Here’s my 1/48 scale Monogram TBD, still a terrific kit despite its age. I added lots of scratch-built details, seat belts and a few photo-etched pieces to dress up the cockpit, a vac-form canopy, and enclosed the wheel wells. The decals from the spares box (I built years ago, before Golden Wings decals came along!) The wing stars and fuselage code letters were taken from various Micro-Scale national insignia and letters and numbers sheets. The VT-6 squadron insignia is also Micro-Scale, but from a 1/72 sheet for TBD’s. It’s a little undersized, but it was the only one I could find at the time. I’ll eventually replace it with a larger version I now have. The aircraft designator and BuNo on the tail were pieced together from some decals in my spars box, and some left-over numbers from an Accutate Minitures F3F-1 sheet. The red wing and fuselage stripes were from clear decal sheet I painted. I have another TBD on my shelf in Coral Sea markings, and two more in the stash. I recently broke down and bought the Great Wall TBD kit, too. I love TBD’s!
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:07:42 +0000