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New build- TBD-1 Devastator
pnance26
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 09:03 PM UTC
I am taking on a new diorama project involving the TBD-1 Devastator. I will post mostly over on Aeroscale but will try to keep you up to speed.

Years ago, Shep Paine, did a dio of 1/48 sitting on top of the water after ditching. I am not attempting to recreate that dio but do a different twist with some features which were heretofore unknown to me on the TBD-1.

I will keep an eye on all of you from the shadows.

Thanks in advance and your comments and criticisms are always welcome!
pablo_g
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 09:16 PM UTC
Hi, do you mean the diorama?
j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 10:01 PM UTC
thats a great subject ! very different ! . great job !
j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 10:04 PM UTC
THATS AN Atlantic paint job on the Avenger , you dont see that alot either !very nice. keep us posted on your project
brekinapez
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 10:47 PM UTC
No, there was another Paine did for Monogram's 1/48 Devastator kit decades ago. It had two guys on the wing attempting to board a life raft in front of the plane. Similar situation, just different plane.

I personally think the plane is the easy part; the water is the beast.
pnance26
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 11:57 PM UTC

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No, there was another Paine did for Monogram's 1/48 Devastator kit decades ago. It had two guys on the wing attempting to board a life raft in front of the plane. Similar situation, just different plane.

I personally think the plane is the easy part; the water is the beast.


That is the project of Paine's that I was referencing. It is an amazing project and so is this Avenger. Great work in both of them!
pnance26
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Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 11:58 PM UTC
There is also a very major feature difference on the Devastator when ditching in the ocean and I am going to try to add that detail. It is something that I didn't know about until recently!
pablo_g
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 12:41 AM UTC

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THATS AN Atlantic paint job on the Avenger , you dont see that alot either !very nice. keep us posted on your project


My mistake , the more I know about tanks.
pnance26
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 01:24 AM UTC
No problem, Pablo...

I will try to post a photo of Mr. Paine's work at a later date when I am not at my work computer. Apparently the AF doesn't want me to do anything...
pablo_g
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 03:09 AM UTC
It will be a diorama of the plane that crash-landed in the water?

I have plans to make a diorama sea from aircraft attacking U-boat. Beaufighter will be suspended on transparent rod over the sea, and the models will be at different scales. Beaufigter 1/48 and U-boot 1/400. I saw a picture like a diorama on Pinterest, impressive.
brekinapez
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 05:01 AM UTC

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THATS AN Atlantic paint job on the Avenger , you dont see that alot either !very nice. keep us posted on your project


Yes, you see so much done up in Pacific schemes. People seem to think we didn't have any ships or planes in the Atlantic.
pnance26
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Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 05:39 AM UTC
Sounds like a good project! And there were more than one plane that was landed at sea.

I have been doing some research and found some interesting facts about ditching a Devastator properly... and the equipment provided for such a landing. It is a detail that was overlooked in all previous dioramas.

That is why I find discussion and research interesting and helpful!

Thanks again for a great discussion!
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