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Thanks Sergio. Keep those Wagners and Methorsts coming matey.
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Old 03-19-2020, 03:31 PM
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Next Model.

This is a repaint of the S&P Douglas TBD Devastator of VT-6 off USS Enterprise.
I't's actually the same plane that forum member Mor is currently doing in a much larger scale.
Now that Ecards is again afloat, I will submit this model to them if anyone wants to do their own build.
Now over to Don for a more detailed look.
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Very neat,clean model.Good work.
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Old 03-19-2020, 03:35 PM
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Info on TBD-1 BuNo 0322

Garry’s model is of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1, Bureau of Aeronautics Number (BuNo) 0322, aircraft number 6-T-1, as it appeared when the aircraft was assigned as the lead aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) from February 1938 to March 1939. It was normally flown by the squadron commander, Lieutenant Commander D.P. Johnson.

The write-up for Garry’s previous TBD-1 model, BuNo 0331, 5-T-7, with background information on the Douglas TBD-1, the Navy’s first all-metal low-wing monoplane combat aircraft with a retractable undercarriage and power-folding wings, is available at US Navy and USMC Between The Wars in 1/100

VT-6 took delivery of its 20 TBD-1s between February and June 1938 and operated TBD-1s until the Battle of Midway in June 1942, after which they re-equipped with Grumman TBF-1 Avengers. However, BuNo 0322 had a short career. On 10 March 1939, while piloted by Aviation Machinist’s Mate (Naval Aviation Pilot) F.O. Adams, the aircraft crashed on take-off. The crew was safely recovered, but the aircraft was lost. LtCdr Johnson then took BuNo 0324 (6-T-2) as his lead ship. The aircraft number (2) was painted out with aluminum paint and the aircraft was renumbered as 6-T-1. The red leader’s stripe was added, and the bottom half of the cowl was painted red. A spare aircraft (0623) then became 6-T-2.

The blue tail on Garry’s model identifies 6-T-1 as part of the Enterprise air group. The red fuselage band and cowling identify 6-T-1 as the squadron commander’s aircraft and as the lead aircraft of Section One of VT-6. The VT-6 squadron emblem, visible just forward of the pilot’s cockpit, was a great white albatross with a fish in its bill superimposed on a waterspout between sky and ocean. The spread wings of the albatross form a “V” (the U.S. Navy designator for heavier-than-aircraft) while the waterspout and sky form a “T” (the designation for torpedo bombers). Together, they spell “VT” (torpedo squadron) while the fish forms a numeral six.
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1. Douglas TBD-1 BuNo 0322, the lead aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) over Coronado Bay, San Diego, in 1938. All the canopies are open, which was the normal way in which TBDs were flown at that time. Source: U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.997 via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougla...ght_c1938.jpeg

2. Another view of 6-T-1, BuNo 0322, in 1938. Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph 80-G-19341, available at https://www.history.navy.mil/content...0-G-19341.html

3. Douglas TBD-1 BuNo 0322 in the air with aircraft of three of the four Carrier Air Group Six squadron commanders on 12 May 1938, the day when USS Enterprise (CV-6) was commissioned. TBD-1 6-T-1 was flown by LtCdr D.P. Johnson. Grumman F3F-2 6-F-1 was flown by LtCdr H.L. Jennings. Curtiss SBC-3 6-S-1 was flown by LtCdr T.S. McCombs. Not in the formation was the other squadron command aircraft, the Northrop BT-1 6-B-1 flown by LtCdr F.J. McKenna. Source: U.S. Navy photograph in Jackson and Doll, page 18.

4. Douglas TBD-1 BuNo 0324 with the original aircraft number (2) painted out with aluminum paint and replaced with number 1 after the original 6-T-1 (BuNo 0322) crashed in March 1939 and was replaced with BuNo 0324. Source William T. Larkin photograph in Adcock page 24.

5. Emblem of Torpedo Squadron 6. A waterspout, albatross, and fish forming the symbol “VT-6.” Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 82629-KN, Public Domain, available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...curid=83098963

Sources:

Al Adcock, TBD Devastator in Action, Aircraft Number 97, Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1989.

Aerodata International, “Douglas TBD Devastator,” U.S. Navy Carrier Bombers of World War II, Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1987, reprint of Vintage Aviation Publications edition.

Joe Baugher, “US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos, Second Series (0001 to 5029),” available at US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos--Second Series (0001 to 5029)

Thomas E. Doll, The Douglas TBD Devastator, Number 11, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications, 1967

Thomas E. Doll, Berkley R. Jackson, and William A. Riley, Navy Air Colors: United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Camouflage and Markings, Vol. 1 1911-1945, Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1983.

David Doyle, Douglas TBD Devastator: America's First World War II Torpedo Bomber, Legends of Warfare – Aviation, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publications, 2017.

John M. Elliott, The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, Vol. 1, 1911-1939, Boylston, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1987, pp. 67, 120, 123.

René J. Francillon, “Douglas TBD Devastator,” McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920: Volume I, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988, pp.180-184.

Peter Freeman, Wings of the Fleet: US Navy & Marine Corps Aviation 1919-1941, On Target Special, Ardington, Oxfordshire, UK: The Aviation Workshop Publications Ltd., 2010, pp. 56-63.

Berkley R. Jackson and Thomas E. Doll, Douglas TBD-1 “Devastator,” Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc, 1973.

E.R. Johnson, United States Naval Aviation 1919-1941: Aircraft, Airships and Ships Between the Wars, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2011, pp. 81-83.

William T. Larkins, U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941, Concord, CA: Aviation History Publications, 1961. Image of 1134 on page 280.

Joseph V. Mizrahi, U.S. Navy Dive and Torpedo Bombers, Northridge, CA: Sentry Books, 1967, pp. 32-42.

Barrett Tillman, TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy, Combat Aircraft 20, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2000.
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Excellent work on this TBD, Garry!
I think I said that few times but the Devastator is my favorite plane.

Well done!
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Old 03-19-2020, 11:39 PM
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Gary,

I think you posted about how you do pilots, but I can't find it. Would you elaborate a little, please?

Thanks,

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Old 03-19-2020, 11:47 PM
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I see that the carpet is dry and and the chained kids survive the flood, not seriously, welcome back Rata. How could you get that perfect rounded and red cowling!!! Keep on it, and waiting for a Marines apparatus. Best Regards,Tony.
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My favorite thing about the TBD is that it has the crew guys.
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Old 03-21-2020, 03:27 AM
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Thanks for the kind comments people.

Gene, the crew figures are a free download from Bruno's OMPWD thread that he did a while back. I just found it just then so you should be able to:
Go Model Builds, Aviation, and find One Model per (non working) Day thread but don't click on it. Towards the right there's 5 gold stars and a symbol of a paper clip (attachments). Click on this and a window on the top left of the screen will appear. All the attachments are here (there's a lot!) and are listed in REVERSE alphabetical order. Scroll down till you come to 'pilot Scissors & Planes.pdf'. Hit this and it should download. There's both 1/100 and 1/50 scale full pilot figures. Good luck but be warned, in 1/100 they are FIDD-ER-LY! No doubt like me, your first attempts may be a bit dodgy but like anything, practice wins the day in the end.

Tony re the cowling, I assemble the front piece (engine) and first cowling segment and burnish the inside with something round and hard before joining to the rest of the cowling.
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Old 03-21-2020, 03:29 AM
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Excellent work on this TBD, Garry!
I think I said that few times but the Devastator is my favorite plane.

Well done!
Thanks Kacper. Don has a soft spot for the Vought SB2U Vindicator, but like you I'm a TBD fan.
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