Douglas SBD 5 Dauntless Dive Bomber

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a naval dive bomber made by Douglas during World War II.
The SBD was the United States Navy's main dive bomber from mid-1940 until late 1943,
when it was supplanted, although not entirely replaced, by the SB2C Helldiver.



SBD-5 The most produced variant, primarily produced at the Douglas plant at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Equipped with a 1,200 hp (895 kW) engine and increased ammunition.
Over 2,400 were built, and a few were shipped to the Royal Navy for evaluation.
In addition to American service, the type saw combat against the Japanese with No. 25 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force which soon replaced them with F4U Corsairs,
and against the Germans with the Free French Air Force.
A few were also sent to Mexico

i have tryed to make most of the details seen on the original aircraft.
some items was skipped due to the fle size.
like the luckage compartment in the tale section.

i have made a serie of pictures showing the aircraft.
most of the pictures is not having any comments on them only when i feel it needs one.
on some pictures details can have changed on the next since many errors was discovered while making the pictures

i first starts out taking a tour around the airplaine when it is on the ground with the canopy hatches closed

VIEWS of the aircraft

even thoug the SBD 5 was a land based aircraft i made it have a tail hook

here i had to correct an error notis the pilots aim looking device is not placed correct

The main 1000kg bomb with drop arms to guide its fall

The smaller 250kg wing mounted bombs

here is the wing seen with the drive brake flaps closed

here is the wing seen with the drive brake flaps open

VIEWS with the FLYMODE ON option selected

here you can see my new version of rotating props

in FLYMODE ON the landings gear is raised offcourse this i made by using a picture of the wheels up

ok last picture with the canopy hatches closed

canopy hatches open and the dual 0.30 7.62 mm flexible-mounted Browning machine guns in rear is seen

here you see the canopy hatches in there retracted posisition

and here in the closed posistion

Pilots cockpit

The right side of pilot chair

The left side of pilot chair

a closere look

here you see the cable mount for lift by a crane or hoist

pilots control stick

main dashboard control panel

bombs drop aiming device

the Compass

pilots control pedals

the right side lower controls box

the front guns firing handle

top view of pilot section

a closere look

The gunners section

Gunners protecting armor plate

a view from a distance with canopy hatches open

The 12.7 mm forward-firing Browning M2 machine guns in engine cowling

a last look from the front

The END

well there is a lot more to see so take a look of the model..

here is some views of models i am currently working on.

Sikorsky s64e sky crane - as a fire fighter helicopter the textures you see is still only on the devloping mode and not the final ones

McDonnell Douglas a-12 Avenger 2

a bell 222 similar to airwolf but my version the air dragon

> the kamov ka27 helicopter

the kaman h2 seasprite

that was all for now..

regards
smike
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