Username: fubar57
First name: George
Category: Advanced
Manufacturer: Academy (Accurate Miniatures re-pop)
Model: Grumman TBM-3 Avenger Kit Number 12285
Scale: 1:48
Add-ons: decal numbers from spares...I hope. P.E. seat belts I hope
I love the Atlantic Scheme paint work and have wanted to do this on for a long time but the under-wing strike camera always stalled this out. Last week I found in the spares box, something that I think will work. I found this photo somewhere on the webs back in 2015
As far as I know Glenn, it is. A bit more research could reveal whether this was put on certain models or on all. I'll get back to you. Here's a warbird with it
Forgot to take a shot of what I'm going to use as a strike camera. The size looks close enough for me. Not sure where it came from and it looks like lens might slot over the front. I'll look through the spares and see if I can find it.
Looks a tad big. I'm guessing a bit but it might be a Fairchild K-20 which was quite common. here's a shot of another Avenger being launched and the camera can be seen here as well.
Very cool discovery - I'd never noticed a camera before. A quick scan of my collection seems to show two similar images, but they're not clear enough to add much detail. Anyway, hope they help...
Thanks for those Dana and I believe your first one is very similar. I blew up my photo...
To me it seems that it is lacking the dohickey over the lens but has the mounting brackets on either side. I blew this up to try and figure the height of the camera compared to the rocket stubs. This is what I have....