Grumman F4F Wildcat
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Thought the Wildcat thing petered out, eh? My Kid’s F4F-3….
Hobbyboss 1/48 F4F-3 "Early" built by my son, Kyle a while ago. I happen to think Hobby Boss really got this one right, and it really looks spiffy in the early wargames scheme. If I recall this one was a kit provided scheme. [...]
1:48 scale Hobby Boss F4F-3, “Wildcat”
Remember that F4F-3 I saw in the hobby shop after I finished converting the Tamiya F4F-4 to a -3? Well, I bought one and decided to see how it stacked up against the Tamiya kit.
In my opinion, Tamiya is the better kit. Even though Hobby [...]
Okay, ya forced my hand, here's my addtion to the Wildcat collection.
I used the Tamiya kit with the Just Plane Stuff -3 conversion.
Unlike some of them sold mine was in good shape with no major problems.
I did sand down the flotation bag covers on the wings which stood a little to high.
It's a pretty [...]
Tamiya F4F-4, converted to an F4F-3, “Wildcat”
Keeping the "Wildcat" thing going...
I really wanted to add an F4F-3 to the collection and since there was none out there, finally decided to convert Tamiya's outstanding F4F-4. Overall it was not such a hard thing to [...]
You KNOW I gotta throw down on this Wildcat thing...
but it's gonna be 1/32...Trumpeter's F4F-3 "early". Built this one as a Wake Island defender, before there was Silver Wing decals, by patching together available stuff. Engine is wired, gun bays detailed and I had to cast my own [...]
1/48 Tamiya F4F Wildcat...Another Midway Vet.....
Since I saw some other Wildcat posts, I thought I'd add to the mix...This is the Tamiya F4F Wildcat. It depicts F17 from VF-8 USS Hornet June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, Piloted by Ens. Steven W. Groves. Ens Groves was part of the Hornets [...]
Tamiya, 1:48 scale F4F-4, converted to an FM-1, "Wildcat"
Another of my favorite aircraft to model, Grumman's F4F, "Wildcat" and any of it's variations. I won't go into a long diatribe of how good the Tamiya F4F is, If you've built one you already know that. If you have NOT...please [...]
The Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F-4 Wildcat / Martlet Mk.V
The Hobby Boss 1/72 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, "Easy Assemble Authentic Kit".
I got this as a christmas gift from my in-laws back in 2008 & though I don't normally do 1/72 scale I thought it would be a simple project to get [...]
Tamiya 1/48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
Seeing as we're having a bit of a Wildcat theme going on here I thought I'd post my efforts as well.
As has been written before the Tamiya Wildcat is a great kit to build.
Pretty straightforward in construction, the only fiddly bit I [...]
Things you can do with the Tamiya Wildcat – Part 1
David's very nice article on his rendition of Pug Sutherland's F4F-4 has gotten me thinking back to all the variations on a theme one can do with this kit and some aftermarket decals.
Here are some Fleet Air Arm Martlet/Wildcats.
The first [...]
