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John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Colorful way to keep the wings together, Bernard @lis
Regarding the decals, it was my pleasure to be able to help you.
And I am very grateful for the present you did sent to me. Thanks a lot for that.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Nice progress, my friend @lis!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Cockpit mounted on the starboard fuselage half.
capt. R said 1 year, 7 months ago:

@johnb Looks pritty good! Especially pilot seats. In My B-17 I have rubber cockpit floor, so I paint it on matt black. Also cockpit walls I painted different - chromate yellow follow by Airfix manual.

PS. I hope You enjoy FM-2 kit, and we build our Wildcats togeather.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

@lis, thank you, Bernard.
An absolute great idea to build those Wildcats together.
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Next step, the nose compartment attached.

And the radio operator area is finished as well.
capt. R said 1 year, 7 months ago:

fantastic interior!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

@lis, thanks, Bernard. On to the gunnery parts.
capt. R said 1 year, 7 months ago:

@johnb I think interior are in some eleents better than Airfix (for example compartment doors)
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Beautiful interior, my friend @johnb!
Yann Bertholet said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Hello gents, I succeed to get back on the work bench (thanks for the kind words @johnb, @fiveten, @gblair).

Really nice progress @johnb, @lis.

Here are mine.

I applied the olive drab green on the upper parts. next step is to paint the ailerons and rudder.

The Revell 's manual is suggesting to paint in grey, but according to the pics of the Belle there more greenish. What do you think?
Yann Bertholet said 1 year, 7 months ago:

@johnb watch out for the paint, the panel lines are really deep, I had the surprise that the green flowed to the under surface. Maybe because my paint was too diluted or my making tape did not fir properly. But since we have the same kit I wanted to give you this info
George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 7 months ago:
Hi Yann (@yann): I think the most likely paint scheme you want is olive drab over the top, and gray on the bottom. The ailerons, elevators, and rudder would be painted the same colors, but would fade more quickly than the other parts of the plane, so in some photos it may look much lighter. Yeah, I actually got a photo to upload.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
1. Looks gray, but is faded OD
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Ditto with @gblair, @yann! OD faded, that's what it was.
Great progress!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 7 months ago:

Very nice progress, Yann @yann, and thanks a lot for the warning.
Agree with @gblair and @fiveten on the faded OD at the fabric parts.

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