**** DONE: GB-59 1/48 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (Late) - WW2 PTO V
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A4K
Brigadier General
With Wojtek!
Good work so far George!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
I seem to remember having been here before with that little bit of PE. Well positioned George.
Crimea_River
Marshal
PErfect
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fubar57
General
Thanks guys. More PE fun. Right lap harness has five pieces and the left has four. These include 1mm long pieces. They are the brown coloured strips on top by the buckles. They are only on for the photo and will be attached after paint
I tried something new with the PE this time. I used Lepage's 12 - 5 Minute Epoxy which really helped with the constant repositioning. Now here's the odd part....up until yesterday I wasn't aware I had Lepage's 12 - 5 Minute Epoxy. I couldn't even hazard a guess as to when I may have purchased this. There are no instructions on the the tubes so I Google Lepage's 12 - 5 Minute Epoxy and nada, not even photos of the tubes. I'm assuming I mix equal parts together and I have a five minute working period. Anyhoo....pretty happy with this stuff and will use it with all my other PE madness
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Well done with those belts Geo, as for them brown bits, I hate having to fix them and ten to one I'll ditch them.
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fubar57
General
Thought about it Vic. I even thought about painting with a fine brush. Here's a WTF moment......
Time to get the drill out
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Oh! How kind, a little extra plastic.........................................Doesn't it give you the willies.
Ralph Haus
Tech Sergeant
Wonder who got the broken mold pin??Oh! How kind, a little extra plastic.........................................Doesn't it give you the willies.
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fubar57
General
Right.....spritz, spritz, spritz. According to IPMS Stockholm (where I can no longer look at the colour chips) late -5s had everything above the consoles painted black and so it shall be
Case in point....
AERO DETAIL 12IPMS Stockholm also says the interior of the cowl may be grey, interior green or black so already having the air brush loaded up......
AERO DETAIL 12
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fubar57
General
More spritzing with my U.S. Interior Green mix. Past experience tells me that a coat of Future will darken it. Not much pre-shading showing in the photo but can be seen in real time
le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Excellent work George 
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fubar57
General
Added some more PE. During editing I noticed the left side was askew. The beauty of epoxy is I could go down 10 minutes later and move it into place. Unfortunately the battery died so your left with the before shot
Done for now, packing day; crew bus in three hours. Have a good week gentlemen
Nice work so far George!
Ralph Haus
Tech Sergeant
You have definitely upped the bar on IP detailing. Fantastic ...
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice work Geo, have a good week yourself mate.
