The Wildcat Channel at iModeler (87 articles)

The Wildcat Channel at iModeler

Grumman F4F Wildcat

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F4U-1A Corsair Arii 1/48

by neil foster on July 14, 2019
in Aviation — 24 Comments

Hi all , it's been a while since my last posting but here we are. This is an Arii kit of the brilliant F4U Corsair, it seems strange for me to say that as a lifelong modeller I've never built one of these before in any scale so when I saw it on [...]

On This Day…June 5th.

by david leigh-smith on June 5, 2019
in Photo Collections — 8 Comments

Stanley Winfield ‘Swede’ Vejtasa’s first assignment was with Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) aboard the carrier USS Yorktown from August 1939 to May 1942, during which time he shot down 3 Japanese fighters and damaged 1 while flying an SBD-3 Dauntl[...]

On This Day…June 4th.

by david leigh-smith on June 4, 2019
in Photo Collections — 17 Comments

There’s not much left one can say about Midway. My approach to this singular conflict is try and set up this first day of battle proper, and let the images tell the rest of the tale. Early on June 4th, Vice Admiral Nagumo launched his attac[...]

On This Day…May 29th.

by david leigh-smith on May 29, 2019
in Photo Collections — 18 Comments

29th of May 1940: Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division test pilot Lyman Bullard, Jr. took the U.S. Navy’s new prototype fighter, the XF4U-1, Bu. No. 1443, for its first flight at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Bridgeport, Connecticut. The hull[...]

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat 1/48 Tamiya Kit

by Valter vaudagna on May 13, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

F4F Wildcat depicts an Aircraft used for carrier qualification aboard USS Tripoli ( CVE 64) while on a shake down Cruise in late 1943.

Hobby Boss 1:48 Scale, F4F-3 (Early) “Wildcat”

by Frederick J Seitz III on April 24, 2019
in Aviation — 10 Comments

Hey Folks, It's been awhile since I last posted, but I have been busy building a lot. It's been a regular, "Fighter-Pa-Loozah" here on the Island and I have managed to finish a couple kits, This HB kit is not a bad model. In fact, in my opin[...]

1/48 Hobby Boss FM-1 WILDCAT

by Michael Poole on April 1, 2019
in Aviation — 34 Comments

Hello everyone, This is my second completed kit of the year so I've matched last year's total already. Quite fancied a Wildcat in my collection but wanted to do the Atlantic scheme which is why I chose the Hobby Boss kit over the Tamiya. I adde[...]

Wildcat – The unsung hero of the Pacific Theater of Operations

by Fernando Chiavenato Jr on March 16, 2019
in Aviation — 12 Comments

Those aircraft and crew changed the history in Midway! Outperformed by the Japanese Zero, this aircraft with it ruggedness ally with bravery and tactics achieved the air combat kill-to-loss ratio of about 6:1! This is an Hobby Boss model in the [...]

1:48 Scale, Hobby Boss, F4F-3, “Yellow Wing”

by Frederick J Seitz III on November 1, 2018
in Aviation — 7 Comments

While I’m waiting on “Wimpy” to dry, I started another project, and one I’ve always wanted to tackle. A US Navy, “Yellow Wing”. I just think they are some of the most colorful aircraft that ever flew. I’m using Hobby Boss’ kit of the F4F[...]

Trumpeter 1/32 F4F-4 Wildcat

by bob mack on September 9, 2018
in Aviation — 25 Comments

this is the mount of Lt. William Leonard as it would have appeared with VF-11 on Guadalcanal June 1943 he graduated Annapolis class of 1938 won his wings in 1940 he was awarded the Navy Cross at Coral Sea three weeks later he won another at[...]