Darth_Vader

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It was found in Kentucky a few years ago

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In fall of 2020 a few months before he died, my step-FIL wanted to take one last road trip to see the Ark in Kentucky. I’ll say it was interesting and kinda cool. But their ticket prices were absolutely stupid for what you get. I bought tickets for myself, my wife, and our daughter. Even with my military discount, it was well over $100 for the three of us. And that was just to go in the ark itself and didn’t include the creation museum. The ark was nice, but it wasn’t $100 admission price nice.

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Darth how much is free hand and how much do you air brush? Like 50/50?

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The only things I brush paint are little things like gauges on the instrument panel of aircraft, or the rubber on tank road wheels. Everything else I airbrush.

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I think that is what Bush Sr flew in the Pacific.

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I believe he flew the Avenger if I remember right.

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no worries. I just made the assumption because of the general military context.

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Totally understandable. I’ve never thought about it before, but I can see how it looks like the map symbol for leg infantry.

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Tons of canopy to mask - well done.

[quote]Eduard mask kit?

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Thanks. It’s not a Eduard mask. The mask kit was included in the kit, which proved very helpful and saved a ton of time.

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Weathering holds up but the insignia decals pop out too much for reality.

Rivets show through the decal so major kudos to red MicroSol.

New decal, old plane, type of thing that stands out.

There’s a clear film over the top of the decals. they can be removed. It will accept all that weathering much better.

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The method I use is airbrush a gloss clear coat where the decal is to go. I use Tamiya Mark Fit to help the decal sit properly. Then after applying the decal I go over everything with a flat clear coat. I then weather it using Tamiya Black panel accent as a wash. When it dries I remove the excess wash using Enamel Thinner. Since I paint with acrylics, the enamel thinner doesn’t affect the overall paint job. And since I go over the model with a flat clear coat, that protects the decals during the wash application and removal.

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Not a common aircraft in any discussion or pics of WWII, but when it and the Devastator torpedo bomber debuted in 1936 and 1937, they were state of the art. Just four years later - really 2 years - , completely obsolete.

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It really is amazing how fast the technology was advancing then. Imagine the Navy today getting a new attack aircraft and like 5 years later it was already obsolete. That’s crazy.

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Unless there is another meaning, missed opportunity in the background having the mechanized infantry model sitting on the NATO symbol for leg infantry.

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That’s actually a little wooden Alabama state flag my son made for me in 9th grade shop class.

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by Mo Jeaux

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It’s too pretty of a Saturday to be as mad and melty as you are, especially over an internet message board.

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Good work but that thing is ugly. Give me a Dauntless every day of the week and twice on Sunday December 7th.

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Yeah. Not the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft, thats for sure. And not only was the Dauntless better looking, it was vastly superior in every metric as well.

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I've been following these for months. What do you do with these after you're finished? Do you display them?

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My model room…