Hellcat Model Gets Major Fuselage Features
Whiplash has made some nice improvements to his Hellcat model this week that have transformed the center fuselage from a wooden block to something more closely resembling a Confed spaceframe. There's been great process on the 'transparent' cockpit canopy, and the underslung gun mounts are taking shape. Space for the Hellcat's iconic engine cluster have also been carved out, and the main exhaust nozzle is visible below. It's great to see so much effort being put into the project!
I started experimenting with heat forming about two days ago. It's not perfect yet, but I'm quite pleased with my early efforts. Any ideas on how to do the tinting? A dark blue/gray seems to be the colour of choice.I've also mostly completed the ventral gun pod. It needs some tidying up, but the basic shape looks good.
As for scale, I estimate 122,5:1 (24cm model vs 27m total length according to the game fiction). At any rate, even if you just post some detailed pictures of your cockpit work, I can put something together myself.
I have managed to get around to a piece of work I was particularly looking forward to: The rear fuselage and engine area. I'm still refining and polishing but it's a vast improvement on the original (rather poor) effort.
I've also had some ideas regarding the engine nozzles. So far, a simple cardboard construction seems quite effective. I will refine the design a bit as I go along.
That's all for now. I'm currently hollowing out the various gun ports, but the next big task will be getting started on the wings. That should be fun!
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