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20/04/2026 9:07 pm
1/18 scale.....
21/04/2026 9:26 am
Very dramatic. Great special effects.
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21/04/2026 10:02 am
@david-green RIGHT! I've seen "fire" like this before but NEVER smoke. This is next-level diorama stuff! 😲 😲
21/04/2026 12:03 pm
I always loved that Dauntless dive bomber. I built a Monogram 1/48 a zillion tears ago, My father bought me a huge gas engine fly by wire Dauntless that you could drop the bomb from its swiveling carriage. I played with it for months before he took me to the park to fire it up. Within 15 minutes it was destroyed in a crash. Anyway, I now have a big heavy Hobby Master dicast with all parts operational. I display it with the dive brakes open. It's cool as hell.
This post was modified 6 months ago by Rich Sufficool
21/04/2026 1:44 pm
This is a book I have that you might want to find and check out. It was done by Motorbooks International in about 2001 and is really interesting and filled with photographs.
22/04/2026 4:12 am
Rich what scale is you Hobby Master Dauntless? Don't know if you have seen these two 1/18 Navy planes?
22/04/2026 9:22 am
@grockwood It's 1/32 which is compatible with my dioramas. It's heavy and offers different configurations including two different machine guns, retractable landing gear, operating centerline bomb cradle with pilot and gunner.
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