Eduard F6F 3 Hellcat USS Princeton  

Hellcat, absolutely my favorite WW2 Navy airplane.

Incredible work, thanks for sharing your building techniques. I’ve been building since the early 1960’s. This being said, you have managed to teach an old dog new tricks! Thank sir. Please keep up your great work.

Very nice work on the camo and weathering and an excellent presentation of your thoughts and processes. Thanks for shairing

Lovely build! 👍🏻I built Revell's, Italeri's, Airfix's (old) and Eduard's 1/72 Hellcat and Eduard definitely won out as the best of the bunch!

Very nice build of this iconic airplane. Also the base looks great. Excellent!

Really enjoy your videos mate!

Free hand cammo jobs are absolutely legit. More skill involved and less time spent scraping tape or tacky crap of the model.

I really didn’t want to like this, it was 666, I was 667. Im new to the hobby, I build ships, but still can extrapolate techniques from airplanes… besides I may build a few eventually. Really glad I found your channel.

I was impressed with how you work with oil paints👍👍👍👍👍🙂

Most of Princeton's Hellcats lost their "teeth" once the carrier was lost, as the survivors were allocated to other squadrons within the fleet, and thus were painted over.. Nice kit and informative video as i have a bunch of various 72nd scale Hellcats to do

I would love to see how you create the bases for your aircraft. Didn't see a video for it on your channel. This build was nice Brett. Update: DISREGARD, found the "Bases 101 video".

spectacular...just picked up this kit and the hobby boss to do one with folded wings.

Love the channel. I’d be interested in seeing more 1/72 models. Especially a f18 and other early era jets My current list of to build…. All 1/72 Airfix p51 Airfix Doolittle b-25 Gwh f-14

very realistic model😃

Aazing Hellcat, congrats. Looking awesome. Built this kit this spring too and had lots of fun. Subscribed my friend👍 Your carrier deck looks terriffic to, would love to see a makinf of this😎

Awesome build my friend keep up the good work

Great build 👏 I've got my own one to make and this has given me lots of good pointers 😊

Could you do us all a favor and say Umm more.. it really is engaging as all get out!

The white staining from the exhaust is actually from the tetraethyl lead that they used to create the super high octane aviation fuel.

Concerning the stretched sprue....I now avoid Tamiya liquid glue like the plague..its sooo hot. Mr. Cement is much better. Not as hot and doesn’t melt your details. The drawback is that its liquid active bonding state doesn’t last as long so you must work quicker...but it never melts your details.

Great job!

Nicely done

굿 셀,,,굿 럭키....

Those drop tanks were very thin and they shipped with Wrigley chewing gum to patch little fuel leaks... And yes it was pink on the ground and lighter when it froze at altitude.

Beautiful build. I have a weakness for WW2 carrier base aircraft. =)

Awesome build bud

Great job man! I never used that technique to do chipping, i have to try it ;)

Awesome!😍👍

Part of the reason why exhaust stains were so prominent on the Hellcat, Corsair, P-47 and all the other aircraft that used radial engines, specifically the P&W R-2800 Double Wasp was because radial engines would end up burning oil, idk why, but they did and that was a limiting factor for their range like the P-47, they would go through so much oil. So you using some actual oil for the exhaust is both historically accurate and just 🤌

Great video as always! Caught your mention of the figure but not the base - is it aftermarket? Look forward to the next one!

What is the glue/adhesive used to assemble wings to the fuselage?

Superb result sir. I have the eduard kit in my stash so I know where the references will be coming from! BUT can you help me, as my Princeton F6F-3 has given me a massive headache in that I like to know who flew the planes I build (but not to this standard regrettably). White 11 flew off Princeton early on the morning 0f 24th Oct. 1944 but had to relocate to USS Essex, Princeton having been stricken by the single bomb from an N4Y D-3. I have googled until I'm blue in the face and cannot find the identity of the pilot even though this bird was unusually marked f11 on the fuselage. Can you help please, it's my tribute of respect to these brave pilots. Congratulations on great work, from England.

What color red from Vallejo did you find to match the teeth decal?

Re-watching for inspiration 😁what is the liquid mask you use?

Did you make the base? If you didn’t, please post some information about it

What type of oil paint do you use for exhaust stains and other oil stains and how long does it take to dry?

Just a comment for the algorithm

what super glue do you use by chance?

What is the piece of rubber you used for chipping?

is it just 360p?

What are the differences between the Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat U.S. Navy Carrier- based Fighter and its successor, the F6F-5?

were did you shop the base?

I'm very disappointed with Hasagawa's kits. I much prefer Airfix, Eduard and Tamiya.

Very nice build. Super

Eduard is the best!

Thanks

Amazing !

I have the die cast model maisto tailwinds. Nice fighter plane.