Hellcat F6F-5 1/48 | The Inner Nerd

Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale by The Inner Nerd
Time lapse video of the full build, painting and weathering of the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit as shown by The Inner Nerd
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The first part of this video shows the use of Photo Etched parts and scratch building techniques on the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit to detail hydraulic pipes and electrical cables professionally and cheaply around both the cockpit and wheel bays. Locitite 406 CA superglue is used in this process combined with CA superglue accelerator/activator to join the two dissimilar materials. Also used are details from Eduard Brassin which are additional parts to the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit box
The second part shows the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit surface preparation techniques such as filling panel gaps and seams with Deluxe Materials Perfect Plastic Putty modelling filler/putty and sanding them smooth to get a seamless join between parts using a range of sand papers from 800, 1200, 2000, and 3000p dpi grit papers. Also Black Basing techniques are included in this section using Mr Hobby "Mr Surfacer 1000, 1200 & 1500 Finishing Surfacer" thinned with Mr Hobby Self Levelling Thinner 400 to prime the surface ready for painting, sprayed through an airbrush using Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline Solo Needle/Nozzle: 0.15mm with Badger 1100 with Anti-Pulsation Tank Working Pressure 22psi (1.51bar).
The third part of the video demonstrates the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit using the BLACK-BASING technique to achieve a pre-weathered look and surface texture replicating that of an aged and worn aircraft. Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline is used with Badger 1100 with Anti-Pulsation Tank Working Pressure 22psi (1.51bar). Also included in this section on the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit is the Engine Exhaust painting using Alclad 2 Lacquers (Airframe Aluminium, Aluminium, Steel, Jet Exhaust, Copper & Pale Burnt Metal) and Tamiya clear paints to create a burnt metal effect. 3 layers of Mr Color GX100 Superclear III thinned with Mr Hobby Self Levelling Thinner 400 seal the decals in. This can be decanted and sprayed through an airbrush such as the Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline Solo.
Decals for the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit follow painting with the aid of Mr Hobby Mr Mark Setter & Softer products. These products allow the decal to form to the shapes of the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit panel lines and surface which you can see in the video.
Next is the weathering of the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit. This is started using Abteilung 502 & Winsor & Newton oil paints thinned with white spirit to a wash consistency. Then used as a panel line wash the oil is applied across the Eduard Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 in 1/48 scale model kit to achieve a dirty, grimey & worn look. Further weathering including unthinned Abteilung 502 Oil Paints to create streaking and water marks, along with AK Interactive weathering Pigments (Gun Metal, Russian Earth, Europe Earth, Medium Rust and Pigment Fixer, Worn Effects, Dark Streaking Grime Rainmark Effects) concludes weathering.
Items Used
Airbrush: Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline Solo Needle/Nozzle: 0.15mm Compressor: Badger 1100 with Anti-Pulsation Tank Working Pressure 22psi (1.51bar) Paint: Mr Hobby Mr Surfacer 1000, Mr Hobby Mr Surfacer 1200 & Mr Hobby Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 thinned with cellulose lacquer thinner Tamiya Acrylics thinned with Tamiya X-20A Thinner Mr Hobby Aqueous Abteilung 502 Oils - Black / Industrial Earth / Olive Green Winsor & Newton Oils - Yellow Ochre / Raw Umber / Burnt Sienna / White AK Interactive Pigments - Gun Metal, Europe Earth, Russian Earth, Medium Rust, Pigment Fixer Vallejo Masking Fluid Winsor & Newton UV Cut Matte Enamel Varnish Brushes: Pure Sable Brush - Various Sizes Glue: Tamiya Extra Thin Cement Tamiya Poly Cement Revell Contacta Professional Loctite 406 CA Superglue Sanding: 3M 600p / 800p / 1200p / 2000p / 3000p sheets & sponges Tamiya Polishing Compounds (Course, Fine & Finish)

[@stephenullman4534]

Such a beautiful job of this magnificent aircraft. The paint is spot on. I'm 70 years old and my uncle flew these birds off the carrier Wasp. He had pictures of him and his buddies on the deck with the birds in the background. You've done an excellent rendition of this bird. Thank you.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and what a great insight! Thanks for watching :)

[@nackdibby7960]

The only thing I find more brilliant than your weathering techniques is the fact you took the time to share it with the rest of us! Excellent build and great tutorial!

[@Snoozie09]

I've never even thought of using a scouring pad for stippling. And love how you made the anti-slip pads with Mr Surfacer. Genius! So much gold in this, thank you --

[@grandpaweber2097]

I am very glad I stumbled upon this great video because I have the same model and can use it as a guide. The WWII Grumman birds will always have a special place in my heart, not only because they were war-winning aircraft but because my Nana helped build them during the War. You all know they preferred small-statured folks because they fit in the airframes better, that's where Nana came in; she installed wiring harnesses.

[@nealginn7845]

Great job. I would know those tail stripes anywhere. That plane sortied off my father’s ship during WW2. He probably touched it. As a matter of fact he had pictures of that plane from the war. Hard not to get misty seeing it. Great job. Thanks

[@alanmooney3466]

Cool! My uncle flew a Hellcat! I think he was on the Essex, but I'm not sure.

[@alanmooney3466]

I think I'm wrong about the name of the carrier..

[@nealginn7845]

@@alanmooney3466 yes the Essex was CV-9 the first of the class, My dad was on the USS Randolph, CV-15. He was a plank holder of the ship. He never got it though. Wonderful memories.

[@Wingnut53]

@@alanmooney3466 My grandfather was a Hellcat pilot on the Essex. Didn't expect to see a comment like this watching this video.

[@stevegenest2994]

@@nealginn7845 #)

[@flymachine]

You are a master of your craft, I am an aviation artist and I actually watch your vids to see detailing and finish for my portraits, that's how good you are

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you so much! That's so cool! Thank you for watching and I'm pleased that they are helping you in a unique way. Could you share a link to your work? I'd like to see it :)

[@gijoeimmortal1868]

Beautiful job! I must say this was my Father's favorite aircraft. He was a Navy man and used to talk about this and others. As he was a novice modeler and got me into modeling when I was a wee lad. My first aircraft build was the Revell Stuka back in the early 70s. I enjoy your channel and have learned alot. New subscriber.

[@danielblythe5337]

In watching this again, I am amazed at color sanding of decal clear coat, a subject not mentioned on other videos. Brilliant idea, and I love the use of lighter panel line shading. A most realistic and outstanding finish, weathering and rivet/stressed skin effect. This plane should be an award winner. All cool man everyone ,everything involved here!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you. Yes you don't see much flatting of the decals in other videos - especially not aircraft models anyway. I think it helps unify the surface texture better than leaving the decals raised as we always strive to get that painted on look. Having examined a lot of models and methods vs the real life subject and reference images, you find most modellers darken the panel lines, when it should actually be lighter. Taking into account the enviroment the real subject would have been kept in, it would be more likely the panel filled with dust when based in a dry climate vs one that had been operated in a moist and colder one. Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@danielblythe5337]

I recently built Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk 5b, and used the 25 year old decals. The Badger liquid Decal Film really works, and kept the Decals together. In decaling it, I noticed alot of film and jagged edges. I thought, I wonder if acrylic clear coat can be color sanded. For the removal of decal clear film edges, and for the sake of not having more clear coat than necessary, and paint smoothness, this seems doable thanks to this informative video. I will experiment first on a scrap project

[@BennyCFD]

One of your most Nerd-A-Licious builds today. I like the idea of fishing line for the antenna. Absolutely brilliant.

[@wonderbreadmodelsandhistor1566]

A little late perhaps but i love this format with the classical music in the background. Its the next most relaxing thing to building. I really enjoyed this video!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you. I try to keep the videos a little calmer than I used to for what is hopefully a more relaxing experience lol. Thanks for watching, more like this to come! :)

[@musicmate70]

I am blown away by the detail & the care put into these model builds simply superb

[@kevinhedrich6026]

Love the description of work. Much more helpful than just video and text. Beautiful job!!

[@al8955]

Greetings from Spain! Awesome build, so much to learn from it... These videos are a great help to cope with these strange times. Very inspiring :-)

[@TheInnerNerd]

Hey everyone I hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching. I thought I'd give the stressed skin effect a go on this one using some wartime reference images. Hope you can see the difference 2 years makes also between the Tamiya Corsair and this one! **You may notice I state AK washes when on fact I am using Ammo by Mig. For some reason I thought that Ammo was part of AK despite all bar one of my washes are from Ammo. Sorry if that is confusing but now you know** Happy modelling and stay safe! The Inner Nerd

[@ferbieticklater7429]

The stressed skin effect was a great success. It looks very realistic. Well done as always. Stay safe everyone!

[@SjorLovre]

As far as I know Ammo Mig and Abteilung 502 are both product lines of AK. So you were not so wrong there

[@lesmatthews2231]

Absolutely stunning job

[@1MakMan1]

Your skill, attention and care honor the engineers, pilots and support crew of this historic aircraft.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@daf827]

Wow, the manual skills of a neurosurgeon and the vision of an artist. Brilliant build of one of my favorite WW2 warbirds. I built the Monogram version as a lad.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching. This kit is down as one of my favourites WW2 subjects :)

[@iannicholls7476]

Superb, you’ve given me a lot of weathering ideas for the Airfix 1/24 scale kit. I had just decided to go for this very colour scheme in the larger scale and then I noticed this video. Great timing!

[@nadiedeinteres1285]

That looks AMAZING, if you put it in a base that looks like an aircraft carrier runway or something like that it would be a museum piece

[@Tribecasoothsayer]

Eduard makes such excellent kits and of course legendary add-ons for greater detail. Praise to the Czech people! And these videos are always equally excellent. 👍

[@TheInnerNerd]

Yes they are great kits - never had a bad one and this was one of the best! Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@lewistaylor1965]

Watched this build a couple times now...Lots of info on weathering over dark based aircraft which will be of benefit making my HK 1/48 Lanc...Big thanks for the vid...From Chesterfield, UK

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and I'm pleased to hear that the video is useful for other models too. Dark schemes are a little tricky to weather compared to the usual greens and greys since a lot of the dirt is dark too. Hope the Lanc goes well! Thanks for watching, Cheshire, UK :)

[@danielblythe5337]

I just checked the spelling, ( if I remember correctly, may have been named after a person) Frise type hinge. On ailerons having a nose portion just ahead of of hinge axis, and a lower surface in line with lower surface. On your elevator, if in neutral close that gap as per kit part. And or put the individual hinges into those two on each side rectangular recesses in the elevators. The inner and outer cool man, cool! Great build!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Okay thanks for the info. Thank you for watching :)

[@jcwoodman5285]

I did the Night Fighter version & it was a truly great, easy & very Satisfying add to my fighter shelf🤗

[@chuankityap6160]

Amazing skills and details. Absolutely stunning!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@davidjahn4280]

stunning, just bought the latest version of this kit. Cant wait!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching:)

[@TrueBlueYou]

Niiice!-for years I’ve used graphites and ash from fires; as well as, charcoal along with makeup daubers to create wear and tear. You’re a master at the salt damage to this Navy classic!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@MF-og1ct]

Love the scouring pad technique, I have always done that kind of mottling manually with the airbrush. The scouring pad is a much faster method. Edit: I highly recomend Ushi rigging or Ez line. It is a very strechy line that you can make rigging easily with. It comes black, so no need to paint it.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and yes I have always done it manually but it was taking far too long on my Kitty Hawk SU-22 Fitter that has 4 tone cameo so had to find a faster way! Seen all these popular airbrush stencils that are about £15 a set and thought you know what... £1 later I have one that can be made truly random 😎 And thanks for the tip. I’ve seen that rigging too but since I mainly do jets I’ve not invested in it but may do so

[@craigcampbell242]

This is the best Hellcat build on KZbin

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@tonymgc82]

The splatter using the sponges is a superb idea

[@simonwaite5815]

Thanks for the great tutorial. No nonsense....love it! And your work simply speaks for itself- well done!

[@GregsModels]

Great surface finish!

[@Doglover123-b8d]

brother you motivate me to keep building.

[@TheInnerNerd]

That's great! I hope I can continue to motivate you with building your own models!

[@valtolhurst]

Stunning work!

[@richardstrumsky7172]

Dear Sir: You do some fine work! Excellent!

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

The boot print is ingenious! Vid is pleasant to watch and shows very good technics and new stuff I learned. Especially the sanding which I am always afraid of doing.

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Lovely workflow, enjoyed it.

[@Christospap]

Absolutely beautiful build!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@normansmith8184]

Stunning, pretty much says it all for fantastic work. Bravo.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@MrKrc2002]

Very nice work

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@siberianmodeller]

Великолепная модель! Magnificent model!

[@MrBMBuilder]

Lovely work old Chap, most enjoyable to watch!!

[@mikewilliams4438]

Great video yet again, I think the old size nine trick is a cool trademark for all similar builds.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you. And yes, I'll have to break that out again when I come to another model that needs it ;) Thanks for watching :)

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Amazing job! One of my favorite ww2 aircraft! Keep it up 👍

[@andrewlabat9963]

Fantastic model of the most successful fighter of WW2..

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@TheModelGuy]

Daaaaamn! Looks phenomenal! Great work as always

[@KitchenTableModeller]

A brilliant build, and really well presented, fantastic 👍👍😁

[@johnmajane3731]

Beautiful, I am just starting to learn to use an airbrush, trying to take my modeling up a few notches.

[@SCARFACE-gp4fy]

Great build got this kit in my stash think this one will next.

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you. This kit is great, one of Eduard's best from my experience. Good luck and thanks for watching :)

[@martinjanik9221]

Beautiful job mate 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@Евгений-е7щ4о]

Отличная работа!!! Как всегда на высоте!

[@petervargas8474]

Beautifully done! Great job.

[@darthhokum]

Perfect work 👍

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thankyou and thanks for watching :)

[@beat89widmer26]

I cant believe i watched the whole video, your work is captivating, very impressive, my hats off to you thanks:))

[@quannguyenthanh8868]

Awesome ! Thanks for sharing.

[@neilharrison1420]

what a outstanding build.

[@lesthiele4921]

A great build, I likec the stressed skin. I look forward to your next build.

[@MakingPlasticModels]

Great build ! I'm a big fan of profi-packs too .

[@derekburnett2728]

Next one I get I’ll def get the pro. The weekend warrior is okay, but the extra money for the pro is well worth it.

[@matthewrosengren2813]

That’s a gorgeous bird, outstanding job. I’ve always liked the Hellcat. It’s right at the top of my favorite fighters list along with, obviously, the Mustang. My other favorites are the Corsair, Thunderbolt and Lightning. Keep up the great work! Cheers from California!😃😎

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you! Yes I like it too and not sure why it's taken me so long to get around to making one 😅I really enjoy making the WW2 fighters now and then as I mainly do the modern jets but they are definately good fun! Thanks for watching!

[@matthewrosengren2813]

The Inner Nerd Scale Modelling, could you do a bomber next? Maybe a B-17 or B-24

[@f-4bphantom591]

Absolutely beautiful, awesome details you put to your models. Til the next have a good one, you and your family stay safe and healthy and as always take care my friend

[@giorgosgr2]

lovely build mate!!!!

[@jeffreyross-zb8cz]

Wonderful job my friend, from Detroit 👍

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching:)

[@pjs617]

Superb model 👍 well made and a great video looking forward to seeing the next project 🙂

[@panzer-meister]

Hi, it's nice work. It's easy to understand painting and step building. Thank you !

[@xrpadoption3293]

Wow...great vid. Talent!!

[@mikekz4489]

Excellent work.

[@Iktorn76]

Great job.

[@johnf9484]

Love your attempt at the stressed-skin effect, I have not seen this before. I can't help but think it seems a bit overdone on the areas where it is done, and underdone on the rest (please don't take as criticism, I think it's awesome that you undertook the effort in the first place). I wonder if, rather than a scraping approach, it would be possible to use a heat-based approach, applying pressure with a sort of ball-end tamping tool? of course, the heat would have to be controlled very carefully, and would probably result in over-impressions, and strings of styrene being pulled from the surface. Would love to see it tried, tho. Keep up the awesome work!

[@henrypena2547]

Super Nice build

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching:)

[@MrDbgmusic]

Impresionante trabajo. Enhorabuena. Gracias por compartirlo

[@leroymcgee6803]

Excellent work! Makes me want to get one too!

[@obadiah7771]

Awesome! Plain and simple!

[@ElshanMammadov]

Top build and paint job! You can replace gun barrels with injection needle, it will be better.Good luck!

[@omcheeseman]

What a beauty!

[@laRoz67]

A beautiful build & great video!

[@CharlyBaby77]

Great work and great model.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Amazing and very soothing

[@chrishuffman6734]

Stunning build!!

[@danielwilliams3994]

Excellent build thank you. It's interesting how each modeler does their kits differently. I love your weathering techniques but some modelers will paint bare metal silver then paint chipping compound and primer then top cost and come out with heavily chipped model. I wonder why the difference? I'm guessing a mid war aircraft in the tri color scheme probably would have chipped heavily. This aircraft I believe was a layer war machine? If so it wouldn't have been so chipped.

[@robtompkins1844]

Intriguing build, have to buy this kit... had enough of building cars for now. World War II aircraft have grabbed my attention.

[@sloppyjoe400]

Very nice work!

[@darson100]

Great video and great build

[@allgood6760]

Nice!.. well done mate 👍✈️🇳🇿

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@stuartbremner9680]

Very nice work 👏👍

[@lloydboyette4815]

any tips and tricks for a newbie dealing with impossibly small parts? I bought a good tool kit with some very fine straight and curved tweezers... but some of the parts just seem impossible. I've loved watching your videos and haven't done this since I was a kid. Now.. it's a way to cope with my depression and PTSD. So please keep up the amazing work; I've learned so much from you.

[@TheInnerNerd]

I struggle too so you're not alone. Apparently wax pencils are good for placing these parts but I've never tried them. As for holding when sanding them - I hold on for dear life and hope it doesn't ping off into the abyss which is also known as carpet. I understand this is more support than solution but I hope it still can help. Thank you for being there to watch my videos and I'll return that by continuing to make more and try to be at least a little entertaining in the process. Thanks again and good luck :)

[@danielblythe5337]

I first got the idea when I used a polishing compound on my olive drab Hasegawa P40E. It was hard to remove the Buff color polish. Then I thought this buff polish color would make a good panel line color wash against the Olive drab. Builder is right abought the dust accumulating between panel lines. Also, I am beginning to wonder if the way our eyes perceive things like this, is that two light edges in close proximity create a deeper shade in between such items(?)

[@shortcummins]

nice tips about the super-glue, stressed skin, scourer as a mask and that boot-print is inspired

[@erickirwan8703]

Really like that, well done👍

[@Vibakari]

My favorite plane

[@tizi0728]

Brilliant!!

[@TheModelorian]

A beauty! This is a really nice Hellcat. Great job, as always!!!

[@johnashton7261]

Wow!! Just Wow!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@Mors_Inimicis]

I love the way you have approached the sea blue finish of the late war Hellcat . As you probably found out, many of those schemes didn’t weather too badly so there isn’t much to play with. The early dash 3 Hellcats had the 3 colour scheme and the land based ones really ended up mucky . Brilliant job and plenty of inspiration!

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@adamchristian4227]

Looks epic!

[@girolamolorusso]

Good job

[@КостянтинЧухліб]

very nice

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@Vincent-gc8zd]

Beautiful!🙂

[@younggod2319]

Excellent.

[@spencerburrows3525]

Good videos

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you and thanks for watching :)

[@realdaneben6512]

24:11 you don't need a white basecoat... just use several thin layers of yellow. Greetings...

[@TheInnerNerd]

Hello. Depends on how quickly you want it to be covered. This was 2 coats in total, 1 white and 1 yellow. I used to build up the yellow layers over the black before but to get the opacity on the yellow, but it took so many layers to achieve that there was a visible step where the tape had been. This way I don't get that

[@realdaneben6512]

@@TheInnerNerd i knew about the problem with the opacity belonging the yellow. If you are a slow builder: First let the black surface dry very well, mix and dilute the yellow to a good level - use a fine airbrush. If you're not feeling sure with that/no good result, use an extra base coat like white over the black.

[@darrenholden6457]

Great job as usual. I have this kit and also bought this a friend for xmas ,this video will help him so much . Can you remember which blue you used? Thanks for a great video !

[@TheInnerNerd]

Thank you. And yes this was Mr Paint Sea Blue FS35042 (MRP 237)

[@darrenholden6457]

The Inner Nerd Scale Modelling thank you for your quick reply.