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| Category: | Aircraft - Propeller
Aircraft - Propeller |
| Used from: | 1937-1945 |
| Used by: |  |
| Manufacturer: |  Grumman |
| Model: | F4F Wildcat |
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Grumman F4F Wildcat Early WWII Fighter of the US Navy Legends of Warfare: Aviation Nr. 2
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Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat US Navy (1794-now)VF-41/ USS Ranger (CV-4)
41-F-8 | USN Blue-grey, Light grey
Andy Ball owns this item
Andy Ball Got this, plus over-trees. This looks even more complex than the Hurricane.....
17. June, 15:42
Harold Clements added a new photoalbum.
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Harold Clements Yes... very frustrating. After it happen, I did some digging around as to the common causes. It could be a multitude of things, including (as Łukasz suggested) paint thickness, age of tape, how long you leave the tape on, how 'impatiently' you removed the tape, cleanliness of the plastic... the list goes on. I will just need to be careful. I was wondering whether it will be worth soaking the tape with the IPA/Water mix before I try and remove it, tosee if it help reduce the stickiness ...?
6. May, 08:59
Wim van der Luijt stick your tape onto another clean(ish) surface a couple of times before applying to your model to reduce the "tack" of the tape
6. May, 09:17
6. May, 11:42
Wim van der Luijt Mr Murphy keeps visiting this project it seems, maybe the plastic still has some mold release agent on it, no paint will stick to that. The camo pattern looks good to my eye (but I'm no rivet counter)
12. May, 08:42
Andy Ball I love the dialogue, it's a real roller-coaster of a build, and one that most of us are familiar with...a pursuit for perfection....however I always remind myself that you can make up your own story for a piece of paint missing and then re-applied, (it was a repair-job in real life!). Keep going..this is building into something great!
12. May, 08:57
Łukasz Gliński I have to admit you cope very well with that paint issues, I'd probably put it on hold for some weeks to have myself cooled down a bit
12. May, 11:05
Łukasz Gliński Nice progress Harold, but one question as you use Real Colours: are they lacquer based?
20. May, 13:43
Harold Clements Yes and compatible with Mr. Color (mixing and thinning). They are also as nice as Mr Color to handle. I only started to use them as I could not get the colour in Mr. Color.
20. May, 14:31
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6-F-9 | USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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3916 (Ens Daniels) | World War 2»Pearl Harbor
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Bu. No. 5174 (Rad. Elec. Edward Bayers) | World War 2»Battle of Midway
June 1942 | USN Blue, grey
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Bu. No. 5174 (Lt. Cdr. Jimmy Thatch) | World War 2»Battle of Midway
June 1942 | USN Blue, grey
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1942 | Blue- grey, Lt. grey
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Bu. No. 03417 (Lt. Stanley Winfield Vetjasa) | World War 2»Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
October 1942 | NS Blue grey, Light grey
Steve Hays owns this item
Steve Hays I got this from a rummage sale for a dollar. It was missing parts. I salvaged some and trashed the rest.
17. April, 17:21
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Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat US Navy (1794-now)VF-6/ USS Enterprise (CV-6)
6-F-9 | USS Enterprise (CV-6)
1942 |
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19. September 2017, 09:56
Ronan Donohoe Attachment of float struts to fuselage a pain in the arse. Managed to eventually get it right then near the end knocked it off a shelf and had to redo one side. Also the last kit I was working on prior to my marriage ending, so a bit of a cursed kit! Still, nearly done now (8/1/20) so will be glad to finish it!
8. January, 16:16
David Deavall Would you recommend the kit , ive been mulling it over before
23. January, 15:52
Ronan Donohoe Hi David, it's a pretty good kit, the main weak point being how the struts for the floats attach to the fuselage. What I did was drill holes and add plastic rods to make the joints stronger.
It's a simple kit though so if you can get it for not too much money, it's worth getting I think. I'm nearly finished it now and I think it's looking good
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Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat US Navy (1794-now)VF-3/ USS Lexington (CV-2) |
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M S This came in the post one for me and one for Migrant which I traded for a German bus.
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Seungwoo HaI think there are some mistakes. 4th, June, 1942 Thatch was in BuNo. 5093, white 23. But the Decal guide says he is on Buno. 5174, white 1. And On the guide, Bayers' and Thatch's have same BuNo at 4th, June, 1942.
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M S Hello Migrant, nice kit you have great taste in stash choices!
2. January 2019, 16:56
PIBWL1989 judging from a date of instruction print, factory from Minsk.
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1. October 2017, 23:20
Gareth Windsor I some how missed your last comment Kerry. Thanks. Once again modellers like yourself are inspiring and help me up my game. I can hardly believe the improvements in my own work since joining this website.
2. October 2017, 11:53
Kerry COX Gareth. The same applied to me too mate. The information and support one can obtain being part of SM is awesome.
I know, like you, all my modelling has become more worth while as it is out in the world stage now, and that has got to make us a tad more attentive to what we see, and, Do. hehehehe
Thank you too for your comment mate.
Kez.
2. October 2017, 12:05
Mike Daniels Couldn't agree more Kerry and Gareth. You see/learn something new pretty much every day. And then you can get the nitty gritty as well from the masters themselves!! Most places charge for that sort of access.
2. October 2017, 20:08
2. October 2017, 20:53
Gareth Windsor I have managed to drop this model as well as all the other models in the large box I had put them in for the big house move last week. All seems repairable thankfully. On a bright note I watched a great model making video on YouTube about taking photos. I down loaded Snapseed and quite happy with what you can do just on your smart phone.
1. October 2018, 22:33
Spanjaard excellent result and great b/w pictures
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Francisco Forgione Really? I already made MPM's Bf109T and I found it pretty fun to build. Any tips for this one?
26. September 2018, 23:33
Dave Flitton Go for the straight build. Do not add any resin updates that I did and push on till you are done.
27. September 2018, 11:46
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Patrick Hagelstein Just on a side note, I saw your OU helmet avatar, are you from or living in Oklahoma?
30. June 2018, 21:43
Nick Kiriokos From Oklahoma, grew up in Enid, family in Enid, Panhandle, OKC and Tulsa area
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Nick Kiriokos Lucky man! I'm at Edwards AFB, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
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