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TBM Avenger 1/48 AM finished
hellvetier
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Bern, Switzerland
Joined: April 17, 2008
KitMaker: 264 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:31 AM UTC
I finished my looongest project, the Accurate Miniatures TBM/TBF 1/48

Comments like always welcome!























Eaglewatch
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United Kingdom
Joined: December 19, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 04:15 PM UTC
Wow a fantastic looking Avenger you've got there A.W. the only thing IMO that would make it better would be some light weathering to give that used look just a thought
chris1
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Auckland, New Zealand
Joined: October 25, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 07:52 PM UTC
AW
She looks fantastic I love the way you've done the panel lines.
What a beaut.


Chris
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: November 09, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 08:51 PM UTC
That looks awesome, really love the colours.

Looks like you've used this so called "Spanish Style" and it's worked brilliantly!

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

H
orange_3D
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: July 28, 2005
KitMaker: 602 posts
AeroScale: 6 posts
Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:32 PM UTC
wow, this is an awesome build!
very nice clean build
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 11:04 PM UTC
Nice bird. I really love the coloring, the shading and washing are great.

What did you use for the antena?
LongKnife
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Jönköping, Sweden
Joined: April 25, 2006
KitMaker: 831 posts
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 11:28 PM UTC
All is well that ends well AW, and this is very well! Good thing though that there is a lot of glazing, because the interior is smashing.

Tony
hellvetier
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Bern, Switzerland
Joined: April 17, 2008
KitMaker: 264 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 11:48 PM UTC
@ Scott: I used fine thread for beads called 'Perlon'. It needed much patience to get it on...

Thanks for everyone who left a comment during the blog and helped me to get going with the build!!!!!
Especially a BIG THANK YOU to JM Villalba who answered my questions with patience!!!

Here are some final pics in better light.

Long live the Avengers











TedMamere
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Moselle, France
Joined: May 15, 2005
KitMaker: 5,653 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 12:58 AM UTC
Hi Hellvetier,

This is a fantastic looking Avenger!

Could you send me some pictures for a photo feature?

Jean-Luc
chukw1
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California, United States
Joined: November 28, 2007
KitMaker: 817 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 04:30 AM UTC
Well done! It seemed to get done pretty quickly, by my standards. This is definitely feature-worthy- but we'll need some underside pics as well. Cheers!

chuk
CaptainA
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Indiana, United States
Joined: May 14, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 01:08 PM UTC
Looks great.
hellvetier
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Bern, Switzerland
Joined: April 17, 2008
KitMaker: 264 posts
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:19 PM UTC
@ Jean-Luc: Merci pour ton commentaire. Je vais t'envoyer quelques photos. Tu veux aussi un petit texte avec?

@ Chuk: Faster than your build, but much less detailed and nothing scratch built. And very important, that I didn't do an entertaining and detailed online Blog like you did! Have you already started your Me410?

@ CaptainA: Thanks!

Here are some pics from the underside:
As you can see something went terribly wrong with the insignia decal. Next time I'll mask and paint it. For me it's always a fight to put these on





Thanks for looking!
TedMamere
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Moselle, France
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 08:32 AM UTC
Bonjour hellvetier,


Quoted Text

@ Jean-Luc: Merci pour ton commentaire. Je vais t'envoyer quelques photos. Tu veux aussi un petit texte avec?


Oui bien sûr... si le texte est en anglais!

Jean-Luc
Texas-Ama
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Texas, United States
Joined: December 26, 2008
KitMaker: 32 posts
AeroScale: 25 posts
Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 01:18 PM UTC
Great Looking Model It looks just right.

Texas
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