OTA072-29-400 - Otaki 1/48 Grumman Hellcat F6F-3 - Pre-owned 10118122

OTA072-29-400 - Otaki 1/48 Grumman Hellcat F6F-3 - Pre-owned 10118122

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box worn

The Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat entered US Navy service in 1943 and rapidly became the dominant carrier-based fighter of the Pacific War. Designed specifically as a counter to the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Hellcat was faster, better protected, and easier to fly than its predecessor the F4F Wildcat. By the war's end it had accumulated an 11:1 kill ratio against Japanese aircraft, with more than 5,000 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed. The type also served with the British Fleet Air Arm as the Hellcat Mk.I, seeing action across both the Pacific and Indian Ocean theatres.

Box Contents:

• Plastic sprues — fuselage halves, wings, undercarriage, two 500 lb. bombs, and detail parts, moulded in pale grey-green (approximately 53 parts)
• Clear sprue — canopy and gunsight
• Colour profile print — two aircraft in side profile
• Waterslide decal sheet — three marking options:
  • No. 808 NAS, JW564, Operation Meridian, HMS Khedive — Extra Dark Sea Grey / Dark Slate Grey over Sky Type S
  • Air Group 5, CAG #00 (Cdr. James Flatley), Attack on Marcus Island, USS Yorktown (CV-10), September 1943 — Sea Blue / Intermediate Blue / White
  • VF-16, #33 (Lt. Francis Fleming), Raid on Wake Island, USS Lexington (CV-16), October 1943 — Sea Blue / Intermediate Blue / White
• Instruction sheet

Skill Level: Beginner–Intermediate | Glue and paint required, not included