1/48 Kittyhawk F9F-8 Cougar

Darren Roberts

Member since
January 2003

1/48 Kittyhawk F9F-8 Cougar

Posted by Darren Roberts on Saturday, May 2, 2015 3:17 PM

I used this as my testbed for the SB intake trunking. I didn't want to do a blue scheme, so I cobbled together the markings from the Furball F9F-8T sheet for VA-56. I thought the rocket pods and dumb bombs would look a bit different. Overall, it's a really nice kit. I'm planning on building a few more.

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M. Brindos

Member since
January 2015
From: Tumwater, WA.

Posted by M. Brindos on Saturday, May 2, 2015 3:20 PM

That's beautiful! I really love how clean this is. :)

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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Devil Dawg

Member since
March 2005
From: Lancaster, South Carolina

Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, May 2, 2015 10:00 PM

Great job, Darren! I've got the Kitty Hawk two-seater version of that kit. Hope mine comes out half as good as yours did. Love those markings!

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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Pawel

Member since
May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Sunday, May 3, 2015 4:58 AM

Hello Darren!

A very nice build - although it's too clean for my personal taste, but that's just me. Which year cruise was that? Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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Darren Roberts

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Darren Roberts on Sunday, May 3, 2015 7:06 AM

Thanks for the kind words. Pawel, I usually make them a bit more "used", but all the pictures I saw in the Ginter book showed very clean aircraft. I think it was a combination of being freshly painted (the switch from Glossy Sea Blue to Gull Gray/White had just occurred) and the fact that the Gull Gray/White scheme held up very well to the elements.