COMPLETED Trumpeter 1/32 TBF -1C Avenger Torpedo Bomber build with Ezra my grandson

Here’s some Eduard PE for the engine.  This came with an addition to the kit.  Please note in that the Eduardo PE was an after market addition by the seller.

Your Friend, Toshi & Ezra

Jay Jay

What wonderful and fond memories you're making with Ezra. I hope the models you are working on together survive his growing up ,unlike mine that are lost to the ages

 

Your Friend, Toshi & Ezra

To my fellow forum members,

          Master Ezra, as Eagle90 calls him, lol!  Is at his mom‘s house.  Mrs.Toshi and I will pick up Master Ezra on Saturday evening so that we can be ready to go on an hour and a half drive to Ashtabula, Ohio.  This is where Mrs. Toshi’s older sister and brother in-law lives.  It’s very rural and is literally the country side.  It’ll be a change of scenery for all of us.  

This is where Aunty Karen (Mrs. Toshi’s older sister) lives, she has several acres of forested land and a pond stocked with fish.  Master Ezra will be exploring the forest and will also go fishing with a “Spider Man” open fishing rod with a 101 piece tackle box all purchased at Walmart.  Lol!  You gotta love Wally World as Mrs. Toshi calls it.  

Until then, I’ll be slowly working on the TBF Avenger.  Here below I have the pilots main chair with the PE seat belts.  Next up is assembling the cockpit, there’s a huge amount of small parts but if I go over everything in respect, I should be able to get this done.  Thank you, all of you for following and supporting my threads.  

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

          I worked diligently and am a person that likes to do things.  The entire time.  I am most humbled and [quote user="Tosh"]

Jay Jay

What wonderful and fond memories you're making with Ezra. I hope the models you are working on together survive his growing up ,unlike mine that are lost to the ages

 

 

It‘s a great blessing from God that we get to build things together.  Yes, the kits we build gets hung on the wall of planes.  I‘ll make them survive.  Lol!  Thank you Uncle Jay Jay for always supporting our threads.  You make the journey in life that much more exciting!

Your Friend, Toshi & Ezra

Here is some work done to keep me busy.  I’m waiting for Master Ezra to be picked up Saturday night.  I’ll then have him build part of the Avenger. This should be fun. 

Your Friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

Here I have a partial build of the interior.  The items used were MM Green Zinc Chromate, Vallejo Model Wash #512, and Tamiya Weathering Master F. Titanium/Light Gun Metal/Copper.

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

learmech

Looking good Toshi. This makes me want to pull my Avenger off the shelf and start it.

 

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

Toshi, if you can tell me what parts you need for the B-25 I'm sure I have extras. 

jeaton01

Toshi, if you can tell me what parts you need for the B-25 I'm sure I have extras. 

 

Your Friend‘s, Toshi & Ezra

Here is a raw build as I like to call it, when it’s only built with Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and that’s it.  This is the Electronics Equipment Center.  It will be in the rear side cockpit.  

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

I have here more close up photos of the forward pilots cockpit with the engine attached.  Lots of MM Green Zinc Chromate, Vallejo Wash, and lots of Tamiya Master Weatherine set’s.  Please enjoy viewing them.  I want to thank those of you whom support my threads, I’m most humbled.

Your Friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

Here is another raw build of the Electronic Equipment Cabin Assembly.

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

While Mrs. Toshi sleeps due to her chemo session, I’ve been keeping myself busy.  Laundry is going as the home care nurse has started that.  I’ve been trying to help around the house as well.

I also started on the Avenger kit.  I glued what was needed on the Equipment Rack and painted and weathered.  Below are three photos so tell me what you think.

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

I'm really liking all these details Toshi. Bringin' it to life bud.

You are having a busy Friday, Toshi.

Looking good!

mustang1989

I'm really liking all these details Toshi. Bringin' it to life bud.

 

I guess or at the very least, that’s why we build styrene kits like these and or others like this.  To represent our history so that the generations never forget.  That’s why I have “Young Master Ezra” work with me.  First is because I love him, second because his fine motor skills like mine can progress forward to the next level, and third but not least to keep the traditions going all the while having fun!  And that’s one of the key things in life, to have fun and respect.

Your friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

Greg

You are having a busy Friday, Toshi.

Looking good!

 

Your Friend’s, Toshi & Ezra

To my fellow forum members,

          This past weekend, the Toshi’s had a blast.  On Friday evening, we (Mrs. Toshi, Ezra, and I) went to Applebees an eatery at 10:00pm at night just to hang out and have a late night bite, something we normally won’t ever do.

On Saturday, we sat and chilled and watched cartoons with Master Ezra.  That’s something, we all used to do when there was only ABC, NBC, CBS, and a off the air channel up start called PBS.  Lol!  We then went shopping for some supplies for our Sunday family excursion.

Sunday we drove an hour and a half out east towards PA.  We went to Ashtabula, Ohio of where Mrs. Toshi’s older sister lives.  There, Mrs. Toshi got to get a long needed change of scenery, relax and not think of chemo, and just chat with her family.  Master Ezra on the other hand had his first hand experience exploring Aunty Karen’s and Uncle Mike (Jeri’s Sister and Brother In-law) 100 acre forest and pond.  

There for the first time, Master Ezra got to fish for stripped bass, blue gill, frogs, weeds  of which was his majority of his catch Lol, see heron, geese nesting (Yes, it’s spring here in Ohio), deer, chipmunks, and a male Turkey tending his female turkey flock!  We then had a cookout of ribs, burgers, roast, Chinese Char Siu Chicken, Sushi Grade Rice, green beans, Mac and cheese, and Aunty Karen’s Hawaiian style potato salad. Why am I sharing all of this information?  

Because this is what’s called modeling!  Taking life’s experiences and turning these tiny seconds in time into our love.  Be it painting, music, sculpting, etc.  All an art form in respect!  But most important of all check out the MALE TURKEY strutting his way through aunty and uncles drive way.  Lol!!!

And what am I building?  You guessed it a TBF (Turkey) Avenger.  Now how ironic is that.  Life’s experiences FSM Forum Members!  The KARMA of Turkey!  Lol!  Lol!

The last two photos are a partial build of the bomb bay.  Yes, it’s 4:35am and I couldn’t sleep due to the fun I had today a natural buzz.  The piece is just a clean painted build, there’s no weathering done yet.  I just wanted to share my detail painting.  Weathering is up next.  Enjoy my photos and story.  Tell me what you think, share your funny stories here on my thread, I encourage you!

Your Family, The Toshi‘s

Weathered and ready to install.

Wow, Tosh--the quality of that kit looks fantastic! Several years back I built an Academy TBM-3 variant and what a dream your kit is in comparison. That is impressive.

I will be watching and have fun with Ezra building it.

Steve

Nice pics my friend 

Bakster

Wow, Tosh--the quality of that kit looks fantastic! Several years back I built an Academy TBM-3 variant and what a dream your kit is in comparison. That is impressive.

I will be watching and have fun with Ezra building it.

Steve

 

And Ezra and I are having fun!  I’ve built this exact kit two or so years ago and donated to the Eagles Club.  So I definately need to build it again, this time with Master Ezra.  And I’m keeping this build.  Lol!  I too built the Academy Avenger, it was a 1/72.  What scale was your Avenger my friend?  Academy does a great job with their kits.

Your friend, Toshi

crown r n7

Nice pics my friend 

 

Your friend, Toshi

Monday mid-morning with Ezra building the other half of the Bombay Area.  With my help, Ezra utilized a Tamiya cutter and successfully cut out the pieces needed.

Master Ezra painted the pieces.

Tosh

I too built the Academy Avenger, it was a 1/72.  What scale was your Avenger my friend?  Academy does a great job with their kits.

Hi again, Toshi. The kit I built was their TBM-3 USS Bunker Hill 1/48 scale. The kit had very good detail, but I was a bit disappointed in a few things. I had a lot of trouble fitting the engine cowl, and worst of all, the wings had a number of sink marks. I also hated their instructions. This kit was a re-pop, so I was able to find better instructions through a FSM friend under if I recall correctly, the Accurate Miniatures version.

Having said all that though, the plane came out great, and it even got published in an issue of FSM under their ready gallery. Like you said--no kit is perfect, but I drool over the PE, the masks, the separate flaps, and all the nice detail that your Trumpeter kit offers. I would have been in heaven building that. 

I just viewed your images of Ezra helping out. That is priceless and what a joy that must be for you. It warms the heart to see him helping.