**** DONE: 1/48 F6F-5P VF-88 Yorktown - Jet/Recon/Transport GB

[meatloaf109]

For the finish, I would go with the bottom picture you posted. Just looks cool, thats all.

 

[Wayne Little]

Another fine bit of scratching Bill!

 

[N4521U]

Yep Paul, that's the one I'm working off.
Her's the last photo before finishing.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Rogi]

Nice

 

[Airframes]

Love it!

 

[rochie]

Wow !!!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You've got to show us how you manage to make something so small and so good Bill.

 

[N4521U]

Page 4 Vic I gave a brief on how I made this little sucker.
Just have to stack a bunch of crap till it looks like what one is after! LMAO

It's a bad picture up there, I did it with no natural light. Just did the overall painting, XF69 gray body, semigloss back section. Still have to paint the silver bits. Am doing the buckles this a.m.

 

[Crimea_River]

Beauty Bill.

 

[N4521U]

I took a minute to make up the Photographers Mate who will be under the plane. Still have some filling around the joins to do before painting. By the box, this guy is supposed to have a HAT on!!!!!! What the? Don't ya hate it? Now I have to make a hat!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

After making that camera, easy peasy mate.

 

[N4521U]

just thought,
I'll just cut the top of his head of, a block of styrene, and then remove everything that's not hat!

 

[N4521U]

just thought,
I'll just cut the top of his head of, a block of styrene, and then remove everything that's not hat!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Poor chap, you going to decapitate him twice!!

 

[fubar57]

To borrow the vernacular(been waiting 2 years to fire that baby into a sentence) of our non-Canadian speaking modeling family across the ponds, "Crikey". That is one awesome bit of scratch, Bill.

Geo

 

[Airframes]

To use the vernacular of those of us on this side of the pond - b*gg*r me, that's bl**dy marvellous Bill!
Quick fix for the hat - mould a lump of 'Milliput' on to the head, shape it roughly to the shape required, and adjust by carving when set - simple, and saves a lot of work.

 

[N4521U]

Thanks Geo, Vic.....
Terry, I just thought it sounded a little more dramatic wanting to expose the brain..... miliput will be the medium of choice.

 

[meatloaf109]

If he was on the flightdeck, wouldn't a skull cap be the norm? Either that or the famous dixie cup.

 

[T Bolt]

Wonderful extra detailing Bill