iang Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 The Britmodeller Hellcat is mine. Mating the Trumpeter wings to the Hasegawa fuselage is not too difficult. Out2gtcha, williamj, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, iang said: The Britmodeller Hellcat is mine. Mating the Trumpeter wings to the Hasegawa fuselage is not too difficult. Coooool! Any hints/tips on the best way to accomplish that? WIP pics maybe? TIA! williamj and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Is it also true that it only works if you intend to make an FAA aircraft? D.B. Andrus, williamj and thierry laurent 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro32 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 14 hours ago, D Bellis said: The 'why' has to do with Hasegawa's wings looking like they're made of plywood sheets with irrigation ditches between them, and the Trumpeter fuselage looking like a clown's balloon toy sporting a 1/24 scale canopy. The Trumpy fuse looks like the pilot closed the canopy and had a massive fart. Check out my own stalled build from years ago and see how I dealt with the wings. Were I to do it over, I'd do the hybrid approach too. D Bellis, D.B. Andrus, Out2gtcha and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Coooool! Any hints/tips on the best way to accomplish that? WIP pics maybe? TIA! Most of the photos in the Britmodeller WIP thread have been deleted. I have them somewhere on my external hard drive. I'll try and find them and upload a few, though it might take a day or two. coogrfan and williamj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iang Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Is it also true that it only works if you intend to make an FAA aircraft? No. The FAA modifications to the standard USN Hellcat were in the cockpit (radio, seatbelts, gun sight etc.). Edited January 15, 2020 by iang coogrfan and williamj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scimitarf1 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 1:24 AM, BiggTim said: Honestly, I just gave up and built the Hasegawa kit. Lot of re-scribing on the wings, but I still think it was less work than a wing swap. Good luck to you! My view exactly as I wade through the build. Filling, rescribing and riveting the wings does not take that long - 2 hours max. You will damage a lot of surface detail fitting the Trumpy wings williamj and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scimitarf1 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, iang said: No. The FAA modifications to the standard USN Hellcat were in the cockpit (radio, seatbelts, gun sight etc.). Did they change the gunsight - I know on RAF P-47s the US type was kept. are there any good photo references on the radio changes? williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 hours ago, iang said: No. The FAA modifications to the standard USN Hellcat were in the cockpit (radio, seatbelts, gun sight etc.). ...it was a joke... Out2gtcha, williamj, thierry laurent and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 After perusing the kit, I think the best way to get an accurate Hellcat is to buy the Airfix 1/24th scale kit! Shoggz, Ryan and williamj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scimitarf1 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Inevitably I started mine 10 months before Airfix announced theirs. williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 hours ago, LSP_Ray said: After perusing the kit, I think the best way to get an accurate Hellcat is to buy the Airfix 1/24th scale kit! I will respectfully disagree..I believe we can make something out of the Hasegawa kit with a few mods.I did think about the Airfix but not really my scale and don't have the display room in the case.As nice as it obviously is, also there's the issue with having spent a ton, over time, on goodies to accentuate the Has.kit. Will post some progress pics once the engineering challenges are dealt with. cheers.Bill. Out2gtcha, Kagemusha, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 hours ago, williamj said: Will post some progress pics once the engineering challenges are dealt with. williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 17 hours ago, williamj said: I will respectfully disagree..I believe we can make something out of the Hasegawa kit with a few mods.I did think about the Airfix but not really my scale and don't have the display room in the case.As nice as it obviously is, also there's the issue with having spent a ton, over time, on goodies to accentuate the Has.kit. Will post some progress pics once the engineering challenges are dealt with. cheers.Bill. Oh, there is no doubt you can make the Hasegawa kit into a beautiful model and I think you in particular could do a great job of it. It is just the amount of AM it would take, and maybe a Trumpy kit to steal wings from, the cost is getting close to, if not more, than an Airfix kit. Also, since you can fold the wings on the Airfix kit, the display area isn't that bad. Having said that, I understand many wish to stick to one scale, and in your case since you have already acquired AM, kit, et al it makes more sense to stick with what you got. I just thought in the search for a nice Hellcat, the Airfix kit should be considered. And unlike Jennings, I don't think the oilcanning (not wrinkling) is badly done. williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thanks Ray..ya we have a bucket of AM for the Has. and the trumpeter wings can be folded (have PE to highlight that) they also have the correct wheel wells,engine, and landing gear that is way above what Has. offered....why Trumpeter blew the fuselage is an absolute mystery,it really is bad and won't hesitate to say it. Comes down to a simple matter of choice,and we we have so much 32nd in the hobby today that sometimes the choices are underappreciated .I have been on an "Old School" theme lately and these Hellcat builds are just part of that. Personally think the Hasegawa has the most potential,for my own eye of course. Respectfully..Bill. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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