**** DONE: 1/48 TBM-1C Grumman Avenger VC-13 - Carrier Aircraft GB

[meatloaf109]

Ha! Ha!, love it!

 

[Gnomey]

Neat work so far Andy!

 

[woody]

Real nice work Andy now i want to start on mine.

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers guys. Still working on getting the many interior parts installed. They need to be lined up and glued on one side of the fuselage whilst dry-fitting the other half to ensure the location and angle is correct. Slow going.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Usually worth the effort though.

 

[Wayne Little]

yep! keep pluggin' away mate!

 

[Crimea_River]

I am a pluggin'!

Started on the turret, here partially assembled after having read many warnings in Terry's Avenger build.

Starboard fuselage half with rear bulkheads and flare chutes installed:

Port half with radio equipment painted and seat installed. The seat would normally be folded up when the plane was on the ground but, for my model, the radio operator had to take a wicked whiz and didn't bother folding it up before jumping out the door...

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Neat bit of pluggin' Andy.

 

[KoJo]

Great work!!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[meatloaf109]

No relief tube in the rear cockpit?
Great work!

 

[ccheese]

Really looks good, Andy.

Charles

 

[rochie]

looks great Andy

 

[Airframes]

Looking the Grumman Gonnads - nice work Andy. BTW, the folding table, to the right of the radio, I think was varnished plywood.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[KoJo]

Here is some reference for you:

Fourth ASW Cruise

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool link!

 

[meatloaf109]

Yeah, love the pictures of the pilots and the enlisted flight crews; you can see a shadow of the big box camera (and photographer) used to take them!

 

[Airframes]

Great pics. The camera in the shadow is a 6 x 8 inch 'plate' camera, hence the fine quality of the image.