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Pat Carry
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That is looking too good!

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Wow, stunning! Thanks for the updates!
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Fantastic workmanship! A joy to behold. Thanks so much for posting the photos!

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Well here is another update on the Wildcat.
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Wow, beautiful
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Pat Carry
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Looking good! Thanks for the photo update

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Can't thank you enough for taking the time to post all this total aircraft porrnn.

The Wildcats look amazing, keep it coming!!!


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Regarding the Coffman starters I remember my first instructor in A&P school telling us that as 19 year old mechanics in WW2 when they couldn't get an FM 2 started they would get a cartridge for an F6F which had something like twice the powder and somehow cram that into the FM 2 starter. If you couldn't get it started with one of those there was something else wrong beside technique!

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Here are a few photos from a while back.

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Here are some more pictures that I've taken more recently. We now have stub wings on and we rolled it out of the hangar for the first time the other day.

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I'll have more pictures up in another post here soon.

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Here's a few more.

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TAdan
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Thanks for the update Conrad, I appreciate you taking time to share your progress with us. This is a great project. I dont think your Wildcat looked that good when it left the assembly line when new. 8)

Have you chosen any markings for this aircraft yet?

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CraigQ
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Looking really good Conrad.

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Mark D
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Hi Craig

Are there photos of the Fighter Factory's out yet?

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