Who wants an F4F Wildcat?
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Who wants an F4F Wildcat?
With the new BBI F6F Hellcat about to be released, I am really thinking about how nice a 1/18th scale Wildcat would be. I know the landing gear would be tricky, but it sure would look great parked next to the BBI Corsair and Hellcat.
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Re: Who wants an F4F Wildcat?
I really like the Wildcat and it would be small so I might be able to find a place for it.Sabrefan wrote:With the new BBI F6F Hellcat about to be released, I am really thinking about how nice a 1/18th scale Wildcat would be. I know the landing gear would be tricky, but it sure would look great parked next to the BBI Corsair and Hellcat.
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Much agreed. The Allied Pacific collection would be incomplete without it.tmanthegreat wrote:A Wildcat is a must! The plane was the mainstay fighter for the US Navy and Marine Corps in the early years of the pacific and participated in numerous key battles - the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, and so on
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From talking to vendors, I think the companies are afraid that someone else already has one ready to roll so they are not doing it. So, it may be a situation where no one has one done out of fear of competition. Yarghhh!
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Sounds like the same anti A-10 argument we always hear.Quixote511 wrote:From talking to vendors, I think the companies are afraid that someone else already has one ready to roll so they are not doing it. So, it may be a situation where no one has one done out of fear of competition. Yarghhh!
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Yarghhh! is right..Quixote511 wrote:Yarghhh!
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I too would love to have a Wildcat, but do you think it would be as popular/recognizable as say the Hellcat or Avenger or Zero? I think that plays a big role in what the manufacturers decide to produce. Not to mention the complex landing gear construction, which I would think could add to the price point of the model.
I'm not wanting to poop on anyones parade, but I don't like getting excited about something that I would consider a long shot.
(However, If someone were to make one I would gladly eat my words and love every minute of it! Bring on the Wildcat!)
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I'm not wanting to poop on anyones parade, but I don't like getting excited about something that I would consider a long shot.
(However, If someone were to make one I would gladly eat my words and love every minute of it! Bring on the Wildcat!)
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There is the thought about plug in landing gear and then panels to put on to simulate the retracted position instead of making honest to goodness retracts, should it prove too tedious.
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Well, it has wings, so it meets my first criteria, and I would buy one if available.
But I don't really want one. I think it is stupid ugly, and when set next to a Hellcat would prove just how undesireable it really is. I would probably feel the same way when I set my Hellcat next to my Bearcat. But that's a wholenuther wish list!!!
Lets all just settle on the Tomcat as the next of the 'Cats to be made.
But I don't really want one. I think it is stupid ugly, and when set next to a Hellcat would prove just how undesireable it really is. I would probably feel the same way when I set my Hellcat next to my Bearcat. But that's a wholenuther wish list!!!
Lets all just settle on the Tomcat as the next of the 'Cats to be made.
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Re: A Wildcat is a must! Absolutely! Won't turn down a Bearcat ever, but give us a Wildcat in as many paint schemes as you're willing to crank out...there, I stood up & was counted
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I would love a Wildcat it would go well with the F4U's, Avenger, Dauntless, and f6's I plan on having.
Just an FYI the Wildcat looks a lot like a Hellcat, and when the Hellcats were first introduced many Japanese pilots mistook it for a Wildcat until they got shot from the sky. All Grumann aircraft of that era look remarkably similar, take a look at an Avenger next to a Hellcat, or Wildcat.
Just an FYI the Wildcat looks a lot like a Hellcat, and when the Hellcats were first introduced many Japanese pilots mistook it for a Wildcat until they got shot from the sky. All Grumann aircraft of that era look remarkably similar, take a look at an Avenger next to a Hellcat, or Wildcat.
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