Pierpaolo Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hi! I'm join in with a special subject , the wildcat recently discovered 3000 meters under the Coral Sea next the USS Lexington wreck link to the image I will use an Airfix kit in 1/72nd scale with addition of a set of F4F-3 wings from Quickboost and the zoom p.e. set from Eduard Decal from kit and a sheet included in a Kagero book 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 welcome aboard and a interesting choice for a build as well. Wow it's still in good condition after all these years, it's a great subject to build. Good luck with the build, will be very interesting to follow and look forward to seeing her in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hi Some little progress on my little Wildcat The quickboost F4F-3 wings conversion set is engineered for the Hasegawa kit , so some work on the wing roots is required Before After I have also mounted the intricate main gear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 gee the gear setup is a bit complicated. Hopefully that new wing joint will be strong enough, CA cement should be enough but you made need to add a couple of pins for support. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Thank You @trickyrich, it's just what i thought to do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hi Pierpaolo, this is an interesting conversion, and possibly not as easy as it may seem. I will fully support the use of metal pins to strengthen the wing to fuselage joint. Not simple to do well, but I know you will be up to it! You must be freezing in your beautiful city! Perfect for modelling! Cheers JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 There is 15° C temp. and 70% of humidity , perfect for a walk too Cockpit almost done , I have to remember to fix the wings before closing the fuselage Bronze green is a mix of Tamiya paints 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 and perfect for some fine modelling I see as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 3:23 AM, Pierpaolo said: Hi! I'm join in with a special subject , the wildcat recently discovered 3000 meters under the Coral Sea next the USS Lexington wreck Hi Pierpaolo, Fantastic choice to model. In addition to the wings, are you going to do the F4F-3 cowling and cowl flaps? Late last year, I did an F4F-3 of the USS Lexington for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, but found the Airfix F4F-4 kit too hard to convert (and ended up buying an Admiral F4F-3). I'll have to check out the Kagero decal sheet – what set is it? I used a not-so-good one from Printscale for mine. Following with interest! Regards, David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Hi thanks for reminding me of the different cowlings, it was something I had not thought about, I will have to work on it.. Maybe i can use a cowling from an Airfix Martlet IV ? I have to check Decals are from this book It contains some letters for the code number F-5 , the VF-3 logo (Felix the cat) and the killmarks. the red and white stripes and the stars are from the kit sorry for my mistake english 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Hi Pierpaolo, Nothing to be sorry for! Thanks for the information on the decal sheet. I remember now that the Printscale decals were not correct for VF-3. As such, I used some of the Airfix decals for the national insignia. I noticed that there was variation in the extent of the red and white stripes on the tail between different planes. I also think the F4F-3s had much less stencil markings applied compared to the F4F-4s. I don’t know what Martlet cowlings would be similar, but I did come across this when I did my Wildcat: http://www.geocities.jp/yoyuso/fm2/fm2e-1.html#drawings Here’s an image of Thach and O’Hare that was, I believe, taken in April at Hawaii, just a matter of weeks before the Battle of the Coral Sea: and links to videos from the same/similar session. In the videos, you can see the cowl air intake vents (that the Admiral kit didn’t have!): For what it’s worth, some other slight differences: · The F4F-3 canopy – there is some additional framing on the early (?) types. I just used strips of painted decals for this. · The tail wheel struts do not appear to have a cover · Perhaps different ventral aerials as well? Regards, David Edited April 21, 2018 by Dazey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Hi all I temporarily glued the wings with a CA glue to make the holes for the pins The cowl contained in the Martlet IV Airfix kit is too short and suitable for a 9 cylinder wright engine. I think I'll just take the front part of it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 temp gluing with CA cement, I do it all the time, great stuff! She looks the part with the wings on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Hi Some little progress on my Wildcat I'm finally ready for closing the fuselage Cockpit done and glued to the left side The wings are definitely fixed , filled in the attachment and sanded the cowling without airscoop was obtained by joining together the front ring of a Martlet IV spare part and the rear part of the kit cowl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 you're make steady progress with her and she's looking good. A tidy bit of work with the modification you did with the cowling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi! Finally , a little touch of color.. Aeromaster 1085 for the Blue Gray , Mr Hobby H325 for the Light Grey 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 that's a really lovely clean finish, well done on a great paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Hi! the engine needs little work to appear convincing. I have just added the ignition cables 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 gee that does look good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hi Decals applied 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 very nice, she's a great looking model, well done on it, you're now in the home stretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierpaolo Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Finally done! Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-3 on the USS Lexington Airfix 1/72 with quickboost wings and some improvement 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 A really nice build Pierpaolo, the weathering looks fantastic. Well done on completing this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 very nicely done!! I do love the finished you achieved and the weathering looks spot on, a really nicely built model. Thanks for joining us in the build, it's been great to have you along and to follow your build, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Very nicely done, I like the subtleness of your weathering, that finisih the sort of thing I'd love the be able to turn out. 👍 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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