Airfix TBD-1 Devastator

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Stephan Ryll
Interesting project John 👍 I'll take a seat 🙂

20 August 2017, 07:15

Spanjaard
very nice work, please bigger pictures of the finished model 🙂

20 August 2017, 15:16

Clint Mecham
Always liked the Devastator. Great job so far, great details l, especially for 1/72 scale.

20 August 2017, 23:20

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in. Cheers Stefan

21 August 2017, 10:33

Choppa Nutta
what a difference the upgrades make to this kit 🙂
looks great, hope you can find or take some larger final reveal pics please 🙂

21 August 2017, 10:37

John Thomas
Very nice

21 August 2017, 11:47

Dave Flitton
I missed this already?

21 August 2017, 12:07

Alec K
Very nicely done - definitely agree with Choppa, bigger built pics would be super nice 👍

21 August 2017, 23:57

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I was invited to participate in an exhibit of Midway aircraft at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California. Other modelers called dibs on Wildcats, Dauntlesses, Zeros, Kates, and Vals, so I volunteered to build a TBD.

Even then, I had to settle for Waldron's aircraft, as Gay's was already commited. I was looking forward to doing Gay's aircraft, since my father worked with him at TWA.

The Airfix kit needed some detailing, but I was surprised to find its basic shapes are very accurate. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to make good photographs of the finished product (deadlines!) so I've posted the few thumbnails that were sent to me.

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