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i have just completed this kit - mine was OOB so look forward to seeing how you make her look. Mine was built as a USS Wasp bird from Op Pedestal (ok OOB apart from 4 numbers 7's used to correct the squadron code)
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nice work... will follow this one as well as using Chucks for me 1/72 work... I am in about the same position as you (need to do wheel wells and air brakes on mine but interior coming along nicely)
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well initial squirt happened
next will be detail painting..... but to be honest, i do like what I have achieved....
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more updates
front - throttles (I think) with handles:
and then the radio set - first 2 levels done, just top radar set to go (not sure how accurate it is for a 1C but very little of it will be visible...)
and in-situ
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well, first touch on this for 2012.... working from ChuckWs build still - front cockpit started..... dont think I will add small crank handles at the front - will see.... next will be the other side, then seat and instrument panel....
Untitled by Rob Worth, on Flickr
IMG_2018 by Rob Worth, on Flickr
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ok - rear cockpit side walls complete (I think) and clagged together the supporting framework behind the pilot (in which should be located a fuel tank (will I build - maybe)....
photos of last nights efforts
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so yesterday, 4 hours saw me glue the bomb-bay onto one half (having replaced the rear bulkhead), add the front portion (my original was too short), build the rear cockpit floor and add some detail to the rear-cockpit side wall (well one of them)... again, working from Chucks build is making life easier as it is a case of looking at the work he has done and try to replicate it on mine....
anyway, if i get time later I will add some wiring to the cockpit wall and then start on the other side wall, then I need to work out the front cockpit as photos i have seen show that the -1C version I am building didnt have a bulkhead behind the pilots seat but just the framing and then the fuel tank
so photos:
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maybe the rear bulkhead will work with a little bit of persuasion but think I may take a bit of poetic licence and rebuild it angled & straight rather than curved..... anyway started on the front bulkhead as well... just need the curved bit and then the side bracing......
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thanks Jack.. its quite easy to work with, even in fiddly scale.....
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finally back home after a week away on business -- had a bit of quiet time this afternoon so out with the copper.... bomb-bay progressing, just for & aft bulkheads, side frames, some sloping units of the flat area at the front and then the actual bomb racks.... must say it looks about 80% like the photos i am working form so happy.....
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Excellent - a Matchbox kit, will watch with great interest
A vac-form canopy ???? I've got this in my stash, must see if it also came with such a canopy?
You're a brave man filling & re-scribing panel lines. I can't be bothered on my Matchbox builds.
the vacform canopy is from Falcon I believe (I was donated it by a modeller on Britmodeller)... well you can only work with what you are given, it was cheap on ebay so thought it would be a good platform for more work & developing my skills......
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managed to get a little work done last night (well over the last 4-5 days actually, am not that fast)... so added some piping to the inside of the bomb-bay (needs cleaned up and I think I need to find thinner CA) and also started on the bomb-bay roof & mounts. My reference for this is the excellent build of the Accurate miniatures Helldiver by ChukW (recommend all Chucks builds for entertainment, knowledge, techniques etc) - his build was clear, detailed and his explanations really are helping..... so photos
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next question... does anyone know if, with the wings folded, could the diver brakes be deployed? they are split across the wingfold but cant work out if that means they could be deployed with wings folded, and if so were both parts deployed or just the inboard part... if you know/have photo evidence (cant find any in the refs i have => they couldnt be) it would be much appreciated
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very nice.... look forward to seeing this one progress... and love the wings - something I had considered on the Prowler but wasnt brave enough to attempt......
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welcome aboard.... Nice neat start.... Like the cockpit so far
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thanks guys.... well 4 hours of scribing today (3 days off work) have produced the following... its not the clearest and dont know how well they will paint up, but i can see them with the naked eye......
must say the fuselage fit isnt bad, and there is a lot of room in the interior so really looking forward to getting to grips with it (think I will do the wings first for a bit of variety...... but who knows)
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cheers guys. Have a couple of days off work this week so hope to get the main detail rescribed... Then access panels will have to be done....
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thanks JAckman... well i used filler on the trecnhes then sanded back - green paint highlighted and defects that needed attention... first set of rescribe done - how the heck do you make the scribed detail clean?
rescribe... so you can see the ragged - how do i clean it up?
and the wing - up & down - not sure which configuration I Will do just yet (maybe one up & one down..........
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apart from replacing the 2 missing decals she is done......
will put the decals on later and then get some better pictures in the completed section...
thanks all for the comments, recommendations and encouragement.... have thoroughly enjoyed this build and am pleased with how she looks......
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so near..... just the last few pieces to add plus the 2 removed decals.... overall I am chuffed, i know a lot of people can do a lot better but for me.. my best dance yet (to quote Len Goodman).....
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OK, some of you may have been watching my Prowler develop and seen me mention the Helldiver.... well here she is. According to Detail & Scale this is the "worst rendition of an SB2C-1C going".... however (at least at the time D&S was written) it was the only SB2C-1C going in 1.72.... anyway, I bought earlier this year cos it was going cheap, i wanted a Helldiver and cos I hadnt read D&S..... so ladies and genltemen, i present the one, the only, the unmistakable Matchbox 1/72 SB2C Helldiver.....
so what do the photos show... very very DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP trench panel lines (most in the wrong place apparently), black lines show where I am hacking... was tempted to wings folded but may not as I want the dive brakes deployed (in this variant they are solid not with the holes - thank you).... there is no cockpit - well there is a seat and a gun, nothing else... and yes, a vac-form canopy (how the heck do you use them???
in terms of references, my smart new HP touchpad is now loaded with most references I could find but the main one I will use is Chucks build on here - gawd that man can build & Paint..... lots of interesting things for me to be getting on with...
so plans
1) fill the recessed panel lines, sand off the raised ones, then add new ones (D&S book has the plans in 1.72)
2) cockpit - detail front & rear cockpits, radio area and perhaps even the fuel tank between the 2
3) wings - lower flaps, detail wheel wells
4) bomb bay - there isnt one, doors are closed, so they will be opened and detailed
5) engine - not sure on this, the kit one is C**P, there is a resin one (tempted as it is only £5 but not sure it will be visible) - may look at opening up the area in front of the cockpit and behind the engine if i can find decent references......
6) markings - they are very brown... so will look for new ones (or perhaps try masks......)
and anything else that comes along....
anyway as it is approaching christmas my painting area will be invaded by Santa and his elves so wont be spraying for a while, lots of time to get bits done, redone, smashed, re-redone and then binned completly......
fun times ahead.....................
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well, started decals, and all i can say is low-vis is not meant to be "no-vis" is it? grey just disappears (decals are Super Scale set 72-532)....
The last air show I went to had a V-22 Osprey that had insignia I could barely make out from a distance. I was surprised at how much the low-vis blends in. I'd say they look perfect!
thanks fo r that - the more photos I look over the more it looks that way - just took me by surprise .....
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Great job on the weathering! Looks fantastic. B) I seem to find a lot of Prowlers popping up on build blogs in forums at the moment :) its alwyas a great aircraft to see built up, and I love the huge cockpit.
thanks Jon, there is just something about them - always liked the subject so building one was always going to happen. and the fact that i have used it to improve some of my skills... double winner
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well now, red is on, wheels painted up (will need touched) so just need to matt her down then add the odds & sods... oh yes and replace the intake decals I accidentally removed when masking the red ladders - doh.......
and yes, I am sadly self-satisfied with the electronics bay... shame my canopy painting is still rubbish.....
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not posted this form the statr but this is how far I have got:
wanted to see how i was doing so added wheels & tracks.. still need to do the darker brown camo and sort out those tracks - waaaaaay too bright - hoping weathering will help that (black undercoat then humbrol aluminium dry-brushed... just looks too "stripey")
and with the air-recognition flag (yes I know it should be a swastika but domestic pressure....)