**** DONE: 1/48 Hellcat Mk. II - Aircraft in Foreign Service WWII

[Crimea_River]

Thanks everyone. Vic, Happy New Year to you too and thanks for the kind comments.

Added a few fiddley bits i the wheel wells today. Should be squirting some white for the ID bands tomorrow.

 

[Airframes]

Ah, fiddley bits ! Another technical term!
Good stuff Andy, the engine looks the biz.

 

[Wayne Little]

Awesome Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

For painting this ship, I decided to use up some old Humbrol tins that I had laying around for about 30 years. Not surprisingly, when I opened the tins that I intend to use, I found that these paints are still at the same high level of quality as they were when I bought them so I proceeded to apply the white recognition bands. The left-overs in the cup were used to do one last check of the seams.

 

[Wildcat]

Good stuff Andy.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sweet!

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done Andy, and oh, for the days of quality Humbrol!

 

[ccheese]

Sweet!

Very !!

Charles

 

[Crimea_River]

Yep, they were my favourite paints back then.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Ruud]

Hellcats just look great in FAA markings. Great job Andy!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Lucky you with some good fashioned paint, nicely done Andy.

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice Andy

 

[dneid]

Way back in the 70s and 80s, Humbrol was the ONLY paint I would buy. After the last couple of tins? No thanks. Gimme Model Master (I keep my bottle necks and caps cleaned) or xtracolour. My next build, other than a GB, will be an RAF bird. That will get xtracolour. I like the paint with the little I have tested it.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Andy!

 

[woody]

Looking good Andy.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks very much chaps. More soon.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Gotta mask the canopy parts before I squirt the blue so nothing to show til then. This weekend for sure...

 

[Catch22]

Looking good.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice. Awaiting the paint.

Geo