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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in the Pacific Theater during the early part of World War II in 1941 and 1942; the disappointing Brewster Buffalo was withdrawn in favor of the Wildcat and replaced as units became available.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 still outperformed by the faster 331 mph (533 km/h), more maneuverable, and longer ranged Mitsubishi A6M Zero. But the F4F's 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.
Lessons learned from the Wildcat were later applied to the faster F6F Hellcat. While the Wildcat had better range and maneuverability at low speed, the Hellcat could rely on superior power and high speed performance to outperform the Zero. 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.
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This MOC has been sitting in my closet for almost two years, and I only just recently finished it, as a birthday present for my wonderful mother, who loves the Wildcat.
It would not have been possible without those lovely curved slopes, for which I'm very grateful Lego put out.
This is one of my favorite aircraft MOCs I've put together. It also happens to be strangely addictive to swoosh around. :)
Hope you all like it!
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GM produced FM-2 variant of the Grumman F4F Wildcat in Fleet Air Arm (who called them Martlets) colours as JV579 at the 'Daks over Duxford' event.
N12260 F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat NX12260 US Navy BuNo 12260
This aircraft crashed in May 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition; it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2025
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A collection of Grumman cats. F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, F6F Hellcat, F4F Wildcat. EAA AirVenture 2022 at Oshkosh.
Variant of the Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, an FM-2 Wildcat built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors in Linden, New Jersey. 2025 TBM Avenger Reunion at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru, IL.
F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 NX12260 US Navy BuNo 12260
This aircraft crashed in May 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition; it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2025
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My original LEGO model of the F4F-4 Wildcat. It features retractable landing gear, stowable wings, spinning prop, room for a minifig pilot, and retractable tail hook. Modeled in Sand Blue and Light Bluish Grey.
Nose cowling design originally designed by Ralph Savelsberg on his E-1 Tracer.
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Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighters in formation in South Pacific. Pilots were US Navy or Marines I believe.
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Naval Air Station Pensacola
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Nov 2019
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F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 NX12260 US Navy BuNo 12260
This aircraft crashed in May 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition; it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2025
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Hey everyone – despite the fact that my activity has been nothing short of sporadic as of late, I’m finally happy to present to you all my custom LEGO rendition of a Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat from World War II!
The F4F Wildcat was Grumman’s first production monoplane naval fighter. As with many ‘firsts’ in the aviation industry, particularly during the interwar/WWII years, development was expectedly rocky. Before Grumman’s design would be able to be chosen by the Navy as their primary carrier-based frontline fighter, it had to be deemed superior to the reigning one: the Brewster F2A Buffalo. While the initial prototype was marginally quicker than the Buffalo, it possessed inferior maneuvrability to an intolerable degree, and was not proceeded with at this state. However, after fabricating the XF4F-3 prototype and equipping it with the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 “Twin Wasp” engine, Grumman was given a production order to see the resulting F4F-3 production model Wildcats in action with the Navy and Marine Corps, in the end beating out Brewster’s aircraft. Particularly in the early years of the war, it was used extensively – primarily in the Pacific Theatre. While noted as relatively inferior to its common rival there – the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero – USN and USMC pilots fought hard with these Wildcats, developing tactics and learning from hard-earned lessons gained from violent aerial encounters with the enemy. With the determination from the aviators, the F4F had a cumulative kill-to-death ratio of a little under 7:1.
The model itself was fairly challenging to design for me. Incorporating realistic features as seen on real aircraft (for this there’s the 5-degree dihedral, folding wings, and fully retractable landing gear that come to mind) is never an easy challenge. In fact, the wings when folded cannot hold themselves off the ground without assistance, nor can the model sit comfortably on its landing gear without demanding additional support. However, the fact that I was able to work these kinetic features in and still somehow have the model look the part is something I’m pretty proud of. I did design it digitally initially, and ordered the parts through BrickLink, making changes to the digital rendition as I saw fit when the bricks were in hand. All in all, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out (for now), and hope you all like it. Comments and feedback are much appreciated!
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F4F-3 Grumman Wildcat N12260 US Navy BuNo 12260 NX12260
This aircraft crashed in may 1944 off USS Wolverine on Lake Michigan it was not until December 1991 that it was recovered from the river to be restored to an airworthy condition, it made it first flight after being restored on the 18th July 1994
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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Wow - what a day at Old Warden for the Fly Navy show. Amongst the highlights, this Fleet Air Arm Wildcat. It'll be impossible to take a better photo of this warbird for the rest of eternity in my opinion - a perfect topside flown by Stu Goldspink, against perfectly clear blue skies with the sun at an optimum position.