SBD-3 Dauntless, Lt. Dick Best, VB-6, USS CV-6 Enterprise, Battle of Midway
Cockpit part filed flat for PE
PE Instrument Panel before Installation
Back seat machine gun ammo box made of PE Parts
Front Cockpit
Front Cockpit floor done
Pilot Seat made of PE
Cockpit floor done
Ready for seat
pilot's seat made of PE
Cockpit wall Kit Parts
Kit Parts detail filed away, ready for PE
PE wall attached.
PE details on the wall
Right side wall is done
Left side wall is done
Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
Whole cockpit is ready for assembly
Right side wall is up
Right side wall is up
Right side wall is up
left side wall is up too.
left side wall is up too.
2/3 cockpit is done.
open hole
Kit part before dive flap removal for PE
Continue on cockpit.
Need putty before instrument panel
top wing kit parts before dive flap removal
need putty at the wing root
cockpit ready for paint
Need file to remove seam.
fuselage is done.
wing installed.
installing dive flaps
installing dive flap open/close equipment
installing dive flap open/close equipment
installing dive flap open/close equipment
seam removed
ready for dive flap installation.
PE Flaps
Flaps on
Paint white for inside of flaps
Done!
Top View
overview for cockpit
overview for cockpit
backseat Machine gun detail
front view
back view
far front view
bottom view
left top view
bottom view
right side view
Comentários
1 14 May 2020, 22:20
Temple Dragonthanks. 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
