Paintjob

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July 8, 2017
My first try at black basing as described by doog's models.
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July 8, 2017
I used vallejo air gull grey and some yellow brown and dark grey.
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July 8, 2017
Happy with the results so far...
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July 8, 2017
Next stop is the upper sides of the plane.
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July 10, 2017
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July 10, 2017
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July 11, 2017
Some dry fitting. Really like the bulky look of the model.
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July 11, 2017
Insignia white on the tail...
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July 11, 2017
Gloss clear coat over the modell, now ready for decals...
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July 11, 2017
The decals look strange... hard to capture on camera, but it seems they have a rough surface. Anyone experienced this before?
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July 11, 2017
Decals are on. Treating them with vallejo fix and medium seems to work fine...
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July 11, 2017
Now they have to rest and i am quite excited how the decals turn out by tomorrow.
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July 12, 2017
Decals look nice this morning and i started to use an oil-wash for the first time. And i must say i like the look of it alot more then the vallejo washes i used before.
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July 12, 2017
Oil wash really makes the small rivets on this kit stand out. Love what it does to the paint job... i think i will stick to this method!
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July 12, 2017
rotor blades still need decals and yellow tips.
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July 25, 2017
I managed to take some time for modelling and finished the tips of the rotor, glued the floats to the fuselage (tricky) and started with the wheels.
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August 3, 2017
Finally finished with a matt varnish. Quite happy how it turned out, i think it´s the best model i build and painted so far. On the next one i do, i really need to add antenna cables. Not sure what´s the best way tough...

Comments

1 8 July 2017, 07:41

David Thor
Thanks, really fun to build so far.

10 July 2017, 20:36

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

10 July 2017, 20:39

David Thor
Thanks!

10 July 2017, 20:57

Clifford Keesler
What color, and brand of paint did you use for that?

10 July 2017, 22:15

David Thor
I use vallejo air. On the underside it´s gull grey mottling with some parts in yellow brown and german grey preshades. On the upper side i used US blue grey with US interior yellow and again preshades in german grey.

11 July 2017, 06:44

Vincent Heemskerk
Nice! Any fitting problems so far?

11 July 2017, 16:27

David Thor
Thank you Vincent! Fitting is not a problem on this kit, however it took me some time to find out how the floats are fitted to the fuselage. The instructions make you guess. I´m not sure about the decals tough. They look odd and rough. And the painting options Hobby Boss provides seem to be contradicting to the few pictures i found. So i think you can call it a what-if plane. 🙂

11 July 2017, 16:39

Clifford Keesler
Well it looks good.

12 July 2017, 20:22

David Thor
Thanks! The decals turned out fine actually. Treating them with vallejo decal fix and decal medium smoothed the rough spots out. They are very thin, and luckily hobby boss provided more big roundels than needed, because two of them ripped. Today i nearly finished the oil-wash, only the wings undersides are still missing out.

12 July 2017, 20:37

Michael Phillips
Very nice paintwork! That is a cool looking aircraft.

13 July 2017, 04:05

Arash Zakeri
Nice

13 July 2017, 05:10

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Very great👍

13 July 2017, 05:12

David Thor
Thanks alot, your comments mean so much to me. Especially now, that i have to motivate myself to paint the wheels and the rotor blades. Something that i really hate doing. I´m also thinking about possible exhaust stains. The extensive stains on the box-art seem wrong to me.

13 July 2017, 06:53

Soeren R.
Really nice work David.
The stains are not so wrong at all.
Maybe in a different color - more white/grey as you can see here:
worldwarphotos.info/..ines-8-january-1945/

But I dont think that the prototype ever had such extenisve stains.

13 July 2017, 07:02

Gerald
👍

13 July 2017, 07:49

David Thor
Thanks Sören and Gerald. I might go with this one: worldwarphotos.info/../f4f-3-wildcat-f-22/ since it´s an f4f-3 like the wildcatfish and not that extensive as you said.

13 July 2017, 08:06

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work 👍

13 July 2017, 16:24

Clifford Keesler
Awesome work.

13 July 2017, 22:03

Camilla Øksenholt
Great job 👍 I really like the look of the wildcatfish, so bulky and wierd :-D Hopefully I'll start on mine very soon!

13 July 2017, 22:08

David Thor
Thank you very much! The bulky look really is something special... the plane is nearly a square. I think about getting a Rufe kit and put it right next to the catfish. Just by looking at the frame, you can see which one was faster. 🙂

14 July 2017, 06:48

David Thor
@Vincent Heemskerk Since you asked for fitting problems some time ago... Assembling the floats is a bit difficult, since there are pins to fit them to the wings, however there are no pins for assembly to the fuselage and you have to apply some constant pressure to make them stay in the right place. Best to plan the step out ahead.

25 July 2017, 13:30

Dan Cook
Very nice paint job David. Going to try and black base the FM-2 I am building. Have a grey/insignia white scheme. Perfect for blacks basing.

25 July 2017, 20:09

David Thor
Hey Dan, thanks for the kind words. I really look forward to your fm-2! 🙂

25 July 2017, 21:03

Spanjaard
looking really nice

25 July 2017, 23:10

David Thor
Thank you Spanjaard! 🙂

26 July 2017, 15:18

Vincent Heemskerk
Coming together nicely, man.

27 July 2017, 19:19

David Thor
Thanks Vincent! Finished the wheel mounts today, now they need an oil wash and after some minor assembly and a matt coat i should be done soon.

27 July 2017, 20:34

Dan Cook
Loving this, real inspiration I am just cleaning parts on mine. Lots of flash.

3 August 2017, 10:12

Dan Cook
Antenna cables best done with EZ Line. Not cheap but really looks the business!

3 August 2017, 10:14

Soeren R.
Really nice work Dan!

3 August 2017, 10:47