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Max Otten (AnotherMadMax)
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Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat

Subject:
Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat
US US Marine Corps Aviation (1912-now)
MAG-33 WM
1953 - Pohang AB KR
FS35042
Scale:
1:48
Status:
In progress
Started:
September 5, 2025

Project inventory

Static model kits
2756
F7F-3 Tigercat
Italeri 1:48
2756 2016 New decals
Detail and Conversion sets
48159
Hamilton Standard 13' 1" dia. 3-Blade Prop & Spinner For F4U-1D Corsair, F6F-3/5 Hellcat, TBM-3 Avenger, F7F Tigercat (x 2)
Ultracast 1:48
48159 2006 New tool
48003
USN/USMC 150 Gallon Drop Tank for Post War to Early Vietnam War
TTModelworks 1:48
48003 2025 New tool Multi-topic (1!!)
PSR48011
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
UA Print Scale 1:48
PSR48011
48091
F-7F Tigercat
Wheel Set (2 Main & 1 Nose) Diamond Tread
True Details 1:48
48091
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Photoalbums

25 images
Grumman F7F-3P TigercatView album, image #24
1:48
My system for applying masks for the markings (cut with my Silhouette cutter from Tamiya sheet). First tape to provide g...
Project: Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat
1:48 F7F-3 Tigercat (Italeri 2756)1:48 Wheel Set (2 Main & 1 Nose) (True Details 48091)1:48 Hamilton Standard 13' 1" dia. 3-Blade Prop & Spinner (Ultracast 48159)2+
23 images
Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat engineView album, image #14
1:48
Did some tests on the exhaust pipes at the back of the starboard engine (hidden) and Dull Aluminum looks much better. Al...
Project: Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat
1:48 F7F-3 Tigercat (Italeri 2756)1:48 Wheel Set (2 Main & 1 Nose) (True Details 48091)1:48 Hamilton Standard 13' 1" dia. 3-Blade Prop & Spinner (Ultracast 48159)2+

Comments

1 3 September, 13:49
Max Otten Author
The Korean option of the kit is actually a photoreconnaissance version, not a fighter. So no guns, rockets or bombs. No guns so no gun sight. Need scribing of camera covers. Also there is a DF loop housing on top of the fuselage. Use Quickboost engines with some engine panels open if possible.
 5 September, 14:37
Max Otten Author
The good news is that inspection of photographs of the F7F-3N Tigercats show that they had main wheels with (mostly) a radial thread, not diamond. While the F7F-3P had a diamond thread. So I swapped the CMK radial thread wheels I had for the True Details diamond thread between the two kits.
The bad news is that I noticed on the photographs of F7F-3P that they still had the nose-gun blast tubes. Which I had laboriously removed! I'll have to fix that. Lesson learned (once again): don't trust warbirds!
 27 October, 14:35