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02-22-2020, 09:37 AM
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Rigby Wildcat (Beta)
Well, my new year's resolution is officially shot to h3ll. This is a 2020 model, not an unfinished one from 2019. After this though, it's definitely back to 2019 (maybe).
Anyway, this is Rigby's Grumman Wildcat, originally published in the color Sunday funnies on March 30, 1941. It's had a facelift as you can see, and is as close as I could get to the VF.3 Wildcat piloted by Lt. Cmdr. J.S. Thach. I'm calling this a beta build, since I have made quite a few corrections to the model post build: modified the canopy, sliding canopy track angle changed, fuselage side livery rotated a bit, machine guns moved more to the top of the cowl, break in two color cowl ring corrected. Besides all these needed modifications, my Krylon flat coat spit white spots all over, so the model you see here has already found a new home in the circular file. I will build another one soon to add to my Rigby recolor collection. I'll get this one into the download section soon for anyone who might be interested in building it.
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Regards, Don I don't always build models, but when I do... I prefer paper. Keep your scissors sharp, my friends. 
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02-22-2020, 06:02 PM
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Like the previous ones, looks excellent Don!
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02-23-2020, 06:01 AM
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Thanks for your comments, fellas. I really enjoy building these simple vintage models. They're quick and easy, and after repainting they look pretty good, too.
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03-03-2020, 09:11 AM
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A number of my Rigby recolors are available in the download section: Spitfire, Hurricane, P-66 Vanguard in several liveries, P-39 Airacobra in several liveries, Westland Lysander. There's threads for them all here in forum also.
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Regards, Don I don't always build models, but when I do... I prefer paper. Keep your scissors sharp, my friends.
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04-21-2020, 01:29 PM
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First of all, it is these Rigby models that you and possibly others have been uploading that brought me to this forum. Thank you for preserving and restoring these old models! I'm looking forward to downloading and building some!
With that said, I found it strange that Rigby put machine guns in the cowl area of the Wildcat as all the versions I knew of had 2 or 3 in each wing. A quick google search eventually brought to light that there was indeed a version with machine guns in the cowl, called the G-36A which seems to have been a short lived export to France before it fell. I just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to change it around for different versions, seeing as this color is an American version.  Thank you again for sharing your work!
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04-21-2020, 06:22 PM
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