wimbledon99 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, almac said: Thanks Hewy. I have never had too much trouble with spraying Revell Aquacolors so I guess I must be lucky. I did have real problems with the Tamiya white. It was either too thin or too thick and grainy. I think I forgot all I knew about airbrushing in the year I didn't finish any builds. The blue went on ok though. The next stage is the sea blue but I'm waiting for that to arrive hopefully tomorrow. Cheers Allan I'm glad it's not just me with the Tamiya white! I had a bit of a mare with it and found the Vallejo Air to be so much better!! She looks lovey, Allen. Looking forward to seeing more Cheers Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, wimbledon99 said: I'm glad it's not just me with the Tamiya white! I had a bit of a mare with it and found the Vallejo Air to be so much better!! She looks lovey, Allen. Looking forward to seeing more Cheers Nigel Thanks Nigel. I’ve tried Vallejo air once,interior green, and I remember it sprayed ok. I’ll try again with the Tamiya white as I have a couple of bottles. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Morning all. I’ve been looking at this Hellcat and I think the intermediate blue is too dark. I’ve looked at the internet and there seems to be various interpretations from very light to much darker. Any thoughts people? Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I’m coming round to believing that unless a subject has been seen in the ‘real’, shades of colours can’t be easily corroborated. Colour settings on screens, lighting when originals were taken, pictures taken of pictures and posted on line etc all skew what was ‘actual’. Just my tuppence worth 🤔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Look's fine from here Allan,coming together a treat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Evening all. More progress tonight. I spent another couple of hours masking in prep for the sea blue going on. The sea blue was a mix of Tamiya xf-17 sea blue,xf-8 flat blue and xf-2 white. This mix I found on another forum when I was looking for mix for the intermediate blue so I thought I'd give a go. This time I managed the paint without any drama. Once the masking came off it revealed several areas needing attention so that will be my next task. Anyways here are some pics. Cheers Allan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Hi Allen, She’s looking very nice ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Looking pretty good from here! Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 12/8/2018 at 4:55 AM, almac said: Morning all. I’ve been looking at this Hellcat and I think the intermediate blue is too dark. I’ve looked at the internet and there seems to be various interpretations from very light to much darker. Any thoughts people? Cheers Allan When I saw the above question, I looked back at the earlier shot, which didn't show the blue well enough for me to have a real opinion. I did, however, think, "Put the dark blue on and then see what you think." Then I scrolled down and saw that that's what you've done, and I now think it looks good! While I'm always interested in the colour discussions, my own philosophy is "Look at as many pictures etc as you can, then go with what "seems right". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 13 hours ago, wimbledon99 said: Hi Allen, She’s looking very nice ! Thanks Nigel 13 hours ago, Hook said: Looking pretty good from here! Cheers, Andre Thanks Andre 8 hours ago, gingerbob said: When I saw the above question, I looked back at the earlier shot, which didn't show the blue well enough for me to have a real opinion. I did, however, think, "Put the dark blue on and then see what you think." Then I scrolled down and saw that that's what you've done, and I now think it looks good! While I'm always interested in the colour discussions, my own philosophy is "Look at as many pictures etc as you can, then go with what "seems right". Thanks Gingerbob Cheers Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Evening all. I can't believe it's been 5 weeks since I last posted. The blame lies with all the Christmas nonsense and the fact my son bought me the airfix B17 Fortress III which has distracted my attention somewhat. Anyways I've made some progress, the touch-ups have been done and a gloss coat sprayed. All the other bits like under carriage, engine etc have been painted. I still need to replace the gun barrels and I will probably use the Master P-47 gun barrels which I'm not sure are accurate but I think they will look ok. Anyway here is a not very interesting pic of the glossed kit. Cheers Allan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Very nice! I like that scheme. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Morning all. I've made some more progress with the Eduard Hellcat. In the last couple of hours I started the decals and drilled out the holes for the machine gun barrels which I'll put in towards the end of the build as I'm bound to knock them off if I do it now. The first decal I put on I used microset/sol and it seems to have left a white residue which will not come off so I think it's kind of stained the paint. I have a memory of this happening before and it was ok after the gloss coat after the decals are done. We shall see how that goes. Cheers Allan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Nice work Allan I'va had that whitish residue from transfer setting solution before and as you note, it generally goes away after a gloss coat to seal the transfers. Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Evening all. A small amount of progress tonight. I spent a tedious few hours applying the stencils some of which are tiny. Under magnification they are all legible but I noticed one spelling error where water has two ‘t’s. Still more stencils to do tomorrow and then I hope to be near completion around the weekend. Cheers Allan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Evening all. Having seen Enzo's Grumman production line and being aware the deadline is fast approaching I decided to crack on and get this finished soon. Almost there,some weathering etc and the flat coat next time. Here's where I am just now. Undercarriage and prop are not glued yet. Gun barrels still to be painted. Cheers Allan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Evening All. I'm finally calling this one done. Not my best work but I'm happy to finish it as it's the first one in over a year. This really is an excellent kit and look forward to doing another soon which will be a FAA example. Tomorrow I'll take some more pictures but here is one for now. Cheers Allan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Nice job Allan, a very striking scheme and a lovely model Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Good morning Allan Very good job 👍 she looks great .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Hi Allen, Just popping in to say that this has turned out lovely. Just seen the additional pictures in the gallery and she looks great!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Great looking Hellcat sir👍 ... Really love this scheme so much I did a Hellcat from the same squadron using a different side # and artwork last year. Edited February 8, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Lovely job, Allan. I just read through this all again and I love the colour scheme and your tip on getting the 'right' sea blue for this Hellcat. Great work and something for me to aim at. All the best. Mike. Edited February 8, 2019 by Ventora3300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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