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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/8/2004 4:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Corsair Jock' I am under the impression that the Finns were a co-belligerant and not part of the Axis. I could be wrong. My memory just plain stinks anymore. I meant that the Buffalo was an American (or allied) design. The Hellcat I believe was the highest kill ratio of the Pacific if not the Allied forces. BTW I love any plane that came out of the Iron works. Grumman rules! I also like the Buffalo because someone has to.

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/8/2004 8:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		ramcfarland: simple maybe, but too time consuming for me right now. I would rather buy one from one of the other 1/6 scale Hellcat makers. There are several others out there (plans, cowl, canopies), I just wondered if anyone had firsthand knowledge of a good one for sale.
phread59: The Fiins became a part of the Axis for awhile, and it was mostly against the untrained Russian pilots (our ally) that the Finns scored most of the victories with the Buffulos. Later, thay did become out allies, and scored some victories agains Stukas. In the book I have, it states that the Navy credited the Buffulo with an overall kill ratio of 5:1. This was taking into account the victories by the Finns, and therefor allowed it to be higher than that of the Wildcats.

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/9/2004 5:16 AM   
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try bob holman. I am building bates and bh don lien hellcats. Both are excellent. Canopy is very good

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/11/2004 5:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks CorsairJock, i didn't know about the side swapping bit. I like Hellcats an awful lot. As a matter of fact. In my pile of goodies sits a spanky new Jemco cat. I found it in the bargain basement of a local hobby shop. It's waiting for my skill to improve to the planes level before building. My piloting skills suck.

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/11/2004 6:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think it's odd that the Wing kit was only mentioned once. I flew one for two years and it is a great flyer. The problem I have absolutely no idea what scale it is supposed to be. NONE OF the external dimensions work out to anything near a constant scale. But it is a great flyer with a ST 75, Cent 90 degree retracts and flaps.

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/11/2004 6:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wing Mfg. web-site says: Scale 1-3/8" = 1' . This of course is not one of those easy ones, like 1/6 or 1/7, etc. There are a number of kits and plans by different makers which do not have the easy scale numbers. The Top Flite giant scale Corsair is an example: Top Flite lists it as a 1/5 scale kit, but it is closer to 1/6 scale and that would not be correct either. The new H-9 Corsair, which has a 65" span, is too big to be 1/8 scale, but that is what it is closest to. I think all the Zirolli kits/ plans are not an even fractional scale.

And as for the Finns changing sides: I think it was more of a matter of who was in control of them. Sorta like the Vichy French. Possibly too much of a simplistic statement.

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 2/11/2004 10:43 PM   
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SO, anybody know where I can get a good looking/ scale accurate 1/6 scale Hellcat canopy?


Don Smith's Hellcat is exactly 1/6th Scale. You can get a canopy from him (www.donsmithplans.com)

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 12/1/2012 9:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just picked up a Hellcat in a trade, not sure of the Manufacturer. Sure hope some one can help. It has a sheeted foamcore wing measures about 55". If anyone knows who made this I'd to know, never know when I might want to replace the cowl. p.s. It has an o.s. .60 in it....
 


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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 12/1/2012 10:18 AM   
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You will find there many pictures and building tips...

I made sets for finishing, details and paint masc...

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 12/1/2012 11:15 AM   
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I just picked up a Hellcat in a trade, not sure of the Manufacturer. Sure hope some one can help. It has a sheeted foamcore wing measures about 55". If anyone knows who made this I'd to know, never know when I might want to replace the cowl. p.s. It has an o.s. .60 in it....
 



The Jemco Hellcat that is no longer in production has a 56" wingspan with a balsa fuselage and foam core wings.

Here is a source for a cowling.
http://www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/catalog.htm

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RE: Who's got the best Hellcat - 12/1/2012 4:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Deatonbt, for your quik reply. You guys are the best!!! And so are Hellcats!!!!

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