Did someone say Wildcats?
No. 1 - Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 modified with Just Plane Stuff resin wing as Butch O-Hare's F4F-3
No. 2 - Trumpeter 1/32 F4F-4 on Guadalcanal.
No. 3 - Trumpeter 1/32 F4F-3 as Butch O'Hare's airplane.
No. 4 - Tamiya 1.48 F4F-4 as a Marlet II (no conversion necessary).
No. 5 - Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 as Martlet III with KMC resin wings.
No. 6 - Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 as a Martlet IV - extensive modification to cowling and replacement engine (It used an R-1830, not an R-1820) as a Martlet IV aboard HMS Victorious during her Solomons tour with Saratoga in spring/summer 1943.
No. 7 - 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 modifed to FM-1/Wildcat V. Invasion of Southern France, 1944, 805 Squadron.
No. 8 - Hobby Boss F4F-3S "wildcatfish." OOB
No. 9: Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 modifed to FM-2 - extensive modification to cowling and forward fuselage, wings, and vertical fin.
No. 9 - Airfix 1/72 F4F-4 - VF-9 aboard Ranger at Operation Torch
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Now that's a great collection of Cats !
Ya know sumthin'...I never have seen that Wildcat on floats on the shelf of a hobby shop anywhere. Guess it wasn't too popular with the masses.
It's out there. The LHS here has one. Also available at places like Sprue Brothers.
Quite a collection, and variation in scales.
Nice collection Tom, bty, where do you keep/store all your models?
In boxes in the garage rafters, or out at the Planes of Fame museum.
You don't keep the BUILT ones out there, do ya...? ๐
There's a rotating display in the house, but yeah, they have to go somewhere safe and the garage is it. They're packed in such a way they're not going to be harmed.
After they've been around, they go out to the museum.
Due to display restraints around here, my "rotating stock" usually goes into the round file. Although lately, there hasn't BEEN any 'rotation' [read: no building of models]. ๐
Cool 'Cats. Nice float model.