Cox Curtis Wright SB2C "Helldiver" finished

Perhaps the most exasperating model that I have ever put back together.  

Castor locked engine, broken pieces, way too much stuff built into this thing.  Ejectable pilot with parachute, tail hook, two position elevator control rod (big boy and little boy options), pivoting canopy, and a complicated set of landing gear.  

You get tab A in position and tab B slips out, you get those set and the canopy pivots out of position, you get those aligned and the elevator control rod goes south, then the pilot eject leaf spring goes zing.  Once all of those are set your ready to install the tail section only to find out that the elevator control rod is on the wrong side of the guide.  Take it all apart and start over.    And..........I can't even talk about installing the rear canopy and the fuel tank!












The parachute is a rat eaten rag and I can't stuff all of it in there.  The pilot release is on a hair trigger, I expect it to launch him at any time.  

Successfully done and happy about it.  Never again.

Anyone want to know about the Helldiver, this is an excellent film.  Respect those piston engine pilots, complicated start up procedure, parts of which you do every time you start up one of your model engines.  When in the Navy I actually started a F4U Corsair in airman prep school in Oklahoma.  

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