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Old 01-10-2021, 12:48 PM
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1/72 TBD Devastator

Hello everyone, it has been a while since I have built a model. School plus a clogged up printer took me off track for a while.

Here we have Nobi’s 1/100 TBD Devastator repainted by PacificWind to be George Gay’s plane from VT-8 at Midway (moment of silence). It also has the torpedo from Murph’s Devastator kit, so it’s a bit of a kitbash if you will.

My kitbuilding supervisor is 13 and desired landing gear. Not liking landing gear (makes the plane less “swoosh-able” in flight, I devised a way to reinforce the landing gear with floral wire, then have them plug into rolled up pieces of paper in the wings themselves, sort of like how a plug on a set of headphones plugs into phones or computers. Anyway, best of both worlds I hope.

I am amazed at how big the plane is. I mean, I know it is bigger than a fighter, but even then I was a bit surprised. Kit went together great, my challenges came from kitbashing the landing gear and building an acceptable torpedo bay for the rear of the torpedo to fit into. Anyway, here it is.

Doug
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