Grumman F4F Wildcat
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Guadalcanal Warriors: Eduard 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat
Eduard's Wildcat is a very nice kit. Surface texture is excellent and the build is simple relatively to the high load of details.
Two things to watch for are the positioning of the guns and main landing gears. The inner wing mold lacks [...]
Sunk F4F Wildcat "Felix the Cat" from USS Lexington CV-2
Disclaimer: I really struggled if I would publish this yet or not.
In March 4th 2018 the oceanographic ship RV Petrel found the old wreck of the carrier CV-2 USS Lexington, sunk in the Coral Sea battle. Among the items scattered on the [...]
Revised: Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat
Tamiya's Wildcat with Aires detail set.
Arma Hobby 1/72 FM-2 Wildcat
I have reached an age where the parts in 1/72 kits are both too small to see and assemble, so I don't normally stray into the smaller scale kits. I recently received this Arma Hobby 1/72 FM-2 as a gift from my friend Bernard (@lis), so I [...]
Dragon Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of LTJG Arthur Brassfield
LTJG Arthur Brassfield opened his account on 05MAY42 while defending USS Lexington (CV-2) during the Battle of Coral Sea. On that day he was credited with downing an H6K “Mavis” flying boat, a kill he shared with two other VF-42 [...]
Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, Airfix 1/72
My earliest memory of the Wildcat was seeing Jack Leynwood’s classic box art on Revell’s original release of their 1/32 kit in the late 60s. It shows a pair of Wildcats led by CDR Jimmy Thatch flying over a frantically maneuvering [...]
Eduard 1/48 Wildcat Mk.VI
I got this one as part of my Birthday present last year along with a Bunny Club Membership.
Of course this one had to be an FAA subject.
The colours should probably be the equivalent ones but I don't have them so standard TSS it was and to [...]
1:32 Scale, Trumpeter, F4F-4, 'Wildcat'
Decent kit that went together very well. Building her with wings deployed was a little bit of a pain in the hind quarters, While Trumpeter gives you the option of folded or extended wings, I think the kit is designed more to have the [...]
