rare old limited edition model kits 1/32 revell martlet Royal Navy fighter

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rare old limited edition model kits 1/32 revell martlet Royal Navy fighter Description This listing is for the rare / vintage / hard to find model kit as shown in the photos above all checked and complete will post world wide will and combine postage for multiple purchases. If you have a collection to sell or are looking for a particular kits please get in touch I have 100s still to list. Grumman F4F Wildcat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search F4F Wildcat F4F-3 in non-reflective blue-gray over light gray scheme from early 1942 Role Fighter National origin United States Manufacturer Grumman First flight 2 September 1937 Introduction December 1940 Retired 1945 Primary users United States Navy United States Marine Corps Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Number built 7,885 [ 1] The Grumman F4F Wildcat was an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that began service with both the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy (as the Martlet ) in 1940. First used in combat by the British in Europe, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during the early part of World War II in 1941 and 1942; the disappointing Brewster Buffalo was withdrawn in favor of the Wildcat and replaced as units became available. With a top speed of 318 mph (512 km/h), the Wildcat was outperformed by the faster 331 mph (533 km/h), more maneuverable, and longer range Mitsubishi A6M Zero which not only allowed it to reach its target but also to stay in the fight longer, and still return home. [2 ][ 3] [4 ] But the F4Fs ruggedness, coupled with tactics such as the Thach Weave , resulted in an air combat kill-to-loss ratio of 5.9:1 in 1942 and 6.9:1 for the entire war. [5 ] Lessons learned from the Wildcat were applied to the faster F6F Hellcat which, with the exception of range, [6 ] could outperform the Zero on its own terms. The Wildcat continued to be built throughout the remainder of the war to serve on escort carriers , where larger and heavier fighters could not be used. I would still assess the Wildcat as the outstanding naval fighter of the early years of World War II ... I can vouch as a matter of personal experience, this Grumman fighter was one of the finest shipboard aeroplanes ever created. — Eric M. Brown , British test pilot [5 ] Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Survivors 6 Specifications (F4F-3) 7 Specifications (F4F-4) 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Design and development The XF4F-3 in 1939. It was written off in a fatal accident 16 December 1940. Grumman fighter development began with the two-seat Grumman FF biplane . The FF was the first U.S. naval fighter with a retractable landing gear . The wheels retracted into the fuselage , leaving the tires visibly exposed, flush with sides of the fuselage. Two single-seat biplane designs followed, the F2F and F3F , which established the general fuselage outlines of what would become the F4F Wildcat. In 1935, while the F3F was still undergoing flight testing, Grumman started work on its next biplane fighter, the G-16. At the time, the U.S. Navy favored a monoplane design, the Brewster F2A-1 , ordering production early in 1936. However, an order was also placed for Grumman's G-16 (given the navy designation XF4F-1) as a backup in case the Brewster monoplane proved to be unsatisfactory. [7 ][ 8] It was clear to Grumman that the XF4F-1 would be inferior to the Brewster monoplane, so Grumman abandoned the XF4F-1, designing instead a new monoplane fighter, the XF4F-2. [7 ][ 9] The XF4F-2 would retain the same, fuselage-mounted, hand-cranked landing gear as the F3F, with its relatively narrow track. (The unusual landing gear design was originally created in the 1920s by Leroy Grumman for Grover Loening . It was on all of Grumman's fighter biplanes (from the FF-1 through the F3F) of the 1930s and on the J2F Duck amphibious flying boat as well. [10 ][ N 1 ]) Landing accidents caused by failu... read more

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