DONE@p.2 +++ 1:72 Grumman Hellcat FR.III (F6F-6P); FAA No. 898 NAS, Sri Lanka, 1945

[Wardukw]

Lovely work again Dizzy mate 👍 😀 🙌

Think of the paint colour this way I reckon..it'll fool the bad guys into thinking the places are Wildcats and they'll think an easy kill 😀
Surprised they'll be 

[sandiego89]

The "chalky" blue really came out so well.  Another great, well used, paint job. 

It is a real shame that the P-47, Typhoon, P-38, Hellcat and a few others disappeared so quickly and did not enjoy much post war service with other nations for us WHIFFers.  The Hellcats in Uraguay an interesting example.   

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, props were outdated and the jet age coming. Only few WWII designs soldiered on for a while, like the F8F, F4U or the P-51, but all in a certain "niche". Offers room for exotic post-war operators, though.

[zenrat]

P-47 had a large number of operators.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt#Operators

[chrisonord]

Bob on that Thomas 

[Doug K]

Great work! 

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you, too! 

[Dizzyfugu]

A late artistic addition for this one


1:72 Grumman ,Hellcat FR.III (F6F-6P)'; '9H-B/JX 995' of No. 898 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy; Ratmalana (Ceylon/Sri Lanka), September 1945 (Whif/Modified Heller kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

Always cracking artwork on those M'box boxes. 

[Dizzyfugu]

SO retro...