Description

1/48 F6f-5n Hellcat

Hobby Boss 80341

Excludes allglues,paintsandtoolsnecessary to assemble.

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to replace the earlier F 4F Wildcat in United States Navy service. It was a completely new design powered by a 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800. The Hellcat was the first Navy fighter for which the design took into account lessons from combat with the Japanese Zero. The Hellcat proved to be the most successful aircraft in naval history, destroying 5,271 aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.

• Scale: 1:48
• Item Type: Static Aircraft
• Model Dimension: Length: 213.33mm Wingspan: 272.08mm
• Total Plastic Parts: 121pcs
• Total Sprues: 7 sprues and nose cowling
• Camouflage Scheme: F6F-5N(70866)#15 FO VF(N)-107 in September 1944.
• Released Date: 2010-04
• More Features:
  • The kit consists of 115 parts in light grey plastic and 6 clear parts for the canopy.
  • optional position flaps, simple engine detail, separated fixed