Grumman FM-1 Wildcat / Martlet Mk.V

The Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat, one of the US Navy's most important carrier-based fighter aircraft, began service in 1940.
The F4F-4 entered service in 1942.
This aircraft had a folding wing for efficient use on flight decks.
Six instead of four12.7mm machine guns were fitted.
With its robust airframe fuselage and the tactics of its pilots, the F4F-F was more than a match for the Zero fighter.

The Wildcat was also used by the Royal Navy and was known as the Martlet (fictitious bird often seen on British coats of arms). This aircraft continued to be used for anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort until the end of the war.

Plastic model kit

• Fuselage length: 184 mm.
• Includes a new rear view mirror section to replicate the Royal Navy's Marlet Mk.V.
• Provides realistic representations of hull surfaces with plate lines and rivets.
• The complex structure around the main landing gear is realistically reproduced.
• Decals to represent 3 marking options:
• 846th Fighter Squadron, Royal Navy, HMS Tracker (D24), Normandy, June 1944,
• 58th Mixed Fighter Squadron, U.S. Navy, USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), North Atlantic, January 1944
• 33rd Mixed Fighter Squadron, U.S. Navy, USS Nassau (CVE-16), California Coast, September 1943
• Masks for the canopy
• one seated pilot figure

scale 1:48

unbuilt / unpainted