Douglas SBD-3 1/72 Hasegawa

[Johnny_Sokko]

Really great work. Very impressive.

[Redboost]

18 hours ago, occa said:

But why did you say 'not very accurate' what's wrong with it, i must admit I've never checked closer, it only seems the cowling has the tapering curve not correct when seen from the side

Well, this may sounds too exaggerated as the overall shapes are fine. But I meant poor rendition of dive flaps, non-existent or complety off cockpit details, poorly represented differences between the versions, wheel bays, ... it reminds me their Fw 190A which looks fine and builds well, but when you closely compare it with Eduard kit, you can see differences and its obsolescence.

I would be happy even for an Airfix remake:-)

 

Cheers,

Libor

[matteo44]

Great work!!

Well done

[72modeler]

Me, too! Other than the simple cockpit, contour of the cowling nose ring, and a simplified engine, what is off on the kit? I know they did the holes in the dive brakes/flaps the same top and bottom, when they don't line up between the top and bottom segments on the real thing, but was unaware of any big errors.

Mike

[Redboost]

For me that’s quite big error as the flaps are major focal point for any SBD kit, although it has been stated the overall outlines are mostly ok.