**** DONE: Hellcat Mk.II ,1839 Sqn FAA - Aircraft in Foreign Service GB

[T Bolt]

Fantastic Karl!

 

[rochie]

cheers Glenn

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks great, and well worth it IMHO.

 

[Catch22]

Very nicely done! I only find pre-painted PE worth it, I can't get a good finish on the non-painted stuff.

 

[rochie]

Cheers guys, have since got the fuselage closed up, pics tomorrow

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff Karl. The cockpit and instrument panel look bril mate.

 

[rochie]

cheers Dogsbody

have been working on this all day have now got wings and tail attached, should get a coat of paint on tomorrow !!!!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done, off to a great start!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Very nice panel Karl and don't worry about missing bits, they can be frustrating at times. But take my word for it your working with something new and would naturally be a bit shaky and anxious to start with but the more you use PE the easier it gets and better it looks. Got to agree with Cory though, always try to get the pre painted sets.

 

[Wayne Little]

Time well spent Karl!

 

[brucejscott]

Very nice Karl. Looks good.

 

[rochie]

thanks guys

 

[rochie]

ok here's where i'm at now after spending all of yesterday working on it.
as you can see the cowl is only dry fitted

 

[ellis995]

looking good there Karl

 

[Crimea_River]

Coming along nicely. I recall the fit on this model to be pretty good. I was especially impressed with the wing to fuselage joint.

 

[Catch22]

Looks great there Karl!

Yes, I've built one (and part of another one until I lost interest and my brother wanted it), but the way they did the wings was quite nice.

 

[rochie]

thanks fella's, fit is excellent all round !!

bit of a setback though, got the gloss blue on but it showed no intention of drying after 8 hours and it came off very easy when i stripped it with white spirit !

leaving it tonight and will try again tomorrow after giving the paint a very good stirring !

 

[Airframes]

Looking good mate, and sounds like the the paint is separating from the carrier - a very long stir should hopefully sort it. Unless it's another bad batch of Humbrol?

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good Karl....hope the paint situation works better second time around...

 

[rochie]

Not risking it so have been out and bought some Vallejo acrylic paint in a suitable colour