The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber became a mainstay of the Navy's air fleet in the Pacific, with the lowest loss ratio of any U.S. carrier-based aircraft. Douglas delivered a total of 5,936 SBD/A-24s between 1940 and the end of production in July 1944. The SBD Dauntless featured "Swiss cheese" flaps — dive brakes punched with 3-inch holes — so that it could achieve pinpoint accuracy by diving to the target, dropping the bomb and then pulling out of the near-vertical dive. In addition to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Forces, the Dauntless served forces in New Zealand and Mexico. The first enemy ship sunk by the U.S. Navy in World War II is credited to a Dauntless from the USS Enterprise. The diving Dauntless went on to destroy 18 enemy warships, including a battleship and six carriers. The SBD-5, which was built at a new Douglas plant set up at Tulsa, had a 1,200 hp R-1820-60 engine and 2,409 were built for the Navy. Finally, Tulsa produced 451 SBD-6s with 1,350 hp R-1820-66 engines.
Please see the paint guide below for Trumpeter’s suggested colors.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/32
Parts: 250
Length: 12.3”
Wingspan: 15.6”
- Painting and assembly required
- Photo-etched parts
- 14 sprues
- Clear parts
- Film instrument panel
- Decals
- Includes instructions
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Paint Guides:
1. VB-16, USS Lexington, November 1943
Light Grey
Silver
Flat Black
Clear Green
Clear Red
Insignia Red
Olive Drab
Zinc Chromate
Metal Black
Red
RLM75 Grey
Dark Green
Red Brown
Khaki
Steel
Burnt Iron
Grey
Tire Black
Navy Blue
Intermediate Blue
2. SBD-6, VS-51, May 1944
Light Grey
Silver
Flat Black
Clear Green
Clear Red
Insignia Red
Olive Drab
Zinc Chromate
Metal Black
Red
RLM75 Grey
Dark Green
Red Brown
Khaki
Steel
Burnt Iron
Grey
Tire Black
Navy Blue
Intermediate Blue
3. White 45, SBD-5, VB-16, USS Lexington, 1943
Light Grey
Silver
Flat Black
Clear Green
Clear Red
Insignia Red
Olive Drab
Zinc Chromate
Metal Black
Red
RLM75 Grey
Dark Green
Red Brown
Khaki
Steel
Burnt Iron
Grey
Tire Black
Navy Blue
Intermediate Blue
4. 42-54676, A-24B, US Army
Light Grey
Silver
Flat Black
Clear Green
Clear Red
Insignia Red
Olive Drab
Zinc Chromate
Metal Black
Red
RLM75 Grey
Dark Green
Red Brown
Khaki
Steel
Burnt Iron
Grey
Tire Black
Neutral Grey
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