Arii/Otali 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat

Chris FFZ

Member since
September 2010

Arii/Otali 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat

Posted by Chris FFZ on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 3:54 PM

Arii/Otali 1/48 F6F-3 hellcat

USS Yorktown 1943

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BrandonK

Member since
June 2014

Posted by BrandonK on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:35 PM

Nice job, good lookin' Hellcat!!

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:18 PM

It looks very good. You were brave in using the kit decals. I recently bult one as a comission and the decals were very bad so I ended up using aftermarket ones. It's a decent kit regardless of being a 30+ year old mold.

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 7:12 PM

Very cool! I've said it before and I'll say it again I love those old Arii/Otaki kits.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:20 PM

Yes, sir, that's a fine build!

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:23 PM

Nice!

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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Chris FFZ

Member since
September 2010

Posted by Chris FFZ on Thursday, November 19, 2015 10:11 AM

Thanks guys for the comments!

The kit decals are indeed crap but I hit them with a few layers of glosscote and they became useable. I orginally intended to make it a heavy weathered aircraft but the shiny dark blue was just so striking i decided to leave it that way! The bottom was weathered though.