Lance,
Happy to help with info, but I certainly understand trying to avoid advanced AMS with an oldie like this. I did build one as a teenager, and somehow managed to make the gear work. And that was back when the instructions usually told you to melt the shaft with a heated screwdriver to allow the parts to move! ("Get Dad to help.") It was a fun kit, and I wouldn't mind having one to play with again. Even the Accurate Miniatures kits, with the best molding technology of 1999-2000, missed some details, and some differences between versions. My issue with this kit right now, is how far to go with the details.
As far as I know, cockpit interiors were aluminum lacquer on all F3F's, at least until the war. Many ended up in training squadrons, some painted in Blue-grey over grey, but the cockpits may or may not have been repainted interior green. On the side of the fuselage, there's a panel line even with the middle of the sliding canopy. This is Station 8, which is the rear end of the black paint on the sidewalls. The tops of the consoles are also black back to this line.
I don't remember what the forward fuselage and cowling look like on the Revell kit. The main difference from the F3F-2 was added sheet metal behind the cowling, narrowing the gap between fuselage and cowling. The F3F had an issue with carbon monoxide buildup, and some vents near the tail helped with this on the F3F-2. The added sheet metal on the F3F-3 ended just forward of the rear center strut, and formed a crescent-shaped "vent" along the fuselage side. Because of this, the vents above the horizontal tail were removed. There were also changes to the cowl. The area between the exhausts was filled in with sheet metal, and fairings were added around the exhausts.
There's a built Revell kit on the last page of the Ginter book, and it has the yellow star for the unit insignia, with the star correctly pointed down! So, on at least one issue of the kit, they got it right.
Don't forget, these aircraft only had lap belts. There's a story about Jimmy Flatley, in his first flight in an F2F, forgetting to lower the gear, ending upside-down, and hitting the gun sight. His goggles broke, lacerating his eyelid. He sent a recommendation, endorsed by Captain John Tower, for the redesign of safety belts, but F4F Wildcats, as late as Midway, still had no shoulder harness!
I don't know if you followed the Hyperscale link I provided, but I hope you think about changing the tailplane incidence. It's a neat detail, but fairly easy to add.
Pete