F6F-5K Drone

F6F-5K and AD-5 Skyraider. Often the skyraider were the Mother ship for the drone aircraft. 

F6F-5K Hellcat 

Period color photo of F6F-5K 

Color markings 

Academy Kit box art. 

Kit instruction and decals. I will not be using the kit decals. 

 

 

 

Kits parts 

I like to wash the kit parts before starting work 

Kit cockpit floor 

Kit cockpit parts 

Added details to kit cockpit 

 

 

 

 

Kit side wall details 

I will modify kit cockpit parts 

I will modify kit side wall cockpit parts 

Some added details 

I will fill the rocket mount holes, not used on F6F-5k's. 

I will remove the kit guns, not used. 

Kit wheel well detail 

Kit wheel well 

Added details 

 

I photocopy an old Pro Modeler Decal sheet and cut out the F6F-5 instrument panel. 

I will glue the paper cut out to some thin plastic 

 

 

Added cockpit details 

Added side wall details 

Added side wall details 

Painted cockpit 

Painted cockpit. the resin seat is a test fit. I may use the kit seat. 

Painted cockpit 

Painted side wall details 

Painted cockpit  

Painted cockpit 

Cockpit installed. 

Cockpit installed 

 

Kit wheel well opening 

Added details 

I needed to close in the wheel wells 

Closed in wheel wells 

 

 

Kit engine 

Painted engine 

Engine and kit nose 

Engine installed in nose 

 

 

Airframe complete 

Airframe complete 

 

 

The main paints that I will use. Both colors are over 20 years old and worked great. 

I needed two coats of yellow to cover  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sanded off the red paint wing band 

 

Resprayed the base yellow color