USN Wildcat

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February 6, 2021
Airwaves details.
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February 6, 2021
Unfortunately Airwaves don't supply the front wall for the cockpit 🙁
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February 6, 2021
Hence I had to scratchbuild my own.
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February 6, 2021
First colours.
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February 14, 2021
Shading.
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February 14, 2021
And ready to close the fuselage.
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February 14, 2021
The fit of the front is not the best one, but the only problematic place after all.
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February 14, 2021
The canopy is not very transaprent, let's see how it will work with the gauzy agent.
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February 27, 2021
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February 28, 2021
Light Gull Grey is there
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March 5, 2021
The support PE frets visible in the left upper corner (#19)
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March 5, 2021
Topside got its lovely colour
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March 8, 2021
The +25 years old decals work and don't scatter, yikes!
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March 8, 2021
Good job Techmod, they look grand!
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The darker ones look better, don't they?
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March 27, 2021
The last stretch
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1990s vs 2021 🙂
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Wildcat in the great outdoors 😉
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And on my new airfield 🙂

Comments

39 6 February 2021, 16:07

Cuajete
More from Łukasz's factory!!
Following (one more time 😛)

6 February 2021, 18:31

Gary Kitchen
Taking a seat. That canopy frame is a nice touch, it's going to look great.

6 February 2021, 19:41

Patryk S.
Following!

6 February 2021, 19:47

Daniel Klink
Following.. Wildcat weeks here?

6 February 2021, 19:50

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like. Welcome mates. Not sure I'll go for the open canopy at the end, but let's see how it goes 🙂

6 February 2021, 20:09

Alec K
Man, you don't waste time. I think you may be done before I cut into mine 😄

I never heard of this company (Design). Do you have any details?

7 February 2021, 00:53

Łukasz Gliński
Hi Alec. I usually slow down a lot at the last stages 🙂
Design was a short-lived Polish company that used to rebox Academy kits in the first half of the 90s. My whole Design collection is purely sentimental😉
Nevertheless these were first really good kits available here after the Berlin Wall fell. The original Academy kits were rare and expensive, but for the half of the price you could get a Design rebox in many shops 🙂 And they included Polish decals where they could (e.g MiG-23). These btw. were one of the first Techmod attempts to supply the model kit boxings.

7 February 2021, 16:11

Cuajete
If Design was an Academy reboxing, maybe you can edit it for link to Academy in time line😉

7 February 2021, 18:15

Łukasz Gliński
I did, long time ago, somehow it's displayed differently now 🙁 But still linked in the "Edit" mode. A bug?

7 February 2021, 18:23

Alec K
Cool. Thanks for the explanation. Did not know this.

8 February 2021, 13:04

Alec K
Looking great! I got home earlier and managed to get started. I'll post some pics soon.

15 February 2021, 16:21

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, that's great news 🙂

15 February 2021, 22:29

Greg Baker
Hanging up my coat and hat and settling in on this one...

16 February 2021, 21:06

Maciej Bellos
Better late than ever!

16 February 2021, 22:18

Alec K
How's the landing gear assembly coming along?

27 February 2021, 21:17

Łukasz Gliński
Not bad, but I'm not pimping it😉
And I already see attaching it in the gear bay may be challenging...

27 February 2021, 21:20

Alec K
Great progress 👍. Yes, that landing gear is tricky. Someone at Grumman had a penchant for overengineering things 😄. You can probably start and finish another one by the time I get this far...

28 February 2021, 01:45

Alec K
Paint job is looking really good. Is the demarcation freehand, or masked?

6 March 2021, 00:48

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, the landing gear is tricky indeed, the arrestor hook is missing too 🙂
The colour demarcation line was masked, my H&S Ultra is not precise enough to do such things. I have to buy another new nozzle, they are made of some soft material and are not tight enough after few months. I'm gonna get a new Mr.Hobby airbrush later this month, so maybe then 🙂

7 March 2021, 14:14

Daniel Klink
Very nice paintjob Lukasz..

7 March 2021, 14:41

Patryk S.
Very nice work so far Łukasz! Althoigh an old kit it looks pretty good after the paintwork.

7 March 2021, 18:12

Alec K
I can't freehand airbrush either. One skill I would love to master. Curious at the Mr.Hobby airbrush.

Not sure if you read my PM but my invite was bounced, so let me know if you still need external fuel tank info.

7 March 2021, 18:13

Cuajete
Nice color!

8 March 2021, 18:34

Łukasz Gliński
Gracias - Intermediate Blue by Hataka 🙂

8 March 2021, 20:52

Łukasz Gliński
Would like to hear your say - don't you think the original roundels are way too bright?
Pic #18 shows the modern Techmod set.

10 March 2021, 19:58

Gary Kitchen
Hi Lukasz I don't think it's the brightness I think they're the wrong blue. Admittedly with my limited experience, I would have thought the darker Techmod ones were better?

10 March 2021, 21:28

Łukasz Gliński
Thx Gary. The boxart seems to suggest the same😉

10 March 2021, 21:32

Alec K
I hate to agree as well. Looking at the pics I have, the blue is a rather dark blue, almost inky.

11 March 2021, 16:13

Łukasz Gliński
Good that I have a spare Techmod sheet, thx 🙂

12 March 2021, 10:03

Alec K
New decals look great Lukasz 👍

22 March 2021, 13:57

John Thomas
Nice work on an older kit

23 March 2021, 14:43

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks mates. I'm currently finishing the washing and adding the other stuff, like the undercarriage, pitot, prop etc.

25 March 2021, 08:48

Łukasz Gliński
Almost there, rigged the bugger today (it went surprisingly fast this time!), added the position lights, gauzy agent is drying as I write this (visible on the last pic).
As oftentimes there were some white flocks in the cockpit after drilling some holes, so I flushed the fuselage with some water 😄
Now I need to wait till it dries, so I can seal the side windows and call it finished 🙂

27 March 2021, 21:12

Łukasz Gliński
Finished! Just during the photosession I found out I touched the kit with some solvent just behind the left wing trailing edge and had to overspray it a bit. 😮
Hope you like the pics anyway.

28 March 2021, 09:46

Alexander Grivonev
I swear I have seen these plates somewhere already 😄

Nice job👍

28 March 2021, 10:13

Neuling
Very realistic open air presentation!👍

28 March 2021, 10:29

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you mates. Glad you like it. 🙂
However I have a feeling the white balance on my camera is bit too bright, don't you think?
@Alex: they are as great as your snow, aren't they? 😛

28 March 2021, 14:03

Greg Baker
Wow. This one was really worth the effort. She came out a beauty!

28 March 2021, 14:25

Alec K
Turned out excellent 👍. Very nice photos as always.

28 March 2021, 15:09

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks Greg & Alec, I think you both know what this kit is like 😄

28 March 2021, 16:03

Alexander Grivonev
Yeah the white balance is quite on the blue side.

28 March 2021, 16:50

Cuajete
Very nice result. Good job. Congrats!

28 March 2021, 18:36

Łukasz Gliński
Thx. I have to reconfig my camera for the next session 🙂