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Grumman F4F Wildcat

1/48 Tamiya F4F-4

A rare 1/48th scale build from me. This is the Tamiya F4F-4. I added some Eduard PE in the cockpit along with oil cooler screens as well as a Ultracast seat, and Aires ventral position lights. I used a vac canopy for the sliding section. [...]

Grumman F-4F4 Wildcat (Tamiya 1/48)

Another 20+ year resident of the stash. Built straight from the box with the exception of the EZ-Line antenna. Finished with Mr. Color paints, Tamiya panel line wash, and AK weathering pencils. The kit decals added some drama but [...]

HobbyBoss 1/48 F4F-3 Wildcat (Early)

I was drawn to this kit not because I am a huge fan of wildcats but because I am a huge fan of stretching my dollar. So I was interested when I saw this on Amazon for $25 including shipping. This feisty little fighter builds up very nice [...]

1st LT Walter "Tiger" Thomas Mayberry, USMC Reserve, VMF-123 F4U-1 "Birdcage" Corsair Bureau Number 02351, March, 4th, 1944 Tunnel Hill Massacre near Rabaul Tamiya 1/48 Corsair

This is a true story about one of our local hometown "Daytona Beach" men, who went to War, and never made it back home. His name was Walter Mayberry. He was a very gifted and talented "American" football player (not [...]

1:48 Scale, Eduard, Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat"

Calling this one DONE! Also the second for the year, Eduard's AWESOME F4F-3 "Wildcat". Fantastic kit, loved the build and will start another one shortly. IMHO, I think this is the best kit of the F4F in any scale, hands down. [...]

F4F-4 WildcatCat of the Pacific War

(link) Today story will be short. The Airfix F4F Wildcat model is quite a popular model available for many years. I wanted to face him. As it turned out, it has a lot of imperfections that can effectively discourage novice modelers. [...]

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat Eduard, 1/48, ProfiPACK (#82201) Eduard: BRASSIN F4F-3 wheels early (#648767), F4F gun barrels PRINT (#648769), F4F exhausts PRINT (#648766), F4F-3 TFAce (#EX878) Maketa i fotografije: Miroslav D. Šljivić F4F-3 [...]

Video: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat F4F-4 | Full Build

Eduard 1/48 Martlet III

In October 1940, Greece was attacked by the Italian Army. Though the Greeks repulsed the first Italian attack, the situation was difficult because Hitler was ready to reinforce his ally. A Greek Purchasing Commission came to the United [...]

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

Grumman’s Wildcat was the first of the Grumman cats (Wildcat, Hellcat, Tigercat, Bearcat, Tomcat) to enter service with the US Navy back in 1940. It was the backbone of the USN fighter fleet during the early years of World War 2 and [...]