Recent content by VFM-76 Hellcat

Hi Guys, whilst doing some snooping (very prone to snooping lol) about the RAF battle of britain website and found some very intresting info on the beaufighter. "Entry into Fighter Command service came during August 1940 with the Fighter Interception Unit at Tangmere. The following month, five...

Thanks Wurger, at last I have something to do in IT lessons :P

I went to duxford flying legends today (was excellent as always) and got a Dakota to do as one that would have flown the american airbourne to France during d-day. The kit is second hand and made by Italeri. When I got it the box was sealed with tape but when opening later to have a look inside...

thanks all for the comments! I may varnish it, it really depends whether i can get hold of some soon. Hmmm another trip to the model shop would be good :D

Thanks for the comments. It's getting comments like those that inspire me to make more :D. @dirkpitt289: I've got a 1/72 ju88 on the go at the moment and after that its a 1/32 109F

I'm extremely sorry for the massive wait. But the hellcat is finally finished! I've only got one picture at the moment cause the others came out bad but I will get some more up soon. I have applied the transfers which were strong and easy to apply and glued on a canopy. As no canopy came with...

oh sorry I thought you needed the colour for a nightfighter you were going to make. My mistake :oops:. According to different sources they did and didn't have different schemes. I don't properly understand it myself so I can't really help you :(

After taking another look I noticed the gaps in the model. I can't belive I didn't notice them before :oops:. @DirkPitt: The colour is Tamya Acrylic XF-17. I didn't know what colour to use to start off with so if you need alternatives there are suggestions on this thread...

sorry its been so long since I put some more pictures up, Photobucket has been being a pain. The Hellcat is now almost finished, only needing a touch up coat, transfers and cockpit glass. As you may have noticed there is a big crack in between the two halves of the fuselage, this was...

Damn, I've got to build another hellcat nightfighter :D

I'm back again with more pictures! Now both fuselage halves are done, the radar pod has the blue coat on it, the cockpit panels are awaiting details, the bottom halves of the wings are done and the propller blades have been painted.

The kit as a whole looks well made. I don't know much else as I havn't started building it yet :). Got more pics of what I did last night, This is the start of the wings, done both top halves and the undercarriage bays One of the Halves of the fuselage is done, the other is being painted...

The Hellcat will be a Nightfighter from VFN-76, flown by 'Buck' Dungan who in a single mission, destroyed a Japanese Destroyer with the help of his wingman and then went on to destroy five Japanese floatplanes on his own. This combat vent is shown in the Dogfights episode Nightfighters...

Thanks for the information, got the tamya paint today :). My inspiration for the kit is off the dogfights: nightfighters episode, where two hellcats destroy a destroyer and several japanese floatplanes. The colourscheme for the hellcats on that is like the picture provided by vikingBeserker but...

Thanks, thats brilliant. Would you know what the two blues would be in revell/humbrol paints?