British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
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Medicman71
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
The pit looks great! I'm doing the same with my paints as well. Switching over to AK Real Colors.
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Stikpusher
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
AK Real Colors are great! Thin them with Mr Leveling Thinner and they airbrush superbly!
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BlackSheep214
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Well crap! I forgot I have Tamiya and Gunze/Mr.Color paints in my stash too! 
And a handful of Humbrol enamels too. 
And a handful of Humbrol enamels too. “Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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tempestjohnny
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
AK and Gunze Aqueous will be my primary go to paints. I just found out scalehobbyist is now carrying the Aqueous paints. Once they get more stock in I'm going to place a big orderMedicman71 wrote:The pit looks great! I'm doing the same with my paints as well. Switching over to AK Real Colors.
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Tojo72
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Yes,those cockpit details and painting of the panels look great.
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Medicman71
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Yes!!! And even better is that my LHS carries them!Stikpusher wrote:AK Real Colors are great! Thin them with Mr Leveling Thinner and they airbrush superbly!Medicman71 wrote:The pit looks great! I'm doing the same with my paints as well. Switching over to AK Real Colors.
Mike
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Beautiful work! I'm glad you found a good set of colors/paints to use. I've been slowly transitioning to Humbrol enamels and Vallejo acrylics. I've found that they work best for me. I looked at AK, but the price is up there out of reach for someone like me. 
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Stikpusher
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Mark, don’t get too put off by the cost of AK Real Colors. For airbrushing, you get best results when they are highly thinned, so the bottle goes a lot further. Especially if you have a darker undercoat of some base color using Tamiya or Testors square bottle colors.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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BlackSheep214
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
It's been awhile since I posted progress pics. Ready for paint!
Tail wheel installed when I closed up the fuselage. They will be covered before I prime.
Struts...
Belly tank...
Bombs.... I used Gunze Khaki Green as opposed to the usual Olive Green. They will be weathered once they're mounted to wings.
Tail wheel installed when I closed up the fuselage. They will be covered before I prime.
Struts...
Belly tank...
Bombs.... I used Gunze Khaki Green as opposed to the usual Olive Green. They will be weathered once they're mounted to wings.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Medicman71
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Re: British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I
Very nice!
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