the good old time and what a nice plane The US pre-WW2 planes, espec. of the Navy look pretty cool, would be glad to own such a beauty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os19XiWGDjs some nice kit pictures http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/9-f ... f3f-1.html Best Regards, Che.
There was one at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola FL when I was there. I agree, the pre-war years did have some nice looking planes.
Che: This must be the 1/48 scale Accurate Miniatures kit. This is the only bi-wing fighter in my collection... I have all the Grumman prop-driven 'Cats.' This is a wonderful kit by the way, and goes together near-perfectly. I built mine with white tail, black-cowling and stripes... and "Felix the CAT" artwork. Tim
And this was one of the best (and last) biplane fighters in the US Navy's inventory; some were still in service with USN fighter squadrons at the time of Pearl Harbor. The design also served as the basis for the F4F Wildcat.
The Grumman F3F DASH 2 added a supercharged Wright R-1820 Cyclone. I seem to recall reading that it was either more manueverable... or a faster climber than a P-51 Mustang. (Allison or Merlin I can't recall.) Tim
