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June 25, 2020
Cockpit - done.
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June 25, 2020
Cockpit 2
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June 25, 2020
Cockpit 3
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June 28, 2020
OOB exhausts
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June 28, 2020
Improved exhausts #1
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June 28, 2020
Improved exhausts #2
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July 17, 2020
Brief update. The Hellcat is progressing nicely and the model is a joy to work on. Just finished with all the riveting and scribing on the main body and horizontal stabilizers. Next is the engine.
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July 25, 2020
Engine #1
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July 25, 2020
Engine #2
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July 25, 2020
Engine #3
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December 25, 2020
Engine cowling done - very happy with how it turned out.
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December 25, 2020
Engine cowling #2
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December 27, 2020
Bombs, rockets and an external fuel tank #1
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December 27, 2020
Bombs, rockets and an external fuel tank #2
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November 28, 2021
Gun bays completed.
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November 28, 2021
Wheel bays assembled.
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December 5, 2021
Little update: after wings were assembled and rescribed, I've managed to connect them to the fuselage with no problems whatsoever. Next up: primer 🙂
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December 12, 2021
Primed and preshaded.
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December 12, 2021
Revised (darkened) exhaust pipes as discussed with @Lex Jassies.
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December 12, 2021
Miscellaneous primed parts.
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December 12, 2021
Navy blue + postshading.
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Comments

32 25 June 2020, 17:39

Fly By Jan
Started with this beauty. The cockpit was a real treat to put togeather, very simple but with a lot of details. Some parts might seem a bit shiny because these pics are after a quick clear semi gloss coat in order to even out the parts and the PE.

25 June 2020, 17:49

Gary Dahlström
Looks terrific; well done!

25 July 2020, 14:35

Fly By Jan
Thanks Gary! 🙂

25 July 2020, 16:39

Rui S
Well the detail and paint job on this motor dosen't look 1/48. So I think you are doing a great work here. I'm in 👍

25 July 2020, 21:42

Fly By Jan
Awesome, thanks for the compliment and welcome in Rui! 🙂

26 July 2020, 06:55

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
fabulous

26 July 2020, 09:10

Thomas Bischoff
Impressive work!

26 July 2020, 10:24

Fly By Jan
Thanks Thomas and Laurent! 🙂

26 July 2020, 10:32

David Taylor
Dump the rest of the kit leave the engine by itself.Model in its own right.Spot on.

26 July 2020, 16:18

Fly By Jan
Thanks for the compliments David, the engine cowlings will be open so a good part of the engine will be visible. 🙂

26 July 2020, 18:32

Spanjaard
very nice engine

24 August 2020, 05:14

Fly By Jan
Thank you very much Spanjaard and JD! 🙂
I am currently in the process of modifying the engine cowling, however, my job is kinda hectic lately so its unfortunately holding me back with the model... I am expecting to resume soon enough though. 🙂

24 August 2020, 09:16

Slavo Hazucha
First the eye catches the beautiful front, then comes the rewarding view at the back... a bit rusty in this case, but that´s as it should be!😉 😄

Really good job on the R-2800 👍

24 August 2020, 09:33

Roland Sachsenhofer
Beautiful work, precise and with sense for detail!

24 August 2020, 10:00

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful job on that engine, it seems that Eduard's R2800 is far superior to the Aires one 👍

24 August 2020, 10:38

Soeren R.
The engine looks fantastic!

24 August 2020, 10:40

Fly By Jan
Thanks a lot Slavo, Roland, Hanno and Soeren. The engine is quite fun to put together but requires patience with the exhaust construction.

25 August 2020, 10:09

Rui S
Excellent work on that motor 👍

26 December 2020, 12:31

Fly By Jan
Tnx Rui! 🙂
In the process of putting rockets and bombs together!

26 December 2020, 15:21

Erik Leijdens
Amazing engine 🙂

26 December 2020, 15:39

Fly By Jan
Tnx Erik! 🙂

26 December 2020, 18:38

Thomas Bischoff
some serious work is done here! I join the watchers 👍

28 November 2021, 07:28

Fly By Jan
Tnx and welcome Thomas 🙂

28 November 2021, 07:38

Lex Jassies
Missed this one untill now. Looks very promising and I will following this for sure. The only comment I have are the exhausts. In a hot and oily environment they would color much darker (chipping brown?). Sometimes even a dark oily grey. I think the color you used is appropriate for an engine standing outside for a while.
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28 November 2021, 08:43

Fly By Jan
Hi Lex and welcome, I think you might be correct, I've already thought about this. I think I'll work on the exhaust a bit more to get a darker shade on it. 🙂

28 November 2021, 09:39