Hobby Boss 1:32 TBM Avenger

knox

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February 2011

Posted by knox on Saturday, April 23, 2022 11:14 AM

Wow! That’s beautiful. Thanks for posting.

knox

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stikpusher

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July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, April 23, 2022 11:02 AM

Beautiful work on your 1/32 "Turkey"! Everything came out looking real sharp! The folded wings should help for display space purposes, besides adding lots of visual interest. Bravo! Toast

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lurch

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August 2021

Posted by lurch on Saturday, April 23, 2022 10:35 AM

Great job. The folded wing look is great.

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fox

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January 2007
From: Narvon, Pa.

Posted by fox on Friday, April 22, 2022 11:28 PM

Wow! Very nice work on the pit! The rest of the build is great. Toast Toast Toast

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keavdog

Member since
April 2003
From: USA

Posted by keavdog on Friday, April 22, 2022 12:53 PM

Nice job. I have the accurate miniatures 1/48 kit in the stash and I've built a couple before going all the way back to the monogram kit that you could fold the wings up and play with it. BTW, I've always thought every carrier plane from that era should have adopted that wing fold. So clean.

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BrandonK

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June 2014

Posted by BrandonK on Friday, April 22, 2022 10:54 AM

One of my all time fave planes. Very nice work all around.

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fuzznoggin

Member since
January 2021
From: SW Florida

Hobby Boss 1:32 TBM Avenger

Posted by fuzznoggin on Friday, April 22, 2022 10:24 AM

Definitely a decent kit with plenty of detail. Only drawback are the canopies as they are extremely fragile and will split with the slightest amount of pressure applied to them. With this model, I decided to go with wings folded, scratch building the wing actuator with hydraulic lines. Created a carrier deck display with mirror to see the torpedo bay. Airbrushed with Model Master Metalizers, Mission Models Sea Blue and Intermediate Blue, and a mix of Tamiya Flat White & Light Grey to achieve the insignia grey look. Carrier decking done with strips of basswood lightly stained with artist acrylics. Not heavily weathered as I wanted this to look like it had just arrived from the factory. Artistic license prevails on this display.