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Hemet Valley Tanker #74 - Avenger TBM-3 - 1/72


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Today I want to present "civilian" version of TBM-3 - Tanker 74 :)
Model is based on Hobby 2000 TBM-1C (#72010) kit, decals from Draw Decal (No. 72-TBM-1) with some scratch added (to be honest - some decals are home-made too; Draw Decals set have not enough digits to make a complete miniature). There's no WiP from that build but if someone will be interested in short story - I've some photos in backup ;)

 

Some data (and photos) about this Tanker you can find e.g. HERE.

 

Back to model :) (LARGE photos - click on miniatures)

 

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1 hour ago, Doc72 said:

Well done! A nice subject: a warbird that actually earns a living.

1 hour ago, Wulfman said:

Awesome Avenger, great build and finish, love the weathering !

1 hour ago, Shorty84 said:

[...] very well done civil Avenger.

40 minutes ago, ColinChipmunkfan said:

Very nice model Konrad. An unusual and interesting subject.  Really like the weathering.

Thank you!

 

1 hour ago, Doc72 said:

A nice subject: a warbird that actually earns a living.

1 hour ago, Shorty84 said:

Nice to see one of those old warriors doing some peaceful work 👍

I have this same opinion about reuse of war machines - they're much better used in a second life :)

 

1 hour ago, Doc72 said:

Are they still operational today?

Avengers? I don't think so... Maybe someone better in that topic can add something. This one crashed in May 1999 (pilot survived!)

 

 

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btw i think you have the spelling wrong i believe its Hemet Valley. Unfortunately none of the ww2 birds are still flying as tankers the last of them was the Lockheed p2V neptune and the last ones flew two years ago.  I was fortunately able to crew on these for a year and a bit right out of mechanics school.

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25 minutes ago, Rod Kuntz said:

btw i think you have the spelling wrong i believe its Hemet Valley.

You're absolutely RIGHT! Corrected :)

 

25 minutes ago, Rod Kuntz said:

Unfortunately none of the ww2 birds are still flying as tankers the last of them was the Lockheed p2V neptune and the last ones flew two years ago. 

Thank you for this information. Neptune is somewhere in a queue :)

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5 hours ago, Rod Kuntz said:

yah i just picked up a run of the hasegawa one that has been rerun. gonna turn it into this one the bird i crewed on!

Rod, if you have more photos (especially a tank) or info what we need to change in Hasegawa kit please share them :) (can be in Priv Msg)

 

2 hours ago, dnl42 said:

I have the 1/48 version of those Draw Decals. What was missing?  

First of all - you have a 4 sets of numbers ("7" & "4" in my case) - but you need 6 (2 x engine cowlings, 2 x tail and 2 x for wings). This same with a "shadow" after exhaust pipe - you have one decal, but you need two :)

 

5 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Brilliant Konrad, a great subject & really well modelled. 👍

5 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

A lovely build :)

3 hours ago, tonyot said:

What a lovely model,........ nice to see a civvie Avenger,....... I do like this mate,...... what a cracker!

2 hours ago, dnl42 said:

Nice work! :clap2:

Thanks a lot! :)

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konrad I will see what i have laying around unfortunately that was my first job out of school in the early 2000's and i didn't have a smart phone yet and I wasn't into to preserving what would be that part of my life all that much but i will see what i have!

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Wow! That is one impressive model! Looks like you got all the scratchbuilt bits right on the money! I'm not a fan of fire bombers/tankers, but yours is a very impressive replica  and in a scheme and configuration that is not often  modeled- in fact, I can't recall ever seeing a TBF ever done as a tanker before. :like:

Mike

 

See the link below for some photos of '74' and her history!

 

https://nbavengers.com/gfpx-series-canadausa/gfpn-hemet-valleyhillcrest-74-fpl-17-bu-91289/

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1 hour ago, F-32 said:

[...] did you scratch build it all or is there a conversion kit available?

I've no information about conversion kit. Based on some photos I've tried to scratch something acceptable. 

 

Some of changes were needed because "wrong" base (TBM-1C not TBM-3):

 

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One or two were simple improvements

 

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The main work was placed on tank and few other places 

 

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