1/32 Matchbox Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless

Gallery Article by Olivier Barles on Sept 27 2013

 

 

Bonjour everyone. 
These are t he pictures of my 1/32 scale Matchbox SBD-5 Dauntless.

 

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This is a slightly improved OOB as I engraved the panel lines and completed the cockpit - that would have looked very empty otherwise!

I also improved the machine guns, the exhaust pipes and the diving flaps - but I kept the original parts...

I finally over moulded the sliding part of the pilot canopy so that I could have it fixed in the open position - otherwise the clear parts are too thick for doing so.

Then, a nice US Navy 3 colours scheme and this is it!

For the little story, I had this box since I bought it in 1988 or 1989.  As I also purchased a Dauntless Trumpeter kit lately, I decided to finally go for its build before starting with the Trumpeter Dauntless.

And even though this is a very basic model, the final rendering is quite nice and it seems to really look like a Dauntless, doesn't it? 

Merci,

Olivier Barles

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Photos and text © by Olivier Barles