Very cool ! Thanks for sharing these photos with us. You have built up a great Midway collection on your own. Judging from the articles that you have stated here in the Midway Group build, it looks like your Midway collection will be growing substantially.

I have built a 1/32 scale "Thatch #23" Wildcat but mine was the ancient Revell kit. I folded the wings on mine too.

I think that you may have encouraged me to build a F2F or possibly a F4F from VMF -221. I've been doing some research and I'm seriously considering building a plane flown by Marion Carl. I found a picture of the page from his log book from June 1942 and it lists all of the planes he flew from Midway before he became "famous ". He achieved a kill over an A6M during the same dogfight that Major Parks was killed in. However he was flying in a Wildcat that day, one of several flown by VMF-221 that day. Most of the men were flying Buffaloes that day including Major Parks.

Great stuff!

Thanks again.