Ryan Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I would be happy with this effort so far Guy, looking spiffy. Ryan Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Very nice work Guy. Interesting to see how this builds up Regards. Andy Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead7 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Excellent work,and thanks for sharing your build! Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyChris Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Splendid cockpit, am adding this kit to my wish list! Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Very nice work. Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 That looks really good! The Bandai 1/24th Zero is descending to the water and heading home! Cheers...Ron Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisbod Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 8 hours ago, Ryan said: I would be happy with this effort so far Guy, looking spiffy. Ryan We both know you wouldn’t be! Thanks for the support everyone. I’ve closed up the fuselage, it went together quite well in the end, but I was conscious of potential issues. Again, I don’t think there’s anything at all wrong with the kit - just that you have to be ‘fit aware’ - ie paint on the mating surfaces, constant checking etc. It’s quite a hunk of plastic on the bench! Out2gtcha, KUROK, Uncarina and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Um.. I know some of our stuff is a little out there, but Funkdecals? LOL! You know you're a funky dood !! Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I would be more than happy with that cockpit, to me it looks the biz. Cheers Dennis Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Wow! You can really see the distressed skin in those pictures...very cool. Cheers...Ron Alain Gadbois and Gisbod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Amazing Guy! Cant wait to get my copy at some point. Gisbod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisbod Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 17 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: I'm still on the fence about the wrinkly skin. That may be accurate for a 75 year old restored warbird or museum display, but I'm not convinced it really belongs there on a newly produced 1944 Hellcat. I dunno, a few heavy carrier deck landings would soon put some wrinkles on the skin.. Guy D.B. Andrus and coogrfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 19 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: There are some real head-scratchers in this kit. Surely they photographed at least one F6F close up and personal, yet they portray many of the access hatches (the fuel filler locations) as raised panels, when the real things are utterly flush. And the spring loaded kick steps are portrayed as recessed panels. Both of those need to be fixed IMHO. In Airfix's defense, Tamiya did the same thing with the kick step on their recent 1/48 Bf109G-6, which is equally inexplicable. I'm still on the fence about the wrinkly skin. That may be accurate for a 75 year old restored warbird or museum display, but I'm not convinced it really belongs there on a newly produced 1944 Hellcat. I agree 100%. I have my kit kit in hand. Although I appreciate the effort that Airfix took in adding this “oil canning” effect, as I gaze at it my head tells me that it’s overdone. I searched all of my photo references and I can’t find a wartime photo of a Dash 5 with distressed skin. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Honestly its the same feeling I get with the HK Lanc. In either case, Im not enough of a SME to know for sure, but just some quick Google searches do seem to indicate it wasnt so uniform across the airframe, or in a lot of cases there at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Your build is looking great. I almost bought one a couple of weeks ago at the local shop but that box is absolutely gigantic. Maybe I could display it with folded wings though. Where do some of you guys put the 1/32 bombers. I can't imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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