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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 09:36:36 AM

Title: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 09:36:36 AM

Well- this morning I start work on drawings of Hellcat, this will go as article but later with rest of material will be inside book. So this topic will include number of drawings and great number of archive images  :-razz

Enjoy  :-flo

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 09:46:44 AM

First prototype XF6F-1

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 11:36:09 AM

This one also did not go operational, XF6F-2

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 03:40:54 PM

Progress on drawing

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:29:08 PM

Only nuts and bolts to be add here and maybe later landing gear... will see :))

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:31:40 PM

Now the set of the archive images, this time F6F-3 machines, total of the 144 images...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:35:20 PM

Mo' from F6F-3...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:38:27 PM

Still F6F-3 and please note last three images present machine flown by Alexander Vraciu  :-tri

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:41:07 PM

Mo' F6F-3

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:43:39 PM

Still F6F-3... pilot in full gear is interesting, look like Imperial fighter pilot (Star Wars), maybe inspiration come from images like that  :-think

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:49:12 PM

F6F-3 :))

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 05:51:57 PM

Final images of F6F-3

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 07:31:37 PM

More progress in drawings :))

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Second Air Force on January 19, 2011, 08:11:54 PM

In No.1's reply 10 there is a photo of the Pima Air Museum Hellcat. It is the lower left photo of the set. I took these photos of the same airplane in February of 1989.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/PimaAirMuseumFebruary1989F6F.jpg)

(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/PimaAirMuseumFebruary1989F6F002.jpg)

It still looked pretty good for spending so many years underwater.

Scott

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 08:14:18 PM

Hope it will be rebuilt one day ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Second Air Force on January 19, 2011, 08:39:22 PM

It was! :-cool Here is a link to the airplane:
http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=16019540&QueryPage=%2FQuery.php

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 08:43:33 PM

Wonderful :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 11:23:01 PM

Top view in work...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 20, 2011, 10:37:29 AM

F6F-3K

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 20, 2011, 03:18:44 PM

Top view formed...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 20, 2011, 04:00:19 PM

Top view completed :))

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Sall on January 20, 2011, 04:02:42 PM

Nice :-flo

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 20, 2011, 04:18:37 PM

Thank you :) Now some images of F6F-3N

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 10:54:27 AM

I start work on the bottom view of the Hellcat drawings...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 10:56:39 AM

Start with set of images of F6F-5 version...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 10:59:41 AM

Next set of F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:02:10 AM

Continue with F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:05:44 AM

Mo' F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:08:43 AM

... F6F-5...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:11:42 AM

F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:14:33 AM

F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 11:16:22 AM

And the last set of images of F6F-5

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Sall on January 23, 2011, 11:29:33 AM

Once again,great pics !  :-clap :-clap :-clap

 :-wave

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 03:26:47 PM

Glad you like it ;) More progress on bottom view and images like this one are of great help :))

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 06:37:31 PM

Bottom completed...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Sall on January 23, 2011, 07:07:34 PM

Looks good! :-flo

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 23, 2011, 08:11:42 PM

Drawing complete  :-tri

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Profa on January 23, 2011, 08:46:52 PM

Nice drawing :-clap

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 24, 2011, 08:18:24 PM

Thank you mate  :-razz Now coming images of F6F-5E

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 08:34:12 AM

Drones F6F-5K

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 08:35:38 AM

Few more F6F-5K

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 04:32:01 PM

Now images of F6F-5N

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 04:35:06 PM

Next pack of F6F-5N

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 04:37:12 PM

Last set of F6F-5N

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 25, 2011, 09:41:28 PM

F6F-5P

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 26, 2011, 06:50:48 PM

Hellcat I

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 27, 2011, 08:29:28 AM

Hellcat II

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Sall on January 27, 2011, 09:46:26 AM

Beautiful collection of photos! :-ok
... And one question.
Does your drawing will be an article for some magazin, or the end is here? :-think

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 27, 2011, 10:45:59 AM

Magazine and later book...

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: Sall on January 27, 2011, 11:12:46 AM

Great news! :-clap :-flo

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on January 27, 2011, 06:01:27 PM

Hellcat II with blown cockpit canopy ;)

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: No.1 on June 21, 2020, 07:55:57 AM

Small update  :-razz

Title: Re: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Post by: modellius on July 22, 2020, 01:56:40 PM

Splendid !