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re: Vader’s Model Desk: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Posted on 12/28/25 at 9:59 am to cypresstiger
Posted on 12/28/25 at 9:59 am to cypresstiger
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Love the color scheme the Navy came up with. Credit to the US military for learning from the weaknesses of the Wildcat when they designed the Hellcat.
Dark/non-specular sea blue
Intermediate blue
White
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Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:30 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Their newer kits are legit. Like Tamiya quality good.
Ah. I’ve got one Eduard’s kit my stash, P-36 I think.
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Current project: Accurate Miniatures 1/48 TBF Avenger. Note the forward cockpit is a bronze green rather than the normal zinc chromate. P-47s uses that color, too.
Looks good. How’s the build? I do have that one in my stash. Have been putting it off though.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:32 am to Darth_Vader
An easy argument can be made that the F6F was the most successful aircraft of that war. Strategically as well as tactically.
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U.S. Navy and Marine F6F pilots flew 66,530 combat sorties and claimed 5,163 kills (56% of all U.S. Navy/Marine air victories of the war) at a recorded cost of 270 Hellcats in aerial combat (an overall kill-to-loss ratio of 19:1).
The aircraft performed well against the various Japanese opponents with a claimed 13:1 kill ratio against the A6M Zero, 9.5:1 against the Nakajima Ki-84, and 3.7:1 against the Mitsubishi J2M during the last year of the war. The F6F became the prime ace-maker aircraft in the American inventory, with 305 Hellcat aces.
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Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:36 am to Darth_Vader
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Looks good. How’s the build? I do have that one in my stash. Have been putting it off though.
Build is easy so far - watch hammerhead’s build video as it will help. A lot.
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P-36 I think.
One of their older kits that may not be great lol. The new ones are out of this world.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:20 am to Darth_Vader
Interestingly, the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F4U Corsair, and the F6F Hellcat were all powered by the same engine: the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp.
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