This is an Eduard Models 1/72 Scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, a World War II single-seat carrier based fighter aircraft operated by the United States and her allies. Model kit features: Kit features fine engraved panel lines, fully-appointed cockpit, detailed wheel wells and landing gear (with choice of 2 types of main tires), full likeness Pratt & Whitney twin-row radial engine, 3 cowling options, single-piece 3-blade propeller, multi-part optional position canopy and external stores (centerline drop tank and underwing bombs). Also includes die-cut canopy masks and photo-etch parts (ignition harness, bomb sway braces, bomb fins, cockpit accents, color instrument panels, seatbelts). Decals and color painting guide for (5) US Navy aircraft: BuNo 66016 of VF-16, September 1943; BuNo 25813, pilot Lt Hilderbrandt of VF-33, December 1943; BuNo 40090, pilot Lt Moseley of VF-1, June 1944; BuNo 40467, Lt Vraciu of VF-6, February 1944 and "White 17", Lt Stambrook of VF-27, October 1944- includes stencil data. Model length: 142mm. Wingspan: 180mm. Plastic parts: 74. Photo-etched parts, express mask.