Hi all,
For a little while I've been chipping away at building a SBD-5 template, however with just over two months to go until the ANZAC Day centenary I've started working on it a lot more as I hope to have a pack of 25 Sqn (RNZAF) skins ready by then. Anyway, here are some pics and as you can see there's plenty more to do.





Regards,

That looks like an interesting project.

Great - and we don't have any SBD's here so far.

ATB
Armin

great idea Harry and a great looking plane

Excellent Harry.

Cheers guys. I've got the mapping pretty much sorted so now I need to do the weathering, fix up some small details and rework the mechanicals/internals which, apart from the engine, are from the void file.
I had originally planned to also include some of the -3 and -4 aircraft operated by the squadron but I suspect I might not be able to do that in time for ANZAC day so I'll do those some time further in to future.

HB

SBDs are looking great.

Looking good. Can't wait to see it worn out and dirty.

Hi again, Harry, you might wanna check you e-mail.

Just a quick update, I've added the nav, i.d. and landing lights and as you can see here I've faked the recessed underbelly bomb shackles. I can't say that they're 100% accurate but using photos from Duggy's excellent SBD thread that show partial detail I believe my representation is broadly accurate.