Oldbaldguy

Thank God for motor boats.

The flat wires for the spokes seem odd looking in the large scale. What say you all?

I wonder if you could not find and adapt appropriate sized O-rings from a plumbing, auto or big box store?  They would certainly be more convincing if you could make them work.

I wonder if you could not find and adapt appropriate sized O-rings from a plumbing, auto or big box store?  They would certainly be more convincing if you could make them work.

had to look it up. a very elegant plane actually! Surprising WnW didn't do this one (nice view BTW).

Additionally, the driver is either a major or light colonel, the first row of fasteners below the canopy rail is not rivets but countersunk screws, and while the girl is wearing finger nail polish and what looks like a leather flight jacket, she appears to have mislaid her hair brush.

A surprising number of you good people have offered to take prints off my hands.  I think I have found them all - but maybe not; still cannot find the Jim Deitz prints, but that is beside the point.  I took phone pix of each print yesterday and will send them to all who replied in the order I received your responses.  Be patient; this may take a while.  Check your in boxes for PMs from me.  Thanks to all who responded.  I’d much rather give these things away than to trash them.  I’m finding that my kids have little or no interest in things I have accumulated over the years, so don’t be surprised if I find other stuff to give away at some point.

Wow!  Great pix of just about every detail I need to finish this thing.  Thanks for posting  - I never would have found them otherwise.

A surprising number of you good people have offered to take prints off my hands.  I think I have found them all - but maybe not; still cannot find the Jim Deitz prints, but that is beside the point.  I took phone pix of each print yesterday and will send them to all who replied in the order I received your responses.  Be patient; this may take a while.  Check your in boxes for PMs from me.  Thanks to all who responded.  I’d much rather give these things away than to trash them.  I’m finding that my kids have little or no interest in things I have accumulated over the years, so don’t be surprised if I find other stuff to give away at some point.

A surprising number of you good people have offered to take prints off my hands.  I think I have found them all - but maybe not; still cannot find the Jim Deitz prints, but that is beside the point.  I took phone pix of each print yesterday and will send them to all who replied in the order I received your responses.  Be patient; this may take a while.  Check your in boxes for PMs from me.  Thanks to all who responded.  I’d much rather give these things away than to trash them.  I’m finding that my kids have little or no interest in things I have accumulated over the years, so don’t be surprised if I find other stuff to give away at some point.

NICE!!! Good to see the Revell Corsair getting some Love with left over Tamiya parts. Always a joy to kitbash something isn't it! Being a Corsair Lover and nut, I'm really Loving this!
 
BTW, if you want to go a proper route on your flaps, only the outer most flap next to the ailerons are fabric covered! Also the cutout on the inner most flap on the starboard side should be filled in too.
 
Keep on keeping on!
 
Alfonso
 

Making  huge progress in finishing the Bearcat lately. See, I never have been successful trying to surface detail to date and it’s just been so easy to blow off the task. I went with aluminum tape  which takes detail so much better than primer or putty. Game changer 
 

Does this help?
 
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234947814-grumman-f4f-wildcat-martlet/ 

I’d like to point out that the ‘great teacher’ part comes from Chuck’s unreserved willingness to share with us what he has learned the hard way - by doing something til it works.  We all know modelers who would never share some special skill or process because they don’t want anyone else to get glory from it.  Chuck is not that guy.  Hats off and many thumbs-up.   Nice model, too.

Hello OBG, could you tell me what Ferris (one of my favorite artists) prints are available please. I'm in N.J., but I would like to pay for shipping. Thank you for your generous offer, Cheers.  Ruben LLizo.

sent you a pm, thank you.
 
David

Thank you OBG for your extremely kind offer, messg. on the way. Thank you again.  Another Old"going"Bald guy  Cheers Ruben.

Not sure where/how to do this.  We are downsizing, which means we have lots of stuff that needs a new home.  While rummaging here and there today, I discovered that I have squirreled away several very nice - meaning well done and in great shape - aviation fine art prints.  Some are signed by the artist, others are signed to me by the artist and the rest are just decent prints.  Mostly Keith Ferris, a couple RG Smiths, some of my own, and a handful of dogs and cats.  Mostly modern jets, I think.  None of my kids or grandkids want any of it and if none of you all want them, they will soon grace the local landfill.  They are free to whomever might want them and, depending on where you live,  I might even pick up the shipping tab.  PM me and we will work out some photos for your review.  Oh!  And I also have the full size fuselage template set from the plans for a Rutan Long EZ if anyone is interested.
 
OBG

Ahem.  I discovered recently while reading highly redacted documents found in old boxes in a garage next to a Corvette with four flat tires that the development and employment of this particular airplane during the Great Unpleasantness included a very classified night interdiction version that evolved at about the same time.  It met with no press but considerable success.  USAF boffins rerouted the exhaust system from the engine through a series of mufflers in the area where the old turbocharger used to be, significantly reducing engine noise.  In hopes of reducing prop noise, at least one was modified to use an experimental five blade propeller that was said to have been stolen from a Sea Fury parked on the ramp at Reno.  Affectionally called Blunderbolts because they flew low and slow at night hoping to stumble onto a target, these airplanes sported a distinctive SEA over black paint scheme and often worked in pairs.  One would carry specialized pods of parachute flares while the other had a more typical anti equipment/anti personnel load out.  The airplanes carrying the flares were called either Sunderbolts or Lightningbolts because they turned the night into day so that the guy flying the armed version had some hope of actually hitting something besides a water buffalo out for an evening stroll.  The jury is out as to whether these two versions of the airplane you are so ably modeling were as successful as legends tell us because none survived the war.  Or at least none survived that anyone will admit.  In the last few years, there have been several unconfirmed reports of at least one pair of Blunderbolts operating at night out of Area 51, working with a similarly camoed, nicely restored B-58.  And a decade or so before that, an oddly painted, much modified P-47 raised eyebrows when it arrived unannounced at Oshkosh only to be immediately covered with a fumigation tent by several fit young men with crewcuts and sunglasses then flown out in the wee hours of the night before anyone could actually see it.  It was said to have won several awards for authenticity, but did it?  Obviously, there are no known photographs of any of these airplanes so you will have take my word for it.  I would cite my sources, but I doubt you have the clearances necessary to see them, being a double foreigner and all.

Not sure where/how to do this.  We are downsizing, which means we have lots of stuff that needs a new home.  While rummaging here and there today, I discovered that I have squirreled away several very nice - meaning well done and in great shape - aviation fine art prints.  Some are signed by the artist, others are signed to me by the artist and the rest are just decent prints.  Mostly Keith Ferris, a couple RG Smiths, some of my own, and a handful of dogs and cats.  Mostly modern jets, I think.  None of my kids or grandkids want any of it and if none of you all want them, they will soon grace the local landfill.  They are free to whomever might want them and, depending on where you live,  I might even pick up the shipping tab.  PM me and we will work out some photos for your review.  Oh!  And I also have the full size fuselage template set from the plans for a Rutan Long EZ if anyone is interested.
 
OBG

Ooooo!  Very nice.  Must have cost a small fortune to matte and frame.

Not sure where/how to do this.  We are downsizing, which means we have lots of stuff that needs a new home.  While rummaging here and there today, I discovered that I have squirreled away several very nice - meaning well done and in great shape - aviation fine art prints.  Some are signed by the artist, others are signed to me by the artist and the rest are just decent prints.  Mostly Keith Ferris, a couple RG Smiths, some of my own, and a handful of dogs and cats.  Mostly modern jets, I think.  None of my kids or grandkids want any of it and if none of you all want them, they will soon grace the local landfill.  They are free to whomever might want them and, depending on where you live,  I might even pick up the shipping tab.  PM me and we will work out some photos for your review.  Oh!  And I also have the full size fuselage template set from the plans for a Rutan Long EZ if anyone is interested.
 
OBG

OBG -  Ii looks as if her hair is "gone with the wind"! LoL!
 
Gorgeous work Jay!!
 
Alfonso

Not sure where/how to do this.  We are downsizing, which means we have lots of stuff that needs a new home.  While rummaging here and there today, I discovered that I have squirreled away several very nice - meaning well done and in great shape - aviation fine art prints.  Some are signed by the artist, others are signed to me by the artist and the rest are just decent prints.  Mostly Keith Ferris, a couple RG Smiths, some of my own, and a handful of dogs and cats.  Mostly modern jets, I think.  None of my kids or grandkids want any of it and if none of you all want them, they will soon grace the local landfill.  They are free to whomever might want them and, depending on where you live,  I might even pick up the shipping tab.  PM me and we will work out some photos for your review.  Oh!  And I also have the full size fuselage template set from the plans for a Rutan Long EZ if anyone is interested.
 
OBG

Additionally, the driver is either a major or light colonel, the first row of fasteners below the canopy rail is not rivets but countersunk screws, and while the girl is wearing finger nail polish and what looks like a leather flight jacket, she appears to have mislaid her hair brush.