crazypoet Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Greetings all! I have, sitting on my bench and waiting more or less patiently, the beautiful Eduard limited Edition SBD-5 Dauntless Dive Bomber. Of course, the version I actually *want* to build is the SBD-3, as was used at the Battle of Midway. Do any of you know of a conversion set for this? I've not seen one, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist somewhere out in the ether... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 its mainly the cowl that is different, I think there are about 4 versions SBD1 through 5. The three had the carb scoop shaved off, and different cowl flaps, but you should be able to rescribe them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I have the same kit in stash, but will build the provided New Zealand version, therefore I never looked for conversion sets. The plastic of the kit is from Accurate Miniatures, maybe that helps. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypoet Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 4 hours ago, DocRob said: I have the same kit in stash, but will build the provided New Zealand version, therefore I never looked for conversion sets. The plastic of the kit is from Accurate Miniatures, maybe that helps. Cheers Rob Ah-Ha! Accurate Miniatures had an SBD-3 kit a while back. I could pick one up and use the cowl and prop/spinner from that. Thanks!!! The cowl on the -5 was 4" deeper and had different inlets and prop spinner. Most everything else was the same... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted July 24, 2019 Administrators Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 7/22/2019 at 9:54 PM, crazypoet said: Ah-Ha! Accurate Miniatures had an SBD-3 kit a while back. I could pick one up and use the cowl and prop/spinner from that. Thanks!!! The cowl on the -5 was 4" deeper and had different inlets and prop spinner. Most everything else was the same... I'd put money on there being several of these on tables at the Nats. I've seen them around for sale for very, very little money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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