Cap'n Wannabe Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Another kit copyrighted before I was born... I'm getting help with this one - my son Evan and daughter Layla have chipped in with the washing of the kit, and Evan helped my paint the interior colour - Home Brew Zinc Chromate. Got some pics, but the camera told me to recharge my batteries before I managed to upload them. This kit is similar to WymanV's Hellcat in that the pilot's are identical twins, and the wings have a primative folding mechanism. My gear doesn't retract, though. :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cap'n Wannabe Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 (edited) ......and now, the pics. Edited June 2, 2007 by damo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Wow, you really made that engine pop out. Nice job. <_< Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cap'n Wannabe Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Cheers, Mike! It was a bit of a bugger to paint - I'd much rather a separate engine! Still, I'm happy with the result. A bit more done today - I gave it an instrument panel.....well, really painted the existing panel (half of which is moulded into each fuselage side) in an attempt to make it look like a panel. Toothpicks are handy little things, aren't they! I have the type with a flat on one end and the point at the other. Dipped the flat end into white paint, wiped off the excess, and pressed it onto the panel. Made a nice little circle . Then I filled the centre of the circle with black, applied with the pointy end of the toothpick, leaving a thinnish white outline, and added some red, green and blue paint to make things look a bit more interesting. Bloody camera batteries are flat again - went to see my new niece, and my wife took a heap of photos - so no pics today. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cap'n Wannabe Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Took some pics today, but they're shocking....ah well, never said I was a good shutterbug Spent about 1 1/2 hours prepping the landing gear and prop for painting, and then painted the tyres and a bit more of the pilot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Nice to see you got your "workers" helping you out. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cap'n Wannabe Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 Gawd, over a month since a progress report!! The Wildcat's fit is terrible....particularly around the wing root area, and the LH port fuselage half seems a little longer than the RH starboard. After a few attempts, I managed to switch the little light on inside my head, and cut some styrene sheet to fill the *massive* gap at the bottom of the wing root.....the fuselage seemed to be pliable enough that at first I thought I could superglue the gap closed....how wrong I was! :o The front cowl is glued on, and I managed to take some half decent shots of the "instrument panel"....you can see the toothpick I've mounted the prop on - not planning to have a rotating prop this time.. The intruments.. The business end.. The bloody big gap... Some putty.... Some more putty... Wow.....post #300 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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