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Hobby Boss F6F-3 Hellcat (Late) (80359)

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On first inspection Hobby Boss's F6F-3 Hellcat looks to be a gem, nice well moulded detail inside and out, well detailed cockpit, separate flaps and choice of wings folded or straight all at Hobby Boss's wallet friendly pricing. On build however a few problems arise...

While Hobby Boss have included plenty of cockpit detail and included decals for instrument panels if inclined (though not entirely accurate), their typical poor colour callouts show again. These consisted of suggesting a couple of base colours for the entire cockpit leaving the builder to source references for more accurate painting or proceed with a bland waste of nice detailing.

Hobby Boss did well with the general cockpit, engine, fuselage and inner wing design with it all fitting very well requiring very little sanding and no loss of surface detail.


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The largest issue and one that may cause problems for the inexperienced builder is the wing options. As previously mentioned the builder has the choice of building with wings folded (for better shipboard storage) or extended inflight position. I elected to go with the wings extended option and found a less than positive fit requiring three sets filling and sanding, this inturn led to loosing some of the lovely detail around the sanded area.

After this obstacle was overcome the rest of the build was completed with no problems. I painted the Hellcat with Mr. Color's (Mr. Hobby/Gunze enamel branding) US Navel Aircraft Set which went on very well providing an excellent base before gloss coating, decaling  and sealing with a satin coat.
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    • Armour >
      • Riich 2.8cm s.PZ.B.41 auf Selbsfahrlatte Bren Carrier
      • Takom Chieftain Mk.11
      • Trumpeter M1A1HA Abrams
      • Merkava mk.IIID Early
      • Tamiya Jagdpanther (late)
      • tasca Firefly VC
      • Trumpeter KV-122
      • Meng T-90A
      • Trumpeter T-80BV
      • Zvezda/Dragon T-80BV Main Battle Tank
      • Trumpeter SA-2 Guideline
      • Tamiya T26E4 'Super Pershing'
      • Tamiya PzKpfw VI Tiger II (Porsche Turret)
      • Tamiya Marder III M
      • Dragon M26A1Pershing (cyber-hobby orange box)
      • AFV Club PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf.E
      • Tamiya PzKpfw V Panther G (late)
      • Trumpeter ASLAV-25
      • Airfix PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf.E
      • Dragon T-43/76 mod. 1941
    • Aircraft >
      • Skunkmodels HH-60J
      • Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind
      • Hasegawa F-14 Eggplane
      • Hobby Boss F6F-3 Hellcat (Late)
      • Academy SB2C-4 Helldiver
      • Revell (Germany) F-117A Stealth Fighter
      • Dragon Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
      • Hasegawa Fock-Wulf Fw190A Egg Plane
      • Trumpeter Fairey Swordfish Mk.1
      • Tamiya Bf109 E3
      • Hobby Boss Royal Navy Westland Lynx HAS.3
      • Heller E-2C
      • Tamiya A6M2-N RUFE
      • Trumpeter F-86F-30-NA Sabre
      • Academy F-86F
      • Academy F-15 Eagle
      • AMtech Hs-123
      • Hasegawa Harrier GR Mk.3
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      • Italeri Coal Powered Truck - Steampunked
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    • Chinese Type 59-D Kitbash
    • Dragon (cyberhobby Orange Box) Maus
    • AFV Club Centurion RAAC Mk 5/1