SBD Color photographs

[pinehilljoe]

I'm in the middle of Monogram's SBD. I found this site, it has many color photographs of the SBD.

Douglas SBD Dauntless Color Photographs Part 1

A beautiful selection of color photographs of SBD Dauntless dive bombers shot “somewhere in the Pacific” for LIFE magazine. Many of these aircraft show signs of camouflage and mar…

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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[pinehilljoe]

The owner has a good website, wonder if they are a member of the ww2aircraft. There's nothing like period color photographs for modeling.

 

[SaparotRob]

The owner has a good website, wonder if they are a member of the ww2aircraft. There's nothing like period color photographs for modeling.

The pictures are cool too.

 

[talbot]

that is a very good website that I frequent often
great content and very accomplished modeler

 

[mjfur]

https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/521010?q=sbd

 

[cammerjeff]

https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/521010?q=sbd

Good Link, but I can't believe how many of the photo's are miss captioned.

 

[pinehilljoe]

https://catalog.archives.gov/search-within/521010?q=sbd

Thank you, nice link. This is a good photo of the underside of the SBD. Wheel wells and struts all USN insignia white, no masking required!

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176217225

Studying color photos IMHO is a good start to weathering.

 

[special ed]

Thank you, nice link. This is a good photo of the underside of the SBD. Wheel wells and struts all USN insignia white, no masking required!

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176217225

Studying color photos IMHO is a good start to weathering.

Anyone know what the device stuck in the air scoop is? And is it a mod for flight or just something temp?

 

[pinehilljoe]

It looks like a block of wood to keep the scoop open.

 

[Barrett]

Excellent selection.
The tricolor SBD-5s are VB-16 off Lexington CV-16 1944.
IIRC the blue over gray are dash threes based at Midway c. late 42 to 43.
Note Parts 2 to 4 as well.

Sidebar:
When we restored our A-24B as an SBD-5 in the early 70s we decided on the 42-43 color scheme. (My modeling background helped!). Our Wildcat escort used leftover paint from our project.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shot!

 

[DDonSS3]

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176217225

Interesting. I didn't know the SBD had wing guns. Painted on in an attempt to fool the enemy?

 

[Wurger]

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176217225

Interesting. I didn't know the SBD had wing guns. Painted on in an attempt to fool the enemy?

According to Detail & Scale Vol.48 book yes these are the fake gun ports painted there.

 

[cammerjeff]

I am also unaware of any wing mounted guns on any SBD Model, but it does look to have a radar antenna under the left wing like the SBD-6 models.

 

[junkman3353]

These photos were originally published in Life Magazine in the 1940s (thank you, Kodachrome). Google bought the Life Magazine photo library years ago and placed them in their Google Images account. Click on the link, hit the "View Full Size" in the bottom right corner of the photo box then click on the thumbnails to the right to move the next in line. Same and more photos in a larger format.

midway source:life - Recherche Google

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[pinehilljoe]

Thanks! Monogram reproduced the forward antenna perfectly. The antenna almost looks out of scale on the kit, like it was made beefy to stand up to some playing with a finished kit as a toy, until you see photos.