Plasto Posted February 21, 2018 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 williamj, coogrfan, D Bellis and 14 others 17
Gazzas Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 Very cool! Love the foil tape idea to reinstate panel lines. Gaz
Troy Molitor Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 Lovely efforts John. Always great to see a Revell classic done properly. Well done! Troy
mattlow Posted February 21, 2018 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 Gigant and Troy Molitor 2
Out2gtcha Posted February 21, 2018 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! Jack 1
dennismcc Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 That looks great, just like the one I built in the 90's though better built and painted ! Cheers Dennis
Plasto Posted February 22, 2018 Author Posted February 22, 2018 thanks all im glad you think its ok.. Cheers John
Hubert Boillot Posted February 22, 2018 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
Big Tex Posted February 23, 2018 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? Gigant 1
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