The Smythemeister's TBF/TBM 1 Avenger. Italeri 1/48

[Geoffers]

Coming on very nicely Andy :thumb2:

Painting is always a land mark part of a build in my opinion. It’s when it starts to come to life :smiling4:

Geoff.

[The Smythe Meister]

Late as ever, but muchly impressed. Certainly is a big beastie.
John.

Thanks very much John,and welcome along.

Coming on very nicely Andy :thumb2:

Painting is always a land mark part of a build in my opinion. It’s when it starts to come to life :smiling4:

Geoff.

Cheers Geoff .....
..... Where's your little vid gone?.... Hope you didn't delete it after all did you?!

[Lee Drennen]

Nice masking looks good.

[The Smythe Meister]

Nice masking looks good.

Cheers Lee, taken ages!! About to put the Int Blue on now.....
..... Fingers crossed!!

[Geoffers]

Thanks very much John,and welcome along. :smiling3:

Cheers Geoff :smiling3: .....
..... Where's your little vid gone?.... Hope you didn't delete it after all did you?!

No I haven’t deleted it Andy.

It’s showing up this end so not sure why you can’t see it :thinking:

Geoff.

[scottie3158]

Looking good mate paint work looks nice.

[The Smythe Meister]

No I haven’t deleted it Andy.

It’s showing up this end so not sure why you can’t see it :thinking:

Geoff.

It's back again now Geoff?! ... I wanted to show it to Rach,(she's always interested in a little bit of history with my builds. ), But it was just a white box with a cross in it... It's ok now though!

Looking good mate paint work looks nice.

Cheers Scottie.... Just about to remove the masking after the blue.

[The Smythe Meister]

Ok, sorry to bombard you with posts today!! BUT, the Intermediate Blue has been unmasked :smiling3: ...
Not TOO bad really,a few touch up areas to address,(in the 2nd pic mainly),and in the pics it looks lighter than to the naked eye, but overall I'm quite pleased.... :smiling3: .....


... made things a bit tricky for myself for the next stage of masking,( for the US Navy Blue),but hey!.... in for a penny....

[Waspie]

Andy, great progress bud, would I be correct in saying 'no primer'?

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy, great progress bud, would I be correct in saying 'no primer'?

Thanks mate
It has had a touch of Halfords Grey primer,(I use that on all of my builds),I find it doesn't need much,settles well,and leaves pretty much all of the details prominent.

[Waspie]

Thanks mate :smiling3:
It has had a touch of Halfords Grey primer,(I use that on all of my builds),I find it doesn't need much,settles well,and leaves pretty much all of the details prominent.

Awesome, cheers Andy. :thumb2:

[papa 695]

Just caught up Andy, some Stirling work. It’s looking great.

[The Smythe Meister]

Just caught up Andy, some Stirling work. It’s looking great.

Thanks very much Ian.... It's certainly become more enjoyable now. ...

[The Smythe Meister]

So, SORRY... But yet more pictures,(well, tomorrow I'll be spending most of the day down in JANNER land, replacing roof tiles for Rach's Dad),so I'm making the most of today's time.... I've been sneakily sorting the wings out ....


Only basically of course,but they're coming along too.
Cheers for now....

[outrunner]

Coming on a treat there Andy.


Andy.