Phantom2 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Hi all! The engine is completed and painted with Alclad Steel, Aluminium and details picked out in Satin Black (Hu.85). I still have to paint the exhaust pipes The Cockpit is painted US Interior Green (Hu.226) and the panels in satin Black (Hu.85) I used the Eduard Zoom Instrument panel, I could never paint THAT good! More to come…. Stefan Edited August 27, 2018 by Phantom2 mozart, LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Superb. My F4F-3 ended up in the bin. Glad to see the F6F has a better wing fit option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Thanks, Gerhard! Stefan Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Hi All! There will only be one…. Time has come to glue the wings together! The fit between the center wing part and the tips were suprisingly good, almost perfect! But there´s no place for reinforcements as the split goes right trough the detailed wheel wells. Lifting this kit by the wingtips will be a big NO-NO! This is a large aircraft, The Hellcat has almost as large span as a Thunderbolt! Here you can see the split trough the wheel wells clearly; I used Barracuda´s lovely resin wheels, here they are cleaned up and painted Alclad Aluminium; The propellertips were painted grey, then white and finally yellow and then masked with tape; Then I painted the prop with Alclad Black Microfiller; Masking removed; More masking and now Alclad Aluminium on the spinner; …and the completely painted prop; More to come! Stefan Edited November 4, 2018 by Phantom2 Erwin, Shawn M, Alain Gadbois and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Well done Stefan, all looking absolutely marvellous! Glad to see this one's still going, bit of a race against time like my Bf110G4 perhaps?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Rey nice work being done here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) Some more fiddling in the cockpit…. A drybrush and some buttons picked out…. The Instrumentpanel from Eduard are just marvelous! I sanded down the frames to a more correct shape, they should be almost straight, not slightly rounded as Trumpeter have done them. More to come! I will not be done with this one either, I´m afraid, I tought we had one month left on this GB! Bummer…. Cheers! Stefan Edited November 22, 2018 by Phantom2 LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben, BradG and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0s0E8eTLNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Some more work in the Cockpit…. I have cleaned up the joining surfaces from paint Seat belts assembled and some small details added; More to come soon! Stefan Edited December 3, 2018 by Phantom2 LSP_Kevin, BradG, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Excellent! Makes me look more forward to the Airfix F6F release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Looks good to me. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Thanks, Brian and Dennis! Happy you like it! Cheers! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) The Exhausts assembled, holes drilled out in the cylinders and a mass of small strings of lead cut. Here we go…. A very fiddly job, but after a few hours of work you can lean back and admire your work. The inside of the cowl got a good wash of my usual mix of oilpaint (Lamp Black and Burnt Sienna) and white spirit. The cockpit got a good wash too…. Well, now the cockpit is beginning to feel done. The fuselage sides were also washed; More to come soon! Stefan Edited December 11, 2018 by Phantom2 Jan_G, KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Great work Stefan. I’m building this kit at the moment, almost finished in fact. It goes together well. The only issue I had was fitting the exhaust pipes to the engine. I just could not get them to line up. In frustration I cut just the ends off and glued them to the sides of the fuselage. I hope you have better luck with them keep it going Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Thanks Bruce! Yes, so far it has gone together very well indeed, and it has been a really fun build so far. The exhausts are the next step for me (I´m a little ahead of the tread...) and it looks overly complicated. I´ll see how (IF???) it goes together as intended, otherwise I´ll do as you did. Thanks for the heads-up! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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