Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
First dry fit shows that Academy's Wildca fuselage is somewhat wider.
Aires cockpit is made for Hasegawa Wildcat, so this one needs some putty to fill empty space.
Out of box Hasegawa cockpit.
Added Eduard steel satbelts only.
Hasegawa with Quickboost engine. Original engine alignment had to go plus additional wall thickening was necessary.
Academy with Quickboost engine. Only a part of original engine alignment was needed to sand down.
At Academy Wildcat I used the eduard PE set 73538 to make the details inside wheel well.
Used the colored PE sheet from Eduards 73538 to remake the Hasegawa cockpit. It fits quite well although its designed for Airfix kit. Only the control panel is completely different.
Made the internal fuel tanks from epoxy putty.
Here are the both undercarriage legs, both are similar in detail and construction. Below is the attempt to scratch build the wall inside the wheel well.
Today i got some free old unrepairable watches from local jewelery store. I want to use those small teethy wheels to represent the landing gear retracting mechanism at my Hasegawa F4F. They are a bit larger, but still best i could find.
Comments
2 9 July 2017, 22:12
Dave FlittonHmmm, which kit seems to be more accurate? I have both kits, I like what I see.
25 August 2017, 15:11
Greg BakerOoo... someone else working on an Academy 1/72 Wildcat! Lemme see! I have a project in the works as well, all scratchbuilt cockpit and wheel well, So I'm keen to steal good ideas. I also scratched up some wing folds. Are you going down that route?
13 September 2017, 02:46
Kerry COXI NEVER TIRE OF SEEING GREAT SMALL DETAIL WORK THAT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE THE REAL THING. 👍
JUST BEAUTIFUL WORK. 🙂
13 September 2017, 04:24
Greg BakerNice work. Your build inspired me to kick start my own stalled build.
1 October 2017, 22:58
Petr LehnertGreat to hear this, Greg. When you start painting, things go suddedly very fast to end. As I seen your progress, you are actually going to finish first.
3 October 2017, 15:22
Greg BakerHah! Never underestimate my ability to get sidetracked, screw something up, or just plain forget! I was staring at the propellers today... totally mystified as to what colour to paint them. 🙂
3 October 2017, 15:25
Petr LehnertThen I recommend Airfix to fulfill your wish, these two really pushed my skills and creativity to edge.
6 October 2017, 12:15
Greg BakerYeah. I agree. I have both of those and the Airfix one is in a class by itself. I prefer the Academy one to the Hasegawa one, for a few reasons... including the fact that I picked up 3 Academy kits for about $2 apiece. 😉
6 October 2017, 14:33
Greg BakerThose both look really nice Petr. I really like what you did with the Academy one. I know EXACTLY how much work that one requires.😉
11 October 2017, 23:46
