EDU01165 1:48 Eduard SBD-5 Dauntless [MODEL BUILDING KIT]

Description

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. SBD-5 the most produced version, primarily produced at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kit features engraved panel lines, highly detailed cockpit and gunner's station with extensive photoetch, fuselage interior, raised relief radial engine face, 1,200-hp engine, pivoting arresting hook, single-piece 3-blade propeller, underwing bombs (x2), centerline bomb with cradle, detailed undercarriage with optional resin wheels, forward-firing synchronized Browning M2 machine guns and rear flexible-mounted Browning machine guns, trailing edge extended dive brakes, optional configuration canopy, transparent instrument panel and additional photoetch. Decals and color painting guide for (5) aircraft: F/Sgt.C.N. O'Neill/F/Sgt. D.W. Gray, No.25 Squadron RNZAF, Piva, Bougainville, April 1944; Maj. Christian C. Lee, Co of VMS-3, Virgin Island, Spring 1944; VMSB-331, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Island, Spring 1944; c/n 36817, 4 Flotile de Bombardment de l'Aeronvale, Western France, Early 1945 and A-24B-1-DO, s/n 42-54298, 407th BG, Amchitka, Summer 1944 - includes stencil data and mask.