SBD Dauntless 25 Sq RNZAF Bougainville April 1944. Kit Fly Hawk 1/72, Decals Aero Master

[MACALAIN]

[georgeusa]

A very different companion to your desert 109, but just as nice.  Looks great.  Thanks for sharing.

[stevehnz]

Lovely job on that Alain, this Kiwi very much approves.

Steve.

[Armorrich]

Very nice work Alain...is that a Hataka finish??

 

Cheers..Rich 

[MACALAIN]

14 hours ago, georgeusa said:

A very different companion to your desert 109, but just as nice.  Looks great.  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much mate. and welcome.

 

Alain

[72modeler]

You don't see too many SBD's  modeled, and done this well! There's just something about a USN airplane in Kiwi markings! Betting Alan @LDSModeller is going to like this one! Well done!  

Mike

[MACALAIN]

23 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Lovely job on that Alain, this Kiwi very much approves.

Steve.

Thank you very much Steve. More in the futur.

A fighter and a twin engine on the way.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 19/12/2023 at 20:38, Armorrich said:

Very nice work Alain...is that a Hataka finish??

 

Cheers..Rich 

Thank you Rich. I used Revell 5 for the white, an old tin of Authentic color from Humbroll for the intermediate blue,

and US Dark Sea Blue from Hataka for the top.

 

Alain

[Armorrich]

Thank you my friend.......I'm getting a better idea of how this stuff works now. I have some Humbrol colors which I like for small areas but I'm looking for something that brushes well over larger areas like wings and such. Thanks a lot for your continuing assistance.

 

Cheers....Rich

[MACALAIN]

On 20/12/2023 at 18:08, 72modeler said:

You don't see too many SBD's  modeled, and done this well! There's just something about a USN airplane in Kiwi markings! Betting Alan @LDSModeller is going to like this one! Well done!  

Mike

Thank you very much Mike. And welkome.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 21/12/2023 at 14:49, Armorrich said:

Thank you my friend.......I'm getting a better idea of how this stuff works now. I have some Humbrol colors which I like for small areas but I'm looking for something that brushes well over larger areas like wings and such. Thanks a lot for your continuing assistance.

 

Cheers....Rich

You are always welcome.

 

Alain

[Bertie McBoatface]

Ah, very noce. Lovely painting.

[Dave Klaatu]

Again, another nice build!

[112 Squadron]

A very beautiful model Alain. 25 Squadron was the sole RNZAF unit that was equipped with the SBD. Although there were plans to have more Kiwi SBD squadrons the RNZAF opted for the Corsair as a fighter-bomber instead. Still, the only RNZAF SBD unit distinguished itself in combat and flew a total of 530 operational sorties from March to May 1944. The particular aircraft you modeled NZ5057 BuNr 36925 flew 36 combat sorties and was returned to the USN on May 20th 1944.

Edited December 23, 2023 by 112 Squadron

[MACALAIN]

16 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said:

Ah, very noce. Lovely painting.

Thank you very much Bertie.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

13 hours ago, Dave Klaatu said:

Again, another nice build!

Thank you very much.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

19 hours ago, 112 Squadron said:

A very beautiful model Alain. 25 Squadron was the sole RNZAF unit that was equipped with the SBD. Although there were plans to have more Kiwi SBD squadrons the RNZAF opted for the Corsair as a fighter-bomber instead. Still, the only RNZAF SBD unit distinguished itself in combat and flew a total of 530 operational sorties from March to May 1944. The particular aircraft you modeled NZ5057 BuNr 36925 flew 36 combat sorties and was returned to the USN on May 20th 1944.

Thank you very much mate. And always usefull info from you about the planes and/or the pilots and crew.

More Kiwi planes for 2024.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

Thank you very much for your kind comments and your likes.

 

Alain

[LDSModeller]

On 12/24/2023 at 12:51 AM, 112 Squadron said:

25 Squadron was the sole RNZAF unit that was equipped with the SBD. Although there were plans to have more Kiwi SBD squadrons

While 25 Squadron was the main operator of the SBD (3/4/5's) there were two other Squadrons formed and flew (albeit briefly)

on the SBD Dauntless Those two Squadrons were No. 20 and 26 Squadrons.

25 Squadron did fly SBD-4's on operations (generally as observation/navigation), while working up to flying the SBD-5's

 

Regards

 

Alan

[MACALAIN]

12 hours ago, LDSModeller said:

While 25 Squadron was the main operator of the SBD (3/4/5's) there were two other Squadrons formed and flew (albeit briefly)

on the SBD Dauntless Those two Squadrons were No. 20 and 26 Squadrons.

25 Squadron did fly SBD-4's on operations (generally as observation/navigation), while working up to flying the SBD-5's

 

Regards

 

Alan

Thank you for the informations.

More RNZAF plane soon.

 

Alain

[kapam]

Excellent work!

We don’t see enough SBD builds, particularly in 1/72, so thanks for posting.

👍👍😎

[MACALAIN]

8 hours ago, kapam said:

Excellent work!

We don’t see enough SBD builds, particularly in 1/72, so thanks for posting.

👍👍😎

Thank you very much and welcome.

More RNZAF and RAAF  planes in a nearest futur.

 

Alain

[Ferguson]

I've never heard of such a manufacturer.  Thanks for sharing, interesting model

[MACALAIN]

21 hours ago, Ferguson said:

I've never heard of such a manufacturer.  Thanks for sharing, interesting model

Welcome, here is a link for this kit.

 

Alain

 

https://www.super-hobby.fr/products/SBD-3-Dauntless-53035134.html