Sebastijan Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 I've finally put both aircraft on their legs, added some brake lines to the struts and applied the final coat of semi-matt varnish which is a bit shiny for that new bird look, but will provide with enough bite for some light weathering to come later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 I have finished both engines for the duo this week. Wildcat's P&W R-1830 Twin Wasp is nicely done and you even have exhaust pipes at the back, although they are of same length and don't reach the front cylinder row. The electric wiring, the ring and spark plug cables are made of photo-etched parts, are extremely thin and can hardly be seen in the photo. Dauntless' Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine is also nicely moulded, however, there is no electric wiring provided, so I created it using various diameter lead wires. Tedious work but in the end, I think it was more than worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Most of the weathering is done on both aircraft. I have backdated the rear guns on Dauntless removing the shielding and adding the early ammo boxes as well as PE gunsight from a generic gunsight PE sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Here they are, both finished. I'll post them in the Gallery, as soon as I finish a simple base and some figures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Fantastic work on both kits. Love the paint and weathering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benner Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Looks great! I suggest a Midway TBF or TBD now 😉 can you describe how you have it that weathered look? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Beautiful work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/25/2022 at 9:43 PM, Drifterdon said: Fantastic work on both kits. Love the paint and weathering. Thank you! 2 hours ago, ORANGF15Guy said: Beautiful work! Thank you! 17 hours ago, Benner said: Looks great! I suggest a Midway TBF or TBD now 😉 can you describe how you have it that weathered look? Too many other projects in queue to start on them. But I'll probably build another TBD sometime in the future, in a dive, releasing the bomb and all weathered up! As for the weathering - not much. I just did light postshading with base blue colour + some lower grey and if the effect seemed too pronounced, blended it with diluted top blue grey. Other than that, a little bit of oils just to pop up some panel lines and tie together the markings and the paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Beautiful work on both models!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 13 hours ago, SERNAK said: Beautiful work on both models!!! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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