Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless, USMC 2-MB-13
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October 29, 2021Correct diameter but too deep….🙁3
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November 5, 2021Correct diameter and correct depth🙂5
November 5, 20211,5 mm brass tube glued into 2 of 6 holes on the front of the motor. 2. Attempt fits.6
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November 5, 2021Brass tubes glued with CA to the front of the fuselage.8
November 6, 2021Engine from the kit. I found the pushrods and ignition wires too massive and removed them. New pushrods of 0.6 mm round rod in place. Wires coming at next.9
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November 8, 20211,5 mm brass tube as connector for power supply (3 V DC)14
November 13, 2021Its easier to fit the flaps to the wing before installing the wing to the fuselage.15
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November 18, 2021Very good fit.17
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November 18, 2021Connection cables successfully soldered.20
November 18, 2021Connection points for inflight configuration and voltage supply for the motor.21
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November 20, 2021LSO light (red, green, amber). 1st step: cut out cleaned, rear plate added (0,13 mm plastic), 3 lights (punched with 0,8 mm flattened needle) from colored self adhesive foil.23
November 20, 2021Step 2: transparent cover made of narrow strip of Tesa tape.24
November 20, 2021Step 3: masked with an externally cutted mask (Tamiya tape).25
November 21, 2021Green is a mix of H131 and H2.26
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November 29, 2021The result of a good modeling day🙂33
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November 30, 2021Last airbrush session: dark grey as antiglare panel.36
November 30, 2021Unfortunately red and yellow are in the wrong place 🙁 so I had to fix them.37
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December 5, 2021On course again: yellow stripe is now correct in the middle.39
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December 5, 2021For in flight configuration you don’t need the landing legs.41
December 22, 2021Ground plate 1 (left): 40 mm Bambus & printed Dibond sandwich plate.42
December 22, 2021Ground plate 2 (right): 40 mm Bambus & printed Dibond sandwich plate.43
December 22, 2021Both ground plates together.44
December 22, 2021Rear panel 1 (left): printed Dibond sandwich plate & 12 mm birch wood Mux plate 250x50 mm45
December 22, 2021Both rear panels together.46
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December 22, 2021Both displays together minus attachments for the SBD’s (2-MB-13 and Hanno’s 2-MB-1) and batteries.48
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January 10, 2022Result of the group build: both planes of the VMB-2 together… (right flies the squadron leader, Hanno’s MB-1🙂)52
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Project info
Group Build
![Scalemates Douglas SBD Dauntless Groupbuild in](/events/img/11881-16661-13-p.jpg)
Scalemates Douglas SBD Dauntless Groupbuild
1. November 2021 until 30. June 2022
1. November 2021 until 30. June 2022