FINISHED: 1/32 Grumman Wildcat F4F-3 Early

Vaughan

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Hi All here are the finished photos of my build. All in all a good kit with a few fit issues but all came out fine in the end.The weathering is at a minimum as these early Wildcats were cleaned on a daily basis. This was my first attempt at using metallic over a large area, I struggled a bit but with a bit of perseverance and patients I got there. All comments welcome.

Vaughan

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Beautiful work vaughan , the finish is flawless, and a nice change to see a yellow winged wildcat too ! Heres a well deserved 5 stars, cheers tony
 

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Up to your usual fabulous standard Vaughan. *****

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Wow!!!!!!!!

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Vaughan, the lads have said it all, so I'll just add superb photography too!

Big 5*....

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Not a lot more to add that has not already been said.

A great result.

Five well deserved stars.

I really need to learn to paint one day!

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Thats a cracking Wildcat Vaughan.

5 well earned stars from me too.

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Thanks guys for all your generous comments it's really appreciated.

Vaughan
 

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Beautiful work there Vaughan. Great finish and subtle weathering....
 

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It looks great. I like dirty planes, but I think the weathering for this a/c is spot on.

Colin M..
 
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i watched this build from the cheap seats,turned out amazing mate 5*s from me

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Vaughan she's a beaut for sure ! Your skill really shows in this build the paint work is some of the best I've seen,really top notch masking! 5stars aint enough for this one,very nicely done Sir!!!
 

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Thanks Guys,

Trey I've just been looking at your progress on those P-51's your certainly putting some hard work into them.

Vaughan
 
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