Circa 1950s F9F-8 Cougar 1/48 (I think) Model

Well, I just returned the Cougar to my Navy Pilot (my hero) friend after borrowing it for a photoshoot. I left detailed instructions with his wife on how to visit this post and thought I'd better get it back to page one for them.

Also, thanks Gang, for the input on this thread, which added to the fun of this build!

Max 

Hey Roony !

 I member dose boids . A frend frum Brooklyn and I built them togedda . He did the six , I did the eight . Whatta bunch of fun dey was ! T.B.

Well, If nothing else, I've stirred up all the old guys and I'm one of them. One of the things I remember is getting into Mom's bad graces after wiping plastic glue on my new jeans. That pair became my modeling jeans per Mom. LOL.  

Max

Very nice.

Me, I'd never have been able to build it probably. Something about that old Aurora packaging with the original sprues inside......

BTW, just seeing that Aurora logo on your box was a HUGE hoot, Max.

Buy them at noon.  Fly them before supper.  With some paint on them, if you could afford the paint back then.  Is there any one else here, born in the early 50's, who can remember these kits.  You built her good, a fine deed to your friend.

Hey Paul, it did seem to be a little short for 1/48. That's what the "I think" meant in the heading. Overall length is about 10'' and the wingspan is 8''.

Thanks again for your input!

Max

The old Revell kit wasn't 1/48 scale, either. It was about 1/54 as I recall.

Nice job on a brand that brings back memories. I think one of my first plastic model kits was the Aurora F9F Panther Jet. I probably built it in the mid 1950's when I was 12 or 13 years old.

Hey Paul, thanks for all the info on the kits and Cougar designation. I now see on the small kit in the foreground picture illustrates the difference in the two Cougar models. The -6 fillet doesn't go all the way to the end. Good call there! I'll change the header. 

Max

Very nice indeed!!

The built model is the old Revell kit and represents the F9F-8 version. The kit was originally done as a -6 with no landing gear, and was one of Revell's first aircraft kits, along with the F-94C Starfire and F7U-3 Cutlass. All three were later modified (or maybe completely re-mastered) with more detail and landing gear. The differences in Cougar variants involve the wing. The -6 had leading edge flaps and narrow chord, the -8 had an extended, fixed, dog-tooth leading edge (as in the model) with increased chord. The quickest way (for me) to determine which version I'm looking at is the trailing-edge fillet to the fuselage. The -8 fillet goes all the way to the exhaust pipe; the -6's does not go back that far.

Well done work on an old kit. Very nice.

BK

Great guy with a kind heart!  I love your very cool story.  You did justice by resurrecting this old school kit.  It looks fantastic!

Toshi

Very cool !  I've been looking for one of these for a while.

TY for posting this nice build and such a good story as well. You're a good man. 

LOVE IT!!!!

But then again, I love retro kits lol. Still waiting for one of those garage sale mega finds.  ;)