Looking great! The "anhedral" you note is definitely supposed to be there, and looks well positioned to my eyes. See Eduard wings below, which have the break at a panel line. Pardon the dark vertical stripes on the pic, that is just due to the LED lights and camera not playing well together.

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Excellent job so far, my friend @eb801!

Coming along nicely, Eric.

Hey Eric. Eric Berg (@eb801)
It’s been a little while since I’ve logged into Imodeler. I’m very impressed with the progress you have made with your Hellcat. It’s definitely looking the part.

As far as the anhedral part of the wing goes it’s hard to tell. I have taken a few pictures of the real thing and it looks like it is there in some of the pictures but not all of them.

To be honest I don’t know.

Here’s a few pictures I personally took of the Hellcat that my friends have restored at American Aero Services. These guys are fantastic at what they do and they go the extra step to get it done right.

They have painstakingly executed the colors and they documented what they found during their disassembly of this project. They also have an original WW2 color chip book that I have personally seen. I can vouch for the quality of their work.

Meanwhile here’s a few pictures of the Hellcat that show the area you are talking about. It might have some anhedral there, but if it doesn’t then the upper surface of the inboard wing section is most likely straight.

Hope this helps to answer your question.

Take care.

@lgardner, those are amazing pictures, Louis. And what a superb restored aircraft this is. I assume she is airworthy. Must have been great to be this close to a Hellcat.
@brithebuilder, nice approach to check the anhedral/dihedral. To me the inner part does look leveled indeed.

Hellcat looks great, Eric (@eb801). You are proving these old Otaki kits still have a lot of life to them. Aerodynamically speaking, dihedral (up angle) tends to increase aircraft stability, especially in turns. As others have already pointed out, I think it is supposed to be there. I suspect the inner wings are straight to allow the landing gear to have a few more inches of clearance for the prop.

Vacuform canopies are scary, Eric (@eb801). A long time ago I bought several boxes of both 1/72 and 1/48 Falcon canopies, but never had the guts to use them. So, please, lots of explanation and pictures of how you prep the canopy for installation and then how you install it
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