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F245 Frog Grumman Hellcat, Fleet Air Arm ##Finished##


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This is a placeholder while I get all the other Builds finished. 

 

Having too many Builds on the go at the same time is never a good idea but, life's too short not too and these GBs are too tempting.

 

 

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picture from Scalemates

 

Good luck everyone 

 

Cheers Pat

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Pat,

 

As a heads up I see that on the Frog picture the Hellcat is marked B°E.  I think the ‘E’ (HMS Emperor) should always be on the left.  ‘B’ the Aircraft Letter is to the right.. Both side should read E°B..

 

 

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Hi Pat,

great choice!

Is there a single FROG kit that you do not have in the mine dump-sized stash of yours?

It took me all these years to finally understand why FROG kits were always in short supply in France... They kept blaming Scotland... I was too stupid to understand...

Now I know.

Beautiful plane and I shall definitely follow your progress.

 

Have fun.

 

JR

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Hi @jean

 

As the sun has arrived in the highlands and all other members of the Jockney clan are out tonight, a chance to do a bit of modelling Al Fresco !

 

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Oh the peace and quiet, modelling bliss  :cheers:

 

Cheers Pat

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Hi Pat,

 

nice progress on you cat.

Re your al fresco modelling time I am, for once, jealous!

Here it has been dark since 6 PM, and it is freezing ! No Highland cow would survive it! Modelling "inside" when we have no windows on our home is a mission, especially with skying gloves!

I suspect though that the bottle of single malt is just outside the photo... You forgot to remove the glass from the table.

 

Great show mate, and enjoy your two hours of summer!

 

JR

 

 

 

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39 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Pat which bridge is in the distance ? It looks similar to the firth of forth crossing but i thought that was red ? 

Hi mate

That is Connel Bridge, a good bit smaller, whoops sorry, its only wee compared with the Forth Bridge !

Our one was a railway bridge originally, now in use with motor vehicles. 

Cheers Pat

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11 hours ago, JOCKNEY said:

Hi mate

That is Connel Bridge, a good bit smaller, whoops sorry, its only wee compared with the Forth Bridge !

Our one was a railway bridge originally, now in use with motor vehicles. 

Cheers Pat

In true Scottish fashion, have they stopped the trains crossing?

JR

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Mind the gap !

 

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Going to need a second coat and a tidy up, also the canopy is proving to be a challenge, who would have thought 2 kits of the same aircraft could be so different !

 

Hopefully more progress this weekend.

 

Cheers Pat

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Hi Pat,

 

Speedy Gonzales has nothing on you!

Extremely fast and great looking build! 

Great show, mate.

 

JR

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Apologies, I've been meaning to post these for a while.

 

Im calling this one finished, many thanks for all the support and encouragement along the way, thanks to Rich aka @Richard Tucker for the canopy without which this kit would still be lingering in the big box of, "There's bits missing but too good for spares" !

 

I hope you like it

 

Cheers Pat

 

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