SBD-1 Dauntless ...Hasegawa 1/48 limited Edition.

[Chris S]

Hi all ,

Welcome to this out of the box build review of Hasegawa's 1/48 scale SBD-1 Dauntless (Limited Edition) . In this review I will take a look at everything,  from whats in the box right up to the final finishing .Each stage will be added as both Video & pictoral updates.

This kit can be purchased directly from here ......

http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG09953

But first a little history of the SBD-1 .

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was derived from the Northrop XBT2 , When Jack Northrop left the company and Douglas Aircraft took over production the XBT2 was renamed SBD-1 and first flew at El Segundo, in California ,on May 1st 1940
144  of these aircraft were ordered for the U.S. Navy ,however only 57 were delivered ,But they were considered 'not yet combat ready' ,and were given to the U.S. Marine corp for Scouting /Bombing duties ( VMSB)
The other 87 aircraft of the original production were upgraded ,mostly the fuel capacity for longer range and carrier use ,these were Delivered as SBD-2's to the Navy.

dauntless001a.mov

The Kit .......

This kit is actually a Limited Edition re-release from Hasegawa .The original release suffered a lot of bad press ,this was due to the flaps/Divebrakes being molded into the wings ,the very disinctive holes in the Divebrakes were represented as small indents in the plastic and generally just looked wrong .
However Hasegawa have done a first class job in correcting that problem by way of adding a new Etch fret of parts to replace the Flaps & Divebrakes they have also included a new Resin Airscoop for the engine cowling .

Box contents .......

10 x Grey plastic sprues containing the main parts.
5 x small grey plastic sprues containing individual small parts.
1x clear plastic sprue
4x Black poly caps
1x Resin part ( scoop )
1x Etch Fret ( Flaps/Divebrakes )
1x Decal sheet ( 5 Aircraft )
1x instruction booklet .

Below I have included photos of the box contents ,these can also be seen in the Video review ........
















I would like to thank Hobby Link Japan ( www.hlj.com ) for supplying this kit for review .

Again ,if you would like to purchase this kit you can get it directly from here ....

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=hasegawa+1%2F48+sbd-1+dauntless+%27vmsb-132%27&Dae=All&Series=All&Dis=2

Thanks for looking.

Chris.

[spud]

LOL noting like seeing a ragid paddy in the mornin

them air breaks should be fun and they look like a nightmare to do with all them etch bits.

looking forward to the build Chris

[Chris S]

  ...(((lol))) yeah ,you would know all about ragid Paddys eh .

Thanks Spud ,the dive brakes /Flaps shouldnt be to bad ,there is a lot of parts but its all straight forward Flat work ,there is only a few parts to bend 

Chris.

[spud]

  i do try. ok now get cracking

[TRM]

Outstanding Chris!  Great vid, great review!  As always looking forward to watching along!!

[Ken Abrams]

First time I've seen this. 

Nice work Chris.

[Chris S]

Thanks T ,always nice to have you along 

First time I've seen this. 

Nice work Chris.

Me too    Thanks Ken .

Chris.

[the Baron]

Thanks for the "first look", Chris!

I agree with Spud, the PE for the dive brakes are going to test the most experienced photo-etch masters among us.  It's a nice kit, though, don't see to many ejector pin or sink marks (a couple of ejectors on the IP, but nothing serious).

The IP looks very crisp and nicely detailed, too.

Are those long rectangular pieces on the sprues with the fuselage halves, the interior sidewall details?

[Chris S]

Thanks Baron , It is a nice little kit ,not too many epm's but there are a few in awkward places ,nothing to worry about tho' .

Yes those rectangular parts are the sidewalls for the cockpit ,more of that in the next update

Chris.

[noname]

Nice to see another one of these build reviews going on. Also nice to have a voice to the face to the written posts. You even sound Irish,.. wuddya know! Now I think I want to see your farm.

Keep up the good work. I think that PE stuff is going to make this plane look pretty sharp.

[Chris S]

Thanks Noname .... lol  yeah sure ,if you want pics of fields an sheep    got some Lambs just born too ,wanna see them ? ...they're Black ones 

Chris.

[fubar]

Looks like a cool build mate, are those panel lines raised or recessed? If raised will you be rescribing them at all?

TTFN Matt

[spud]

na he isnt propper irish like me

[Chris S]

Hi Matt, .The panel lines are recessed on this one ...no scribing 

Spud ...yer right ,Im smarter than that 

Chris.

[spud]

  nooooooooo, you start bulding yet?