British Fleet Air Arm Hellcat Mk.I

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Decal session #1 done!

Propellers' Painted yellow tips, Flat black with a mist of Grimy black on top. Clearcoated it then weathered it using soot and silver

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Drop tank. Only 2 decals...

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Undersides done! I'll clearcoat it tonight to seal it all in.

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Tomorrow, the topside decals will commence.
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It's coming along nicely!
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Very nice!
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D-Day invasion stripes decals and insignias applied to top wings, D-Day stripes to fuselage done. Tail marking done. Tomorrow, a coat of clear to seal it in before painting the stripes to tone down the bright white and black using Off White and Weathered black. Stripe repainting will be done soon after clearcoat dries and cures.
Pics forthcoming.....
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

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Invasion stripes repainted!! Before and After pics....
I found it easy to repaint D-Day stripes is by using the decals as a guide.

Decal Invasion stripes...

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Repainted Invasion stripes...

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Decal stripes...

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Repainted....

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Decal stripes...

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Repainted...

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Repainted underside stripes...

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All is left is to spray a coat of clear to seal in the stripes in preparation for the last bits of decals. Once that's done, a final coat of flat clear to seal it all in.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Wow,stripes came out great.
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Thank you, Tony. With the discovery of how the D-Day stripes were never laser straight or neat as shown in various photos, decal stripes were all wrong portraying them as laser straight, bright white and stark jet black.

I used Vallejo Off White and Floquil Railroad Weathered Black. Now that I ran out of the weathered black, I’ll have to find a substitute color or mix my own.
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

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Those look to be spot on! Nice work. Well done. Take 2 dollars out of petty cash and get something nice for yourself.
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Almost to the finish line! Final decal session done. I installed the radial engine to fuselage and cowling. The cowling I'm not going to bother gluing in place since it snaps in place. Easy enough for me. :lashed:

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All is left to do is a final coat of flat clearcoat, minor weathering, and install the fiddly bits, bombs, rockets, drop tank, and landing gears.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”

Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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