ChuckD Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Good evening, everyone. Ready for inspection is my effort at a 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 as based on Guadalcanal. The build is OOB except for a seatbelt I added from the spares box and speaker wire ignition harnesses. The high point of this kit is the engine. It is extremely well-engineered, goes together well, and paints up to a very nice piece. The only thing really lacking is a wiring harness, but that's easy enough to do. I left the cockpit closed as virtually nothing is visible from the outside once you put the two fuselage halves together. The low point of the kit are the wings and their fit. The simple fact is that they just don't fit. Not together as in upper/lower, nor do they fit well with respect to the the wing/fuselage join. I say this even after foregoing all of the wing swing mechanisms and instead gluing the inner & outer wing sections together before joining the upper & lower halves. Oh well. Despite this, the stubby little fighter that stood toe to toe with Japan's best for the first 18 months or so of the war turned out pretty well. Edited December 16, 2018 by Gewehr 43 BiggTim, coogrfan, Old Dog and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Rocat, MikeMaben, mywifehatesmodels and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Very nice effort! The paint work and weathering are very well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Stunning build! Love it. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 ...beautyful, really cool..., great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 nice clean build! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 That is very nice. You did a great job, especially with the fit issues. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Nice build and finish, I haven't got a Wildcat in my display cabinets so your build has really wetted my appetite to correct this omission, maybe a USN year for 2019, who knows Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Great finish - love the subtle modulation in the paintwork. Torben rafju 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Nice piece. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 2:38 AM, dodgem37 said: Nice piece. Sincerely, Mark I agree,... very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Guadalcanal forever! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Thanks, everyone. Indeed, Bill. Guadalcanal will be one of those epic struggles whose legend endures for generations. Sadly, its memory is slowly fading these days. Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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