# Just Finished my Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat Model **URL:** \ **Category:** Art Museum\ **Tags:** model\ **Created:** [October 20, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744 "2025-10-20T15:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/1 "2025-10-20T15:51:08Z")
![20251018_221338](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ice711community/original/2X/f/f197950605f8078f1eb3f6538dacf1a84a2d4979.jpeg) ![20251018_221345](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ice711community/original/2X/e/e32a2e99db8c33131903bb8cccf874e22cc4bb7e.jpeg) ![20251018_221411](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ice711community/original/2X/b/bd0dbb5682d99cdc823779c9096946001f99f848.jpeg) ![20251018_221351](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ice711community/original/2X/b/b1a33e24792fd9a05d4ab0a776325d2b0ddcd1ea.jpeg) (Don’t mine the B-58 Hustler instructions in the background.) ---
**Author:** ![GOATPlanes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goatplanes/32/10199_2.png) [@GOATPlanes](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/GOATPlanes)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/2 "2025-10-20T16:25:12Z")
Danggg!!! Paper right? ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/3 "2025-10-20T16:34:36Z")
nah model kit ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/4 "2025-10-20T16:36:08Z")
so not as impressive ---
**Author:** ![GOATPlanes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goatplanes/32/10199_2.png) [@GOATPlanes](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/GOATPlanes)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/5 "2025-10-20T16:49:41Z")
Oh k ---
**Author:** ![F-22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/f-22/32/8407_2.png) [@F-22](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/F-22)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/6 "2025-10-20T18:19:58Z")
Dang ---
**Author:** ![AshiFoxxo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/ashifoxxo/32/23310_2.png) [@AshiFoxxo](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/AshiFoxxo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/7 "2025-10-20T18:44:53Z")
your getting dabbled with later. 10/11 ---
**Author:** ![Shboom-1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/shboom-1/32/16692_2.png) [@Shboom-1](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Shboom-1)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/8 "2025-10-21T15:42:55Z")
Amazing. Just amazing. 12/11. Great model building skills! I just can never paint with it getting all over my hands and where I DON’T want the paint going. I finished a Hawker Hunter recently… Maybe I can post that. But Tamiya paints are peak. I use them too. Tamiya model, I’m assuming? (Also, tip with the decals: Wet the area first _then_ apply them. And of course, add the finish after.) ---
**Author:** ![flying\_pancake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/flying_pancake/32/20883_2.png) [@flying\_pancake](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/flying_pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/9 "2026-06-22T13:36:00Z")
the cockpit canopy is my worst enemy ---
**Author:** ![Shboom-1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/shboom-1/32/16692_2.png) [@Shboom-1](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Shboom-1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/10 "2026-06-22T15:09:18Z")
A secret tip is that if you get paint where you don’t want it to and you don’t have the thinner, you can use a q-tip with Windex sprayed on it. It works very well. But only on acrylics. If you want to get even finer areas, I have these little cotton paint stirrers that work really well with Windex on them. I just don’t know the name of them… ---
**Author:** ![flying\_pancake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/flying_pancake/32/20883_2.png) [@flying\_pancake](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/flying_pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/11 "2026-06-22T16:24:28Z")
ty ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/12 "2026-06-26T20:15:04Z")
and then glue is just gg ---
**Author:** ![flying\_pancake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/flying_pancake/32/20883_2.png) [@flying\_pancake](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/flying_pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/13 "2026-06-27T07:55:24Z")
I cut the exes off with a knife and I sand it. ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/14 "2026-06-27T11:05:45Z")
nah glue on the canopy ---
**Author:** ![flying\_pancake](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/flying_pancake/32/20883_2.png) [@flying\_pancake](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/flying_pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/15 "2026-06-27T11:21:08Z")
I install it last with non solvent based glue. ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/16 "2026-06-27T11:43:13Z")
yeah i tried that but normal glue works better for me ---
**Author:** ![DarkMiles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/darkmiles/32/28585_2.png) [@DarkMiles](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/DarkMiles)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/17 "2026-06-29T23:52:24Z")
what about my 3d printed models?? ---
**Author:** ![Goio56](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/goio56/32/24492_2.png) [@Goio56](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/Goio56)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/18 "2026-07-02T18:28:06Z")
wdym ---
**Author:** ![DarkMiles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ice711.discourse.group/darkmiles/32/28585_2.png) [@DarkMiles](https://ice711.discourse.group/u/DarkMiles)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://ice711.discourse.group/t/just-finished-my-grumman-f6f-3-hellcat-model/4744/19 "2026-07-02T18:30:03Z")
huh?