Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry. Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Eduard F6F 5 Hellcat Groupe de Chasse 1/6 Corse Indochina 1951 Berna Decals Humbrol brushpainted Build threat here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235095511-eduard-172-f6f-5-hellcat-gc-16-corse-french-air-force-in-indochina-1951/#comments Patrice 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Bah, you beat me by two hours Patrice! 😃 Here's my contribution to the Hellcat STGB - it's the 1/72 Cyber-Hobby kit (very fiddly) - the build thread is here: 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbdave Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 All done I'm happy with this and the direction my modeling is going little improvements each time. Now what to do next?. Build thread. Dave 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Tim's 3 tone Hasegawa F6F-3. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Well well the first British entry in the Gallery ! Here is the original Frog Hellcat circa 1972 Operation Tungsten, the attack on Tirpitz, HMS Emporer, 800 NAS, JV108 E-B Many thanks for all the encouragement during the build, I hope you like it. Cheers Pat 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scargsy Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Eduard 1/72 F6F-5N (Nightfighter), Profipack edition (PE bits and paint masks included), OOB. Fairly simple but well engineered kit - nice fit for wings, etc. without needing too much faffing and filling. Managed to break off the aerial pylon behind the cockpit but otherwise a great quick build. Build log here. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Grumman F6F-5, Uruguayan Navy, Florida/Texas, 1952 Eduard kit (with teardrop fairing from a Revell Harvard), LF Models decals, Vallejo and Akan paints and inks. Thanks for looking. Andy 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat BuNo 78669 maj. Bruce Porter, CO of VMF(N)-542 Yontan airfield, Okinawa, May 1945 Eduard 1/72 kit with Eduard Brassin resin wheels 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Thanks to everyone who gave their encouragement during the build, either explicitly with their comments or by showing their work in progress, lots of inspiration and aspiration. Special thanks to Col. for running this STGB, your work is much appreciated sir. Extra special thanks to @Grey Beema for digging me out of a hole, of my own making!, without your replacement decals I’m 99% certain this kit would have gone on the “shelf”, there’s a pint with your name on it whenever we can get together. Enough waffle, here’s the finished aircraft. Eduard 1:48 Hellcat Mk.II Build log: until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Matchbox Hellcat as White 8, VOF-1 operating off USS Tulagi during Operation Dragoon. The Matchbox kit built pretty much OOB as related in the build thread. The only additions were some rocket stubs under the wings as it appeared the VOF-1 machines carried these & the removal of the bits in the wheel wells for the closed option. Steve. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Grumman Hellcat MkII, JX814 of 1844 NAS on HMS Indomitable at Okinawa in April 1945. Hasegawa 1:72 kit built OOB apart from Kits World 3D seat belts. Brush painted with Xtracrylix Dark Slate Grey and Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky. Transfers from H Models Decals Hellcat in Fleet Air Arm Service sheet. Finished off with Liquitex matt varnish. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 1/48 Eduard Hellcat MK.II 1844 Naval Air Squadron HMS Indomitable, 1945. Build thread Cheers Dave 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 My entries into this Group Build are Hellcats flown by two Fleet Air Arm Aces; Sub Lieutenant Edward Wilson SANF(V) & Sub Lieutenant William Atkinson RCN Grumman Hellcat MkI FN411 / 5°E. 1844 NAS HMS Indomitable October 1944. Edward Taylor (Tug) Wilson SANF (V). 3 Confirmed Aerial Victories, 3 shared Destroyed. “In the meantime the enemy made an appearance over the fleet, but were met by our Hellcats and Vics’s Corsairs. The Corsairs shot down four and the Hellcats three, all Oscars. Tug Wilson destroyed two and (John) Smithwick one. They were flying with Bing (John Hawkins) and Claude (Lt RC Westfield), who was just about to press the ‘tit’ when Tug nipped in before him and shot it down. Bing got on a Jap, but his electrics failed so his guns failed to fire”. SLt R McKenzie 19.10.44 (1010) 2 x Ki-43 ‘Oscar’ Destroyed 3m S of Car Nicobar. Hellcat I FN411/5*E Grumman Hellcat MkII JW867 / W116. 1844 NAS HMS Indomitable, May 1944. William “Bill” Henry Isaac Atkinson RCN 4 Confirmed Aerial Victories, 3 shared destroyed, 1 probably destroyed “21st May The one success had been when Hellcats from Indomitable on a CAP, had been vectored out to investigate a radar plot at about 30,000 feet, 36 miles from the fleet. They found a Myrt shadowing the task force and after a brief fight it was shot down.” 21.05.45 Nakajima C6N ‘Myrt’ Shared destroyed Grumman Hellcat II JW867/W116 Thanks to everyone You is in this GB there has been some very informed chat going on and some superb modelling. Thanks @Col. for running the GB. Thanks for looking in, now to ponder what to build next, Fulmars, Corsairs or Wildcats? 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1/24 Airfix Hellcat F6F-5, converted to FAA NF.II using Aerocraft models conversion and decals. Aftermarket used: Wheels by DEF Models Hellcat NF.II of 892 NAS, RNAS Drem/HMS Nighthawk, July 1945 By some distance the best model kit I've ever had the pleasure of building. An absolute behemoth that was worth every penny and minute of time spent on it. If you only build one 1/24 kit in your life, make it this one. Cheers to @Col. and everyone else for the Hellcat STGB, it was a cracker! Alan 22 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djktrumpet Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Grumman Hellcat F6F-3, as flown by Lt. Richard Stambook, USS Princeton, October 1944 Eduard 1/48 kit, standard edition with coloured PE, largely OOB but with some scratch-built detailing on the engine. All main colours are Colourcoats enamels. Build thread is here: Fabulous GB, thanks to everyone participating, and @Col. for general encouragement and keeping us all in line! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Hasegawa F6F-5 Minsi III Commander David McCampbell painted with Vallejo Sea Blue and finished with Winsor and Newton Matt. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 (VF 17, U.S.S. Hornet) -kit Academy 1/72. A big thank you to our Hosts and to all the Hellcat lovers here 🙂 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Eduard's 1/48 F6F-5 Late as the 10,000th Hellcat, BuNo. 78854, delivered to VBF-87 on TICONDEROGA on June 5, 1945. AM includes Furball Aero-Design Colors and Markings of USN Hellcats, Part 1, Master Models F6F-5 Hellcat Late Armament, and Archer Fine Transfers Surface Details. The bellytank was upgraded quite a bit. Thanks @Col. for a terrific GB! Build thread is here 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 1/48 Eduard F6F-3 Hellcat VF-27 USS Princeton, 1944 Build thread Cheers Dave 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandie Dinmont Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Eduard 1/72 F6F-5 Weekend Edition built OOB. Build thread here: Thanks to you all for making this build so enjoyable, and special thanks to @Col. for organising the whole affair! Craig. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat VF-9, USS Essex, 1944 Hasegawa 1/48 by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod The Fixer Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Grumman F6F-5N Hellcat VF(N)-90, USS Enterprise - 1945 by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr by Rodolfo Masti, on Flickr 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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