Avenger II, 857 Squadron, FAA, HMS Indomitable, December 1944, Group Build.

[javlin]

Looking very Nice indeed there Terry this should be a great dio.Cheers Kevin

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much guys. Might have the whole lot finished by the end of the week. Well, the Avenger and most of the bits anyway - converting the figures might take a bit longer!

 

[Wurger]

Looking very nice Terry.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wojtek!

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice Terry!8)

 

[Airframes]

Cheers Wayne.

 

[ozhawk40]

Great idea for a base and it is certainly starting to look the part. When you say "card" do you mean plastic or paper?

Cheers

Peter

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Peter. It's 'paper' mounting card, in this case, about 1.5mm thickness, cut into rectangles to simulate the deck plates, then glued down with PVA and but-jointed. I use the same technique for doing 'concrete' or 'tarmac' dispersal areas, as it gives more depth and realism than a painted and 'lined' surface. The card can be textured in various ways, to obtain differing surface effects. I think there's a bit more detail in my Diorama Guide, somewhere here in the Modelling section.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Got it, thanks for the tips!

 

[Lucke.stz]

Good Work Terry,

I like the base a lot

best regards,

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Lucas.

 

[lesofprimus]

Waitin on some final pics for this crate Terry, gotta have her entered in the Members Choice Poll....

 

[B-17engineer]

He's away I think... he won't be back till the 2nd of September

 

[lesofprimus]

Yea I know, just seein if he's checkin in while in The Czech....

 

[Airframes]

Hi Dan, couldn't check in in Czech (!!) Back home now, so I'll get the Avenger finished off by this weekend, hopefully in its mini-diorama setting, and post pics. I'll also get my finger out and finish off the judging!!

 

[lesofprimus]

I got alot of Judging left to do as well.... If u could, post up a good shot for the Finished Shots thread, from the 2 o'clock position and Ill get it posted up in that thread....

Also, Im gonna get the Members Choice Poll Thread made up tonight or tomorrow.... Make the Poll run for 10 days again like last time????

 

[Airframes]

That's OK by me.

 

[lesofprimus]

I decided to sacrifice the time and got the Poll up.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Hi Terry. I just went through your entire thread to get some much-needed advice for my Carrier Aircraft Avenger Build. I'm heeding a number of warnings regarding fitting of the turret and think that, with your clear and descriptive text, I should be in decent shape (I think) to tackle this tricky area, which I'm going to start soon. You'll see a couple of "likes" show up from me in you PMs for the pages that I'll refer to again.

My compliments on an excellent build and thanks for patiently explaining issues and fixes in such great, easily understood detail.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Andy, glad it proved useful.