Tolga ULGUR Posted June 16 Author Posted June 16 17 hours ago, David Hansen said: I like what i am seeing so far. It's a shame that we don't have a Hellcat kit on par with things like the Tamiya or Kotare offerings, but we go to war with the kits we have, not the ones we want or would like to have. Rodney Williams built a spectacular F6F-3 from this kit many years ago. Descriptions of the build are probably buried around here somewhere. I do recall the most labour-intensive part of the build was the wheel wells. Surprisingly complicated to re create from scratch. -d- Thanks David 16 minutes ago, alaninaustria said: Tolga, have you given any consideration to using the Trump wings on this beautiful build? Cheers Alan Thanks Alan I had heard of this option. I think a modeler had done it. But since I didn't have Trumpy's kit, I didn't bring it up. Also, because of the new customs rules set by the Turkish government this year, I can't bring a kit by mail from abroad. They set a limit of 30 EUR including freight. In these circumtenses I can only bring a pair of wheels. The only way is to ask my friends living abroad or wait for it to come to the local hobby shops here. This place has unfortunately fallen under the control of the Dark side So I am working on old Hasegawa s wings now. Tomorrow I will share the result. KUROK, dennismcc and BiggTim 3
alaninaustria Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Thanks for the update Tolga! Looking forward to seeing your progress! Cheers Alan Tolga ULGUR and BiggTim 2
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 16 Author Posted June 16 3 hours ago, alaninaustria said: Thanks for the update Tolga! Looking forward to seeing your progress! Cheers Alan Thanks Alan, appreciated BiggTim and alaninaustria 2
IainM Posted June 17 Posted June 17 18 hours ago, Tolga ULGUR said: Thanks David Thanks Alan I had heard of this option. I think a modeler had done it. But since I didn't have Trumpy's kit, I didn't bring it up. Also, because of the new customs rules set by the Turkish government this year, I can't bring a kit by mail from abroad. They set a limit of 30 EUR including freight. In these circumtenses I can only bring a pair of wheels. The only way is to ask my friends living abroad or wait for it to come to the local hobby shops here. This place has unfortunately fallen under the control of the Dark side So I am working on old Hasegawa s wings now. Tomorrow I will share the result. I've also got a Hasegawa F6F-5, as well as the Trumpeter kit, was planning on mating the Has fuselage and Trumpeter wings, but man, the design concept between the two kits is really different. I've looked and fiddled, but the chord and wing root differences are way different.....not being sure if the effort is worth it, I've shelf-of-doomed it for the moment... Tolga ULGUR and BiggTim 2
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 9 hours ago, IainM said: I've also got a Hasegawa F6F-5, as well as the Trumpeter kit, was planning on mating the Has fuselage and Trumpeter wings, but man, the design concept between the two kits is really different. I've looked and fiddled, but the chord and wing root differences are way different.....not being sure if the effort is worth it, I've shelf-of-doomed it for the moment... uhh In this case, forcing is useless, thanks for the information Iain BiggTim and IainM 2
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 Some modifications in the wheel bay. LSP_Kevin, Martinnfb, Stew Dapple and 11 others 14
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 18 Author Posted June 18 Joining of the fuselage and the wings. Shoggz, LSP_Kevin, Martinnfb and 10 others 13
Juggernut Posted June 18 Posted June 18 (edited) Hah! Gaps from the 1970s! Nothing that a bit of strip styrene and superglue won't fix. LOL, you'd probably have to coat the entire model in superglue to remove all the 1970's from that kit. Edited June 18 by Juggernut Tolga ULGUR, Martinnfb, Shoggz and 1 other 2 2
dennismcc Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Looking good, those wheel wells mods are looking good, as to the gaps just some minor modelling skills required. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb and Tolga ULGUR 2
BiggTim Posted June 18 Posted June 18 You are totally ruining this kit, Tolga! 😉 Shoggz, amurray, Tolga ULGUR and 2 others 5
jeroen_R90S Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Having recently gotten (albeit a different boxing) of this kit I'm following along -I did get a Trumper kit (2nd hand) and will see how and what a kitbash might be doable.... I'd love to do it with folded wings. Looks really nice! Martinnfb, BiggTim and Tolga ULGUR 3
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 18 Author Posted June 18 5 hours ago, Juggernut said: Hah! Gaps from the 1970s! Nothing that a bit of strip styrene and superglue won't fix. LOL, you'd probably have to coat the entire model in superglue to remove all the 1970's from that kit. I started working to fill this gap. 3 hours ago, dennismcc said: Looking good, those wheel wells mods are looking good, as to the gaps just some minor modelling skills required. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis 2 hours ago, BiggTim said: You are totally ruining this kit, Tolga! 😉 I'm working on it Tim 1 hour ago, jeroen_R90S said: Having recently gotten (albeit a different boxing) of this kit I'm following along -I did get a Trumper kit (2nd hand) and will see how and what a kitbash might be doable.... I'd love to do it with folded wings. Looks really nice! Thanks Martinnfb and BiggTim 2
Dpgsbody55 Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Nice work, Tolga. The detail work in the wheel wells lifts it a lot. Cheers, Michael Martinnfb 1
Tolga ULGUR Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 2 hours ago, Dpgsbody55 said: Nice work, Tolga. The detail work in the wheel wells lifts it a lot. Cheers, Michael Thanks Michael 32 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Nice progress, Tolga! Kev Thanks Kev LSP_Kevin 1
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