Plasto 198 Posted February 21, 2018 At the end of last year I had a hankering to build something 'big'. Big being relative as I mainly build 1/48 or less frequently 1/72.. I had a troll though the stash and hit upon the old Revell F4F-4 Wildcat.. It was the 'Smithsonian' boxing and I got it for not much $$ and it came with some Microscale Decals.. I built it OOB added not much in the way of extra detail corrected not much and had a lot of fun... Here it is in all of it's glory... The hardest part ( apart form suppression of AMS) was not loosing detail / panel line on the spine and belly when sorting the seams.. Impossible to do with raised panel lines and detail.. In the end I added in panels over the sorted seams from foil tape to reinstate the panel effect on the fuselage... Im sure not up to usual LSP standards but fun.. Cheers John 18 Model_Monkey, MARU5137, Old Dog and 15 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 26,775 Posted February 21, 2018 Looks great to me! Kev Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 5,927 Posted February 21, 2018 Very cool! Love the foil tape idea to reinstate panel lines. Gaz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Molitor 2,449 Posted February 21, 2018 Lovely efforts John. Always great to see a Revell classic done properly. Well done! Troy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattlow 883 Posted February 21, 2018 I have this kit. Several times I've looked through it with the intention of selling it - but each time I hang on to it as it just looks like it'd build up nicely. I think yours shows that this is true. I don't think raised detail is a liability on this airframe as from what I've seen it is pretty lumpy in real life.. Nice build. Matt 2 Gigant and Troy Molitor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack 4,928 Posted February 21, 2018 Very nice Cat indeed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 30,167 Posted February 21, 2018 Agreed with the others..............I think it looks great! I know the feeling, as suppressing the desire to add every bit of AM can be maddening. Turned out great! 1 Jack reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gigant 980 Posted February 21, 2018 Nice paint job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 3,709 Posted February 21, 2018 That looks great, just like the one I built in the 90's though better built and painted ! Cheers Dennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 14,036 Posted February 21, 2018 looks A REAL STUNNER. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasto 198 Posted February 22, 2018 thanks all im glad you think its ok.. Cheers John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubert Boillot 5,705 Posted February 22, 2018 Very neat result with this oldie And the way you have reinstated the spine panel lines with the overlap effect is very convincing. Well done here and overall ! Hubert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M 9,084 Posted February 23, 2018 this was my first LSP as a kid, great job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Texan 1,467 Posted February 23, 2018 Looks fantastic! That foil tape, did you just overlap to form panel lines? Nifty idea! What tape did you use and where did ya get it? 1 Gigant reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
