ghodges Posted June 1 Report Posted June 1 This is my 1/48 scratchbuilt Martin T4M-1 Torpedo bomber. The wings and tail surfaces are plastic wrapped balsa or plastic cores and the fuselage was vacked from a carved balsa form. Even the engine and the prop were rebuilt. The only parts not scratchbuilt were items like the main tires, the torpedo, the Scarf ring, and the Lewis gun. The complete build procedure from day-1 can be found in the "Build" topic area if you wonder what was done or how it was done. It took 3-1/2mos from start to finish. Comments, critiques, and questions are welcome, as always! feels good to have this one done! Gil 1
VMF211 Posted June 1 Report Posted June 1 WOW!!! That is awesome! Great job on a cool and rarely seen aircraft!
Mark Deliduka Posted June 2 Report Posted June 2 Unbelievably incredible masterpiece! This is way beyond my abilities; I bow in the presence of greatness here!
ghodges Posted June 9 Author Report Posted June 9 (edited) Thanks to everyone for the very kind words! I decided my torpedo bomber needed a display base. The base is a cast resin piece by Aircraft Carrier Products. It's some type of very light resin compared to most. The deck planks are cast in with spaces for PE tie down strips to be inserted. The PE tie down strips fit very well with only some end trimming needed to lop off a little excess length. The base was assembled and then sprayed with Tamiya Deck Tan. That was then masked in order to spray the yellow stripe that was typical of one side of the decks of the carriers Lexington and Saratoga @1930. The edges of the base were hand painted with dark brown to finish it. By the way, the PE strips didn't like being masked over so after the yellow was painted I had to go back and hand paint each tie down strip with deck brown where the tape had pulled the paint off. Eventually I'll create a label for the base to finish it off. Anyway, it does seem to make it a more "complete" display! Gil Edited June 9 by ghodges
Navairfan Posted Monday at 05:01 PM Report Posted Monday at 05:01 PM This scale modeling at its very finest. Superbly done in every respect, and an important, and overlooked, subject, too.
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