dazdot Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) Hi all this will be the first of my entries and the one i will concentrate on an Out of the box avenger from academy with superscale decals for an overall glossy sea blue finish from 1945 [url=http://s1131.photobucket.com/user/dazdot1/media/IMG_0040.jpg.html][/url not planning on any am for this as it looks like a great kit out of the box Edited October 6, 2013 by dazdot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Looks nice should be a good build will be watching Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 very nice, though that Academy model does look suspiciously like the Accurate Miniatures TBF-1C I'm building! So it should be a nice build for you, though the turret is an adventure all of it's own! Will follow with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 thats because it is the AM tooling lol just about everyone has had a repop of this now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 well I'm about to get going on this, however I am going to struggle with motivation because something nice arrived in the house yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 ok so I have a basecoat of gunze interior green on what seems like half the kit. on a separate note if you can get hold of gunze paints do they are just brilliant, they spray nicely and brush nicely too. then I noticed a couple of small issues. 1. this thing is a scaled down 32nd kit! it oozes fine details and lovely lovely quality molding. what's the problem? my eyes can't pick it out and my hands are too big to do it justice but I will try. 2. am boxed this kit wit a film insert behind the instrument panel, Academy don't supply this part and there is no way my painting skills will do this justice so I am waiting on an eduard zoom set for the panel and seatbelts. 3. the instructions for this kit are just awful! no description just badly drawn pictures that aren't very self explanatory and certainly don't call out detail painting just block colours so the internet is invaluable for painting (and I am wondering how much will be sen in the bowels of the pit anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ok update this is a nice kit have done interior of which there were lots of bits and have added eduard pe I have got the fuselage together which when you consider how much goes in there went together really well and will only need a quick swipe with a sanding stick and i have also done the engine, really nice to have an ignition harness instead of building one or a pe one that only breaks as you try to put it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Very nice build on the engine Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Ok got some paint on and decals, again used Gunze paint this will be my new favorite paint and am trying to persuade my LHS to stock the stuff as i can't get enough of it I can honestly say i have enjoyed this so far the Superscale decals worked faultlessly further on from that the undercart is on. and I have done the turret. the turret was an absolute pig to put together and i was not looking forward to trying to put it in the i found a pdf from am and followed their details. and hey presto in it goes. no fuss no dramas just need to remove the masking and hope its ok underneath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 She`s looking good nice build Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 Right calling this done just noticed windscreen moved Again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Very nice job Daz good finish Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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