Dukie99 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Here is my entry to the Blue GB: Trumpeter Bearcat in French colors. It is blue but hopefully also heavily weathered as I want to portray one of the Bearcats flying out of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. I will use Mr. Paint colors, I have Aires cockpit and wheel wells. Napalm cans from AMS. I have resin wheels and g-factor landing gears on order. Seat belts from Radu Brinzan. As usual I will try to paint the markings rather than using decals. Box shots and inspirational pictures. Cheers, David Uncarina, Harold, Alain Gadbois and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Excellent...and you can filthy them up nicely too! Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelman182 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Ooh.. I DO like that one! Always liked the look of the Bearcat - mean and purposeful. I look forward to seeing this one develop (it might even inspire me to go buy one, as I've just realised that I don't have one [in any scale] in my current stash) Kev Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Hello! Nice project! If I can help: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=54943 cheers Romain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Hi Romain, If my Bearcat turns out half as nice as yours I will be very happy. How did you do all the chipping? This my challenge on this build: achieving a convincing chipping. I was thinking of using maskol applied with a sponge. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Hi Dukie, If you can read Italian, you can have a look into Auriga's Model 249: http://www.aurigapublishing.it/rivista_det.asp?idSoldatini=749 For the chipping, I first sprayed Alclad white alu on the whole model. Then I applied maskol with a sponge. Blue paint is then sprayed. Maskol is peeled off, and some effects are added using blue and alu with a sponge. Blue paint is also scratched with a toothpick. If I had to do it again, I would prefer the hairspray technique because chips are more convincing with this method. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Some progress, not a lot of blue so far but it is coming:) Some sink mark on the propeller to erase Aires cockpit in progress And the engine, just assembled and painted, need some weathering. I received g-factor brass landing gear and barracuda resin wheels, so I am all set. Till next Time. Cheers, David LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois, Lee White and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Nice start, I really like the engine! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Great start! Cool aircraft. Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Bearcat is looking good, looking forward to more progress! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Great start to your build! Will you be adding some oil/grime to the engine? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red baron Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) very good choice, i love bearcat you can see some pictures of French bearcat here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.377406816006087.1073741865.367509433662492&type=1&l=d2aa114d22 and here : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.368060940274008.1073741832.367509433662492&type=1&l=4b013189ac the bearcat cokpits were entirely black except the floor Edited January 13, 2018 by red baron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Time for an update. Almost no modelling for me in January between too much work during the week and skiing over the week-ends, production is slow. I am getting close to close the fuse, hopefully by next week-end. Seatbelts are Radu's and they are great. I used PVA glue as recommended and it works well. I need to weather them a bit. Here are the pictures. Cheers, David Out2gtcha, BradG, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Nice work on those innards! Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Lovely work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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