French Claws: Vikings Bearcat *FINISHED*

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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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Oh me likey. :lol:

Great stuff.
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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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and the bearpuss is complete (actually she was complete a week ago but have been very busy with work and home stuff).

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i enjoyed the build, i think i would make it more chipped next time, but that just needs larger salt grains. i dont like the colour of the dust, its not red enough, but again, thats just a case of buying some vietnam pigment dust. the rockets came up well, the tips were painted by the "dip and drip" technique which worked well.

otherwise, an enjoyable build of an enjoyable kit.

thanks for looking and commenting on the build.

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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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Great job, Alan. Weathering is top notch.
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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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Good job, very nice build, and the paint/weathering effect seems to work !!!

Only thing I see is that the rockets, especially under the right wing, are slightly out of alignment.
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Re: French Claws: Vikings Bearcat

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Very smart looking plane. Good result. :-D
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