{"id":1606559,"date":"2026-05-29T09:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1606559"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:40:04","slug":"f4f-3-wildcat-1-72-instruction-booklet-now-printed-70090","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2026\/05\/29\/f4f-3-wildcat-1-72-instruction-booklet-now-printed-70090\/","title":{"rendered":"F4F-3 Wildcat 1\/72 \u2013 instruction booklet now printed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freshly printed instruction booklets and boxes for the <strong>70090 F4F-3 Wildcat\u2122<\/strong> kit have just arrived at our warehouse. This means we are now very close to starting shipments of the model kits. We are only waiting for the sprues to arrive from the tooling shop.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today we are showing the complete instruction booklet for the new Wildcat. It clearly highlights how different the F4F-3 version was from the later folding-wing Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p>The model represents the early Wildcat from the opening phase of the Pacific War \u2014 featuring fixed wings, its characteristic armament, and details specific to aircraft from Coral Sea, Wake Island, and the first months of the war against Japan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"f3gU7qquBL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/28\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat-three-aircraft-that-faced-the-might-of-the-imperial-japanese-navy\/\">70090 F4F-3 Wildcat \u2013 trzy samoloty, kt\u00f3re stan\u0119\u0142y przeciw pot\u0119dze Japonii<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c70090 F4F-3 Wildcat \u2013 trzy samoloty, kt\u00f3re stan\u0119\u0142y przeciw pot\u0119dze Japonii\u201d \u2014 Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/28\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat-three-aircraft-that-faced-the-might-of-the-imperial-japanese-navy\/embed\/#?secret=ETce9aupdP#?secret=f3gU7qquBL\" data-secret=\"f3gU7qquBL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The instruction booklet includes three marking options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>F-5<\/strong> \u2013 Lt. Albert O. Vorse Jr., VF-2, USS Lexington, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942<\/li>\n<li><strong>211-F-11<\/strong> \u2013 Capt. Henry T. Elrod, VMF-211, Wake Island, December 1941<\/li>\n<li><strong>F-13<\/strong> \u2013 Lt. Noel A. M. Gayler, VF-3, USS Lexington, February 1942<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is one of those instruction booklets that truly captures the atmosphere of the early Pacific War \u2014 a time when the Wildcat was the primary fighter of the US Navy and Marine Corps, and the outcome of the war was still uncertain.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>See also<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1605976 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web-300x204.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web-1080x734.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090-web.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Arma Hobby 70090 F4F-3 Wildcat 1\/72 kit in the Arma Hobby store\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1605968\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_kalkomanie.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_kalkomanie.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_kalkomanie-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_kalkomanie-768x642.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Decal sheet included in the Arma Hobby 70090 F4F-3 Wildcat 1\/72 kit\" width=\"244\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.com\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\">Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat<\/a> kit in the Arma Hobby store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606536\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover page of the F4F-3 Wildcat 70090 instruction booklet\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-1q.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606538\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cockpit assembly instructions for the F4F-3 Wildcat model\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-2.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606540\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Engine and fuselage assembly instructions for the F4F-3 Wildcat\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-3.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606542\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Landing gear and wing assembly instructions for the F4F-3 Wildcat\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-4.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606544\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Weapons and canopy assembly instructions for the Wildcat\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-5.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606546\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"F-5 VF-2 USS Lexington paint scheme\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-6.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606548\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"211-F-11 Wake Island paint scheme\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-7.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1606550\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"F-13 VF-3 USS Lexington paint scheme\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/70090_F4F-3-WILDCAT-instrukcja_8-stron-8.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rrwyTn3Ayf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2026\/05\/08\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat-cartograf-decals-and-masks-for-the-wildcats-of-the-early-pacific-war\/\">70090 F4F-3 Wildcat \u2013 kalkomanie i maski Cartograf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c70090 F4F-3 Wildcat \u2013 kalkomanie i maski Cartograf\u201d \u2014 Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2026\/05\/08\/70090-f4f-3-wildcat-cartograf-decals-and-masks-for-the-wildcats-of-the-early-pacific-war\/embed\/#?secret=hCaH4U4ZCw#?secret=rrwyTn3Ayf\" data-secret=\"rrwyTn3Ayf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freshly printed instruction booklets and boxes for the 70090 F4F-3 Wildcat\u2122 kit have just arrived at our warehouse. This means we are now very close to starting shipments of the model kits. We are only waiting for the sprues to arrive from the tooling shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1606555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[548,348,98,253],"class_list":["post-1606559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arma-hobby-kits","category-blog","tag-nr70090-en","tag-instructions","tag-scale172-en-2","tag-wildcat-en","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1606560,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606559\/revisions\/1606560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1606555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}