[planecrazydale]

Hi all!

Here are a couple of pics of my recently completed 1/32 Revell Wildcat.

I did a lot of scratch work on this one, including cutting and positioning most all of the control surfaces, lots of wiring and lines, cut open the panels for the ammunition, etc.

http://img24.imageshack.us/i/img1690oi.jpg/
http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img1685p.jpg/
http://img11.imageshack.us/i/img1689fa.jpg/

I hope you enjoy!

Dale

[Lefty Hartnett]

nice work

[planecrazydale]

Thanks Lefty!

Dale

[Chhesepilot]

Great job mate,worthy of any museum.

Cheese

[No1_Charlie]

Superb work on that Hellcat-love all the hatches etc!!

[planecrazydale]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments!

Dale

[Planemad]

This is way better than my 1:72 scale airfix plane

NICE JOB :cheers:


Planemad

[planecrazydale]

I usually work with 1:48 scale aircraft, but found this 1:32 one and thought it would be fun...which it was!

You can do tons of detail with a 1:32, but they do tend to take up a lot of shelf space!

Dale

[Planemad]

But with my 1:72 scale planes I have recreated the sky over South East England 1940-1941, thats right I have created the Battle of Britain In my Bedroom,

I have Germany Bombers, Henkels, Stukers, Messherchmitt's Bf109E-4 and Messerchmitt's Bf109E-4B and Some Messherchmitt's Bf110s, I also have Dornier Do 17, Some Ju 88, ( Some of the bombers are On fire snapped wings, open bomb-bays with sting attached bombs fulling to my bed!)

Then there the Us, Spitfires MkI and MKII and 1 MKV I was a Girt the MKV I also have Hurricanes MKI, MKIIB's , One Fairy Battle! (2 Hurricanes are of fire and one Spit is spinning towards the grown, However All 3 RAF Pilots have bailed out and are on HOME MADE parachutes !

Oh I also Got the pride of my Airfix And Revel Models MY Airfix LANCASTER BOMBER, the biggest Airfix model I have got Open bomb-bay, cookie bomb and 6 500lb's

Now thats dedication!

Planemad

[nealn]

Great work Dale, looks beautiful.
Very nostalgic for me as I built a few Revel planes in my youth, though none of mine turned out that good.

Neal

[nealn]

Great work Dale, looks beautiful.
Very nostalgic for me as I built a few Revel planes in my youth, though none of mine turned out that good.

Neal

[nealn]

Great work Dale, looks beautiful.
Very nostalgic for me as I built a few Revel planes in my youth, though none of mine turned out that good.

Neal

[planecrazydale]

Wow Planemad! Your room sounds very cool, but i don't think my wife would allow a Battle scene over our bed.....without creating a whole new battle in our home!! mackdown:

And thanks for the kind words Neal. This kit was a re-issue of the old Revell kit, and was actually a pretty nice kit other than some fit issues.

Dale

[IV/JG2_Dargon]

Very nice weathering effects on this one planecrazydale

I also like the wingribs a lot. I should finish my Bf 110 G-2 1:48 someday.

Are you going to place it on some plate and create any scene with it? Like adding ground personal?
I always do that with my better planes and it really looks better than just the plane alone on a glassplate
:wink:

cheers

[planecrazydale]

Not sure if I am going to put it in a diorama type thing yet or not. The glass case it is in has 3 more of my big built kits in it, and it all lights up so it looks quite nice in the darkened room.

But, if I put it in a show I will most likely put it sitting on a carrier deck (made of popsicle sticks or some other type of wood planking)

Dale