Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat Tamiya 1/48 - FINISHED!

Started by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges · 47 ≡ · ↻ 2 years ago
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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Thank you guys!

    It has advanced a bit,some work here I didn´t noticed until the actual building...:

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    capt. R said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Great progress! It will be very nice build!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    What a great progress, my friend @mvtb!
    Looks ready for the paint shop!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Beautiful steps made, Marcus @mvtb
    With a tube called "Perfect Plastic", you should be good to go.
    Never heard about this, what is your experience with it.

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Thanks to you all.

    John,it is water based,and works fine for me.One just has to be careful on small scratches,so I usually sand with a 800 and finer sanding sponges.

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    Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    It's still pretty hard to beat this kit, 28 years after it was first released. But I think it's going to be beaten in June when Somebody Else brings out their F4F-4 (after bringing out the F4F-3 before).

    Nice work as usual.

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Tks Tom.Has some but sold them all,Eduard in sight.

    The most annoying in this kit is the drop tanks holes amidst those rivets,for the Wildcat at this time didn´t have them as I understand...

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Now both the Light Gray and Blue Gray have been applied...then it is time to mask the rudder and paint the red stripes,besides correcting some overspray here and there...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Looking great painted, my friend @mvtb!

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    Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    This looks really good. The one thing is you have an "F4F-3" camo pattern. The F4F-4 is low, along the line of rivets below the wing trailing edge, and the upper color is under the tail. The foprward camp line is also low - about midpoint on the wheel well.

    Hope this helps.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Great looking paintwork, Marcus @mvtb

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    capt. R said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    @mvtb Great Painting! What paints did you use?

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Thanks guys!

    Already have painted the stripped rudder,but no pics as of yet...

    Tom,

    thanks for the always useful hints - the camo is based on the pictures in the beginning of this article,and,indeed,that´s why I chose this camo for being non-standard on the "4" variant! The standard ones will be on the Eduard´s Wildcats I do intend to order!All the best my friend!

    Lis,both colors Gunze Aqueous (Gloss),dilluted with Isopropyl Alcohol...all the best!

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    It keeps goin´on...heat around 35ºC at the office...let´s do it anyway...:

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    capt. R said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Beautiful painting!

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