artoor_k Posted July 26, 2023 Posted July 26, 2023 Because I'm stuck with what-if Ju-87 (gunpods problem) then I'll start another one... Because last week I became an owner of Hasegawa Hellcat then today I unboxed it and imediatelly it landed on my bench. I'll use Master gun barrels and seatbelts made of yoghurt foil. And here is my victim: And here are first glued and painted parts. I've decided to leave cockpit as it is with only minor upgrades. denders, KUROK, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9
ulvdemon Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 I believe I have a later boxing of this kit. Looking forward to this build.
artoor_k Posted July 29, 2023 Author Posted July 29, 2023 Cockpit is ready so I put it into fuselage: As usual, seatbelts from aluminium foil: I didn't decided yet if I'll leave one of gunbays open so I glued and painted both of them. Landrotten Highlander, Erwin, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 11
themongoose Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Nice work on those seatbelts. Looks like you’re turning this old kit into an eye turner! artoor_k 1
artoor_k Posted August 2, 2023 Author Posted August 2, 2023 On 8/1/2023 at 1:02 AM, themongoose said: Nice work on those seatbelts. Looks like you’re turning this old kit into an eye turner! Thanks On 7/31/2023 at 3:38 PM, BradG said: Yeh mate that looks pretty nice. Thank you I send styrene exhausts for a reconaissance mission to trash bin and used brass tubes instead New barrels from Master are definitely better than kit's ones. themongoose, LSP_K2, KUROK and 7 others 10
artoor_k Posted August 9, 2023 Author Posted August 9, 2023 Almost there...I've used every blue shade that I have Some chipping on left wing... themongoose, LSP_Kevin, coogrfan and 6 others 9
artoor_k Posted August 14, 2023 Author Posted August 14, 2023 Need to finish pilot figure, base and hvars... Alain Gadbois, DugyB, Fanes and 8 others 11
artoor_k Posted August 14, 2023 Author Posted August 14, 2023 ...and that's it In 1946, an American offer was received for the supply of aircraft for the Polish naval aviation. It included F6F Hellcat fighters and torpedo bombers TBM-3 Avenger bombers and torpedoes. At the same time, the first demonstration aircraft arrived at the former German airport in Dziwnów - two F6F-5 fighter Hellcats and one F6F-5P reconnaissance aircraft. The Polish side ultimately did not accept the offer, which was determined by the unit price (Barracudas, although inferior in performance to the Avengers, were almost two times cheaper), and in the case of fighters also lower performance than the Mustangs just received from the USA. Also it was considered that for one planned fighter squadron ( 5th "Privateer" Squadron) there was no reason to put new type of fighter into service. However, the Hellcats remained in Poland and served in 2nd Women Squadron. Depicted Hellcat, named "Kiciuś" ("Kitty" in english) was used mainly for combat training and CAP over Baltic Sea. themongoose, Phantom2, patricksparks and 16 others 19
themongoose Posted August 17, 2023 Posted August 17, 2023 Cool finish, name and really thought the background story was. Great!! artoor_k 1
petrov27 Posted August 19, 2023 Posted August 19, 2023 Really fantastic build and diorama of this old kit - great result! Always loved the old Hase F6F - feels like they could just retool those old moulds to have a little better surface details and it would hold up to modern releases pretty well.... artoor_k 1
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