Grumman Hellcat F6F-3, Eduard, 1:72 ProfiPack.

[dr_gn]

Hellcat F6F-3, VF-16, USS Lexington, Hawaii, September 1943.

 

1:72 Eduard ProfiPack,

 

Finished now, took about 1 month to build. It was an excellent kit. Additions included:

 

Scratchbuilt clear styrene landing / navigation lights.
Little Lens identification lamps.
Stretched sprue IFF & VHF whip aerials.

Master Model Brass gun barrels.

Aerial wire stub in fuselage side.

Lead wire wheel brake pipes.

Pitot tube vane (scrap photo-etch).

Drilled out tailwheel drag brace.

Squadron vacform canopy.

Flatted tyres.

Drop tank filler cap decal.

Drilled out exhaust stubs.

Acetate gunsight.

 

Build thread here:

 

http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/4049-f6f-3-hellcat-eduard-profipack-172/

 

[dr_gn]

'Large Scale' detail in such a small scale build, very impressive.

Love it.

 

Much appreciated!

[JeroenPeters]

Nice one! Perfect all around!

 

Cheers,

Jeroen

[mywifehatesmodels]

Beautiful Cat!

[dr_gn]

Thanks guys!

 

Tamiya Zero next.

[RalphSarc]

Oh pretty build! Very nicely done!

[Mish]

Very nice, built the weekend edition, nice kit and yours looks great.

[dr_gn]

Very nice, built the weekend edition, nice kit and yours looks great.

 

Thanks Mish!

[McCoy]

Lovely result and I like your additions to it during the build as well!