Douglas SBD Dauntless 1/200

**Marechallannes** · 08-25-2012 03:45

This is a WW II 1/200 plane I really missed the whole time:

The famous Douglas SBD Dauntless

So I ordered two Dauntless and decals from Miniature Armaments. The miniatures are very detailed, even with missing propeller blades. The decals are ok but very sensible, so take care when assembling and sealing them with clear coat.

The "B" letter and the white numbers on the nose are decals from my reserves. The blue paiting is too dark for the original small black letter/number decals.

Here are the two new WW II minis on my Midway gaming mat. They will see first action in the new Midway Solo Campaign here at the Aerodrome:

The models have little screws under the fuselage and I found little magnets in my stuff. So I glued the magnets on a peg. The Aichi Val dive bomber bases fit perfect to the firing arcs of the Dauntless bombers. I took the planes card from the Fire from the Sky expansion.

...I was to lazy to paint the landing gear wheels.

**ptownhiker** · 08-25-2012 04:17

The models look good! Don't worry about the not painting the landing gear wheels. Omitting those still leaves your models "table ready", meaning that they still look good when you are look down at them during a game.