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something fishy - 1/72 AModel F-4F-3s Wildcatfish


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Recent completion for a GB elsewhere. 
 

The F-4F was the mainstay fighter for the US Navy (and Marines) in the early phase of the war in the Pacific. 

When faced with the lack of suitable airfields in places like the Solomons, the approach the Japanese used by employing floatplanes was investigated and one single F-4F-3 was converted to a floatplane for testing.

The floats and reinforcement knocked a fair bit of performance off of what the F-4F had.

 

If it wasn't for the effective Seabees (CB - construction batallions) managing to rapidly roll out airstrips, this might have been a more common sight. 

 

Amodel's Wildcatfish is a bit of a rough kit - think short-run. Soft, soapy plastic that deforms somewhat easily. 
My example had some warpage in the fuselage and floats, but judicious employment of clamps, tape, brute force and filler meant I at least could deliver some semblance of an aircraft on floats :P

Some light rescribing and riveting on the otherwise lacking details, Vallejo Model Air 71.298 M.485 NS Light grey, Mr.Hobby H51 Light Gull Grey on the undersides and topside: VMA 71.109 PRU Blue & AK Realcolour RC256 M485 NS blue grey

 

 

 

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