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1/32 F8F-1B Bearcat - Indochine


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Hello there,

Here is my last 1/32nd build finished in 2014.

It is the Trumpeter boxing with some scratch, Spada and Berna decals.

It was a lot of work :D/>

This is the plane of Commandant Cavaroz, based at Cat-Bi airbase, Indochine, 1951.

He reworked the insignias of "Limousin" group as depicted on his own aircraft.

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The model is first painted with Alclad Aluminium.

Then some maskol is applied with a sponge.

The paint job starts with a coat of blue, lighter than the actual dark blue.

The dark blue is then sprayed over the first coat, doing some postshading by insisting on the lines.

Maskol is removed and scratches are added with a toothpick.

More chipping is done with alu paint applied with a sponge.

After decals, a thin coat of satin/matt acrylic varnish is sprayed and pigments are added on strategic areas.

;^)

Romain

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Awesome looking Bearcat :thumbsup: ! I love the weathering. It certainly looks like an aircraft that's seen plenty of hard action over SEA. Great photos too. Well done indeed!

Regards,

Don.

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  • 8 months later...

Thank you guys!

By the way, is that a roll of TP the pilot is holding?

:shoot:

:lol:

I don't know... I hope not :)

My guess it is most likely a map or basic paper :P

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