Eduard 1/48 F4F-3 wildcat

[paddy]

[ogrejohn]

That's an excellent build and the paintwork is top notch as well!

[Medicman71]

Man that looks great!

[deafpanzer]

You are getting there and I am really enjoying to follow your build.

[stikpusher]

Looks good paddy! MRP looks to have gotten the color right.
The Blue Gray over Light Gray scheme stayed on the production line at least into mid 1943 when the "tri color" schemes were introduced. Early Hellcats and Corsairs were built in the Blue Gray/Gray.

[kyledehart5]

That is lovely. Excellent paint work

[Joe Rix]

Oh Yeah. That is looking really sharp with some paint going on. Very nice start to your overall paint scheme.

[adt70hk]

Looking very sharp indeed!! Very well done so far!

Those resin guns look fantastic!

ATB.

Andrew

[handiabled]

The amount of detail you have added to this is incredible! Top notch paint job going on this as well

[paddy]

I haver given this a light wash to bring up the panel lines. This is something i9 dont usually do but the surface detail in the Eduard kit is exceptional and fine so looks ok in this small scale.








Still a way to go. The Eduard Decals have this removable carrier film which is new to me so it will be interesting to see how they go....

[buddho]

Oh my gosh, this is one fine looking assembly!

[ogrejohn]

Jeez Paddy, that looks great!

[406 Silverado]

Yes sir......the results speak for themselves after that wash Paddy. Man that really brought out the best in the surface details. What an exceptional build going on in here.

[Steve Zuleski]

Excellent progress, Paddy!

[Joe Rix]

Absolutely stunning results Paddy. Glad you opted for the wash as it does the surface detail justice.

[Medicman71]

Nice! What kinda wash did you use on the fuselage?

[paddy]

Hi
the wash is AMMO blue/Black PLW (panel line wash )

[kyledehart5]

That looks awesome already. Decals are going to put it over the top.

[handiabled]

That panel wash really brought out the small details! This is coming together just perfect

[TJ]

The panel wash changes the whole look

[stikpusher]

Looking very sharp! You don't do your wash over the decals, or do you add more once the decals are on?

[paddy]

Sept 30, 2023 21:23:47 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Looking very sharp! You don't do your wash over the decals, or do you add more once the decals are on?

To be honest i dont really know what i am doing
The problem for me was that the Eduard decals have a removable carrier film. You remove it by applying  white spirit to the decal after 24hrs which should lift the  carrier film. I have not done this before but the wash is white spirit based so would lift the carrier film and remove the wash its self if i did the wash after the decals

The answer in future is to use a non white spirit based wash i would think but i didnt really think it through before hand.....
Hope that sort of explains it my excuse anyway.. 

[stikpusher]

I was wondering how those removable carrier film decals work. Now it makes sense. And the wash over the decals goes away with the film. So it’s either delay the wash until carrier film removal, or reapply the wash over the decals… 😉

[jeaton01]

Good luck, Paddy!

[paddy]

Hmm
You cant teach an old dog new tricks
I found the carrier film wouldn't lift without lifting the whole decal. I shouldn't have put the decal over the wash with this process.
What i should have done was to put the decal straight on to the paint then lifted the carrier film and then washed. So made a bit of a mess with this and and damaged a decal but we will call it "battle damage "




At least others will know to be aware or use std decals which i suppose is the whole point of these blogs.

[Medicman71]

I know a lot of people don't mind Eduard's new decals but I don't think I would use them.

[paddy]

I'm sure they will work well but this wasnt the build to practice on really The sheet has decals for 6 aircraft so i have loads of spares to practice with so will do that and report back later..

[stikpusher]

Oct 1, 2023 12:52:45 GMT -5 paddy said:

Hmm
You cant teach an old dog new tricks
I found the carrier film wouldn't lift without lifting the whole decal.

That was something that I've seen other folks online have the same problem. Yikes!!! I'm sure that you'll find a recovery work around, but it is still aggravating. Sounds like they ignored the Keep it Simple Stupid rule from these decals.

[paddy]

Anyone interested in this build might like this

miniart-models.com/product/48001-p-47d-25re-thunderbolt-advanced-kit/

Will iot be moulded, resin or 3D ?

[stikpusher]

It will likely be typical Miniart injected styrene with lots of teeny tiny photo etch...