This is the Eduard F4F-3. I'll be doing it as a VMF-211 Wildcat flown at Wake Island in December 1941. "Alamo of the Pacific" as the battle was called.
Every time Eduard comes out with a new release, I get it and look it over and say, "Well! They can't top this!" At which point Vlad Szulc taps me on the shoulder and say "Hold my Pilsener." Because of course, they always do top themselves. Amazingly, this is even better than the A6M2.
The only "difficult" part of the project is assembling the fuselage and getting everything right.
I repainted all the parts, then assembled after careful study of the instructions. Bringing the fuselage halves together is the most "fiddly," due to the plastic parts being very thin. I started at the firewall and worked by way aft. gluing an inch at a time, taping it together then wrapping tight with rubber bands. There will be no seams to fill, only scrape the centerline tomorrow after it sets up overnight.
Once you get past this, everything else is easy-peasy.
This really does make the Tamiya Wildcat obsolete. The fine detail is really fine, and overall shape accuracy is excellent.
And seeing that FM-2 rudder on the sprue is really good news.
There's nothing hard here, just take your time. The result is going to be excellent.
On thing: all F4F-3s on this option have lap belts only. The Navy didn't install shoulder harness till between Coral Sea and Midway.
5 attached images. Click to enlarge.
