection.

 

Congratulation are definitely inn order!

 

JR

[Winded Penguin]

This is excellent. Thank you for posting 👍

[Dave Klaatu]

Very nice build, nice display!

[SAT69]

4 hours ago, georgeusa said:

If all of your builds are as nice as this one, you can bore me all day, every day.  This is a great looking Vindicator.  I do miss Accurate Miniatures.  Their kits were always so nice.  You have done this one justice.  Your diorama built around the model is also terrific. Thanks for sharing.

Not agreeing with the above would be inexcusable. You said it far better than I ever could.

[François Escudé]

don't mind for sure !! very nice one Russ good job !!

[Mattp7999]

Very well done Russ excellent looking Vindicator. 🙂

 

Regards

  Matt

[112 Squadron]

Thank you for sharing the pictures Russ. This is a really awesome model and once again you did a great job. 👍 The Vindicator tends to be overlooked even though it played a vital role in the early stages of the war.

[Dunny]

Russ,

 

Lovely build and finish of this most ineffective of aircraft. I built a Chesapeake a couple of years ago and enjoyed the kit,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[28ZComeback]

I'm not bored. 

[providence]

Very nice model !

 

Regards

Providence

[fox1_BE]

That is a great looking Vindicator, Russ - I really like the weathering effects around the panel lines: top job 👍

[Mark Harmsworth]

That's a truly lovely build. I have the Acc Miniatures boxing of the SB2U-1 in the stash and I'll be thrilled if it turns out anything like yours.

Congrats

Mark

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Ace build from @russ c!  All I had to do was see the name and subject matter, and though it's in 48th, just had to look.  As for the scene, I think even the pre-War USMC would have kept the fuel drums farther away from the aircraft, even at a satellite airfield, especially because PacFlt was already on "high alert" and taking exceptional measures to safeguard aircraft.  Of course, nobody said anything about attacking on a Sunday morning in December.  Most ungentlemanly!

[Neil.C]

Wonderful job Russ!

[russ c]

22 hours ago, Zigomar said:

Up to your usual standard Russ! No trouble with the canopy indeed?

Thanks Jean, like I said, I`d already had one go at this kit, so knew what to expect. just sanded the bottoms off the internal bits before fitting to make sure they slid together easily.

Cheers Russ

[Roberto]

Beautiful 👍