The Avenger Channel at iModeler (20 articles)

The Avenger Channel at iModeler

Grumman TBF (TBM) Avenger

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TBF-1 Avenger 1:72

by Matthew Fletcher on October 17, 2018
in Aviation — 10 Comments

I bought this kit at a local arms fair. The box appeared very neat and new yet the kit was simply a rebox of an older academy kit. There was basically no detail for the interior(which is luckily hidden pretty well on the avenger). For what the k[...]

Burial at Sea

by Peter Hausamann on October 16, 2018
in Aviation — 15 Comments

On This Day…October 13th

by david leigh-smith on October 13, 2018
in Photo Collections — 12 Comments

October 13th 1944... Crew of a PBY Catalina rescue Sgt James Latta and Sgt Willis Morlan out of the Adriatic after being forced to bail from their B-24H Liberator after a raid on Vienna, Austria. Crew of the USS Wasp (originally named the Or[...]

Italeri (Accurate Miniatures) 1:48 Avenger.

by Emeterio de la Iglesia Blanco on August 11, 2018
in Aviation — 19 Comments

This is an old model I built long time ago, originally with the 3 tone camo pattern of white, medium and dark blue. After a close look, I decided to give her a new life. I stripped the paint, riveted the whole model, restored it and painted [...]

TBM-1C Avenger, VT-7 USS Hancock (1:48, Accurate Miniatures)

by Martin Dytrych on May 13, 2018
in Aviation — 25 Comments

This was my second kit in 1:48 scale - and a lot of memories! I love this airplane, I loved the kit, which has truly a lot of amazing details allowing you to build excellent model straight from the box. My only improvement was replacing of radio[...]

Avenger

by Julian Shawyer on October 2, 2017
in Aviation — 31 Comments

Accurate Miniature TBM-3 Avenger 1/48th scale. The only addition is the harness. This kit is over 20 years old now. This version was released in 1996. It's painted in Aeromaster acrylic. Markings are from USS Intrepid.

Midway Group Build, VT-8 “Torpedo 8” Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, 1/48 Accurate Miniatures

by Louis Gardner on June 4, 2017
in Aviation — 19 Comments

Here's another historically significant plane from the Midway Group build. This plane represents the sole surviving Grumman TBF Avenger from Torpedo 8. This plane managed to limp back home after being mauled by Japanese Zero fighters on June[...]

TBF Avenger at Midway

by Thomas Sweeney on November 7, 2016
in Diorama — 13 Comments

The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the [...]

1/48 Accurate Miniatures TBF-1C with KMC wingfold

by Dan DeSilva on October 1, 2016
in Aviation — 26 Comments

This kit had sat for about 5 years- possibly more, simply because I was intimidated by the KMC wingfold! The fuselage and wings were painted, and decalled, but I never took the kit to the completion phase of canopy, gear and weapons because I co[...]

1/48 Tarpon (Revell Avenger)

by Ralph Clements on August 17, 2015
in Aviation — 18 Comments

I said I would next built an American plane in British markings, here it is, a Tarpon, from the ancient 1/48 scale Revell TBF Avenger kit. This kit is sooo old...it has a 1958 copyright mark, that,s even older than my copyright mark, but not by [...]