HobbyBoss 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter Plastic Model Kit [80328]

The Wildcat was the main shipboard fighter when the US entered WWII. The F4F was barrel-shaped, with angular wingtips and rudder and a narrow-track undercarriage. The F4F was well-armed and reliable, and was a natural shipboard aircraft, probably easier to land on a carrier deck than on land. The F4F never had a operational speed limitation.
The F4F had hydraulic wing folding, The US Navy orders totalled 1169 F4F-4s. It had replaced the F4F-3 by August 1942.

Features

• The kit consists of 73 parts in light grey plastic, 7 clear parts for canopy, simple engine detail, optional cowling

Specification

• Scale: 1:48
• Item Type: Static kit
• Model Dimension:  Length:256.4 mm Width:350.6 mm Height: mm
• Total Plastic Parts: 80pcs
• Total Sprues: 6pcs
• Paint Schemes: 1) F4F-4, VMF-223, Guadalcanal, 1942
  2) F4F-4, Unidentified training Squadron, United States, mid-1943