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Eduard 1/72 F6F 5 Hellcat GC 1/6 Corse French Air Force in Indochina 1951


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Good evening

For this GB I am building the Eduard F6F 5 Hellcat I will reoresent an aircraft from Groupe de Chasse 1/6 Corse during the Indochina conflict in 1951 

 

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The box art
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The sprues
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I am using an Eduard detailling set
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And the Berna decals sheet
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Some book
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I started yesterday by painting the floor and side walls in Interior Green ,I glued the stick and the rudder    210709062645451188.jpg

I glued the Eduard parts of the instrument panel on their support
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I also glued the Eduard belts on the seat 
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Today I prepared the engine
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And glued the seat and the instrument panel on the floor
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Patrice

 

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Good evening

 

 Today I glued the "tub" on the right half fuselage

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 then I closed the 2 fuselage halves and placed the engine under its cowling
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I also prepared the wings
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and the propeller
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Patrice

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1 hour ago, Alan P said:

Fast work Patrice! Looks like a nice little kit from Eduard.

Hi Alan P

Thank you for your comment , Yes the Eduard kit is very nice and easy to build ..

Best Regards

Patrice 

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2 hours ago, Col. said:

Good afternoon Patrice. You're making great progress with this one :thumbsup:

Hi Col

Thank you very much for your comment, today I failed to find time to work on it  but I hope to succed tomorrow ...

 

Best Regards

Patrice

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Looks very nice.👍

 

I did not realise that the Armée de l'Air used Hellcats and Bearcats. I had seen pictures of them, but until now it just didn't register with me that these were Armée de l'Air and not Marine Nationale. 

 

Cheers, Stefan.

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1 hour ago, shortCummins said:

very nice Patrice

 

it looks as if you've got the exhaust stain spot on, something I struggle with

 

rgds

John(shortCummins)

Good afternoon John 

 Thank you for your comment ...

Regards 

Patrice 

 

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13 minutes ago, Stefan Buysse said:

Looks very nice.👍

 

I did not realise that the Armée de l'Air used Hellcats and Bearcats. I had seen pictures of them, but until now it just didn't register with me that these were Armée de l'Air and not Marine Nationale. 

 

Cheers, Stefan.

Good afternoon Stefan 

Thank you for your comment ..

A good number of the the Hellcats used by the Armée de l'Air were transfered to the Aéronavale when the Bearcats arrived in Indochina in February 1951..

 

Cheers 

Patrice  

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Bonsoir Patrice,

 

your little diorama is superb, and your build is fantastic.

Congratulations!

I see that you do not use gloss varnish before and after the decals, with the mat varnish last.

Do you have any problems with decals cracking with age, or turning yellowish?

I know that here I have had that problem until I started using gloss varnish.... 

 

Great show.

 

JR

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20 minutes ago, jean said:

Bonsoir Patrice,

 

your little diorama is superb, and your build is fantastic.

Congratulations!

I see that you do not use gloss varnish before and after the decals, with the mat varnish last.

Do you have any problems with decals cracking with age, or turning yellowish?

I know that here I have had that problem until I started using gloss varnish.... 

 

Great show.

 

JR

Bonsoir Jean

Thank you for your comment ..

I don't use gloss varnish and so far I only had a few problems with decals from  Academy it may be due to the weather in Normandy ?..

Best Regards

Patrice

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