Jamie Cheslo Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Hi folks; It has been a long time since I have posted any builds, as I have just recently got back into the hobby. I am retiring from a 33 year career this June and now is the time to focus on some other things in life, like building, for instance. So here is my first completed build in some time. A rather unique subject, the Grumman F4F-3S "Wildcatfish" Only one was ever completed and it never went into production. It had poor flight characteristics, was under-powered with the added weight, and by the time it was ready to go into production, the Americans were already building landing strips on the captured Pacific Islands, thus rendering the aircraft obsolete before it even got started! So because I am rusty, I used this 1/48 Hobby Boss kit as a test-bed for improving my airbrushing technique, and experimenting with some new techniques like pre-shading, mottling of fuselage colours, etc. Certainly no contest winner, this, but I have to say, being very rusty, I am pleased with how it turned out. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Please excuse the dust on the computer lid. It has not been used for quite some time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Nice work! That was a good kit to build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 42 minutes ago, dnl42 said: Nice work! That was a good kit to build. Thanks so much! I agree, it was fun and trouble-free. Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Awesome work on a unique subject. Welcome back! -co Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 17 hours ago, CaptainObvious said: Awesome work on a unique subject. Welcome back! -co Thanks so much! I have never built anything with pontoons before! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Yes! Very unique and very nicely built, painted and weathered, sir. Congratulations! Kind regards, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, Dutch said: Yes! Very unique and very nicely built, painted and weathered, sir. Congratulations! Kind regards, Dutch Thank you so much, Dutch! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Mark Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Wow on first glance I thought you'd bashed a few kits together and scratch built a bunch of stuff, very surprising to see it was actually a real thing. I learnt something today! haha Very well done on the build! 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewPerren Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Crikey! I’ll bet that thing flew like a dumptruck. Nice job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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