**** DONE: GB-48 1:48 TBM-3 Avenger - Carrier & Maritime Patrol A/C of WWII (1 Viewer)

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fubar57

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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

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The innards...

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The almost always impossible to photo clear sprue

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Not sure how I'm going to tackle the clear I.P. yet

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Detail shots, some clean up needed on the engine parts

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Weapons. I might keep the aircraft clean as in the photo in Post #1

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Forgot to mention or photo; sometime in the past I got smart and bought and Eduard canopy mask set
 
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Hi George,

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...

Cheers,



Dana

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Thanks for those Dana and I believe your first one is very similar. I blew up my photo...

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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....

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