1:48 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1
Here’s my attempt at the 1:48 Accurate Miniatures Grumman F3F-1, and it’s built straight from the box. The only thing I added was the antenna wires. The kit is a real jewel – any flaws are mine alone. Accurate Miniatures was my favorite model company, and I really hate they went under. The kits they produced were – and still are – the best examples of their kind ever made. I finished it with kit decals to depict an F3F-1 from Fighting Four deployed aboard USS Ranger in 1937.
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Craig Abrahamson said on April 25, 2013
Excellent build, Drew….a fine job.
Drew Tarter said on April 25, 2013
Thanks, Craig!
Magnus Fridsell said on April 25, 2013
This ain’t my scale and really not my subject matter either but that matters less: A beautiful build in a good looking paint scheme! I really wish that AM had survived to make more kits!
Regards
Magnus
neil foster said on April 25, 2013
Lovely work Drew,just checked out your other stuff -all just as good,keep it up.
N.
Drew Tarter said on April 25, 2013
Thank you, Neil and Magnus!
Nikola Pentić said on April 25, 2013
Fantastic, got to do one myself.
jorge rivas krause said on April 25, 2013
a very interesting subject and an amazing built! Very nice!
Gary Brantley said on April 25, 2013
Sweet lookin’ Golden Age bi-plane! Great job!!
Gary
Tom Cleaver said on April 25, 2013
Those AM F3Fs are little jewels. Very nice realization of the model. I miss we don’t have our flock of F3Fs out at Chino any more (in the late 90s we had all four of them, including the 2-seater, which I once got a ride in).
Maxim Bylkin said on April 25, 2013
Wow, this is great!
Ray B. Hall said on May 28, 2013
Drew … ANOTHER GREAT build by you .. IT DOES look like a real plane sitting on a flight line, waiting for a crew …LOVE the photography, with GOOD close up shots .. AWESOME,… guy ….
Drew Tarter said on May 28, 2013
Thanks, Ray! I appreciate your kind words.