1939 Yellowwing TBD Devastator, BuNo 0318, USS Enterprise CV6

 

P&W R1830 finished, 95 parts added 

 

Engine painted 

 

 

All the PE slowly finding it‘s place, plus some wiring here and there.. 

 

Footrest, pedalry and hoist-sling mount added 

 

 

 

 

More knobs dials and switches added 

All four workstations finished plus fuselage halves. Fuselage closing coming up next
 

 

 

 

 

 

Cockpit subassembly attached to port halve of fuselage. Fit is surprisingly good, considering the huge amount of
parts that have to be crammed in there 

 

 

Rudder control surface separated 

Trailing edge thinned down 

 

Fuselage and Trailing edge closed, rudder leading edge rounding restored.
 

 

 

 

Elevators upgraded by separating control surfaces, adding holes to the fixed parts and installing hinges. 

This is the third failing attempt to make the wings foldable - I am close to giving up on this.
There may be one more way to make it work worth trying 

This is where I thought the hinges were located 

But in reality they really were here, maybe I can replicate that, I’m not sure if it will work 

 

Folded side of wing dry fit 

 

 

 

New clear parts for the gunner‘s compartment made a‘ la Toaster 🙂 and masked  

Very bulky kitparts fit only barely underneath the fixed part of the rear canopy 

Aluminum dope‘s on 

Clearparts finished 

Surprisingly, the Techmod vinyl masks fit, although designed for the old Monogram kit - great relief ! 

Blue and yellow on, masks off ! 

 

Today I flew this one into Bernhards private Airstrip, so it could be photographed properly 🙂