**** DONE: GB-59 1/48 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (Late) - WW2 PTO V

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Thanks all. On hold at the moment, can't find the stencil decal sheet and there are a lot of white stencils on this aircraft

i got the eduard ones from my kit if you want it ?

 

[Wayne Little]

Taking shape man....

 

[fubar57]

That would be great Karl. PM sent

 

[fubar57]

Mojo back again thanks to the very kind offer of Karl rochie Did some final painting and some decals before starting to pack up for camp. It can't be seen in the photo but the Eduard decals refuse to sit into the panel lines and even with careful pressing, air is still trapped under the clear areas. To date I've used Microscale and Mr. Mark. When I get home next week I'll bring out the needle and my always faithful, dwindling bottle of Pollyscale. Man I miss this stuff. Anyhoo...left side done for now

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Camp bus in five hours, night shift. Have a good week gentlemen

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Note that I'm back to "14" again. The "15"s were slightly oversized

 

[Jock Tamson]

Looking sharp George, nice work

 

[Vic Balshaw]

It sure looks good George. Have a good and safe week.

 

[Ralph Haus]

I keep looking at the picture postings and struggle with a superlative that fits. But 'SHARP' sure fits this build. Clean and clear of distracting detail. Maybe I should wait for the **FINISHED** posting??

 

[Viking1066]

 

[SaparotRob]

I keep looking at the picture postings and struggle with a superlative that fits. But 'SHARP' sure fits this build. Clean and clear of distracting detail. Maybe I should wait for the **FINISHED** posting??

That's what I do, if only to conserve superlatives.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Work sucked. The badly needed rain created muddy chaos on the roads. On the last night my idiot boss wanted me to grade a dump which I thought the trucks would be hauling excess ore to. The floor was basically embedded exposed boulders and it kicked the living crap outta me. On my last pass I managed to hook a boulder and expose it. I couldn't leave it as was as it was very pointy and would damage a tire. We lost 12 tires last month at 42,000$ a pop so I had to dig it out which took about 10 minutes. Once I had it out I was staring at a 4 foot boulder. Pondering how to move this without damaging my machine, a D10 dozer pops out of nowhere so I gets on the radio and ask him to remove my small planet; easy peasy. Anyhoo....tother side done.

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And now we wait......

 

[SaparotRob]

And the plane is looking great, too.

 

[A4K]

Man, some ordeal. Glad it worked out ok. And yeah, model does look great too.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Nice Geo

 

[le_steph40]

Geo

 

[fubar57]

Thanks gents. Doing little thangs. Screen and decals added to the cowling before I forget to add the screen. Wheels done; the dry brushing shows up better in real life

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Propeller done and drying. Will clear coat and decal shortly.

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