Angry F6F-3 Hellcat
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Well this is going to be fun!!! Big Ed is a step up!
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Dry fit the cockpit
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Other bits and bobs
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Lead wire used to replace the lost seatbelt rail
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Scratchbuilt seatbelt rail
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Primed. Forgot some PE on the seat and had a bit of a splurge on one of the fuselage halves!
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PE dashboard. Micro Kristal Klear for the dials.
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Wings and cowling!
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Halves done ready for joining
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Sealing her up. Nice fit. Sanding a filling next
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Wings and tail are on but there is some filling to do!
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Need to rescribe
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On its legs
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Complex undercarriage done!
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Sanded a little too hard and re-primed. Mistake but we live and learn.
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green!
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Bits and bobs painted
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Green on the weathered areas. Need to sand back was a bit ott
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Nose on engine underneath. Onto painting!
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Vallejo Insignia White. Gone down fairly well. Not my best work
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Comments
18 August 2017, 21:36
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The wheel bays and gun bays are all pe. Models in themselves. Very intimidating. Need to get some Aires resin 50 cals to put in them
19 August 2017, 10:00
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UPDATE. Wimped out of the BigEd set. Going to save it for another model. Just too complicated for me. So will do it without and use it on the MkI Hellcat of the Dual Combo Hellcats in my stash.
20 August 2017, 17:35
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Nice cockpit - you are not alone: I also have some Eduards PE in my stash I would not (yet?) dare to touch! The hobby should be fun and not frustrating 🙂
5 September 2017, 20:51
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Look at my Sea King Project Thomas. Just picked it up from a friend. Now that has some PE, white metal and resin. That's intimidating!
5 September 2017, 21:49
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what would life be without challenges? I currently take a break from fitting the SBS resin cockpit into the Kinetic Mirage IIIS 🙂
8 September 2017, 20:36
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Nice work. PE can be very frustating, I almost always only use the seatbelts from a PE set. Some nice detail painting looks good too!
8 September 2017, 21:46
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She looks ready for the paintjob. Excited how it will turn out. How's the build/quality of the kit?
24 September 2017, 20:15
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Awesome! Made some mistakes. But still looks good. Having issues with laying down Vallejo Black Primer. Clogs my 0.4 Infinity Airbrush. Might thin it a little next time.
24 September 2017, 21:57
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She does indeed look good. For me, the vallejo black primer has always worked great. On the pictures, the primer looks very smooth tough.
25 September 2017, 07:38
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It's on the underside of the tail. Will pic it when I get home. Think I need to
Lower my psi and put a few drops of thinner.
25 September 2017, 07:41
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Going to have a look when I get home. Also, deciding whether or not to use Vallejo Insignia White or XF-2. Never used the Vallejo but it is in their US Navy Air War set as the right colour. Going to use their Intermediate and NS sea blue.
25 September 2017, 07:47
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I used vallejo air insignia white recently on the wheel bays of my super hornet. Works well on black primer.
25 September 2017, 09:15
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Cheers mate the whole bottom of the plane and undercarriage are white. Going to black base theory it. Put some splodges and then cover with thinned overcoat. Try and get some interest in a flat finish. Also going to put some interior green down on worn areas and sponge some Maskol over it before I apply the top coulour. These Hellcats were used and abused on the Pacific. One of the big factors in the US winning the war.
25 September 2017, 13:59
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Sorted it thinned the Primer with a little UMP THINNER. Sanded it back and it looks fine! Painted the other odds and sods like the engine and bombs.
25 September 2017, 19:48
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Looking nice to me. How is the kit? Have often thought of trying one.
26 September 2017, 01:10
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Great kit. Goes together like a dream. Would recommend to anyone. Big bird though for 1:48 prop. Not quite a P-47 but a substantial size.
26 September 2017, 04:31
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Lovely James. Falls together. Undercarriage a little fiddly but beyond that brilliant kit. Watch sanding seems raised detail. Would not use sprue glue and fill with something else.
26 September 2017, 21:16
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Looking great Dan. I have found that I usually need to thin my Valejo paints, but I like them very much.
17 October 2017, 22:59