Trumpeter 1/32 US Navy SBD-5/A-24B "Dauntless"

[colin m]

5 years, well that's quite something. But hey, worth the wait, it looks great.

 

[minitnkr]

Beautiful job. PaulE

 

[Jim R]

Hi Vaughan
That looks very nice. The markings have come out very well. Glad you managed to sort the sticky residue from the canopy masks.
Jim

 

[Vaughan]

Jim it was a bit of a surprise that the masks left the residue as they are not cheap and we're only applied just before I sprayed the canopy.

 

[Vaughan]

Well I'm nearly there, dangly bits added including the undercarriage. Front and rear canopies fixed with Formula 560. Just the dive brakes and Ariel wire left to do. Hopefully over the W/E I will post the finished photos

 

[Jakko]

Every time I look at this thread, I think back to the 1/32 Dauntless I built from a Matchbox kit 30+ years ago, and how much I liked that (the kit and the plane) for some reason … I keep having a mild urge to get me this Trumpeter kit, but I don’t have the room for a plane this big

 

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice Vaughan

 

[scottie3158]

Vaughan,
That is a cracking build.

 

[stillp]

Very nice Vaughan.
Pete

 

[Vaughan]

Thanks for all your comments I have posted the finished photos in completed aircraft https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/trumpeter-1-32-us-navy-sbd-5-a-24b-dauntless.33198/