F4F Yellow Wings Buffalo skin 2024-07-08

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F4F Yellow Wings Buffalo skin - F4F Yellow Wings Buffalo skin

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat, pretending to be an F2A Buffalo of VF-2 Fighting Chiefs, USS Lexington, 1939. The schemes actually used on Wildcats aren't as pretty...

Just to reassure you - if you notice that there is scuffing and paint chipping on what appears to be a natural metal aircraft, it's not a mistake; US Navy aircraft received a coat of clear protective varnish, or later, pale grey paint. This one has the varnish.

The Buffalo is one of my very favourite aircraft; that dates back to my...

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