1/48 - Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat by Academy - released

[marky sparky]

Very nice! I like the recessed and raised rivets too.

The belly looks tricky to clean the seam because of the raised rivets, it's a pity they didn't use a one piece to do that, just like the upper nose.

[delide]

Looks good, though those teardrop shaped bulges(for the gun installation I guess) at 2:55 just look so wrong, Eduard's looks much better.

 

One thing none of the manufacturers get it right unfortunately, is the cross section here above the F-9, the spine blend in clearly more softly to fuselage there. But on all kits the whole spin fuselage transition is uniformly sharp.

 

[Tbolt]

2 hours ago, delide said:

Looks good, though those teardrop shaped bulges(for the gun installation I guess) at 2:55 just look so wrong, Eduard's looks much better.

 

One thing none of the manufacturers get it right unfortunately, is the cross section here above the F-9, the spine blend in clearly more softly to fuselage there. But on all kits the whole spin fuselage transition is uniformly sharp.

 

 

 

I would have though a teardrop fairing is quite easy to produce, not sure how they messed those up. They will need a bit of careful reshaping.

[Mycapt65]

6 hours ago, Xspace said:

I see two canopies on clear sprue, one is for open other for closed position.

Kit is really impressive, for me folded wings option is a winner.

Neither could fit? There's another test build where the canopy doesn't fit. I'll wait for some believable reviews.

[Homebee]

Released - ref. 12355 - Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat - Battle of Midway

https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=AC 12355

 

 

V.P.

Edited September 12, 2024 by Homebee

[SimonT]

On 21/08/2024 at 16:47, Mycapt65 said:

Neither could fit? There's another test build where the canopy doesn't fit. I'll wait for some believable reviews.

This chap got it to fit nicely by the looks of it.

 

https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=112778&p=albums&album=116631

 

Not to in to the wildcat, but folded wings out of the box? I’ll take it!

[Mycapt65]

25 minutes ago, SimonT said:

This chap got it to fit nicely by the looks of it.

 

https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=112778&p=albums&album=116631

 

Not to in to the wildcat, but folded wings out of the box? I’ll take it!

Yes he did. That's good to see. Did he add all those raised rivets? I hope so. It be easier to build without them.

[Homebee]

Sources:

https://academy.co.kr/product/148-12355-미해군-f4f-4-와일드캣-미드웨이-해전/1883/category/1/display/2/

https://academy.co.kr/article/공지사항/1/2678/

 

 

V.P.

 

 

[RoscoeRedThree]

On 8/21/2024 at 8:51 AM, Mycapt65 said:

That video looked amazing all the way through until they could get the canopy to sit right. I was seconds away from ordering the kit. I can't do it until i see the canopy fits correctly 

Nothing wrong with the canopy. They just did not glue it down and instead of fully opened they had it sitting halfway!