1/48 Hasegawa F6F-3 Hellcat
I decided to pull the venerable Hasegawa kit out of the pile and slap it together. I started about 10 days ago, and had it built in about 4 days. The rest of the time was spent painting and weathering.
As ususal, it's built OOB.
Tamiya acrylic paints.
Aeromaster decals.
Added an antennae tensioner from solder.
EZ-Line antennae.
Testors enamel wash in the panel lines.
14 additional images. Click to enlarge.
jorge rivas krause said on May 7, 2013
An excellent work James! It looks perfect to me, a clean and careful built, with a great paint job and nice weathering. I like it!
cheers mate
Craig Abrahamson said on May 7, 2013
Yep...what he said. Good job! Nice pics, too - 🙂
Troy Brindack said on May 7, 2013
10 days?! amazing!
Gregor de Ste Croix said on May 8, 2013
Cool Hellcat - i like the 3 colour scheme on these aircraft. A clean bird with no stores ordinance, not even the obligatory fuel tank! Hellcats kinda remind me of the Thunderbolt in their utilitarian design...great model James.
bob mack said on May 8, 2013
looks great...quick build is the way to go...prevents burnout
JimBates said on May 9, 2013
Nice work, Jim. Too fast, but nice work.
Tom Cleaver said on May 9, 2013
There's a small problem: You have painted an F6F-5 like an F6F-3. Nice work, but...
James Kelley said on May 9, 2013
poof
Now it's a -3! 🙂
steven a weinmann said on May 10, 2013
very clean nice job love the weathering 10 days wow the antenna tensioner is awesome
Drew Tarter said on May 11, 2013
An outstanding build, James!