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1 RoR Review F6F-5 Hellcat Revell :48 Scale Review Known as the Hellcat, the Grumman F6F series was designed to replace the F4F Wildcat series. Although similar in many respects to the F4F, the Hellcat was an entirely new design. Fitted with a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine spinning a 3 blade Hamilton Standard propeller the F6F-5 had a top speed of 380 mph and a combat radius of 945 miles. It was armed with six.50 cal machine guns (3 in each wing) and could carry up to six 5in HVAR s (High Velocity Aircraft Rocket), and/or 4,000 lbs of bombs (1 x 2,000 lb bomb on a centerline rack and 1,000 lbs of bombs under each wing). The Hellcat made its combat debut against the Japanese on September 1 st U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots flew 66,530 combat sorties in Hellcats by the end of World War Two. The pilots claimed to have shot down 5,163 enemy aircraft while losing 270 Hellcats. This 19:1 kill ratio (based on claimed, not confirmed kills) gives the Hellcat a kill ratio unmatched by any other U.S. Navy fighter in World War II. For the Modeler: Avoiding mechanical construction problems with an alternate build schema, weapon marking details, seam repairs, overall, cockpit and crew member color selections, detailing sequences and decal preparation and application techniques are all fully explained in the Step-by-Step review

2 (Photo 000a) While the copyright on the Revell box is 2011, the model is in fact a re-issue of the 1963 Monogram kit. The Monogram copyright info is embossed inside the fuselage and under the starboard horzontal stabilizer (this was, of course, sanded off). The kit is aimed squarely at the young builder as it features 3 working features. The wings fold, the landing gear rotates and retracts, and the tailwheel and tailhook extend and retract. When I was dry fitting the major components of the wing fold assembly I noticed that when the wing is in the down position it leaves a rather wide (1/8 th inch) gap between the wing center section and the outer panels. There is no detail at all in the wing fold area of either the outer panels or the center section. There are also 2 plastic latches and matching holes on the wing upper surfaces and 2 matching sets on the undersurface. While dry fitting the wings, I also looked at the mechanism that allows the landing gear to rotate and retract. This actually looked rather ingenious until I tried to move the landing gear from the retacted position to the down position. There is a pin at the top of the landing gear that snaps into a small indentation in the upper wing center section. Everytime I popped this pin into place, the the upper and lower sections of the wing center section separated. After glueing the two pieces of the center section together and trying again, the seam seperated and on another try the top end of the landing gear broke. Finally while looking at the combination of tail wheel and tail hook, I noticed that the mechanism that retracts the tail hook extends the tail wheel, while extending the tail hook retracts the tail wheel. It seems to me that a pilot landing on a carrier would want the tail wheel down at the same time the tail hook is engaging a wire. Upon further reflection it is possible that I messed up here and that the mechanism should work properly (maybe I put one of the pieces in upside down?). I m sure that when I built this kit as a kid in the 70 s I thought these were great ideas as it allowed me to fly off my imaginary carrier, complete a mission, and return. As an older, hopefully more experienced modeler, and with a little more desire for accuracy the lack of wingfold, and landing gear detail compelled me to do away with these features on this build. Apart from that, the plastic latches of the wings just really took away from any sense of true scale fidelity.

3 (Photo 002) After deciding to not incorporate any of the working features the main, and most time consuming, job was to eliminate the seams between the wing center section and the wing outer panels. This was done with plastic card, super glue, filler, and lots of elbow grease. Some evidence of the seam can still be seen. The plastic latches were simply snipped off and the corresponding locking holes filled and everything sanded smooth. The rest of the construction was rather straight forward and trouble free. (Photo 003) The pilot and standing figure were painted with a mix of Valejo and Tamiya colors. I painted the standing figure in various shades of blue although I was a bit confused as his cap looks like U.S. Army. So whether he represnts an Amry ground crew (and should be in green fatigues) or a Navy flight deck crew (in blue denim) is open to interpretation.

4 (Photo 008) The cockpit interior was painted green zinc chromate. The engine is cast integrally with the front section of the cowling so it was painted and detailed after the model was painted overall Gloss Sea Blue. The tires were painted Floquil grimy black (a railroad color that I think looks much more like rubber than flat black). (Photo 004) The HVAR rocket tips were painted olive drab before the tips were masked off and the body painted Model Master steel. (Photo 005). The forward section of the bombs were first painted yellow. Then three thin strips of masking tape were applied side-by-side before the middle strip was removed. The bombs were then painted olive drab with steel color used for the fuses

5 (Photo 006) The only difficulty I experienced was with the white decals for the squadron markings on the vertical stabilzer. The two sides did not seem to match up on both the front and rear edge of the tail. This may have been my fault in getting them aligned properly. A little white paint applied after the decals dried eliminated any gaps. Following this I sprayed the entire model with Model Master Semi-gloss clear and then unmasked the canopy. The model was painted Gloss Sea Blue overall followed by a coat of Future Floor Polish in preparation for decals. I find Future gives a wonderfully smooth and glossy finish that really helps to reduce any possibility of the decals silvering. I allowed 48 hrs for the Future to cure before adding the decals. The decals preformed flawlessly and were a pleasure to work with. A little Micro-sol and the decals settled right down over the raised panel lines and rivets. (Photo 007) In short, this was a very nice kit to build, all of the problems I encountered came from eliminating the working features and are therefore of my

6 own making. I would definitely recommend this kit especially to a young or novice builder. I have to say that there are better, more accurate kits of the F6F Hellcat available, but at more than two or three times the price. I found copies of this kit available online at prices ranging from $ $ There will always be issues among the the rivet counters and web experts as to the proper shape of the Hellcat grin. I will leave these issues to the rivet counters as long as it looks like a Hellcat sitting on my shelf, I m happy and I had a great time building it. Additional Background Information When flown against a captured Zero type 52, the Hellcat was faster at all altitudes. The F6F outclimbed the Zero marginally above 14,000 ft and rolled faster at speeds above 235 mph. The Japanese fighter could still out-turn the F6F Hellcat with ease at low speed and enjoyed a slightly better rate of climb below 14,000 ft. The trials report concluded: Do not dogfight with a Zero 52. Do not try to follow a loop or half-roll with a pull-through. When attacking, use your superior power and high speed performance to engage at the most favourable moment. To evade a Zero 52 on your tail, roll and dive away into a high speed turn. 1 F6F-5 White 115 F6F-5 White 115, BuNo 72534, Serial # 115 VF-83 known as Death and Destruction was assigned to VF-83 aboard the U.S.S. Essex (CV-9) in The plane was flown by three different pilots, Ens. Donald McPherson, Ens. Bill Kingston, Jr., and Ens. Lyttleton Ward. All three pilots flying Death and Destruction were aces with 5 or more aerial victories. Ens. Ward finished the war with 9 confirmed kills, 4 of which he got flying Death and Destruction on May 4 th, 1945 during a kamikaze raid on the U.S. Fleet off the island of Okinawa (3 - Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "ALF" and 1 - Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar ). 1 Spick, Mike. Fighter Pilot Tactics. The Techniques of Daylight Air Combat. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1983, page 118.

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