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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74 View Post
cool video.
How easy do those wings fold back! Amazing.
Leroy Grumman figured out that folding mechanism with some paper clips and 3x5 cards, I read. Only Wildcat and Hellcat...

Everything else just folded straight up.

I built a model Hcat as a kid and it had that hinge as part of the kit, so the wings twisted and folded back on the kit, too. Very cool (Monagram, I think)
https://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/lacombemcf6f.htm

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