1/35 Academy M18 Hellcat Complete

Modeling Subjects Armor
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It felt real good to get some armor back on the bench.

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Nice stuff,I really like the interior and the weathering.

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Thanks.All the weathering was done with the Tamiya powders.

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Nice work! You probably build this M18 because of that video. Now you need a gunner and a ragged hat. :wink:

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Thanks.Actually,I found that vid after I built it.

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Nice build Terry! I built AFV’s version a few years back, these are nice little TDs. Any plans of putting it in a setting?

-Stephen[cwby]

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Terry???

I’m Ed!!!

Thanks anyway.[:)]

I didn’t know AFV did one as well.Is that one still on the market?I’d be happy to see pics of yours.

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Wow. Nice job on your Hellcat. The interior looks great.[t$t]

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Good looking Hellcat. Nicely done.

Regards, Rick

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Nice! Been starting to appreciate more and more those “tanks other than the Sherman” lately. Yours fits the bill very well. [:D]

Brian

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Nice work on this one Ed! [B]

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Nice job on the open-top. The gear looks good. From the picture angle it looks like you didn’t paint all the sides of the tires. Also you might want to paint the sprocket-teeth a shiney metallic color. Not sure about the tail-lights. it looks like the left might be red, but the right looks as though somethings missing. Perhaps one of our more affluent Allied modelers (Roy?) might know.

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Ed - Good stuff…a couple of pointers. Picking up on Tigerman, US tail lights are red on topon the left side, all other lenses are “smoke”

Shiny sprockets…The ammo can with the M2 should be a dark green and not OD…nice interior work

On the road wheels, if you are using an AB or spray, pick up a circle templet in Staples (about $2). Make it much simpler and you get nice clean “rubber”.

Keep it coming…looking fine

Rounds Complete!!

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Thanks guys.It might be difficult to see,but the taillights are correct.I made sure I wrote that down a few weeks ago from another post on FSM.

I will happily repaint the ammo can.It will then match those found as stowage.

As for the wheels,they’re just dirtied up a bit.They recieved a nice clean paint job before I built up some dirt on them with the weathering powder.

I’ll also brush a bit of metallic onto the drive sprockets.That was an oversight on my part.

Thanks again.

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Just dirt.

Correct?

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Nice Hellcat!

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[Y]

Rounds Complete!!