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Benevolens Magister
Looking good.
1/48 HB TBM-1C Avenger MkII British Pacific Fleet
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Nice interior, it is a shame that it has to be closed up.
Hotntot
Senior Airman
Aye - shame some of it will be lost when the other half goes on. Great work.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Knock me down with a feather!...........That's just awesome.
fubar57
General
Agree with all, very nice Kojo.
Geo
Geo
Looks great so far!
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Catch22
Major
That looks absolutely fantastic.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Coming along nicely.....
Charles
Charles
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Catch22
Major
Nice.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looking great so far. Gotta get back to mine soon.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff. Just noticed that this same kit has been released under the Academy label (in the 'Bunker Hill' version), at around £17 - quite a saving over the Italeri and original Accurate Miniatures boxings.
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The Academy and Italeri are both reboxing of AM, Italeri is the TBF/TBM-1C as the Academy is the TBM-3. This kit Im working on is the 1/48 Hobby Boss TBF/TBM-1C Avenger which is a scaled down version of the Trumpeter 1/32 kit.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Oops, sorry, I thought it was the AM/Italeri/Academy kit - looks very similar in it's parts arrangement.
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No biggy, alot of poeple thought Hobby Boss copied the AM Avenger in the pre release stage of this model but I will tell you it is a completely different kit, just a scaled down Trumpeter kit. The AM turret is a two piece glass, the HB one. The canopy aft of the pilot is one piece, the HB is three with the option for an open rear cockpit. The HB has a wing fold option, AM does not. The list goes on.. Now since I have built a few AM Avengers I am fortunate to not throw away its spare parts which contained the blister observer windows which is the whammy for HB. Both are fun kits to build. Only down fall of the HB kit is that it is a little more money but for the wing fold option is worth it if you have to have that. Otherwise you will need to scout the web which places like Squadron.com have them on sale every so often.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
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Thanks lads, but I must say this bird will get a bit ugly before it turns into a beauty.. I look at it and sigh, think how much longer will this horrific look go on. Masking is done and she is just waiting for primer at this point. I dont know why but a primered aircraft looks pretty good but then I have to kick my arse and get the bloody thing pre-shaded, sand the plane down, lay the paint scheme, sand again, gloss clear, apply decals and stencils, gloss again, weather and remove chipping mask, and finally flat coat it... Then install remaining piece and call it done... Tick tock the clock keeps ticking.
Coming along nicely so far!
