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Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless - 1:16 Balsa Model Kit
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Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless - 1:16 Balsa Model Kit
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Item No:
GUI-1003
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List Price: |
£64.99 |
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Our Price: |
£58.49 |
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DescriptionA Multi-Purpose ModelDesigned to be built as a magnificent static display model, a flying rubber band powered model, a gas powered model or an electric powered model. All the parts are included for a rubber band powered model but further parts are needed to make this model gas or electric powered.
Kit FeaturesA complete set of beautiful decals, scale WW2 plastic wheels, light plastic nose cowl, spinner, gun troughs, exhausts and air scoops. Bubble canopies with window areas clearly defined plastic props, rubber motor, light tissue covering, clean die-cut balsa parts, clay for balancing model, reinforced wire and vinyl landing gear plus generous quantities of strip and balsa stock. For GAS and U-CONTROL INSTALLATION: vinyl firewall, tip guide, bellcrank base and control handle. Push rod wire, bellcrank, elevation horn, hinge material, flying lines and stock for all balsa elevators.
About The Douglas SBD-3 DauntlessIn 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 an 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 form Japanese air strikes- prowess not expected of a dive-bomber. At 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.
Features| Scale | | 1:16 | | | Requires Painting | | Yes | | | Manufacturer | |  |
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