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Offline PFJN

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2025, 01:17:33 PM »
Hi,
That could make for a good added ground attack capability.  :smiley:

PS.  Sorry for getting a little wordy in some of my posts.  I guess I'm half thinking things out and trying to convince myself whether or not I'm making any sense as I go along  ???

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #26 on: February 12, 2025, 01:34:09 PM »
The Hellcat seems to be one of the overlooked workhorses of the navy. It seem as though everyone goes from the Wildcat, skips the Hellcat and goes on to the Corsair. I may be inspired to give the Hellcat some attention in 1:48th scale. I’m sure there’s a decent kit or two out there.
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #27 on: February 12, 2025, 11:23:59 PM »
Quote from: Kerick on February 12, 2025, 01:34:09 PM
I may be inspired to give the Hellcat some attention in 1:48th scale. I’m sure there’s a decent kit or two out there.

There are; Eduard, Hasegawa & Hobby Boss, for starters.

I've built the Hobby Boss F6F-3 Hellcat (Late Version), but I did add some after-market bits.

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2025, 10:20:11 AM »
Nice, thanks for the tips!
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2025, 05:58:07 PM »
Some detailed work done with all the drawings, I like it. :smiley:
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2025, 02:36:49 AM »
A prototype colour scheme sounds a good idea, makes a change from blues and greys . . .
Also the shorter wingspan would increase agility during attacks.

cheers,
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #31 on: February 18, 2025, 04:42:46 AM »
Hi,
Things are progressing slowly.  One issue that I've come across though is in finding a suitable Circle-P decal for the build.  So far the only one I saw on eBay was from Australia and the postage was very high due to the long distance  :(.

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #32 on: February 18, 2025, 06:24:30 AM »
No way to make your own Circle P?  If that is no option why not consider an alternative role such as target tug with the yellow and black stripes on the underside? 
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #33 on: February 18, 2025, 06:46:58 AM »
I don't know where you are based but you can get prototype makings from Hannants here:-

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X72213?result-token=Zhfnq

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #34 on: February 18, 2025, 10:31:45 AM »
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions.  I'm in the US (DC area).

My next step now is doing a rough markup for the camoflage surfaces.

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #35 on: February 18, 2025, 10:50:30 AM »
Your build is looking awesome! The paint is coming together.
I just got back from the LHS and not a Hellcat anywhere. Mustangs, Wildcats, Corsairs, Bearcats, P-40s, you name it. I guess it’s Amazon.
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #36 on: February 19, 2025, 03:58:39 AM »
Thanks, and good luck with your search  :smiley:
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #37 on: February 20, 2025, 08:26:21 AM »
Hi,
I need to touch up the paint a little but I am happy with how it is turing out.

Pat  :smiley:

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #38 on: February 20, 2025, 08:35:33 AM »
Pretty neat paint scheme, for sure.
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #39 on: February 20, 2025, 09:39:04 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #40 on: March 10, 2025, 02:28:28 AM »
Noice . . .

cheers,
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #41 on: March 11, 2025, 07:58:44 AM »
Hi,
I had to take a bit of a break due to some other issues and also getting sick for a bit, but hoepfully now I can get back on track. :)
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #42 on: March 11, 2025, 11:30:31 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #43 on: April 02, 2025, 02:24:01 AM »
Any further progress on this  . . . ?

cheers,
Robin.
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #44 on: April 02, 2025, 08:17:55 AM »
Hi,
Unfortunately I've only made minimal progress the last few weeks.  I inadvertantly broke one llanding gear and mispplace the other, but found a 3D file that I may be able to use to print new ones.  Unfortunately though it has taken me a bit of time to clean up the file for print, and I also need to do some maintenance on my printer.  Between that, some yard work and doing taxes, progress has been real slow  :(
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #45 on: April 02, 2025, 11:33:43 AM »
That real life stuff really gets in the way! We'll be looking forward to more of this project whenever you can get to it.
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #46 on: April 15, 2025, 08:35:01 AM »
Hi,
This last weekend was the Northern Virginia International Plastic Modellers Society big annual meeting/show and I was able to pick up an inexpensive copy of the Airfix Helcat to replace my missing parts (actually it was an MPC boxing, but its the smae basic kit).

As such, I'm going to try and finish up my build this week/weekend  :P

Regards

Pat
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #47 on: April 22, 2025, 11:10:02 PM »
Hi,
Sorry about not posting any updatesfor a while.  I have the new landing gear from the second Airfix/MPC kit that I noted above, and am in th process of painting and installing them.  In addition I have also started painting that Canopy framing and making some small mods to the aft gun mount. 

For the Dive Brakes, I've considered a couple diffrent options, including trying to 3D print something.  However, while shopping ast week I noticed that a standard "zip tie" was just about the perfect width in comparison the the brakes shown on the Vengeance mode kit, and the "ridges/ribs" on the zip tie look to be about the right distance apart to reflect the shape of the openings in the Vengenace dive brakes.  As such I trimmed up a coupe pieces of zip tie to be the same length as the dive brakes shown on the base Vengeance kit (for each wing) and then cut a slot into the Helcat wing to fit these items, as shown below.  I used some scrap plastic into the wing so that the piece of zip tie would fit mostly flush with the wing surfaces, and filled the gaps with some Perfect Plastic Putty.  After that I repainted the surfaces as shown in the second image.




I'm hoping to finish up the landing gear, canopy and gun mount soon.  After that the main remaining pieces woud be the arresting gear, painting, adding decals and then any weathering or finishing coats etc.

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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #48 on: April 23, 2025, 04:43:01 PM »
That is pretty substantial progress.. liking the scheme  :smiley:
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Re: Vengea-Cat
« Reply #49 on: April 23, 2025, 06:38:49 PM »
 :smiley:
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