Guillow's F6F-3 Hellcat

FEATURES:
Sliding canopy/interior
Simulated engine
Retractable landing gear
Retractable tail wheel
Movable tail surfaces
Movable flaps/ailerons
Vacuum formed plastic parts such as: Bubble canopy, nose cowl, exhuast ports, auxiliary fuel tank and gear struts
Injection molded parts including: Scale wheels, flying propeller, nose bearing, and retractable landing gear pivot blocks
Die-cut plywood parts
Die-cut parts
Complete set of decals
Interior cockpit layout
72" of rubber thread
Silkspan for covering
Wire for landing gear
Generous quantities of balsa strip stock and balancing clay
For U-Control, kit contains a plywood firewall, tip guide and bellcrank base, also a plastic control line handle, push rod wire, hinge materials, bellcrank, elevator horn, nylon flying line and stock for all balsa tail surgace.

INCLUDES:
F6F-3 Hellcat model airplane

SPECS:
Scale: 1/16 (3/4" = 1'0")
Wing span: 32-3/4" (83cm)

OVERVIEW:
The first production F6F-3 took to the air in Oct. 1942, and by Jan. 16, 1943, operational F6F-3’s were being delivered to the U.S. Navy. More than 2500 joined the naval service in 1944 with production of the “3’s” coming to a halt in the spring of 1944 when an improved version, the F6F-5 began to roll down the assembly lines. Form its first combat engagement, the Hellcat proved superior to its Japanese opponent and maintained this advantage right up to the end of the hostilities.

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