1/72 Academy Wildcat F4F-4 USN Guadalcanal (George Wrenn Oct. 1942)

[Lee Drennen]

This morning I painted and added the wheels, painted the engine and added a few decals.The top wing decal to me looks like it needs to be move out more to the end of the wing so I think I might address but this is how the decal instructions say where to put it I would like to have this finished by tomorrow.

[Dave Ward]

Lee,
the wing star position..................

It looks like the centre of the star is in line with the inboard aileron edge. There does seem to be quite a bit of variation of position & size, on the early Wildcats
Dave

[Mini Me]

Looks close enough to me Lee........I wouldn't sweat it too much. Rick H. :thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Dave. Thanks for the nice reference photo. I removed the Dails they recommend and added the 45” ones that look the part like in your pic. I left the 54” on the bottom like Rick said I’m not sweating it.

Rick. Thanks for the complement I just had to change the top at least but left the bottom ones. Glad you are liking it.

[Lee Drennen]

I re-done the top Dials and added the decals to the Airfix Cockpit I installed. Next is to added the seat, joystick, canopy and the prop and I’m calling it done.

[JR]

Sorry I missed so much of this Lee. Nice to see you back enjoying modelling again.
Looks a nice build .

[Neil Merryweather]

I re-done the top Dials and added the decals to the Airfix Cockpit I installed. Next is to added the seat, joystick, canopy and the prop and I’m calling it done. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152648[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152649[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152651[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152652[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152653[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152654[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1152655[/ATTACH]

Nice job Lee

[Lee Drennen]

Calling this one done. Finished this one tonight. This was a fun little build.I added Antenna Rigging on this one first attempt to do this. I used fine wire for the Antenna. I’ll post it in Completed section tomorrow.

[scottie3158]

Nice one mate.

[Mini Me]

Nice finish......is this #3 from the "Dead Pool"?

[Dave Ward]

Lee,
nice one - definitely better with the canopy closed, looks really odd with it open...............
Dave

[adt70hk]

Very nicely done indeed Lee!!!

A great finish!!!

ATB.

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Scottie. Thanks for the complement and stopping by.

Rick. Thanks glad you hung in there during the long build. I’m hoping there’s going to more from the Dead Pool. Yes you are right #3

Dave. Thanks for helping me on this build and the Complement. I was thinking the same thing the second I opened the Office the Canopy looks too thick.

Andrew. Thanks for the complement. I’m glad you like it. It was a challenge but a fun build.

[minitnkr]

Well done Lee.

[colin m]

And he's across the line, nice job Lee.