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Post by vulgarvulture » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:09 am

Thanks for the detailed review and pictures, Tman.

I'm looking forward to getting one of these at TRU.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:47 am

digger wrote:Cool. :D
Now that I look at those pics it seems they could have added more.. :shock:
Probably so, but either way, the BBI Hellcat does have more dihedral than the 21c Avenger :wink:
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Post by kevrut » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:38 am

Hey Tman, can you post pics of your planes sitting side by side with the wings folded up?

I haven't got mine delivered yet.

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Post by digger » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:50 am

..the BBI Hellcat does have more dihedral than the 21c Avenger
That may not be saying much..

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Post by Sabrefan » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:58 am

Beautiful model! I am looking forward to getting one. My only gripe is the skinny tires. They really look skinny in the front view. Now if I can just find another crashed Avenger. I put Avenger tires and wheels on a BBI Corsair, and I think they would look great on the Hellcat as well. :D
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Post by Killerf6 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:50 pm

Well, I received my hellcat today, but it is still in the shipping box, so I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. I'm still at work, and yes I have my stuff sent to my work. This day is going to drag on I can already tell, and that after a sleepless night to boot. Thanks again tman :P
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Post by Studly » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:35 pm

very nice tmanthegreat thats one to be proud of you luck sod :D

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Post by FieroDude » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:38 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:
digger wrote:Cool. :D
Now that I look at those pics it seems they could have added more.. :shock:
Probably so, but either way, the BBI Hellcat does have more dihedral than the 21c Avenger :wink:
The Avenger wings have dihedral? Must have missed it when I was using the wings as a straightedge...
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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:46 pm

kevrut wrote:Hey Tman, can you post pics of your planes sitting side by side with the wings folded up?
Here are a couple photos of the Hellcat with both wings folded:

Side-by-side with the 21c Avenger and BBI Corsair.
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Next to the 21c Avenger. Note that the Avenger's wings fold into the correct position, whereas they do not on the Hellcat.
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Post by Rowsdower » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:37 pm

Very nice. wish I had the room for all those big birds!
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Post by hworth18 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:58 pm

Here are some pics posted by a member on the modelhangar..
It does look VERY nice..


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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:16 pm

He's also a member of this board as well :wink:
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:23 pm

That weathering looks great!

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Post by Jericoeagle1 » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:32 pm

I recieved my Hellcat yesterday from BadCat (Thanks guys!). Overall I like the aircraft the detailing and weathering is superb. However, I'm having a few fit problems with mine. First the flaps won't stay up. They keep sliding to the down positioin. The main landing gear won't lock down, you have to use extreme force to snap them in place. Even then they easily snap out of place with just the slightest pressure. I'm afraid to put to much pressure on them otherwise I feel they will break off. Finally, there have been many discussions here about the wing folding mechanism and an accurate fold. I don't care one way or another where the wing lays when its folded. My problem is that when the wings are unfolded the fit isn't very good and I have much of a gap between the main wing and the inboard root. Its very hard to get a close fit so on one side of my bird the wing sags. Oh and I forgot there was glue marks on the windshield.

I'm not trying to knock it down or say its a bad plane. Perhaps even, I got the one bad one of the bunch. Overall I like the plane still and I'm a good enough modeller to be able to repair or refit most of the parts. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered these problems?
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Hellcat at retail stores?.

Post by jhogan » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:19 pm

I think it was about two months ago BCA had a notice up telling customers the Hellcat would be available from them first but a general retail release was expected by BBi. My local TRU has had the Corsairs and P-51's in stock so I hope to find a Hellcat one of these days. I'm in no hurry, I don't know where I'm going to put it - much less the B-25. Time to take over my wife's sewing room.

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Post by Sabrefan » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:41 pm

Does anyone have an idea when the Hellcat will be at TRU?
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Post by aferguson » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:49 pm

Mike wrote:


"For digger and Moth,
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For sabrefan
The F4 will ship in October"
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Post by Sabrefan » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:55 pm

Thank Mike, I am really looking forward to the 32nd scale F-4J Phantom! :D
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Post by Teamski » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:32 pm

Thanks to Tmanthegreat, the profile for Vraciu's Hellcat is now in the profile album!!

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Post by Fitzystigertank » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:51 pm

I called my tru and gave them the sku# and they said it's in the computer as active but none in stock. it comes up as 1:18 scale aircraft assortment.
so now we just have to wait. we should now make a sticky on TRU Hellcat finds.

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Post by aferguson » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:17 pm

yes we should......this is now the Hellcat sticky.
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Post by vmf214 » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:33 pm

Hey tman, I got mine today, pretty nice. One question, when you got yours was the fuselage section canted to the port side inside the box? Mine is , just curious. Thanks :D

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Post by CessnaDriver » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:33 pm

A few things I dealt with...

Terrible gap on the bottom fuselage, could not mate any closer because a connecting pin was resisiting this on the inside. I heated a screwdriver tip and melted it in half inside the fuselage. This enabled me to squeeze the fuselage together closer and super glue it. Still a gap though, but not as bad.
I also just glued the wings on. they never really snapped tight and held a dihedral shape properly, I dont care if they fold or not. I hang most of these up anyways. Also one elevator was floppy. would not stay in place. So I just glued them both on in a neutral position.
Other then those things, what everyone else has said.
This one was a must have for me, my father worked on these birds once upon a time.

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Post by CessnaDriver » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:41 pm

Oh yeah,

rockets sold seperatly!

Wuzzup with that!????

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Re: ? for Tman

Post by tmanthegreat » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:35 pm

vmf214 wrote:Hey tman, I got mine today, pretty nice. One question, when you got yours was the fuselage section canted to the port side inside the box? Mine is , just curious. Thanks :D
I did take a picture of the box before it was opened, so you tell me :P

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The fuselage was at an angle in the box, but not 45 degrees. I was actually surprised BBI got such a big fighter into such a small box, with everything securely packed and no broken parts. 21c should take a cue from this :wink:

On another note, the wings were scary to put together. It was tough to push a delicate and awkward support piece on the outer wing through a slot on the inboard piece. You have to make sure its in as far as it will go in order that the wings extend properly. I'm not too wild about that design feature, but it seems to hold up the wings better than the support system on the 21c Avenger (or at least its that way with my Hellcat.)
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