Slowly but deadly 1/32

[scorpio]

Another project done. This time, a Dauntless SBD3. One pretty known, markings for "Sail-12" of VS-2, flown by Lt(jg) John Leppla with gunner ARM3 John Liska from the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Leppla and Liska shot down 5 Zeros flying this SBD - 3 in their bombing attack, and 2 in defence of the Lexington.
I just added BigEd and machine guns set from Master.
The aircraft, with the kill markings and full 2-S-12 designator, was actually an SBD at the Douglas plant in El Segundo in which Leppla and Liska posed after the battle for publicity shots.
I hope not to offend anyone, it would be heavly wheatered as an aircraft on the carrier. I hope to enjoy it.


Model - Trumpeter
Upgrades - BigEd, Master(for 30.cal machineguns),
Florin

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Beautiful.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Terrific job.

MM

 

[otftch]

Nice .
Ed

 

[N4521U]

Verrrry niiiice.

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent work!!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very Nice Scorpio, very nice!

 

[Vaughan]

Outstanding.
Vaughan

 

[scorpio]

Thank you, guys, for your kind words.

Florin

 

[Wayne Little]

Fantastic work, mate well done!

never seen a photo of the actual aircraft, if you have it could you post it?

 

[Wildcat]

That is fantastic! Well done.

 

[T Bolt]

 

[Rustybugs]

ah, the Dauntless, one of my favs. You did it justice. Well done!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree, excellent job!

 

[meatloaf109]

Yep!

 

[LA2019]

Beautiful with sublime weathering...love it!

 

[ian lanc]

Very nice but can anyone answer why the flaps/wings had big round holes in them please?

 

[meatloaf109]

Those are dive brakes.

 

[ian lanc]

Those are dive brakes.

I see!