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Gallery Article by Chaz Nims
on Aug 27 2003 |
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I thought this F6F
kit from Hasegawa was superb. The fit was quite good, cockpit detail was good
enough that no resin needed to be added, and the surface engraving was flawless.
I know about the cowling shape issue, but I could live with the kit cowling. The
only additions to the kit were a p/e instrument panel, p/e seatbelts, a vacform
canopy, and brass tubing machine gun barrels. I didn't have any of the
perforated barrels from Karaya at the time, but they would look quite good on
the two longer barrels I'm sure.
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I did revise the
mounting brackets for the drop tank to resemble detail seen in photos. I also
used bare metal foil for the landing gear oleos. Unfortunately, it doesn't show
in the pictures. I did not use a wash in the panel lines because of the dark
blue upper surfaces. I wish now that I had. I think it would have looked good on
the white and lighter blue.