Model by Wilfried Eck
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FM-2 Wildcat, ex 1/48 F4F Monogram
Modifications and additions:

Monogram selled this kit as F4F, but omitted the oil coolers under the wings, also the propeller indicates they had a FM-2 on hand. To modern standards this kit was rather crude, especially the landing gear being very simplified, the cockpit nearly bare. But in these former times (mid seventies) there was no other choice, and as the outline wasn't too bad I considered a FM-2 easier to build.

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