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Offline Old Wombat

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RAM F6F-3 Hellcat 1/48 - Finished - Pic's pg.2
« on: May 04, 2016, 12:52:49 AM »
Started this a bout a week ago. Going to be pretty much an OoB build with a colour scheme inspired by PantherG (below).




No pic's yet & I'm only in slow-build mode (as I'm trying to finish off my armour projects, too), plus I may buy a couple of detail pieces to lift the end product a bit.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2016, 07:07:10 PM by Old Wombat »
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Offline KiwiZac

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2016, 04:23:38 AM »
This I like! Great idea, I can't wait to see it in plastic.
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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2016, 04:46:07 AM »
Oooooooooo!!!!!  Me likey A LOT!!!!!  8)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2016, 09:58:05 AM »
Thanks, guys! :)

To fill in a bit of time:

I forgot to mention it's HobbyBoss 1/48 scale. I've just ordered the detail bits & paints from BNA Models, so they should be here early next week (I hope).

Spent ages cleaning this the other day because it felt oily & I could even see oil/release agent on it, scrubbed it like crazy. Forgot to wipe it down with metho, though, & the Tamiya white primer I sprayed on everything yesterday ..... Well, let's just say I'm not f@%&*^g happy. Looks like I'll be carefully sanding & re-scribing panel lines & fastener holes for the next few days.

Few interesting errors with the kit that I've found, so far;
- oily, lots of oil (release agent?), enough to actually damage the surface of the kit in some places (luckily nowhere I couldn't fix it easily);
- no gun barrels for the .50's (in the BNA Models order);
- no cowl flaps over the lower exhaust pipes (not even lines marking them), which I'm fixing at the moment;
- chin vent is closed off, it should open onto the lower cylinders (fixed);
- fit is good but not great, so I see some careful, minor PSR work in my future; &
- a few ejector pin markings in easily seen places (like high up in the cockpit), most of which I've fixed.

All that said, though, it's actually quite a nice kit, so far, with, I think, a better than average fit & good detail.

Cheers! :icon_beer:
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2016, 02:12:42 PM »
This should be good . . . . . . .

Actually hoping it was in 1/32 (like your first F6F) or maybe 1/72, can't have everything I 'spose ::)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2016, 02:58:26 PM »
Sadly, I can't even remember building that! :icon_crap:

I'm getting Old Timers Disease! :o
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Offline Brian da Basher

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2016, 05:26:12 AM »
That's a very fetching scheme indeed and I'm most looking forward to see your take on it!

Seems a cut above the usual WW II SEA scheme, but I could be simply demonstrating my vast ignorance.

Will be on the watch for progress,

Brian da Basher
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2016, 06:38:42 PM »
OK, this is on hold until the beginning of next month, when it will be (one of?) my entry(ies) in a GB elsewhere. ;)
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2016, 03:02:13 PM »
Hope you don't mind Wombat, but from 1983 we have your Hasegawa 1/32 scale F6F-3 Hellcat in the markings of USNavy VF-17. Your first Hellcat I believe purchased in Nowra NSW.



Enjoy!!
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2016, 03:57:06 PM »
Hotly Carp! :icon_surprised:

Now I remember it! :D


Thanks, mate! Glad someone took photo's. :-\

From memory (& we can all see how well that's working), my only F6F until this one.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2016, 08:49:19 PM »
OK, the GB has started & I'm slow off the mark! :o

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Movement: miniscule
Satisfaction: high (with acheived goals)

Yep, I've only really done the engine but I'm happy with the results.

I'm using an Eduard detailing set for the cockpit &, as this is the 1st time I've ever tried this kind of thing, I'm struggling with the level of forward planning it involves.

Still, ya gotta try to learn. ;)



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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: RAM F6F-3
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2016, 10:44:00 PM »
Since my last post on the F4D-1P Spyray I've put it aside & returned to this build, finally confronting my fear of all the fiddly little detaily Eduard PE I bought for the cockpit (This is my 1st use of this level of PE detailing sets).

So far ... Not too bad! :D

I've found that PE pieces of all sizes will ping off into the wild blue yonder for no apparent reason & some of the placement indicators are a bit too vague (I've spend 3 hours of the last 3 days modelling time hunting down wayward parts <Haven't lost one .... Yet!> & about 1.5 hours juggling 2 pieces so that they look OK because the instruction positions are impossible to replicate).

Overall, I must say I'm highly impressed with the detail (although some elements do lack a bit of depth) & the unexpected ease with which they go together, especially the 2-part instrument panels.

Anyway, photo's sometime in the next few days, I think.
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2016, 06:48:10 AM »
Hey Wombat, if there is a prob with 'depth of detail' in any PE parts, I use either Gel Cyano (Loctite Power Flex) or a mix of Tamiya grey putty mixed with isopropyl alcohol to make it 'paintable' to increase the diameter of sections that should be more 3D than the produced 'flat' initial PE bit. It may take a couple of carefully applied coats but it does work. Just make sure you do all folding first ;D
Hope this helps ;) ;)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2016, 01:19:15 AM »
So, photo's of the cockpit. There are quite a few of them & they show how appalling my build of this is - up really, really close. With normal eyeball view it looks pretty good - a bit rough in spots due to fit problems & those damned vague instructions, again.

Anyway, here are the pic's:


























It's all been wrapped up, now, as I've glued the fuselage together &, hopefully, things will move a little faster.
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2016, 12:52:57 PM »
Nice work :)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2016, 11:35:39 PM »
Thanks, mate! :)
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Offline apophenia

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2016, 10:50:46 AM »
Yes, looking good  :)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2016, 10:26:22 PM »
Thanks, apophenia! :)



This & my other current build, the F4D-1P Spyray, are my forays into aircraft modelling in preparation for building my version of your Sea Wallaby. ;)
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Offline finsrin

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2016, 02:51:22 AM »
Details are so fine and realistic. :)
Beyond anything I can do.  Like every bit of it.
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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2016, 10:20:29 AM »
Thanks, Bill!


Just remembered I have to finish off & fit the gun sight before I strat on the canopy & painting. ::)
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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2016, 10:26:19 AM »
Nice one... 1st PE is it ...Bwahahaha

The office looks a treat
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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2016, 10:31:36 AM »
Thanks, Brian!


Forgot to mention: Wings & tail-planes are on!

(Strangely, there have been unexplained "Brrrrvvvmmm!" & "Dakka!-Dakka!-Dakka!-Dakka!" noises occurring around the house when no-one else is home. :icon_surprised: )
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2016, 01:04:27 PM »
That sounds serious Wombat, ever seen "Small Soldiers"? ;)
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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2016, 09:21:55 PM »
That cockpit is just too good to be believed!!  :o
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Re: 1/48 RAM F6F-3
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2016, 10:21:57 PM »
Oh yeah, this is going to be sweet.  Love the cockpit work, plus all the other nice detailing which will never be seen again!  ;)
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