**** FINISHED: 1/48 F6F-3N Hellcat - Night War of WWII

[JKim]

Username: JKim
First name: John
Category: Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Eduard
Model Type: F6F-3 Hellcat - Profipack Edition
Aftermarket addons: Quickboost F6F-3N Conversion, Owl "Marine Night Fighters" Decal Sheet

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[le_steph40]

A perfect result John, as usual a great work

 

[fubar57]

As always, a great looking build, Johny



Geo

 

[Airframes]

Very nicely done John.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yet another stunner.

 

[rochie]

That is very, very nice John

 

[Vic Balshaw]

She's a beaut John.

 

[Wurger]

 

[JKim]

Thank you for following this build and for all of the positive comments!

 

[Wildcat]

What a beauty! Well done John!

 

[Wayne Little]

Very Nice John.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Gonna be tough to beat.

jeff

 

[JKim]

Thanks guys!

 

[javlin]

Nice Work John!

 

[T Bolt]

I love the weathering on it John. Very well done

 

[JKim]

Thanks for the comments! Those land-based fighters got pretty worn down from what I can tell. I mixed up my weathering this time by painting some discolored panels on the top and bottom and also streaking some heavily thinned greys and browns over the plane. I also toned down my gun stains to a very subtle application. The hairspray technique is rather hit-or-miss for me... it's hard to predict what type of chipping I'm going to get. This time the chips were very circular and I wanted a more jagged result. I knew enough to stop instead of pushing it further because you can easily remove too much paint and that's impossible to recover from. I augmented the hairspray chipping with a silver pencil.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work John!

 

[JKim]

Great work John!

Thank you very much sir!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[destrozas]

with all here