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very nice, thank you!

Good luck Hopefully you can get it sorted in short order

Thanks Kev that worked much better, thanks!

Hobby Boss F6F-3 Hellcat built as White 36 on USS Hornet in June 1944 The kit itself is very simple, light on details but the fit was much better than I was expecting. My biggest issue with it is the decals which were scaled oddly and looked toyish As the interior and decals were not that great I decided on closed canopy which would end up being be one of the key lessons learned I masked both sides of the canopy, prepped the inside then unmasked, cleaned and glued to the fuselage and continued with the rest of the build - at the very end when removing the outside masks discovered I managed to get overspray (which also highlighted some residue) on the inside of the canopy which you can see in some of the pics This is my 12th build since starting the hobby a couple of years ago and 3rd time cutting and using my own masks, which I am happy I started down this path as the results look much better to me I have Silhouette Portrait 4 and used Tamiya masking sheet for the Canopy and Wheel masks, and Oracal 810 for the Insignia and Numbers mask Thank you to the folks contributing to the site library of Insignia's I was able to use This is my first tri-color Hellcat and I had two goals for this build: 1) practice the tri-color (or more accurately 4 color) scheme using Vallejo USN Sea Blue for the top fuselage, Glossy Sea Blue for the wings and tail, Intermediate Blue and Insignia White 2) practice with the insignia and letters with masks With the exception of the canopy, pretty happy with this build overall

nice finish kev the rigging looks good, I know I would have been pretty tepid trying to do that 😬

good to see new members, welcome!

Looks good Kev, thanks for all your efforts in keeping the site up & healthy

excellent work! the masking and painting look exceptional

thx gents, just ordered some Cricut to try

thx, I'll take a look at that

I've been using some to be clear transfer medium (not oracal) that came with some masking vinyl that I bought on amazon but it's actually fairly grainy and glossy, as such difficult to see though to line up the mask any recommendations on transfer medium that works well? thanks

These are fantastic, thanks for uploading!

nice to meet you Bogdan, and those are excellent looking builds!

thank you for the announcement as well as all your time and efforts into this site I'm fairly new to the hobby, but I've spent a lot of time here learning on making masks and techniques so appreciate all the energy you put into it