Revell 1/32 Grumman Martlet V

[Lee Drennen]

Nice detail work Tony

 

[flyjoe180]

That's looking great Tony. Nice pre-shade effect achieved. Must be the season for things falling on builds.

 

[yak face]

Been a while since i posted on this but things have been slowly progressing . Fixed the broken u/c leg and got the decals on . The decals were a bit thick and stiff but settled down nicely with a few treatments of decal softener ( gunze MR mark softer) and still show the raised rivets underneath nicely. The yellow sections however were quite see through (in fact the writing on the nose ‘that old thing’ was almost invisible) so i hand painted over them with yellow. Ive made a start on the undercarriage , thinning and replacing parts of the doors and fitting brake lines . Once the u/c is done i’ll be concentrating on the wing folds , quite a bit more to add to this area . Cheers tony

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good now, really stripey ...... not long to go. Notice you use a hit list as well....I do that sometimes, especially if it’s a complex build...usually write it on the instruction sheet.
Tim

 

[yak face]

Looking good now, really stripey ...... not long to go. Notice you use a hit list as well....I do that sometimes, especially if it’s a complex build...usually write it on the instruction sheet.
Tim

me too , that yellowy piece of ancient looking paper is the back of the instruction sheet! Shows how old the kit is !! Cheers tony

 

[Steve Jones]

Some wonderful steady work Tony. She will certainly be worth it once done. Nice to see the hit list. I am always forgetting stuff so now I write down extensive to do lists as I go also. Good luck with the finishing work

 

[papa 695]

It is looking good Tony

 

[RM6239]

Tony
Looking good and very nice preshading.
cheers
Ross

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks A1 Tony, and nice work on that decal touch up

 

[yak face]

I managed to get a few hours in the shed tonight and enjoyed myself immensely ,farting about making the wing stays. When the wings were folded on the wildcat they were held back by two stays that hooked onto a pair of eyelets on the tailplane and wingtip. The eyelets were made from thin aluminium (actually some old 1” venetian blind slats that i saved when we threw the blind away, you never know when they might come in useful for modelling!) I drilled four small holes in the edge of the slat then cut 1 mm strips with the scissors . The strip with the hole in was then rounded and glued into small cuts i made in the wings and tailplanes. I made the stays from brass tube with fuse wire threaded through and bent over at each end into a hook . Obviously theyve got to be painted / touched up yet but the pic shows the idea . Next up is the wingfold area and little bits like the nav lights and canopy details, cheers tony

 

[flyjoe180]

Very nice work Tony. The stays look very convincing

 

[papa 695]

Yes very nice work Tony

 

[colin m]

Looking like quite an impressive beast.

 

[Mickc1440]

Hi Tony, another build I've missed but just read through it and some very impressive improvisation and scratch building.

 

[Robert1968]

Just caught up with this Tony and what can I say " damn nice bit of ingenuity on your behalf. Love the scratch built stays ( in that scale they really look the business.
Really looking good
Kind regards

Robert

 

[Steve Jones]

Terrific update Tony. Lovin your work my friend

 

[yak face]

Made a start on the wingfold area today . Ive made the locking pin housings again as the original ones i fitted looked too small and were too far back . The winding handles were made from wire bent to shape and a bit of plastic sheathing from some telephone cable made the handle end. The pop up indicator that tells the pilot the wings are not locked and its mechanism have been rustled up from plastic card and stretched sprue , and ive drilled a slot in the wing top for these to go in after ive painted them red. The winding handle mechanism is accessed by opening a hinged door on the wing underside , ive already cut away the sections of wing and the curved door is going to be made from thin aluminium bent to shape , courtesy of an empty tea light candle. This has a folded edge on it which will nicely represent the piano hinge on the real thing , just a few scribes along its length should give the impression of a hinge .

 

[flyjoe180]

Very impressive scratch building going on here with the details Tony, all going to make an outstanding model once complete.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work Tony

 

[yak face]

Bit more detailing done yesterday , the wingfolds have got a few more bits added , more to come yet and the tail hook has had two fillets either side added plus a formation light on the tail . Ive added the covers for the winding handle compartments and unmasked the canopies and added some guides to the sliding part . The nav and formation lights on the wings were added from my trusty poundland nail art gems set and these were also used to make the rear view mirror which will be attached to the top of the windscreen , not on the rail but on the clear part as per photos of the actual aircraft. Ive took a few photos of the fuselage as it is now because once the wings go on you wont be able to see much of it!