Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat Tamiya 1/48 - FINISHED!

Started by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges · 47 · 2 years ago
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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Soon...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Looking forward to it, my friend @mvtb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    I'm still in search for a good Wildcat, so looking forward to this build, Marcus @mvtb

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Thanks for the interest guys!

    Everybody is quite aware of the Grumman wildcat story during WW II,so we will herein go straight to the building.

    The chosen version is one of the earliest of the F4F-4:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Some pictures found on the internet:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    The Tamiya reputation isn´t for nothing,so,here is the status today,using the Eduard PE...exterior...

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    Andrew H said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Great work so far. I did a '42 Enterprise F4F a few years back, but depicted one after the red had been removed. Should be a quick build judging by yours great progress.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Fast and good progress, Marcus @mvtb

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Great progress and nice camo choice, my friend @mvtb!
    Yep, the Tamiya kit looks great! I have the same kit and looks really nice in the box.

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    Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Those VF-6 airplanes were the first F4F-4s to go onto a carrier when they got back from the Kwajalein raid.

    Your work on the kit looks good.

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Thank you all for the kind words...finally the interior pictures...

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    And the subassemblies are together now(two engine supports not pictured):

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    That is some amazing looking IP, Marcus @mvtb
    Beautifully done.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Great progress, my friend @mvtb!

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    capt. R said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    I missed your topic on my phone 🙂 great entry and progress!