Didn't the British and French have TBDs as well? I think the Brits called theirs the Chesapeake. The French had a limited number of SBD-1 and 2 Dauntlesses, too if I remember right.

Man that's too much glass for my taste. No wonder they called those greenhouse canopies. I'd shell out for an Eduard masking set myself. Your steady hands made short work of it, though. Great work, Maestro.

Ironic that the Mitsubishi B5N Kate was the Japanese doppelganger of the TBD, but the Kate ended up doing a lot more damage and was more feared. Chalk it up to the veteran IJN pilots that had experience in China and Malaya, and the Kate being equipped with armor-piercing bombs made from naval shell casings, and the Long Lance torpedo as well...

Here's a question for you, MA. Since you live in Arizona, do you buy your hobby supplies and kits from Andy's Hobby Headquarters? He's an Arizonian like yourself. He's a panzermeister modeler, his channel is quite informative, especially regarding new armor kits.

That corrugated duraluminun construction of the wings looks like it belongs on a barn or a garden shed. Very representative of a pre-WW2 aircraft. Junkers in Germany were known for that construction method ever since WW1, most famously used on the Ju-52 transport and a lot of the Kriegmarine's Junkers seaplanes.

IMHO, the Devastator was a torpedo bomber for the late 30s, forced to fight longer than it should have because of procurement mistakes made by the USN just before WW2. No fault against Donald Douglass, but I'm glad he hired Earl Heinemann to give us the Dauntless, Skyraider, and all the cool 1st-3rd gen naval jets Douglass would later be famous for.

Those Tamiya Weathering Master sets pay for themselves. Makeup for models.

I still think you sound like Will Forte. Your voice is humorous and serious at the same time like his.

Your work has improved logarithmically since you first started.

Those poor Devastator crews bought an opening for the Dauntlesses to hit the IJN carriers at Midway. The USN needed the Avenger sooner.

It's so hard to get your updates because of the Eagle driver with your handle.

You mentioned the seam lines not being great, well that is actually true on the actual aircraft, I have been to see grey ghost and I noticed a few spots where the seams were hand fitted and not very well at that. So realistically that would be correct.

After a few failed attempts finally got this working on my inkjet, thanks so much ❤

Amazing

The design of the Eagle seem very grounded like it could be built with current technologies.

I don't think that Facehugger is going to find the Cylon Centurian to be a very good host!

Nice use of "The Wizard of Mars" there

Just beautiful work!

great build and another hobbyboss :) - great fan of these kits - great engineering for the price point - good job !

After show finished they wouod throw space ships into skip .

Where did you get those missile ranges from?!? As a Weapons School Grad, I'm just going to say...no.

Excellent work my friend. Thank you for the history , for the build ,for .....for everything. I have learn much more from you. Keep going. I will wait your Knew video.Best wishes from Greece

Better than mine!

BGMに琴はやめてwww　日本人でもそのセンスは無いのよ。

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Monday, 9 September, 2024) Round the time you made your build video, I had bought two of this kit (each round 90 USD MSRP), one to build with the landing gear down, all panels, bays, canopy open to display the interior detailing, and the other in flight. I started with a test-fit of the major pieces, finding the fit both seamless and effortless to effect. Well into the assembly, however, I simply could not bring the upper and lower halves of the blended fuselage-wing structures together; one side would close with its counterpart, though the other despite my most determined effort obstinately remained round 4 or 5 mm (0.2”, or 3/16ths inch) apart on the horizontal. With the interior sub-assemblies in place, one half of the airframe inexplicably was discernibly wider than its counterpart. Using as much force as my bony, achy fingers could apply only stressed and deformed the polystyrene, yet still failing to close the gap. Had I continued assembly, and I somehow had managed to force together the two components, affixing them with gel cyanoacrylate (or maybe one of the new bonding agents), the polystyrene immediately adjacent to the glued area most likely would have cracked and split eventually. Short of that, it would have left a gap requiring strip stock, putty, etc., to fill; even worse, this would have resulted in a visibly asymmetrical model! I want Hasegawa to account for this. I would like a refund, though it is not merely a matter of the price of the kits: the paints, the mixed-media aftermarket ejection seats, a seated USAF pilot, and Eduard’s photo-etched detail set.

I don't think so.... No airplane looks the way this one does.... more like the future even now..... Beauty and perfection stand by their own....

Max, there are several preserved Thuds, I & others would contribute to a restoration fund. Guess who gets to fly that historic bird...

Those wing roots you could have used strip styiren it would have been better

Nobody has a video of going from an A to a C. I was gifted a Hasegawa f16a kit I want to maybe convert to a c model. It's a 32nd scale

Awesome airplame, great work.

Absolutely amazing work 🙏

Hello how many hours does IT take yOu to make this model excluding drying time?

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing!

I've been a big fan of the show Space 1999 and especially the Eagle space craft... I've built a few of smaller kits when I was younger. And i would like to think that i did a pretty good job on them.. But nothing even close to your build.. You did a fantastic job , it looks amazing.. You paid so much attention to your detailing and the finished product shows that you did your research.. I definitely enjoyed watching your video and I appreciate that you shared your build with us.🙏

@24:58 can you please elaborate on the technique ? where did you make a tutorial on it ? TNX !

Feeling like living 1999 ;)

My name is John I live in New Zealand I've just bought this kit and as usual I look through U Tube to see what you good / bloody excellent model builders do to turn a box of bits into a masterpiece, I got to admit your video I'm lost for words it's bloody awesome I'm really impressed, it's an inspiration and fills in so much that is missing from the instructions bearing in mind Trumpeter do a reasonable job with a few grey areas resulting in research and some guess work I'm lucky to be a shipwright and ex navy reserve , well retired ! but it helps with the guess work . I mean it when I say this example of a Dreadnought is going to stay on my mind for sometime. Thankyou for sharing it. RGDS John

Outstanding work!

Проект и реализация 👀👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Здравствуйте MAX!!!Подскажите пожалуйста:белая масляная краска с бензином zippo в каком процентном соотношении размешивается???Заранее Спасибо 🤓

how tall is your model built?

Just finished mine recently with the help of your video, would love for you to see it somehow😉✅️

When did you apply the gloss coat? I am only on my second model, so I am still learning and working kinks out lol about the accent colors/used look and when and where to use gloss or flat gloss coat. I am also looking for a better technique on isolating the misses for there pin striping

Wow, you smashed the crap out of that Viper. When I got that frustrated with mine as a kid, I'd take them to the range and test the armor, lol.

As a former Commanding Officer of VAW-112 I think you did a very good job!