Grumman F6F Hellcat
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A very well-kept secret – the Otaki 1/48 Hellcat
This is the Otaki Hellcat, now a good 37-38 years old. It was one of the first kits with engraved detail, and if you are careful with the attachment of the wings (which will need a bit of putty) and get hold of a True Details resin [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 F6F-5 “Minsi III”
This is the Hasegawa 1/48 F5F-5 with the Cutting Edge cowling, True Details canopy, and Aerostar Decals to do "Minsi III," flown by CDR Dave McCampbell, the Navy Ace of Aces and the #3 American Ace of the war. His record of 34 [...]
the dirty bird
eduards 1/48 f6f5n, the plane depicts no real a/c. done for my own pleasure using a mix of markings from the kit. went a little overboard on the weathering! but i like it!
1/48 eduard f6f-5n hellcat profipack
this plane was painted pre-airbrush using tamiya shaker cans, which work great but smell like chemical death! luckily, only one color to paint , dark usn blue. first time i had the pleasure and aggravation of using eduard photoetch.the kit [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 F6F-3 Hellcat
Background
The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a fighter aircraft descended from the earlier F4F Wildcat, but was a completely new design sharing only a familial resemblance to the Wildcat. Some tagged it as "Wildcat's big brother". The [...]
Eduard 1:48 F6F-3 Hellcat
Another TMMI submission for a while back. Additions include a Quickboost R-2800, a Jaguar resin interior (meant for the Hasegawa kit), ultracast prop, and assorted other tidbits fashioned out of plastic stock.
Colors are custom mixed [...]
Grumman F6F-3 Otaki/Arii 1/48
Started with the best of intentions to be a straight forward OOB build, the urge to add a few extra details began as I realized how well the rather basic kit captured the shape of the Hellcat. The discovery of an aftermarket resin cockpit [...]
A Grumman formation to end all Grumman formations
Back in 1997, various air museums were having "Grumman flights." Out at Planes of Fame, they pulled off the Grumman Flight to end all Grumman Flights: F3F-2, FM-2, F6F-5, F7F-3, F8F-2, and TBM-3. I got this shot out of the [...]
1/48 Otaki F6F-3N
This is the Otaki 1/48 F6F-3 with a Hasegawa F6F-5N cockpit and radome. The canopy is a vacuformed replacement and the decals are Superscale. The underwing insignia is hand painted around the radome. I enjoyed working on this as the kit [...]
1/48 Hasegawa F6F-5P conversion
I wanted to do a Hellcat in these markings ever since I saw the photo in a Hellcat reference, the Model Graphics book on the Hellcat. When I found out that Superscale put decals out for one of these VF-84 aircraft, I went ahead with it.
I [...]
