Douglas SBD Dauntless
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Midway Group Build – VMSB-241 SBD-2
Too busy working with the editors on the upcoming "Pacific Thunder" (out in August, you can pre-order on Amazon now) to build anything new for the group build but here's my Trumpeter SBD-2 from VMSB-241 built a few years back, [...]
Hasegawa 1/72 SBD-2 Dauntless @ Midway
What began as an OOB build turned into something a bit more complex. I had 2 SDB's in the stash to pick from for the Midway group build, and selected the Hasegawa SDB-3. The Midway decal set I was able to secure for it was for a Marine [...]
Coral Sea, Part Three: Douglas SBD-3, Dauntless
Part Three, is Accurate Miniatures, AWESOME 1:48 scale kit of this famous dive bomber.
It is in the markings of the aircraft flown from USS Lexington, by Ens John A Leppla, and John Liska, for attacks against IJN Shoho on 7 May, and IJN [...]
Tamiya, 1:48 scale F4F-4 “Wildcat”: My First Build of this kit…
Before Tamiya released their 1:48 scale F4F-4 "Wildcat", there was only the old Monogram kit. The Monogram kit was little more than a toy, having folding wings and other "Features" that just made the kit a very [...]
Accurate Miniatures SBD-3, "Dauntless"
Hey Folks!
This is a 1:48 scale, Accurate Miniatures SBD-3, "Dauntless", that I built many years back. If I recall, it was right around the time the kit was released.
This was a while back so bear with me. I recall the kit [...]
1/18 French SBD-5 Dauntless, Indochina 1947
Hi guys - as I haven't really been on this site since I made a thread about my 1/32 B -17 Diorama 'An Inglorious End' a couple of years ago, here's my latest project!
1/18 French SBD-5 Dauntless Indochina 1947.
Total construction time [...]
Remembering Dick Best and the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
Today is the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway, the battle that changed the course of the war in the Pacific.
I'd like to take this time to remember my friend, the late Richard H. "Dick" Best, the only person I ever met [...]
REVELL 1/144 SBD-1 Dauntless “Yellow wing” MARINES
In the seventies bought a model of DOUNTLESS and since he waited in stash.
10 years ago I decided to build it in Markings U.S.Marines yellow wing according to the instructions 1/48 ACCURATE MINIATURES SBD-1 Build years before im [...]
1/32 SBD-4 Dauntless, No 25 Squadron RNZAF, Espiritu Santo Island, 1944
In early 1944, No 25 Squadron RNZAF began operational training on SBD-4 aircraft at Pallikulo on Espiritu Santo Island in the New Hebrides. These SBD-4s were ex-USMC aircraft, and in quite poor condition. Operational training included [...]
Dauntless, Done… SBD-4, 1/48, Hasegawa
After much ado and diligent effort over the past two and and a half weeks, I am calling my SBD-4 Dauntless 'done'...for a fairly unskilled builder like me it has been a challenge but I am pleased overall with the result which I humbly [...]
