TBD-1 Project
180329 TBD fuselage assembly
180329 TBD torpedo cradle. Fit here is poor; note filled in cutouts for bomb racks (?) and insert to position cradle.
180331 TBD stub wings installed. Note styrene strip as gap filler.
180408: TBD rudder striping. Base coat is Floquil Reefer White
180408: TBD rudder striping. Red is Testors Gloss Red Acrylic
180408: TBD rudder striping. Red is Testors Gloss Red Acrylic
180408: TBD rudder striping. Red is Testors Gloss Red Acrylic
180410: TBD with PS Sea Blue over Lifecolor Light Gull Grey
180410: TBD with PS Sea Blue over Lifecolor Light Gull Grey
180410: TBD with PS Sea Blue applied. Not happy with the color intensity (on right)
280414: Improved with s custom mix of 2:1 PS Sea Blue to MM Neutral Grey (on right)
280414: Improved with s custom mix of 2:1 PS Sea Blue to MM Neutral Grey (on left)
180419: Nearing completion. Canopy framing next.
180425: The sun is out!
180425: The sun is out!
180425: The sun is out!
180425: The sun is out!
180507: on the flight line
180507: on the flight line
180507: on the flight line
180507: on the flight line
180507: TBD beauty shot
180507: TBD beauty shot
180507: TBD beauty shot
180507: TBD beauty shot
T-5 flown by Ensign T. B. Bash USNR who claimed a hit during second attack.
Commentaires
9 14 December 2021, 06:21
Robert PodkońskiReally good work on this (rivet-festooned) ancient kit. Congrats!
14 December 2021, 07:42
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TBD-1 in 1/72 scale from MPC Kit #1-4111 c. 1969.
Depicts TBD1 Tare-5 assigned to Lexington's Torpedo Two (VT-2) at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Tare 5 was flown by Ensign Tom Bash who claimed hits on both Shoho and Shokaku, before narrowly escaping a shootdown on the way to home plate. Devastator 2-T-5 was found in 2018 by Paul Allen's search team in very good, salvageable condition.
Paints are Lifecolor UA025 Flat Light Gull Grey (FS34660) and a mix of 2:1 Pollyscale USN Blue Grey to MM Acryl Neutral Grey (FS36270).
Markings scrounged from various sheets or painted on. Numerals are dry transfers.
