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CDW
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D.H.2 is a favorite WW1 aircraft. Glad to find your build thread.
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The TBM3 Avenger was the heaviest single engine aircraft of WW2. To pull it along, the massive Wright R2600-20 14 cylinder twin row radial engine, producing 1900 horsepower was used.
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This is a really big aircraft. Trumpeter provides sufficient detail where required and it does not need much of anything in the way of aftermarket items IMO. I will add some wiring and such, but it's nice right out of the box.
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Acrylic paint tips and techniques
CDW replied to Canute's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I often use retarder when brushing on acrylic paints to slow down the drying time and avoid lap marks. This is particularly true of Tamiya acrylic paints which have a tendency to dry very quickly and are difficult to brush on because of that. -
I believe these bombers, along with Sturmoviks, were hell on German armor.
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Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. I would be very pleased if my work made you want to build an aircraft model yourself. I feel the same way about the work of the model ship builders on this site. Very encouraging.
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Thanks Patrick.
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Glad you're back! Been there and did similar when my oldest brother passed away. Just needed some time to sort out my thoughts and didn't feel like doing the same old things, but eventually the pain eases and life returns to normal. Hang in there, we're all pulling for you. What you've done on the model looks super!
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Believe it or not, this massive kit has almost the exact same part count as the little 1:48 PE-2 I just built, so it won't be more of a challenge part wise, just a bigger model.
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Thank you kindly OC. Hope you enjoyed it.
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No, I have not asked anyone for a translation yet. A German taunt probably.
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Added a wash Added weathering Added the last final detail parts She's finished, the Soviet WW2 dive bomber produced in higher numbers than any other (Russian) bomber of the war. For me, it was a very enjoyable build. For the small cost of the kit, it was a pleasant surprise in terms of detail, engineering, and lack of flash, sink marks, etc. A very nice kit that I highly recommend.
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The boat is unique. It reminds me of a big, fancy, motorized canoe. It's so unusual, I like it.
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Great to meet you, Bob. Enjoyed your Coast Guard story.
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My brother was out fishing this morning as he usually is doing, when he snapped this photo of a gator sunning itself on a tussock bed. Gators root up water lilies which float to the surface of the water.
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It's almost impossible to see all the details put into the fuselage and cockpit areas. Even the bomb bay is obscured by the four bombs squeezed inside.
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A very modest number of decals were included with the kit, but they were of very high quality, a pleasure to work with. Wish I knew the translation for what's written on the port side fuselage. Remaining to be done to finish the model is bomb bay, tail wheel, main gear, and crew entry doors; ventral auto cannon; marker lights on the wings; props and spinners; some weathering and a flat clear coat.
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That's what the monkey said just before they cut his tail off. 🙂
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I agree. When you paint a camo scheme, you always want to lay down your lightest color first. In this case, light blue went on first (on bottom) followed by tan, then green, last dark gray.
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Managed to shoot some paint today. All colors are Mr. Color, just a plain old dark green, gray, and tan camo scheme according to the paint callout on the instructions. Bottom is light blue. @Old Collingwood this is your "blue tack" color separation for a soft demarcation.
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This is looking 'spooktacular'. Very authentic looking. Waiting to see skeleton pirates crawling on the ratlines. Looks very very nice OC.
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