DONE: 1/72 Hasegawa TBM-1C Avenger CV-16 USS Lexington Group Build

[wingnutz]

hey folks,

here's the third installment of my "Battle of Leyte Gulf" builds, and my first WIP entry in the PTO GB under category 2...it's a 1/72 hasegawa TBF-1C Avenger Torpedo Bomber, VT-19, CV-6 USS Enterprise/CV-9 USS Essex, USN 3rd fleet: Task Force 38;

test fitted and compared the size of this bird with the wildcat, and one can see that this aircraft had a more robust size, indeed a plane designed to deliver some serious ordinance...

this type of aircraft were used in the sinking of the IJN's super battleships "yamato" and "musashi"...

 

[Catch22]

Nice, looking forward to this!

 

[Airframes]

Whey Hey! Another Avenger! We've got three scales now, great stuff!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Looking forward to this one as well!

 

[Airframes]

Oh, BTW, could you let me know, and inlude in the opening post, which category you're entering in please?
Thanks,
Terry.

 

[wingnutz]

Oh, BTW, could you let me know, and include in the opening post, which category you're entering in please?
Thanks,
Terry.

hi terry,

apologies sir, i was hoping i can pull off this build as a category 2 entry with my limited skills...

glenn

 

[Wayne Little]

This should be interesting!

 

[marek]

Looking forward to this one.

 

[wingnutz]

managed to to do some little work on this project...hope to do more this weekend...since it's gonna be father's day anyway...

 

[Catch22]

Nice work!

 

[Wurger]

Echo post above...

 

[Airframes]

Nice work so far Glenn, and thanks for the info re. category.
Terry.

 

[wingnutz]

did some metal and plastic work today...

 

[ozhawk40]

Great start Wingnutz - this should be a great build.

Cheers

Peter

 

[rochie]

wow looks great wingnutz

 

[Wayne Little]

yeah great start mate!

 

[Catch22]

Looks great!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very nice! Dam smart idea about the bomb bay.

 

[Airframes]

Looking great Glenn. Does the kit have the 'Aero Tail' for the torpedo? If not, it'll be easy to scratch-build, and I can post the details if you need them.
Terry.

 

[wingnutz]

Looking great Glenn. Does the kit have the 'Aero Tail' for the torpedo? If not, it'll be easy to scratch-build, and I can post the details if you need them.
Terry.

thanks folks...

hey terry..you mean like this one???

sure thing...anything to make this build a bit more interesting...