Trumpeter 1/32 F4F-4

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[prem895]

I have watched you guys build some great kits over the yrs I havery been here. Now I think I am ready to jump in and share. I will be doing this bird up in the Atlantic scheme. Like this.

 

[prem895]

This is where I am at the moment. Let's see if these plug wires work ok. Time will only tell, but so far so good

 

[Wurger]

 

[Robert Porter]

Great start!

 

[JKim]

Wonderful! Glad to see your work here. I love the colors on that scheme.

 

[prem895]

Comments and any tips are most welcome. I know the pic is of the Fm-1, but I am doing it as a F4F-4. May fill in gun ports to make FM-1. Have to see. High jacked the stars and bars from one of my f6f's

 

[SANCER]

It's a good start and that engine has a future.
That scheme will make it look great.
I'll walk around here ...

Saludos
Luis Carlos
SANCER

 

[prem895]

Got a little more done tonight. Need to let the paint dry overnight. Then I will tackle assembly tomorrow. And here is the assembled unit. Almost looks real

 

[prem895]

I was going through the instructions and it seems to me that if I am making it with the wings in fixed flight position. I do not need all the internal parts. I was thinking if I make it so the wings fold they may no line up too well, so if I just glue all the wing components together, then attach it to the fuse. Any other ideas?

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[prem895]

Well I managed not to destroy anything and patience has seemed to pay off. This is what I mostly finished today. I guess I am happy with the result. This is all my skill set will allow

 

[Robert Porter]

Looks great to me!

 

[prem895]

On to the cockpit. These are the parts

 

[turbo]

Very nice work! Why don't you jump in the WWI/WWII Over Water group build with this one? A few of us have corsairs going over there and would be nice to have a Wildcat. Doesn't finish until June.

 

[prem895]

I may just do that. Thanks

 

[Airframes]

Nice work on the engine.

 

[Wurger]

Agreed.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice. Trumpeters engines are some of the best looking ones out of the box

 

[prem895]

I am pretty sure that the cockpit is interior green or for me at the moment MM 1715 Here is the thing. I really want to use bronze green or Hu75 but that would make it pre 41 and -4 did not start to roll out until mid 41, so I would think that most would have been painted int green. I hear some may have been painted bronze from GM at the beginning of -4 production I am probably ok using bg, but if I decide to close one gun port on each wing and make it into a FM1 then paint would be wrong. That being said. If I want to paint it yellow, at the end of the day it is mine to do as I please.