#3505585 - 01/28/12 12:42 PM
Re: 1/32 Grumman Avenger
[Re: mynameismatt]
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semmern
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Very nice build!
Trumpeter went way overboard on the rivets though, they look way over-scale.
I've got the AM 1/48 TBM kit in my stash, looking forward to building it.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#3507376 - 01/30/12 09:38 PM
Re: 1/32 Grumman Avenger
[Re: mynameismatt]
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HitchHikingFlatlander
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California
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Great work, I don't have the patience for that stuff.
I've got a bad feeling about this.....
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#3507549 - 01/31/12 01:11 AM
Re: 1/32 Grumman Avenger
[Re: Rudel]
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Greyryder
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One of my faves, great work. I built Accurate Miniatures' Avenger, and had a blast. Literally This was 13 years ago. I was 17 then. I look back and go ewwww, to much weathering...lol Yeah, I can see where you might some get some flak, over that.
Who wants a fixed wing aircraft, when you can have one that wasn't broken?
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#3507603 - 01/31/12 02:50 AM
Re: 1/32 Grumman Avenger
[Re: Bruce]
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mynameismatt
Turn Dinosaurs into Noise
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Turn Dinosaurs into Noise
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Thanks for all of the compliments everyone! I find building models very relaxing. Absolutely beautiful work, how do you get such great detail in the rivets? the weathering is just right.This was also the plane George Bush flew in as well wasn't it? The entire plane is given a "wash" using a mixture of dark acrylic paint thinned down. Once dried you rubb off the majority, but the wash stays in the rivets. Yep, Bush flew an Avenger in WWII. I was hoping to find some aftermarket decals of it, but no luck!
Last edited by mynameismatt; 01/31/12 02:52 AM.
"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." - Robert Jastrow ----------------- Currently Playing: Kerbal Space Program, P3d, and brainless 360 games.
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#3518960 - 02/15/12 09:10 AM
Re: 1/32 Grumman Avenger
[Re: mynameismatt]
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goon
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Apex avoidance specialist
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Very nice work, lovely finish.
Gareth UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing. OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing. HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall. TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you. Read my scale modelling blog at www.latibuliser.com or mfhmazda787.com
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