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World War II: USA
Aircraft of the United States in WWII.
Hosted by Rowan Baylis
1：48 TBF
berserk6300
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Hubei, China / 简体
Joined: May 05, 2008
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mtnflyer
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 03:01 PM UTC
WOW! I feel like thats the box art for what I could never build. Very impressive.
Naseby
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Slovakia
Joined: October 15, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 01:18 AM UTC
Cool looking Avenger. Im not a fan of folded wings, but othervise You did a great job.
chukw1
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California, United States
Joined: November 28, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 04:02 AM UTC
Great Scott! That's amazing- care to elaborate at all?

Cheers!
chuk
GastonMarty
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011 - 08:29 AM UTC

It is the Hobby Boss kit, which is very nice to see instead of the ubiquitous (and far less accurate) Accurate Miniatures kit... The canopy width (at the top bar) is far better than on the Accurate Min. kit, from CAF pilot Rob Duncan:

22" actual= 558 mm= 1/48th: 11.6 mm actual.

AM: 10 mm HB: 11.2 mm

A 16% error for the AM kit... The HB TBF cowl is also better in accuracy than the AM effort... Neither of the later TBM cowls are really good, but the HB is far better again, and at least has the correct prop...

The tail control surfaces are here direct from the HB box, and they do not look as good (at the hinges) as tail hinges on the Accurate Miniature kit... You can cut the tail control surfaces off the Accurate Min. kit and fit them to the Hobby Boss easily. This tail hinges issue is NOT a minor difference if you look at reference pictures...

The painting job is remarkable here, and you can see the HB rivets are not at all annoying...

Gaston


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