Hi,
The LHS had this one on sale, $ 65 sounds like a bargain to me 
English is not my native language so I had to google what Dauntless acctually means…
Fearless, Unafraid, so Google says…
Wow, what a kit - this is going to be BIG fun!
Very Best Regards
Johan
That is a great price! Normally they run around $130. I would love to pick that kit up but need to find a deal like you did to be able to afford it.
Be sure to post pictures.
Always been one of my favorite names for a plane, and considering the work it and its crews did, and very apt name.
Hmmm,
this is “Clear Edition”.
The fuselage and the engine cowlings are all clear plasic.
Has anyone done this one before?
Would appreciate support here, never done a kit with a “see through” feature.
I guess I could just drop the option and go solid but now I am tempted
Very Best Regards
Johan
Be careful gluing the clear parts to the regular plastic as I’ve had problems getting a good, solid weld between them as the plastics are so dissimilar.
I have the same kit and will do mine solid.
Didn’t do an SBD, but I’ve done several 1/32 Monogram “Phantom Mustangs”, like the one pictured below…
There’s no way to eliminate the glue-marks that will be visible between the plastic and the interior parts. All you can really do is use a good liquid cement, like Testor’s (or any other “MEK-containing” cement) Liquid Cement in the pink and white bottle… If you can still get it, straight Methyl-Ethyl Ketone (MEK) is the best…
Just be sure to use a good FINE-pointed brush (“00” or better) and let capillary action take the glue into the joints…
Another way to approach it is to paint half the model in solid, normal camouflage colors while leaving the other half clear and gluing the interior parts to the painted-half only… Or…
You could partially paint it, leaving specific areas unpainted in a type of “Cut-away” scheme that will show internal details, like below…
