Grumman Gallery

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry.

Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread

[Hockeyboy76]

Deep in the Frying Pancific Ocean, USS Eggerprise is patrolling, when it picks up bogeys on the radar. “150 miles my bottom, Launch the Alert 5” yells the Officer of the Watch. 

 

Sorry, Omletting the pics do the talking,

 

 

 

[stevej60]

Hi folk's,Grumman Widcat from Tamiya's old but still very good 1/48 kit.

 

 

 

 

[stevej60]

Hi folk's,second buildis Eduard's 1/48 Hellcat,a decal issue meant AM decal's for a FAA machine.

 

 

 

 

[theplasticsurgeon]

Italeri Grumman/GD EF-111A Raven

 

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good morning

 My first build for this Gb is the 1/72 Airfix Willdcat in the markings of the aircraft flown by Capt Marion CARL of VMF 223 in 1942

 

Humbrol brush paints

Eduard pe set

 

 

 

 

Build thread here

 

Patrice

[wimbledon99]

Grumman Hellcat Mk.1 - JV131 (Eduard 1:72)

 

Here's the first of two entries (the other shouldn't be too far behind).

 

Build thread is here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Nigel

[wimbledon99]

Grumman Hellcat Mk.1 - JZ796 (Eduard 1:72)

 

Here's the second of my two entries

 

Build thread is here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PhantomBigStu]

Hobbyboss F9F3. Painted with Xtracrylix Sea Blue, Revell Aluiminium and Vallejo Insigna Red, finished with Winsor and Newton Satin Varnish 

 

 

 

 

[MarkSH]

My first completed entry for the GB is Airfix's Lunar Module first released in 1970, I used the 40th Anniversary boxing of the kit. My build depicts Grumman built Lunar Module Apollo 11's LM-5 'Eagle' on July 20th, 1969, at 20:17 UTC just prior to the historic first moon landing at the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis) and the establishing of Tranquility Base where Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on another planetary body a little over six hours later.

 

The build thread can be found here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really enjoyed building an old favourite and depicting a surprisingly lesser known Grumman product. Thanks again to the hosts for an enjoyable GB.

 

Cheers, Mark.

[Tyas]

Here's my entry, Hase's 1/72nd scale F-14A Tomcat representing VF-154's CO bird (BuNo 161276) during the Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

 

 

 

 

[PlaStix]

F4F-4 Wildcat 'in flight' - Airfix 1/72

Capt. Marion E. Carl

VMF-223, United States Marine Corps, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, September 1942

 

Kit: 1/72 Airfix - A02070

Extras: PropBlurs

Paints: Revell and Humbrol Acrylics all applied by brush

Base: MDF and filler. Clear Perspex rod.

 

More photos can be found here.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2018 by PlaStix

[stevej60]

Hi folk's finally done is Monogram's Panther as a drone control aircraft.

 

 

 

 

[IanHx]

Hasegawa 1:72 Mohawk OV-1B.

Completely OOB apart from the liquid gravity. And the self-cast replacement flare dispensor top. And the paint

Build thread  here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by IanHx

[Colin W]

Hi Chaps

Here is my rendition of 210 from VF2 on the USS Enterprise in 1976, 1/48 scale using Tamiya's excellent F-14A kit.

Easily the best kit I have ever built, it builds beautifully into an excellent model.

 

Build thread and more pictures here;  Colin W Tomcat Build

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to TempestMK5 and Enzo of course for organising.

Thanks also for the constructive comments along the way.

 

Colin W

 

 

 

[JWM]

Grumman Widgeon, Pavla (1/72) in colours of US Coast Guard in summer 1942. This paricular V-212 was credited sunking of  U-166 in end of July 1942, recently it turned out that this victory was not the truth. This machine attacked some other U-boat which finally was sunk by some patrol vessel.

 

 

Regards

Jerzy-Wojtek

 

[JWM]

The secons one of mine triple amphibia build: the Grumman Goose, 1943. Model by Sword 1/72, scheme follows that presented  in  Aeromaster  decals (for 1/48 set No  48801), here national insigna by Techmod, numbers printed at home.

 

 

Cheers

J-W

 

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2018 by JWM

[Jb65rams]

A Clowder of Wildcats

All 1/48 scale.

 

Hobby Boss. F4F-3 Wildcat. VF-72 USS Wasp (CV-7)

 

 

Hobby Boss. F4F-3 Wildcatfish.

 

Tamiya. F4F-4 Wildcat. VF-41 USS Ranger (CV-4). Wingfold from Wolfpack Designs.

 

[JWM]

The last of my trio in present GB: Grumman J2F-5 Duck, conversion from Airfix model of J2F-6. US Navy machine from Guadalcanal, Autumn 1942:

 

 

More on RFI

Regards

Jerzy-Wojtek

[dnl42]

Here is the Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket. Without question, the ugliest aircraft Grumman ever built. Truly a study in form follows function. But, beauty did come out of this, as the F7F Tigercat was a direct descendant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the build thread

 

[Paul J]

Canadian TBM-3W Avenger.

Sword kit and decals from kit and spares source.  No additional parts or work added.

 

 

LInk to build thread:

 

[825]

Hellcat MkII, Matchbox 1:72, finished as an aircraft of 1844 Squadron NAS on HMS Indefatigable in the Pacific. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[825]

Grumman Martlet MkII, Academy F4F-A, finished as an aircraft from 881 Squadron from HMS Illustrious during Operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar in 1942. A little bit of conversion work needed on the cowling but otherwise pretty much OOB. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Masters]

Here is my contribution to this build.  Special Hobby's 1.72nd scale Grumman FF-1, aka, 'Fifi', but as flown by the Spanish Republicans against the Fascists it was the G-23 'Delphine'.  All but obsolete by the time it went up against the CR-32 and the He-51, it served as well it could.  This one, 33, flew with the @a Escuadrilla, Grupo 28.  The pilot was Jesus Rodriguez Rodriguez and the rear gunner was Demetrio Luis Manzanares.  It was July 1938.  During the battle of Ebro it was hit by ack-ack fire and crashed but the crew escaped the crash and were captured later.  The Nationalists displayed the aircraft as a trophy of war.

 

All paints were Vallego and Vallejo Air.  Rigging is monofilament and a bit of sprue with EZLine for the radio wires (and I have just realized I have not attached the stabilizers struts. Oops... I do that pronto...)  It was a good little kit with very few issues to worry about.  I actually have the Special Hobby FF-1 which I might get to eventually.  I am left with a really good sheet of unused decals, with Republican and Nationalist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Happy 2019!  

--John

Edited January 1, 2019 by John D.C. Masters
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[IanHx]

Hasegawa 1:72  Grumman F11F Tiger.