History Man
Airman
In accordance with my display coming up next month, I am working on a TBF that would have been stationed on the USS St. Lo with VC-65 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Though the kit is still being tweaked and such for final preparations (been working at a good pace to finish the final 4 kits before the display on the 14th, I know...near Mission Impossible), I took photos along the way to share on here.
Kit started with researching the TBF along with VC-65, though online references and photos are sparse for their unit markings (closest I have come is a photo of a crew in front of their TBF, which appears to show a vertical stripe on the tail). I planned to do a tri-color scheme for 1944 and it came out alright....had some issues, actually multiple issues with the white (thought I was using my acrylic and turned out to be an older enamel which came on watery, so I removed and repainted, which came out worse, so I stripped it and then primed it and repainted it until it looked....okay).
Progress photos....
Kit started with researching the TBF along with VC-65, though online references and photos are sparse for their unit markings (closest I have come is a photo of a crew in front of their TBF, which appears to show a vertical stripe on the tail). I planned to do a tri-color scheme for 1944 and it came out alright....had some issues, actually multiple issues with the white (thought I was using my acrylic and turned out to be an older enamel which came on watery, so I removed and repainted, which came out worse, so I stripped it and then primed it and repainted it until it looked....okay).
Progress photos....