Voir er Savoir 16 - F4F "Wildcat"

What a sweet box... I expect nothing less from Sweet.

Such fine details. Lovely. Their kits really are a joy to build.

A quick dry fit to get a look at things.

Space drilled out for the motor.

Engine painted.

DC Motor fit in place and all wired up.

Apparently the pilot is shy... so no pics. But he's in there under the canopy masking. Now for a coat of black under shading.

Underside of the fuselage painted light grey, then masked for the top.

With the blue on, it’s starting to look like a Wildcat. Since it's basically a WHIF, I didn't bother trying to figure out the exact right shade of blue.

Ah yes, the propeller...

Engine test... GOOD!

And that's more or less a wrap! I still need a radio antenna though...

Коментари

1 18 February 2020, 00:47

Alex K
You know we can't keep up in wishing you for any new project, at this rate, dont ya? 😛

18 February 2020, 00:55

Greg Baker
Hah! This one is a bit of a trick actually. I got started on this kit over six months ago and got as far as painting the cockpit and engine before I realized... I had the wrong kit. It was intended for a Leijiverse project but that one needs a F6F Hellcat. So I put this one back in the box for the future... but now that my first 3 Voir er Savoir projects are more or less done, I figured I should drag it back out and finish it off.

18 February 2020, 01:01

Greg Baker
Scrolling through my pics looking for these pics reminded me I did the exact same thing mixing up a Fw190 and a Me109... so that one is likely to jump in here sooner rather than later.😉

18 February 2020, 01:03

Alex K
Oh, and BTW, you still have to update / add the Voir et Savoir PLUS collection in SCM as well... just saying...

18 February 2020, 01:07

Erik De Smet
An other project ? You build faster than I can scroll through scalemates.

18 February 2020, 07:58

Greg Baker
Hahahaha... not quite. As I said, I had a big headscarf on this one...😉

18 February 2020, 08:17

Greg Baker
A little progress, got the motor wired up and glued to the back of the engine. I've learned to let the CA jell off-gas for a while before shutting it inside the fuselage. The fumes find a way out... sometimes in the worst way.

19 February 2020, 22:07

Greg Baker
This one is coming together quickly. Pretty straightforward actually... grey... blue... Wildcat.

3 March 2020, 10:57

Greg Baker
And that's almost a wrap. I just need to string up the radio antenna and fiddle a bit with the base. Fun little build.

8 March 2020, 15:54