Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:46 pm
I have photos of scrapped semi-compeleted TBY-2 fuselages stacked outside the factory with the downtown Allentown PPL headquarters in the background, makes one cry.
Tom-
Tom-
Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:53 pm
Put em up!
Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:39 pm
Yes Tom, I agree with Warbird Kid. Let's see the pics. We can all cry together then.
Steve (A closet TBY junkie)
Steve (A closet TBY junkie)
Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:44 am
I'll try to find time to scan and post them when I return home in a week.
Tom-
Tom-
TBY Turret
Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:47 pm
Well Dan I hope your Seawolf project has lots of room for air vents because I seem to be finding plenty of those parts. Maybe it would be more correct for me to say "I'm finding lots of parts for that part". I've got a few complete vents still wearing the Navy Blue paint they had on them when they were attached to the turret's greenhouse. I guess the salvage guys busted them out of the plastic during the scrapping process. 
Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:49 am
Well Mr. Stix, at least everyone on WIX will be properly ventilated now! 
Weather Vane?
Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:08 pm
You just had to go there didn't you. 
After I got to looking at the complete vents, I realized that from inside the turret you can't turn it into the wind, it weathervanes on a free swivel but it's got a circular open/closed disc on the inside. I assume this vented smoke from the turret? Crafty little turret designers they were.
After I got to looking at the complete vents, I realized that from inside the turret you can't turn it into the wind, it weathervanes on a free swivel but it's got a circular open/closed disc on the inside. I assume this vented smoke from the turret? Crafty little turret designers they were.
Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:05 pm
Crafty, yes...but so much more!
That vent mounted almost directly over the gunner's head. Mounted next to the vent was an overhead light with a red lens. Imagine firing .50 cal tracer at night, while the gunsmoke drifts upward in a reddish glowing swirl...
PSYCHO-DELIC, MAN!!
That vent mounted almost directly over the gunner's head. Mounted next to the vent was an overhead light with a red lens. Imagine firing .50 cal tracer at night, while the gunsmoke drifts upward in a reddish glowing swirl...
PSYCHO-DELIC, MAN!!
Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:27 am
Hmmm, but why would you want to vent the smoke man? Would'nt you rather bake it up? 
haha
haha
Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:53 am
Yeah, Cheech...but too much smoke in there and you could asphyxi... asphycksi... assfixia... you could die in there, man!
Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:32 am
Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:57 am
Hey Man; you look like you could use some more vents in your turret!
Manual Arrived!
Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:43 pm
Dan,
I got the turret parts manual in the mail today! Great job. It really helps clear up some parts for me. I can now see lots of parts that I thought belonged on a P2V Neptune Aero 9 nose ball turret. Now I can see they are for the TBY's turret. There are many more pieces that I have not even photographed yet but from the photobucket pages, here are a few mystery parts that are no longer a mystery.
pretty much all TBY turret parts
TBY turret gun charger
TBY turret control box
Now if I can just find a copy of the parts book for the neptune's Aero 9 nose ball turret, I can ID lots of other mystery parts. Thanks Dan, I'll be sure to reward you with more souvenirs soon.
I got the turret parts manual in the mail today! Great job. It really helps clear up some parts for me. I can now see lots of parts that I thought belonged on a P2V Neptune Aero 9 nose ball turret. Now I can see they are for the TBY's turret. There are many more pieces that I have not even photographed yet but from the photobucket pages, here are a few mystery parts that are no longer a mystery.
pretty much all TBY turret parts
TBY turret gun charger
TBY turret control box
Now if I can just find a copy of the parts book for the neptune's Aero 9 nose ball turret, I can ID lots of other mystery parts. Thanks Dan, I'll be sure to reward you with more souvenirs soon.
Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:38 am
Good to hear it, Albert. You still da' man. 
Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:22 pm
Dan K,
And all the others who love the obscure.....Keep going! As for what to do with it...with a little help from your friends...you could haul it to airshows and pick up other warbirders. Even if it's are replica, youd still be da' man too with the only existing copy.
Canso42
And all the others who love the obscure.....Keep going! As for what to do with it...with a little help from your friends...you could haul it to airshows and pick up other warbirders. Even if it's are replica, youd still be da' man too with the only existing copy.
Canso42