SBD-3 Dauntless, Lt. Dick Best, VB-6, USS CV-6 Enterprise, Battle of Midway

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Cockpit part filed flat for PE
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PE Instrument Panel before Installation
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Back seat machine gun ammo box made of PE Parts
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Front Cockpit
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Front Cockpit floor done
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Pilot Seat made of PE
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Cockpit floor done
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Ready for seat
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pilot's seat made of PE
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Cockpit wall Kit Parts
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Kit Parts detail filed away, ready for PE
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PE wall attached.
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PE details on the wall
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Right side wall is done
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Left side wall is done
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Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
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Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
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Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
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Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
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Right side wall is up
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Right side wall is up
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Right side wall is up
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left side wall is up too.
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left side wall is up too.
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2/3 cockpit is done.
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open hole
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Kit part before dive flap removal for PE
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Continue on cockpit.
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Need putty before instrument panel
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top wing kit parts before dive flap removal
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need putty at the wing root
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cockpit ready for paint
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Need file to remove seam.
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fuselage is done.
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wing installed.
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installing dive flaps
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installing dive flap open/close equipment
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installing dive flap open/close equipment
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installing dive flap open/close equipment
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seam removed
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ready for dive flap installation.
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PE Flaps
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Flaps on
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Paint white for inside of flaps
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Done!
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Top View
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overview for cockpit
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overview for cockpit
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backseat Machine gun detail
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front view
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back view
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far front view
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bottom view
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left top view
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bottom view
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right side view

Comments

1 14 May 2020, 22:20

Jos Jansen
Superb PE craftmanship ... 👍, very well done!

5 June 2020, 21:12

Temple Dragon
thanks. But, I am wondering if it is worth the efforts. The flaps are very good and way better than the kit parts. but, we can't fully see the cockpit once it is completed. Anyway, the instrument panel is easier using the PE than painting.

5 June 2020, 21:45

Guillaume Blanchet
It's a wounderfull build, Kudos!

6 June 2020, 00:05

Project info

SBD-3 Dauntless `Battle of Midway`

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1:48

Completed

Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless

US Navy (1794-now)
VB-6 B15
June 1942 World War 2»Battle of Midway - USS Enterprise (CV-6)

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