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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, 3 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, 3 months ago:

Great progress! It will be very nice build!
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 3 months ago:

What a great progress, my friend @mvtb!
Looks ready for the paint shop!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 3 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.
Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 3 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.
Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 3 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.
Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 3 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...
Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 3 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, 3 months ago:

Looking great painted, my friend @mvtb!
Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 3 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.
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Great looking paintwork, Marcus @mvtb
capt. R said 2 years, 3 months ago:

@mvtb Great Painting! What paints did you use?
Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 3 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!
Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 3 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, 3 months ago:

Beautiful painting!

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