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 Posted: Tue 10 Feb 2009 18:40 pm Post subject: RNAS/FAA GB - Richard M's Grumman Wildcat Mk.VI build. |
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Ayup.
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| Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009 16:43 pm Post subject: |
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Ayup Rich...
Any progress?
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| Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009 20:01 pm Post subject: |
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Actually made a start on these. First up is the Wildcat Mk.VI.
Sprues etc.
Not too many parts, plenty of rivets though! The cartograf decals look excellent. I'll be doing the Wildcat in the JV884 scheme of dark blue.
Made a start, the interior was painted 226 interior green and glued together. The wings have been glued and sanded free of rivets. I won't be using the rockets, so I've filled the attachment points. I will use the wing tanks.
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| Posted: Mon 23 Mar 2009 20:16 pm Post subject: |
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Decals look great!!
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Ayup Rich...
Nice start.
Can i say, i'd have glued a little plasticard behind the rocket mounting holes (say 5 thou) and then filled 3 sets of small holes and not wasted all that valuable filler...
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| feanor wrote: | Ayup Rich...
Nice start.
Can i say, i'd have glued a little plasticard behind the rocket mounting holes (say 5 thou) and then filled 3 sets of small holes and not wasted all that valuable filler... |
Did the trick with the card  , there's really just a smidgeon of filler on the wings, looks a lot more than there is in the photo's. Any way, the masking tamiya tape is probably double the price of the filler  
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Ayup Rich...
I'll keep my snout OUT then ! 
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| Richard M wrote: | | feanor wrote: | Ayup Rich...
Nice start.
Can i say, i'd have glued a little plasticard behind the rocket mounting holes (say 5 thou) and then filled 3 sets of small holes and not wasted all that valuable filler... |
Did the trick with the card , there's really just a smidgeon of filler on the wings, looks a lot more than there is in the photo's. Any way, the masking tamiya tape is probably double the price of the filler
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I find plugging the holes with some Microrod then cutting it off flush with the wing using snips saves a great deal of filling on jobs like this!
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Ayup John...
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Major assembly done, ready to start applying a mix of gloss black and Hu15.
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The decals look very adequate. Strange, though, that Cartograf seem to lack the confidence of printing all three colours of a roundel concentrically. Maybe they have their own registration issues.
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| Brews wrote: | | Maybe they have their own registration issues. |
Or did Airfix supply their original artwork 
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| Posted: Mon 06 Apr 2009 09:26 am Post subject: |
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First lot of paint on, 1 part gloss black with 2 parts Hu15.
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Another couple of coats airbrushed on, then decals (makes a nice change to have a gloss paint surface). If you look closely at the fuselage roundel you can see it's slightly out of register  - so even Cartograf have off days!
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Looking good
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Finished up with satin cote and some exhaust staining, added the larger pilot from Spitfire kit to fill the cockpit a bit more, fixed the canopy in place and did the framing with painted decal paper. I also added a couple of decals on the underside of the fusleage to represent some grilles which are pictured in the painting instructions.
I tried to vary the finish by painting the rudder and flaps/ailerons a different blue and applied chipping. I think the blue paint mix I used is a bit too dark, as it almost perfectly matches the blue of the roundels.
Grumman Wildcat Mk.VI JV884 "B*1C" of 882 NAS, FAA aboard HMS Searcher, British East Indies Fleet, 1945.
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Great result Rich.  Love the chipped paintwork.
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That is awesome
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| Posted: Tue 28 Apr 2009 22:22 pm Post subject: |
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First class as always, excellent photography too.
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| Posted: Thu 30 Apr 2009 03:04 am Post subject: |
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Very nicely done Sir, I doffs my cap. |
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