Vought SB2U Vindicator
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Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2U-3 Vindicator
Another gem from Accurate Miniatures except for the fit of the composite glass house.
Fiddlers Green SB2U-3 Vindicator
This model is hand drawn and a beautiful basic paper model. if you want to get into the hobby, I made several beginners build video on these very same models. I love the fact that I can share this hobby, it is relatively inexpensive and [...]
FIDDLERS GREEN VINDICATOR PAPER MODEL
Greetings. I have decided this year to build and share most of my models online on YouTube. This is the first time being here and now I know that after each build I can post here. This should be so much fun! took around 3 hours to build [...]
SB2U-3 Vindicator (1/48 Scale, Academy Hobby): Review & Advice Needed on my Second Model Kit
This Vindicator represents one of the USMC planes stationed at Midway Island that participated in the Battle of Midway. The white "stripes" are medical tape the crews used to patch the canvas exterior and the grey lines around [...]
1/48 Accurate Miniatures SB2U-2 Vindicator VS-72
This is the 1/48 Accurate Miniatures SB2U-2 Vindicator. I the Eduard photo etch detail set. The scheme is the Centaur Vampires of VS-72 assigned to the USS Wasp (CV-7) that operated in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII. I used Vallejo paints [...]
Azur 1/72 V-156 F Vindicator
I bought this kit for $10 at a contest, after calling a friend to ask if he could vac-form new canopies, as those in the kit were yellow as burnt wheat! The kit was a mix - it has nicely engraved panel lines, some nice resin additions [...]
World War II Dive Bombers
For several years I had a goal of building 1/48 scale models of all the Navy dive-bombers that saw action in WWII. I'd been fascinated with dive-bombing ever since I read Walter Lord's book "Incredible Victory", and saw the [...]
1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator (Academy)
This genre is unfamiliar to me and it is very difficult for me. the manual was so difficult that it was even harder.
Captain Richard E. Fleming,USMC, VMSB-241, Accurate Miniatures, Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator
I saved this for last of my builds for Midway. A Marine first and foremost, Capt Fleming was fully aware of the limitations of the Vindicator, facing a far more superior force in the Japanese Navy. Faster planes, ships bristling with [...]
Vought SB2U-3, "Vindicator", 'VMSB-241', Midway Atoll
This model represents a “Vindicator” attached to Marine Bombing Squadron Two Forty One, (VMSB-241). It was flown by 2nd Lt. Sumner Whitten, with Sgt. Frank E. Zelnis, as gunner.
After unsuccessfully attacking the Japanese battleship [...]
