A different Korean War Grumman F9F-5 Panther
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1 11 November 2016, 16:02
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Some more progress on the Panther, slow but steady going, so far no major problems.
18 December 2016, 10:45
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Some more pictures. Ran into some problems with the wing fences, one broke up on me during filling, fixed it again, and then realized too late that the fences and pylons will be in the way when filling the inevitable wing-to-fuselage seam. Duh.
6 January 2017, 21:43
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Looks like last time the new images didn't load. Uploaded again, together with some more images, made good progress the past week.
15 January 2017, 19:37
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Finally finished the construction stage and the first paint is on. Getting the wings on was far more work than expected, very nasty stepped seam to deal with. Ended up sanding and polishing half the model once more... And re-scribing of course. I hope the painting stage goes a bit more smooth.
29 January 2017, 20:10
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And another phase completed. Painting ready, on to the decalling. Airbrushing went OK, not too many problems, just some minor gaffs, like dropping your model... twice. Who doesn't, right?
12 February 2017, 13:45
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And finished. All in all a lot more work than I expected, but quite happy with the result. Stands out nicely between all the blue 🙂
21 February 2017, 18:35
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Great model. If you want to do another, and have "half the work" for a Silver scheme, look at "Blue Tail Fly" and "Vice Versa",,,,,,,each is half silver and half blue, on opposite ends. They would make a funny transition,,,,,a Blue aircraft, Blue Tail Fly, then the Silver, then Vice Versa, then a Blue one again.
21 February 2017, 20:42
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Trying to wrap my head around this "restoration" business, as I find building a new kits challenging quite enough 😄 Impressive!
22 February 2017, 03:57
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Another rebuild, this time of my old Matchbox Panther, to be rebuilt into a natural metal VF-111 Korean War Panther. Natural metal because decals will be home made so any color is OK as long as its black.... and on a light background please.