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Old 03-24-2024, 12:51 PM
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Hi All;

Here is an adventure about things that go wrong, then more wrong, then, Aaargh and you hit that throw it against the wall moment. How many of you have had one of these days? The model is an Accurate Miniatures, 1/48 scale TBF Avenger, which was built in the early 1990s. It was an excellent kit and a joy to build. It was expected that due to age the glue would have crystalized and fragile parts would be brittle.

Photo 1r shows the model dirty and dusty, but intact. Photo 2r shows the cockpit area, dusty but not as bad as some of the other models. Photo 3r shows the bottom with bay open and bombs in the rack. Notice the loose entry door in the upper right. The model was dusted off with brushes. It looked pretty decent, and I thought it could do with a bath in warm water and a couple of drops of hand soap. Photo 4r shows it drying off, still looking pretty decent. Photo 5r shows a well detailed engine. Then the storm hit.

The decals had brownish tarnish from old decal set. So a the areas were cleaned with cotton swabs and alcohol. The alcohol did remove the tarnish, but it also ate through the decals, shattering them and drying with a white chalky residue. Photo 6r shows the missing fragmented decal and the residue on the fuselage. Then the rudder hinges and the tail wheel let go. Photo 7r shows the residue on the wing, but the decal is intact.

Ok. Let's think about this. Can the situation be saved? The paint was really hard by now, perhaps it would be hard enough to survive, if the area around the decal was swabbed with mineral spirits and quickly wiped dry. Photo 8r shows the solution. Photo 9r shows the mess on the starboard fuselage, but 10r shows that the port side cleaned up. OK, now we wait to come up with decal replacements for the fuselage and take some time reattaching the fallen parts. The wall can wait, at least for now.

Regards rjccjr
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Old 03-25-2024, 09:50 AM
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Ho all,

The TBF is all back together, just waiting for decals and an antenna wire. See photos 1r and 2r. Now, here is a real old stuff. Take a guess. What the heck are 3,4 and 5r?
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Old 03-25-2024, 11:26 AM
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Photos 3, 4, 5 look like an antique Aurora model of a submarine. Thought I saw one like it on Ebay last year. But I could be mistaken.


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Old 03-26-2024, 09:44 AM
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Hi All;

It isn't Aurora, but you are looking in the right era. It dates to the 1960s and is a product of a another well known plastic model company. Actually, it was stored away in a drawer. I was looking for some electrical parts and stumbled across it after years of being forgotten. The contacts are clean and it might possibly work, but at age 86, I'm not about to risk electrocution.

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