Day 220, and now it’s Day 3…
2 October 2022
The PBY Catalina is progressing well with the side blisters having been installed.
Last Friday I had started working with the clear parts. Glueing the side blisters necessitated some dry fitting before using Contacta clear glue.
After my trip to JacHobby yesterday I tried out Tamiya cotton swabs and I added a dab of silver for the wings landing lights.
The landing lights are different on this photo.
As you might have noticed my collection has grown with this unexpected addition…
When I saw it at JacHobby, I googled Academy TBF-1C on my cellphone and decided to buy it since the price was quite reasonable.
This is how it could look from photos taken on this forum.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235034269-tbm3-e-avenger-148-academy/
On that forum, members talked about the instructions sheet being somewhat minimal and one member directed others to Wayback Machine to find the original Accurate Miniatures instructions.
I probably won’t build this one in the very foreseeable future, but at least I know what I am up against.
My Forgotten Hobby V 