This
is my beautiful SBD5 Dauntless 1:48 from Italeri.
The
kit was built almost totally out of the box including decals. The only add was
the seatbelts of photoetched. The kit is pretty good, except for the link
between wings and fuselage, that need a little amount of filler, and the canopy
that is not totally fit when in the open position.
After
a coat of Vallejo black surface primer it was free hand airbrushed using Vallejo
Air paints. The scheme used was American Navy Version B – SBD5 – VMSB-231
– Major Elmer Glidden and Sgt James Boile; Marshall Island 1944.
The colors
used were:
Interior
Cockpit
details
Fuselage
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Under
- Dead White Game air Vallejo
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Middle
– US intermediate blue Model air Vallejo
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Top
– Signal blue Model air Vallejo
Machine
gun – Gun metal Model Masters
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After
the main areas were painted, I then added some post shading and weathering with black and gray pastel chalk. The decals laid down beautifully with
decal set from Model Master, finished with a coat of Artfix matt varnish.