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Gallery Article by James Kelley |
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Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Divebomber
Tarawa 11/16/43
Well, here is my second submission in as many weeks to ARC! I modeled this Accurate Miniatures SBD-5 in honor of the folks at A.M. coming back into the industry last month, as I think I share the sentiments of MANY when I say "Welcome Back" Accurate Miniatures! The kit was modeled OOB except for the Cutting Edge posable resin seatbelts.
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As is my usual
technique, the aircraft was given a primer coat with Testors Model Master
Aluminum metallizer, then covered in the US Navy tri-color scheme circa 1943
with Model Master Acrylic Flat White, Intermediate Blue, and Non-Spec Sea Blue.
Light weathering was done by scuffing the paint with 600 grit sandpaper to let
the primer show through, pastel chalks, a silver pen, and panel lines were done
with 0.05 Micron black drafting pen.