{"id":1580576,"date":"2020-05-22T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1580576"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:26:33","slug":"fm-2-wildcat-70031-the-project-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2020\/05\/22\/fm-2-wildcat-70031-the-project-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"FM-2 Wildcat\u2122 \u2013 The Project Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have just finished taking pre-orders of our FM-2 Wildcat model and we started shipping models to our customers. There are several reasons why this project is so important for Arma Hobby. Below I\u2019m describing what has happened.<\/p>\n

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Wildcat\u00a0 – our first project in many aspects<\/h2>\n
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  1. The first multi-frame model <\/strong>which broke the series of single-frame models with the only small addition of a clear plastic frame. But we don\u2019t reject the \u201esingle-frame\u201d policy. Such models are simpler to produce and, what\u2019s more important, they\u2019re easier to assemble. Multi-frame models are considered when we have a model with several complicated versions (as Wildcat for instance) or a model of a bigger size (which we\u2019re going to make, sooner or later).<\/li>\n
  2. The first model of an aircraft that wasn\u2019t used by the Polish Air Force. <\/strong>The time has come for us to start foreign subjects. We don\u2019t abandon Polish subjects though. They will appear in our future projects. But it won\u2019t be a sole topic for Arma Hobby.<\/li>\n
  3. The first model made under manufacturer\u2019s official licence<\/strong>. F4F Wildcat\u2122 is Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation trademark which has to be respected by everyone, even model companies. This means that making the model without the official licence is a violation of the producer\u2019s rights. If Arma Hobby wants to spread its wings and sell models in the USA, it should have such licence. A careful modeller will see such a note on boxes and In the instructions of British and Japanese model companies. Modellers often discuss the company\u2019s rights to a plane ordered and paid by the American tax payer. However, we aren\u2019t here to change the law. As Romans Said \u201edura lex sed lex\u201d,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Box art picture with Wildcat over Yamato battleship by Piotr Forkasiewicz<\/em><\/p>\n

    FM-2\u00a0 – Arma Hobby\u2019s\u00a0 biggest project so far<\/h2>\n

    Quite recently I mentioned on Facebook that the Wildcat is a small aircraft. Soon someone replied that it\u2019s bigger than most of the other fighter aircraft used during Th Second World War, i.e. Bf 109, Spitfire or Yak-1. \u00a0The number of parts of engine, cockpit or \u201eearly Grumman\u201d undercarriage details reflects its size. It\u2019s one of the reasons we decided to divide the model parts between two frames. This kit is full of details.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s a great fourty-eigth model in seventy-second scale, Maciej Z\u0142otkowski, Facebook<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    It was a more complicated project than Yak and Hurricane. We had to remember about parts compatibility with early-war versions of Wildcat, e.g. F4F-4 and F4F-3, which had different engines, fuselage and wings. Despite popular opinion, designing is the most difficult and the most expensive part of the whole process. Arma Hobby is not a company that wants to save money at this stage.<\/p>\n

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    The engine was carefully designed. At first glance, it was thought that it would be simplified as many modellers were misguided by the metal plate which was between cylinders. They thought that it would only have a front part of cylinders. But the real engine looks that way and in the model we designed the whole construction. It was complemented with valve push rods and additional power generating unit.<\/p>\n

    The Project Crew<\/h3>\n
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    • Marcin Ciepierski \u2013 3D design and instruction<\/li>\n
    • Wojciech Bu\u0142hak \u2013 marking options<\/li>\n
    • Zbyszek Malicki \u2013 colour profiles<\/li>\n
    • Tony O\u2019Toole and BarettTillman \u2013 marking options consultation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Model reception<\/h2>\n

      Brett Green rozpakowuje pude\u0142ko z FM-2 Wildcat \u2122 – video<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n