Hawk Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
As told in the introduction to the Hawk brand the empty box of
the Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless was one of the very few
leftovers from my 1960's modelling.
The box is copyrighted 1965, so this kit certainly belonged to
my third and last phase of modelling. It was the sole kit I had from this brand. But it was
quite present when I started recollecting my memory of my
modelling history in 2003. I liked the shape of the Dauntless
and this brand was somehow exotic in the late sixties among my bred and butter 1:72
kits from Revell, Airfix and Frog.
Funnily enough I "bought back" a complete Dauntless only in
2015 to have the parts, too, in my collection.
When I bought the copy of the
Dauntless(picture 2, right) and unpacked the sealed kit I was
surprised to discover that it was blue. As this kit was packed in
a later style soft box I assumed that theese issues of the
Dauntless were blue against the earlier issue. But watching
offers in auctions and visiting various websites I did not came
across any copy of the Hawk Dauntless made of silver plastic.
Should my memory have failed this time ?
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Plastic Kits
Picture 1: Hawk Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless.
Kit No. 611-50. Early issue rigid box. ©cjk
Picture 2: Hawk Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless.
Kit No. 611-50. Soft box wit same boxart as earlier
issue. Dark blue parts. ©cjk
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