The F6F Channel at iModeler (110 articles)

The F6F Channel at iModeler

Grumman F6F Hellcat

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The 1/48 Eduard F6F-5N Nightfighter with Illumination is finished.

by David Kopielski on July 4, 2020
in Aviation — 14 Comments

This build is the 1/48 Eduard F6F-5N Hellcat Nightfighter. This is Eduard’s “Weekend Edition” so it comes with some resin detail accessories like radar pod, gun barrels, exhaust pipes, and under wing antenna. I also added Eduard’s photo etch coc[...]

1/48 F6F-5N Hellcat

by John Healy on April 14, 2020
in Aviation — 25 Comments

This is the Eduard Weekend Edition kit built with a few add ones. The model represents the Hellcat flown by VMF(N)-533’s Captain Robert Baird on Okinawa in the summer of 1945. Baird became the Marines’ first night fighter ace with this plane.[...]

Scratch built 1/32 f6f-3 hellcat

by Rodney J. Williams on March 28, 2020
in Aviation — 13 Comments

I acquired some cockpit and wheel well photo's, so I did my best to duplicate all of these items into this 1/32 scale model. I had to call upon my art talent to draw some logos that the pilot had someone paint on his airplane and/or apply decals[...]

F6f-5 Hellcat, VF-74 Flying Wolfhounds,1944.1/72 Hasegawa.

by Robert Royes on November 28, 2019
in Aviation — 8 Comments

The VF-74 Flying Wolfhounds, not to be confused with VF-74 Bedevilers, which began as VBF-20 and then VF-92. a bit confusing, was established March 1944 at Norfolk Va. training at NAS Atlantic City. Sailed onboard USS Kasaan Bay CVE-69 with thei[...]

Paint table

by Rodney J. Williams on November 13, 2019
in Aviation — 2 Comments

I found another good photo of my paint table out in our garage when I lived near Cortez, Colorado. It's about 2 feet square/610mm. I attach two 7500 daylight bulb lamps to it. I could set my turn table on the table that had the big 1/18th scale[...]

EDUARD 1:72 F6F-3 Hellcat, VF-16, USS LEXINGTON CV-16, late 1943

by roger fabrocini on October 24, 2019
in Uncategorized — 11 Comments

This build brought back memories of my childhood on the '50s, early '60s building Monogram F6Fs. Though the surface detail is great, typical Eduard, i felt the need to replace many smaller detail parts with the following. Brassin resin P&W r[...]

F6F-5K drone USS Boxer,Korea 1952, Eduards 1/72 Hellcat

by Robert Royes on October 8, 2019
in Aviation — 16 Comments

Probably the last time US Navy Hellcats were used in combat. Used as crude surface to surface missiles, launched from Boxer CV 21,against targets in 1952 during the Korean war, loaded with a large bomb. The F6F-5K's carried a TV camera pod under[...]

Royal Navy F6F Hellcat Mk 1 – Attack the Tirpitz!

by Colin Latta on September 4, 2019
in Uncategorized — 23 Comments

Here's my latest completion, Otaki's aging F6F Hellcat kit in1/48. The subject is one of the first Hellcats that went to 800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, and participated in the Royal Navy strikes against the Tirpitz, while she was anchored in Norwa[...]

1/48 hasegawa F6F VBF-87

by Brian Scott on June 6, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

Fresh off the bench 10,000 Grumman built Hellcat . Paint with Mr color paints, mig wash. Aftermarket ites LF Models decals and eduard Brassin Resin Wheels . Slight issue on the decals tonight. The decals on the nose and other area Had disintegr[...]

On This Day…June 5th.

by david leigh-smith on June 5, 2019
in Photo Collections — 8 Comments

Stanley Winfield ‘Swede’ Vejtasa’s first assignment was with Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) aboard the carrier USS Yorktown from August 1939 to May 1942, during which time he shot down 3 Japanese fighters and damaged 1 while flying an SBD-3 Dauntl[...]