Neo Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I think you should beat this one up. Fresh dark blue will be allot less interesting to look at chuck540z3 and JayW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Weathered please. The Hellcat is just meant to be a war fighter with some weathering and grit to it. Matt JayW, chuck540z3 and Beaconroot 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconroot Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I prefer the weathered look myself. JayW, chuck540z3 and scvrobeson 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I prefer a lightly weathered approach, myself, as in a plane that hasn't yet seen much action as many indeed did not. Cheers, Michael JayW, chuck540z3 and scvrobeson 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 How about a flying preserved aircraft? The cockpit is going to be pretty tidy - it's inevitable that it's going to get scuffed about a bit Mind you, you'd have to fit a modern radio, lose the guns.... An alternative would be a newly delivered aircraft. It's been flown to a squadron, so it has some hours on it and a lightly used look but not beaten to death. There must be some point in the life cycle of a 'plane that will suit you Richard chuck540z3 and JayW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 model them as they were in the War, and that is generally weathered to sh*t! JayW and chuck540z3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 So weathered, it looks like it almost needs to be pushed over the side! scvrobeson, chuck540z3, nmayhew and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCanopy Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Dear Chuck Considering the casting of votes so far, at least it's crystal clear which path you would have to follow, if you wanted to "get off the beaten track" a little... ;-) I can't wait to see further progress on this bird, anyway. Cheers, Joerg chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I'm strictly a used but not abused type Cheers Dennis D.B. Andrus, JayW and chuck540z3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 slightly weathered, as a few weeks after delivered to the squadron chuck540z3, JayW and scvrobeson 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Slightly weathered it is guys! Thanks for your input. Cheers, Chuck IainM, Paul in Napier, airscale and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 4 hours ago, chuck540z3 said: Slightly weathered it is guys! Thanks for your input. Cheers, Chuck sigh of relief here ..I love warbirds and am glad we have them. However, while they are viable as models as they are aeroplanes and we do model reality as best we can, there is something of a turn off when I see it attempted.. ..others mileage may vary.. Peter Beaconroot, Derek B, TAG and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 5 hours ago, chuck540z3 said: Slightly weathered it is guys! Thanks for your input. Cheers, Chuck I think this is the right choice. The F6F was a carrier plane, and so did not get nearly as beat up as aircraft operating from land bases. Plus, since this is a -5 variant, your plane would not have been delivered to its air group until some time in 1944 - so you are inevitably modeling it at some point during a pretty brief career, even if it was one of the ~50% of them that made it intact all the way to the end of the war. I’ve never seen a photo of an F6F-5 that looked anywhere even close to as beat up as, for instance, the Marine F4F-3s that operated from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. D.B. Andrus, chuck540z3 and Paul in Napier 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 7 hours ago, chuck540z3 said: Slightly weathered it is guys! Thanks for your input. Cheers, Chuck Phew! I think you might run into the risk of it looking a little 'toy like' in 24th scale even with your superior skills if you had done a warbird. Good call! Paul in Napier, IainM and chuck540z3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 22 hours ago, Ironwing said: Hi Chuck Slightly weathered is my vote. Best Geoff +1 chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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