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  1. Fernando
    Hallo, gentlemen, I have to make clear that I do not have the kit by Eduard in my possession, but I have built several Tamiya and Hobbyboss kits so as to have the shapes of the F4F embedded in my mind. I have been watching some pictures of the new Eduard kit. Is it me, or the nose seems too long and possibly a bit narrow (and therefore the windscreen looking too high)? What are your thoughts on the matter? I attach the link to the Modellversium ezine. https://www.modellversium.de/galerie/9-flugzeuge-ww2/17122-grumman-f4f-3-wildcat-eduard.html Fernando
  2. Fernando
    Hi, gentlemen, Is there any indication of the Martlet IIIs (fixed wing,, upper lip carburettor, single cooling flap, blister, cuffed prop -just checking) actual colours when in 805/806 Sqn, FAA, service? The options I have found are: - Delivery colour of USN Light Grey M-485; - Middlestone (solid) uppers, LG lowers; - Middlestone/Dark Earth disruptive uppers, LG lowers; - Temperate Sea Scheme (LG lowers?) The Desert Scheme is quite interesting (though I would ask for some evidence, other than models and decal sheets) but the last scheme is the one that most interest me. I have read the machines were so repainted when taken to Mackinnon Rd. airfield, Nairobi. Is there any solid evidence of this repaint? Thank you, Fernando
  3. Fernando
    "Why then are you asking the question?" Precisely because of that. Have a good day, sir. Fernando
  4. Fernando
    Well, precisely not so. In a high exposure, grainy B&W photo, a metal blade tip would blend into the surrounding. The picture of the wreckage shows very well defined, dark prop tips, not Yellow, nor chipped. Take a look at it. Fernando
  5. Fernando
    Thank you, Jim, quite reassuring about my feeling on the wrecks' photo. I would not say the tips on these were Yellow, they would look very different even in the conditions that photo was taken. I am more convinced about all Black propeller blades. Interesting comment on aluminum lacquer painted cuffs, as opposite to NMF: OTOS... early Martlet Is didnยดt have a different, uncuffed propeller? Hamilton Standard, probably? For you are right, these would have been painted per British (and earlier French) specs and almost certainly these specified Yellow tips. Fernando
  6. Fernando
    Hallo, gentlemen! I am currently building an F4F-3 (no, not the Eduard one...) as a machine in the ill-fated VMF-211 at Wake Island, and a sudden doubt crept in. How were the propeller tips painted? Tri-color, Yellow, or nothing? From the well known photo of the wrecks, the cuffs are undoubtely unpainted metal, the blades are Black also at the front, but no hint of the tips can be discerned. If any, that they were left in Black like the blades. However, the (in its time) well researched YellowWings Decals decal sheet (which I am using) suggests Tri color, and even supplies decals for that (rather big... almost a quarter of fifth of the blade...) Conversely, the new Eduard kit decal sheet comes with none of that, and a glance at the instructions sheet shows that it has no indication whatsoever (instead, the blades themselves have a raised panel that would indicate the Yellow tip?) What is the general knowledge on the matter? Thank you very much, Fernando
  7. Fernando
    Hallo, gents, Is there any indication that this would be followed by a SBD-5 version? Fernando
  8. Fernando
    Hallo, Gentlemen, Is by chance a 2000B/N/D planned by these talented people? Thanks Fernando
  9. Fernando
    Hi, Tbolt, Those two pictures puzzle me. Sure are they Argentinean examples? Are they showing the same machine? See, the light series bomb carrier shown on the starboard wing in the first photo does not replicate on the port wing in the second. The wing gun is missing. The pants cover the wheels. Are the photos doctored in any way? Regards, Fernando
  10. Fernando
    Hi, Tbolt, Beware that in the pictures of the supposed "flat" windscreen, what we are seeing might be just paralell vertical frames, and not a true flat windscreen (much like in P-40s). The base of the windscreen still seems curved in them all (in the kit the base is definitely straight) In the only picture clearly showing the base of the windscreen, these are undoubtely rounded. Moreover, there always looks to be some glass ahead of the frames, which hints at a curved surface. The serial numbers (assuming the manufacture and the s.n. adjudication was linear) do not agree to a modification in the production run (these planes were virtually individually hand-made, a modification is very possible) Might be a retrofit? No, unfortunately I cannot upload pictures from URL. Regards, Fernando
  11. Fernando
    Hi, gentlemen! Unfortunately, the windscreen is incorrect for a H75O. It should be rounded รก la P-36 or P-40B. Fernando
  12. Fernando
    Hallo, Troy, For some reason, MAP shades in the Xtracrylix range usually do not match those in the Xtracolor one! MSG is noticeably lighter (though I fail to find that olive tint you mention). The same happens to Ocean Grey, while Dark Green lacks the Olive tint. Unfortunately, Xtracolour paints, being enamels, are not sent overseas any more. But bear in mind I said "Xtracolor". Regards, Fernando
  13. Fernando
    Hallo, If having to go with a commercial brand MSG, I would go with Xtracolor. I am surprised that you did not consider it among the colour samples. Fernando
  14. Fernando started following Russian VVS colors, WWII
  15. Fernando
    Hi, gentlemen, I am usually satisfied using FS 36231 as AMT-11, 36081 as AMT-12, and RLM78 (or old Model Master "Russian Undersurface Blue") for AMT-7. Regarding the bluish tone of -11, some instructions sheets (Zvezda) gives FS35237 as the equivalent. Any brand. Regards, Fernando, locked at Buenos Aires
  16. Fernando
    Because it is not your fault... but your choosing of a kit to build is yours. Many modellers wouldn't buy or build a kit with a glaring shape error, even if it builds up smoothly. Or would take pride in correcting the error, though the final result would not be so tidy as an OOB build. Different approaches to modelling. Fernando, locked up at home in Buenos Aires
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