Phil's Hobbyboss 1/48 Martlet MK VI

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Hi all,


So while I'm waiting for my me262 canopy to turn up from dragon (sometime before I die I hope), I've decided to start work on turning hobbyboss' 1/48 wildcat FM2 into a Martlet MK VI.


It's a nicely detailed kit with a reasonably small amount of parts so should be a decent turnaround (for me anyway).


It will be straight from the box apart from some very nice looking euro decals that I had to purchase to make the conversion a resin seat from a second hand parts missing sword kit that I picked up for £5 and some bits from eduards self adhesive zoom PE.
 

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Great looking cockpit there mate looking forward to more.
 

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I'm impressed that's looking a very tiny office and the colours are very good, like the detail on the radio set etc and the seat harnesses are a treat


Looking good


I'm in on this


Robert
 

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Little update on this one, did some weathering and this time I am trying a few different mediums and methods as most of this won't be seen so thought it was a good chance to practice, so some of it may look a little heavy.


Added some wiring to the engine along with a placard from the eduard zoom pe.


Should have the fuselage going together soon.


Comments and criticism welcome as always.


Cheers


Phil

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Hi I built the tamiya wildcat a while back and since then it is one of my fav aircraft yours is going to be a cracker I'm watching with interest
 

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Great work Phil , cheers tony
 

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Your cockpit looks superb the details really pop.
 

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So I've had a play around with some colours and the green was a mix of a couple of greens, I'm quite happy with the match compared to photos I have seen and what was described on the euro decal sheet. A little post shading klear sprayed and decals applied, the only decal that I had trouble settling was the Royal Navy ones, think it's just down to size and location.


The euro decals looked nice on first appearance and the colours are good but a couple of them do seem quite thick, the microlight sol and set are working well though.


Canopy next and I've just had my first play with bare metal and I'm sure this product is going to be a absolute dream to work with and a life saver!


All comments/criticism welcome as always


Cheers


Phil

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Looks great Phil. Your extra dark sea grey and dark slate grey camouflage colours look spot on to me.
 

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Looks great Phil. Your extra dark sea grey and dark slate grey camouflage colours look spot on to me.
Cheers, the dark slate grey definitely has a solid green hue so I used black green along with another green which I can't think of right now and dark grey
 

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Hi guys, I haven't updated either of my builds lately due to a recent promotion at work which means more work which means more tired/less time. Good news is I have a canopy for my me262 now which means I should be finished with that before xmas.


As for the martlet I'm nearly there, just need to fix the canopy and apply the antenna wire then take some decent shots. Here's a quick pick for now and bare in mind this is my second model so I know I have a lot to master still.


One thing I'm happy about is the way the canopy turned out which is thanks to a few guys, I'm sure it was Ade that sold me on the bare metal approach which is definitely the way forward. It was then double dipped in klear.


Cheers

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