I’ve always been fascinated with mutli-crew early aircraft. The B-17 was my first one, then the B-29 and a TBF (all on the ARC sight). I especially like opening them up and showing what was inside these great planes. The Gannet was a bit of a challenge. I started it after the model had gone out of production. Aftermarket “stuff” was
scarce and, as luck would have it, my kit was missing a sprue with the main flight deck on it. All the extra interior detail I built myself, some from left over parts and detail sets from previous builds.
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Lots of us can identify a plane by its silhouette but, very few know what was under the skin of that plane. That’s why I enjoy scale modeling … turning it into a classroom. I suspect my diorama’s are not quite accurate but, I just have all this stuff in my head that I want to get out for people to see. As with my TBF, you would not be cranking a torpedo into the weapons bay while the wing was off the plane but, who knew that’s how they how they loaded that thing.