The TBF Channel at iModeler (25 articles)

The TBF Channel at iModeler

Grumman TBF (TBM) Avenger

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On This Day…January 12th

by david leigh-smith on January 12, 2019
in News — 17 Comments

Pilot Edwin L. King of 350 Fighter Group with his flak damaged P-47 following the ‘Silver Star’ mission of 12 Jan. 1945. The ‘Jug’ is 7D3 42-29300. Crew Chief Henry Embry took the photo after King had to return to base at Pisa, Italy, having [...]

On This Day…Christmas Eve

by david leigh-smith on December 24, 2018
in News — 13 Comments

The Christmas Truce is one of the most famous and iconic events of the First World War and has burned itself into our collective consciousness. Late on Christmas Eve 1914, the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opp[...]

On This Day…December 9th.

by david leigh-smith on December 9, 2018
in News — 9 Comments

Despite losing almost half of his port wing to a Chinese fighter plane (possibly a collision with another Japanese fighter), pilot Kanichi Kashimura was able to nurse his Claude (Mitsubishi A5M) 450 miles to the north to safely land (after four [...]

On This Day…November 14th.

by david leigh-smith on November 14, 2018
in News — 22 Comments

The deck crew of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) clearing snow from the flight deck, off Korea, 14 Nov 1950; the F4U-4B Corsairs belong with US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323. The Badoeng earned six battlestars in Korea. This following photo [...]

On This Day…November 5th.

by david leigh-smith on November 5, 2018
in News — 4 Comments

Gunner Kenneth Bratton being removed from the turret of his TBF Avenger aboard the USS Saratoga following a successful strike on Rabaul, 5 November 1943... With Armistice day almost upon us, this photo from Nov 5th , 1918 shows how the US Arm[...]

On This Day…October 30th.

by david leigh-smith on October 30, 2018
in News — 7 Comments

On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre, New York City, staged a radio adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel 'The War of the Worlds' in an "as live" format that fooled at least some Americans into believing that Martians real[...]

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[...]

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.