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The National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola Florida, has an SBD that actually participated in the Battle of Midway. It is the only known surviving Midway warplane in existence, and is considered one of the most historic combat aircraft in the world.

The details are amazing... Even the wear out on the gunner seat... Awesome model!

One of the best divebombers of WWII. It saved the day in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. Revenge for Pearl.

You know that scene in the Christmas Story where the little boy is standing with his nose pressed to the window looking at the BB Gun and mouthing over and over "I want that".... That is me right now.

I like the "weathering" and the flat gray paint. It looks less "toy" like.

Such a cool toy. Would look great on my coffee table.

This model aircraft is so very expensive that I don't have, but have many others like the hellcat, corsairs, fulk wolf, mustangs,zeros, me109s and me 262. Thank you again for your wonderful videos. 💖

It’s nice. Nothing beats the satisfaction of taking a couple of hundred unpainted parts and building them!

Amazing details!!! Nice purchase.

An amazing and wonderful model of the plane and the similarity of the real plane with all its contents and details small and large 👍👍👍

It's a great model, pretty detailed for a toy. I have built the 1/72 Airfix SBD. For a scale modeler this type of model, which comes almost fully assembled, is no fun at all. Merit also manufactures this dive bomber in a traditional assembly kit in 1/18 scale. The youtuber Alex from AlexModeling built it and it's worth watching the video. Nice review. Alex

you have the best channel i can find all the planes I want because of you

The paint colors look authentic.

Neat! Never knew they made 1:18 scale SBD's!

That dive bomber is my favourite two

I re-painted the markings on mine depict an SBD on the Marcus Island raid. ( oversized ensigns with red center meatball)

Gotta love to have one of these.

One of my favorites!!!

Dauntless, wonderful, beautiful, bomber Word war II

I found one of these several years back. My Uncle Lewis was in Dick Best's Bombing Six at Midway. I guess this is the closest thing to what his plane looked like. He flew aircraft # B 12.

The Battle of the Philippine Sea (The Marianas Turkey Shoot) in June 1944 proved to be the swansong of the SBD-6, the final version of the long Douglas dive-bomber line. The SBD was a straightforward, reliable, and easy plane for pilots to fly, take off and land on the rolling decks of U.S. Navy fleet carriers. The SBD, however, was a pre-war design and it was clearly obsolescent, despite the affection of its pilots. The U.S. Navy understandably wanted a newer dive-bomber with more capability: faster, more bomb load, heavier armament, more versatility. The U.S. Navy found this in the Curtiss SBC-5 Helldiver. The Helldiver was much bigger, heavier, and more difficult to handle and thus never found popularity among its pilots. But the SBC offered a top speed of 290 mph versus 255 mph for the SBD, a big difference when pilots want to fly over a target fast and exit the bomb area even faster when enemy interceptor fighter planes might be in the local skies. The first SBC iteration carried the same maximum bomb load of the SBD. The second Helldiver iteration doubled the bombload by installing bomb racks under the wings. The SBC-5 in 1945 could now carry as heavy a bombload over Japan as did Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy DoLittle's North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers in 1942. Yet the SBD dive remains an immortal image in the historic annals of the Pacific War.

Awesome My favorite plane :)

I got to fly in the one at Planes of Fame museum even some stick time in formation with a Cessna 210.

@4:15 is th bomb not in the wrong orientation....? Should the little tab on top not slot into the fuselage...????? Edit to add.... and the writing is upside down....???

I have one that has George Bush right below the cockpit on it as the pilot

Awesome video mate! can't wait to see more

Only 5000 copies were made. I have one of each, new in box. Im realy happy for that 😊

What was the original price? Anyone know? Im curious to know how much of a markup $1500 on ebay is.

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I realy love this model

Bravo!

I love the old warbirds

I watched until the end.Good!

I have a 1:18 German stuka but I want one of these or a mustang . The US planes from WW2 were also in service during the korean war. Just great 👍 would really love to have a US 🇺🇸 plane .

Got the same one to bad my mom damaged the rear machine guns while dusting it off

thanks for the review i am going to get this and you just gained a sub

Hi love your videos keep it up!

Excelente ! Brasil 🇧🇷

This model is realy good😊

....was later seen running around his back yard with it and making airplane dive bomber and explosion sounds...

I wonder if the pilot was modeled after the legendary Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa.

We Japanese were suffered from this beautiful bomber, it contributed to the big loss..

The pilot and gunner are not at the same scale...than the plane...I'm certain....

Sbd 3 merit Toys bomber is beuteful

this is what the ads promise but you actually get it here

They look awesome, but i could never afford them.

This is Best's plane at the Battle of Midway, 6-b-1 on the plane was B 1

Is this another discontinued brand? sorry I'm just looking where to get new plane models like that size

That's my favorite

Very very good crafting.

L'aereo è molto bello!! Se lo hai dipinto tu sei bravissimo!!

This plane made by plastic or metal.

Can you please tell me where you buy the plane please. And also keep going with ur vids 👍

Excelente!!!

Increible hermano!!

Most excellent!!!!!!

Does it came with pilots? If yes that would be awesome 😍

Battle of midway

Thats impressive, no figures with it though?

I hope I have that

Interesting how yours depicts the later model upgraded duel .50 cal rear guns. Mine has the single .30 cal but is very detailed.

Excelente

Can you tell me where to get thing and is it in Amazon because it looks cool and I wanna get it

О...какой большой!Я только в 1/72 собираю.

Looks like a bomber plane Plane: drops big bomb The city exploded

Hello everyone, can anyone tell me the email to buy these models online? thanks

Nice but it needs repainting and proper weathering

Cool video where can I find this line of toys because I really want to get this plane for my son on Christmas thanks

You got the aircrew from the 21st century avenger didn’t you?

I wanted to buy the avenger but i buy this in the meantime I already have the avenger so I can put the same men you have.

wow l like the corsair too... :)

Where are you buying it?

I’m guessing the airmen figures were extra. Did this company also make the figures in 1:18 or were they from another manufacturer?

Where can I buy it

Hope they sell this kind of this plane model in the philippines..

$1,500 u.s dollars on Ebay.

Where did you buy this

Do they make modern Jets ?

Where’d you get it?

Did you order this model from eBay ? Looks awesome👍🏾

Where can I buy this specilation?

Dónde lo compraste bro quiero una😢

I want one of these so badly but the companies are out of business

I wonder if anyone ever concerted one of these to rc?

i want one to hang from my ceiling so bad !! such a cool model ! where can i get these at ?

LT. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa shot down 3 Zeroes, and, damaged a 4th flying one of these. "Slow, But Deadly"

Ciao, vorrei sapere dove si acquistano questi modelli in scala 1:18 grazie

Where do you get the models

quelle est le prix de l avion ?????? what is the price of the plane ??????

Cual es la fabrica de estos aviones y quien los vende??

Did you think this was a good model? Like did it stay together and not fall apart easily?

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where do you buy at? airplane sbd

The big bomb would weigh either 500 pounds or 1,000 pounds. The little bombs weighed 100 pounds each.

Nice! These is one of the few that I'm missing,I'm planning to get the model kit of this model in 1/18 scale,sorry to ask,if you don't mind,where do you get it? If you can answer ,no pushing,thanks for sharing the video! Keep the great work!

Show !!!

Where can I buy this ???.

Where did you buy it from?

アメリカ大好き🎵

NO !! .... The rear gunner is all wrong. ... Maybe drop him lower by amputating him from the waist ? .... ... He isn't even looking through the gun sight, but apart from that it was a great review. .... Thank you.