vacinotac Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Hello, This is the new F4F-4. Riveted and markings for a training aircraft on the CVE Tripoli, circa 1943. Thanks for looking at ! AE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jfmajor60 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wow!!! Very nice, Well Done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polo1112 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Sorry but for me it's a lot too dirty!!! I think that the mechanics who would have left flying an aircraft in such a state would have been sacked at once. What DO YOU think about it???? OK for dirty but not too much!!! Edited February 28, 2016 by polo1112 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vacinotac Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Sorry but for me it's a lot too dirty!!! I think that the mechanics who would have left flying an aircraft in such a state would have been sacked at once. What DO YOU think about it???? OK for dirty but not too much!!! I think that you can be right as i can be right another day. Modeling is fun and also an interpretation of various states. Everyone is free. You of course, and me also. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vacinotac Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 And concerning the relative clean appearence of Grumman fighters, have a look at this footage starting from 7'40... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vise101 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Looks fantastic to me!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 That is a gorgeous model. Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Looks good to me ! This model is on my list of "to get". As far as it being too dirty goes, there are always exceptions and at the end of the day its up to the modeler to decide how they want their model to look. Cheers and thanks for sharing! Don. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Looks like it's been around a bit. Plenty of Pacific sun and salt spray. Well done . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parabat Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Superb work, especially in 1/72! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mirage@enthusiast Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Hello, This is the new F4F-4. Riveted and markings for a training aircraft on the CVE Tripoli, circa 1943. Thanks for looking at ! AE Hello Vacinotac! Looking awsome, nice built! Mr Polo1112, before posting please search on the net! During war time the painting wasn't the most important things for the ground crews, the sometimes had only hours to maintenaned, fix repaired the damaged aircrafts and keep them airworthy conditions.During the battle of Britain they were working over nights to put as many aircrafts as they could on qra by the next day, same situation could be on the aircraft carriers mostly far away from the home base... lacking of spare parts and replenishment.... ;) Finaly building models is a hobby and many people want to take it just as a hobby.. finaly here is some pictures about the war weary aircrafts.... F4F guadalcanal....landing accident... F4U Corsair RNZAF Tutae Wera this is a could model the Tutae Wera... (not perfect...but mine...and i love it) Cheers Magyaralba Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murad Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Lovely build there, i don't know what a real Wildcat would look like at wartime but the weathering on this model is simply in unison with everything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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