Trumpeter 1/32 F4F-3 Wildcat, w Wake Island markings ..WIP..

Spent most of my time this weekend in PE hell.. lol ,, flaps.. ground down the plastic detail.. to add the PE..:550:0]

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if i had long hair will put my hands in, but actually too short to perform the action  

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Looking great!!

did some more last night.. got the port wing together and attached.. 50cals installed.. just need the barrels to finish them.. ammo bay, trays, ammo in.. painted.. and the attaching rails for the covers.

Painted the inside of the cowling ...

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the cowling is clear piece.. I've sprayed the inside,,,, MM interior green...Hoping to ready to paint tomorrow night.. She's not far.. gun bay doors.. masking canopies...wheel well door openings..

Certainly looks good...you really think you can have it complete by Saturday night?

thats the plan...

hoping to have the gun bays done tonight..

attach the landing gear permenant.. ( might leave this off for priming and painting.. humm.. )

Weds night.. canopy.. windscreen,, mask..prime... paint prop..

Thursday night.. paint ??

Friday.. decals.. weathering.. etc..

Saturday?? all day??? for ,,,, overrun of time... baring fire calls... etc..

Crossing my fingers...

Progress tonight... on track,, gun bays done,, I closed up the starboard bay but used the PE covers,, added the gun barrels.. Here, I feel Trumpy let us down. The kit barrels are plastic,, and not hollow.. and looked thin.. I gut up some 19G needles to length ( the inboards were shorter than the outboards),, glued then in with some CA,, added the PE collars on the wings..  Pics tomorrow..

here are some pics from last night..

first off.. Guard Dog Hannah.. she likes to lay under the desk...

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here is the test fit of the needle gun barrels, also showing the kit barrel... :550:0]

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Worked on the landing gear and some fiddely bits last night..

got the spine attenae on ,,, small air scoop on starboard fuselage..

I am also trying to figure out what to do for the gunsight.. most referances are showing the Wake cats had the reflector sites, but the kit comes with the telescopic.. humm...

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Very nice progress...looking at the cowl gave me anidea that if it was done in factory finish(prepaint) it would really look cool

heh.. the cowling looks a bit funny... its a clear piece.. and I have sprayed the inside Chromate Green... so your seeing the green thru clear plastic,,,

Gives that green a cool look. 

Looking great so far! Cant wait to see the paint scheme on there!

I got the landing gear painted last night.. and the plane primed...

ok,,,yawn,,,,,2:20am EST.. paint is on,, in the AM  ,, clear coat for decals and weathering,,,

well. she is done.. If any of you have me on FB .,, there are pics from her at Downeast con.. I didn't place, but got lots of Kudos.. !

my friend Rick got a 2nd with his 1/32 Spit.. I did take a bunch more WIP pics and will post them soon..

If you wanna find me on FB.. PM me. for info..

my F-100 from the Monogram Mafia GB ( the first one ) took a 1st ~!

Many other guys in the club placed also.. Dupes, Paul, Dan, Les, Rick, ( dupes is the only other FSM'r )

Well.. folks..sorry for the lenghty hiatus... but.. here are the final pics..

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Weathering was kept to a minimum as she was only in service in this paint scheme for about 2 weeks, She was painted on the way to Wake on the carrier, then on 12/12/41 she was damaged beyond repair and use for spare parts.

Henry T Elrod's mount for the first few days of WW2...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T._Elrod

pretty sweet build. 

joe

Don't know how I missed this entire WIP.....must have been sleeping!

That's enough PE to drive a man to drink....flap area especially!!!! All looks real nice

Thanks guys !

Yes sir...really nice work! That PE would`ve made me nutty.  That kit looks an awful lot like the Hobby Boss kit in 1:48 I`ve been building. Again, nice job!

Len

Too late now, but the Grumman F4F-3 cockpit was bronze green, not interior green.