TwoHands Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Looks almost like blue angel blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 Some poor prep work led to a bit of paint coming off with the mask on the left side and caused a bit of clean up work. I was going to just paint the flaky parts silver and weather them to go with worn and torn but it kind of goes against the shiny paint motif. Anyway, a little dissapointed with myself but here's where it sits today. LSP_Kevin, Fvdm, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 A bit more painting done tonight. I kind of jumped ahead of finishing the blue to see if I could do the "shark mouth?" I'll mask this now and finish the blue. none of these panels are glued together so I hope I lined them up ok. or I'll have a crooked face when I fit them/ glue them in place. Out2gtcha, Rocat, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Great work.I am about to complete mine soon.It was a long hard build. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 Mr. angry face is done and a bit of paint chipped here and there. the fun continues... Thano, coogrfan, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 That's looking great, Chris! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nice work, Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Thanks for the encouragement! I've seen some great builds of this kit on this forum and inspiring work they are! For my part I've botched up a few places on the kit, no fault of the kit or instructions. My mistakes for not understanding them or jumping around in the assembly sequence thinking I know what I'm doing or trying to make painting easier. All in all though, great enjoyment building it. In any case...here's were I've stopped for the day coogrfan, rafju, Out2gtcha and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisbod Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Looking good Chris! I found the same.. jumping all over the place with the instructions. Guy chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 I just went for a tour of your RFI pictures, love it! Fantastic job! It's easy to get a bullet wound in the foot jumping around in the instructions isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 The Hellcat, after a sabbatical to the far corner of the hobby room has returned to the bench. I don't remember why I stalled on it but apparently I should have checked it over more thoroughly before setting it off to the side as, the engine mounting was improperly installed previously and when I came back to it and began fitting the cowling and intercooler assemblies there was a gap of about 1/8 or larger between the 2 lower side panels and the bottom cowl panel and big gaps between the intercooler ducts and intercoolers. I remover the (glued hard and set for weeks at this point) lower rear cover to check for the fault (breaking a few things in the process) I realized the lower most engine mount pins hadn't gone fully into the firewall (again, my fault) applying pressure made things better but caused flexing in the firewall that really made me nervous! I brushed some Tamiya thin glue onto the engine mount pins while applying pressure and, miracle! they both came loose, lubricated by the Tamiya glue snapped back fully into position, a test fit which, I should have done a month ago, now revealed a perfect fit. All the broken and damaged parts were cleaned up repainted and re-assembled. Up to date now. The cowls are fitted and glued on with Micro Liquitape, a temporary adhesive that allows removal and replacement up to 5-6 times, going by history. So now paint touch up and weathering has begun. The kit seems close to completion at this point and moving along again. Thank you for looking Victor K2, kkarlsen, Kagemusha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Wow awesome. Nice work Chris ! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Great work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Here's the Hellcat, short of a couple of bits but will be done tonight, sadly with both wings folded (reminds me of the old Dracula movie where he hides behind his cape) Not much of the model can be seen anymore, oh well, live and learn. A wiser man would've maybe done one wing folded the other flat... I repainted some parts to give a feeling of new/used panels A big thanks to all who stop in for a look! as well, thanks to those who came before me with this kit and whose shoulders I stood on to complete my kit! Victor K2, LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Great work.I have built this kit and it is very detailed just out of the box.I built a French version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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