The F6F Channel at iModeler (115 articles)

The F6F Channel at iModeler

Grumman F6F Hellcat

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“Flight 19 Lost Squadron 75th Anniversary Tribute” Accurate Miniatures TBM-1C Avenger as FT-81

by Louis Gardner on December 5, 2020
in Aviation — 17 Comments

First off, I want to thank all of you who held off posting your articles so we could keep our Flight 19 builds together. That was very kind of you and considerate................ Flight 19 ................. The "Lost Squadron" was previously [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Ki-100-1 Empire of Japan Group Build

by Tom Bebout on November 30, 2020
in Aviation — 16 Comments

Thanks to Louis Gardner for starting this GB as it gave me a reason to build some of the Japanese A/C in my stash. The Ki-100-1 was quite a successful fighter and gave the allies all they could handle towards the end of the war. The Ki-100 was d[...]

F6F -5N Hellcat over Brooklyn.1/72 Eduard

by Robert Royes on November 24, 2020
in Aviation — 10 Comments

This is a Eduards over tree kit, no decals no PE, perfect, I didn't need the kit decals and I don't do PE to well. The markings are of a F6F-5N of the Navy Reserve stationed at NAS Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn NY. 1949. There is a bit of a co[...]

1/48 EDUARD F-6F3 Hellcat

by Boris Grgić on November 16, 2020
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Fun little kit, out of the box. Eduard made it too easy with this one, no need for filling, sanding, correcting...everything fit like a charm. This was the first time I got a chance to compare Hellcat with previously assembled Bf-109, FW-190 and[...]

Black Cat

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on September 9, 2020
in Aviation — 8 Comments

The FAA used quite a number of Hellcats,and one of those was completely painted in glossy black! Though there are a number of controversies,I decided that such a camo shouldn´t be passed by... The kit used is the 1/48 Eduard Weekend Edition,an[...]

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[...]