Hi Tony
That is a very nice paintjob. Great airbrush control to get that sort of subtle shadings.
Jim
That is a very nice paintjob. Great airbrush control to get that sort of subtle shadings.
Jim
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Very nice work on the painting TonyComment
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Heres the top side finished ready for gloss
After looking at lots of period photographs ive come to the conclusion that operational tigercats had the undercarriage painted dark sea blue . Lots of photos on the net show silver but most of these are restored warbirds or repainted museum pieces so im going with the pics of actual machines in service .Comment
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Found a very interesting photo on the net ( and period photos of the tigercat are very scarce ) showing a line up of tigercats , one of them is sitting on the tail, nose wheel up in the air . I did read somewhere that when not fuelled or loaded with ammo for the guns they were very prone to sitting up at the slightest provocation, hence the ammo crates and oil drum prop supplied in the kit. This method was used in the field sometimes or maybe not as this photo proves!
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For once a model can be a tail sitter, and factually correct. Brilliant.Comment
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Nice progress Tony, paint effects are looking great :thumb2:Comment
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Its had a couple of coats of alclad aqua gloss and is now ready for the decals . The kit decals were not brilliant , having very large areas of yellowy carrier film round them , particularly the bare stars and bars . Not only that but the stars and bars are combined with the green and white areas so if youre not doing the trainer version ( I’m not ) you have to cut them out which would cause all sorts of hassle . I got a cheap set of aftermarket decals for f6 hellcats which feature similar bare stars and bars , theyre slightly bigger than the kit ones but im not fussed . The other part of the scheme is the large yellow letters which again have excess yellow carrier film , ill have to cut these out individually . Anyone wanting a tigercat in 1/48 is better off getting the Italeri rebox of this kit , youll get better decals and i think they got rid of the rubber tyres tooComment
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That airbase photo is one of the best "paint chipping" examples I've seen.Comment
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Decals now on and its had a good wet coat of aqua gloss. A bonus with the aftermarket Hellcat decals is 2 lots of markings for the props were included and they were a lot better and more comprehensive than the poor kit offerings. The canopy problem has been sorted by using the old , damaged canopy as a former and gently heating and bending some clear acetate ( shampoo bottle!) over it . After a couple of goes I got one i was happy with so it then got some aluminium tape applied for the frames. The exhausts have been painted and the engines have now been fully assembled, ready to go on at the last minuteComment
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Looking great. I like your system of using aluminium tape fot the canopy frames.Comment
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Hi Tony
Those kit decals are pretty horrible. The ones you have used look spot on. The replacement canopy is perfect. Very good idea for the framing.
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Tony,
All looking very good the wiring on the engines is top notch.Comment
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A nice benefit of not putting the engines on till last is that I can spray the exhaust staining without having to mask anything up. First off was a thin black/ brown mix then on top of that a thin light grey , not forgetting the undercarriage doors .The engines have now been attached and the undercarriage has been fitted. Needless to say its a tail sitter , i dont think even a full nose of lead would have sorted it plus the spindly undercarriage would have given up straight away! The kit supplied oil drum and crate have been painted in case my cunning plan doesnt work!Comment
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Tony,
Completely missed this up until now. That's turned out very nicely indeed. It's quite a striking plane for a twin engined bird.
Very well done indeed!!
ATB.
AndrewComment
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