Rick's D-Day Dakota

[rickoshea52]

Lol I to have the exact same model that you are doing and I thought the exact same thing as yourself so I am watching yours with great interest looking forward to more updates cheers John

Maybe it's not such a good idea to watch The Battle of Britain on telly. I'll end up buying a pile of Heinkels and Messerschmidts.

[rickoshea52]

Fuselage joined together and sanded. Wings and tailplanes fitted. [ATTACH]83799.IPB[/ATTACH]

[rickoshea52]

Engines on. Soon be ready for primer.

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Nice, looking forward to seeing these come together

Adrian

[Guest]

Very nice Rick. The pair on the shelf will look the part.

Look at the lines on that aircraft . Designed in the mid thirties. Just unbelievable. The really elegant wings and purposeful tail.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Rick, saw this in the Market Garden thread. They seem to be nice enough kits from watching your builds.

[Guest]

Nice work so far

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely Rick

[rickoshea52]

The cockpit windscreens on now, when I get them masked it will be time for priming.....at last.

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[rickoshea52]

Both kites have been masked and primed with Vallejo Model Air 71.047 US Grey for the underside applied. I got carried away and did both aircraft before realising I would have to do D-Day stripes on one. Hopefully spraying white over grey won't be too tricky(!).

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[Gern]

Very nice Rick. The pair on the shelf will look the part.Look at the lines on that aircraft . Designed in the mid thirties. Just unbelievable. The really elegant wings and purposeful tail.

Laurie

Definitely a contender for the best looking WWII 'plane Laurie - especially seeing the nice job Rick's doing so far.

Gern

[rickoshea52]

First fix of masking for the D-Day stripes, just the underside for now.

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[monica]

coming alone nicely,

[Guest]

Very nice Rick very nice finishes going on here.

Yes you are right Gern. The Dakota is a very pleasing design. Very similar in a lot of respects to the Wellington which I chose.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Rick, shouldn't have too many issues with the stripes over that grey I wouldn't think, if you do I think priming again with that lighter shade would help.