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Trumpeter 1/32 US Navy SBD-5/A-24B "Dauntless"
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Well I've made a tentative start on the radial engine and ancillary parts. All's looking good Trumpeter doesn't disappoint with the amount of detail it's a shame that most of it will be covered up with the engine cowlings. I did a quick dry fit of the fuselage and wings to see how big she will be when finished here's the a comparison with the 109 I have just completed. The wings halves will have to be trimmed and sanded where they were connected to the sprus so they fit together properly this seems to be a common thing with Trumpeter.
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Good stuff Vaughan. I do find those attachments a bit irritating but on the positive side they are easy to clean up and there is less potential to damage the edge of the part in a way that will be visible later. Some attachments at the edge of a part end up becoming part of it, on older molds I see this a lot, and are actually harder to sort out.
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Originally posted by \Thanks Ian for the info can I go back and edit the post so they are in the right order?
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Well I've finally made some progress with the radial engine. It's all but complete with just a few tweaks to do.The only thing that I have added is the ignition leads using lead wire still to add the secondary leads to the other side of the cylinder heads. The last shots are with my pet hate the transparent cowlings with a dry fit at the moment.
I've made one screaming mistake I've inadvertently removed what I thought was a spru attachment on the clear cowling and turns out to be the fixing point of the swing bomb cradle. But to be fare on myself the other side was missing otherwise I might of thought twice. We live and learn, so there will be a bit of scratch building coming up.
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Steve, the thing is you feel an idiot once you've done it and I don't think it helped being a transparent part. Here's some more shots with both cowling on attached to the fuselage. This really shows how ridiculous it would look if left transparent. And of course a photo of the part that's not there anymore.
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That's a beautiful engine Vaughan, a really class finish. The kit looks excellent too, I've got to get me one of these!
Really looking forward to the progress on this I think it will be special.
As an aside, I've just purchased the Tamiya type 21 Zero and I think the 2 would be great together.
Definitely keeping my eye on this
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