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The Accurate Miniatures kit has a great interior for and it was enhanced with an Eduard color PE set. I put some additional cables in using lycra rigging material and lead solder. 
 

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The interior was painted interior green. I need to do some weathering on the pieces and parts before the fuselage halves get closed up. 
 

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I've been using the In detail and Scale publication as the primary reference. So far everything is looking close enough for government work when it comes to the -3 version. 
 

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The original decals went down without any issues. I really like the AK Interactive Real Color paints.  
 

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Had to do some sanding on the canopies to get them to stack properly. There is a lot of PE on the inside, but you don't see much when the seats and MG are in place. 
 

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I lost the front gunsight and used some brass tubing.  
 

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I might have gone a little heavy on the exhaust stain, but the radials were dirty engines. 
 

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Comments

6 14 May 2020, 15:02
Neuling
Clean and careful work! I like the color.
28 September 2020, 14:50

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Accurate miniatures Kit

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1:48
Completed
1:48 SBD-3 Dauntless (Accurate Miniatures 3411)1:48 SBD-3 Dauntless (Eduard 49284)
Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
US US Navy (1794-now)
VS-2 S-12 (Ensign John Leppla)
May 1942 World War 2»PTO»Battle of the Coral Sea - USS Lexington
FS35189 FS36440
 

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