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Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:08 pm
by BlackSheep214
Oh yeah... the white boxed Monogram P-38 Lightning kit. Yup... did that one too. Messed up on cutting it for one of the versions.
I'd love to get another one and the Tamiya P-38 Lightning kit.
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:07 pm
by Stikpusher
Breaking out the strip styrene… pure awesome!!!
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:54 pm
by keyda81
Definitely not accurate by any means, but oh well. It's certainly better than not putting anything at all in there. Both flap areas finished, and wings glued onto the fuselage.
Still some refinement to do on the flap area. I'll know the work it needs once I get a coat of primer on it.
That will likely be the extent of the work until sometime Sunday. Saturday is museum day. Getting up at 6am, and not getting home until about the same time. It's dark when I leave, and dark by the time I get back. Super annoying.
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:15 pm
by keavdog
That looks great Keyda!
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:28 pm
by Medicman71
Nice work! The flap areas look great!
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:10 pm
by Stikpusher
Old Shep would be proud of your work on the flap wells Keyda. Bravo!
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:30 am
by keyda81
Thanks guys! It took a bit longer than I expected, probably a couple hours each wing, but by the time I got to the 2nd wing I was having fun doing it, which was the whole point, lol.
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:38 am
by LyleW
Looks great!
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:50 am
by mostrich
I think that's some mighty fine scratch work, Keyda. It pushes the model to the next level.
Re: Italeri's/Accurate Miniatures TBF/TBM Avenger
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:26 pm
by keyda81
Thanks guys!
So I made kind of a bone head move. I printed out the Accurate Miniatures instructions, and have been following them. They tell you to drill holes in the wings for the rockets. Which I did. Not realizing the Italeri kit did not come with said rockets.
I dig around in my spares stuff, and don't find anything that looks similar. Well shoot. I guess that means I need to fill all the holes. Took me a couple hours using round styrene, and some putty. Once it was all sanded you could never tell there was holes there. Anyway. I had to use putty in a few very small spots. Other than that, just some sanding, and it was ready for paint.
Primer.
White underbelly.
Hanging in the paint booth with all three colors on.
The magic of my Iwata HP-CS Eclipse, (and why I have two) I didn't do any masking what so ever between colors.
Hoping to get decals done tomorrow sometime. I already threw a gloss coat on it.