LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: No.1 on January 19, 2011, 09:36:36 AM
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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
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First prototype XF6F-1
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This one also did not go operational, XF6F-2
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Progress on drawing
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Only nuts and bolts to be add here and maybe later landing gear... will see :))
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Now the set of the archive images, this time F6F-3 machines, total of the 144 images...
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Mo' from F6F-3...
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Still F6F-3 and please note last three images present machine flown by Alexander Vraciu :-tri
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Mo' F6F-3
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Still F6F-3... pilot in full gear is interesting, look like Imperial fighter pilot (Star Wars), maybe inspiration come from images like that :-think
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F6F-3 :))
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Final images of F6F-3
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More progress in drawings :))
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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
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Hope it will be rebuilt one day ;)
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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
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Wonderful :-clap
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Top view in work...
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F6F-3K
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Top view formed...
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Top view completed :))
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Nice :-flo
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Thank you :) Now some images of F6F-3N
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I start work on the bottom view of the Hellcat drawings...
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Start with set of images of F6F-5 version...
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Next set of F6F-5
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Continue with F6F-5
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Mo' F6F-5
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... F6F-5...
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F6F-5
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F6F-5
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And the last set of images of F6F-5
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Once again,great pics ! :-clap :-clap :-clap
:-wave
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Glad you like it ;) More progress on bottom view and images like this one are of great help :))
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Bottom completed...
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Looks good! :-flo
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Drawing complete :-tri
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Nice drawing :-clap
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Thank you mate :-razz Now coming images of F6F-5E
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Drones F6F-5K
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Few more F6F-5K
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Now images of F6F-5N
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Next pack of F6F-5N
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Last set of F6F-5N
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F6F-5P
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Hellcat I
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Hellcat II
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Beautiful collection of photos! :-ok
... And one question.
Does your drawing will be an article for some magazin, or the end is here? :-think
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Magazine and later book...
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Great news! :-clap :-flo
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Hellcat II with blown cockpit canopy ;)
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Small update :-razz
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Splendid !