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Hi Luke,
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Looking really sharp! OL JR
This is such an impressive build, you obviously have many skills and much patience.......very well done !!
Paul T
WOW!!!! That looks AMAZING!!! WAY better than I could do!
I figured when you said "Hellcat" that you were going to just paint it that dark Navy blue with a white belly like the old Corsairs on the "Baa Baa Black Sheep" TV show (which is a COOL show BTW-- got it on disk a few years back... ) Didn't expect something multi-toned...
Does it have a tail-hook for carrier landings?? LOL VERY neat stuff...
I've heard of interservice rivalries, but this takes the cake...
Yeah, the Zooch LB is really cool... I'm gonna HAVE to do a Soviet version now... one of these days...
Later and KUTGW... OL JR
PS. "When you first came here, you were but the learner... now, *YOU* are the master... " (Darth Vader)
"Henceforth, you shall be known as DARTH.... HELLCAT!!!" LOL (Emperor Palpatine)
Thanks Luke! I appreciate the kind words...but I am not even close to being in your league...but I keep trying and experimenting....if you look close at some of the pics you can see that when I used the spray paint it came out with a somewhat granualed layer of paint....it didn't come out with a nice smooth coat..I am not exactly sure why...maybe I was too far away from the surface with the can?..the lighting and the setting I used for the pictures really seems to accentuate that, but, all in all, I am pleased with my Navy Hellcat II. I did order a decal sheet on line so there are a few markings I will add to the orbiter in a week or so, but for the most part, its finished. The Grumman Hellcat is my favorite WWII fighter and I have always loved that tri colored paint scheme from the mid war...late 1943 to 1944...just colorful and cool looking so that was the plan for this build. I kinda like the Polaris booster too...amazing what you can do with a Shuttle derived fuel tank and some decal sheets...LOL...fun kit to play around with and try things with them! I had the same difficulty you had with your Polaris nose cone...its just difficult to get the decal sheet to conform to the curve of the nose cone. When I put the Krylon clear coat on, I must have gone too heavy with it because two of the black bands shrank a bit leaving a few small holes in the decal sheet...I just trimed off some small extra decal sheets and covered it up. All in all, I am pleased with the booster and I think it has a cool look. I have some more to do to wrap her up...Flamefins and stuff....just a fun kit!
Baa Baa Black Sheep was a GREAT show! I remember when it was on TV live and I watched them all! I do think they watered pappy Boyington down a bit because in real life the guy was a handful! Hell of a pilot and leader though!!
You're too modest... your skills are complete... Indeed you are powerful, as the Emperor has foreseen... LOL
As far as the granulated paint, well, it's possible you got some dry spray, or "orange peel"... it can cause that sort of problem where too much of the solvent evaporates from the droplets and they get too viscous and won't flow out smoothly onto the surface, leaving it somewhat "pebbly" or like the skin of an orange... BUT for some effects (like fades) on a paint job, there's really no good way around it... at least not with rattle cans...
I'd like to hear how you did the paint jobs as well... that would be cool.
Yep, they don't make TV like they used to... and yeah, Pappy Boyington was a mess, but he DEFINITELY had "the right stuff"...
Later! OL JR
Hey Luke,
I used my trusty ol Badger 150 airbrush to paint the orbiter...I used regular white spray paint for the base coat on the orbiter and then airbrushed the light blue and then the dark blue paint on I used Model master paint for the blues...both had the correct FS number. Now..I haven't used the airbrush in I don't know how long...I had some slight over spray with the blues, but that is because I didn't thin the paint...I thought it was acceptable as it was straight for the bottle. Truthfully, I prefer to use acrylics in the airbrush because it is so much easier to clear it with water than thinners but I couldn't find any with the correct FS numbers so I went with the Model master paints which are enamels. I then used Testors gloss overall to prep it for the decals. I laughed when I opened up the box to the airbrush...my father bought that for me a long time ago...I still have the pamphlet that came with it saying that Badger was "the airbrush for '80's!"..LOL!! she still works like a charm!
The booster is simple gloss white and the roll patterns are all trim decal sheet.
Stunning... that's all I can say... just STUNNING!
Well done!! These look GREAT and they look like they fly really well. You've done a great job on your builds and finishing them. I'm very impressed!!
Hey, great work Rick!!!! That looks SO amazing! Absolutely love the artwork finishes you did on them and they look and fly great! Congrats!
Looking forward to what you come up with next...
Later! OL JR
You guys simply amaze me!
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