1/72 - Grumman F4F-3/-4 Wildcat by Arma Hobby - F4F-4/FM-1 & -2 released - new F4F-4 boxing in 2024

[Grey Beema]

22 hours ago, VMA131Marine said:

The cowling without the lip carb air intake nor the intercooler intakes is for Martlet Mk.II/F4F-3A/F4F-4A aircraft that only had single-stage, though two-speed, superchargers. Most Martlet IIs had a unique pitot tube arrangement, with the pitot mounted on the top surface of the port wing. Looking at the sprue shots, it appears Arma missed this detail. That’s a shame, but it should be easy enough to scratch build one if it’s absence bothers you.

Note also that Arma provides the correct engine gear case for the F4F-4 with the magnetos mounted on it, and a separate part for the Martlet II, which had the mags relocated to the back of the engine.

 

 

I think it was only AM964 to AM 999 with the top wing pitot..

 

I made a MkII from the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4, really easy conversion..

 

[VMA131Marine]

18 minutes ago, Grey Beema said:

 

 

I think it was only AM964 to AM 999 with the top wing pitot..

 

I made a MkII from the Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4, really easy conversion..

 

I thought that too, and then I found this picture of AM880, which is not a known Martlet serial number. It also has a long fairing at the bottom of the fuselage, which appears on a number of different aircraft but I am not sure what it’s purpose is.

[Grey Beema]

5 minutes ago, VMA131Marine said:

I thought that too, and then I found this picture of AM880, which is not a known Martlet serial number. It also has a long fairing at the bottom of the fuselage, which appears on a number of different aircraft but I am not sure what it’s purpose is.

Never seen that before.  That’s the great thing with history - it’s always changing...

[warhawk]

This welcome announcement from Arma brings me back to a conundrum of mine:

What is the accurate length for an F4F-4?

 

Just now, warhawk said:

New F4F-4 announcement by Arma hobby brought me back to the length conundrum.

I managed to find two photos with nearly the same perspective, and judging by the position of the propeller hub  - there indeed was a small difference in overall length Between F4F and FM-2/Martlets:

 

 

 

 

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good afternoon 

I received an email saying that Arma hobby are taking preoders of the F4F and that is a great news for me because in an earlier mail they said that :

 

"Hopefully, Mustang will be released shortly after Wildcat." 

 

Best regards 

Patrice 

 

 

[Stilwell]

3 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said:

"Hopefully, Mustang will be released shortly after Wildcat."

 

Hopefully it will be possible to pre-order both Wildcat and Mustang at the same time - that will make hitting the £135 minimum order size limit for those of us living in Britain easier.

 

      Jonathan.

[Homebee]

Source: https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2021/08/19/the-new-wildcat-from-arma-hobby-fuselage-interior/

 

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Today Marcin Ciepierski examines kit fuselage interior features during test shots assembly of the new F4F-4 Wildcat from Arma Hobby. See step-by-step photos and read comments about kit design and assembly on armahobbynews:

 

 

V.P.

[Procopius]

 

[Homebee]

Released - ref. 70047 Griumman F4F-4 Wildcat - Expert Set

Source: https://www.armahobby.com/70047-f4f-4-wildcat-expert-set.html

 

V.P.

[Homebee]

Next boxing expected in January 2022 - ref. 70048 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

https://www.armahobby.com/70048-f4f-4-wildcat-model-kit.html

 

 

 

V.P.

Edited December 31, 2021 by Homebee

[Homebee]

Source: http://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2021/12/31/a-summing-up-of-the-year-and-some-announcements/

 

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(...) Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat™ (...) on a scale of 1/72 in the second half of the year.

 

V.P.

[Robertone139]

Paraphrasing Freddy Mercury...I want it all, I want it all and I want it NOW!

Referring to Arma Hobby's 1/72 stuff of course.

[Julien]

 

 

[TheKinksFan]

Arma Hobby has been totally silent about their F4F-3 for months. I was a bit worried that they have cancelled the project altogether, so I asked them about the matter on Facebook. Fortunately it is still going to be released, but later. So probably in 2023 I would assume.

[Homebee]

New F4F-4 boxing - ref.  70065 - Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat - Operation Torch

Sources:

https://www.armahobby.com/70065-f4f-4-wildcat-operation-torch.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1020861413386673&set=a.505298121609674

Box art

 

 

And also two 1/72nd model kit injected plastic bases expected in late September: Escort Aircraft Carrier deck and PSP Airfield.

 

- ref. 70059 -  PSP Airfield WW2

https://www.armahobby.com/70059-psp-airfield-ww2-1-72.html

- ref. 70060 - USN/RN Escort Carrier Deck

https://www.armahobby.com/70060-usn-rn-escort-carrier-deck-1-72.html

 

 

 

Promotions for late Sept. all together:

https://www.armahobby.com/blog/september-news-model-bases-and-wildcat-torch-promotional-pre-order

 

V.P.

Edited September 23, 2024 by Homebee