Grumman F4F Wildcat
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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 [...]
First of the Vero Beach Projects- The Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat (1/48th Scale)
I'm not sure what i can say about the Tamiya F4F that hasn't already been said by others. It marked Tamiya's return (in a BIG way) to the 48th scale aircraft segment, it filled a ginormous gap in WWII Naval Aviation subjects (and spelled [...]
The Wildcatfish (Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 conversion)
A nice way to turn a $30 kit into a $150 model. Tamiya's excellent F4F-4 with the Cutting Edge conversion set to do the F4F-3S "Wildcatfish." and the Just Plane Stuff F3F-3 wing set. The sets included new non-folding wings [...]
1/48 Tamiya F4F Wildcat
Built straight out of the box after being rescued at a yard sale. The model had been painted with a dark blue rattle can and most of the detail had been badly obscured. Luckily the paint stripped off easily with oven cleaner. I only [...]
1/48 Classic Airframes Grumman Duck
After seeing all the Wildcats with the beautiful medium blue over gray. I thought I would post pictures of my Grumman Duck. I finished it earlier this year. It was my first biplane, but I got the bug and wanted to finish a model with [...]
Tamiya F4F Wildcat
I've built about 40-45 1/48 model aircraft over the last 25 years (yes, I am the world's slowest builder, lol) but this Wildcat was my first Tamiya kit. I finished it last year and I have to say that all I had heard about its ease of [...]
