discussion Richard's Academy/Airfix Hellcat for Simon

[Tim Marlow]

Good work on the mantlet cover.

 

[Guest]

Simon would be thrilled to see this Richard, well done .

 

[rtfoe]

Thank you gentlemen, am late with the replies due to being glued to the TV on the happenings across the Pacific and Atlantic. Looking forward to better days to finish the Hellcat.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Andy Belsey]

Coming on very nicely Richard.
Andy

 

[rtfoe]

Thanks Andy.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

I got stalled but am picking up ever since I got an idea of the layout to display the Hellcat. I was thinking a row of two Hellcats along a rail track next to the riverbank shelling the opposite side of the river. It occurred when I arranged the tanks by accident like this...



Cheers,
Richard

 

[minitnkr]

Firing hulldown over RR roadbed alongside riverbank? Very cool.

 

[rtfoe]

Firing hulldown over RR roadbed alongside riverbank? Very cool.

Yeh...how cool was that with the sudden bling of inspiration.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Sounds like a plan :smiling2: :thumb2:
Jim

 

[rtfoe]

Oh dear, plans for me can be shelved for long periods. While I was preparing some paint for my current Spitfire build, I mixed some Nato black and neutralised all the different mediums that were on the Hellcat that I corrected with a coat of the mix. This was done after carefully masking the exposed turret interior with masking tape and wet tissue.

And this is a slightly better angle...

But I've run out of backing backdrop paper. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[scottie3158]

Richard nice paint work.

 

[rtfoe]

Richard nice paint work.

Thanks Scottie, no PE unfortunately for this cat...even for the light guards. Just thinned them and shortened to the right height.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[papa 695]

Great work so far Richard, and really nice to see you back on this.

 

[Jim R]

A uniform coat of paint has tied it all together nicely.

 

[rtfoe]

Great work so far Richard, and really nice to see you back on this.

A uniform coat of paint has tied it all together nicely.

Thanks Guys,
Gotta finish what I started and looks better in one coat of paint doesn't it.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

Like the sound of the wet tissue Richard , reasons ?