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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2014, 03:18:04 PM »
Checked at home in my stash and found this! Must have purchased it some 30 years ago....

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2014, 03:46:27 PM »
I believe it is very correct kit as well many Monogram kits ;)

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2014, 05:32:34 AM »
That's the same kit I'm rebuilding, Nico! Same box art and everything.

The fuselage band is now painted, next will be the wing in chrome yellow, then the blue tail.
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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2014, 05:58:20 AM »
This will be very attractive once when complete ;)

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2014, 06:01:32 AM »
Two more colors applied, and now you can see what I was doing with the black around the stripes......
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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2014, 06:40:24 AM »
What a great progress!!!!

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2014, 04:02:00 PM »
Amazing what a little masking and painting can do!

This is still going to be pretty rough when it's finished--it's another of my rebuilds that I'm incorporating some different painting methods on. I was really concerned about masking off the squadron chevrons on the corrugated parts of the wings, but the Tamiya tape worked beautifully and no yellow bled under the tape onto the black stripe borders.

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2014, 05:04:15 PM »
Hi,  :-salut

Amazing rebuilding work ! Mine is always awaiting restoration...

JicĂ©hem  :-wave

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2014, 05:37:51 PM »
Don't look too closely though!

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2014, 07:26:12 PM »
:-ok

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2014, 04:58:12 AM »
All the painting is done. Now I'm starting to decal, and with decals from the 1970s! Several coats of clear over the decals and they're working perfectly so far.
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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2014, 06:46:14 AM »
This look so good!!!

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2014, 10:08:27 PM »
Colourful... :)

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2014, 12:36:46 AM »
Thanks friends!

I really like to look at these pre-war Navy paint schemes, and now that I've started masking the chevrons and stripes I may do others of them. I have an SBD-1 in my collection and I see a Marine scheme coming one day.

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Re: Monogram TBD Devastator Rebuild
« Reply #29 on: June 03, 2014, 10:51:40 PM »
looks good