Slywolff Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) Hello This has been a long term project, started before digital cameras were available... (as my first photos of the Frog fuselage and wings were taken with a 35m camera). A mate gave me his KMC detail set for the interior and to fold the wings, combination of resin and p/e, the decals came from Eagle Strike and did not take kindly to my unvarnished paint work!! The KMC is actually meant for the much better Hasegawa kit... but I wanted to do a RN FAA Avenger/Tarpon and believed the Frog kit would be more accurate!! Doh etc.... it was like trying to fir the proverbial square peg in a round hole... a very poor decision on my part and a waste of a lovely detail set on a rough old kit!!! Now I remember looking back that the wing parts were not fully molded and required a lot of either filler or plastic card and elbow grease by the gallons: The lovely resin interior: The replacement tail area: More of the interior: It was the folded wings that sold it for me.. er but what a job!! But I digress.. the Frog engine and cowling were molded as one but I decided to use an old Airfix engine from their Avenger... actually it fitted quite well!! Can't recall but I think the canopy also came from an old Airfix kit and with a bit of cleaning up worked okay..: Anyway this is the finished beats... port folded wing unfolded twice, tail wheel refused to glue with liquid cement so I super glued it... and the turret assembly came lose in the assembled fuselage... The wings took a lot of super glue and pva to stay in place.. I tried to hide the glue wherever I could....excuse the pun but a sticky problem.. I was motivated to complete this model for a club display at a local model show, a modelling mate and I put together a display of carrier types for our club... all these in this photo were by my fellow conspirator! This is my small collection: Then in to the display cabinet at home: High Planes Sea Fury, Rareplanes Fulmar, Airfix Firefly (RAN markings) and Airfix Swordfish! Edited October 17, 2018 by Slywolff Updates 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Not an expert but the Avenger looks pretty neat and looks the part amongst the other carrier types. Good collection too. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Nice Avenger, NICE collection, there is a lot to enjoy in those. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 That’s a cracking Avenger Sly and a lovely display to admire for quite some time. There’s a lot to like about that as well as all the other Naval builds on show. Well done to you and your modelled mate. Now if you fancy having another crack at a Frog Classic, be sure to join us next June for the ‘Frog Squad’ Classic Kit Group build. It should be another blast from memory lane. We would love to have you aboard. Cheers and well modelled.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Hi, the KMC set was definitely not wasted on the Frog kit! It looks great and the whole build does not look like a Frog! The only thing you mention that is a bit of a shame are the decals: indeed a gloss support would have been much better. But this is what life is for... try and learn the odd thing along the way. Whatever, nice kit and very nice collection. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Sometimes the elbow grease needed to bring an old kit up to snuff is worth it - that looks very good indeed! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugle07 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 That's a cracking bit of work you've done there, and the group shots aren't half bad either! Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 What an awesome Avenger it looks lovely. Great work and it looks great in the cabinet with the other great Navy machines. Thanks for sharing. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Always a fan of the Avenger 👍 You've done a great build. The kit parts look reminiscent of the Academy kit; which (so I hear) is no coincidence. Your labours on this have really paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Lovely job, many people have this kit, and thanks to you, lots of them will now be building it ! cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Lovely work,I wish they would reissue that update set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) FYI, the TBF-1/Avenger I/Tarpon I was unique in having a single .30 cal. machine gun in the upper right of the cowling synchronized to fire through the prop arc. On later aircraft, this was deleted and replaced by two .50 cal. guns mounted one in each wing. This photo shows the installation very well: I believe the old Monogram 1/48 kit is the only Avenger kit that is a TBF-1 out of the box. Edited October 21, 2018 by VMA131Marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Very cool! Always liked that scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Looks great. Well worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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