alaninaustria Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Very nice work Dirk! I saw a build that lightly covered the finished turret with normal kitchen saran-wrap (clear cling plastic) to mask it during final assembly - then after the model is all painted up you just have to gently lift off the clear cling plastic. Looking forward to more updates! Cheers Alan DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Terrific work on the turret cupola, Dirk! Did you use a commercial mask set for it? Kev Masking set from Eduard. If it were just straight lines I would have done it without. But in this case with all those curves, that set was very useful. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Very nice work Dirk! I saw a build that lightly covered the finished turret with normal kitchen saran-wrap (clear cling plastic) to mask it during final assembly - then after the model is all painted up you just have to gently lift off the clear cling plastic. Looking forward to more updates! Cheers Alan Thanks Alan. That's an interesting tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damouav Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Brilliant work Dirk! I also went for the mask set from Eduard, way to fiddly to mask without them, my new favourite item. Did you polish the turret prior to paint? Thanks again for posting. Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Brilliant work Dirk! I also went for the mask set from Eduard, way to fiddly to mask without them, my new favourite item. Did you polish the turret prior to paint? Thanks again for posting. Damian Thank you Damian, yes, I did polish it prior. But I am going to polish it again once its installed. Dirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Dirk, what polishing method for canopies do you use? With your TBF and Pete's TBD we are all being spoilt with sublime builds....... DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Dirk I'm also in for hearing how you polish the canopies. Great work so far. Avenger us one of my favorites and I'd love to build this Trumpy kit someday DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Dirk, excellent work. I especially like the un-worn parkerised finish on the machine gun. Looks very convincing. DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Dirk, what polishing method for canopies do you use? With your TBF and Pete's TBD we are all being spoilt with sublime builds....... Dirk I'm also in for hearing how you polish the canopies. Great work so far. Avenger us one of my favorites and I'd love to build this Trumpy kit someday I am using the Tamiya stuff together with a polisher (?). Around 5000 rpm. ........................................................ Since I am waiting for the rivets from Archer, the progress on the Avenger will pause (maybe 2 or 3 weeks). Dirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 What a great build thread, if I didn't have one build on the go and two in the wings I would break out my Avenger and start it on the strength of this. Cheers Dennis DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On the resin decal rivets Check micro-mark's website they have sheets in multiple scales and a better cost ratio DirkE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 On the resin decal rivets Check micro-mark's website they have sheets in multiple scales and a better cost ratio Thanks. 'going to check them. Although Archer offered me a discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Loving what you are doing here, if I am not too late the floors of 2 very early production TBF-1's I saw were bronze green overall. Keep up the good excellent work, I am taking lots of notes! Cheers Anthony Edited January 18, 2018 by Anthony in NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izek Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Good goes Dirke. Which prototype was chosen? Now I'm doing the same thing. A small problem is there is no instruction. Some of the sheets found on the Internet. The rest I collect intuitively. A sheet of instruction is very necessary for assembling the engine and the sheet for assembling the pilot's seat. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Loving what you are doing here, if I am not too late the floors of 2 very early production TBF-1's I saw were bronze green overall. Keep up the good excellent work, I am taking lots of notes! Cheers Anthony Aaargh...too late. Or, maybe not. Thanks for the info!!! Edited January 28, 2018 by DirkE Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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