Just completed a trio of wildcats.

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Tamitya F4F-4 off USS Ranger early 1942. Out of the box except for Eduard belts and vacuform canopy.


Tamiya F4F converted to F4F-3 Flown by Maj. R E Galer Guadacanal Oct 1942 using KMC set.


Tamiya F4F converted to FM-2 flown by Lt. B A Mcgraw off USS Gambier Bay Oct. 1944

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Very nice builds Mark. I have the KMC conversion set but haven’t tried it yet. Any tips on using it?

Regards, Rick

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Very nice looking builds.
Very nice looking builds.
Very nice looking builds.

3 builds… had to say it three times.

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Great looking Cats!! I have one on the build pile that I am looking forward to getting to!

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looking good! I would be interested in hearing about the conversion kit also… I’m a big fan of those Wildcats/Martlets and a FM-2 would be right up my alley!

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Thanks guys. The F4F-3 conversion goes together quite easily the only hard part is sanding the wings to get the proper dihedral. The FM-2 went together with no problems the exhaust troughs were a little shallow but a little sanding fixed that. I always wanted to build an aircraft from the Gambier Bay after reading the book Men of the Gambier Bay.

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Nice array of Cats. I always liked the early schemes with markings.

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Nice pack of Wild Cats you have there, those Tamiya cats sure are nice kits…

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Nice work on the F4 trilogy. They serve as a proud reminder of valiant warriors.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Thanks I really enjoy these Tamiya wildcats.

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mkhoot…great looking Wildcats…nice “diversity”. By the way, which color scheme do you like the best? The Wildcat is such a neat little plane, and very high-tech for its time. Did you run into any troubles with the landing gear?

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NIce set of wildcats Mkhoot! [tup] A pretty ambitous project but it looks great. The early colours are my favorite.

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Nice builds-but no tri-colour scheme?

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Nice builds, Mark !!!
Is it 1/48 scale?

Cheers,

Jürgen

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Thanks guys. I really liked building these. I thinking about getting a couple more and doing 1 in the atlantic scheme and 1 in fleet air arm colours. Jurgen yes they are the Tamiya 1/48th kits.

Mark

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Very nice job on all three! How did the Tamiya decals work for you? I want to build mine in the same markings as your first, the one off the Ranger.

Mark

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Mark the Decals worked fine they were a little thick I replaced the stars with ones from Aeromaster.

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Nice work on the wildcats. There is talk of an upcoming atlantic group build that I think a few of us are possibly planning on doing wildcats…maybe you too?
Leon

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Nice looking trio and to finish all three at once. Progress for me on one Avenger is taking sooooo long. Good work.