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1/48 HobbyBoss F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-111 Marines 1941

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    April 2014
1/48 HobbyBoss F4F-3 Wildcat VMF-111 Marines 1941
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:15 AM

I find this quite the unusual scheme for a Wildcat, but it is one of the choices from the box. It is of the Marine Corps 1941, the red crosses are for a special exercise. The colour is Light Gull Grey.

I used Gunze aqueous light gull grey for this one, other paints used were Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics, Vallejo Metal Colors and Gunze metalizers.

AK Enamel washes, Flory dark dirt wash, and Vallejo matt varnish. I made this one pretty grubby as I felt that a mono colour of light gull grey looked to clean

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Saturday, September 17, 2016 3:51 AM

Hello Grant!

At first I said - a 1/48 Wildcat - not my thing - but then I see: Grant have built it, so let's check it out - and that was a godd thing to do! Your model is lookin' very good! Beautiful weahering! Can you tell us something more about those red crosses? Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by Grant Dalzell on Saturday, September 17, 2016 4:11 AM

Thanks Pawel, sorry  I don't know any more about the crosses other than they were markings used for an exercise the Marines did in 1941

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Posted by templar1099 on Saturday, September 17, 2016 5:49 AM

Beautifully rendered bird. Be nice to know about the markings.

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Posted by Toshi on Saturday, September 17, 2016 7:34 AM

What an excellent build!  This is just outstanding!

Toshi

 

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Posted by scottrc on Saturday, September 17, 2016 8:06 AM

Interesting subject and you did a nice job renduring it. It seems a number of us are interested in what this excercise was. 

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Posted by Bronto on Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:57 AM

The "red cross" markings were used during the August 1941 war games in North Carolina.  Both the Army and Navy participated.  The red crosses denoted the "Orange" forces.

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:05 AM

Bronto

The "red cross" markings were used during the August 1941 war games in North Carolina.  Both the Army and Navy participated.  The red crosses denoted the "Orange" forces.

 

DittoNice build

 

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Posted by Greg on Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:45 AM

I also like what you did with this very much.

Nice work.

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Posted by mrmike on Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:59 AM

That's one hard workin' aircraft. Beautiful!

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Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, September 17, 2016 11:14 AM
Outstanding! Weathering is first rate. That Flory is wonderful isn't it?

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Posted by Ultra on Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:27 AM

Holy smokes! Every rivet and panel line is done masterfully.  Really an inspiration build for this newbie.  Beautiful. 

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  • From: Salem, Oregon
Posted by 1943Mike on Sunday, September 18, 2016 12:07 PM

I sure wish I could handle washes and weathering in general like I see here. Really good job!

Mike

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  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Monday, September 19, 2016 8:33 PM

Incredible work! The attention to detail is fantastic. It looks so realistic that I was expecting to see the pilot and the crew chief to appear and get it ready for take off.

One of the best aircraft models that I've ever seen.

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Posted by Bossman on Saturday, September 24, 2016 6:20 AM

Wow,  that's rather striking !   Nice job on the weathering.

Chris

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Posted by richs26 on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 12:10 AM

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Posted by Johnny1000 on Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:49 PM

Inspiring paint job. Really crisp.

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Posted by the Baron on Friday, September 30, 2016 11:39 AM

Beautifully finished!

How did you find the fit?  I'm building one now, and I found that the engine pieces didn't fit quite right (they're keyed, and the keys and notches didn't align), and the separate tub for the lower forward fuselage was tricky to get to fit.

Putting the sprues side-by-side with a Tamiya F4F-3, it looks like the HB kit may be closely related to it.

But the cockpit is nice, out of the box, and the landing gear bay is also relatively nicely detailed, too.

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Posted by Grant Dalzell on Friday, September 30, 2016 2:32 PM

Hello Baron,

                  I also had trouble with mating the lower tub to the fuselag on this kit, but hav built this kit previously and had no troubles. I have not done Tamiya's version so I can't compare them.

Cheers

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Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, October 2, 2016 5:33 PM

Beautiful !! Excellent work.

BK

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