Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SBD-1 Dauntless
The sublime Accurate Miniatures SBD kit was only marred by the decals that resisted to all solvents that I applied.
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Nicely done, Rafi. Fits in well with my current reading of, Ian Toll's, Pacific War trilogy.
Thank you Gary.
Sounds like heavy reading😉
Excellent result, Rafi! Hopefully the newer reboxings by Italeri, Academy and once by Revell have better decals.
Thank you Spiros!
I am sure that newer boxing have different and much better decals.
That's another beauty, Rafi @blackmopane
Those dive bombers do look very impressive with the dive brakes lowered.
Thank you John!
Great work! I have a real soft spot for the SBD-3 and early war US Navy carrier aircraft in general. Love the paint scheme and markings, I think that plane flew at the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 7th & 8th 1942. I too have this kit. My plan is to paint and mark it for the Battle of Midway. Once again, my compliments on a model very well done!
Thank you Jim!
Super-duper build & finish. My, how we really dug AM kits while we had them...and saddened by their departure.
Thank you Bob.
Fortunately, AMs best kits are re-boxed by Academy and also Tamiya. Unfortunately, for these kits, after few builds the color schemes are exhausted.
Beautiful work Rafi @blackmopane - a not so common scheme and you made it beautifully.
Thank you Anthony.
Beautiful model as always, Rafi. Just the right amount of weathering and a super-clean build. The AM Dauntless must be the best kit SBD kit out there. It is in my stash and will probably be an easier build than the AM TBF Avenger, which had such a tricky turret fit (although it is very well-engineered, finally). Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you Colin.
Enjoy your build.
Well done! AM's Dauntless is hard to beat.
Thank you Chas.
Nice SBD, Rafi. I haven’t built one of those in ages. Need to do one soon!
Indeed, John. Thank you.
Good looking Dauntless Rafi. Well done!
Thank you James.
Very nice work Rafi 🙂
Thank you Scott.
Top notch work
The color is about perfect for that era!. Weathering & sit looks great
Steve,
Thank you Steven!
Love that scheme, and despite any "stiff" decals, it turned out beautifully!
Thank you Greg!
Sublime, good word. It applies to the build and finish as well. Just think what we would be without if A.M. had not put their oar in the water.
Thank you Russell.
Some Tamiya kits are also comfortable with the sublime drift, particularly the "classic" 1/32nd scale.