1/72 Academy TBF-1 Avenger Heavy Hitters Group Build

[B-17engineer]

True...

 

[Heinz]

Looks great man! Model Master paints are very nice I have to say, shame I have to trek to a major city to get em!

 

[B-17engineer]

I have to go 40 minutes to get mine.....but I only get them when my Testors jars run out, I am slowly fazing in MM paints...

 

[Maglar]

Mines a 5 minute trip.. I actually got like 10 paints today, will cover the needs of the christmas models

 

[B-17engineer]

My model shop charges 3 bucks per jar...so in between trips I have time to collect myself after being charge 30 dollars if I get ten paints

 

[Maglar]

Todays work.. lots of inefficient mask blemishes to fix. Took the masking tape off the tail fin to have the paint come with it, seems to be a theme in this GB!

 

[Heinz]

Great stuff mate

 

[Wayne Little]

Nicely done, although the blue looks way to bright on my monitor?

 

[A4K]

Great work mate, but echo Wayne's post. The hue looks too bright to me aswell.

 

[Maglar]

Agreed mates, its model master dark blue though. Hoping the matt cote kills its shine, or else we're in the deep end!

 

[A4K]

I think it's not just the shine Mags, but the colour itself needs to be darker - unless it just appears so on my laptop?

 

[kgambit]

I think it's not just the shine Mags, but the colour itself needs to be darker - unless it just appears so on my laptop?

I think the color you need is something close to Aircraft Insignia Blue, ANA 605: FS 35044
(Model Master 1719/4742, Humbrol 189, Tamiya Royal Blue X03 - no polly scale equivalent)

It's sort of a dark blue with perhaps a touch of dark grey mixed in. Not good at describing it.

Btw, according to a review I've read of this kit on modellingmadness.com by Tim Mansfield, White 301 is not a TBF-1 but rather a TBM-3. You can find a picture of white 301 in "Avenger at War" page 87. White 301 was assigned to VT-84 USS Bunker Hill 1945

 

[B-17engineer]

Looking great!

 

[Lucky13]

Sweet!

 

[Maglar]

Thanks for the info guys, will reconsider and order the 'real' dark blue. Looking at it, the blue looks way off and like a picture of this crappy hellcat model I always see at the LHS which was used for cover art (same dark blue as mine).

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice, but that had to stink about the tailfin.

 

[Maglar]

Nah, everywhere else needs inter blue patching so it will take a second to fix. If I used enamel it probably wouldn't happen!

 

[B-17engineer]

That's why I love enamel

You have time to take a thinner soaked rag and wipe it off.

 

[Crimea_River]

Corey, I share your pain, believe me....

Rather than get a new blue, you could try mixing a spot of black or grey into what you have. Actually I'd lean toward mostly grey with a spot of blue. I wouldn't go too dark as these Pacific machines bleached quite a bit in the sun.

 

[B-17engineer]

Andy has it I think. Look at Dan's Corsair build how much lighter the original color was from the the normal color.