tc2324 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Calling this done now so first things first, a picture of the man himself crouched on the wing of his Hellcat. You will note that during the Hornet cruise of 1944, the Sundowner emblem was not present on squadron Hellcats, but were added once they got back to the US in early 1945. The picture also gives you a pretty good idea of how he got his `Skull` nickname. Lt. Charles `Skull` StimpsomVF-11 `Sundowners`USS Hornet1944 Edited February 21, 2014 by tc2324 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirLedge Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 That's a really nice Hellcat, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Szczudlyk Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Great build and finish,gotta love the Hellcat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 very nice finish and awesome weathering.. its hard to see it on the photos, but on the first photo of the model you can see it greatly on the cowling, that looks realy realy nice! how did you achieved that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Nice, very nice work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc2324 Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Thanks all. Add`s another type to the VF-111 collection. very nice finish and awesome weathering.. its hard to see it on the photos, but on the first photo of the model you can see it greatly on the cowling, that looks realy realy nice! how did you achieved that ? Simply a dark wash pretty much left as is without rubbing it off. Looks great as long as you don`t overdo it. Edited February 22, 2014 by tc2324 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby57 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Very, very nice build and I like the fact that so many modelling masters here go for historically interesting pilots and their aircraft, such as you have. I've got a thing about the Canadian ace Lt. Colonel Raymond Collishaw at the moment. Still reading up on his career. But thanks again, this is the stuff I love. Nobby57 Edited February 22, 2014 by Nobby57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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