imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
With all here. Great work Andy.
**** DONE : 1/48 Hellcat Mk I JV-131 No 800 Squadron HMS Emperor
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
Found another great pic. Looks like my a/c "L" got bent at some point although I think it was repaired. There's a pic taken of an intact L number JV131 allegedly at the end of the war.
Also attached are a couple of shots of work on the landing gear. Before and after shots of the tail wheel show modifications made by drilling out the lightening holes, cutting the slot in the cover that separates the upper fixed portion and the lower swivel, drilling and adding a strut from copper wire, and finally the addition of a spring strut made from copper wire. The latter is loose at this point and will get another coat of bare metal before installing.
The final pic shows work on the main gear. First off, one of the criticisms of the Eduard kit is that the tires are too thin. Checking on a scale drawing revealed that they were indeed a millimeter too narrow so I glued a sheet of plastic card between the halves. To the right can be seen one of the assembled struts with the brake line being added from stretched sprue.
More to come later tonight or tomorrow.
Found another great pic. Looks like my a/c "L" got bent at some point although I think it was repaired. There's a pic taken of an intact L number JV131 allegedly at the end of the war.
Also attached are a couple of shots of work on the landing gear. Before and after shots of the tail wheel show modifications made by drilling out the lightening holes, cutting the slot in the cover that separates the upper fixed portion and the lower swivel, drilling and adding a strut from copper wire, and finally the addition of a spring strut made from copper wire. The latter is loose at this point and will get another coat of bare metal before installing.
The final pic shows work on the main gear. First off, one of the criticisms of the Eduard kit is that the tires are too thin. Checking on a scale drawing revealed that they were indeed a millimeter too narrow so I glued a sheet of plastic card between the halves. To the right can be seen one of the assembled struts with the brake line being added from stretched sprue.
More to come later tonight or tomorrow.
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great stuff Andy, love the tail wheel particularly the coil spring.
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Benevolens Magister
Great job Andy.
ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Seriously good CR - very impressive work. 8)
Cheers
Peter
Cheers
Peter
8)
B-17engineer
Colonel
Nice neat work!
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Awesome job Andy. 
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Crimea_River
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Thanks for the kind comments everyone. Following are the results of the weekend work:
Pic 1 is an overall shot of how the machine looks as of today. The dullcoat has been applied and the canopy was unmasked. Prop has been painted and installed. Also, some initial weathering has been done by applying some powdered graphite around the engine and access panels and doing a bit of paint chipping with a silver pencil. The guns are not yet painted.
Pic 2 is a close-up of the wing roundel and Pic 3 shows the tail area. The kit decals are fantastic and went on beautifully.
Pic 4 details the prop with the Hamilton Standard stencils. Please pardon the dust! A bit of paint chipping along the prop edge will finish this area off.
Pic 5 closes in on the port engine area to show initial stages of weathering. Here again are the engine panels grimed up and paint chips applied. Similar treatment will be applied to the wings in this high maintenance area but I want to be careful not to overdo it. A bit of fluid spillage will be applied at the appropriate fill points and exhaust stains will go on last using pastel chalk. The paint chipping is about as much as I want to go here. Photos of the real planes reveal not much paint decay, surprisingly. The wing root walkways are the kit supplied decals with silver pencil run along them very lightly. Not 100% happy with these yet.
Pic 6 is a close-up of the cockpit area with the canopy masks removed. Furtunately the paint went on well with no tear away and running under the masks. Interior green was applied first followed by the Extra Dark Sea Grey. A bit if paint chipping can be seen but a little more touch up will be done here.
Finally, Pic 7 details one of the finished wheels that were widened with a piece of plastic card glued between the wheel halves. Also seen is a small red decal simulating the marking that was applied between tire and hub to indicate relative slippage. I borrowed this decal from a left over Luftawaffe wing walkway decal.
Once again thanks for looking in.
Pic 1 is an overall shot of how the machine looks as of today. The dullcoat has been applied and the canopy was unmasked. Prop has been painted and installed. Also, some initial weathering has been done by applying some powdered graphite around the engine and access panels and doing a bit of paint chipping with a silver pencil. The guns are not yet painted.
Pic 2 is a close-up of the wing roundel and Pic 3 shows the tail area. The kit decals are fantastic and went on beautifully.
Pic 4 details the prop with the Hamilton Standard stencils. Please pardon the dust! A bit of paint chipping along the prop edge will finish this area off.
Pic 5 closes in on the port engine area to show initial stages of weathering. Here again are the engine panels grimed up and paint chips applied. Similar treatment will be applied to the wings in this high maintenance area but I want to be careful not to overdo it. A bit of fluid spillage will be applied at the appropriate fill points and exhaust stains will go on last using pastel chalk. The paint chipping is about as much as I want to go here. Photos of the real planes reveal not much paint decay, surprisingly. The wing root walkways are the kit supplied decals with silver pencil run along them very lightly. Not 100% happy with these yet.
Pic 6 is a close-up of the cockpit area with the canopy masks removed. Furtunately the paint went on well with no tear away and running under the masks. Interior green was applied first followed by the Extra Dark Sea Grey. A bit if paint chipping can be seen but a little more touch up will be done here.
Finally, Pic 7 details one of the finished wheels that were widened with a piece of plastic card glued between the wheel halves. Also seen is a small red decal simulating the marking that was applied between tire and hub to indicate relative slippage. I borrowed this decal from a left over Luftawaffe wing walkway decal.
Once again thanks for looking in.
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Catch22
Major
Looks fantastic! I wish mine looked half as good.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks guys.
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Just beautiful.
beautiful Andy
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Benevolens Magister
Beauty!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Mmmm, I'm liking.
A4K
Brigadier General
Beautiful work mate!
Very Nice work Andy, looks great man!
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