1/48 SB2C-4E Helldiver, White 80 of VB-85, U.S.S. Shangri-La

Airframes · Jul 8, 2013

Very nice work indeed John.

zaxos345 · Jul 8, 2013

Thanks guys!!

John

Wildcat · Jul 8, 2013

Beautiful work!!

Wayne Little · Jul 8, 2013

Excellent work John!

zaxos345 · Aug 11, 2013

Thanks for the comments guys, here is a small update, closing to the end!!!
I started working with the gear legs, painful job as they are a bit complicated and you need to pay a lot of attention in order everything to be lined up and in the correct position. Apart from the hydraulics wiring, i have also added small scratch details inside the wells.

Here with the wheels on in order to check the alignment and the symmetry.

It was time for the wheel covers, it starts to show some character, dont you think so?

Next with the hook, to achieve the striped finish i cut tape into 1mm strips and i wound them carefully around the black painted hook. The even wrappings were removed and i shot the rest of the part with tamiya white.

Some more scratch details on the gears...

Time for the bomb bay...

Next it was time for the ultimate challenge, the flaps!!!
First it was a bit difficult to glue them in place. I have to remind you that they came from Part and they were in a lot of pieces. The solution came with the Gators grip glue, amazing stuff! I managed to glue them in position and i enhanced them with cyano glue.
Next i had to pay a lot of attention in order to have the same angle in both wings. Very painful job but i finally prevail!!