Arma Hobby – 70047 – F4F-4 Wildcat (Expert Set)

Description:

F4F-4 Wildcat
Expert Set

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a U.S. WWII Grumman F4F Wildcat carrier based fighter aircraft, 4 variant, which had 6 guns instead of 4 but same amount of ammunition. The 4 variant also introduced folding wings, increasing the amount of aircrafts in a carrier. The version was also issued to British Allies renamed as Martlet IV.

Expert edition contains PE detail parts as well as paint mask for canopy and wheels.

Kit includes decal sheet with six markings plus a bonus of 4 extra markings.

Markings options:

• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, white 84, squadron VMF-121, Cpt. Joe Foss (26 aerial victories), Guadalcanal, October / November 1942.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, black 8-26, squadron VGF-27, ex-Operation Torch aeroplane, Guadalcanal, April 8, 1943.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, black 6-F-8, squadron VF-6, USS Enterprise, April 10, 1942, a week before Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, 5093 / white 23, squadron VF-3, USS Yorktown, Lt.Cdr. John S. Thach (3 aerial victories in first mission), Battle of Midway, morning June 4, 1942.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, 3512/29-GF-10, squadron VGF-29, USS Santee, crash landed by Ens Joseph M. Gallano during Operation Torch, French Morocco, November 8, 1942.
• Grumman Martlet II, AJ148 / Ø-7A, 888 FAA Squadron from carrier HMS Formidable, Oran, Algeria, December 14, 1942.

Bonus Markings:

• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, black 53, squadron VMF-121, Cpt. Joe Foss, Guadalcanal, October/November 1942 and January 1943. The first Foss’s aeroplane, who flew it to Guadalcanal with black 13 number. The number was changed to 53 to avoid confusion with Cpt. Marion Carl’s aeroplane.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, white 50, squadron VMF-121, Cpt. Joe Foss, Guadalcanal, October/November 1942.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, 5171/ white 1, squadron VF-3, USS Yorktown. Aeroplane flown by Lt.Cdr. John S. Thach when he shot down Cpt. Tomonaga from IJN Hiryu, Battle of Midway, afternoon June 4, 1942.
• Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, 03511/29-GF-1, squadron VGF-29, USS Santee, Lt. Cmdr. John T. Blackbourn, Operation Torch; November 8, 1942.