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Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:46 pm
by dannyc
Hmm I remember someone on here had decals made from smaller scale (i think) water slides that were resized to 1/18 correctly. Maybe something similar could be done for those lables?
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:43 am
by Folkwulfe
I'm going to call the main switch panel done. I have to give credit to my wife Dusty for putting all those tiny markings around the switches. Thank you sweetie for your tremendous help when I needed it.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:09 pm
by dannyc
Holy crap that is detailed! Awesome work
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:20 pm
by Folkwulfe
Thank you sir....stay tuned...more to come!
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:58 am
by Folkwulfe
More detail has been added. The main and lower instrument panels are next.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:14 pm
by dannyc
any plans to add some finer details like a photo on the panel of a crewmans girlfriend?
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:15 pm
by Folkwulfe
Not much room for it I'm afraid. Not a bad idea though....
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:58 pm
by Folkwulfe
Yeah!!! The metal landing gear came in today. WARNING.....you will have to do some work to make them retractable like the original plastic legs were. To start with, the plunger is cast into the top of the strut. Leave it there and it provides a solid anchor for the leg if you want it down permanently. For retracts, you have to cut it off and flatten the oleo struts top. Then you have to drill the pivot pins hole all the way through. Only the first couple of millimeters is cast. Takes a bit, but worth it in my book. This is the end result....retractable landing gear.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 6:12 pm
by Folkwulfe
Rough but workable...
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:48 am
by Folkwulfe
Shoulder belts looking about right...
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:10 am
by Folkwulfe
Another update. No more cloudy dials on the panel...and seat/shoulder belts are done.
A better view of those belts...
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:47 pm
by tmanthegreat
Your seatbelts look amazing! Actually your level of detailing and painting on your SBD thus far are amazing
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:07 pm
by YT
Enjoying your build.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:31 am
by Folkwulfe
Thanks for the kind words guys. I will be posting, of course, as I get farther along. Right now there's not a whole lot to show. Just some minor details and getting ready to enclose the cockpit tub completely.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:32 pm
by Folkwulfe
Some light updates. Started the preliminary interior painting especially those hard to get places when everything is together.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:31 am
by Folkwulfe
More dry fitting....boy getting all those sub-assembilies to fit together is a bear!
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:40 pm
by Folkwulfe
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:26 am
by Folkwulfe
Small update...the battle to get the cockpit tub to fit properly has taken a turn. I think I finally found the culprit and did some filling to make one bulkhead easier to snug in. It seems to have worked...at least partially.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:54 am
by Folkwulfe
One more...the main wings are together permanently. Now to get those data plates and placards, we might be tying everything together for good!
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:55 pm
by Folkwulfe
Small update. My first attempt at a data plate and finished taping the canopies and shooting the interior color.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:09 am
by Folkwulfe
We'll call this attempt #2 at making a data plate.
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:57 pm
by Folkwulfe
Well...it finally happened....the placards and data plates came in. Thank ya Jesus-a! Now I can finish the cockpit tub and start working on the fuselage...film at eleven...
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:16 pm
by Axis Nightmare
Looks like the engine will start and the plane will fly! It so reminds me of some of the full sized restorations at the Museum with the different components being so individually worked on and highly detailed. Amazing!
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:41 pm
by Folkwulfe
Well...first sets of placards are in for the left front...
Re: SBD on the Bench
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:48 pm
by Folkwulfe
...and now the right side panel is done.