Airfix F4F-4 Wildcat 1/72 Full Build- WW2 Plastic Model Airplane

Let's build the newly tooled Airfix 1/72 F4F Wildcat as depicted during the Guadalcanal campaign. I want to build it as it would have appeared after just arriving to Henderson field. This plane was flown by World War 2 fighter ace Major General Marion Eugene Carl. I will go through the entire build start to finish, and point out things of interest as I go. For a more in depth analysis, I created a vlog series as I built this here:

   • 1/72 Airfix Wildcat Bench Vlog Update 1  

I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I did making it!

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0:00 Introduction
1:07 THE BUILD
2:28 Cockpit Green
3:17 Detail Painting
6:27 Drybrushing Flat Aluminum
7:02 Brown Panel Line Wash for Dirt/Mud
7:21 Black Panel Line Wash
10:34 Good Overall Fit with this Kit
11:45 Stretched Sprue to Fill Seam
15:45 Masking the Canopy
16:18 Painting and Weathering
20:49 US Insignia White
20:59 US Blue Gray
21:54 Post Shading
23:20 plane
24:29 Salt Weathering
26:34 Detail and touch up painting
30:34 improving future builds is crucial for me.
30:42 FINAL ASSEMBLY
31:00 Small decals on the wheels
31:56 Final weathering