Hasegawa F6F-3 as voted for by you!

[Fenlander]

Decal has been posted today Stuart. Looking good mate. Detail on the Hasagawa look as good as the Eduard, this is going to be good. Have to say though, I don't envy you the three colour scheme. Blending the white into the light blue and then into the dark. Is it soft edged or hard? Looks fairly soft from the pictures I have seen. Err, what is PSR?

 

[backonthecase]

Excellent cheers - so prop aint far away now It is soft....which is slightly annoying. I'm thinking white 1st, then for the blues, lots of thinner and not a lot of pressure around the edges, I have a dual action airbrush so hope that'll ease the pain slightly.

PSR = our old friend Putty Sand Repeat!

Right - I'm off to rub it down and get another blast of primer on it!!

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Ok, so I hate painting things white >

I put a light coat on the underside just to get started and I've now got the wingroots filled and the pre-shading done on the sides and underneath

...And thanks to the generosity of a most kind Graham, I now have 3 decals on my 3 prop blades, the way it should be ( I lost one to the masking tape monster y'see)

Stuart

 

[Fenlander]

Glad it got there safe Stuart, looks OK to me

Builds coming on nicely. I have done nothing over the Bank Holiday weekend due to other commitments. Also been out to Woburn Safari Park today, great day out but nothing model worthy lol.

 

[backonthecase]

I've not done a lot either tbh - too busy working, doin bank hol things with t'other 'alf, and trying to get a build for my bro close to finishing (KC-135 1/72 in 2 tone Grey scheme - masking nightmare), but I think another 1 coat of white on the 'Cat and that's the 1st of the 3 tone finished

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Le update.

After a bit of a challenge with the leading edge, I've got this masked for the intermediate blue. Graham oh how I envy you with your all over Blue

Hopefully it'll be painted tomorrow night. I don't want the blu tack on longer than it has to be.

Thanks for watching

Stuart

 

[Fenlander]

Od isn't it? I would have loved the challenge of the three colours lol. I think the one colour is what made it a boring build for me. Keep it up mate, ya doing fine.

 

[backonthecase]

Dammit, we shoulda traded colour schemes - I need the practice on the single colours!! lol (although I need the practice on masking as well!!)

Hopefully if Ii don't overload the blu-tack the inter blue shouldn't be too stressful. I'll post pics tonight (if I haven't chucked it out the window)

Thanks Graham - yours is lookin the mutts nuts, it's quite a show to follow...!!

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Got the intermediate blue on - Humbrol 144, 2 coats, plus 1 coat of Klear

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Got the dark blue on and that's the 3-colour complete...

Next up, guns, aerial replacement (always breaks off for me), decals and weathering...

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

I've just noticed the overspray marks at the wing root! Damn!!!

 

[yak face]

Dont worry stuart. easily fixed. Its looking superb now, nearly there keep up the good work , cheers tony

 

[backonthecase]

Thanks Tony, Got it fixed now and re-Kleared, so decals tomorrow hopefully :o )

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Well I started decalling today. I thought I'd start with the big easy ones on the wing. It went ok as the decals are superb - well done Hasegawa... Unfortunately I think I OD'd them on Microsol, so the "2" has gone a bit crinkly and scratched

The other side was a bit better and it's certainly hugged the panel lines - should look good under a wash

I moved onto the cat mouth - big gamble, which partially did and partially didn't pay off.... I need a new temper and a new bottle of patience as both have had their butts worked off. I have to praise Hasegawa again for the engineering of the intake decals, the only errors were produced by my own ham-fistedness...

Comments and soothing songs welcome!!! ;D

Stuart

 

[Ian M]

Looks like all that patience and the odd temper tantrum has paid off in the end. Exellent job on the sharks teeth!

Mean while I am waiting patiently to see it finished.

Ian M

 

[yak face]

great job with the decals , stuart, that intake looks like it must have been a bugger! keep at it, cheers tony

 

[backonthecase]

Thanks guys, it does look better on camera than in flesh, but in general I'm happy with it. Yes it was a bugger Tony, There are 4 more to go in there (somehow) on the edges of the vanes separating the 3 sections... phew, that's for another day!!

Stuart

 

[backonthecase]

Ok dokey then... the kitty can now see what she's chewing on...

Some of the other fuselage ones on: -

These were pretty well behaved except for the roundel tearing in the below pic...

That's enough for my eyes tonight, I'm off to bed!!

Stuart

 

[Fenlander]

Have to say Stuart that yor decals are a lot more interesting than the ones on my Eduard. Hats off to Hasegawa for making such a good kit and decaling it out so well. The paint job looks really good in these shots to. The edges of each colour look really in scale and how I would expect them to look so hats off to you to for doing such a good job with it.

 

[backonthecase]

Thanks Graham. They really have done the artwork well, my only crit of the decals is that they are a little fragile and tend to turn up at the edges...

I only have a few left as of tonight, getting real tired of the little stencils, but on the upside I now know the locations of various fuel drains, battery ports, fuel fillers, sling and hoist points, where to step, where not to step, if ever I need to service or fuel up a Hellcat....

Stuart