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Abacus F4F-4 Wildcat

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RobH

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Does anyone here have this model? Without getting hateful, I'm curious of the model quality.
Thanks.
 
Rob,
The best Wildcat out there is the JustFlight's Wildcat & Martlet package. I know how wonderful you are at painting WWII Navy Fighters...
 
Thanks Jamie, that's what I thought. I wondered if the Abacus one was any good since it's only $10.00. Thanks for the info and the link to Gramps planes, I will download them.:very_drunk:
 
I'll load her back up later and take some screenies for you, so you can make up your own mind. If you did want her, save yourself the $10 and look on Amazon or ebay for 'Carrier operations collection' by Abacus, includes 3 packages, carrier ops, vietnam carrier ops and WWII carrier ops. I got mine for £0.01 plus about £2 postage. I only really wanted more carriers in my FS9s.
 
It's not quite as bad as I remember actually, just remember it is Abacus though. It's kinda on a par with the Overhauled CFS2 stocker.
 

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Many years ago, a friend and I noticed one of Abacus' planes uploaded to Flightsim. As a thank-you for alerting them, we were given a free download of one plane. I don't remember which one I picked, but I do remember thinking that at least I got my money's worth... The only thing I'd ever trust from them is the stuff that Brian Gladden did. As I remember, it was essentially his freeware stuff that was redone with improvements commissioned by Abacus.
 
The Wilcat is by Massimo Taccoli, click his name to visit his website, his models are nice. This Wildcat is of FS2002 vintage so bear that in mind.

I have an Abacus model by Brian, came with 'World Lanscapes' mesh package that I used to use. It is a Vans RV-6A, not my bag so can't actually remember what it was like.
 
Abacus wildcat

This model certainly appears, from the above pics, to be at least on a par with the FDGV2 models. As and aside - I have been tweaking the FDGV2 Wildcat and noticed that the wings fold action does not function. Did it ever?

Wish that some modeller would produce an FS2004 Carrier Pack . . .


Mal
 
vonernsk said:
This model certainly appears, from the above pics, to be at least on a par with the FDGV2 models. As and aside - I have been tweaking the FDGV2 Wildcat and noticed that the wings fold action does not function. Did it ever?

Wish that some modeller would produce an FS2004 Carrier Pack . . .


Mal
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Hello Mal, (greetings from South Wales!)
The fskbt sceneries for battle of Midway have landable carriers.

http://www.maam.org/flightsim/enhance/scenery_enhance.htm#BATTLE OF MIDWAY AND BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA SCENERY

Ttfn

Pete
 
Wwii carrier task forces in fs2004

Many thanks for that link Motormouse. It is certainly very nice to discover something new in something old!

Mal
 
vonernsk said:
Many thanks for that link Motormouse. It is certainly very nice to discover something new in something old!

Mal
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In which case, Robert Sanderson's Sea Hurricane installer, in the library here, includes a landable escort carrier parked in the Orkney area.

Ttfn

Pete
 
JDTinballs said:
It's not quite as bad as I remember actually, just remember it is Abacus though. It's kinda on a par with the Overhauled CFS2 stocker.
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Thank you Jamie for the pics. It doesn't look too bad. I might be able to throw some new paint on it:encouragement:
 
vonernsk said:
This model certainly appears, from the above pics, to be at least on a par with the FDGV2 models. As and aside - I have been tweaking the FDGV2 Wildcat and noticed that the wings fold action does not function. Did it ever?

Wish that some modeller would produce an FS2004 Carrier Pack . . .


Mal
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Thanks everyone for the information! :very_drunk:

vonernsk, been a while since I have flown the FDG version, but keep in mind, the -3 model did not have folding wings. The -4 and FM-2 models do.
 
No origami for the f4-3 wildcat

Rob,

Thanks for that. Look fwd to your USN and USMC skins for the ABACUS F4-4 WILDCAT plus . . .your really nice Me-109 skins.

Thanks again for all of your past works - much appreciated and flaunted in the virtual skies.

Mal
 
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