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[RyanShort]

Aaron,

I can send you some scans tonight. I have the "In action book" and I should really scan and send you a couple of the pictures so we can get it right. If you don't mind, hold off until I get them to you.

Ryan

[murphyaa]

Ok. I really need shots of the underside, with and without a torpedo. Was there some kind of internal bomb bay that the tail of the torpedo tucked into?

[Uyraell]

Not as far as I recall, Aaron. The tail of the torpedo was mostly in the open, with less than the upper third of the diameter within the "semi-recess" of the aircraft fuselage.

Most of the info I'm citing is memory, and I freely admit I may be open to correction by those with more and better info. Ie: if Ryan's data shows I'm in error then so be it... I'm going by memories over 40 years old at this stage, and little access since to my reference books. But, if I am in error, I apologise for that.

Kind and Respectful Regards Aaron my friend, Uyraell.

[murphyaa]

I'll take any information I can get. There wouldn't happen to be any still surviving would there?

[wag]

I'm hoping these will help. There are no TBD's in museums anywhere, although there is talk af raising and restoring one.
Wayne

[Uyraell]

Going by Wag's helpful pics my recall was slightly off, for which I apologise.
I just hope my recall of the torpedo retainer/carrier mount system was closer to accurate.

Many Thanks Wag for helping Aaron with these pics.

I found a view images, I hope they also are of some help.

Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.

[murphyaa]

Those'll help a lot. I hope you don't mind Ryan, but I simplified the wheel wells. In the pictures, it looks like the cutout hugs the shape of the landing gear. I simply did a box. It's pretty fiddly at 1:48 as it is.

For the torpedo recess, I'll do a sloped box, and omit any kinds of clamps. 1:48 is a bit fiddly for my size 13 fingers.

[Zathros]

Originally Posted by wag

I'm hoping these will help. There are no TBD's in museums anywhere, although there is talk af raising and restoring one.
Wayne

That is really sad!! :(

[murphyaa]

I've set a goal in life that if time travel is ever invented, I'm going back to just after WWII when they were selling surplus planes for a few hundred bucks or less, buy as many as I can, and put them in long term storage somewhere.

The only problem is. If time travel was invented, and I did that...I've forgotten where I put all those planes

[Zathros]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

I've set a goal in life that if time travel is ever invented, I'm going back to just after WWII when they were selling surplus planes for a few hundred bucks or less, buy as many as I can, and put them in long term storage somewhere.

The only problem is. If time travel was invented, and I did that...I've forgotten where I put all those planes

You could get drafted too, or meet your Mom and she would instantly think there was something special about you, then there's the whole Flux-Capacitor thing, and all the sequels. I'd forget where put the planes too. I might come back with Theresa Wright or Lauren Bacall, screw the planes!!