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Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:54 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30264.jpg) | Views : 957 | Bottom spray painted aluminum |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:53 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30263.jpg) | Views : 942 | Fuselage and tail painted aluminum |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:53 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30262.jpg) | Views : 968 | Top view with yellow painted wings and red cowling |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:52 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30261.jpg) | Views : 974 | Upper dive brake flaps applied, red wing stripes, and anti glare surface painted on |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:52 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30260.jpg) | Views : 559 | Control surfaces inked in and decals applied. Did not use kit supplied decals, since I went with a different paint scheme. Decals used are from two other Dumas 200 series kits. |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:51 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30259.jpg) | Views : 514 | Instrument panel, exhaust pipes, and simulated upper dive brake flaps added to this build. |
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Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:50 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30258.jpg) | Views : 523 | Canopy frame made from 1/16 “ brushed silver pinstripe tape |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:50 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30257.jpg) | Views : 521 | Simulated dive brake flaps and wheel wells |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:49 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30256.jpg) | Views : 606 | Guillow’s wheels used, not narrow kit wheels. Bombs were scratch built |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:49 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30255.jpg) | Views : 645 | 3 blade propeller helped embellish this model. |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:48 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30254.jpg) | Views : 489 | Dumas 200 series kits are not very detailed, but I am satisfied with what I could do with it. I realize there are many more Dauntless details that could be added such as found on the Guillow’s 1000 series model. |
Dale1416 | Dumas Kit #228, SBD-5 Dauntless | Build | 14-Dec-13 19:47 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/30253.jpg) | Views : 602 | Back in the late 1940’s, I built a Dauntless with a 20” wingspan from a Comet kit, but did it in the WW 11 blue/gray colors., as Dumas kit #228 suggests. I just like this color scheme better! |
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