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                        Battle of Midway Aircraft Group Build

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:24 AM
                        Darren - that's what I keep telling myself... "next year... next year..." Wink [;)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        razordws
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                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Sunday, July 3, 2005 6:11 PM
                        Okay, I finished up the details on the TBF I did for this build. I added the unit markings (home made decals) and did some weathering/panel line shading. I know these were new aircraft at Midway but as I wasn't thrilled with the kit I decided to use it to experiment with the shading. I liked the way it turned out. I know there are a lot of accuracy issues with this kit but I did what I could at this point.





                        Dave

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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, July 3, 2005 7:43 PM
                        what type of wash did you use

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, July 3, 2005 7:59 PM
                        Nice build Dave. If you tell me that it's 1/72nd, I'm going to be even more impressed.

                        Bob

                         

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, July 3, 2005 8:47 PM
                        Dave - that is one ugly bird!! but you can't help what the designer had in mind! Wink [;)] Looks good! And actually it looks rather clean, pre shading and all... is it 1/72?? because if it is I will have to bow at your feet.. Wink [;)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Jeeves
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Sunday, July 3, 2005 9:25 PM
                        That is a sweet looking Avenger-- great job bro!
                        Mike
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Sunday, July 3, 2005 9:34 PM
                        Looks good Dave. Nice, clean build. Must have been fun masking that canopy......Thumbs Up [tup]
                        -Daniel
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 4, 2005 8:53 AM
                        Looks great DaveThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup] Well done with the preshade it looks spot onThumbs Up [tup]
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                        razordws
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Monday, July 4, 2005 2:22 PM
                        Sorry guys, I forgot to mention it but yes it is 1/72 scale.

                        The shading was done with pastel chalks. It is not preshaded. Like I said, I experimented and did a grey (rlm 66) wash only on the control surfaces lines, just letting the capillary action take the wash down the line. Then after that dried I did those and the panel lines with a grey pastel followed by a black pastel over top of the grey. I went a little wider with the grey line to try to blend it a little toward the panel line. Seems to have worked. Big Smile [:D]

                        Dave

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                        darson
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Monday, July 4, 2005 10:30 PM
                        Nice build Dave, she looks great Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup].

                        The pastels have worked a treat but I need to ask, how much did you use and how did you blend it in?

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 1:58 AM
                        Well then considering how long it took for the page to download i have to make a post so.............

                        KREMPS

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 10:48 AM
                        ::shaking head:: still got the last week burning in your memory I see Jules... so be honest, what did Kremps want with all those pygmies?
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        razordws
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 7:13 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

                        Nice build Dave, she looks great Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup].

                        The pastels have worked a treat but I need to ask, how much did you use and how did you blend it in?


                        Hard to explain how much you use but I first applied the grey pastel with a very thin brush on the trailing edge of the panel line, then brushed off the excess in the direction of the air flow with a larger brush. Did the same with the black pastel only with a thinner line. I felt I had too much so I wiped it gently a couple of times (in the same direction) with a DRY paper towel until I felt comfortable with it.

                        Dave

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, July 9, 2005 5:40 AM
                        Well it looks like Jules and I are the only slackers here... I finally finished my Martlet for the NA GB so I am ready to finish up on the Zero... Hopefully I'll get some time in this weekend!

                        ---edit---

                        ok, it looks like I forgot to mention Darren is a slackard as well.. didn't want to hurt his feelings by leaving him out! Wink [;)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:28 PM
                        Not nearly as huge a slacker as I am. I'm still looking for 1/48 Avenger decals for VT-8. Any ideas?
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:10 PM
                        you're in luck MrBee, and glad to see ya back!

                        got to http://www.meteorprod.com/cgi-bin/meteorsearch.pl?show_graphic+YHD48005.jpg+YHD48+TBM-1s/TBF-1s_of_VT-8_^_VC-8++Tue_07_12_200520_49_22.dat+7.99+

                        and check out the decals... VT-8 or VC-8, doesn't look like they have a minimum charge before they ship to ya... good luck!

                        If you're looking for 1/72 decals I think they have thse in that scale too... good luck! Don't worry I won't close this before ya finish... at the rate I am going it will take longer than you probably...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:25 PM
                        well sad news on the modeling front... the wife has sucked every bit of modeling time out of me for the next week or so... (she calls it a vacation, I call it chauffeuring her around where she tells orders me to, just so she gets a $180.00 a night hotel room with a jacuzzi and tells me what type of food I will eat every day..) She says it will be so much fun for us... Whistling [:-^]Yuck [yuck]

                        I'm almost done with the Zeke except to paint the canopy and the fiddly bits... pics soon... I chose an odd color due to an article on j-aircraft.com... it's actually Med Sea Grey from the RAF colors... seemed many Zeros used that color... or near enough to it to be listed in the FS numbers used by them very early war...

                        ---edit---

                        just so those who don't know me understand, I love my wife but dislike her choice of vacations and her timing.......
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Mikeym_us
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Kincheloe Michigan
                        Posted by Mikeym_us on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:55 PM
                        LOL Tom you know maybe your wife will reward you with a model for being a good boyCool [8D]

                        On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

                        The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:36 AM
                        oh she's always trying to bribe me like that... this time I must resist... must.......resist....
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Friday, July 15, 2005 9:22 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900

                        oh she's always trying to bribe me like that... this time I must resist... must.......resist....


                        ...and having seen the pic you posted of her high kick, she could probably hurt you if she wanted to.........

                        enjoy the vacation. the plastic will be there when you get back.

                        Bob

                         

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, July 15, 2005 6:45 PM
                        Bob - see I know the secret... it's called "Tickle Do" ... she tries that stuff on me and I get in my stance and tickle her into submission... Wink [;)]

                        got the exterior bits done now except to glue them on.. gotta paint the tires too but I have decided that is something I also do not like to do... canopy came out ok but for all the great sharp lines I achieve with the BMF the goo left over is something I don't like... might switch back to Tamiya tape...

                        anyway pics soon, got my wife a digital camera today and looks like it might take better modeling shots than mine... (until I learn how to better)
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:24 PM
                        well I got some good news and I have some bad news... ok you want to hear the bad news first? I am giving up on the Zero for a bit... for some reason the paint had a sand paper like feel to it at the trailing edge of the wing near the root. I wet sanded it with 2000 grit and polished with nail sticks till glossy, reshot some paint on it... futured for decals and there it was again... I am not sure if something was on the plastic there but whatever it was doesn't like me painting over it.

                        For fun I started the FW-190 A8 I picked up recently in 1/32....

                        the good news! I am doing my remaining SBD for this GB... (okokokok where's the fringe you ask me....) I guess I will go mainstream for this one.. Disapprove [V]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:03 PM
                        Sounds like you are leaving the fringe Tom. With a FW-190 and SBD on the way, you are well and truly back behind the hairline.
                        -Daniel
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:19 PM
                        Daniel ... that hurt buddy.. Wink [;)] I am working slowly to become the KING of fringe!!! (kidding)

                        Actually I did a little more work on the Zero today and decided all is not lost, and it looks a little rustic but I will finish it!!! I may have to resort to plan "B" whatever that may be...

                        Both kits are simple enough for me to switch from one to the other while building without causing hair loss... so we'll see what comes out of it! I started with Akagi decals as I suddenly realized the kit came OOB with them (horribly thick) but after flubbing one of them I am going back to my original plan (which I had forgotten) of using Shokaku decals for the diversion in the Aleutians at the same time as Midway... they look better too! They even cane with a hand written apology about them (eagle strike) listing IJN grey as the color used at Pearl versus the ash-grey that is believed to be the true color now... it's almost a light grey with olive drab in it...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, August 1, 2005 11:23 AM
                        is it too late to get in on this huh fellas ? i sorta like doing the underdog type thing and was thinking of doing a marine buffalo
                        ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 1, 2005 5:10 PM
                        Panzer, although qoute a few have finished the end date is open so feel free to build it! I'd love to see it myself, there was a good section on a rescued Buffalo sold to the Finnish in WWII at the Nat'l Naval Air Museum site... You're in!!!

                        I'm going to be getting off my duff soon and redoing the zero I started.

                        I think I will be doing the impossible and most dreaded feat of stripping the entire kit and repainting an entirely built up aircraft...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 1, 2005 5:26 PM
                        I've been dying to get back into modelling and I just got the Accurate Miniatures TBF/M Avenger that my fiancee bought me (yeah, she's a keeper). Could I get into this build? Oh, please, please, please... Big Smile [:D]Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 1, 2005 5:32 PM
                        hmm you got a dollar? haha kidding... welcome aboard! Looks like this build is ressurecting itself, it kind of diead out as so many have already finished their build... not me yet... Disapprove [V]

                        As I said a page or two back my Zero had a wierd texture on the wings and I broke a canopy so I set it aside for a bit... I think I will strip it in its entirety and repaint it!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Monday, August 1, 2005 10:44 PM
                        Seeing as though this build is taking off again, I might do a TBD-1 as well. I've got the old Monogram 1/48 kit. I might give it a start as soon as I finish a couple of other builds. I'm not really looking forward to re-scribing those panel lines though......
                        -Daniel
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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 2:52 PM
                        2 quick questions 1 what variant of the b26 was at midway i know they carried torpedos
                        and the scout plane launched from the cruiser Tone what type was it i assume it was a floatplane but i dont know the type. my buffalo is already starting to take on a life of its own as i realise how much im gonna have to modify the tamiya kit i have lol
                        ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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