![]() It was only the rear gunners seat that was a bit hard to fit. First I thought that this was going to be a challenge but as all parts fits well it’s easier than it looks. You then mount most of the cockpit details from the underside before you glue the floor in place. Then almost immediately you close the fuselage without the cockpit floor. The cockpit walls are first and then the floor. It all depends on your approach, as most of the details won’t be easily visible once you’ve closed the fuselage. The painting instructions are okay but if you have a steady hand, good magnifying possibilities and reference photos you can spend some time to enhance them even more. It’s full of details and though they become a bit crude in this scale (as opposed to etched metal parts) I like it. The approach is also a bit odd but works fine. Almost half of the instruction sheet is about this. ‘Douglas SBD-2/SBD-5 Dauntless (designed to be used with Academy and Eduard kits)’ self adhesive etched metal parts from Pmask product number 48084 The kit looked so good out of the box so the only extras I bought was: Fleming earned his MoH and changed my mind. But then I read more about of how Richard E. I was almost going to omit this kit from my Battle Of Midway 75-years project. So I was a bit disappointed when I bought this kit and then, afterwards, read the stories from Midway. Admittedly the only Medal of Honor at Midway was earned by a Dauntless pilot but it was the SBD-3’s that really earned their fame at Midway. For their release of a Midway Dauntless, Academy chose the SBD-2. It has been released as SBD-1, SBD-2, SBD-3, SBD-4 and SBD-5 versions. This kit from Academy is a rebox of a kit from Accurate Miniatures. ![]() The Dauntless also saw service in the French air force and navy and in the Royal New Zeeland Air Force.Ĭritique courtesy of ![]() Some SBD-2’s (as this kit pictures) had after their service in the Navy been handed over to the US Marine Corps that operated from the Midway islands. It was these that came into a pivotal role in the battle by sinking no less than four major Japanese aircraft carriers. By then the SBD-2’s had been phased out by the Navy for the new SBD-3’s. The big moment for the Dauntless came in 1942 at the Battle Of Midway. ![]() It was delivered in two versions the SBD-1 which went to the Marine Corps and the SBD-2 that went to the Navy. The Douglas SBD Dauntless was developed as a scout and bomber plane in the late 30’s. ![]()
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