1944 Group Build

Well, it has seemed like an eternity, but, by God, I'm finished. Yeeeah, I finally got the 1/72 Hellcat DONE!!!

Bish, Thank you so much for running an absolutely outstanding group build. There has definitely been some very magnificent builds of all types here. I have been truly impressed. And Thanks to each and everyone one of you for providing me with the encouragement and confidence to stick with it when things seemed to be going gunnysack on me. You guys are a tremendous lot.

Overall I am quite pleased with how it came out. I'm not overly fond of the antenna as the EZ line seems a tad out of scale and my CA attachments are a bit messy. I may very well remedy that in the future. As far as the kit goes, Eduard turned out one fine kit. Excellent detail and engineering. My one complaint I have is that the sliding canopy sits a bit high.

The final touches that I added were the exhaust stains that I made with pastels/pigments as were the gun and ejection chute staining. Chipping was done using a silver Prismacolor pencil. And the antenna is EZ line.

So, enough of the babbling. Let me show you some pics.

And now for some added scenery:

Thanks for having a look gents. Comments to both the pro and the con are more than welcome.

Cheers! Joe

Very Well Done Joe!! she looks great and the carrier  base makes it seem all the more real.

Okay, since the nose gear broke on the B 24, I decided to get the metal landing gear for it. It's not going happen anytime soon though. I have other things $ to get caught first.

Sounds like a plan Ken. Keep us posted as I sure want to you finish that B-24 up.

Great looking Hellcat, Joe, very aptly displayed.  Realistic looking flight deck.  Outstanding work on the whole display.

Thank You Checkmate. The flight deck is a 1/72 cardboard replica that I got from Squadron. Initially I'd planned on cutting out a section of it and mounting it to a base for the Hellcat. But now I believe I'll just keep it as is for photographing future USN 1/72 aircraft. I do need to hit with a flat coat as it is glossy.

I didn't know any one made something like that.  Good to know; I have a few USN carrier planes.  Thanks, Joe!

JOE RIX

Sounds like a plan Ken. Keep us posted as I sure want to you finish that B-24 up.

Ditto I want to finish it too,. It's been going on far too long

Just lovely Joe. I have added one to the front page. Thanks for all the hard work, it really did pay off.

Thanks Bish. I do regret the that I ran so far past the end date on the GB. Yet, I do thank you for letting me finish. It added some impetus to hanging in there with this build.