F6F-5N Hellcat advice

[smutz]

Hi guys,I'm going to start my Trumpeter F6 nightfighter in the next week or so as I make sure I'm goin in the right direction is this right or am I way off the interior fore & aft of the pit would be chromate yellow same goes for the cowl & gun bays.

I'm leaning towards the VMF(N)-541 bird with the nakkid lady on the cowl , am I right that Trump made a mistake here that the 541 bird was an early airframe with the windows behind the pilot still there as well as the standard layout of six .50's not the four + two 20 mil's?.

& one last thing (for now ) being a Marine squadron & this late in the war they would have been land based, giving me a bit more scope for a more weathered/sun bleached airframe.

Thanks for any advice Andy.

[Falcon50EX]

Smutz, Have you read the William Reece Article posted on ARC yet??

Cheers,

-d-

Hi guys,I'm going to start my Trumpeter F6 nightfighter in the next week or so as I make sure I'm goin in the right direction is this right or am I way off the interior fore & aft of the pit would be chromate yellow same goes for the cowl & gun bays.

I'm leaning towards the VMF(N)-541 bird with the nakkid lady on the cowl , am I right that Trump made a mistake here that the 541 bird was an early airframe with the windows behind the pilot still there as well as the standard layout of six .50's not the four + two 20 mil's?.

& one last thing (for now ) being a Marine squadron & this late in the war they would have been land based, giving me a bit more scope for a more weathered/sun bleached airframe.

Thanks for any advice Andy.

[Jennings]

& one last thing (for now ) being a Marine squadron & this late in the war they would have been land based, giving me a bit more scope for a more weathered/sun bleached airframe.

Keep in mind how old the airplane was. Hellcats usually had lives measured in weeks to a few months in combat. Go easy on the weathering. Best bet (as with everything) is to get photos and build what you see. Subtle is the key word in weathering. I think about 99% of people go overboard with it.

J