ORIGINAL: sweetpea01
I would have liked to seen it larger than a .61 size.

ORIGINAL: Chad Veich
Sweetpea01,

This particular design was created at the request of a friend and the size was determined by him. He is a relatively new modeler and this will be his first warbird which is why I tried to keep the design simple and relatively inexpensive while still making it look like a Hellcat. Along the way it ocurred to me that maybe there were some other folks out there that were also new to warbird building and that a group build like this might prove to be popular. If it goes well I have some ideas for other group builds and one of those ideas is to build the Hellcat again but at 1/7 scale. At that scale the Hellcat would be big enough (around 72 inches) to carry lots of detail and opens the door for a gas burner to be used. I would add the flaps and tweak the outline a bit so that the airplane would have some contest potential for those interested. I really like the 70-76 inch size range for single engine fighter types and that is where the majority of my designs end up. It a size that seems to be somewhat overlooked by kit makers and plans designers as well.