Guillow's Douglas SBD3 Dauntless Model Kit
The Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless Kit, 31" is a beautiful scale balsa model kit that features true-to-life action parts such as movable flying surfaces, sliding canopies, retractable landing gear, and drop-able bombs. It can be built as a scale shelf model or flown (rubber-free flight or powered U-Control). Although the fuselage is roomy enough to take simple R/C equipment, no instructions and diagrams are included or available.
Features
- Can be built as a scale shelf model or flown with rubber free-flight or powered U-Control
- Suitable for ages 14+
- 1/16 scale
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In two early U.S. Navy engagements of World War 2, the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the carrier based Dauntless dive bomber played a historic part in blunting the Japanese offensive that began at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fulfilling the attack role assigned to it at its conception, the SBD, operating from the decks of the carriers Lexington, Yorktown, Wasp, and Enterprise, mortally damaged the main units of the Japanese carrier fleet and set the stage for the ultimate Allied victory in the Pacific theatre. Not as well known is its impressive record for shooting down enemy aircraft when protecting the U.S. carrier from Japanese air strikes- prowess not expected of a dive-bomber. At the war’s end, the claim was made that the Dauntless SBD had sunk more enemy combatant tonnage than all other arms of the service combined.
Specs
- Material
- Wood
- Completion Level
- Kit