For Sale: Bates F6F Hellcat 120" Wingspan Build Project
Airplanes - Giants, Bates F6F Hellcat 120"
12-09-2022, 01:23 PM | Replies: 0 | Views: 439
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Price
$3,500
- Location Simpsonville, SC, USA
- Condition New
- Model Bates F6F Hellcat 120"
Description:
For Sale: Bates F6F Hellcat 120" Wingspan Build Project
OL: 94.0"
OW: 120.0"
Scale: 1.428
Weight: 55.0 lbs.
Suggested Engine: DA-150 or Moki/Valach 250 Radial engine.
Up for sale are pretty much every major item you'll need to build this enlarged Bates F6F Hellcat project. Included in the sale are the following new/never mounted items:
-F6F laser cut short kit cut by Pat at Laser USA.
-enlarged Jerry Bates F6F 80" build plans enlarged 50% to 120" wingspan.
-1/4 scale F6F Main Gear Retracts with scale door collars.
-1/4 scale F4U style Tail Retract.
-7.0" Main Wheels & Aluminum Hubs
-2.25" aluminum hub & wheel.
-four Sierra medium-size front gear door hinges.
-TNT aluminum wing tubes
-Fiberglass cowl & two clear canopies.
-Robart Fowler Flap hinges.
-six packs of CB Associates # 2214 & two packs # 2212 HD hinges as per plan.
-custom G10 Hellcat hinges provided by Earl Aune.
-FTE 1/4 scale radial engine dummy front.
-Dubro 40 ounce fuel tank with SWB aluminum fuel tank cap
-full cockpit for the F6F assembled/painted by Scale Cockpits, a true work of art which includes lighting for the gunsight!
-Sierra 10-pack Aluminum Servo Brackets.
-Six 1/4 scale .50 cal. wing machine guns.
-3D resin fuselage antenna & wing pitot tube.
-Robart # 157VR Retract control system with second Robart Large Air Tank
-Sierra Air Gauge.
-British WW II F6F Hellcat camouflage quart size paint (3 colors) from Warbird Colors.
-Callie Graphics set for F6F Hellcat in RN/FAA colors.
My thanks to Jim Nicosia for the pictures of both his completed USN F6F Hellcat & that of his close friend Merlyn Graves WW2 British FAA Hellcat colors. Over $3,500 dollars invested with these brand new items. I will consider realistic offers on the complete package., but please don't bother with low ball offers. Buyer is responsible for Pay Pal fees & shipping charges from Simpsonville SC 29681. I will soon be listing more Giant Scale Warbird build projects, so stay tuned!
