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Hasegawa 1/48 Scale F6F-3 Hellcat USS Essex - Finished

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Ole
  • Member since
    October 2018
  • From: Central VA
Hasegawa 1/48 Scale F6F-3 Hellcat USS Essex - Finished
Posted by Ole on Friday, January 25, 2019 7:39 AM

Here is another recently finished model. Great kit with excellent fit. The decals were crap and dissolved, so I went with Montex masks instead. No real modifications, just a clean straight forward build.

 

  • Member since
    January 2019
Posted by Edwin on Friday, January 25, 2019 9:26 AM

Great looking Hellcat! Like the preshading and panel lines on your plane. How long did it take you with this build?

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Friday, January 25, 2019 9:31 AM

Nicely done.  Whose paint/color did you use?

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Friday, January 25, 2019 9:45 AM

Nicely done.  Have the same kit to do for a club GB.

Nice to hear about the fit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    July 2018
  • From: The Deep Woods
Posted by Tickmagnet on Friday, January 25, 2019 11:28 AM

Nice build

 

 

Ole
  • Member since
    October 2018
  • From: Central VA
Posted by Ole on Friday, January 25, 2019 11:54 AM

Edwin

Great looking Hellcat! Like the preshading and panel lines on your plane. How long did it take you with this build?

 

Thanks a lot! It probably took a few weeks between other projects. It's not a huge parts count.

 

Ole
  • Member since
    October 2018
  • From: Central VA
Posted by Ole on Friday, January 25, 2019 12:07 PM

keavdog

Nicely done.  Whose paint/color did you use?

 

Thanks, I used Mr. Color Blue Gray H367 for the upper surfaces, and I want to say H315 Grey for the lower.

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Friday, January 25, 2019 1:17 PM
Nicely done. Not often you see an Atlantic Hellcat

 

  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: Brisbane Australia
Posted by ChrisJH666 on Friday, January 25, 2019 2:38 PM

Very nice build

In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

 

Chris

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Friday, January 25, 2019 2:39 PM

Really nice work. The preshading and panel lines are outstanding and I've always been partial to the early WWII light blue color of Navy and Marine Corps planes in the Pacific Theater.

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:32 PM
Nice! I’m a fan of the preshade technique too. Good call on the Montex, I use them all the time.

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

Ole
  • Member since
    October 2018
  • From: Central VA
Posted by Ole on Sunday, January 27, 2019 7:34 AM

Thanks for all your comments! There's a bit of pre- and post shading on this one.

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