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1/48 SB2C-4E Helldiver, White 80 of VB-85, U.S.S. Shangri-La

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    1/48 SB2C-4E Helldiver, White 80 of VB-85, U.S.S. Shangri-La

    Good evening guys, new model on the work bench and this time it is Revell's 1/48 SB2C-4E Helldiver. I have been working on that for the last month, nothing serious to show you until now.



    The profile i chose to replicate is the White 80 of VB-85, U.S.S. Shangri-La



    It is not going to be an OOB build, i will try to upgrade it as much as i can having as a guide the great build of Chuck Wojtkiewicz in Aeroscale (i have the link but i dont know if the forum rules permit me to post it)

    The aftermarket i am going to use are the Big Edition from Eduard



    some stuff from Part,



    engine from Vector, seats from ultracast



    Aeromaster stencils and the KAM set from Montex



    First i removed all the detail from the bomb bay



    I cut the real wheel in order to shorten it, as Chuck i s right about that, Revell gives the wheel fully extended as in flight condition, normally when in ground it should be compressed.



    After a lot of thinking i decided to lower the turtle back, so i took the courage and the razor and i started...



    Not bad for my first time...

    I continued working with Part PE, the part that covers the fuselage under the turtle back, not bad ...



    Here dry fitted





    Later i took my time on the turtleback. This is the Part's PE for that



    No way could i make it to be at the lowered position, so i took my folding tool and i cut it to 5 pieces. I tried to do the job with them but some of them proved to be too big, so knife again and i made some new ones from styrene sheet. This is the final outcome including some more detail things



    The folding parts from the turtle back are not glued together, instead i tape them together by two with a foil adhesive tape from 3M (stole the idea from Chuck, great tip in order to have them together and fully functional).



    Unfortunately i dont have a photo from the dry fit i did but i will show it eventually. After i had made my mind about the turtle back i moved to bomb bay and i added the PE from Eduard, great detail indeed.



    I removed all the details from inside the fuselage and i add some of mine, painted them and here they are...



    and here with the bomb bay dry fitted...



    Thats all for now guys, hope you like it so far,

    John
    Last edited by zaxos345; 06-12-2012 at 05:23 AM.


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    Nice work.

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    Really nice work so far. Is this a 'new tool' kit, or the old Monogram moulding, from the 1960s, with folding wings, retracting landing gear etc?

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    Excellent start John!

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    Thanks for your comments guys, Terry yes it is a reissue of the promodeler's old kit but not with folding wings.

    John


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    Looks great, John- cheers! I wish I'd had those Part sets when I was hammering mine together. ;D

    chuk

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    Thanks John - I thought maybe it was the early kit, part toy, part model, which I built back in about 1963. Still a kit that can be 'worked on', but obviously not as good as the Promodeller.

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    Good start John. Let me know if you'd like me to post a few detail pics I took.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crimea_River View Post
    Good start John. Let me know if you'd like me to post a few detail pics I took.
    I 'd love to Andy, i dont have a lot of them, looking forward.

    John


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    Very Nice!

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    Hi John, I forgot that I posted them already elsewhere on this site. Go here (Hamilton Airshow June 18 and 19 2011)

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    Very nice indeed!

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    Awesome start John,

    looking forward to seeing more.

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    Nice stuff John just can't leave well enough alone can ya and do an OOB.Cheers Kevin


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