Category: Wildcat
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Airfix Wildcat
Grumman F4F-4, 9-F-20, VF-9, Operation TORCH November 1942 This is an enjoyable build that allowed me to try a couple of new techniques. Feathering (aka free handed airbrushing) and tonal variation using simply gloss, satin and matte finishes. The Subject VF-9 was created in March 1942 and quickly given Wildcats before she deployed on RANGER…
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Revisiting an old friend
Revell Fighting Deuces Back in the Summer of 1970 I was lucky enough to have some pocket money and purchased the double kit from Revell of the Zero and Wildcat. Great box art for a 10 year old looking for something to soar above his Arizona kit, which was floating in my Grandfather’s pond. I…
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A pair of Wildcats
Our club’s theme for July is “Salute the General”, any model of a General Motors subject. My initial plan was to model the FM-2 Wildcat using the MPM kit, but once the Museum project kicked in I had to find something less challenging. Since Iwasn’t doing 1 FM-2, I decided to do 2 FM-1’s. A…