**** DONE: 1/30 Grumman Hellcat - Carrier Aircraft GB

• Sep 20, 2012

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On my monitor it looks pretty good Charles, probably be just right in the sun...

 

• Sep 20, 2012

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Looking good to me, Pal.

 

• Sep 20, 2012

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Looking good Charles.

 

• Sep 21, 2012

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Gotta be good, you got the top boys approval.

 

• Sep 24, 2012

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Looking great Charles! That takes alot of skill on those balsa models. I dont know how you guys do it. I tried my hand at a balsa once, and well I will leave it at that.

 

• Sep 24, 2012

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Got around to doing some re-painting and some touch up on the Hellcat today. Painted the flak damage on the wings with Flat Sea Blue, touched up the Intermediate Blue, and brought it up higher on the fuselage sides. Also painted the inside of the cockpit with Green Zinc Cromate and the inner part of the cowling with flat black. Got to touch up the undersides with Flat White tomorrow.

Charles

 

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• Sep 24, 2012

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ccheese said:

I've got to completely re-mask and re-paint the Hellcat. From the profile I have I could not tell that the tops of the wings and stabilizer were also Dark Sea Blue, also the demarcation line between the Intermediate Blue and the Dark Sea Blue is wavy and not straight...

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Bummer!...nice turn around though. Looking good now.

P.S. pass the chips...

 

• Sep 24, 2012

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You're getting there Charles, slow and steady.

 

• Sep 24, 2012

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Looking good but didn't the dark blue on the fuselage extend down to the wings?

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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good job charles very nice

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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looks cool Charles!

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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Crimea_River said:

Looking good but didn't the dark blue on the fuselage extend down to the wings?

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Not always, we 'mericans do things different!

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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Crimea_River said:

Looking good but didn't the dark blue on the fuselage extend down to the wings?

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I can't tell, from the profiles I have. I just used a little "modellers license".

Charles

 

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• Sep 25, 2012

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I think it should have been extended to the wing. But it looks very good though.

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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Looking good Charles, whatever the pattern should be !

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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Yep...

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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Nicely done so far Charles!

 

• Sep 25, 2012

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nice work Charles

 

• Sep 26, 2012

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Got all the topside touching up done, ailerons on, prop on. Still have some touching up to do on the underside Flat White, which I'll do tomorrow. All the damage has been repaired and painted.

Maybe the canopy, tomorrow, too ?

Charles

 

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• Sep 26, 2012

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Looking the part Charles, nice work.