discussion Hobbyboss 1/48 Wildcat F4F-3

[simno9]

After twenty odd years of not modelling (the last aircraft kits I built were 1/72 Airfix that hung from my bedroom ceiling by cotton thread!!) and eighteen months of trying armour and aircraft in a variety scales and marvelling at the standard on here I have finally completed a 1/48 aircraft.


This is Hobbyboss's Wildcat F4F-3 built OOB, finished as the aircraft of Lt-Cmdr Butch O'Hare of VF-3. Paints are Vallejo Model Air applied by brush with a couple of grey washes over the top and a final coat of matt varnish. The washes seem to have worked better on the underside than the top and I need to improve my canopy painting technique. Nice kit to put together once I'd worked the undercarriage out. Just needs aerial wire to finish. Please enjoy.


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[Guest]

Nice one.

 

[Guest]

Clean and tidy bulid.


Very nice

 

[papa 695]

Very nice indeed. And welcome to the forum Simon

 

[Robert1968]

Cracking job all round.


Welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay


Regards


Robert

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Simon, crisp looking finish.

 

[Guest]

That's a cracker.


Scott

 

[simno9]

Thank you all.