Richard's Academy/Airfix Hellcat for Simon

[Mini Me]

OOOOOOOoooo! I like that. Very much following in the ways of the "Force"........the Jedi master has taught you well, young Richard.

Rick H.:thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Richard

Simply outstanding.

ATB

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Bloody marvellous!

[rtfoe]

Thank you old chaps... Rick, Andrew and Tim. After installing the wires to the gunners side wall I think I can prime and paint the interior then later work on the crew stowage on the racks. Scotties stowage for his Dodge WC has gotten me fired up to make some.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, I just completed the wiring and these are the images...



The end of the wires aren't glued yet as the turret ring with the seats and controls need painting before I re-attach it to the turret.



I think I'll prime it in Nato Black and try the hairspray technique to chip.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

That looks nice and the chipping should add a more realistic appearance......good luck with that. Rick H. :thumb2:

[Si Benson]

Hi Richard,
that is some lovely neat wiring :nerd:

[Guest]

Wonderful work Richard.

[adt70hk]

Mindboggling, mind-blowing, simply brilliant work.

ATB

Andrew

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Looks excellent. Amazing that you manage to get is so much detail.
Jim

[Graeme C.]

The wiring is very nice indeed Richard, impressive stuff.

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Excellent work mate.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Rick, Si, Peter, Andrew, Jim, Graeme and Scottie,

At least I learnt something about wiring by following the electrician around the house during renovations. :tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[Mickc1440]

Excellent work Richard, superb attention to detail

[rtfoe]

Hi Mick, sorry for the late reply, thanks. I had a bad spot of sinus attack and just recovered. As soon as it cleared I attacked the turret with some vigor. I suspect I am allergic to Tamiya paints unfortunately and suffer sinuses most of the time when I spray with it or a combination of Tamiya and Future. It's horrible for 24 hours and then it clears...strange. Horrible in the sense that I'm a leaky faucet and a repetitive cannon of sneezing that hurts my back. It's over so let's get on with the build...

Interior sprayed with a combination of Nato black, Future, then hairspray and then light grey and then olive drab and then a misting of olive drab mixed with some light grey. Here is it is after the hairspray on...



After the long intermission of sinus I scrubbed the areas that saw heavy wear. If I were to do this again I would prefer doing the chipping by brush painting as there were many delicate areas I couldn't get to besides you don't know what to expect in the outcome. It did however create dust deposits that looked quite nice. I'm sure the Hellcat didn't get that much wear in the short period of its operations. So I must tone this down a bit.



I still need to pick out the individual parts in different colours like the seats, sights, 50cal and gun breech.



Cheers,
Richard