Grumman F6F-7 Super Hellcat ***Finished***

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Very cool, completely transformed the look of the Hellcat.
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A very clever conversion, and an interchangeable nose to boot.
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Gorgeous finish, realistic looking too
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Good work, very creative !
Looks sorta like the offspring of a Hellcat and Mauler :grin:
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Nice work. Have enjoyed following your conversion. As said it does look the part.
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Brilliant stuff throughout this build! Especially like the current nose/prop/spinner :-D
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Thank you, all.

I got a bit impatient and just put on lots of little sticky-out bits this evening. I know this is a silly order in which to do things, but there you go. A couple of small decals on tomorrow, another coat of klear and maybe some exhaust staining and I'm done.

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. . . and it's finished. As well as the above actions, I also blew across multiple mist coats of satin varnish to dull down the high shine:

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Re: Grumman F6F-7 Super Hellcat ***Finished***

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Now that is smart, very plausible and realistic looking. Great job on the weathering too, not too much but enough to look used and abused. Stunning
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Great imagination and modelling; it looks great!
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An excellent and very convincing whif. The subtle weathering makes it.
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That is a wicked bit of aircraft!
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Brilliantly executed, the only problem is, it looks so right it can't be a what if :-D
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I want one!!. :grin:
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Re: Grumman F6F-7 Super Hellcat ***Finished***

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I like how this has turned out :).
This may inspire ke to create my own :).
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