Grumman F6F Hellcat
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Arii 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat, converted to a -5.
I converted the venerable Arii/Otaki F6F-3 to a -5 by filling in the rear quarter windows, sanding off the exhaust fairings, and added sheet plastic to depict metal plates fixed to the underside of the flaps (which protected the [...]
It's another 1:48 scale Otaki F6F-3, "Hellcat"
Hey folks,
This is one of my very early efforts at building a model seriously.
Otaki does make a really nice Hellcat, even for it's age. With all the posts of some of these older models, it kind of makes me want to do a little [...]
Another Otaki/Arii F6F-3 Hellcat in 1/48 The secret is out!
Built a few years ago, this was my second model after a decade long break in modeling.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Evading the Grummans- Hasegawa 1/48 C6N1 Saiun "Myrt"
Nakajima's C6N three-man reconnaissance plane was originally intended to serve from Japan's aircraft carrier fleet, but by the time it entered service, there were really no more carriers to fly from. Flying from land-bases, the [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 N1K2-J Shiden Kai
Hasegawa's 1/48 N1K2-J shown here is the late-90s re-tool. Previously, the company had released their first 1/48 N1K2-J in the late 70s/early 80s with raised panel lines, about the same time as the 1/48 Kyushu Shinden.
This new-tool kit [...]
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 [...]
