Published 24 February 2024
BJ has a close look at the new Tamiya kit viewing the brand newly tooled parts and nice decals included for the British and 2 American liveries.
Tamiya 1/48 Grumman FM-1 Wildcat/Martlet Mk V
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Grumman's Wildcat production ceased in early 1943 to make way for the newer F6F Hellcat but General Motors continued producing Wildcats for U.S. Navy and Fleet Air Arm use. At first, GM produced the FM-1 (identical to the F4F-4 but with four guns).
The British received 300 Eastern Aircraft FM-1s giving them the designation Martlet V in 1942-43 and 340 FM-2s, (having changed to using the same name as the US) as the Wildcat VI.[21] Nearly 1,200 Wildcats were flown by the FAA and by January 1944, the Martlet name was dropped and the type was identified as the Wildcat. In March 1945, Wildcats shot down four Messerschmitt Bf 109s over Norway, the FAA's last Wildcat victories.
The F4F Wildcat is known as one of the most successful carrier aircraft designs of WWII. Among its variants was the FM-1, which was manufactured by General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division; manufactured from August 1942, it had its armament reduced to four machine guns, and was also flown by British Royal Navy units as the Martlet Mk.V. The aircraft was usually deployed on aircraft carriers and tasked with warding off submarines as well as escorting valuable convoys.
♦This is a 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 184mm, wingspan: 242mm. ♦The modified form with four wing machine guns is faithfully depicted. ♦Recreations of minute rivets and panel lines ensure there is plenty of detail. ♦This kit can also be assembled as a Royal Navy Martlet Mk.V aircraft. ♦The complex landing gear is recreated using a limited number of parts, without compromising detail on the landing gear or its bays. ♦Includes one RAF and two US Navy marking options, plus a seated pilot figure.
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