I’m down to the wire with my TBM AVenger by Accurate Miniatures, and the turret(very delicate!) won’t fit in the opening in the fuselage. The instructions tell you to build it and insert it into the completed fuselage but it won’t fit. I don’t want to trim the fuselage any as it will not look right. Help.
Maybe just a light sanding around the opening til the turret will fit.
This is Accurate Miniatures’ recommendation. It works very well.
http://www.accurate-miniatures.com/builds/sbd/sbdbuild.htm
Good luck ! It’s a GREAT kit !
The turret must be installed before the cockpit canopy. I found by gently bending the side of the fuselage open, using an exacto knife like a shoe horn, the turret slipped into place relatively easily. So far I have only built the AM TBM-3 in Atlantic ASW markings, and still have three more variants to build to join the three Monogram Avengers I already have.