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Duxford, 13 July 2008.
A remarkable appearance of a US Navy fighter from the Pacific theatre. This is Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat G-BTCC.
The plane wears a fake serial number and fake colours to represent F6F-3 40467 that was flown by Navy ace Alexander Vraciu. It's real identity is F6F-5K 80141. The cat was built in June 1945.
This model was more-or-less complete yesterday evening. I pride myself for thinking out the difficult bits before I start building, but this model had problems: when folded the wings sat too far from the fuselage, the landing gear struts were too long, there were awkward gaps where the wings met the fuselage, the wings were swept back a bit too far and worst of all, the undercarriage had a tendency to collapse.
I am enough of a perfectionist for this to bug me. Today I rebuilt the complete centre section of the wing. It took me about four hours, but I solved all the issues in one go and am finally happy with it.
Hulk Smash. Smash Pumpkins.
Sometimes humanity must offer a sacrifice to the automotive gods in the form of heaps of shredded tires. Therefore, the Hellcat was given form.
Large, In Charge and Lowwwwwww. The YP Garage gave this example 'The Treatment'. This beast came out the other side 8w, slammed, seats 2 and yes it rolls. Technically, it scrapes. At very, very high speeds.
I hope you enjoy!
US NAVY
F6F-5K Hellcat (78594)
PMTC (Pacific Missile Test Center), NAS Point Mugu, California 1951.
Drawing inspired by a picture in :
F6F Hellcat in Action
Aircraft NO.36
by Jim Sullivan
illustrated by Don Greer
Squadron/Signal Publication, Inc. 1979
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Grumman Hellcat of the Fleet Air Arm on board a aircraft carrier in South-East Asian waters. Note the blue and white roundel without the usual red centre. This was done to prevent any confusion with the red roundel used by the Japanese aircraft.
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US NAVY
F6F-3K Hellcat (11)
Target Drone for "Operation Crossroads", Atomic tests at the Bikini Atoll, Pacific 1946.
NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1946.
Ya don't dig weird Cadillacs ? How about a 707hp Dodge Charger Hellcat. Currently the fastest four door America made, and I like the new look !
This small, versatile spacecraft was designed for exploration at the frontiers of the galaxy, and encounters with the unknown. It earned its nickname "HELLCAT" through its reputation as a star fighter during its skirmishes with Parasites that crossed its path. In addition to laser cannons, its cargo bay is typically equipped with a drop-down missle bay module shown below (which can be swapped out for a cargo or passenger bay module).
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My main goal was to design a starfighter that could go toe-to-toe with the Parasite I created back in April. The other goal was to somehow make good use of those curved half-canopy pieces as windows. The general idea was spacecraft that resembled an armored tank. The bulk of these parts are from LEGO train sets (why there is soooooo much black), and Corner Cafe.
That said, appreciate any thoughts for improvement...
Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER
a Deckhand posing with a Hellcat.
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