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Vought SB2U Vindicator

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SB2U-3 Vindicator (1/48 Scale, Academy Hobby): Review & Advice Needed on my Second Model Kit

by Derek Bowen on February 15, 2022 · in Aviation — 16 Comments

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

by David Kopielski on February 29, 2020 · in Aviation — 6 Comments

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

by Greg Kittinger on December 13, 2019 · in Aviation — 16 Comments

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

by Robert Knaack on April 11, 2019 · in Aviation — 19 Comments

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)

by Won-hui Lee on June 16, 2018 · in Aviation — 15 Comments

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

by Chuck A. Villanueva on June 8, 2017 · in Aviation — 23 Comments

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

by Frederick J Seitz III on June 5, 2017 · in Aviation — 9 Comments

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 [...]

Accurate Miniatures SB2U-3 “Vindicator”

by Frederick J Seitz III on January 22, 2017 · in Aviation — 18 Comments

This is Accurate Miniatures 1:48 scale Vought SB2U-3, "Vindicator". I had built this kit a few year ago, also when IT first came out. I had gotten a kit that had the original flaw in the rear fuselage, where there was a weird [...]

Accurate Miniatures' 1/48 scale Vought SB2U-1 Vindicator

by James Kelley on May 18, 2013 · in Aviation — 11 Comments

Here's the Accurate Miniatures Vought SB2U-1 "Vindicator". I started it in 2005, and when I laid down the natural metal finish (Alclad II) to replicate the silver-colored lacquer "dope" used on the fabric, it reacted [...]

Accurate Miniatures 1/48 SB2U-3 Vindicator

by Tom Cleaver on December 31, 2012 · in Aviation — 5 Comments

SB2U-3 of VMSB-231, flown by 2nd Lt Sumner Whitten with gunner Sgt Frank Zelnis, who survived the squadron's attack against the Japanese fleet on 4 June 1942. The next day 2nd Lt. Robert Vaupell flew Whitten's airplane for the attack on [...]