April 9, 2024
HM Diecast 1:72 Model Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless USS Lexington Battle of Midway New
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Hi I'm selling this superb Hobbymaster 1:72 diecast model. Brand New in box Air Power Series HA0111Douglas SBD-2Dauntless VB-2 USS Lexington Heavy die-cast. Minimum use of plastic. Professionally painted. Fully assembled. Display stand included. Undercarriage can be displayed up or down. Canopy comes with various options. A free spinning propeller. Rubber wheels. Comes with bombs.Tampo applied markings not decals. Accurately painted color scheme. H istorical Background: The SBDs first real test came on 7 May 1942, when the US aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown faced three Japanese carriers in the Battle of the Coral Sea. During the two day battle, which was the first naval battle in which victory was decided by aircraft alone, Dauntless dive-bombers flew alongside other US aircraft. Each side lost one carrier (the Japanese carrier Shoho being sunk by Dauntless and Devastator bombers) and the U.S. lost USS Lexington but the U.S. had stopped the Japanese ships from supporting an invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea, and the proposed air assault on Australia. From mid -1940 until November 1943 the Douglas Dauntless, nicknamed the “Barge”, “Clunk” and best of all “Slow But Deadly”, was the standard U.S. Navy carrier dive- bomber. It was gradually phased out by the Curtiss Helldiver with the SBDs last major carrier action
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