Douglas A-24B Dauntless (SBD-5)
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Steve WilsonNever-the-less...
Still an excellent build Paul and what's modelling without a bit of flash???
Sink marks...
Ejector pin holes etc etc etc.
Phil MarcheseThis kit was not a very early Airfix release. More late 60s...possibly early 70s without digging out instruction sheets. As such it was on par with the A-26 Invader and Black Widow. The canopy was a weak point even when new, however the kit, as testimony here unto itself is far from a dog.
AugieOriginal release 1967
I have a copy of this kit in the VJ-Day set.. Its a dog of a kit. Paul has done fantastic
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I bought an Airfix red box dauntless last year thinking I would get a new mold kit. When I built this for a French Group build on another site, I found out it was the same old 1960's molding with tons of flash, poor fit and all the warts from the old Airfix kit (my cockpit framing was not visible so I used the painting guide to tape the cockpit). The only saving grace was the new decals were superb. They even included bomb stripes. I post shaded with my airbrush to break up the simple camouflage.
After the allies broke out of Normandy and moved west to Germany, the French were left with the responsibility of driving the rest of the Germans out of France. Among the French Air Force units supporting the French army was Armee de l'Air d'Liberation Groupe de Chasse-Bombardement 1/18 "Vendee," equipped with 16 A-24Bs. The group provided effective close air support to the Maquis in the plateau region of southwestern France, and undertook bombing missions against the Germans at Bordeaux. My aircraft represents a p
