jeaton01 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Uschi Van Der Rose .003 antenna, great stuff! But don’t drop your cut off piece, it’s so thin it disappears. The flat coat is Alclad Clear Flat, color coats are Model Master with some Tamiya for details. Antennas are reinforced with music wire. Stencils on the fuselage right side are arguing with me. The cowl is from Obscureco, very nice resin. Photos at the end are showing the F6F-3, FM-2, and F4U-1 relative to the A6M2 Zero and each other. The Wildcat fuselage needed to go on a diet! 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 A nice collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Excellent Grumman and an impressive collection. 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Hi John! Very nice Models! Best! Luiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Excellent work. I use the same size thread, I was tempted to try the finer one as well, but I would probably just get frustrated with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 Thanks, all, much appreciated. Tbolt, I'm not sure a finer thread would be visible to the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Oh, John, John...such modelling talent and skills, and yet another opportunity missed! (I hope I am nor getting in trouble posting this link, which goes to Air Britain. If there are any issues with this please let me know and I will change/remove it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Great work John! I love the comparison pics too; that is a great idea that I may steal! Good group pic as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Now, that's what I call a Heritage Flight! 👍 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 John, excellent work. Question, what is your technique for attaching aerials? Cut to size and superglue, or something else? I’ve seemed to have lost my “mojo” in that regard, not that I’ve built a whole lot in the last number of years. Also, I feel very much like the Wildcat in your lineup... little more rotund than I need to be for my size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 That's it! I love to take pictures of foes and siblings side by side and modelers here should do it more often. It appears that Zero isn't that small after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Thanks all, for the nice comments! Much appreciated. C, the Hellcat would look good with maybe a Peterbilt or Kenworth paint scheme, I just can't see it with the usual civilian airplane getup. However, I have plans to do a Bearcat in this scheme, owned by one Russell Norwood Hansen, a Yale philosophy professor who used to buzz Yale Bowl with it during games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Very smart indeed, the three colour scheme looks great. Nice work on the exhaust staining as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 10 hours ago, RadMax8 said: John, excellent work. Question, what is your technique for attaching aerials? Cut to size and superglue, or something else? I’ve seemed to have lost my “mojo” in that regard, not that I’ve built a whole lot in the last number of years. Also, I feel very much like the Wildcat in your lineup... little more rotund than I need to be for my size! RadMax, The Uschi Van Der Rosen .003 thread acts just like E Z Line, thinner, but just as "stretchy". I have shaky hands so I hold the thread in place with weighted clamps that Exacto used to make but similar are still available from MicroMark and others. I use a twisted wire to put the smallest possible amount of thin CA where the thread is touching the antenna mast at each end, then I cut off the excess at each end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 John, your response has created more questions for me! I’m having a hard time visualizing what type of clamps you mean, and a quick look at the Micro Mark website isn’t helping. Do you have a picture or link about what you’re talking about? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Great looking Hellcat and nice collection! Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 Here's a picture of the setup I use for attaching antenna wire to masts as on the F6F for Radmax: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 John, I think I understand what you’re talking about finally! The toothpicks are stand-ins for the plane and the clamps hold the wire taut over the attachment points. Thank you for taking a picture of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Well done John. Sweet collection. I like the difference with antenna size. I just started using the Uschi superfine 0.01mm for my 1:48 kites. As you say, the stuff is very fine, at times I wasn't sure if I was holding or not. I hope you don't mind, here is my latest using the superfine for the antenna... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Hi, fubar. Nice looking George, glad to have the picture here. I think that is the same size I used on the F6F-3, I recall it being .003" which is very close to .1mm. Probably it can be either depending on how much it is stretched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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