popeye the sailor
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popeye the sailor reacted to Egilman in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
You've always wanted to, admit it, just haven't convinced yourself yet... {chuckle}
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Uh-oh -- progress may be slowed in the short term. My boss, a former A-6 driver who shares my affection for military aviation, surprised me at work today by loaning me his copy of Dead Reckoning, an account of the P-38 mission that took out Admiral Yamamoto. I haven't read a good history book for quite some time. Of course, I told him he'll be to blame now for my increased felt need to acquire a P-38 for my stash, a purchase I've been avoiding due to the finished model's size in 1/33 scale. And no, I won't build anything in a different scale, so don't ask. 😁
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
So, after returning from a long weekend in Myrtle Beach, I made a tiny bit of progress. Work now shifts to making the 14-cylinder Pratt & Whitney radial engine.
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popeye the sailor reacted to GrandpaPhil in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Looking good!
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Rudder and elevators dry-fitted. I will permanently attach these at a later date so they don't get knocked off during construction.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
It helps when each stabilizer skin is a single piece -- no seams! Also, Mr. Dworzecki is a master graphic artist.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
This is Crazy good - looks just like the skin of the real plane.
OC.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Horizontal stabilizers skinned.
Working on the elevators now. Same as for the rudder, there is no internal framing -- but there is a lot of fiddly folding, rolling, and gluing. Pics later.
Cheers!
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Update: Fillets are done. These are always a tricky part of any airplane build, and these were even trickier than usual because there is a cutout for the wheel wells that leaves a strip only about 1 mm wide at that point for attachment.
And now we go back to the empennage. So far, I have only finished off the internal frames for the horizontal stabilizers.
That's all for now!
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popeye the sailor reacted to rvchima in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
I am also a big fan of canopy glue, but use CA for almost everything else. However, I've never built a card model. Do you use canopy glue or something else for most of your construction? How do you hold the parts together while the glue dries?
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
I've taken to using canopy glue as my all-purpose glue for card modeling. It sets quickly, so holding or clamping is not an issue.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Matt D in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Mine is the Flying Tigers version. My main airplane interest US WW2 fighters. I have a couple of plastic kits on the shelf. This kit looks great and I’m thinking about ordering one.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Hey, Halinski still intimidates me, and I have many finished models under my belt!
BTW, which version did you get, Flying Tigers or RAF North Africa?
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popeye the sailor reacted to Matt D in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
This looks amazing, Chris! I'm really glad to see this kit. Based on seeing your other card airplane models, I bought a Halinski P40 kit with the laser cut frames and the canopy option. But when I opened it, I was totally intimidated by it! I love watching you build yours, though.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Landlubber Mike in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Amazing work Chris. You've gotten really good at these card models.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
First step in making the wings was adding the remaining internal frames.
Each skin is a single piece, shaped, folded, and glued with the help of a joiner strip.
Each wing structure is then slipped into its finished sheath. No fillets have been added yet.
That's it for now.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
A bit more progress. I needed to take a slight detour and make the rudder so that I could confirm the positioning of the vertical stabilizer skin. Unlike many kits, the rudder has no internal framing.
And then the vertical stabilizer was skinned.
And that's it for the moment. Next up will be the wings' internal framing, but first I need to take a break and watch the Champions League final (I'm strictly a neutral for this match).
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popeye the sailor reacted to CDW in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
When canopy glue came out it (a long time ago) was used to glue clear canopies to R/C aircraft models. I learned quickly I had to literally tear/cut a model apart to break the bond between canopy and airframe once it set and cured. A very strong glue and it dries clear.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Egilman in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Yep the brand they sell is known as Formula 560....
A go to glue for many thing....
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popeye the sailor reacted to Canute in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Great for gluing PE to plastic and resin or wood to plastic or resin, too.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Yup. I like it, obviously -- great for more than just canopies.
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popeye the sailor reacted to Dave_E in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
You mentioned canopy glue again. Did you say once you got from Hobby Lobby?
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popeye the sailor reacted to Old Collingwood in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
I cant get my nut round what you do with paper/card.
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popeye the sailor reacted to CDW in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
That came out very nice indeed. Wouldn't know it was a patch if you hadn't said something about it.
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popeye the sailor reacted to ccoyle in Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by ccoyle - FINISHED - WAK - 1/33 - CARD
Here's the patched-up seam. I first filled it without about three passes of canopy glue, then applied a thin wash of appropriate edge color, followed by a shot of matte clear spray to take the shine off the filler. It doesn't look too bad -- certainly not the Polish Touch, but better than the untreated gap looked. Naturally, bright lighting and closeup photography makes it look worse than it does at normal viewing distances and lighting.
And here's the rest of the spine.
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