Devastators!
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August 27, 2024Six tiny aviators! The figures that come with the kit aren't perfectly accurate, but I think this is a fair approximation.2
August 27, 2024Dana Bell's excellent book shows that Devastators left the factory with the interiors painted in the same aluminum lacquer as the exterior. Once deployed, the interiors were usually repainted with whatever paint was on hand. For the second, I've chosen bronze green.3
August 27, 2024Not much detail on those instrument panels, but a little drybrushing shows what's there.4
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August 27, 2024The challenge here is to eliminate the seam without destroying the corrugation. A very narrow file did the job reasonably well, but it pays not to look too closely.7
August 29, 2024Between these three kits, I should have enough parts for two planes.8
August 29, 2024I test fit each of these, and these were the best matches. Numbered so I won't forget them.9
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August 29, 2024The cockpit pieces were a little fiddly, but still they went together pretty well. I've built worse cockpits!11
September 8, 2024The fit was ok, but it still left a small step to fill.12
September 8, 2024Not bad after cleanup.13
September 8, 2024Gave the rudder a little better definition. I did the same on the flaps and ailerons. An easy thing to do that makes a major improvement.14
September 8, 2024I tried to repair some of the lost rivets. The scribe raises the plastic. There’s still a hole there, but hopefully it still gives a raised rivet effect. I’ll go a little heavier with the primer here and try to fill them.15
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September 8, 2024A little filling and sanding on these fins.17
September 8, 2024I decided that both would have torpedoes, though the kit does have the option to carry a bomb. Test fitting showed that the interior is visible even with the torpedo in place. I’ll probably hand paint the visible surfaces even if I will be the only one to ever see them.18
September 8, 2024The hope here is that the black CA glue flows into the gap and that I won’t need to do much sanding.19
September 8, 2024Still blown away at what a difference this simple modification makes.20
September 8, 2024I’m doing both planes wheels-up, but that means painting the landing gears first.
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Build log of Airfix's venerable TBD-1 Devastator kit in pre-War and WW2 liveries
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