1/48 Hobby Boss F6F-3 Hellcat

Gallery Article by Aaron on July 10 2012

 

 

This is the 1/48th F6F-3 Hellcat by Hobby Boss... This is the first Hobby Boss kit that I have built, and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the kit - it was a real pleasure to build.

 

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I chose to moderately weather the kit by using a combination of pre & post shading & pastels - and a few airbrushed streaks of smoke staining for the exhaust and wing mounted MG's.

I must admit that I was far more pleased with the result on the top surface of the model - but this was my first go at smoke staining, and I was pretty satisfied with the overall effect in the end.

This was my first Hellcat, and I would like to build another of Hobby Boss's 1/48 offerings in the future :-)

Aaron

      

Photos and text © by Aaron