Hobby Boss item HB-80329 - 80329 FM-1 WILDCAT - 1/48 scale Propeller Aircrafts Military Series assembly kit
The Wildcat completed up being the important thing shipboard fighter whenever united states of america joined with WWII. The F4F wound up being barrel-shaped, with angular wingtips and rudder and a narrow-track undercarriage. The F4F had been well-armed and dependable, and finished up being an all-natural shipboard aircraft, probably safer to secure on a carrier deck than on land. The F4F never really had a operational price limitation.
The FM-1 wound up being really a F4F-4 built by the Eastern Aircraft, in its factory at Linden, nj. There clearly was clearly demonstrably one modification: The FM-1 had only four tools, with ammo risen to 430 rounds per gun. This sort of the Wildcat finished up being mainly made for escort companies, considering that the F6F was at truth changing the F4F regarding fleet providers.
