Recent content by Luftace43

I'm really glad you are putting this amount of work into this model. For one, it is one of my favorite aircraft. Two, we should now look forward to a new tooled kit of the Jake to emerge as soon as you finish this one! Looking forward to further progress. Chad

Thanks for the compliments fellas, glad you guys are enjoying this so far. Next up will be the port fuselage details. Here is the port sidewall detail for the rear gunner's station. Base colors have been and the interior green parts have been drybrushed with yellow-green oil paints. Looks...

Now this is some impressive work! Never would have thought of using fiberglass and splitting the fuselage lengthwise. I have two of these kits, I'll be paying close attention for how to tackle mine someday. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work! Chad

After a longer than expected delay, I have another update. This time I will be showing the starboard pilots sidewall details. Starboard sidewall cockpit details with base colors. 1. Added spare photoetch panels to add detail where it was lacking to better match references of the prototype...

Thanks for the kind words, all. It's great to see you guys again! I'm looking forward to sharing the rest of the build over the next few days. Chad

Starboard gunner's sidewall Here is the sidewall and rear bulkhead attached to the starboard fuselage half. 1. Oxygen system cylinder made from round styrene stock and punched styrene disks with a small piece of square stock to approximate the component seen in reference photos. (It has been...

Thanks Andy! Which SBD will you be tackling?

Hi all! It's been quite a while since I've posted anything, life has just been busy is all. Here I will share my build of the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SBD-2 I finished a few months back as an aircraft of VB-2 from the USS Lexington at the Coral Sea battle. Most of this thread will focus mainly...

Excellent work Luis! I really like what you are doing with this old kit. :thumbleft:

Yeah, I read those as well. Luckily they seem to have done a better job with the Japanese colors though. I'm pretty happy with how they look.

Thanks for the compliments all! The cockpit is painted finished except for the gun sight and some levers that will be added later to avoid breaking them off. The instrument panel came out pretty decent with some careful painting. Cockpit floor and starboard sidewall in place. I still have...

Very clean build Wayne. Shiny as a mirror she is!

Thanks George!

Thanks guys! The Oyumaru really is conveniate for reproducing small parts without the mess and expense of traditional silicone and resin methods. I modified the kit instrument panel to accept the new one. Here is a comparison before cutting commenced. I cut off the top where the gunsight...

Ooh wee! My kind of fiddly! Looking forward to your build Chad