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Eduard 1/72 Hellcat mk1

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Cheers geoff , it looks a little bright in this pic but its directly under the led lights ,once its had some weathering , a coat of matt and under better lighting it will be a lot more subdued .
 
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Back onto this after a little holiday , the decals have been applied , little strange with the sheet though - there's quite a few stencils on the decal sheet but no mention of where to put them . I thought it was just because its a Weekend boxing but after looking at the instruction sheets of a couple of the Profipack versions they dont seem to have any stencil placement diagrams either !?
I even went on Eduards website and had a look at their downloadable instructions but again came up blank.
So it looks like its just going to get the main decals , here it is after a panel line wash , next is a clean up , matt coat then a bit of light weathering/ exhaust staining .
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Missed this, sorry. Looks a great kit, seems to have gone together straight forwardly - just the wing fit needed work. Very nice paint job.
 
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Lovely job so far Tony. Does this help for the stencils?

Fantastic !Thanks so much . How did you find that joe ? I looked on the Eduard website , on the profipack instructions for the royal navy dual combo and didnt find anything ? Once ive cleaned off the wash I’ll get the stencils on now ,cheers tony
 
Fantastic !Thanks so much . How did you find that joe ? I looked on the Eduard website , on the profipack instructions for the royal navy dual combo and didnt find anything ? Once ive cleaned off the wash I’ll get the stencils on now ,cheers tony
No worries Tony, I looked on Scalemates. Had to search a few kits before I found one that had the stencil placements in the instructions.
 
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Bit of a hiccup with the stencils , the image Joe thoughtfully found for me is excellent , however the stencils I had left on the sheet had different letters allocated to them ! Luckily they are JUST readable under the magnifier so it was simply a case of finding the right ones on the sheet and matching them to the drawing . Anyways theyre all applied and it really does make a difference . The model has now had a coat of Klear to seal them in and give a uniform finish , next is a couple of light coats of matt then a bit of weathering.
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As much as I dislike stencils, they have made a positive difference to the look of the aircraft, Tony. Glad you were able to read them!
 
I think Eduard could have done a better job on the undercarriage Tony, but a cracking job on the rest.Ha Ha
 
This is coming on a real treat. Like Joe I hate those little stencils but they have made a big difference here.
 
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