{"id":2452,"date":"2012-07-30T09:34:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2012-12-06T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:58:51","slug":"ror-step-by-step-review-20120730-curtis-sb2c-4-helldiver-85-5983-revell-pro-modeler-148-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"RoR Step-by-Step Review 20120730 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Curtis SB2C-4 Helldiver 85-5983 Revell Pro-Modeler 1\/48 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=2452&text=RoR Step-by-Step Review 20120730 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Curtis SB2C-4 Helldiver 85-5983 Revell Pro-Modeler 1\/48 Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RoR Step-by-Step Review 20120730 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Curtis SB2C-4 Helldiver 85-5983 Revell Pro-Modeler 1\/48 Review<\/span><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005EG0KQY\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005EG0KQY&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rightonreplic-20\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here to Buy This Kit from Amazon.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rightonreplic-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005EG0KQY\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Figure 000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/7672565546\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7117\/7672565546_f3efb95b4c.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 000\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Click on the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Buy Now<\/span> button below for the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Step-by-Step Review<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> by Robert Byrnes <a title=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/7026773917\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7252\/7026773917_cfa4d8c149_t.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Byrnes P47 Thumbnail\" width=\"93\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. Despite its size, the SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast), Two-Cee and SOB 2nd Class (after its designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult handling characteristics).\u00c2\u00a0 Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier skippers seemed to like it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>For the Modeler: <\/strong>What a great model!\u00c2\u00a0 I would recommend this kit to anyone looking to try photo etch for the first time, or the experienced builder looking to add a beautiful Hell Diver to their collection. \u00c2\u00a0Heck, I may build another one! 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