Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat

| Grumman F4F-4 wildcat 1/32 scale model kit, Trumpeter 02223.

The kit includes:
7 summers with details
transparent engine cover
photoetching
decal,
scheme for painting the model,
step by step instructions.

Model length: 272 mm. Wingspan: 360 mm


At the start of the Pacific War in December 1941, the Japanese Navy's A6M Zero fighter was the dominant aircraft that successfully engaged Allied air forces. The Zero's attempt to achieve total superiority was thwarted by numerous F4F Wildcat fighters flying from US carriers. Introduced in 1942, during the critical stages of the Pacific War, the F4F-4 was an improved version of the Grumman Wildcat carrier-based fighter. This new version, with folding wings and six wing-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, and a more powerful 1,200 horsepower Pratt & Whitney R-1830-36 Twin Wasp engine, broke the dominance of the Japanese Zero. Grumman became known as "Ironwork" for his reliable planes that could absorb massive amounts