!/32 Trumpeter SBD 3

[Paulw]

For the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the battle of Midway I chose to build this kit. I started on it two days ago and am hoping to have it ready for the Tulsa IPMS show that club is hosting. The 75th anniversary is in June and I also plan on showing it at the Oklahoma City Soonercon model expo. So far so good. I don't have any issues to speak of but the week is still young and since our show is in seven days I don't hold out much hope. As I started this, I had breakdowns on both of my airbrushes. My Sparmax has a broken nozzle and my Grex has a seriously sticky air valve So yesterday I went over to Hobby Lobby and bought the NEO for $52.00 by using my 40% discount.

The decals became another issue as the national insignia roundel had the red center in it (see my avatar) and Trumpeter tried to cover it some way and it left a rather pink circle in the middle of the star. I couldn't get the correct decals sourced through the various means like Ebay, Amazon, etc. Then I tried Rare Plane Detective and they actually got some out of an old Testors kit. The correct scale and all.

Any way, here is how far I came in two days.

I think the pit came out fairly nice. Just before I put it in the fuse Ill do some more weathering on it.

Too my surprise the engine doesn't look too awful bad either.

Al lot of the unpainted stuff won't be seen once I close up the fuse so I am not too concerned about it.

More later

Cheers.

PB has been giving me some trouble

 

[moon puppy]

I slapped the image tags on it for you Paul. Looks good!

 

[Old Dog]

 

[jeaton01]

:salute

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Off to a good start Paul!

 

[Paulw]

Well this didn't make it to the shew this weekend past but I am going to get it done this week regardless.
I got the wings and tail on, primer cured and color shot. Laid on a couple of coats of future and letting that cure before I slap on the stickers.

 

[Jeeves]

She looks ready to dance with some carriers!

 

[razordws]

Looking pretty sweet Paul!

 

[moon puppy]

Slap away big boy!

 

[centaur567]

This plane has a certain look of simple elegance, a lot like the Zero. I bet it would have placed in the show if you completed it in time. Oh well next year. Gary S.

 

[lupanzer]

Looking so fine...a great reference for a future campaign...


Luiz.

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

Very nice indeed.

I cannot imagine how you guys deal with These 1/32 Monsters...

Great Job, looking Forward to your finished model.

Cheers

Alex

 

[randy_ditton]

WOW, nice progress on this one Paul

Randy

 

[Paulw]

having big problems with the decals now but I'll finish it no matter what.

 

[moon puppy]

Pull out the spares and git'er done.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

:zen
A little decal mojo for ya Paul!