1/48 Accurate Miniatures SBD-2 Dauntless

Gallery Article by David Rapasi on June 7 2010

 

A war weary SBD-2, with some upgrades, serves aboard a training carrier late in 1943.

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The model is finished with Model Master Paint, Eagle Strike Decals #48046, and homemade stencils.

Colors used on this model;

  • QMS #10 Light Gray MM1730

  • QMS #12 Blue Gray MM 1723, MM 1768; approx. mix 50/50.

  • ANA 603 Blue Gray/Sea Gray MM1723, MM1768 approx. mix 80/20.

  • AMA 611 Interior Green mm1715 darkened with MM1723

Enjoy the photos.

David Rapasi

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Photos and text © by David Rapasi