Monthly Archives: October 2010

Checking in on the Dauntless

REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGS. ORIGINAL POST DATES FROM AUGUST 18, 2010.

So far the Accurate Miniatures Dauntless has proven a lot more…daunting…of a build than I anticipated. Not difficult, exactly, but somewhat overwhelming, and punctuated along the way with a lot of experimentation and learning.

It’s also made me realize, far more than the P-51B, how sloppy a modeler I used to be.

Now that I’m hovering around the halfway point, I figured I’d go ahead and dedicate a post to the trials and tribulations I’ve encountered to date. (more…)

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The Next Build – Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless

REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGS. ORIGINAL POST DATES FROM AUGUST 4, 2010.

A rather terrible Secretary of Defense once said “you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want…”

While those words may have sounded callow and dickish amidst the Iraq war, they were certainly true for the United States in the first years of World War II. In the Pacific in particular, we found ourselves thrust into an epic war with a Depression-era military pretty much completely outclassed by the Japanese. (more…)

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P-51B Build Report 2: Main Assembly

REPOSTED FROM DAMNED IF YOU DOOGS. ORIGINAL POST DATES FROM JULY 18, 2010.

With the cockpit area completed, it’s time to move on to the main assembly.

Fortunately, the P-51B is a very well-designed and almost perfectly straightforward kit. It’s what’s known as a “shake the box” kit, in that all you have to do is shake the box and the model falls together. I haven’t found it quite that simple, but for the most part, it’s been very smooth sailing. (more…)

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