Trumpeter Wildcats

[K5IKL]

Are the Trumpeter Wildcats worth the effort, to go to the expense of getting one?

 

Cheers,

 

Jerry

[Erwin]

I would say their ok. If you want to build a Wildcat it's better than the old Revell one.

[K5IKL]

I would say their ok. If you want to build a Wildcat it's better than the old Revell one.

Thanks Erwin. Yeah, I have two of the old Revell kits. Noticed on another forum that a

guy had 3 of the Trumpeter kits for sale and thought maybe I might indulge myself in one.

 

Cheers,

 

Jerry

[LSP_Mike]

IIRC, the y had an issue with the floor in the initial release, later corrected, but worth asking. I have the -3 Wildcat for my Yellow wings collection.

[Hubert Boillot]

Definitely so ...

 

BUT, make sure you have a corrected release, where the shape of the nose ahead of the windscreen has been corrected.... IIRC, this was in 2009.

 

Hubert

[Guest Peterpools]

I have one in the stash for a future build and it's night and day over the old Revell kit. Of course, when the time comes to actually building the kit, lots of AM products will be needed.

[D Bellis]

This might be useful:

http://kits.kitreview.com/f4f432reviewbg_2.htm

 

HTH,

D

[K5IKL]

Definitely so ...

 

BUT, make sure you have a corrected release, where the shape of the nose ahead of the windscreen has been corrected.... IIRC, this was in 2009.

 

Hubert

Is this corrected release just for the -4 as show above by Bellis? What about the -3 early and -3 late?

 

Cheers,

 

Jerry

[Guest]

Yep, have one in the stash with a tom of AM............Harv

[Darren Howie]

The 4 was released first all others have the corrected fuse..

[Guest Dekenba]

IIRC, the y had an issue with the floor in the initial release, later corrected, but worth asking. I have the -3 Wildcat for my Yellow wings collection.

I think the 3 is the one to go for, you don't often get the chance to built a yellow winged allied warplane!