International Scale Modeller

Hello there
My Hellcat is ready to be revealed to the world
That was fantastic and almost flawless build... Almost because reference blue paints weren't much... blue... and I had an accident with the paper towel - which left lots of bad marks on bottom of the plane (can be visible on one of the pictures below).

It was build as an entry fro Jake Cutter's Carrier Aircraft GB
I strongly recommend this kit for anyone. Except PE it's easy and virtually no filler was needed as the gaps didn't exist

And now some pictures and Final Reveal vid at the end



and video:
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Cheers,
Radek

Excellent work and some superb weathering - those exhaust stains are spot-on!

That is one exceptionally good looking model!! Love it..

Excellent stuff Radzy! The weathering and chipping is really something. She looks like she just landed after a hard fight in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, lol. Spot on

Thank you gentlemen for kind words

Cheers,
Radek

that's just WOW mate its stunning love the weathering.

Brilliant job, I really like the weathered look you achieved



Mark

Thanks Mark & Nigel

Looking really good there the chipping is great

lovely detailing sir, not over done, something ive just picked up is when the decals are set and you are feeling brave, run a new blade in the panel lines over the decals then put some more microsol on it makes the decal sit right inside of the panel lines. only for the brave mind.

Superb! The build and weathering is wonderful

Very good work. Im impressed Radek . Model look great - total real ...Ehhh My Hellcat is "so small" , but was 16 years a go . Well done Friend ! . P.S. I welcome You to the Land gallery. Im finished next model - Sturmtiger .

Thank you guys
I'm really glad you like it.

omi wrote:when the decals are set and you are feeling brave, run a new blade in the panel lines over the decals then put some more microsol on it makes the decal sit right inside of the panel lines. only for the brave mind

Brave indeed you have to be for such trick. I also heard some rumours about guys who remove film from decals - which seems to be even more hardcore. But in fact decals were the only small drawback of the whole kit - they were simply too thick in my opinion, so they look like if they didn't settle enough.

AchtungPanzer wrote:Model look great - total real ...Ehhh My Hellcat is "so small" , but was 16 years a go. Im finished next model - Sturmtiger .

Eryk, so maybe it is time to revisit Hellcat ? This Eduard kit is a state of art and builds like a charm.
I've seen your Sturmtiger - wow that's what I call a well finished model. Congratulations, my friend.

Cheers,
Radek

Superb work radek, nicely weathered and great paintwork

STUNNING, I need to learn how to do weathering that well.

Fantastic work on the Hellcat Radek ! Very well done my friend !

You done a lovely job on that, I'm working on that kit at the moment and I must say its a crack in little kit, well done

Superb job, great detail on the weathering.
Jas

Nice work Radek. I like the paint camouflage and also paint chipping it not be overdone tha'ts good. Looking forward to see your next completed build.

Can't believe this is 1/72nd. Got a bunch of kits to buy, lol. Nice job!