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Hobby Master 1/32 PREMIUM COLLECTION Air Power Series
HA0203
Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless"
BuNo4687, USS Enterprise (CV-6), 4 June 1942 "Battle of Midway"

Premium Collection
1/32 Scale airplanes
Limited Edition only 900
world-wide
Features
Movable rear gun
Working dive brakes, rudder &
ailerons
Engine cowling can be removed
Optional transparent engine
cowling provided
Rotating metal propeller
Sliding canopy
Retractable undercarriage
Rolling wheels
Movable centerline bomb rack
Bombs under each wing
Realistic looking crew

L - 12.4 in (315mm)
W - 15.75 in (400mm)
H - 4.8 in (122mm)
Weight - 1.98 lb (900g)

Designed as a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, various versions of the Dauntless served
workhorse of the US Navy in the Pacific. The Dauntless dive-bomber was the only plane to fight in
every major Pacific engagement. The SBD-3,
sarcastically nicknamed “Speedy Three”, entered service in March 1941 with production ending in
July 1944, by which time a total of 5,936 had been built in all versions.

Aircraft BuNo. 4687 from the USS Enterprise (The Big E) (CV-6) was flown by the Lt. Richard H.
Best, commanding officer of VB-6. On June 4, 1942 while flying Black B-1 from Bombing Six, Best
and Murray took part in two sorties that day. The first mission took place in the morning against the
IJNS Akagi and Kaga. In the afternoon they help with the sinking of IJNS Hiryu. During the operation
Best inhaled caustic fumes from a faulty oxygen bottle damaging his lungs and forcing him into early
retirement from active duty.

SBD-3 specifications

Dimensions:
Length: 32 ft., 8 in.
Height: 13 ft., 7 in.
Wingspan: 41ft., 6 in.

Weight:
Empty: 6,345 lb.
Gross: 10,400 lb.

Power Plant:
One 1,000 horsepower Wright R-1820-52 engine

Performance:
Maximum Speed: 250 M.P.H.
Maximum Range with Bomb Load: 1,345 miles
Service Ceiling: 27,100 ft.

Crew:
Pilot and gunner/radio operator

Armament:
Two fixed forward-firing .50-in. guns,
Two flexible-mounted rear-firing .30-in. guns,
1,200 lb. of ordnance

MODEL COMES WITH
STAND AND AN OPTIONAL TRANSPARENT COWLING

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