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Hobbycraft F6A D-Day - Ready for inspection!


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No primer yet, still have a few little issues to fix, like there are a few spots where the panel lines were “oops’d” on to the next panel, and I guess they just left the molds unrepaired. I also have to figure out what to do with the canopy, it does not fit over the back of the fuselage, just on the cockpit. I may have to end up gluing it in place, or just leaving it removable. Not sure if I can modify it to be a little thinner. I also need to go back and figure out how to remove a seam line from the tail gear, as it glued in the fuselage now.

 

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No primer yet, I spent a couple days running the riveter all over the model, with the exception of the upper wings, as I believe these were putty’d on these refurbished F6A. I have some concerns on the panel lines on the sides of the fuselage, but as I did research, I found that the British Mk.1a had different panel lines that the US early war versions, so I went with it. I also spent some time fixing the missing prop shaft (because I thought it was a sprue gate, I clipped it and sanded flat), I rebuilt it using plastic and brass, and drilling to get them tight. 

 

I next spent some time trying to find a proper mix for late Army Olive Drab, I’m still deciding on the three. At the time of D-day invasions, these aircraft were pretty fresh and clean, so chipping will be very minimal.

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I think I decided on the middle green and the lighter neutral gray. I also did some testing on mixing an insignia white and lt gull gray. After a few tests, I came up with some colors I like. I really have to write these down some day.

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For the seam line, maybe try a small chisel like the one from Mission Models? I have some from Wave that are fairly thin in size.

As for the canopy, Squadron I believe make a vac Malcolm hood for the Revell P-51B. Maybe you could use that instead of the kit one?

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It’s been a slow progress week, just didn’t feel the energy to work on it until today. But I did get back on on it today, I spent the day working on checking the seams, then finish mounting the camera gear, fit and glued the clear parts, and did some work on the wing lights. That was a bit of a challenge because Hobbycraft didn’t include any, I ended up making something out of styrene rod and a Molotow pen. Ignore the gun ports, there is no detail because they will be covered with tape on the finished model.

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On 9/22/2019 at 8:39 AM, 1to1scale said:

It’s getting there, everything is getting masked, the big hang up is deciding which actual aircraft to paint, as this affects how I paint the invasion stripes. 

Sure is a nice clean fit of the landing gear doors......

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Just out of the paint booth, I need to do a few touch ups, the tape took a little paint with it. Not the primers fault, since it was in a few small spots, I failed at degreasing and prepping. 

I do realize there are some errors, the letters are a bit too large, and possibly the wrong color. I found material that indicated it was white, some said gray, others yellow. After I unmasked, I found that there should have been more contract between the white of the insignia and the letters, so maybe yellow. I’m still undecided if I will change it. For now, I’m letting the paint dry.

i used a mix of Tamiya pants for it. OD was XF62/XF61/XF49 equal parts, and neutral gray was Tamiya’s neutral gray, but with 25% white added. Used NATO Black and Stynilrez white primer for all white, it’s not as white as XF2, so a good substitute. Insignia blue was a 60%/40% mix of Dk Sea Blue and Royal Blue.

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Matte coat completed. I may be respirating the right wing from the stripes to the tip, I must have scratched the paint while i was spraying the clear, but now there is a very long and visible scratch immortalized under it. I was also not happy with the chipping on that wing, so probably back to the booth tomorrow.

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My FIL is still in the hospital, but today may be a calmer day I can figure out what to do about the scratch on the wing, I have to see if I can spot repair, or if I will be repainting the wing. My goal is to have this finished by Monday, my next IPMS meeting. I also need to paint the prop and landing gear, but after weathering, it will be finished. That’s a major accomplishment for me because I have so many projects started, but this will be the first one completely finished this year. Then I can finish up the big helo, and then concentrate on finishing other stuff.

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On 10/9/2019 at 4:13 PM, 1to1scale said:

Scratch.

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After examining this, the scratch is in the clear, this means I should be able to mask off the outer wing and spray a little more clear to fix it. I managed to gat a few minutes in yesterday to start work on the landing gear, sprayed primer and I’m hopefully going to get those done this weekend.

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