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a tale of two 1/72 wildcats


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Hey folks!

 

in this thread ill be posting my two builds: one martlet mk.I and one f4f-3 (bu.1863) Early w/ spinner :-)

 

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first up:

 

Martlet Mk.I

 

Using the airfix 1/72 Martlet IV as a base, Ive started by modifying the cowl  by adding the intake fairing on the top; it should protrude a bit further forward so will add a bit more stock card then sand smooth

 

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F4F-3 BU.1863

 

first up I dug out the gun troughs, though got a bit carried away and dug them too far back! - i filled up with the excess with some black sprue and will sand smooth

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as  this airfraft had the earlier R-1830-76 minus the magnetos, I saved the airfix engine for another day and found another replacement ( not much will be seen behind the spinner anyway!

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the spinner is from the spares and from an academy p-40 from memory, the kit blades were attached to the spinner:

 

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more soon! ^_^

 

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hiya,

 

so ive been trying to match the Martlet mk.I colours: 

 

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totally confused if it is a either a:  A) bad us paint matching to british colors (grey and green) or a two-tone green!?!?!?! :huh:

 

i usually use tamiya sprays for camo, so made some crude swatches:

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but still not happy with the colors!

 

 

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