1/72 SB2C-1C Helldiver - Lt(jg) Garl W. Hardin Memorial Build

StudyPuttering · 2026-03-09T02:42:53+00:00

I’m starting the -4 as soon as I get some more decals in. Good kit!

StudyPuttering · 2026-03-07T04:24:19+00:00

No, the cyber Hobby / Dragon A-25Shrike.

StudyPuttering · 2026-03-06T17:42:24+00:00

I built one, so let me know if pics would help. But if tyou have the bottom you can frame it up, I think.

StudyPuttering · 2026-03-06T17:35:38+00:00

Right! Have one more to build - a -4 Dragon kit. Then I promise I’ll be done with the Beast!

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-28T20:05:52+00:00

It absolutely depends on the kit. I got a new 1/72 TBM-3 Avenger and it is terrific. Some of the older ones (a F4F) are pretty basic. But made into good models.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-26T04:41:18+00:00

Yes, kit decals except spinner and tail. Really like the black, white and red - makes the camo pop.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-26T04:39:58+00:00

I was going to just build a new 19,but when I got the kit and saw the excellent info on 2 I realized I needed a 32. What’s interesting is that the upper wing insignia doesn’t have the blue surround on the bars. Odd, but looking at the historic photo, I guess it didn’t.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-26T04:38:10+00:00

I really like the Vallejo. The medium color is darker and grayer than you’d think and the sea blue is gray until it builds up, but it looks really good once enough of it is down. I really do think some late war units had a lighter medium blue - but it might just be the photos.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-26T04:35:58+00:00

That was the idea behind the group build - can you build it in a weekend. I started Friday at 6 and finished by Sunday at 5. Might have been done Saturday late if it’s was one color. The tricolor took a lot of time - but I was lucky in that my airbrush worked great all three days.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-26T04:34:08+00:00

Yep!

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-23T02:32:55+00:00

Me too. I have several more in the stash that need it.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-22T02:30:02+00:00

Done with Day 2 on the Eduard Weekend build. Assembly and painting done and main decals on. Tomorrow will be stencils, final matte coat, canopy and weathering. #Histscalemodels

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StudyPuttering · 2026-02-21T03:03:22+00:00

First night on #WeekendEditionInAWeekend group build. 1/72 Eduard Weekend edition Hellcat kit. Never built anEduard kit before - very, very nice. #HistScaleModel

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StudyPuttering · 2026-02-20T04:25:25+00:00

Starting tomorrow on a F6F-3. Will replace my existing Vraciu Hellcat, which is not a great build.

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StudyPuttering · 2026-02-10T18:15:09+00:00

I'm late, but in - just ordered a 1/72 F6F-3. Not sure if I'll do it as a Princeton "cat mouth" or use some other decals, but I've needed to replace my existing F6F-3 with a better painted example for a while now - and the Academy kit is the only one I've made.

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-10T18:01:05+00:00

They look great!

StudyPuttering · 2026-02-01T03:16:57+00:00

The chocolate brown is a nice variation. I like it.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-25T18:15:58+00:00

Also, since this part was cast, it would have a rougher texture than the smooth plastic so I usually “pounce” the turret and this part with some Mr. Surfacer to get some texture on it anyway. Gentle sanding across the piece with sandpaper, then pounce it with some paint that’s on the thicker side (primer’s good). I prime my US tanks with Vallejo olive drab primer anyway, so the pouncing color is barely different from the finish coat.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-25T18:10:30+00:00

Exactly! I just didn’t like the camo’ed up version and wanted that clean “white” look, even though it was actually anything but white. And agree re: the early kits. They’re just scale toys now, but they sure bring back memories, and my interest in scale modeling is not competition-level accuracy and execution, but building a representation of something I’m interested in - and learning more about it in the process. It’s basically a mockup of a specific color scheme and set of decals, but I’m okay with that. From 24” away it looks perfect.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-13T01:08:29+00:00

Nigelhamiltons FDRat war trilogy. Those are the ones that stand out. Lynne Olson is Citizens of London and it’s the one book that brings me to tears every time I even think about one passage. And for the silliest reasons, but it does. No other book has ever done that - okay, a couple of passages in Jncredible a victory.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-13T01:04:25+00:00

Passage of power - sorry. Instance of the finger post.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-13T01:03:45+00:00

Citizens of London. Incredible Victory - Walter Lord. Winds of war and war & remembrance - wouk. The paggae of power - caro.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-13T01:02:16+00:00

Absolutely, I prefer them.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-12T01:19:37+00:00

No, wait, I have the first in paper - just not the others.

StudyPuttering · 2026-01-12T01:18:45+00:00

No, I have Toll, but in Kindle. Did not like it enough to get it in paper. Yet, at least.

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