have the instructions for the kit with you at the

moment, you can access them on the e-shop in

electronic form. By comparing the plastic parts

specified in the kit instructions with the resin

sets, you will get answer to the question of which

resin set to buy. To illustrate, I am attaching

renders from the construction of the engines so

that all readers can see the differences.

Yes, it may seem complicated to some. If

we didn’t care about the design of the F4F-3

model and made only one cover (as most model

companies would probably do) and then offered

one aftermarket engine, we would have greatly

simplified our lives. But then it wouldn’t be us!

Our philosophy is to cover the given subject with

the highest possible degree of accuracy and

historical faithfulness. It requires the study of all

available and most up-to-date references and a

series of discussions with experts on the given

topic. And we think that even modelers should

devote some time to studying the materials and

also the texts that we publish in the instructions

when preparing to build their model. We provide

this information to modelers precisely to help

them choose camouflage schemes and to

clarify as much as possible the technical and

camouflage specifics of each aircraft offered in

the kit. Short and sweet: We put a lot of effort

into preparation, and we expect modelers to put

in some effort as well. Through this joint effort,

models faithfully corresponding to the originals

according to all available materials can be

created. In the end, we won’t have to spend time

through customer support answering questions

that the modelers can answer relatively easily on

their own. The days when a modeler had to make

such an engine from scratch are not so distant,

and the effort required for such scratchbuilding

was quite considerable. Today, you only need to

decide on which one to choose from our options.

And I think that’s decent progress ...

F4F-3 mid production version engine. Reducer with two magnetos, side intake for air cooling and two types of

upper intake on the front of the cowl ring; variant with one or two separate cooling flaps on the side covers.

F4F-3 late version engine. Reducer with two magnetos, side intake for air cooling and two types of upper intake

on the front of the cowl ring; three cooling flaps in a row above each other on the side covers.

F4F-3A engine. Reducer without the two magnetos, no side intake for air cooling; single cooling flaps on the side

covers.

July 2023

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