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1/48 HobbyBoss F6F-3 Hellcat late version U.S.S. Wasp CV-18 1944 VF-14

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  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Monday, November 23, 2015 11:23 AM

Very nice build.  Love the weathering you did.

Mike

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Monday, November 23, 2015 2:01 AM

Wow that came out great! I love that you did the folded wing option, too. Always gives it that added point of interest.

-BD-

  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Monday, November 23, 2015 12:21 AM

Thanks, the kit parts have 2 lengths of plastic on each wing join that slot in to grooves on the main wing join

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:20 PM

Really nice build, Grant. How do wings attach? Some wire or pin...?

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:54 PM

Thank you guys

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, November 22, 2015 11:37 AM
Great job on the model. If I may though... that green background really draws the eye away from the model. Which is a shame since it's so nice

Marc  

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, November 22, 2015 11:01 AM

Excellent work. I just completed a HB RAF kit for the Hellcat and I agree, it is one heck of nice kit to build.

BK

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  • Member since
    August 2013
Posted by Jay Jay on Sunday, November 22, 2015 8:34 AM

Gorgeous work.  Everytime I see a new post by you, Grant I say "oh boy, this ones going to be good" and this is no exception.  TY for posting.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:38 AM

Whoa, beautiful work there! Love the chipped area at the wing folds, when I built mine I didn't even think about how it would get damaged there! 

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

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, November 22, 2015 7:33 AM
Great looking build and I like how you have posed it. I didn't notice the wheel until you mentioned it.

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  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:32 AM

Yes, it is OOB, great kit for the price

  • Member since
    April 2010
Posted by Theuns on Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:29 AM

very nice ...does that kit come with the wing fold detail like that?

 

Theuns

  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Sunday, November 22, 2015 12:50 AM

Don't mind that the rear wheel is missing, I realized after photos. It is on now.

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Saturday, November 21, 2015 11:26 PM
I always enjoy seeing your builds! Well done!
  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Saturday, November 21, 2015 9:32 PM

That is a spectacular build!  Very nicely done.  The weathering is superb.  I like the fact that you highlighted the folding wings in several different poses.  

Toshi

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  • Member since
    April 2014
1/48 HobbyBoss F6F-3 Hellcat late version U.S.S. Wasp CV-18 1944 VF-14
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Saturday, November 21, 2015 8:21 PM

This was a quicker build than I expected and I can say for the first time that I used no filler, a great kit to build.

I used Italeri acrylics White, Intermediate Blue and Sea blue from their WWII US Navy Aircraft set. I highly recommend Italeri paints, I love them and for me are up there with Tamiya and Vallejo.

Other paints used were Tamiya, Vallejo acrylics. Lifecolor vulcanized rubber for tyres, Gunze dark iron metalizer. I used Flory dark dirt wash and Vallejo polyurethane matte varnish. EZ Line for antennae. And a bi of brass tube for guns

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