1/72 F6F-5P

[Anthony Leger]

looking good

[Ryan K]

Since it will be awhile before we can head back to Hanger 18, so I decided to continue on with the build at home. I am ready to close up the fuselage.

[Ryan K]

This is my Hanger 18 project, so I plan to decal the pit and fix the erred camera hole.

[Bill L.]

Looking good. Keep working on it, even if it's just a little at a time.
I was just looking at my Has. 1/32 F6F-3 as a possible next project down the road this year.

Bill L.

[Ryan K]

I build planes too. Started this at the Hanger 18 meeting last week, its the 1/72 Haseagawa F6F-3/5 to be built as a F6F-5P from VMF-512 first aboard the CVE-107 USS Gilbert Islands around April 1945 as EE70 before the unit added the carrier markings. I am saving that for a larger scale, one day. My main research comes from  http://www.adamsplanes.com/VMF-512.htm and William pointed me to this link for the -5P info https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/80965-f6f-5p-confusion/

My understanding is it is a simple conversion. One hole for the one camera port side, one panel over from the back of the wing. I did that but forgot about the flaps. Doh!


For my closed cockpit of which you cannot see much, Tamyia XF-67 Nato Green is close enough for me.