TBF-1 Avenger

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February 15, 2016
Cut out the doors of the torpedo bay
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February 15, 2016
scratching a new bay
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February 15, 2016
first paint
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February 15, 2016
more wires, paint and a heavy washing
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February 15, 2016
masking the canopy
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February 15, 2016
drill out the exhaust
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February 15, 2016
first paint on the canopy
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February 15, 2016
very poor cockpit
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February 15, 2016
and very poor landing gear well
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February 15, 2016
making a new well for the landing gear
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February 15, 2016
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February 15, 2016
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February 21, 2016
Black Surface Primer - Vallejo
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February 21, 2016
White - Vallejo
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February 24, 2016
just befor clueing it together
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February 24, 2016
New exhaust
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February 25, 2016
Black basing. Makes the Plane look like a Boss!
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February 25, 2016
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February 25, 2016
First mottles
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February 25, 2016
End of first session
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February 26, 2016
Last step befor misting it all over with highly deluted white
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March 4, 2016
Gunze H54 and H56 - Freehand
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March 4, 2016
Gunze H54 and H56 - Freehand
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March 7, 2016
Masking
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March 7, 2016
Stripes in Intermediate Blue
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March 8, 2016
Final Paint (I hope!)
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March 8, 2016
Final Paint (I hope!)
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March 8, 2016
Exhaust plumes. Could be better, but it's ok

15 February 2016, 01:14

Dave Flitton
Wow, you are really cleaning up this old kit

15 February 2016, 15:33

Gareth Windsor
Fantastic start Robert. Looking forward to the rest of the build.

21 February 2016, 14:59

Cristian Bordina
I have to build this kit too, you're doing a great job and I follow with great interest 🙂

24 February 2016, 17:28

Christian Keller
Hi Robert,
diesen Kit habe ich auch zweimal somit bin voll dabei 😉

24 February 2016, 19:52

Robert 作者
Thanks for the reply. Its my first time scratching. So far so good. A little bit unclean, but I'm OK with the result.
The kit is old, but I've build newer kits with more problems.

24 February 2016, 20:23