Grumman F6F Hellcat
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1/48 Scale F7F-Tigercat
Sometime in the early 1990's I met up with "Pylon Dave Jone's" who lived in Oklahoma/U.S.A. Dave sent me over 500 color 3-1/2" x 5" prints. I scanned in all of the photos, including several black and white prints then [...]
F6f-5 Hellcat, VF-74 Flying Wolfhounds,1944.1/72 Hasegawa.
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 [...]
PAINT TABLE
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 [...]
F6F-3K drone 1/48 Eduard
A F6F-3K drone based at Naval Air Station Atlantic City,New Jersey during March 1946. These drones were later used in Operation CROSSROADS, one of the atomic bomb tests.
Size 1/48, Eduard overtrees+Techmod decals insignia+ scratch antenas
EDUARD 1:72 F6F-3 Hellcat, VF-16, USS LEXINGTON CV-16, late 1943
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 [...]
F6F-5K drone USS Boxer,Korea 1952, Eduards 1/72 Hellcat
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 [...]
1/72 Eduard; Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat white 71, VF-20, USS Enterprise 1944
Hello, this is my 2nd US NAVY rollout. This time I have build the 1/72 scale Eduard Grumman F6F-5 white 71, Hellcat flown by Lt Leo Bob McCuddin, VF-20, USS Enterprise, October 1944.
The kit is the “profi pack” nr. 7077 from Eduards [...]
1/72 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat USS Essex (CV9) Oct. 1944 from Eduard
Hello, this is my first US NAVY rollout. I have build the 1/72 scale Eduard Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat flown by LTJG Arthur Singer, VF-15, USS Essex, Oktober 24-25, 1944.
This kit is the "weekend edition" from Eduards very nice [...]
Royal Navy F6F Hellcat Mk 1 – Attack the Tirpitz!
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 [...]
