Trumpeter F4F-3 Late - 1/32nd

[harv]

I have both the bubble top and razor back. But i also have a complete Jerry Rutman bubble topI  ....harv

[Bomber_County]

Thanks Gus and Harv, I think I’ll wait until the relative dies back a little before contemplating another Trumpeter large scale kit. Weather looking good for some booth action whilst listening to the 2nd Test Match……………Test match, a game that could take up to 5 days to complete and then end in a draw……..love it……

[GusMac]

Given England's recent batting form 5 days is maybe optimistic Phil, unless Joe bats 4.5 of them!

[Bomber_County]

21 hours ago, GusMac said:

Given England's recent batting form 5 days is maybe optimistic Phil, unless Joe bats 4.5 of them!

90 for 1 and trailing by 463…….let’s get to lunch tomorrow and see, if we are three or four down then as Private Fraser used to say………..

[GusMac]

Hopefully Lees can finally go on and make a score after getting a start again. If Root comes in at 200 for 2 then it's game on I think.

[Bomber_County]

I think I’m happy with the priming?  The wing roots were a PITA……. The gunbay covers are PE so just blue tacked in position…..

 

[Peterpools]

Phil

Primer coats looks smooth and ready for the color. Glad the weather improved so the air brush work can keep rolling along

Keep 'em comin

Peter

 

[DocRob]

Nice and smooth Phil, time for some colors .

Cheers Rob

[KevinM]

Trump kits are a hit and miss Phil but you have it go'in on this one!

[GazzaS]

Looks good, Phil!  Leaving the gun bays open?  I would hate trying to get PE covers to fit the airfoil perfectly.

[Bomber_County]

19 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Primer coats looks smooth and ready for the color. Glad the weather improved so the air brush work can keep rolling alon

Thanks Peter, ironically the weather last Friday was 33 degrees followed by Sunday at 14 degrees. The roots took 3 attempts, I may just revisit again……

[Bomber_County]

19 hours ago, DocRob said:

Nice and smooth Phil, time for some colors .

Cheers Rob

Thanks Rob, agreed and I’ve actually got the correct colours in stock for a change…….

[Bomber_County]

14 hours ago, KevinM said:

Trump kits are a hit and miss Phil but you have it go'in on this one!

Thanks Kevin, this hasn’t been to bad. As I think Ernie said once, a true shake and bake kit tends to become boring after a while…….

[Bomber_County]

9 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Looks good, Phil!  Leaving the gun bays open?  I would hate trying to get PE covers to fit the airfoil perfectly.

Thanks Gaz, the Eduard covers are thin and I’ve preformed them, I think they will be ok. On the Wildcat it was only the tray covers which were hinged……I think….

[Kaireckstadt]

Very nice and smooth paintjob Phil!

[Bomber_County]

On 6/21/2022 at 1:11 PM, Kaireckstadt said:

Very nice and smooth paintjob Phil!

Thanks Kai, been working on the Flammpanzerwagen, so must get the airbrush out and top coat the Wildcat…

[KevinM]

We's...a waiting Phil wake up!

[Bill_S]

It looks great, Phil! Trumpy's 1/32 kits can be hit or his; they definitely used their A team on the TBF/TBM kits.

[Bomber_County]

6 hours ago, KevinM said:

We's...a waiting Phil wake up!

😀 sorry guys, I promise at the weekend……….

[Bomber_County]

6 hours ago, Bill_S said:

It looks great, Phil! Trumpy's 1/32 kits can be hit or his; they definitely used their A team on the TBF/TBM kits.

Appreciated Bill, I was surprised at the part count on this one, it has been a bit hit and miss on this as well……..

[Bomber_County]

On holiday for a couple of weeks, so in between days out time to start clearing the backlog in the booth…….

I think I have enough modulation on the u/s of the Wildcat????

[Peterpools]

Phil

Undersides look really good, neat, clean and no seams at all. Color modulation ... hope you're pulling our leg. For me. looks great. 

 

 

[Bomber_County]

23 minutes ago, Peterpools said:Undersides look really good, neat, clean and no seams at all. Color modulation ... hope you're pulling our leg. For me. looks great.

Thanks Peter much appreciated, spraying light grey is always tricky I find……..

[Peterpools]

Phil

Nice going - looks perfect

 

[GazzaS]

Looks great. Phil.  I’d be interested to see how dirty these birds got underneath.  Recently I’ve rediscovered a fondness for pastels.  Ima gonna try some on my next aircraft model.