Hobby Master HA7307 1:48 Grumman F3F-3 Bi-Plane USS Yorktown

Hobby Master HA7307 1:48 Grumman F3F-3 Bi-Plane 1454 5-F-10, VF-5, USS Yorktown, 1930

In 1938 the USN ordered an improved version of the F3F-2 because the replacement
monoplane Brewster F2A and F4F Wildcat were delayed in development. To accomplish this Grumman started to modify the 65th F3F-2 to F3F-3 standards with 26 more aircraft being produced as F3F-3. The modifications were comprised of an upgraded engine with a smaller diameter propeller and a modified cowling as well as small flaps and revised leading edges. The armament wasn’t changed. By the end of 1941 the entire operational biplane fleet was replaced but 117 were sent to various bases for training and transportation. The F3F-3 had two distinctions; it was the last of the USN biplanes as well as being the fastest carrier-borne biplane in the world.