DAS9555 Detail & Scale Books – SBD Dauntless

By Bert Kinzey and Rock Roszak; softbound; 102 pages

About the Book:

The Digital Detail &Scale Series continues with the newesttitle, SBD Dauntless in Detail& Scale, covering thedevelopment, history, and details of one ofthe few U. S. combataircraft to serve throughout World War II, from the attackon PearlHarbor until VJ Day.Over the past 35 years, Detail & Scale published six monographs, 69 full sized volumes, and now a total ofthreedigital publication titles in the well-respected Detail &Scale Series.SBD Dauntless in Detail&Scale continues theseries focus on specific aircraft details,including cockpit, canopy, fuselage,wings, landing gear, engine andarmament, and it also includes chapters onthedifferent aircraft variants, the colors and markings of the SBD,and amodelers section.

Book Features:

Features of Detail &Scale‹¨«??s latest publication, SBD Dauntless in Detail &Scale include:

• A developmental historyof the Dauntless, from it‹¨«??s inceptionas a Northrop design through its use byforeign countries in post-waroperations.
• A chapter on Dauntlessvariants that covers the SBD-1 throughSBD-6 Dauntless and the A-24 Banshee,explaining the differences inconfiguration on all variants.
• A Dauntless Detailschapter with over 140 photographs, mostlyin color, that cover every aspect ofthe aircraft, including cockpit,canopy, fuselage, wing, landing gear, tail,engine, offensive armament,and both fixed and flexible gun armament details.
• A chapter devoted to thecolors and markings used on the SBDDauntless, from the pre-war ‹¨«??Yellow Wing‹¨«?‹¨«scheme through theevolutionary changes in camouflage systems and placement and composition of markings.
• Detail & Scale‹¨«??susual Modelers Section that discusses,reviews, and illustrates scale models ofthe Dauntless over the past50+ years!
• Other features of thebook include line drawings of everyDauntless variant and the A-24 Banshee,illustrations of details fromofficial Navy manuals, plus 17 full color artprofiles of the aircraftin a variety of color scheme.