Reini78 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 #10/2019 So, my dad finished the first of some upcoming Latin American subjects. In 1952, Uruguay purchased a mixed bunch of 12 old Hellcats (-3, -5, -5N) from the US. To avoid the appearance of the US supporting a small South American country, the planes were sold by a private company, Cobell Industries. Therefore, to be a legal deal, the planes came without armament. Twelve pilots were sent to the US for training. During that, two aircrafts (453 and 454) were already lost due to accidents. Back in Uruquay, the planes were retrofitted with armament. Only six aircraft survived until their withdrawal from service in 1960. Eduard kit with Armycast Decals, AK Real Color Air Dark Sea Blue and Off-White for the camo, EZ Line for the antenna wire. With the decals there came a resin football antenna. But my dad is no fan of resin, so he used a plastic one from the sparesbox. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050845-latin-kitty148-grumman-f6f-5-hellcat-aviacion-naval-uruguaya/ As usual not without glitches, but it looks the part. DSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Great to see a Hellcat in these unusual markings, and a great build as well! Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 That's a great looking Hellcat. Very nice and unusual scheme and an interesting back story. The panel highlighting and weathering is excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Very nicely done as always, looks cool in those markings too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Superb work, looks great in that scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Another great build with a very nice finish! Thanks also for the information on those Hellcats. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Pedro1 said: Great to see a Hellcat in these unusual markings, and a great build as well! Peter 10 hours ago, Meatbox8 said: That's a great looking Hellcat. Very nice and unusual scheme and an interesting back story. The panel highlighting and weathering is excellent. 10 hours ago, russ c said: Very nicely done as always, looks cool in those markings too 7 hours ago, F-32 said: Superb work, looks great in that scheme 6 hours ago, Mark Joyce said: Another great build with a very nice finish! Thanks also for the information on those Hellcats. Cheers, Mark Thanks very much, appreciated as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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