JohnB

Forging right along! The wings are ready to mount but the inserts that slide into the fuselage are pretty shallow. It might be necessary for some added strength to drill a couple of holes in the wing roots and fuselage side for some added dowels. We will see!

Thank you Kai!

I too built that kit Gaz. In it's day it wasn't too bad! LOL

Easy peasy too Peter.

Since I'm not folding the wings I added some stiffeners to hold everything in place.

Yes, it can be "touchy" for sure. Same for the canopy parts. 🤪

Thank you Harv!

Thanks Kai. It has had it's "moments"!

Thank you Gaz!

Thanks Peter. I hope the wings won't have too high of a cuss-factor but we will see! 😉

Progress as of today. I'll start on the wings next. I plan to have them extended.

Thanks Kai. Unfortunately there's not much can be done on the rest of the cockpit. I heard that Grand Phoenix did a resin cockpit for it but wasn't able to find one.

LOL Peter! Thanks!

Making a little progress. All Wildcats, according to my info, left the factory with Bronze Green interiors. I replaced the kit control stick and seat with items from my spares stash as the kit one's were terrible.

Three of my four little critters. I lost runt a couple of weeks ago when she was hit by a car. I gave roofus her name after I found her on my roof one day when she was just a kitten. They are now 2 1/2 yrs old. Love their Friskies!

I'm currently building their -4 and everything looks okay to me.

Thanks Peter. That procedure works well for me.

LOL As long as there IS another one then all is good.

Maybe not finished but certainly well along. LOL

Since I've decided to shelve the Sherman and Skyraider I'm now getting started on my Trumpeter F4F-4. I plan to replace the kit seat and control stick with some from my spares stash. I'd like to replace the rubber wheels with plastic or resin ones but, as far as I've been able to determine, no one makes them. To start I've painted the cockpit area with Bronze Green then I'll start with the black areas such as radio set, etc. I've got some nice decals by Wolfpack Designs coming from SB which should give me some good choices of markings, etc.

At least that, yes. 😉

Agreed Peter. That's just "modelling" I suppose.

I just lost the "want to" on the tank and AD for some reason. One of those things. But, since I haven't built a Wildcat in 1/32, I look forward to working on that for a change of pace.

Blow it out your a-- Tim!

Here's the plan, at least right now. The Sherman AND the Skyraider are on hold. I just received the Trumpeter F4F-4 so I'm going to start on it. 😉