Hasegawa 1/32 Hellcat wreck

[legend900]

This is another shelf queen which keeps calling me to finish. i started this after seeing a photo of a wrecked F6F about to be dumped into the sea from a crane and i went at it hammer and tongs for a year or so then ran out of dedication!!!!!
I will finish it.....................sometime!!

[splash]

Stunning work, how did you get the corroded look?

Regards Splash

[legend900]

i used the debris produced by thinning the plastic and also by creating the holes. i saved this and applied liberal amounts of cement and sprinkled the residue over this. the white/grey colour is ashes pigment, the rest is base colour and various oversprays of brown and black oil paint well thinned.

bill

[iggie]

Superb work!

[legend900]

thanks Jim

bill

[Gregers]

As a modeller this astounds me. As an aviation enthusiast it makes me want to cry. The thought of a once proud warbird having met this fate and about to be unceremoniously dumped overboard.
Amazing work. Totally inspirational.

All the best.

Greg.

[splash]

Thanks for sharing how you did it, most appreciated.

Regards Splash

[H-bomb]

Bliming flippy crikey nuff said.

Cheers Howard

[PropWash]

I haven't seen anything like this before and am quite impressed by the work you've done. Very cool indeed.

[Bill_B]

Excellent effort!

[ShaunW]

Wow, yet another jaw dropping aircraft wreck from you, Bill. Amazing stuff - a high degree of skill is required to model wrecks due to the need to show exposed internals, weathering effects etc. Marvellous!

[gnomemeansgnome]

Nice work!

[skypirate]

Wow!
Glad you have returned to this project.
It promised to be unique!

David

[Lone Modeller]

Now that is real modelling.... Superb work on getting the very badly damaged look - and the result of a great deal of patient effort. My hat off to you sir!

[Chuck E]

Very nice work. Can't wait to see it a base with sea all around.