Italeri 1/72 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

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Profa

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Mar 23, 2008
Allright, here we go with the first post of mine...
Here we're talking about Cat from Hell of Lt. Cmdr. Richard Stambook, VF-27, USS Princeton during the Battle of the Leyte gulf, october 1944.

Model is made OOB and is painted with handbrush, using Humbrol enamels (34/144/77) and MM gloss and matt cotes. Wash was made using dark grey Vallejo ModelColor, which was followed by matt cote and heavy weathering by pigments...
There are still some minor errors to be corrected - have to paint antena mast and fix joint between canopy and fuselage...

Please don't have mercy with comments and critics - going to be brave after my first post and stand the fire
 

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Hallo Profa,


First of all welcome to the forum and greetings from Poland.
Secondly, I think you have done a good job.The model looks good, the weathering is made nice and sensitively.Nothing more to say.Great !!!

keep them comming.
 
Are you kidding me? You think you will receive ill reviews for that? Beauty. Especially from one who has made hundreds of 1/72nd aircraft, that is wonderful. Please post some more with mid-build pics.
 
Bloody beauty mate! I've got that one (The Revell boxing ) on 'very slow' build myself, nice to see how good she can look when she's done..!

(You did a better job than I did on the cockpit from what I can see)
 
Don't know about the Revell kit, I know only that these decals are way too big for this scale (like mixed up with 1/48)
Here are some mid-build pics, as requested:
Something like 4 layers of white:

Second layer of medium blue (1 more was to follow):

1st, 2nd and 3rd layer of navy blue:

Gloss cote and decals, with a little help of MM setting solution for the panels:


Lower side of the starboard wing before and after the use of pigments:


Since I'm working with the paintbrush, canopy goes on at the very end... Here I had a "minor" problem with it... Fortunately, that was nothing a little Mr. Surfacer, careful sanding and overpainting/wash couldn't fix, as seen on the finished model...
 
No, paint goes straight from the tin can to the surface...
The only time I use thinner is when I work with some old Molak or Precision paint and for cotes (dull and gloss).
 
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