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Which blue colours for TBM Avenger?

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Which blue colours for TBM Avenger?
Posted by castelnuovo on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 11:18 PM

I am building Acadeny's Avenger in 1/48. The instruction says to use Navy Blue and Intermediate Blue. It lists few paint makers but not Tamiya, which is my preffered paint.

Any suggestions on which Tamiya's blues shoud I use?

Many thanks.

 

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Posted by burrito king on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 8:56 AM

According to the site below you can use Tamiya AS8 for the navy blue and AS19 for the intermediate blue. Also use insignia white for the bottom surfaces. I hope this helps, good luck on your project!

https://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/tbf/tbf_profile01.shtml

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  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10:21 AM

AS-8 & AS-19

Thanks,

John

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 4:12 PM

The colors need to be mixed. Non Specular Sea Blue ANA 607, Non Specular Intermediate Blue ANA 608. Mix formulas, along with many of the other WWII US colors here...

https://replikator.club/2021/02/09/tamiya-paint-database-us-aircraft-colours-wwii/

 

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Posted by castelnuovo on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10:48 PM

Thank you both Smile

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Posted by burrito king on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 11:31 PM

If you're like me and don't want to mix colors, I think AS8 dark blue and AS19 intermediate blue should be close enough.  The bottom can be AS20 insignia white.

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