1/48 Hasegawa F6F-3 Hellcat

Gallery Article by Guillermo Fabian on Jan 27 2010

 

Hello my name is Guillermo Fabian from Avila in Spain, this one is a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat from Hasegawa in 1/48. The figures are in resin from a kit by Verlinden productions ref. 1298 and ref. 1295, they are of great quality and detail. The platform of the aircraft carrier is of the brand (mark) Eduard of the scale 1/48, ref. 8802 US Navy Aircraft Carrier Deck 1/48.

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This one is decorated as the plane of the Lt (jg) Eugene Ralph Hanks who did history in his F6F-3 BuNo 08926 on  23 November  1943,  when he knocked down three Haps and two Zeros concerning minutes during his debut of combat in Tarawa. This official ranking, of the Californian young man, was assumed as the number one of return to the Lexington.

This model realizes it as gift for my good friend Yolanda Valles  who likes me very much like I remain the finished model, nowadays this one in on display in her house.

I enjoyed building this model very much thanks to the quality we are use to from Hasegawa.

Guillermo Fabian

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Photos and text © by Guillermo Fabian