Hellcat...., it`s a plane of two halves........

[tc2324]

Just thought Id post a few pics of what I`ve been getting up to and it`s a pretty much real world stuff I`m afraid.

Had a break from the 74 Sqn historical aircraft building for the upcoming reunion and entered a diorama GB on another forum and so it was a case of what to do.

Then I remembered this little incident......





It`s a pretty well known carrier crash that has been replayed a number of times on TV and has even featured in a few films.

Here`s where I`ve got with the rear fuselage section....,



..... before completing the front end.



I`ve since made a little crash crew figure and weathered the deck.



Hope to have this all completed by next week with a bit of luck.

[PR19_Kit]

Blimey, that's GOOD! 

What scale is it?

A zillion years ago I was building an RW Airfix Hellcat and dropped it so the outer wing snapped off at the wing-fold joint and the landing gear was trashed, so I finished it as a 'crash landing', smacked into a palm tree on a polystyrene foam wall tile 'Pacific Island'. 

Hellcats do seem to break so nicely. 

[Modelling_Mushi]

No need for apologies, that's great. So hard to get the right 'feel' and look for a damaged aircraft, this one looks spot on. Looking forward to seeing the completed diorama.

[tc2324]

Cheers guys.

Kit..., it`s all in glorious 1/48 scale and it was very handy to discover that the kit I used had the folded wing option which was cut perfectly in the same placed as the real damage.

[Dizzyfugu]

NICE!   

[Weaver]

Wow, that is seriously good. Crashed and damaged aircraft are so hard to get right but you've really nailed it there. Well done! 

[Thorvic]

 

Excellent work, beautiful work to replicate the damage 

[Army of One]

That is some awesome damage work there.......

[Old Wombat]

Looking brilliant!

[zenrat]

I'm so glad you said 1/48.  If it was 1/72 I was preparing to pack everything up and quit.

Excellent bit of damaging.  It's easy to get carried away.

[tc2324]

Thanks all.  

Found a couple of hours last night and this morning to put a few touches together and complete this dio.

Maybe at some point in the future I will finish it as I intended but I`m happy with what I`ve got.

As so onto the show.

As your all aware, this dio is `based` on a carrier landing incident on the USS Yorktown off Peleliu in 1944. The crash probably happened during Yorktown´s working-up period in 1943 though as this scene appears in the movie "The Fighting Lady" in an earlier context.

All completed in glorious 1/48 scale, this is the Hobby Boss kit with lots of extras from the spares box and a good sprinkle of tin foil to complete the look.

First some pictures of the completed dio followed by some of the various sections.











...... and now for the `money shots` with the few Photobucket effects added.

First in black and white.........



....... and then in `World War Two` colour.



Thanks for looking.

[NARSES2]

That is superb work 

[PR19_Kit]

Excellent stuff, the bent and twisted prop is especially convincing. 

[kerick]

The pilot is waving at the guy with the hose, "Don't spray me!"
This is excellent work.

[tc2324]

  chaps