stevej60 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) Hi folk's.My build for this GB is Academy's re-boxing of the Accurate Minitures kit which has to be said is a beauty.The kit was a Christmas present from my Mother in Law who sadly passed away less than two week's later so a bit of extra impetus for the build These aircraft were involved in all the major action's of the Pacific war including being involved in the sinking of most of the Japanese carrier's at Midway and the Philippine sea.Box art for now, Edited March 13, 2019 by stevej60 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 welcome along Steve with one of the more famous ship killers of the Pacific war. I was wondering which would show up first one of these or an Avenger. I didn't know it was a re-boxing of the Accurate Miniatures model, they do/did turn out some really nice models in that scale. You're spoilt for choices with schemes to chose from, any ideas yet? Good luck with the build and a nice way to remember your mother-in-law, look forward to seeing it in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Thank's Rich,my first choice and possible next entry was an Airfix Blenhiem nightfighter in 1/48 but thought this would be a nice tribute.The three schemes supplied are all similar for the same battle as shown on the box. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Hope this one goes well and you get time for the Blenhiem nightfighter . Cheers Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I bought this kit at the Halifax show and am quite keen to make a start when I get home on leave next week. I'll be watching closely. 👀🙂 Roger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I’d love to build one of these, know you will do a cracking job and will enjoy watching this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Superb choice Steve. Whichever scheme you go with I am sure you will do your Mother In Law proud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) Many thank's folk's,be a coupleof week's while I finish a couple of other GB entries. Edited March 13, 2019 by stevej60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 A worthy subject choice Steve. A nice kit of a type that was, as you say, ubiquitous throughout the Pacific campaign and also carries significant pesonal meaning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 35 minutes ago, Col. said: A worthy subject choice Steve. A nice kit of a type that was, as you say, ubiquitous throughout the Pacific campaign and also carries significant pesonal meaning. Cheer's Col,cut plastic last night so hopefully a photo or two over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hi Folk's here's the progress made over the last week,as you can see you are given a superb cockpit to work with, after drybrushing the paintwork I glossed and put a wash in which is more than I usually do but worth it,next job is assemble the rear gunner's seat/cradle and button up the fuselage halves. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 It's looking busy in there. Nice work Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 WOW!! that cockpit looks amazing Steve, super busy looking and that's straight out of the box! Those Accurate Miniatures models were so nice, pity they sort of faded away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 minute ago, trickyrich said: WOW!! that cockpit looks amazing Steve, super busy looking and that's straight out of the box! Those Accurate Miniatures models were so nice, pity they sort of faded away. Many thank's Rich,it's suprising how many are surfacing now with Academy and Italerie the great shame is that the company folded with only a handfull of kit's released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Great looking cockpit Steve! Very busy! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Steve, IIRC the gunners seat is quite tricky to install, other than that the dive brakes are a bit tricky to install in the closed position. You will need to dry fit them and shim them a bit. Great start , am watching this with great interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 21 minutes ago, stevej60 said: Many thank's Rich,it's suprising how many are surfacing now with Academy and Italerie the great shame is that the company folded with only a handfull of kit's released. I know, there's a couple I wouldn't mind building sometime, any of the B-25's would be nice. I've built their TBF-1C Avenger, what a lovely model it was to build! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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