**** DONE: 1/48 F6F-5 Hellcat Capt D McCambell - Aircraft of the aces GB

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Username: Nxthanos
First name: Chris
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Scale: 1:48
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
Model Type: F6F-5 Grumman Hellcat
Details: Single seat Carrier Fighter/Fighterbomber
Aircraft Assignment: David McCambell USN
Accessories: None
Decals: Techmod

History of David McCambell USN
Captain David McCampbell
 
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After what seems like forever i have finally started to work on this kit, so let's see what we have.

First, the overall shot:

You will notice it says 'french navy' on the box, but its a standard Hellcat kit with french decals, and I have after market techmod decals for it.

Let's take a closer look at the sprue shots:





Unlike my normal practice, no pilot figure for this one so I will have to scratch build some detail into the cockpit which if it goes well I will leave open, otherwise I'll close it to hide my shoddy work!

The techmod decals as always are quite nice and have sevearl planes to choose from, I will build McCambell's 'Minsi III'.
 
Looking good. However I would suggest airbrusing some of gloss dope on the Techmod decal sheet overall.
 
Wurger said:
Looking good. However I would suggest airbrusing some of gloss dope on the Techmod decal sheet overall.
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That is a good idea, i always do with techmod decals as they tend to be VERY thin.

Looking at the sprues the cockpit is a bit spartan, so some reference material is consulted to get an idea for some scratch for the cockpit area.

 
Having done all the prep i can for the hurricane, i sat down to work on the Hellcat, and so today's update;

The photos and painting I have of Captain McCambell's Hellcat clearly show the windows of the F6F-3, even though he was flying a F6F-5. It turns out he had one of the first F6F-5s, so the kit will have to be modified to include the windows. Luckily Hasegawa made the kit with this area already recessed 'in case' of this kind of thing:


taking a sharp xacto knife, I began to scribe the opening, eventually braking through, and it was a tad rough around the edges.



A fine nail file was then used to 'clean' the rough edges of the cut outs and they now look fine.


The next step was to paint the interior green color. I first lightly brushed in a medium dark green and when this had dried I used the more standard interior green. I considered zinc cromate but McCambell's plane clearly had a darker interior.



The next thing will be black and silver for the controls and building up the cockpit. Seatbelts are molded on so i may just paint these, otherwise i will scratch build some.
 
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