JohnB Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Finally decided on what to do next. I had started work on this Hasegawa Hellcat a while back and, for some reason, decided to back-burner it. Now I think I will finish it. Here's the a/c I plan to do. I'm sure the situation had a high pucker factor for the pilot! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Gotta love a Hellcat watching with interest John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Love Hellcats.......harv 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Swwwweeeeettttttt, haven’t seen a big Hellcat for awhile, pulling a chair up....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thanks fellas! I wouldn't mind one bit if Tamiya did that. Here's hoping! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 You’re just getting ready for Airfix 1/24th.......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 16, 2018 Administrators Share Posted December 16, 2018 Gotta love some tough old Grummans. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 52 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: You’re just getting ready for Airfix 1/24th.......... I do plan to get one. I know it'll be a humdinger! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 John Gota love it: a Gem from the Iron Works gang. will be following with HUGE interest and enthusiasm, as Grummans is near and dear - I grew up 15 minutes from the Bethpage plant. Glad to see you're also planning on the Airfix 24th F6F Cat and I'll be joining you fr sure. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 I had to step away for a bit as trying to get the windscreen to fit was giving ME fits. Now I'm back at it and I'm not going to let this frigger beat me LOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 24, 2018 Administrators Share Posted December 24, 2018 That old pic give me the shivers. What happened? Drop tank let go and burst? Whatever happened, except for tires (tyres) and his Fruit-of-the-Looms, it looks like there wasn’t much for damage. Im looking to see this one done, John. Just in time for the big Airfix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 My guess is a hard landing that jarred the tank loose. The pilot was lucky that day but was lost in combat later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 Just about ready for some decals. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Looking sweet, John! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 wow, this was scorching fast speed John. I just can't understand how fast you can produce such a level of quality. Fantastic! I run out of likes for today, but here is one for all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Thanks guys. Martin, I had started this build a year or so ago and decided to back-burner it for a while. It was well along when I re-started work on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 John You're amazing! Beautiful work on the hellcat. Keep 'em comin Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 32 minutes ago, Peterpools said: John You're amazing! Beautiful work on the hellcat. Keep 'em comin Peter Thanks Peter. Decaling is finished so now it's on to adding some weathering (mostly exhaust stains). Coming along fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Hi John Looking forward to your next update with all the decals and markings done Keep ‘em comin Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 With your speed of building my not very shallow stash would dry out fast. Great to see, that you don't sacrifice quality for quantity. Are you going to rebuild that scene as a dio? Cheers Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 3 hours ago, DocRob said: With your speed of building my not very shallow stash would dry out fast. Great to see, that you don't sacrifice quality for quantity. Are you going to rebuild that scene as a dio? Cheers Rob Thanks Rob. It sure would make a neat dio but I don't plan to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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