Louise Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Completed these two kits last month; Airfix Martlet IV and the Hasegawa Martlet V, when I look at them together I can only think Laurel & Hardy. I like both kits regardless of faults in accuracy. The Hasegawa has a scratch built gear bay since I could not find any Truedetail resin sets. Sooo.... I've just realized that the outboard machine gun ports are on the V which is incorrect, those guns were removed, the access panels aren't on the upper wing nor chutes on the lower. Can't recall if the instructions said fill them in or whether I'd drilled them out by mistake? Oh well.. Airfix IV Hasegawa Edited May 24, 2020 by Louise first time adding photos.......and then I noticed a fault! 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Excellent!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Very nice!!!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I like'em! Always had a soft spot for the Grumman Ironworks planes (and especially the Cats! (what can I say - I'm a cat fan! ) Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todders Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Both are incredible. I am beginning to develop an urge to do a Marlet. Previously I always thought any Wildcat had to be in U.S. markings but the Marlets are starting to appeal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Great result and not that much differet regarding slim/fatty look as for you, when you worked on them...Do not worry... Now time for Arma Hobby Wildcat FM-2, pardon Martlet Mk VI, I suppouse? It is released already. Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Two very well done builds. Like them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaa2000 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Great work! If you didn't say so, it would be hard to tell that these are 1/72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Two great builds, I’ve got both in stock, which one is best ? Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks for the comments, it's much appreciated. I've got another two Airfix F4F-4 and their Martlet IV on the workbench plus I'm redoing an AZ model's Martlet III; I totally screwed up the paint scheme, doing her in aluminum (which went down like a dogs dinner) instead of grey. Waiting patiently for my boxes o Arma FM-2 to wing their way over the pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Wulfman said: Two great builds, I’ve got both in stock, which one is best ? Wulfman Wulfman, to answer your question truthfully, would be to compare apples and oranges. I enjoyed making both kits; one "simple", the other requiring scratch building stuff. I decided not to count rivets as that would mean trashing the Airfix for typical Airfix man-vegetables and errors, while Hasegawa produced this kit decades ago so it's just not up to date detail wise or 100% accurate. Both aren't true replicas OOB. Both look like Wildcats in model form. I highly recommend building hundreds of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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