Dauntless progress
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1 24 February 2018, 20:18
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There is alot of PE in this BigEd kit for the Dauntless. Flaps and dive breaks and almost the whole cockpit is replaced in the kit. I'm only half way through the PE as of yet. 🙂
24 February 2018, 20:21
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Thanks Stephan! 🙂
Did a little more PE bending. Now all the major parts are done. Next step is to paint the cockpit.
27 February 2018, 15:12
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Thanks mates!
I will be taking my time with this build. No rushing 🙂
27 February 2018, 22:56
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So I did some more work on the Dauntless this weekend. Cockpit is painted and assembled and also the flaps and dive breaks. Next is assembling the fuselage and seal the cockpit so I can start painting.
5 March 2018, 10:58
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Amazing job on the cockpit Bjorn! Really nice work mate. Will be another eye catcher I guess!
5 March 2018, 10:59
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Thanks Erik! That was a fast reply😉, I've hardly uploaded the pictures yet.
5 March 2018, 11:01
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Thank you Stephan! 🙂
Riveting done, and canopy masked. Only a bit of cleanup left before first layer of paint.
9 March 2018, 21:23
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I've been busy 🙂. Finished basic paint and assembled and painted most of the small parts.
Next will be a clear coat, before decals.
16 March 2018, 13:45
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Still not there yet... Decaling and most of the weathering is done, but still alot of work left with the small parts and the flaps/dive breaks. I have to assemble all the little levers for them first.
17 March 2018, 19:56
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Final stretch! I've started assembling the flaps/dive breaks. Only some light weathering left after I've finished this. 🙂
19 March 2018, 09:53
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Like it a lot Björn! Especially your effort about the Flaps and Airbrakes looks amazing so far 👍
19 March 2018, 12:14
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Thank you Daniel! 🙂
I'm taking my time with it. The Flaps/Dive breaks are really worth the extra money/time spent on this kit.
19 March 2018, 15:40
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Thank you Spanjaard! 🙂
I'm surprised I haven't dropped any of the small parts on the floor yet. I guess I will have to say a prayer to the PE gods when this is over😉.
19 March 2018, 19:49
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good job on that too! keeping the carpet monster at bay is also a very hard job and shows care and dedication and a certain dosage of luck too😉
20 March 2018, 06:38
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Yes you are right! And I don't even have a carpet. The monster must be a shape shifter😉
20 March 2018, 09:46
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oh yes, the cousins of the carpet monster... less ferocious maybe, but still lurking around... the parquet monster, the tile monster..... still to be reckon with 😄
20 March 2018, 22:02
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So the Dauntless is finished. 🙂
I really liked building this kit from Hasegawa. No real problems at all. The Eduard BigEd kit did its job for the detailing as usual, although, the cockpit detail in the kit was nice as it was, but the flaps/dive breaks added alot to the finished build in my opinion.
Time to start another one...😉
22 March 2018, 09:45
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That is just fantastic! This makes me want to build one too, and I am a jet guy!
22 March 2018, 20:49
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Thank you Mike! 🙂
I'm also kind of a jet guy after growing up in Linköping and watching all of the SAAB planes (Tunnan/Lansen/Draken/Viggen/Gripen) at air shows several times. They are all on my list for future builds.
23 March 2018, 07:10
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I looked at more of your pictures … stunning cockpit. I assumed it was 1/32 scale. Then I saw it was 1/48. Amazing. Congratulations.
10 January 2019, 19:13
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Björn, fantastic job of a nice plane. It looks really like a real Dauntless which was in service for some time.
11 January 2019, 15:49
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Progress pictures of my build of the Hasegawa Dauntless.