Andy the F-84 dio is coming along really well , i can't wait to see the finished pic's .
Cliff , I would like to see the M40 build progress , you should post some pic's buddy .
As for me I decided to make a start on a couple of Photo Recon birds using the Airfix F2H-2P banshee and the Hasegawa F9F-2P Panther kits
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/AirfixF2H-2PBansheepic1-1.jpg)
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/F9F-2PPantherpic1.jpg)
Airwaves make a nice PE set for a wing fold for the Hasegawa F9F-2 Panther along with a resin photo recon nose , CMK have a nice resin engine for the Panther as well .
I wanted to fold the wings on the F-2H-2P Banshee as well , so I decided to start with Aifix kit first seeing there was going to be a fair bit of scratch building involved .
Here's the Banshee wings cut in half along with the rear wing flaps
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/AirfixF2H-2PBansheepic3.jpg)
I found some nice reference pic's on the net of the F2H-2P Banshee which are helping a lot
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/foldf2h-2p-05.jpg)
The lower wing flaps fit around part of the rear engine section
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/flapf2h-2p-09.jpg)
I cut my wing flaps as the in the pic above
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/AirfixF2H-2PBansheepic4.jpg)
Next I decided to make a couple of engines for the Banshee and I cobbled together these bits and pieces
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/AirfixF2H-2PBansheepic5.jpg)
It seems to look the part and will probably look better when painted with some metalic gray and a little wiring added
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/AirfixF2H-2PBansheepic6.jpg)
Finding reference pic's on the net of the engine hasn't been easy and there's not much info in Squadrons Banshee in action book on the F2H-2P , particualary nice engine pic's , so a lot of my scratch building is guess work
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/images.jpg)
I'm also thinking of opening up the camera bay section on the nose of the Banshee but again good quality pic's of the camera's and their mount is difficult to find
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/F2H-2P_cameras_NAN12-53.jpg)
![](http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j362/Helicopternut/800px-F2H-2P_camera_equipment_NAN3-57.jpg)
Well that it's so far , I'm thinking of leaving one of the engines out sitting on a stand , depicting an engine overhaul . I guess I'll have to cut some more of the lower wing section panels where the engine would fit . Am I right in thinking that the engine would fit in place from underneath the wing ???
John .