Dauntless-Finished November 11th 2013

Captain Canada · September 05, 2013, 07:52:04 AM

FAA.

Spent hours drilling out the flappy dive brakes, only to lose one. Or have it eaten by the carpet monster....

NARSES2 · September 06, 2013, 07:42:44 AM

Looking forward to this - toyed with a FAA one myself but went RAAF instead

Captain Canada · September 06, 2013, 08:37:52 AM

Thanks Chris. I painted the canopy last night, and cleaned up a few other areas. Probably be kind of boring in the end.....but I'll look around the 'web and see if I can come up with some sort of 'flash' !

NARSES2 · September 07, 2013, 07:44:22 AM

Are you going to do her Home based or out East ?

The Rat · September 07, 2013, 07:51:42 AM

Quote from: Captain Canada on September 05, 2013, 07:52:04 AMSpent hours drilling out the flappy dive brakes, only to lose one. Or have it eaten by the carpet monster....

Captain Canada · September 07, 2013, 08:32:19 AM

Not sure Chris !

Army of One · September 07, 2013, 12:54:21 PM

Liking this.....

Captain Canada · September 08, 2013, 09:24:29 PM

Thanks guys, but I'm kind of at a loss on how to 'jazz it up'

Added the gear, bombs etc. and it's still pretty 'meh' ?!

NARSES2 · September 09, 2013, 07:55:52 AM

Nice simple paint scheme and markings - some aircraft just suit simple

Captain Canada · September 10, 2013, 05:27:31 AM

That's true Chris, but I think it might be the funny looking canopy on this old Airfix kit bringing me down....oh well, I think I'll try and really dirty it up to add interest !

NARSES2 · September 10, 2013, 07:53:12 AM

Well if you want her dirty why not have her land based. SW Pacific is obvious as they were used by the RNZAF, but how about North Africa in 1943 ? Maybe her squadron has been lent to the USAAF to help out in Tunisia ? You could go to town with the dust that way and she'd have the RAF fin flash to make people go

Captain Canada · September 10, 2013, 07:16:41 PM

Ya that would be cool !

Captain Canada · September 22, 2013, 04:20:32 PM

Not a lot to see.....added gear, bombs and a few fiddly bits. Painted the canopy frame. Hope to do decals tonite ( if I can come up with a plan

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NARSES2 · September 23, 2013, 07:34:23 AM

Glad to see progress Capt'n

Captain Canada · November 11, 2013, 10:02:02 AM

Turns out to be more Australian than FAA. Maybe Australian FAA ?