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Neuling
Clean and careful work with very beautiful colors!

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Charles Hugo
Looks great, must get my mojo back

gorby
Beautiful result!

Pacific Strafer
Thanks a lot guys.

J35J
Great build and paintwork!👍🏻

Doubtingmango
Great build!

Bernhard Schrock
As usual great work especially the "overall impression".

Pacific Strafer
@Bernhard: thank you very much and glad you like it.

gorby
Beautiful result!

Mr James
Beautiful indeed. A great build

Andreas Lux
Beautiful bird! Excellent Work!

Nicolas
Following

Skyhiker
I'm in!

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Skyhiker
Please let us know when you upload new photos. I don't want to miss anything.

Ogre-Trombone
I found some time to work on these kits, so here are some new photos. Thanks for following!

Nicolas
The instruction isn't mentioning the stand at all. As the torpedo is under the COG I would try to fix it to the torpedo.
Very nice progres so far. 👍

Ogre-Trombone
Leaning that way, Nicolas. I don't like it, but that's probably what I'll need to do.

Mr D
Nice model 👌
Was the Devastator similar to the Dauntless??
Like the subject....will be watching 😃👍

Ogre-Trombone
@Mr D, the Devastator was a pre-War torpedo bomber that was one of the most advanced aircraft of its time. Unfortunately. it was already obsolete at the start of the war. It was slow and underpowered, and early-War tactics left its crews extremely vulnerable.

Skyhiker
The Douglas TBD Devastator, was the U.S. Navy's main torpedo bomber. It was introduced in 1935, but was obsolete by 1939. They were replaced with the Grumman TBF Avenger.

Mr D
Thanks for the info
Ogre & Skyhiker 👍👍
I didn't know much about them, the pre-war yellow wings are smart scheme 👌

Mid Franconian
Great project!

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Casey Beckett
Great idea, the foam/tape /white glue - I'm stealing this!

Mr D
Both coming along really nicely now, the flap lines look a lot better now.
Looking like all the build updates.
Good luck with next steps 👌😁👍👍

Ogre-Trombone
Thanks, Mr D. I'm trying not to let the asymmetry bother me on the black-primed model. I wish I'd made a template or measured them instead of trying to follow the old panel lines. Still, I'm glad I made the effort.

Pure improvisation, Casey! It seems to be holding up so far. I want to do open or partially-opened canopies, so it didn't make sense to glue them in place, which is what I usually would have done.

Ogre-Trombone
It's very hot and dry where I am right now, and the paint isn't responding the way I'd like. I'll have to come back when conditions are better.

Mr D
Your doing a 👍 job, All the hard work will pay off, nice project 👍👍

Ogre-Trombone
Painting is done. Now it's on to clear coat and decals.

Guy Rump
Coming along very nicely! 👍

Skyhiker
Wow looks great

Mr D
Looks good 👌
Nice colours, the wing surface doesn't look to easy to mask.
Coming along nicely 👍👍

Gary Victory
Lovely work Orge.

Mid Franconian
They look sooo cool!

Skyhiker
I'm impressed on how well you work even with those raised elements. They look fantastic.

Neil
This all looks marvellous!

Mr D
^^^^^^Good job on decals^^^^^
Impressive aircraft 👍👍

Landlubber Mike
Fantastic work!

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work so far.

Ogre-Trombone
I've been using Microsol, Tamiya Mark Fit and Mark Fit strong in a makeshift rotation to get the roundels to settle in. My patience is generally being rewarded, but every time I reapply the old bubbles settle down but new ones seem to appear. Does anyone know if this is caused by a chemical reaction? They are settling in, eventually, but I suspect the solutions are both working and making more work for me at the same time.

Ogre-Trombone
Aside from a few finishing touches, like adding antenna wires and mounting them on their stands, these builds are finished. When I came back to the hobby a few years ago, these Devastator kits were among the first I bought. I have very fond memories of building the classic 1/48 Monogram kit, and I've always loved this airplane. I'm very happy with how they've turned out. I'll post some better photos later this week. Thanks for following!

Haro Rotl
What works for me with stubborn decals is a mixture of softener and decal glue. I apply softener on a piece of decal cutting (usually thrown away, but the water-soluble glue is on the entire sheet), stir the brush a bit, and then apply the mixture to the stubborn spots of the decal, having cut the bubble with a sharp blade before. Doesn't always work the first time, but work it does. (Decal glue is also separately available from Tamiya, I use that now.)

Haro Rotl
This is a fascinating album, and a great result to your efforts!
I built the Airfix Devastator as one of my very first kits (i.e. some 50 years ago), but haven't had the heart to start another one since. Great to watch these grow, and the result!

Ogre-Trombone
Thanks, Haro. That's a good tip. I tried Micro Set decal fixing solution, but I honestly think it's just a more dilluted version of Micro Sol and not really an adhesive. I'll try that next time.

Curatorm
Very nice work!

Guy Rump
Great job (s) 👍

Mr D
They turned out great 👌 l like the peace time yellow colored one, they are both great, canopy's are done well.
Enjoy watching build 😁👍

Casey Beckett
Great work! That old airfix CAN be brought to a nice build. You've inspired me to do another.

Ogre-Trombone
Thanks so much, guys. This was a really satisfying project.

J35J
Great builds and build log! Congrats👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding job 👍 They look great in these two "camos"

Michael Kohl
Thats huge. Well done.

Łukasz Gliński
Pumpkin Tzar photo made my day, thanks 😄
PS. Very nicely painted rocket you've got there 👍

Łukasz Gliński
I have to watch this

Michael Kohl
Lukasz, of course you have to watch this.😉
Feel warmly welcomed.

Maciej Bellos
I have to watch also! Could you show us a photo of the decals? When were the decals produced?

Robert Podkoński
Joining the party, of course! 😉

Michael Kohl
My friends. I am really happy to have you around as I was sincerely hoping that this build will arouse the interest of the three of you.
Maciej, are you referring to the kits decals or the ones from RSmodelle. Concering the latter, I cannot tell you, as I have not received them yet.

Maciej Bellos
I have the kit, courtesy of Robert.

I was referring to the BSModele decals, as masking the scheme was really challenging and, ehm, painful!

Michael Kohl
Here us the link to the decals at their homepage:

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Looking at them, I am afraid some decent masking is still ahead of me.

Maciej Bellos
Thank you Michael! It looks that masking is needed indeed...

Bernd Grün
Nice start, Michael. Following!

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Michael! (you can find some walkaround photos in my albums, if you wish to 😉 )

Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍

Michael Kohl
Wellcome Bernd and Guy.
Robert, thank you for the invitation. I already helped myself. 🙂
And thanks folks for your likes. Motivates even further.

Michael Kohl
Today the decals arrived from Ukraine.

Łukasz Gliński
Progressing very well. I hope the pilots don't mind being polished 😛

Michael Kohl
🙂 they didn't complain. That was enough confirmation for me. 😉

Michael Kohl
Thanks mates for your interest and the likes. Hopefully I will be able to progress this build soon.

Isaac Kite
Taking a seat. The Iskra is a sexy plane, no idea why the Delfin won that contract. Let me guess. Political elimination? Regardless, looking forward to watching this develop.

Michael Kohl
Funny. Just the evening before your comment, Isaac, I dusted them planes and finished the cockpits. Let's move on.

Isaac Kite
*thumbs up*

Michael Kohl
Took them out of the shelf another time. Quite a bit of sanding had to be done. Particular the inner rear area of the wing where the box of the intakes tapers towards the trailing edge of the wing is much to thick in the kit. A bit of elbow grease was required there.
A fresh comparison with a machine in flight revealed some more issues I adressed. So, some more filling and sanding. Now I gotta wait till my trusted Mr. Hobby primer sets properly.

DerMattes
Looks great so far 👍

Raphael Bernecole
Very Nice : following ! 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Good to see you back with this duo

Michael Kohl
Welcome (back) mates.

Mr D
Cockpit's are really good 👌👍👍

Alec K
Taking a very, very belated seat. Great project, had a few chuckles reading your captions 😄

Mr D
At least all the preflight checks will be done with German pilots 🤣 just keep them away from Starfighter be ok 😁.
Looking good nice fun project... Cockpit is great,
I use "Nail liner brushes" for cockpit n detail work... there used in beauty parlours for Painting pictures on nails.... There quite cheap and much more accurate than most fine paint brushes out there. 6 or 7mm best.
Good luck with next steps 😃👍

Michael Kohl
Hi Mr D and Alec K. Welcome.
@Alec: I deliberately take loooong brakes with this project so thay even the slowest out there can catch up 😉
@Mr D: I will look out for them nail liner brusher and see if they might serve my needs. I have tons of brushes but 90% of my hand painting is done with Winsor & Newton No. 7 Size 2. Hurts when you buy them, but they are of an incredible quality.

Michael Kohl
The main filling and sanding job done on one of the birds. A handful of details will be added before the final prepaint sanding. The canopy needs some work too. The frame of it is too coarse and will be sanded (almost) flush. Apart from that are there fit issues at the windshield that need to be addressed.