**** DONE: GB-48 1:48 TBM-3 Avenger - Carrier & Maritime Patrol A/C of WWII

[fubar57]

Apple Green it is

 

[Wurger]

Yep..

the pic source: Grumman TBF Avenger - Wikipedia

 

[Crimea_River]

Damn, now I have to tear my model apart and repaint the bottle.....

 

[Donivanp]

US O2 bottles are bright green. The small bottle Testors is correct. LOX are yellow.

 

[rochie]

Damn, now I have to tear my model apart and repaint the bottle.....

I believe you !

 

[fubar57]

Finally started spraying; laid down a black base coat.

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Going to work on removing the crap-load of flash from the engine parts while this dries

 

[Airframes]

Is that Light Black, Medium Black, or Black Black.........................................

 

[Crimea_River]

Betcha it's Rubber Black. And Karl, you HAVE been into the drinks cabinet if you believe I'd do that.

 

[fubar57]

HAH!!!! German Grey. For some reason, I have five bottles of it

 

[Airframes]

Ah, so you're telling "porkies", it's not really any shade of black !

 

[Crimea_River]

Grey is a lighter shade of black.

 

[Airframes]

And here's me thinking it was a darker shade of white .................... guess I've been wrong all these years !!

 

[herman1rg]

It could be Jet Black, Jack Black or even A Whiter Shade of Pale.






I already have my coat on...

 

[fubar57]

Engine done using Tamiya Titanium Silver, Rubber Black and Ocean Grey. Washed with Citadel black ink

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Great start

 

[Crimea_River]

That looks the biz Geo.

 

[Donivanp]

The color of black depends on what hemisphere you are in when you view it backwards in the mirror while standing on your head.

 

[Wayne Little]

Great work there Geo.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. Having compressor issues so I did the I.P. Not entirely accurate but it will be covered by the canopies. A couple if touch-ups still to be done. I used Humbrol for the red so I'll need to let this dry a spell. The instructions would have you fold up the right side so that it sits on a ledge. I'm going to remove it and add it later

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Back to the compressor. I swapped out the old for the new, the old one rarely shut down even when the airbrush wasn't being used. I unscrewed the regulator/moisture trap from the old one and screwed it on to the new one...it ended up upside down. No matter how I started to thread it on it ended up upside down or at best 45° from upside down. I added a thin nut and got it to line up correctly, however.......a small amount of air is escaping and the compressor kicks in every couple of seconds