All the Wildcat/Martlet questions you wanted to ask
The various wildcat/Martlet variants and their features have been the subject of much discussion and the latest topic
has strayed from its original question to a wider discussion concerning engine variants, production details and other matters.
Other relevant posts include
There are many others
Any way I thought as requested, we start this topic for any wildcat/Martlet queries
I would refer you to the topics
and
Also Tony O'Toole's article on 805 Wildcats in the Apr 08 Model Aircraft Monthly (p.19).
As Maurice says in the first topic
When received by the Royal Navy’s 805 Squadron, these aircraft were finished in the contemporary US Navy scheme of overall non specular Light Gray (some British authors like to call this “Neutrality Gray” but not the Bureau of Aeronautics' documentation). Subsequently, they received one or more other
