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OnDisplay: Pacific Hellcat by Michael Wolfe
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Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 08:07 AM UTC
Today's OnDisplay comes to us via Michael Wolfe (wingman). It's the Hawegawa 1/48 kit built out of the box.

Please feel free to leave any comments here.

Pacific Hellcat
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Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 08:34 AM UTC
Very nice for a "wingy" thing. Really! I love the cockpit details and the weathering you guys do.

When I saw the forum title I thought it was an M18 Hellcat in the PTO.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 09:10 AM UTC

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When I saw the forum title I thought it was an M18 Hellcat in the PTO.


Wishful thinking!
mj
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Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 09:24 AM UTC
Beautiful looking plane, Mike. Those cockpit details are terrific OOB. You'd think they were P.E. And the weathering and details look tremendous. How did you build that carrier deck? Are those wooden "coffee stirers?" They look great.

Mike

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Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 07:12 AM UTC
Excellant stuff, as usual, Michael. Thanks for sharing I'm also interested in what you used for the carrier deck?
Mal
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Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 02:51 AM UTC
THANKS guys. The base was made by cutting basswood strips to length and attaching them to a wooden base using rubber cement. A coat of dark wood stain was wiped on the planks with the excess being wiped off while still wet, the white line was airbrushed on using a mask. Speaking of detail out of the box, I'm building a Wolfpack dio using the Tamiya P-47 Thunderbolt [not the brand new one]. The detail in the cockpit is AMAZING! THANKS for looking guys, Wingman out.
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Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 07:19 AM UTC
Hi Michael

Another beautiful job!

What do you use for the paint chipping? The dull look is great for oxidized metal.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, May 21, 2004 - 07:35 AM UTC
Hi again

A bit Heath-Robinsonesque, but Wingman had a log-in problem. Here's his tip for the dull-metal effect, brought to you via our correspondent in Private Message...


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Merlin,... I got the idea from Verlinden. They use silver printers ink toned down with raw umber artist oil paint. I could not find silver printers ink so I used ModelMaster Chrome Silver instead. It works just fine. Depending on how bright you want the paint chipping to be you can experiment with different amounts of raw umber artist oil paint, hope this helps.

THANKS Wingman out.


Cheers Michael, all the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 01:11 AM UTC
THANKS for posting that Merlin, I appreciate your help, Wingman out.
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