BBI Elite Force Plastic Diecast Model Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat US Navy VF-27 USS Princeton "Cat Mouth" Marianas Turkey Shoot 000806 - 1:18 Scale Model Actual size is approximately 23" in length Wingspan approximately 29" All BBI fully painted Elite Force display airplanes feature: - Molded plastic construction.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel llike decals.
- Opening canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors.
- Selected moveable control surfaces.
- Folding wings.
- Functional extending/retracting landing gear.
- Authentic detachable ordnance loads.
- Wings and tail surfaces need to be attached. No glueing or painting.
About this aircraft: This aircraft represents the F6F-3 "Cat Mouth", VF-27 stationed with USS Princenton. The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a fighter plane descended from the earlier F4F Wildcat, but was a completely new design sharing only a familial resemblance to the Wildcat. Some tagged it as "Wildcat's big brother". The Hellcat proved to be the most successful aircraft in naval history, destroying 5,163 aircraft in service with the US Navy and US Marine Corps, plus 52 with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during World War II. Postwar, the Hellcat aircraft was rapidly phased out of frontline service, finally retiring in 1954 as a night-fighter in composite squadrons. |
