"F4F Wildcat 1/100 AIM" Topic

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miscmini	05 Jul 2009 5:58 p.m. PST
Subject: F4F Wildcat Manufacturer: Armaments in Miniature link Scale: 1/100 Medium: Resin Price: $12 USD AIM LLC recently released the Hamp. The kit consists of a one piece fuselage/wing/tail assembly and several resin detail parts (antenna, tail wheel, drop tanks, & bombs). This is another very nice AIM kit that required minimal clean up and went together well. I finished this kit in Andrea Colors Union Blue over Vallejo Model Color Light Gray. I believe the national insignia are from Eagle Strike. The remaining decals are from I-94 Enterprises. Recommendation: Highly recommended. Kevin picture picture picture
Saginaw	05 Jul 2009 9:25 p.m. PST
OUTSTANDING kit and work, Kevin! Glad to see someone finally releasing a 1/100 scale model of the Grumman F4F Wildcat! And with all the recent releases of 15mm early US WWII figures, it comes with great satisfaction to see a once neglected classic American fighter represented. I have a question for you, Kevin: what if one wanted to depict the Wildcat with landing gear down? In your estimation, how difficult (or impossible) would that be? I ask this since the U.S. Marine defenders at Wake Island had Wildcats in their service. FANTASTIC job, Kevin! Thanks for sharing!
Chips88	06 Jul 2009 6:22 a.m. PST
Great work as usual, Kev!!! Kimball
miscmini	06 Jul 2009 1:52 p.m. PST
Thanks for the kind words. Saginaw, I think it's possible to make the gear in the down position and there are a couple of ways I would go about it depending on what I planned to do with the model(s). Here are three options that I'd look at: Option one 1 (all out): Drill out the wheel wells, make landing gear with wire, buy resin wheels, find similar wheels in the bits box, or make wheels from wood or plastic. This would take some work & I would only do it if I were creating a display model. Option two (piece of terrain): Sand the fuselage flush, make wheels from wood or plastic, and use a piece of wire to attach the wheels to the fuselage. This wouldn't take too much effort and would give you a good looking bit of terrain. Option three (dual use): Build the model for aerial gaming. Build the landing gear assembly and attach it to a base. Build the landing gear assembly so that it cradles the model when you want to use the model as terrain. This would take some work but gives you dual use and a nice display when the model is not being used. (I've done this for some models of German assault gliders – the wheeled dollies was attached to a ground base, the gliders had skids, the skids fit into a groove on the dollies. I place the gliders on stands for their assault or I could have them as an object at a staging area). Kevin PS – one correct to the colors on the F4F. The belly is an off white not light gray.

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