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Vader’s Model Desk: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:53 pm
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The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War. In gaining that role, it prevailed over its faster competitor, the Vought F4U Corsair, which initially had problems with visibility and carrier landings.
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Hobby Boss 1:48 scale Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
VF-16 USS Lexington
December 1943
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Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:00 pm to Darth_Vader
F6F was great, still would rather the Corsair
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:06 pm to geauxtigers87
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F6F was great, still would rather the Corsair
A.K.A. The”Ensign Eliminator”
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:07 pm to Darth_Vader
you ever make a Tigercat? Those are pretty neat
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:07 pm to Darth_Vader
damn baw, you're an artiste with those things! 
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:08 pm to geauxtigers87
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you ever make a Tigercat? Those are pretty neat
Not yet. I don’t even have one in my stash.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:09 pm to Darth_Vader
ah, i was digging on ebay the other day and the older kits have them
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:10 pm to Darth_Vader
Butch O'Hare got an airport named after him for his exploits in the Hellcat.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:11 pm to geauxtigers87
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ah, i was digging on ebay the other day and the older kits have them
I tend to stick with WWII era. But I do venture out some, so I may have to look for one.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:12 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Butch O'Hare got an airport named after him for his exploits in the Hellcat.
I believe the Hellcat had one of the highest kill ratios of any fighter on either side of the war.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:12 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Butch O'Hare got an airport named after him for his exploits in the Hellcat.
first carrier night ops, he didn't make it back, his old man was the accountant for Al Capone
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:15 pm to Darth_Vader
it's technically WWII, too late for combat, but right after. Could be something different
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:20 pm to geauxtigers87
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it's technically WWII, too late for combat, but right after. Could be something different
Yeah. It missed the war only by a few months didn’t it?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:20 pm to Darth_Vader
yessir
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:21 pm to Darth_Vader
Nice work .. Dad flew the Hellcat and Corsair.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:24 pm to geauxtigers87
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the Corsair
The plane that Pappy Boyington flew in WWII and took out many Japanese Zeros.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:29 pm to Darth_Vader
quote:You do great work!
Vader’s Model Desk: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Beautiful model.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:30 pm to chinhoyang
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Dad flew the Hellcat and Corsair.
pilots of that era had to not only be good with the guns and bombs but also be damn good stick and rudder men
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:37 pm to Darth_Vader
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A.K.A. The”Ensign Eliminator”
Nice of them to put the arrow on the wing so those squids would know which direction is forward.
This post was edited on 12/27/25 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:40 pm to Darth_Vader
Amazing work
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