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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from Martinnfb in Happy birthday Martin!   
    Yoooo! Happy Birthday Martin! Enjoy Bro!!
     
    Alfonso 
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from Martinnfb in Trumpegawa (or Hasepeter?) F6F-? Hellcat kitbash (attempt)   
    NICE!!!!!
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    Kaeone57 reacted to DugyB in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    Some one on LSPs has a “we don’t have social skills, we build models” …. Meme, sounds rightfully apt in this case … 🤔
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    Kaeone57 reacted to LSP_Ron in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    We got a lot of flak over this, and I guess rightfully so. 
     
    We will no longer delete the entire content of a member who wants to leave.  If you post here, it is LSP content.
     
    I apologize for all staff for us deleting in these cases.  We were not considerate to all those who also contributed to those threads.  Our bad.
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    Kaeone57 reacted to CRAZY IVAN5 in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    Agreed 100%!  He wasn't the only one who pulled that stunt but I get it.
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    Kaeone57 reacted to John1 in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    I was fine with the condescending aspect, I'm a big boy, takes more than that to get me spun up.   What really pissed me off about good old Jens was when he got miffed over some slight here on LSP (real or imagined) and demanded that all of his content be removed.   That included a large number of threads that others had contributed to with some very unique pictures and very valuable information.   Life's way too short for that silliness. 
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    Kaeone57 reacted to MikeMaben in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    He hangs out over on Hyperscale, changed his name to Roadrunner .
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    Kaeone57 reacted to John1 in F4U-1D Cowl Interior Color?   
    Back when dear departed Jennings was around, I was building a 1-D and had the same question.   Jennings made a good case for using a non-spec light grey, same for the undercarriage.   Say what one wants about Jennings but he had some pretty decent research.   
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    Kaeone57 reacted to BiggTim in Trumpegawa (or Hasepeter?) F6F-? Hellcat kitbash (attempt)   
    Cool!! I like Hasepeter better, sounds funnier!!
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    Kaeone57 reacted to jeroen_R90S in Trumpegawa (or Hasepeter?) F6F-? Hellcat kitbash (attempt)   
    So thanks to Tolga and William first of all for piquing my interest in Hellcats after my wife stumbled on one at a a local market, where you can normally buy food, clothes, and whatnot, except model kits. Well, this seller was an exception apparently and for a very modest price (my wife is a great negotiator!) she took it home. 
    Although the kit is a limited edition with 3 Minsi's, it's the same plastic that's probably older than I am. I was intrigued about kitbashing it with a Trumpeter Garfield Hellcat, and so happend to stumble on one at a second hand site here. 
    edit: Williams excellent build is here:
    And for future reference, as at this moment it's on the same page, but it may not always remain so, here's Tolga's: 
    If there's any other cool Hellcat related thread here, I can always add them of course. 
     
    So, with a gazillion half-baked projects on the shelf, here I am starting another that will probably end up being half baked as well after I get the main kitbash done, but we'll see about that later. If it helps a bit for other to try it as well... why not? 
     
    So with both Hellcatkits (speak that aloud a few times!) in hand, i removed the Hasegawa fuselage & Trumpeter lower/upper wing parts from their sprues and started thinking about the easiest way. The Trumpeter kit has wings that mate to the fuselage directly, following it's (bloated) shape, while the Hasegawa as moulded fillets to which the upper wings are glued. 
    The bloated Trumpeter is actually about the size of the fillets wider, so I figured why not cut the Trumpeter upper wing parts straight & be done with it? 
    That seemed, at first, like a workable idea; taped the shape up & if I were to cut along the tape it might work, as evidenced by sliding the part underneath the fillet. 


     
    Of course things are never that easy, and I was glad (or not!) I tried to fit the lower part as well, before hacking up parts. Remember measure twice, cut once? 
    I discovered 2 insteresting things: the Trumpeter lower wing part, despite the bloated fuselage, is an almost dead-on fit both in curves & length. However, somewhat to my dismay, the at the rear, the Trumpeter wing sits much lower than on the Hasegawa as seen here:

     
    Figured there were roughly 2 options (actually 3, leave both models alone & abandon the attempt...) :
    1. cut the Hasegawa fillets off (as Willam did on his build as far as I could see), and build up the gap with Evergreen, adapt the upper wing to the Hasegawa fuselage
    2. cut the lower wing about 75% off the Trumpeter part, and bend upward to match the Hasegawa fillet. 
     
    i'm not sure which kit is correct, but looking at the curves & bends of option 2 I went with 1. Of course there'll be someone pointing out the wing will sit too low now... but when I started it my mindset was to make the best of 2 not-so-great kits and live with some shortcuts or inaccuracies. There, I said it
     
    So, option 1 it was; I used a Tamiya scriber to carefully get rid of the fillets, some cutting and sawing, until they were off:

     


     
    and, the moment of truth.... as expected, gaps, but I think I these can be closed with Evergreen, and as the Hellcat fuselage had some sort of ridge/fillet where the wings sits, I that may help too. 

    This also needs some adressing with Evergreen: 

     
    Of course I don't have the required thicknesses of Evergreen, so I'll need a visit to the local shop first before I can attempt to close those gaps up. 
    I've got some other models in the works too, so I might even pause this one until one of those is finished before picking it up again, but hopefully it might help others out with some practical tips & guides. If anyone has some additional tips or info it's welcome as well, after all, I'm just meddling along  
     
    Another hurdle is that the Trumpeter decals are very inaccurate, but my Hasegawa box has The Minsi, Minsi II and III -historically very significant aircraft, but with wings folded I want something with more markings on the wings, nose and tail -on the Hellcat the fuselage is pretty much invisible. (hence the ? in the title, not sure if I'll do an F6F-3 or F6F-5 yet). 
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    Kaeone57 reacted to Thunnus in Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-84 Hayate   
    After looking at the wheel wells under primer, I thought I'd add one last pair of hydraulic lines.  These are copper wire with little sections of brass tubing.

     

    I also added a couple of circular covers punched from thin sheet styrene.

     

    After another coat of primer, I think the wheel wells are done.  

     

    I usually paint the wheel wells now and then mask them off during the camo painting stage.  But I think it will be easier to paint them after the camo painting so I'll skip that for now.
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    NIIIIIICE!!!! 
     
    Alfonso
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    The tail end of the Revell Tiffy has been cleaned up, the rudimentary rudder mass balances removed and the tail wheel (which was ok-ish) cut out in favour of the MDC one. Fortunately the MDC tail wheel locator fits perfectly inside the Revell moulding:
     

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    I have been trying to cover all the small jobs necessary whilst the fuselage is still in two halves, it will become much more unwieldy to handle later, but all the major elements are in place:


     
    including the slightly portly Jacko Holmes!  A coat of black primer to spot any hidden trenches…..
    One job that this has reminded me to do, cut some spaces for the rear formation lights! 
     
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    The final instalment for today, she is now (temporarily I hope) tail-less!  The transport joint was the obvious place to make the cut:
     

     
    and it seems a pretty good fit. It was of course pushing things too far to expect the “fish plates”, the reinforcing plates fitted under “Mod 286” in an attempt to stop tails falling off, to line up…..they didn’t. The whole circumference will need sanding so my plan is to cut some fish plates on the Silhouette and fit them individually.
     

     
    And talking of reinforcing, I am pondering some form of internal reinforcement between the two sections:
     

     
    Food for thought. 
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    Indeed Derek, and now a quick test fit of the brute of a Napier Sabre engine:
     

     
     
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    No longer a test fit, the Sabre is IN, and so is the cockpit structure:
     



     

     
    And, big sigh of relief, the two halves go together pretty well:
     



     
    There's a little bit of juggling going to be needed underneath the nose, a gap of a mill or so, which I need to investigate and attempt to close up but that's for later, a nice cuppa is needed now! 
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    Helpful extracts from the Bentley drawings:
     

     

     
    And the MDC armour plate compares well for size and shape:
     

     
    Hoping to get an hour later for some work, but now…..out to cut the lawns….again! 
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from scvrobeson in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    From what I saw on the modeling news page, yes to positive rivets. Also some nice oil canning in a very restrained look! I just googled the kit and it popped up.
    Looks nice, and yes they should be raised on a Dauntless. From what I recall from the kits of theirs I've seen done, don't think it'll be a problem to keep the rivets intact as they separate parts on panel lines.
     
    Just My thoughts anyway. Wish it was 1/32 but it's 1/35, oh well, still might get it just 'cause it's still "large" and looks like a Great kit!
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from Sepp in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    Though of course, 1/32 first and foremost but these Border kits, regardless of scale, have my interests exited!
     
    Imagining this 1/35 SBD-3/4 with a 1/35 island and flight deck of a Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet or Wasp... Lexington or Saratoga and Even a Light Carrier, Independence Class or Casablanca class Escort Carrier...etc for the SBD-4.... MMMMM... Makes the difference for me fried brain!!! LoL 
     
    Damn, positive rivets...etc...sh.t, why is this not 1/32 happenings? LoL
     
    On the fence and still considering the fight!!! Hmmmmm
    Alfonso
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from cbk57 in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    From what I saw on the modeling news page, yes to positive rivets. Also some nice oil canning in a very restrained look! I just googled the kit and it popped up.
    Looks nice, and yes they should be raised on a Dauntless. From what I recall from the kits of theirs I've seen done, don't think it'll be a problem to keep the rivets intact as they separate parts on panel lines.
     
    Just My thoughts anyway. Wish it was 1/32 but it's 1/35, oh well, still might get it just 'cause it's still "large" and looks like a Great kit!
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from CRAZY IVAN5 in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    From what I saw on the modeling news page, yes to positive rivets. Also some nice oil canning in a very restrained look! I just googled the kit and it popped up.
    Looks nice, and yes they should be raised on a Dauntless. From what I recall from the kits of theirs I've seen done, don't think it'll be a problem to keep the rivets intact as they separate parts on panel lines.
     
    Just My thoughts anyway. Wish it was 1/32 but it's 1/35, oh well, still might get it just 'cause it's still "large" and looks like a Great kit!
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    Kaeone57 reacted to CRAZY IVAN5 in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    Does it have raised[positive] rivets, I can't tell from the pics? I believe it's supposed to[maybe wrong on that].
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    Kaeone57 reacted to mozart in MDC + Revell car door Hawker Typhoon kit bash   
    And done…..carpe diem….
     

     
    ….and whilst I was about it, I cut out the door opening and thinned the fuselage walls.
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    Kaeone57 got a reaction from geedubelyer in Border 1/35 New SBD-3/4 and P-51D announced   
    Though of course, 1/32 first and foremost but these Border kits, regardless of scale, have my interests exited!
     
    Imagining this 1/35 SBD-3/4 with a 1/35 island and flight deck of a Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet or Wasp... Lexington or Saratoga and Even a Light Carrier, Independence Class or Casablanca class Escort Carrier...etc for the SBD-4.... MMMMM... Makes the difference for me fried brain!!! LoL 
     
    Damn, positive rivets...etc...sh.t, why is this not 1/32 happenings? LoL
     
    On the fence and still considering the fight!!! Hmmmmm
    Alfonso
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