Final Product

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job Anthony!

Clifford Keesler
Very nice Dauntless Anthony.

Anthony Flanagan
Thanks guys!! I have to say that this kit was everything it was hyped to be. The engineering and fit were beautiful.

Holger Kranich
Anthony help me, please! Do i need glasses? I cant see any tracks and armor...😢😢
Outstanding cool paintjob on the 262B!

Kerry COX
Ah, now your talkin' mate. Just beautiful to see Tony (is that ok ?) and I remember watching the old WW2 footage on "Victory at sea" on TV when I was a kid, of the Dauntless.

Anthony Flanagan
Holger - I know, I know. I look at my bench and count, what? Five AFVs under construction to one plane? Due to lack of space AFVs are somewhat easier for me. I can build AFVs without painting, whereas generally planes require a painted cockpit first while I have a little boy often "bumping" my elbow. I have what may be a solution by building his helicopter as he requested.
Thanks for noticing the 262B in the picture. That one was a labor of love as I cannot tell you how many times my little boy broke parts off of it during the build. I finally had to order a new sprue to replace parts. After I finally finished it I was transporting both kits in a box to show a friend when my teenage son, while not looking, piled boxes on top!!! After clutching my chest and fainting, I found the SBD was fine but the 262B and taken yet another hit! So the SBD goes to a shelf in my office while the 262B awaits further refit... 🙂 🙂
Great thing about modeling, it is the one area of life where a complete disaster can be a lot of fun to fix. 😉

Holger Kranich
Oh i know the destructive energy a lil boy can have! Its the same with my 9 year old. When i´m at work or dont see him, he loved to play with my models... But i made him clear that his lil fingers has to be keept by him. Slowly he understands that now...LOL 😄

Anthony Flanagan
Yes, very slowly. I tried buying hard plastic snaptite kits and he destroyed those too. He has finally stopped going onto my work area, but I still leave finished kits on high shelves just in case. 😉