dennismcc Posted December 11, 2018 Posted December 11, 2018 This is looking great, the cockpit looks very realistic, neat work. Cheers Dennis BiggTim and D.B. Andrus 2
Phantom2 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, dennismcc said: This is looking great, the cockpit looks very realistic, neat work. Cheers Dennis Many Thanks, Dennis! Stefan
Phantom2 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Hi All! With the engine, cockpit and fuselage halves done, there´s only one thing left to do. It´s time getting the fuselage together! But, before that, there´s actually one, last thing to do on the Trumpy Hellcat. As we all know by now, the fuselage Is a bit ”fat” , but the Hellcat ain´t fat, It´s a lean, mean cat. The fuselage should be more of a triangular shape, sides should be ”slab”-shaped and the back should be more of a razor-back. You can see that I have sanded down the sides on the fuselage formers to a more correct shape (as much as I dared to). I also had to shave off a lot of plastic (2-3mm in total) from the top as they now overlapped quite a bit, to be able to close the top seam properly. A very simple fix that takes about 10min to do, but the model looks so much better now! Unfortunatly I forgot to take any pictures, sorry. Everything fitted as it should, excellent, even if I had to apply a bit of force in places. The new Resin wheels from BarracudaCast done; A small gap in front of the cockpit that I filled with some plasticard Test fitting of the cowl, now the prop is at a more correct distance from the cowl. Trumpeters R2800 is a kit in itself and a very good one too, but it is about 2mm too long between the cylinder rows, thus the propeller also will sit too far from the cowl. With this engine I have built six of these now, I have learnt that If I shave off 2mm of plastic between the cylinder banks, the props will sit correctly. We are getting close… More to come soon! Stefan Edited September 19, 2019 by Phantom2 Lothar, TenSeven, Out2gtcha and 4 others 7
LSP_Kevin Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Stefan, if this build is still a going concern, we'll move it over to the WiP forum, as the GB has now finished. Kev
Phantom2 Posted September 20, 2019 Author Posted September 20, 2019 18 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Stefan, if this build is still a going concern, we'll move it over to the WiP forum, as the GB has now finished. Kev Yes, please do! Thanks! Stefan
Phantom2 Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Hi all! OK, first of all, we´ll do a dry-run of the wings and cowl….. This looks really good! Just apply liquid cement and a light squeeze…. Nice, tight fit, can you wish for more? Flickr Stabs and elevators done… A bit of deflection on the rudders… Flickr Landing gears done (will add brake-lines later...)…. …and glued in place… …everything will be Dark Ocean Blue anyway. The cowl are only a push-fit for now. The stabilisators glued to the fuselage… I almost destroyed the tailwheel (against my lamp…) and had to fix it with a bit of plastic rod and now it´s totally rigid again. Rudder glued…. The Cat grows fast, now you can see how big this aeroplane relly was, It´s huge, as big as a P-47! Alerions and flaps assembled…. More to come soon… Stefan Edited September 29, 2019 by Phantom2 LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, Vandy 1 VX 4 and 3 others 6
Phantom2 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Hi All! This will be good, the nose of the gear housing almost in line with the cowl…. The engine masked off as I have to paint the firewall, I forgot that ”minor” detail, DOH…. The windscreen glued and masked…. The canopy masked…. Rest of the cockpit masked off…. The windscreen and canopy painted with interior Green (Hu226) and seam-check…. More to come soon… Stefan Edited October 23, 2019 by Phantom2 Landrotten Highlander, Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin and 3 others 6
Phantom2 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Hi all! The cat is painted with Alclad Black Microfiller primer…. The radar pod was white, so that´s what I painted with Alclad White Microfiller Primer….. More to come soon! Stefan Edited January 27, 2020 by Phantom2 Trak-Tor, MikeMaben, Out2gtcha and 5 others 8
Phantom2 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Hi All! More seam-job, It never stops… Looking better…. The Radar pod masked and more primer… Painted in Glossy Ocean Blue, MRP-14… Marvellous paint! It goes on very easy and super smooth and dries with a slight satin sheen. I expected some problems with how well it would cover the black primer. No worries, it covered perfectly well and I used only 1/3 – 1/2 a bottle, much better then I expected! More to come! Stefan Edited February 14, 2020 by Phantom2 Out2gtcha, leoasman, Uncarina and 2 others 5
Out2gtcha Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 Great results! I will be using the same MRP color on my F7F when the time comes.....glad to know it sprays well!
Phantom2 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Great results! I will be using the same MRP color on my F7F when the time comes.....glad to know it sprays well! Thanks Brian! I think the color is spot on. Just remember to give the bottle a THOROUGH shake before painting, and shake it between refilling your paint cup, the pigments sink really fast! Stefan Edited February 14, 2020 by Phantom2 Out2gtcha 1
Phantom2 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Hi All! Time for the exhausts! First I started with glueing the exhaust stubs with their flame dampeners (pointy ends). Then I could fit the lines between the tips and the correct cylinder, a rather backwards way of doing it, but It worked like a charm! This job was a very fiddly undertaking, but the parts fitted very well, so one piece at a time, slowly and steady…. Finally, all pipes in place! Some more paint touch-up and a final wash later; My camera gives too much light as the model is so dark, but it looks really good IRL. More to come soon! Stefan Edited August 29, 2020 by Phantom2 scvrobeson, Isar 30/07, Lothar and 5 others 8
Phantom2 Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) Hi All! DECAL TIME! I have tried to get some better decals for the Hellcat and there´s a lot to the usual variants, but the night fighters are mostly forgotten! Ah well, I´ll have to use the ones in the kit, they usually work really well, but may not be 100% correct. There´s mostly white decals and they seem to be well porportioned to me and they are usually very easy to use. But it ought to be banned to print white decals on a white backing! This aircraft have nose-art which was very unusual on Hellcat´s. The morale was very low in this outfit so nosse art was allowed to get the fighting spirit´s up. Not too many decals to apply… First decals was the beautiful pin-up girl! All decals are on the kit…. The decals were thin and they settled perfectly, even in the panel lines, wth some Micro-set and -sol. No bleed trough in spite of the dark background color, Trumpeter´s decals are good! I forgot to fill the holes for the extra tank, DOH! A plastic rod of the correct diameter and some CA glue solved the problem! More to come! Stefan Cheers! Edited July 17, 2021 by Phantom2 Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4
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