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                        Recommended 1/48 F6F-3 AM?

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                        bstarr3
                        • Member since
                          November 2013
                        Recommended 1/48 F6F-3 AM?
                        Posted by bstarr3 on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 3:18 PM

                        My next project is to be a super-detailed F6F-3 under maintenance on a carrier deck diorama.  I've selected the Eduard kit, which is widely regarded as the best Hellcat available.  Can anyone suggest to me which aftermarket parts would be better: the Aires full detail set or the Brassin engine and Eduard PE gun bay?  I want to display a detailed engine with panels off and a crew figure working on it, as well as gun bays open and being loaded.  As far as I can tell, the Aires kit has two gun bays while the Eduard kit only has one.  It also has a cockpit which I'm not sure I'd use since the details are meant to be very good on the OOB Eduard kit.  This will be my first attempt at a super detailed engine, as well as my first time hacking into a kit to replace details.  Any fit problems with the Aires stuff in the Eduard kit (it says built for Hasegawa kit)?  Thanks

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                        lawdog114
                        • Member since
                          February 2012
                        • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
                        Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, July 27, 2017 12:19 AM

                        It's the best in 1/48. Cockpit is basic and could use a replacement. You can't go wrong with the Aries stuff but just prepare for a lot of surgery. I'd personally go with the Eduard stuff which is designed for that kit.  

                         "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        bstarr3
                        • Member since
                          November 2013
                        Posted by bstarr3 on Thursday, July 27, 2017 5:15 PM

                        Two follow up questions: Does anybody have any personal experience using the Aires full detail set?  There are no reviews, no builds using the kit, no pdf instructions that I can find anywhere online to give more idea of the kit.  

                        Secondly, does anyone know if the eduard PE gun bay comes with resin guns, or do I have to buy those separately?  If separately, is there a recommended kit?  Would waist mounted M2s from a bomber kit fit in the wing bays or was the shape different?

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                        bstarr3
                        • Member since
                          November 2013
                        Posted by bstarr3 on Friday, July 28, 2017 3:27 PM

                        All ordered! 

                        Eduard F6f-3 profipack

                        Aires F6F-3 cockpit for Eduard

                        Brassin R-2800 for F6F

                        Eduard gun bays

                        Brassin M2 kit (for waist guns it says, but comes with 6 in a kit which is better than the 4 in the Aires wing mounted gun resin kit. I'll modify shape if needed)

                        Skunkmodelworks carrier deck base

                        Verlinden carrier deck crew

                         

                        This is going to be a big project so I'll be sure to post a WIP once I get started.  Thanks for the advice. 

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