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Grumman TBM-1D

Your Completed Kits Discuss Grumman TBM-1D in the Modeling forums; This is an Avenger (TBM-1D) from VT-51 aboard the USS San Jacinto, circa 1944. The ASD-1 wing radome is an ...

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    Grumman TBM-1D

    This is an Avenger (TBM-1D) from VT-51 aboard the USS San Jacinto, circa 1944. The ASD-1 wing radome is an oddity in that most of it is above the wing, not slung below. The kit is to 1/72 from Academy. The only modification is the radome which I scratch built due to its odd shape. You don't see many wartime Avengers with wing pods.
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    "Thou shalt maintaineth thy airspeed lest the ground reach up and smite thee."

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    Nicely done Ed.

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    Ditto.

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    Love it!

    Great work.

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    Nice work Ed!


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    Nice You have pics of the original?

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    Very cool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt308 View Post
    Nice You have pics of the original?
    My scanner is down. Here is a photo from Squadron Publications-TBM/TBF Avenger in Action, P 27. The smaller photo with the black radome won't take.
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    Looks great Ed ,great job painting that busy canopy frame work !

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    NICE Ed!

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    Nice one Ed
    Your the master of the unusual subject

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    Beautiful. Thanks. I didn't realize the radar technology in 1944 had such range for such a small dish!

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    Nice Ed, I was looking at one of those kits on-line the other day but didn't get it. What was the quality like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by T Bolt View Post
    Nice Ed, I was looking at one of those kits on-line the other day but didn't get it. What was the quality like?
    Decent. Sparse on details but workable.


    Thank you all for your comments.

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    Very nice.

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