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Eduard 72nd F6F-3 Complete Page 2

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, August 4, 2016 9:13 PM

Sharp work there on the cockpit. And gee friggin' whiz, I have big enough problems with 1/48th and 1/32nd PE seatbelts, you're a better man than I to handle them in 1/72nd!!!

 

BTW: You do know you have to build a Zero to go with her now right? Wink

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

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 4, 2016 3:55 PM

Thanks guys.

And no problem Greg. I am really enjoying it but the best bit is shareing with others.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Thursday, August 4, 2016 10:23 AM

I see.

Looking good, hope you have fun with it and thanks for sharing the WIP, Bish.

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, August 4, 2016 3:10 AM
Impressive, especially for that scale.

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

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, August 4, 2016 12:57 AM

Thanks for looking in guys.

Bruce, yes it is. And what's more, i have to buy some paint for the scheme, unusual for me not to have it to hand.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
Posted by hogfanfs on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 9:41 PM

Bish, you never cease to amaze me! Great choice of a subject, and great start on the office! Kind of wierd not using the RLM66 wasn't it? Big Smile 

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

  • Member since
    September 2014
Posted by rooster513 on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 8:25 PM

Great start Bish! Cockpit looks really good!

 

-Andy

  • Member since
    February 2014
  • From: Michigan
Posted by silentbob33 on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 5:52 PM
Great start on this Bish! The cockpit and engine look great. Have to admit I'm surprised to see something non-German on the bench. I'll agree with you that it's nice to switch things up every once in awhile.

On my bench: Academy 1/35 UH-60L Black Hawk

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:21 PM

Thanks Greg. I did buld one of their WW1 kits last year, but that was an older one with not much detail. This is the first of their most recent kits i have built.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:13 PM

Good to see a WIP from you, Bish.

Is this the first Eduard kit you've built? I can't quite tell from your comment.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:10 PM

Thnaks Max. As i always say, its what i am used to, and to be far, most of the detail is PE.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

  • Member since
    April 2016
  • From: Parsons Kansas
Posted by Hodakamax on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:07 PM

Really cool cockpit especially being a 1/72! Carry on!

Max

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Eduard 72nd F6F-3 Complete Page 2
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 2:59 PM

I have a bit of time to kill while i wait for supplies to finish my panzerwerfer. So i thoguht i would fill the tie with a quick little OOB build. This is not my usual type of subject, but was a nice gift from a great friend and its nice to do somthing differant now and again. I have heard really nice things about the new Eduard kits, and while i have a few, this is the first i have built. Looks a great little kit with a nice PE fret and some nice decal options.

I started on Sunday with the pit, putting some of it together but leaving a few bits off for painting.

After a coat of primer and interiour green, i did some light weathering, just a flory pin wash and dry brushing and got all the coloured PE parts fitted.

And with that, the pit was fitted, fuselage halves joined and wings added. This has gone together great and i haven't used any filler as yet.

I primed the wheel wells egtting ready to paint them befopre masking and doing the underside. But then i realised that they will be white as we as the bottom of the aircraft, so i won't have to mask those.

Also got the engine together, painted wirth Alclad and a bit of weathering.

Thanks for looking, more soon.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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