le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello,
F6F-3 Hellcat VF-9, February 1944 flown by E. A. Valencia finally finished.
Lot of work with this model but I enjoyed it... More simple to make surgery for resin parts on this Hasegawa Hellcat than try to refine wings on the Airfix Hurricane I![Upside-down face :upside_down: 🙃](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png)
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Shock :shock: :shock:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
![Laughing :lol: :lol:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
The modifications on this build:
- Ignition wires added
- Landing light under the left wing filled
- Access panel for HDI filled (right side of the fuselage behind the rear vision window)
- Gunsight (Camera) and its access panel filled on the right wing (present only on the left wing)
- Brake lines added
- Eduard resin wheels
- Eduard photo-etched cockpit
- Exhaust stacks drilled
- KMC control surfaces
- Tail wheel strut drilled
- Main landing gear modified: torque links drilled and shifted a little to the down
- Recognition lights repositionned: shifted a couple to the rear
- Eduard sliding canopy
- Gunsight modified to a Mk.VIII
![DSCN6647.JPG DSCN6647.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750241-95f25bdbb5cfb0e2006743ad08a97041.jpg)
![DSCN6636.JPG DSCN6636.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750242-b1ea786a768284ae53b2f445235008ae.jpg)
![DSCN6626.JPG DSCN6626.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750243-eb8ea7796587602d20e718f48f316ece.jpg)
![DSCN6631.JPG DSCN6631.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750244-3d849d172fbbdadfb56b0fd4dff5a3af.jpg)
![DSCN6646.JPG DSCN6646.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750245-969612345a669c2061c56148e39e5e75.jpg)
![DSCN6634.JPG DSCN6634.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750246-7dc56dfe0d6c2fd1e1e76a9dc0971173.jpg)
![DSCN6625.JPG DSCN6625.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750247-251b3d0f374809757668d850f68ca216.jpg)
![DSCN6641.JPG DSCN6641.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750248-cd7b3828bbe9d7d9e43244556917a170.jpg)
Now, all of my time to work on the P-47D![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
F6F-3 Hellcat VF-9, February 1944 flown by E. A. Valencia finally finished.
Lot of work with this model but I enjoyed it... More simple to make surgery for resin parts on this Hasegawa Hellcat than try to refine wings on the Airfix Hurricane I
![Upside-down face :upside_down: 🙃](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png)
![Shock :shock: :shock:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
![Laughing :lol: :lol:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
The modifications on this build:
- Ignition wires added
- Landing light under the left wing filled
- Access panel for HDI filled (right side of the fuselage behind the rear vision window)
- Gunsight (Camera) and its access panel filled on the right wing (present only on the left wing)
- Brake lines added
- Eduard resin wheels
- Eduard photo-etched cockpit
- Exhaust stacks drilled
- KMC control surfaces
- Tail wheel strut drilled
- Main landing gear modified: torque links drilled and shifted a little to the down
- Recognition lights repositionned: shifted a couple to the rear
- Eduard sliding canopy
- Gunsight modified to a Mk.VIII
![DSCN6647.JPG DSCN6647.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750241-95f25bdbb5cfb0e2006743ad08a97041.jpg)
![DSCN6636.JPG DSCN6636.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750242-b1ea786a768284ae53b2f445235008ae.jpg)
![DSCN6626.JPG DSCN6626.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750243-eb8ea7796587602d20e718f48f316ece.jpg)
![DSCN6631.JPG DSCN6631.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750244-3d849d172fbbdadfb56b0fd4dff5a3af.jpg)
![DSCN6646.JPG DSCN6646.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750245-969612345a669c2061c56148e39e5e75.jpg)
![DSCN6634.JPG DSCN6634.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750246-7dc56dfe0d6c2fd1e1e76a9dc0971173.jpg)
![DSCN6625.JPG DSCN6625.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750247-251b3d0f374809757668d850f68ca216.jpg)
![DSCN6641.JPG DSCN6641.JPG](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/data/attachments/750/750248-cd7b3828bbe9d7d9e43244556917a170.jpg)
Now, all of my time to work on the P-47D